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Hi everyone, I was trying out FaceTime tonight and noticed that when it tries to a connect a call it quits. After a bit of investigation on this fine forum, I notice that Chimaera 2.1 is to blame (apparently) I have run MultiBeast again, but when I select either 2.0 or 2.1 I notice...

Hi everyone, I have everything configured and working on my hack apart from Chimera not displaying the correct boot options. I have Windows 8 installed on my other SSD, but the boot is not showing the correct partition (Windows Boot manager). Is there a way I can edit the boot.plist or...

Hi everyone, Looking for a little assistance: iMessage is the last thing to get working on my Hackintosh (and therefore is becoming a splinter in my mind!), I have installed Chimera v2.1.2 r2148 and iMessage is not working. After a little searching, I found this was a problem with earlier...

Hi, Looking for a little help : My geekbench score is far lower than i expected : 5390!! My spec is below : i7 2600k 16gb corsair vengeance LP memory evga gtx 650ti boost screenshots attached Can someone please explain why its so low - im so confused ?

Hi everyone! I've just changed my.hackintosh build to have the above motherboard and followed Giacomoleopardo's build guide and everything is working except Chimera....which has me really confused! I have the following spec: Samsung SSD (with ml installed) crucial M4 (blank) 3tb...

I really need help with this one... I switched my machine off to do some cable management, and when I switched my machine back on, it didn't load into OS X. After many -f -v flags, I eventually tracked it down to be something to do with the HD3000 graphics. So I hard coded a resolution into...

Hi, Not sure if this has already been done, but I came across this awesome post on LifeHacker which tells you how to enable AirDrop for your Hackintosh and any unsupported macs you may own ...

Hi, Was just thinking looking at the Daily Deals board and thought it would be great to have a For Sale board on here to advertise and sell compatible second hand parts to fellow members.... I know we have eBay and Gumtree/Craigslist etc...but I would certainly much rather buy components...

Hello, Looking for some guidance/advice. I have dual SSDs, one with OSX and the other Windows 7. When I boot up, I see three partitions ("Lion", "System Reserved" (or something similar) and "Windows 7". I then select the "System" one to boot to Windows 7. Is there any way I can have just...

Hi, I followed a guide I found on this very forum to build a PCIe Airport card - and at first boot, it works perfectly. I run MultiBeast to get everything else working and it knocks out the WiFi card....well, it still scans, but cannot connect to any networks (connection timeout issue). I...

Hey everyone, looking for a little advice...I have settled on buying the GTX 550Ti Graphics card, however, there are many different manufacturers. So which manufacturer would be the best to go for. i know the Wiki states that the EVGA ones works OOTB, but is it a good make? Thanks for any...

Hey everyone, Looking for a little help. I have narrowed my monitor search down to two models : BenQ G2420HDBL 24-inch Widescreen LED Back-Light http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002XNOJMC/?tag=tonymacx86-21 Or Acer S240HLbid 24 inch Full HD widescreen LCD monitor with LED Backlight...

Hi, I am looking for a reliable CPU temp app for OS X Lion. I have tried Temperature Monitor (which does work, but doesn't return the temps for al the cores more often than not. I also bought My CPU Temp from the App store and it didn't pick up any temp at all. I have the Corsair H80 cooling...

Hi everyone! :wave: Looking for some advice about how to setup a reliable backup solution. I have heard of many folk using Carbon Copy Cloner or Super Duper to clone their drives, but I would like to know, what is involved in doing this and what steps do you go through when restoring if...

Hi all! Having finally finished my build (although my H80 is being returned to Corsair :( ), my final decision is which monitor to buy. I am not a big gamer by any means, but would like the monitor to handle it if i wanted to game. Will be mostly used for general stuff, like photo/video...

I have the Corsair 600T case and have 2 200mm fans in the case which are connected to the variable control dial on the top of the case. There are no connections between the fans and the motherboard. These fans run all the time at the speed you select via the dial. Even though i have them set to...

I am really new to all this and i am getting to the hair-pulling-out stage :banghead: I have just built my machine, here is the spec : Motherboard : GA-Z68-XP-UD3P rev. 1.0 RAM : Corsair Vengeance 16Gb 1600Mhz SSD : Crucial M4 128Gb (plugged into the white 6GB port) I updated the BIOS to F6...

hello everyone, I have finally finished my build and have a few issues with trying to get everything to work correctly : Mobo : GA-X68XP-UD3P RAM : Corsair 16Gb Vengeance 1600Mhz SSD : Crucial M4 Major : Have been trying to get audio working and can't, I have installed the KEXTs from...

Hi , I now have all my components and will be building my machine this week, however, I have a few questions regarding overclocking... I have an Core i7 2600k CPU on a GA-Z68XP-UD3P using the Corsair H80 cooling and would like to overclock to 4.7 or 4.8Ghz. Does anyone have advice as to which...

Hi, I have just about all the components for my Hackintosh, but cannot decide on a reliable super-fast SSD Drive. I have thought about the Crucial 128gb M4 and the OCZ 120Gb, but would like to know if anyone has had any problems or if one is better than another. Cheers