Help me catabros

[Mute]

Can anyone give me a direction on this problem?

So, on my computer (mac) last Friday and my browser freezes. Go to force it close, and now the navi bar is frozen. I can move my windows, but everything I touch freezes. So I restart, and I can't get it to boot. Use boot disk to try and repair, never finishes or just plain doesn't start. I switch to my windows partition, everything is fine. For 10 minutes. Then same thing happens.

Well, I wanted a new hard drive anyways. I can still retrieve my data via FireWire connection, so I make a copy of my hard drive, clean it, try to reinstall os x just in case. No dice. Buy a cheap hard drive from frys, can't partition it. Return it, order a seagate momentus xt (or something). It works. Install os. It works.

That was yesterday. It stopped working today, same thing that happened the first time. Coincidence? Is something else fucked? I tried to boot to safe mode and saw that it kept getting stuck in a loop trying to execute an operation.

I'd really appreciate any feedback, this shit is driving me nuts

[Marou]

Can anyone give me a direction on this problem?

So, on my computer (mac) last Friday and my browser freezes. Go to force it close, and now the navi bar is frozen. I can move my windows, but everything I touch freezes. So I restart, and I can't get it to boot. Use boot disk to try and repair, never finishes or just plain doesn't start. I switch to my windows partition, everything is fine. For 10 minutes. Then same thing happens.

Well, I wanted a new hard drive anyways. I can still retrieve my data via FireWire connection, so I make a copy of my hard drive, clean it, try to reinstall os x just in case. No dice. Buy a cheap hard drive from frys, can't partition it. Return it, order a seagate momentus xt (or something). It works. Install os. It works.

That was yesterday. It stopped working today, same thing that happened the first time. Coincidence? Is something else fucked? I tried to boot to safe mode and saw that it kept getting stuck in a loop trying to execute an operation.

I'd really appreciate any feedback, this shit is driving me nuts

Apple products make sacrifices to look stylish, the largest area they do this in is thermal paste, fans, and airflow. Have you checked to see if the machine is overheating? My first and last MBP had mega heat issues and I had to take it apart and clean it every few months. The overheat behavior was very consistent with what you describe.

[Mute]

I felt like overheating could have been a problem, but I'm not sure how to address it. When I replaced the hd I used some air to blow at everything that was exposed, but that's about it. EDIT : can't even turn it on now. Crashed on me withthis error

panic(cpu 0 caller 0x558993): "unable to find driver for this Platform: \"ACPI\"

And for ing me to restart

Further more, I booted from install disk to try and run disk utility, froze. It's got to be Overheating, yeah?

[Marou]

Yeah, either overheating or you have a defective motherboard that failed to meet it's expected life-span.

[Norska]

Yeah, either overheating or you have a defective motherboard that failed to meet it's expected life-span.

Hah, my motherboard on my mbp died after 1.5 years. Had overheating issues as well when it did work. They wanted 1200 for the logic board (what mac calls their motherboard) repair, so I just tossed the comp.

[Mute]

Welp, took apart as much as I could, blew out a good year worth of dust, and was able to update my os with a fan running under it and next to it. Now with a fan control program I seem to be chilling at a decent 99F which is better than I can ever remember my macbook running, so thats good.

Stupid metal laptop

[Marou]

Welp, took apart as much as I could, blew out a good year worth of dust, and was able to update my os with a fan running under it and next to it. Now with a fan control program I seem to be chilling at a decent 99F which is better than I can ever remember my macbook running, so thats good.

Stupid metal laptop

I hate Macs, overpriced pieces of... Recommend Asus for your next laptop. Shit still fucks up rarely but the thermal situation is good and it's a piece of cake to take apart and clean/replace keys, etc.

[Mute]

Jesus christ. The stupid fucking thing worked for a couple of days, then it start again. Try to repair it, and with in three restarts it went from a drive that needed journal repair, to an external hard drive, and now it doesn't even see my hd.

I'm about to go punch apple right in its stem

[Marou]

Jesus christ. The stupid fucking thing worked for a couple of days, then it start again. Try to repair it, and with in three restarts it went from a drive that needed journal repair, to an external hard drive, and now it doesn't even see my hd.

I'm about to go punch apple right in its stem

Well, when they want 500+ to replace the "logic board" you can say FU and just go grab something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834230454

[Valec]

Well, when they want 500+ to replace the "logic board" you can say FU and just go grab something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834230454

There is no such thing as a logic board. Fuck you, apple.

[Draconian]

But they're so well designed and reliable!

[Mute]

But they're so well designed and reliable!

Well, for people who have money just comin' out their ass all day long they are reliable.

So Marou is the winner. Took it to Apple, the guy tried to run diagnostic and just ended up showing me that pretty $500 price tag for a new Logic board. So fuck that, I'm gonna build me a hackintosh, but I could use some help to make sure i'm not going to be shooting myself in the foot.

Here's the link to what i'm trying to base my build idea around.

So here is their example build, which looks pretty solid to me:

Motherboard: Gigabyte Intel Z77 LGA 1155 Dual UEFI BIOS ATX Motherboard ($100)
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K Quad-Core Processor 3.4 GHz ($230)
GPU (Optional): EVGA GeForce GT 640 ($105)
RAM: G.SKILL 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 RAM ($55)
Case and Power Supply: Corsair Carbide Series 300R Mid-Tower Case ($64) and Corsair 430W Power Supply ($44)
Optical Drive: Lite-On Super AllWrite 24X SATA DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Drive ($22)
Hard Drive: Western Digital 2TB Hard Drive ($100)
Wi-Fi Card (Optional): TP-Link PCI Express Adapter

I put in bold the things that I'm thinking about altering.

First, the case. The reason I'm sticking with osx is because I use Logic to record. That being said, my laptop was useful because I could take it where ever I needed to go and record music. The thing is, I'm not sure what to look for. I was thinking a rack mount computer case and a rack mount carrying case like this. Obviously this would be a slightly more expensive route.

Or would I be better off just going with a slim pc case like this?

Second, the HD. I just shelled out $80 on the Seagate Momentus xt which I'm really happy about, however it is a 2.5" HD. Is that going to be a problem trying to mount it to the case? Or is that something that I just have to make sure I buy the right case for?

Third, and just for fun, is that video card going to be worthy enough for current video games?

[Marou]

Well, for people who have money just comin' out their ass all day long they are reliable.

So Marou is the winner. Took it to Apple, the guy tried to run diagnostic and just ended up showing me that pretty $500 price tag for a new Logic board. So fuck that, I'm gonna build me a hackintosh, but I could use some help to make sure i'm not going to be shooting myself in the foot.

Here's the link to what i'm trying to base my build idea around.

So here is their example build, which looks pretty solid to me:

Motherboard: Gigabyte Intel Z77 LGA 1155 Dual UEFI BIOS ATX Motherboard ($100)
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K Quad-Core Processor 3.4 GHz ($230)
GPU (Optional): EVGA GeForce GT 640 ($105)
RAM: G.SKILL 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 RAM ($55)
Case and Power Supply: Corsair Carbide Series 300R Mid-Tower Case ($64) and Corsair 430W Power Supply ($44)
Optical Drive: Lite-On Super AllWrite 24X SATA DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Drive ($22)
Hard Drive: Western Digital 2TB Hard Drive ($100)
Wi-Fi Card (Optional): TP-Link PCI Express Adapter

I put in bold the things that I'm thinking about altering.

First, the case. The reason I'm sticking with osx is because I use Logic to record. That being said, my laptop was useful because I could take it where ever I needed to go and record music. The thing is, I'm not sure what to look for. I was thinking a rack mount computer case and a rack mount carrying case like this. Obviously this would be a slightly more expensive route.

Or would I be better off just going with a slim pc case like this?

Second, the HD. I just shelled out $80 on the Seagate Momentus xt which I'm really happy about, however it is a 2.5" HD. Is that going to be a problem trying to mount it to the case? Or is that something that I just have to make sure I buy the right case for?

Third, and just for fun, is that video card going to be worthy enough for current video games?

Why bother with the hackintosh? If logic is the only app you're using just make a beefy machine/get a beefy laptop and use VirtualBox or VMWare. There is no problem with audio passthrough in virtual environments and making a hackintosh when Apple constantly tries to break them is playing with fire.

[Mute]

Why bother with the hackintosh? If logic is the only app you're using just make a beefy machine/get a beefy laptop and use VirtualBox or VMWare. There is no problem with audio passthrough in virtual environments and making a hackintosh when Apple constantly tries to break them is playing with fire.

Well, I don't really have any knowledge of the limitations of virtual environments. All I know is that live recording is an intense process if I wanted to have as close to no latency as possible, and I would have assumed that using a virtual environment like VirtualBox would hurt latency.

And as far as I know, VirtualBox and VMWare do not support running OS x. Right? I only have the boot disk for Snow Leopard anyways and couldn't care about upgrading, so dealing with any 10.8 + hackintosh problems shouldn't be a concern right?

[Mute]

Gonna be gone for a week, but thought I'd leave this here just in case. Looks like everything should fit in the case, which sound fantastic except for one dude who said the handles were "flimsy." That kind of worries me.


ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner

BitFenix Prodigy Arctic White / White Steel / Plastic Mini-ITX Tower Computer Case

Open Box: TP-LINK TL-WN881ND PCI Express x1 Wireless N Adapter

CORSAIR Builder Series CX430 V2 (CMPSU-430CXV2) 430W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply

CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model

GIGABYTE GA-B75M-D3P LGA 1155 Intel B75 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

Intel Core i3-3225 Ivy Bridge 3.3GHz LGA 1155 55W Dual-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000

Thermaltake WATER2.0 Performer Closed-Loop All In One Liquid CPU Cooler Dual 120mm PWM Fans 120x25mm
(Side note, worth it? Everyone in the case reviews talked about adding one, slightly worried since I do live with 100+ degree summers)

Rosewill 19.7" Serial ATA III Blue Round Cable w/ Locking Latch Support 6 Gbps, 3 Gbps, and 1.5 Gbps transfer (So I can still use my two 2.5 HD's, one for osx one for windows