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I agree with you, I'm on board number.. 6 I think, lets see,

 

Intel (something, had a celeron on it and ran tiger),

MSI 945GM,

Gigabyte 945GCMX-S2,

DFI Blood Iron T2Rl,

Intel 945GCLF,

Intel Badaxe 2,

Gigabyte DS3-L,

and the new one....

Gigabyte EP45 DS3R....

 

yowza.. i guess thats 8 motherboards since I started making hackintosh's.. - big deal.. even if you add up all those boards, I'm still better off than buying 1 mac pro.

 

You see the name of the game is to search and find the best board out there.. 130 is SO CHEAP for the EP45 DS3R - for that you're getting 8 usb2.0, firewire, dual gig-E ethernet, 8 sata ports, up to 16 gig of ram and the P45 supports 45nm quads.. thats rediculous.

 

$130.00 is nothing. swap your board, sell it to 50 bux to the kid on the corner who just wants to install windows, keep it as a 2nd computer what have you.. in the grand scheme of things, its near the same price as a keyboard from apple.

 

 

Yeah it's tough...this is my third Hackintosh board in a year. This hobby is bleeding me dry, haha. Overall though, I'd say I've reached the end of the line. I love to tinker, but I'd also like a no-headaches machine. EFI-X gives me the best of both worlds...a DIY PC but without the headaches of Hackintosh.

 

I would definitely say, to anyone who can afford it, get an EFI-X and a compatible motherboard like the EP45-DS3R. It "just works" ;)

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Seems like it, for now.. its not on the HCL so possibly in the future it *might* be prevented from booting.

 

Right now, its working just fine.

 

 

Okay so if i buy EFI-X. I can use this board but will still have to use the gigabit for internet and load the sound patch?
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so glad to hear that it has past the weaksauce and onetrack tests. :blush:

 

mine should be here soon (i hope). though i'm sticking with the ds3l for now. i haven't needed the encore gigabit card yet, and i don't mind patching the audio each time either. just full safe updating is a benefit for me, that and of course retail leopard installation. thanks again for the mini-review weaksauce. :)

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Seems like it, for now.. its not on the HCL so possibly in the future it *might* be prevented from booting.

 

Right now, its working just fine.

 

Just a guess, but since they support the GA-P35-DS3 and the Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3 - seems likely that the Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3L and Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L will continue to function...

 

Patrick

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Just a guess, but since they support the GA-P35-DS3 and the Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3 - seems likely that the Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3L and Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L will continue to function...

 

Patrick

 

Yeah the core features all work, it's the details...like the 888 audio on the DS3L vs. the 889 audio that is supported on other boards. Technically the DS3L DOES function, I've got my EFI-X chip running on it at the moment, but since it's not FULLY compatible, they don't list it.

 

I should also note, do not take my mini-review as an endorsement to purchase an EFI-X for your DS3L. I'm pretty strict about what I say "works"; EFI-X isn't my product and I don't provide support for it (obviously), so I can't guarantee any kind of results that aren't listed in their HCL. Like Lorne said, it's kind of silly not to buy an HCL-compatible motherboard seeing as it's about the same price as an Apple keyboard, lol. Bottom line, if you're going to invest in an EFI-X chip, do it right and invest in supported hardware. If you want to stick with the DS3L, keep using my guide, PCwiz's guide, the Boot-132 guide, and other various methods for getting Leopard onto this wonderful board!

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"""""I love to tinker, but I'd also like a no-headaches machine. EFI-X gives me the best of both worlds...a DIY PC but without the headaches of Hackintosh.

I would definitely say, to anyone who can afford it, get an EFI-X and a compatible motherboard like the EP45-DS3R. It "just works" ;) """"

 

Great great review WeakSauce.. But man, some of us can't afford this damn cool thing.. So please don't give up on tinkering with the old methods of running the system and putting small guides for us (e.g. 10.5.5.) as a lot of us have greatly benefited from your help.

 

I know if I were you, I would also just use the EFI-X system and have no worries about ever on tinkering with other options, but just do remember us, the poor guys with our minimac inspirations and our mini pockets :(

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"""""I love to tinker, but I'd also like a no-headaches machine. EFI-X gives me the best of both worlds...a DIY PC but without the headaches of Hackintosh.

I would definitely say, to anyone who can afford it, get an EFI-X and a compatible motherboard like the EP45-DS3R. It "just works" :( """"

 

Great great review WeakSauce.. But man, some of us can't afford this damn cool thing.. So please don't give up on tinkering with the old methods of running the system and putting small guides for us (e.g. 10.5.5.) as a lot of us have greatly benefited from your help.

 

I know if I were you, I would also just use the EFI-X system and have no worries about ever on tinkering with other options, but just do remember us, the poor guys with our minimac inspirations and our mini pockets :blink:

 

Don't worry, I still have numerous DS3L systems! :hysterical:

 

Weak,

 

Any chance you could give us some insight on Boot-132? I don't want the EFI-X option, and want to move to BOOT-132 for the better graphics kexts in 10.5.5.

 

Thanks!

 

My current plan is to finish testing 10.5.5 (I'm pretty sure just the netkas method is fine for 99% of people, still don't know why a select few are having problems with it) and then dump this guide method (Kalyway) in favor of the Boot-132 method. While the Boot-132 method isn't perfect, it makes upgrading to point updates nicer and mimics EFI-X more closely - this means a simple install via a Retail Disk, download all updates without new patches, etc. I'm not quite sure when it will be ready but I'll start a new thread for it and post a link in here for you! :thumbsdown_anim:

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Great review Weaksauce, as I thought, it was the real deal from the start.

 

hi Onetrack,

i can see in your signature that you have 5.1 out working, but i was unable to get analogique 5.1 out even with the last AppleHDA (Address 2) from Taruga (optical and coax not tested)

 

system profiler show me this:

 

sys_ti10.jpg

 

but i still can't get analogique 5.1 out, please help

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After reading this guide I decided to buy the GA-P35 DS3L board for my system, I had done so much reading and researching for the best board for Kalyway I was getting dizzy. Unfortunately I was not able to find the P35 board here in the UK, seems as here they are only stocking the GA-EP35 DS3L board now. Even sites that showed up in Google as having the P35 board only actually had the EP35. Having read on the EP35 thread people having success with the EP35 using this guide and also the odd post on this thread from EP35 owners having success following this guide I decided to buy the EP35 DS3L.

 

I downloaded all the support files including the Apple 10.5.4 Delta update. I follwed the guide to the letter. The only settings in the BIOS I ignored were ACHI as my Vista install will not boot with ACHI (Maybe because it was installed without ACHI?) I did not enable USB keyboard and mouse as I use PS/2 for both. The install goes perfectly up to the 10.5.3 update, I even get the welcome video after initial install of 10.5.2 which I didn't on my Asrock board and ATI video card.

 

I then install the 10.5.4 Delta update and follow the guide through to install the powerOff bug fix and then I press on restart on the 10.5.4 update as instructed in the guide. The problem is it starts to boot and when it gets to the point where it would go to the Apple boot screen it reboots. I have tried 3 installs following the guide each time and the same happens everytime. On the last install I ran a permissions check from disk utility before restarting after installing the 10.5.4 update and it throws up loads of errors regarding the AppleACIPPatform.kext. I ran a reair permissions and then restarted but it made no difference, it still just keeps rebooting.

 

I was thinking maybe it was an issue with my Nvidia 8400GS video card but before buying it I checked on the PCWIZ Wiki and it is listed on there as working 100%.

 

I know this thread and guide is for the P35 DS3L board and does not support the EP35 DS3L but I wonder if you may have any suggestions? I have posted on the EP35 DS3L thread but as yet I have no response. If anyone can help here I would be greatful.

 

P.S you can see my system specs in my sig and even though I have an IDE HD and DVD, I have disabled the IDE controller in the BIOS whilst I installed Kalyway.

 

Thanks.

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Thanks a lot for the guide weaksauce12; It worked perfectly on my EP35-DS3L. (bios f6a)

 

I just updated to 10.5.5 with netkas guide, and added Chameleon as you suggested.

 

Chameleon works great without boot1h, which I didn't figure out what to do with.

 

Thanks to everyone in the community.

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Got my EP45-DS3R board today and setup EFI-X on it. Some caveats:

 

1. AHCI mode still shows orange drives. I thought this was fixed, but I guess it's being worked on. AHCI mode also makes my DVD drive disappear.

2. Onboard Ethernet = no Bonjour and spotty AFP. Searching for an answer on this one. Both Onboard NICs do work tho!

3. The Video Card info in System Profiler shows incorrect data. If you use the OpenGL Extension Viewer tool, it will show you the correct name and RAM amount, so it's purely cosmetic.

 

My honest opinion of EFI-X in one line: Awesome product that delivers on promises, but was rushed out a bit too early. So far it has done what it was advertised to do - plug it in, install Leopard, download updates, voila. However, it is missing a few niggling little details that say it was rushed out a little too early, those being:

 

1. Detailed installation guide

2. Mac version of the firmware update utility for the chip

3. More user-friendly website with more resources

4. AHCI support (non-orange drives)

5. Video Card cosmetic readout

6. Full networking capabilities (at least on my EP45-DS3R board)

7. Support for booting XP

8. Support for booting from partitions

9. Core2Quads read as Unknown still (being fixed in a future update)

 

On the plus side, you can use the Windows version of the firmware update utility from a VM (current version is 1.1.2 with a major update scheduled for October). AHCI support isn't a huge deal, especially since I can disable it and get full functionality. The only big thing bothering me right now is my onboard NIC; I can't see any Bonjour shares period, which means I can't see the shared iTunes libraries on my network. Most of these things are going to be fixed in the future. As with any product from any company, I'm sure they were rushed to meet a deadline and needed to get a working product out and worry about the rest of the details later. Overall, again, I'm very pleased with it. I am looking forward to the next update where hopefully the basic minor issues will be fixed. I'll report back on the AHCI and Network issues.

 

I am waiting to hear back from the mods as to whether or not I can post a tutorial with the EP45 and EFI-X. They currently do not allow guides pertaining to any commercial products (Pystar, EFI-X, etc.) period, that's simply the current policy. However, they are examining it, and if they allow it, I will be happy to post a detailed guide.

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Chameleon works great without boot1h, which I didn't figure out what to do with.

 

Thanks to everyone in the community.

 

Pirloui: I am using exact same boat with same bios. It is rev.1. May I request how you

installed chameleon without boot1h? Does it help in something to install it?

 

Thanks.

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Well, really simple, I didn't know what to do with boot1h; so I just ran the Chameleon installer straight forward.

Installed to the OSX HD. It also fixed a problem I had with needing the Kalyway DVD to boot the HD.

Just do a clone first, just in case..

Good luck :)

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Just decided to let everyone know I have succesfully updated to 10.5.5 on my GA-EP35-DS3R mainboard using this guide.

 

I used terminal comands and had to reinstall the kext and audio. Dont see any noticeable differences the performance actually feels slower.

 

 

Another thing I find the bit torrent VERY VERY slow under OSX I get 200kb in Vista, same torrent gives me 5-10kb in OSX or less than 1 this is BAD! With over 5000 seeds for new game I doubt that it is torrent problems

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Just decided to let everyone know I have succesfully updated to 10.5.5 on my GA-EP35-DS3R mainboard using this guide.

 

I used terminal comands and had to reinstall the kext and audio. Dont see any noticeable differences the performance actually feels slower.

 

 

Another thing I find the bit torrent VERY VERY slow under OSX I get 200kb in Vista, same torrent gives me 5-10kb in OSX or less than 1 this is BAD! With over 5000 seeds for new game I doubt that it is torrent problems

What program as you using to d/l torrents in OSX? I personally have a slow connection, but I use Transmission and it usese uPNP via my router. I'm guessing if you're using the same computer, router and net connection that it's a config issue in your torrent software. Perhaps you need to manually forward ports?
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Pirloui, I am guessing we are using different methods to install and run the system since I have no problem booting from harddisk even without the kalyway disk being in the cdrom.

 

And since I am not sure. which thread has link to chameloen software and the guide, so if you can direct me to the right thread, would give it a try and post feedback.

Thanks for the effort.

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Well, I was finally able to upgrade to 10.5.5 tonight. I used iDeneb's 10.5.5 installer (see the Green Demon), and was able to get my 4TB software raid up and running.

 

Everything .. just works. And yes, dramatic *dramatic* increases in FPS with the new graphics drivers in 10.5.5 (I have an nvidia 8800GTX with 768mb of ram). With everything maxed, I was getting 10 fps in 2560x1600x32 in the World of Warcraft Wrath of the Lich King Beta... now getting 35-55 fps plus have realtime 3D shadows. I used EFI studio instead of any injectors.

 

/joy

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And since I am not sure. which thread has link to chameloen software and the guide, so if you can direct me to the right thread, would give it a try and post feedback.

 

Here is the 10.5.5 guide I followed; (minus the "don't steal MOSX part)

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=107340

 

Chameleon: first answer when google "chameleon osx86"

It's on the first page, right side, middle down.

It's a classic straight forward installer.

 

Good luck.

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What program as you using to d/l torrents in OSX? I personally have a slow connection, but I use Transmission and it usese uPNP via my router. I'm guessing if you're using the same computer, router and net connection that it's a config issue in your torrent software. Perhaps you need to manually forward ports?

 

 

Well Iam using Azureus for both vista and OSX (same version) tested many times, using same torrent with 5000 seeds,

in Vista I get 200kb or so in OSX I never get pass 6kb WTF is wrong? I doubt it is a config what can be so different ?

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