Building a PC - Hackintosh Preview
I have to apologize to those of you who were looking forward to watching me "build a Hackintosh" on Rickey TV.
There's been a delay in the delivery of one important part: the EFI-X USB dongle. Instead of doing all kinds of stuff in order to install Mac OS X Leopard on a generic PC, this USB device is supposed to make it easy and painless.
I was so looking forward to it, but I cannot wait another 10 days for this device. So I decided to assemble the parts that I had to see if they work, and send the rebates. I'm running a memory test right now, and so far so good.
Needless to say, I will make this PC a "Hackintosh" when the time comes and will do it live on Rickey TV. It should be a great show!
Assembling the computer with nobody watching was quite relaxing. The whole process of opening the boxes and turning it on for the first time took me a whopping 3 hours, but it was fun. It was my "build a PC meditation". Unfortunately, I had to remove the video card one time because the wires were all over the place and driving me nuts (and still the wires were a mess...)
I took some pictures and video for those interested:
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Wolfdale 3.16GHz 6MB L2 Cache -- yes, I have the power!
Patriot Extreme Performance 8 GB DDR2 800 + the ginormous Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB 10000 RPM Hard Drive -- "the fastest on the planet" -- and expensive
EVGA GeForce 8800GTS Video Card -- "It's huge!"
http://www.youtube.com/v/pP_1WxPruq8
A tour of the "inside the computer"
http://www.youtube.com/v/kAEiDtWaC3o
"Let's hope it works! Pray!"