Hackintosh 101: Bios settings before installation

By The Backpackr on Friday, 12 of September, 2008 at 3:22 pm

THIS TUTORIAL IS BASED ON THE ASUS P5K PRO MOTHERBOARD.
YOUR SETTINGS WILL DIFFER IF YOU ARE NOT USING THE SAME HARDWARE.

Before you commence the installation of the Mac OS on a PC, there are some settings in the BIOS you’ll have to configure. As your PC boots up, hit the key that is stated which takes you into BIOS - it’s normally the [DEL], [F1] or [ESC] key that will work for you.

(It’s amazing… this guy, Michael Stevens set up a page on most BIOS types and what key to press. Check it out here.)

Anyhow, once you get into BIOS, follow each setting to the “T” and you’ll be assured that your Mac OS installation will work. I used the Leo4All installation, it will work for others too, I’m sure.

ASUS P5K PRO BIOS MAIN TAB

ASUS P5K PRO BIOS ADVANCED TAB

ASUS P5K PRO BIOS BOOT TAB

ASUS P5K PRO BIOS POWER TAB

ASUS P5K PRO BIOS EXIT

Okay, you’re done! Save and exit… and get to the installation of the Hackintosh part!

(Last image is courtesy of barrys-rigs-n-reviews.com - we forgot to take a snapshot of the Exit and Save screen… which IS the most important!!!)

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Made Friday, 12 of September, 2008 at 4:14 pm

[...] Bios settings before installation [...]

Comment by Ian Chai

Made Friday, 10 of October, 2008 at 9:16 am

Hi, Alex,

I just found out about your Hackintosh Blog… I’m excited! But if I diddle with the bios like you said, will it mean that I can no longer run Vista on that PC? I have more than one HD on that PC and thought to install MacOS on one HD and leave Vista running on another HD.

I looked to see if you said this on the blog, but didn’t see anything on it. Sorry if you did say it but I missed it.

Thanks,
Ian

Comment by The Backpackr

Made Friday, 10 of October, 2008 at 10:22 am

Hi Ian, Vista is more resilient than the hackintosh installation, and in theory it should run. I’ve not tried dual-booting yet - I would recommend that you unplug your Vista drive and experiment with the Mac drive exclusively until you are confident enough to try dual-booting.

Have fun, and do let me know how it goes.

Comment by Ian Chai

Made Saturday, 11 of October, 2008 at 7:24 am

Thanks, Alex. Ooo, then it sounds like something I should set aside a large block of time for, and I should note the original BIOS settings so I can restore it if it doesn’t work!

Comment by The Backpackr

Made Saturday, 11 of October, 2008 at 7:55 am

At worst, you can always do a Factory Reset of the BIOS settings, which is what all motherboards are shipped with, anyway.

But yes, to be absolutely safe, you could note the individual settings you’ve tweaked.

Comment by Indy S.

Made Wednesday, 10 of December, 2008 at 9:48 pm

I am not sure if I have missed it or not, but what about a sound card? Which kind did you use, and what drivers did you use during the installation?