Also, after installing Mac OS X, you should also sync your clock on Windows with Mac OS X. Otherwise, Windows won't boot afterwards. NOTE: If you already have Windows installed on another internal hard drive in your computer, you may have to enable AHCI for Windows before installing Mac OS X.
The Mac OS X installer sometimes has problems with HDMI and VGA.
NOTE: If your computer is more than 2 years old, it probably won't have any 6GB/s SATA ports. The 6 GB/s SATA ports simply don't work well with OS X. On Gigabyte motherboards, the 3GB/s ports are blue while the 6 GB/s ports are white. Open up your computer, and make sure that the SATA cables for your hard drive and your DVD/Bluray drive are plugged into the 3GB/s SATA ports on your motherboard, not the 6GB/s SATA ports (these should be labeled on the motherboard). Be sure to download the Snow Leopard edition, not the Lion edition.ġ. Settings up the parts of your computer You need to register an account on to download Multibeast. Download it onto a USB drive, along with the combo update. Multibeast Snow Leopard Edition (Free - 22 MB): Multibeast is a collection of kext files that your Hackintosh will need to run properly, after the initial installation.
Your Hackintosh probably won't have internet after your initial installation, so you probably want to download this update onto the extra USB drive. Mac OS X 10.6.8 Combo Update (Free - 500 MB): Optional you can update Mac OS X after you finish the initial installation with iBoot.Ivy Bridge processors have model numbers in the 3000's (e.g. If your computer uses a newer Intel Ivy Bridge processor, follow our guide for installing Snow Leopard on Ivy Bridge instead. To burn iBoot onto a CD, you need an empty CD and a CD/DVD/Bluray drive that can burn CDs (just about every drive can burn CDs nowadays). If your computer has a CPU that isn't officially supported by Mac OS X, such as an Intel Pentium processor or an AMD processor, then you may have to use iBoot Legacy (which works the exact same way as normal iBoot). You also need to register an account on to download iBoot. iBoot (Free): iBoot is a boot CD that allows you to boot the retail Snow Leopard DVD.
Tonymacx86's iBoot+Multibeast install guide is a good start, but it's very basic. Though installing Mac OS X Snow Leopard on a PC is a rather simple process in theory, it can be a lot more difficult in practice. If you're interested in turning your PC into a Hackintosh, but you have no idea where to start, this is the right guide for you.