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Installation of OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard on Toshiba Satellite M100-165 PSMA1E

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method: iAtkos s3 ver2 10.6.3
( this method also works for Toshiba Satellite M100 PSMADA 01E00D, BIOS version 5, and probably with other m100 models )

Files needed:
iAtkos s3 ver2 10.6.3 iso image (search torents) – and burn on DVD
Toshiba M100-165 Extra Files can be found here or  here (copy to usb or cd)

Toshiba m100-165 PSMA1E hardware specifications:
MOBO: Mobile Intel Calistoga i945PM.
MOBO integrated Graphics adapter: Ati mobility radeon x1400 256mb (PCI ven 1002 dev 7145 ( QE/CI enabled, 1280×800)).
MOBO integrated Lan:Intel pro/100 vm (pci  ven 8086 dev 1093).
MOBO integrated Audio: Realtek high definition audio ALC861 (ven 10EC dev 0861).
MOBO integrated Wireless: Intel pro/wireless 3945ABG (pci ven 8086 dev 4222) (not working).
CPU:Intel core duo T2300 1.66 GHz 2MB L2 Cache, FSB 677MHz.
RAM: 3g pc6400 2+1 DDR 2 800MHz  memory (usually this laptop comes with only 512Mb of RAM(pc4200), u should upgrade this for snowleo, mobo supports up to 4GB…).
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Installation of OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard on Gigabyte GA P35-DS3P + update to OS X 10.6.7

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This tutorial shows how to install 32bit OS X 10.6.3 on a Gigabyte GA P35-DS3P main board and update to OS  X 10.6.7  with Pentium D processor (Pentium D processor and NVIDIA 7200GS  are the reason why installation should be 32 bit and not 64 bit (owners of dual core or quad core processor and NVIDIA 8xxx cards or later can follow this tutorial and install it with legacy 64 bit vanilla  kernel))

method:DVD iAtkos s3 ver2 10.6.3
Files needed:
iAtkos s3 ver2 10.6.3 iso image (search torrents) – and burn on DVD
OS X 10.6.7  Combo Update http://support.apple.com/downloads/DL1361/en_US/MacOSXUpdCombo10.6.7.dmg
Computer Specifications:
MOBO: Gigabyte GA P35-DS3P
MOBO Integrated Sound: Realtek ALC889A (works with voodoo HDA)
MOBO Integrated Network: Realtek 8111B chip (works OOB)
CPU: PENTIUM D 930 SL88S 3GHz (works with 32 bit qoopz kernel)
Graphic Card: NVIDIA 7200GS 256MB (works after editing com.apple.Boot.plist file, 32 bit only, not supported by Mountain Lion 10.8 which is 64bit only! )
HDD: Seagate 80GB SATA
DVD±RW:  SONY OPTIARC AD-7260S, 24x, SATA, Dual layer
RAM: 2 x 1GB Kingston
USB Mouse
USB Keyboard
Monitor should be conected via DVI, not D SUB, must use SATA HDD AND SATA DVD (not ATA), Mouse and Keyboard should be connected via USB…

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Installation of retail OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard 64bit on Gigabyte GA EP41-UD3L Updated via software update to 10.6.7

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In this tutorial you can find out how to install retail  OS X 10.6.3 64bit on a Gigabyte GA EP41-UD3L main board and update to OS  X 10.6.7  64bit with NVIDIA 8400GS graphic card (should work on other NVIDIA models)

method: Retail DVD (dual layer) installation

Files you will need:
retail OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.3 (you can buy it cheap from http://www.apple.com/macosx/ or search torrents and download free)
GA EP41-UD3L EXTRA PACK – download from here or from here.

Computer Requirements
MOBO: Gigabyte GA EP41-UD3L
MOBO integrated Lan: RTL8111C/D(L) (works with linx2mac driver)
MOBO integrated Audio: Realtek ALC888(works with voodoo HDA 2.7.2 driver)
Graphic card: NVIDIA 8400gs (works after editing com.apple.Boot.plist file, check osx86 project for other compatible graphic cards )
CPU: any core2duo or core2quad processor
SATA HDD
SATA DVD ROM (Dual Layer) ROM
I would recommend you at least 2GB of memory but you can probably do it with 1GB or even less
USB Mouse
USB Keyboard

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