[Guide & Software] A Recipe for Delicious Leopard Soup - Now with Vanilla Flavor!

[DJCrunkMix]

hi fellas,

 

I just got everything to work - 100% perfect hackintosh. I thank weaksauce for his dedication towards this forum and this thread. Thanks man! I had small problems which I will post later along with my system specs!

- Neil

[dci693]

1. In the Cloning folder, run SuperDuper (clone from your boot drive to the drive you want to clone to)

2. In the Cloning folder, run Chameleon and change the install location to the newly-cloned drive

3. Mark the data partition on the new drive as active

My 640GB is divided into 2 partitions... Mac OS boots off the 1st one, and the 2nd one is just for storage. So, is it advisable to use superduper to clone from partition to partition in the same drive or should it be cloned to a different drive?

 

Do I still need to run steps 2 and 3 after that? Or are these steps only needed WHEN I need to call upon the backup??

I can't answer definitively because I've only cloned across to different drives, but I will tell you that you the Chameleon will install EFI software onto your hard drive. You don't need to have two copies of it on the same hard drive, but I don't think applying it twice will hurt your install (I once applied it by accident to my OSX boot drive, not the clone and everything still worked fine). I think that if this were to work, step 3 would be crucial.

[HiDDeNN]

I've updated mine to 10.5.5 flawlessly. My mobo: Intel DP35DP.

 

First, download the combo update 10.5.5 from the Apple download site.

I followed this guide until 10.5.4, then this was my procedure to update to 10.5.5:

 

Step 1:

Open terminal and type:

while sleep 1 ; do sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext ; done (pay attention, and when it prompts for your password, type it quickly)

 

Step 2:

Install the combo update 10.5.5

 

It will appear a black screen (kernel panic) telling you to restart because of an internal error. Just press the restart button of your PC.

The system will reboot 2 times in a somewhat large process, until it ends booting up well.

Next, you'll have to reinstall your kexts (AppleAHCIPort, AppleSMBIOS, IOAHCIFamily and Bluetooth's from the DS3L-Package, as well as your audio drivers).

Reboot again... and you'll have a 10.5.5 system up and running

 

 

By the way, I'm still using my NVinstaller v.52 (NVinject 0.2.1), and my original audio drivers (ALCinject and AppleHDA) without any problem. Right now I'm listening to my iTunes and watching a DivX movie. I have full Quartz Extreme graphics and sound.

 

I attach some screenshots.

 

 

Am I doing something wrong? I know that 10.5.5 doesn't support injects, but I'm using them without problems, although I had a kernel panic during the update. Software update says that everyting is up to date.

[weaksauce12]

I've updated mine to 10.5.5 flawlessly. My mobo: Intel DP35DP.

 

...

 

Am I doing something wrong? I know that 10.5.5 doesn't support injects, but I'm using them without problems, although I had a kernel panic during the update. Software update says that everyting is up to date.

 

This method has actually worked the best so far, just a simple netkas-style installation plus re-install the kexts. I think this is the way it will work for everyone. I don't know why other people were having such problems. I'll post a detailed guide in a bit.

 

Also, I have successfully used the Boot-132 method to install Retail Leopard and then updated from 10.5.0 directly to 10.5.5 via Software Update. The only thing you have to install is the Audio Driver (simple kext install via Kext Helper). Cake. Just as good as EFI-X for this board.

[seanmcgpa]

This method has actually worked the best so far, just a simple netkas-style installation plus re-install the kexts. I think this is the way it will work for everyone. I don't know why other people were having such problems. I'll post a detailed guide in a bit.

 

Also, I have successfully used the Boot-132 method to install Retail Leopard and then updated from 10.5.0 directly to 10.5.5 via Software Update. The only thing you have to install is the Audio Driver (simple kext install via Kext Helper). Cake. Just as good as EFI-X for this board.

 

Weak,

 

I am considering wiping my HD clean and going Boot-132 for future proofing. Can you give us a more detailed guide on how you did it successfully? THanks!

[DJCrunkMix]

Hi guys,

 

I got a 100% stable OSX working! I am going list down a few things that I think would be useful for others.

 

My specs:

1) Intel E8400 @ Stock Clocks (Will OC it and post the benchmarks!)

2) Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Rev 2.0 mobo with F7 Bios

3) Samsung SATA DVD+-RW Drive

4) Seagate 500 GB 7200 RPM SATA Harddisk

4) Western Digital 300 GB 7200 RPM SATA Hardisk

5) EVGA 8800GT 512 MB Graphics Card

6) EMU 1616 PCI A/D Converter Audio Card

7) Dell E248WFP 24" monitor

 

Problems faced:

1) My PS/2 Keyboard did not work, I used this link to download the PS2Fix1024 setup file before rebooting after 10.5.4 Delta upgrade:

 

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=117359

 

2) After installing the following kexts:

AppleSMBIOS.kext (System driver, updated for Memory)

AppleAHCIPort.kext (SATA driver #1 of 2)

IOAHCIFamily.kext (SATA driver #2 of 2)

IOBluetoothFamily.kext (Bluetooth driver #1 of 2)

IOBluetoothHIDDriver.kext (Bluetooth driver #2 of 2)

 

I couldn't get past the Apple Logo. It got stuck there showing the "O" symbol with a "\" through it. I figured the problem was due to the face that its not reading the correct drive! For some reason, it was fixed by changing the Set "SATA AHCI Mode" to "Normal" in BIOS.

 

Moreover, my USB drives didn't work until I got to the last point where I installed 10.5.4. So, make sure you don't put your 10.5.3 upgrade and other kexts in a USB stick! I burned it on a CD-ROM, luckily.

 

I love my hackintosh! Its frickin fast!

 

Let me know if there are any questions (Althought I am a n00b! I atleast tell what settings I fooled around with)

[kai920]

I can't answer definitively because I've only cloned across to different drives, but I will tell you that you the Chameleon will install EFI software onto your hard drive. You don't need to have two copies of it on the same hard drive, but I don't think applying it twice will hurt your install (I once applied it by accident to my OSX boot drive, not the clone and everything still worked fine). I think that if this were to work, step 3 would be crucial.

 

I'm not going to take any chances this time... the first time I followed the instructions of the "Cloning Section" I messed up something and got a HFS+ Partition error (made a long post about it previously) so this time I'm going to plug in my spare 40GB IDE drive and clone to that and install Chameleon.

 

I suppose I wouldn't need to do step 3 until I really need to boot off of this cloned drive?

 

edit - kept getting kernel panics with my 40GB IDE drive, so am currently backing up to my 80GB external USB...

[macboots]

hello all. i've been watching this thread daily, quietly waiting for my stuff to arrive (i'm in argentina, so it took me longer to receive everything). today arrived my last part, the power supply. tommorrow i'll have my system ready to have fun with it.

 

Also, I have successfully used the Boot-132 method to install Retail Leopard and then updated from 10.5.0 directly to 10.5.5 via Software Update. The only thing you have to install is the Audio Driver (simple kext install via Kext Helper). Cake. Just as good as EFI-X for this board.

 

it would be great weaksauce if you could post a basic guide in order to do the Boot-132 method. from what i've read, that's the way to go. although what do i know...

 

well i'll have a fresh system tomorrow ready to do some testing so if i can be helpfull in anyway just let me know.

 

my specs:

 

GA-P35-DS3L rev 2.0 <--- HELL YEAH!!!

intel e8400 core 2 duo 3.0

4 gb ram 800 mhz

500gb sata

cd/dvd burner sata

nvidia geforce 8800 gt

550w good quality power supply

 

cheers!

[DJCrunkMix]

Hey guys!

 

I got stuck again at the Apple Logo. The circle keeps spinning but nothing happens. I just changed the disk boot priority in my BIOS to my windows harddrive (I have two separate HDs - one for xp and one for leopard) and I reverted it back to leopard hard drive. I dont know whats wrong, please help!

 

Any suggestions? I tried changing AHCI boot mode but no luck...i fiddled around ...but it just gets stuck at the apple logo!

[willpower101]

Yeah I think I'm going to switch over the Boot-132 method in pretty short order here.

 

I also have an EFI-X chip on the way and will be testing it (hopefully) this weekend. The DS3L isn't officially supported, but that's only because it has an 888 sound chip instead of 889, so you have to install the sound patch post-install and possibly re-install with each point update. Small price to pay, methinks.

 

How / where can you get these in the U.S.?

[weaksauce12]

How / where can you get these in the U.S.?

 

http://www.efixusa.net/

[lykos73]

I am not sure how I did it but I am updated to 10.5.5.

I followedwhat HiDDenn posted but it never kernel paniced. When it rebooted it just went to the apple logo and just spun.

So i down loaded the 132 loader and burned it to cd and got a plist error. So for {censored} and giggles

I put the retail disk in and tried to boot from that. It booted fine. reinstalled the kexts in the kext folder and the sound.

All of it seems work okay. I just can't seem to get the processor pane to reinstall. I also reinstalled the poweroff bug fix.

 

So i have no clue how it is working.

[kai920]

hi weaksauce,

 

for this step: 2. In the Cloning folder, run Chameleon and change the install location to the newly-cloned drive

 

I noticed the latest DS3L Package there is no Chameleon included. I have just cloned from my boot drive to an external usb drive. Should I use the Chameleon included in your original DS3L package?

 

Thanks!

[weaksauce12]

hi weaksauce,

 

for this step: 2. In the Cloning folder, run Chameleon and change the install location to the newly-cloned drive

 

I noticed the latest DS3L Package there is no Chameleon included. I have just cloned from my boot drive to an external usb drive. Should I use the Chameleon included in your original DS3L package?

 

Thanks!

 

Yeah although I think there might be a newer version available. Doesn't matter, works either way. Thought I had included Chameleon, my bad!

[willpower101]

http://www.efixusa.net/

 

Thanks!

[kai920]

Heh, no problem! Thanks again for all your efforts.

 

Think this time I can't screw things up again since it's on an external USB drive

[shivdreamz18]

I had the same problem, and upgrading to the F5 BIOS worked for me. I have the EP35-DS3L, so I'm not sure if it's the same BIOS for your case..

 

Make sure you also have installed the poweroff fix..

 

Hi thanks for the reply. The funny thing is i made another machine for my friend, same specs but his shutdown fix works. same bios as mine.

 

Think about purchasing the software you want to use. Support the development of the software - the people who wrote it worked hard on it.

 

Patrick

 

Hi, honestly i want to pick up the genuine software but having purchased the retail copy of FCS2 (which is still taking ages to be delivered!) and some other unwanted expenses has made me run short on cash. I just want try out the crack one before i buy the retail dvd and see if it is better than the windows version.

 

Think about purchasing the software you want to use. Support the development of the software - the people who wrote it worked hard on it.

 

Patrick

 

Hi, honestly i want to pick up the genuine software but having purchased the retail copy of FCS2 (which is still taking ages to be delivered!) and some other unwanted expenses has made me run short on cash. I just want try out the crack one before i buy the retail dvd and see if it is better than the windows version.

[swilso]

Hi,

 

Sorry if this has been asked before but I have contemplated changing my mind about which CPU to get for this board. Everyone seems they have Q6600 working flawlessly, has anyone tried the E8500 with this board? I have heard some issues with 45nm processors have issues with osx?

 

I plan to mostly use osx (i will occasionally use x64 vista), I encode a lot of videos - don't play many games or video/graphic editing. I want the system clock to stay synchronized though as I use energy saver (some people have said the e8500 loses/falls behind). I want to use parallels too, but does osx utilize efficiently all 4 cores of the q6600 or the e8500 is on par with it in osx?

 

thanks for suggestions.

[weaksauce12]

EFI-X Mini Review:

 

My EFI-X chip showed up today. I'll post a longer review later, but here's what I've got so far:

 

1. It's physically very nice - it's definitely a "commercial" product. Comes with the chip and an extension cable, in case you don't have room directly on your motherboard. I have other things plugged into the first 2 onboard USB headers, so the extension cable was definitely nice to have - good thinking there! Small and lightweight, nice silver printing. Made in Germany, shipped from Taiwan.

 

2. It's fast - WAY better than using Boot-132. It has a very nice boot GUI to select a hard drive or the DVD drive to boot from. Installation is super easy and I downloaded all of the updates without a hitch (from 10.5.0 on my Retail Leopard DVD to 10.5.5 with all of the latest updates).

 

3. BIOS setup is simple, I just kept the same settings in my guide, but disabled AHCI and set the first boot drive to USB-HDD, then changed the priority to have EFI-X first. Real simple.

 

4. While the DS3L isn't an officially supported board on the EFI-X HCL, it does work extremely well. All you really need is the Encore NIC and Taruga's audio driver. Surprisingly it does support our onboard NIC better than our existing drivers, but still not 100%. Internet wakes from sleep and I can see my AFP servers, but Bonjour doesn't work (I can't see my other shared iTunes libraries). So you'll see need the Encore NIC or some other network card (wireless or otherwise). The Encore card is Gigabit and works out of the box, it's natively supported 100% under Leopard. As for audio, you'll probably have to reinstall Taruga's patch after every major point update, but that's cake.

 

5. Wow, I want more of these chips!

 

6. Be aware of the limitations. EFI-X has a very specific HCL, so as long as you stay within that you'll be fine. I have an EP45-DS3R board on the way that has 100% support and will post my more detailed review when it shows up (up to 16gb RAM, 6 SATA onboard, 8 USB, 2 PCIe 16x slots, 3 PCIe 1x slots, 2 PCI slots, dual Gigabit NIC's, dual Firewire - both 4-pin and 6-pin...all for only $130). Anyway, be aware of the limitations - you can only use certain boards and certain cards, so if you can live with that you'll be in heaven, otherwise you'll probably want to stick with OSx86.

 

7. My video card shows up as "NVIDIA Graphics Card" instead of "7300GT". But it shows the correct amount of RAM and speed, and has QE/CI support.

 

8. You can't dual-boot with XP yet, only Vista. Which is fine because you can't boot XP with more than 4 gigs of RAM, and Vista makes a better gaming platform because of DirectX 10. You also can't boot from a partition; Vista has to be on a separate drive. They say they're working on future features in this area, but take my advice here: if you buy something, buy it at face value and don't expect any other features. I have full confidence that they will continue to make this a better product, but if you want to dual-boot XP on a second partition on a single hard drive, don't buy a chip now expecting that to happen later.

 

9. You can boot from any natively-supported Leopard RAID card. That rules out my Silicon Image card because I have to install a 3rd-party driver, although there's word that that will change in the future as well. They are also working on being able to boot from Software RAID (not sure if that's been implemented yet or not).

 

10. Totally worth the money. You'll be spending around $160 per chip, give or take a little with shipping and Paypal costs. If you don't want any headaches with your Hackintosh, get an EFI-X chip. Wow.

 

The bottom line is that this is an awesome product for those of us who want a stable, working machine without any effort. $160 sounds expensive, but if you've experienced the vast array of headaches a Hackintosh can bring into your life, you'll hear me when I say that it's totally and completely worth the money. I'm blown away at how well EFI-X works; my hat is off to the programmers and developers over at EFI-X. And they're a bunch of nice guys to boot! I had the opportunity to chat with their CEO and got some good insights that I'll be sharing later in my full review.

 

Would I advise a DS3L user to purchase an EFI-X chip? In a word, no. Officially the DS3L is NOT supported, although you can make it work - but it's not too bright of a decision to purchase an expensive chip and then not buy 100% supported hardware, as explicitly stated on their website. In fact, I am transferring my primary workstation to an EP45-based system so that I can get 100% compatibility. The EP45-DS3R board is currently $107 after rebate on Newegg:

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...p;Tpk=ep45-ds3r

 

EFI-X has something of a very specific target market...to fill the niche left by Apple for the Mac Pro "Lite". It's for computer enthusiasts who want an Apple machine but can't afford a Mac Pro (or don't want to, as $2,800 USD is the starting price) and don't care for the iMac machines. The EP45 is around $100, a nice Quad-core chip around $200, 8 gigs of RAM is the sweet spot at $150, 1TB drives are down to $135 and 1.5TB are out at $190...you can can easily build a monster of a machine for around a grand. You'll be able to run updates flawlessly and never have to worry about your system breaking. You can replace or upgrade any piece of hardware you want in the system.

 

In short, I love EFI-X! If you want a headache-free Hackintosh experience, buy an EFI-X chip and a board/card on their HCL

[willpower101]

I want to use parallels too, but does osx utilize efficiently all 4 cores of the q6600 or the e8500 is on par with it in osx?

 

thanks for suggestions.

 

Many people have had success using the modbin kernel but supposedly the problem lies within the efi. I followed the guide with my Q9300 45nm and then at the very last installed the chameleon package, restarted, (had to repair the boot) and then everything worked fine.

 

The biggest problem I have is with the temp sensors not working on the Q9300. Supposedly they work fine with the Q6600. (i have one that I can test out soon, but reports on here show that it should work pretty flawlessly.)

 

If you're going to use paralels, (I would recommend using vmware fusion 2.0) I would definitely go with the quad core b'c you can assign multiple cores to each of your virtual machines. With vmware fusion I had 2 cores assigned to my vista partition 1 core assigned to a vm instance of ubuntu and 1 left over for os x, all running smoothly in fusion mode.

[Onetrack]

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

 

 

EFI-X Mini Review:

 

My EFI-X chip showed up today. I'll post a longer review later, but here's what I've got so far:

(snip)

[weaksauce12]

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

 

Thanks! I'm really just blown away...this could have the Apple logo on it and I wouldn't be able to tell the difference. It "just works". I'm more than happy to pay the guys at EFI-X for making my life easier...I will definitely be buying more of these chips as budget allows!

[kai920]

Very nice overview, weaksauce. Too bad my mobo is not on the supported list or I would seriously consider getting one of these! If only I bought my setup one month later

 

(PS. my EP35-DS3L rev 1.0 won't work will it? It says Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3 rev 2.1 on the HCL)

[macboots]

BoBo has spent some long hours tweaking his machine for 10.5.5 and has come up with this method: (from scratch, modify as needed for your setup)

 

1. Install Kalyway 10.5.2

2. Install 10.5.3 combo (Kalyway or netkas-style)

3. Install 10.5.4 (88mb Delta from Apple)

4. Backup your 10.5.4 extensions (quick method via Terminal: cp -R /System/Library/Extensions /System/Library/Extensions.1054)

5. Install 10.5.5 (netkas-style) * install script may or may not add the don't steal this mac line; if it's there change it to dsmos.kext

6. Reinstall your 10.5.4 extensions, except for the .4 kernel (you might not need all of them, but it works; via command-line: rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions, then cp -R /System/Library/Extensions.1054 /System/Library/Extensions)

7. Install any remaining Software Updates

8. Install Chameleon and update boot1h file from Qermit

9. Install 9f23 (aka the 10.5.5 drivers) and use EFI to get res + CI/QE - from nvinstaller

10. Install AppleHDA taruga ALC888

 

It seems that 10.5.5 doesn't like us to use injectors, so we have to use EFI Strings. The easiest way to do this is to use EFI Studio. Hopefully someone will get injectors working in the future, but no biggie as we have EFI Strings now, yay! As always, have a complete working backup of your system before upgrading to 10.5.5 - this may not go smoothly for everyone!

 

So for those of you already on 10.5.4, this is what you're doing in a nutshell:

 

1. Removing injectors (don't know if these screw up the update yet or if you can leave them, I'll update this later)

2. Installing 10.5.5 via netkas' method

3. Downloading any remaining Software Updates

4. Installing Chameleon EFI along with the newer boot1h file

5. Installing the 10.5.5 drivers (9f23)

6. Installing EFI Strings using EFI Studio

7. Re-installing the Audio Patch (Taruga's stuff)

 

Kind of messy, but this does a few things:

 

1. Updates you to 10.5.5

2. Switches you over to Chameleon EFI

3. Updates your system to EFI Strings (and thus gets rid of old-style injectors)

 

I'll work on writing a more detailed guide, but for power users go ahead and try this method out, then report back on your results. Thanks!

 

hello weaksauce. i finally (after 2 months of waiting) got all components necessary to build the pc. just one quick question; should i follow your guide which is on the first page or use the one i've quouted from you? i mean, is there anything i should no longer do from your ifrst guide in orther to get to 10.5.5. ?

 

thanks for help!

[weaksauce12]

Very nice overview, weaksauce. Too bad my mobo is not on the supported list or I would seriously consider getting one of these! If only I bought my setup one month later

 

(PS. my EP35-DS3L rev 1.0 won't work will it? It says Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3 rev 2.1 on the HCL)

 

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"