In the partition tab select 1 Partition in the drop down menu (I named my partition SnowLeopard).
GTX 470 card is installed in PCI-E SLOT 2.Ĥ- Now start type PCIRootUID=1 and then press the down arrow and select Boot Verbose from the list and press ENTER.ĥ- When you get to the installation screen open Disk Utility (under Utilities Menu).Ħ- Select the HD you want to format and go to the partition tab.
Also download the other files and put them on a USB flash drive so you can install them after you install Snow Leopard.Īll 24GB of RAM where installed in the proper DIMM slots (Refer to motherboard manual). Note: Use IMG Burn or similar program to burn iBoot to CD. Retail Snow Leopard Disc (10.6.3) Ĭhameleon RC5 (I used r1005) Kingwin Lazer 1000W Power Supply $239.99Ĭooler Master 120mm Fan Kit $14.99Ģ x Corsair H50 CPU Coolers $69.99 EachĬooler Master COSMOS S Case $199.99 Supermicro MBD_X8DAH+-O Server Motherboard $449.99Ģ x Intel Xeon E5620 Westmere 2.4GHz $389.99 EachĢ x Kingston 6GB DDR3 1333 Kit $75.99 EachĮVGA GeForce GTX 470 1280MB GDDR5 $199.99 (prices do not include discounts or mail-in offers) Here is my setup with links to the parts on Newegg (Item Number): Lastly, this is my first install guide so if I am forgetting anything or if I miss a step just ask me and I will add it. I'm going to go and buy a PCI-E card from Newegg, so once I do and get it working I will add it to this post. As for internet I was not able to find anything on this dual port NIC card. For audio I have tried a couple of different ACL888 kexts with not sucess. Note: With this motherboard I have not been able to get audio or internet working. I am not sure if this method works for all Supermicro dual CPU boards but if it does let us know. In this install guide I use a Retail Disc with a boot CD to get the OS on my harddrive. While searching I found that a lot of people talk about, some even get it to work, but no one ever states how they did it. I have searched around on the forums and there are no good write ups on dual Xeon builds so I thought I would put together a good write up on installing Snow Leopard on one. Thank you all for your hard work and efforts to help the community. Finally to anyone else that I have forgotten. To the development team of Chameleon bootloader. Also, tonymacx86 & MacMan for iBoot, Multibeast, and Nvidia Update. REMEMBER TO BACK UP YOUR DATA BEFORE FORMATTING A DRIVE-ĬREDIT: Thank you to MaLd0n for DSDT Auto-Patcher. I do not take any responsiblity or liability for damages done to any system, do this at your own risk. Building a CustoMac Hackintosh: Buyer's Guideĭisclaimer: This is a (work in progress) guide to help people install Snow Leopard on your Supermicro Dual Xeon computer.