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Dual Xeon Customac

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Middlehorn
 Post subject: Dual Xeon Customac
 Post Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 4:09 am 
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System: Dell studio 1555
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Hello everyone,

First post here, been reading and working in hackintosh configs quite a while, and now i'm giving a try to a dual Xeon config.

The system specs are:

    · 2 x Intel XEON E5645 6Core 2.40GHz (BX80614E5645)
    · Asus Z8P-d12x
    · 4 x G.Skill 12GB (3x4096) - PC12800 - CL9 - 12GBRL (48Gb total)
    · Sapphire HD6870 1Gb GDDR5

Installation where fine, 10.6.7 ok, "about this mac" shows 2x2.4Ghz 6 Core Intel Xeon, Sata card working fine, ethernet ok, GPU acceleration ok.

I followed standard iboot + multibeast with no problems.

Not working:

· Boot. The only way getting the system into Snow Leopard is using again iBoot. When you try to boot from HDD no window appears, no kernel panic, only black screen with "_" blinking.
· Ram. The "About this mac" only shows 4Gb ram (in more info appears the 48Gb, but not sure if they are really working).

Any advice would be greatly welcome.

Thanks you.
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Middlehorn
 Post subject: Re: Dual Xeon Customac
 Post Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 6:31 am 
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After two hours of working, finnally totally functional:

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Haxx187
 Post subject: Re: Dual Xeon Customac
 Post Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 6:34 am 
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Sweet maybe you can outline your steps to get it up and running etc.

I like the pics too. :thumbup:

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Machine #2 3.2 GHz Core I7-950 / GA-X58A-UD5 rev1.0 F6 / XFX 5870 / 12 GB Sector 7 1600 MHz DDR3 / Mac OS X Lion 10.7
Misc Parts Core I7-980 / Asus X-58 Sabertooth / XFX 6870 / Amp GTX 470


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Going Bald
 Post subject: Re: Dual Xeon Customac
 Post Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 8:32 am 
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Nice case. Who is the manufacturer? Especially like the plug-in hard drive bay and the separated compartments for hard drives / mobo / power supply & ODDs. Looks like it makes it very easy to control cable routing.

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Haxx187
 Post subject: Re: Dual Xeon Customac
 Post Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 8:38 am 
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I was thinking same thing GB, i hope to see more info on this build

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Pigumon
 Post subject: Re: Dual Xeon Customac
 Post Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 4:56 pm 
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System: Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3
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Wow, that case must keep the processors cooler even without specialized cooling units.

Would you mind listing the cost?

I'm thinking of an i7 system but would rather have the power of a dual xeon...
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sjorgens
 Post subject: Re: Dual Xeon Customac
 Post Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:21 pm 
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I would like to build something similar. Any idea if a quadro 4000 would work space-wise with that configuration?

cheers,
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