DAW - based on GA-EP45 incl. hardware list

[manta]

Yes I can use the eject button when it is empty... when there's a disk inside I click the Eject button in Finder or right-click on the drive on the desktop and click 'eject'.

 

You're probably right about the drive - I'll get round to investigating it some day. Right now it doesn't really bother me. I've installed plenty of software and ripped CDs from the drive so it's functionally OK for me - keyboard eject isn't essential.

 

Incidentally I successfully updated to 10.5.6 using the usual method (boot into Kalyway, install onto MacHD). No fiddling required. It happens that 10.5.6 seemed slower to me though - bootup and benchmarks slower - so I went back to 10.5.5 which has been solid for me.

 

I also tried Carbon Copy Cloner to restore the drive - it didn't work CopycatX is the only tool that works... but I guess you knew this already It's slow (takes over 2 hours to restore) but it works!

 

---edit---

OK very weird, it seems I need to keep the eject button pressed down for about 1.5 seconds. Pretty cool as it means you don't eject the CD by accident by missing the 'mute' key but is this normal? I don't remember this happening on normal Macs, but it's possible it's a recent improvement I've missed.

[peach-os]

yes-I know. I´ve tried them all

 

you need to push the eject button a little bit longer. it´s the same on our new imac.

[prodeguerriero]

Hi there.

 

No clues that could help me with the little problem I'm having using the mic on the front panel?

 

Thanks

[peach-os]

Hi there.

 

No clues that could help me with the little problem I'm having using the mic on the front panel?

 

Thanks

 

I´m using a firewire soundcard.

 

I remember that there was somewhere a solution for it in combination with strings. search for ALC889

[manta]

you need to push the eject button a little bit longer. it´s the same on our new imac.

 

Good to know, thanks.. can't believe I missed this on regular Macs, but then I don't use CDs very often these days!

 

Thanks again peach-os, I couldn't have built my perfect Mac without this thread

 

By the way I made a list of some nice apps that other DAW users might find useful:

 

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?s=&...t&p=1025281

[prodeguerriero]

I´m using a firewire soundcard.

 

I remember that there was somewhere a solution for it in combination with strings. search for ALC889

 

Ok, I'll give a little look around the forum. Bye

[herodv]

Hi peach-os!

 

Thank you for this great tutorial! Yesterday I ordered the hardware and I'm really looking forward to build my first hack!

 

I have one question: Which advantages are there to install retail leo and not to install kalyway i.e. on two partitions? Are there performance issues?

 

Thank you very much!!!

[peach-os]

Hi peach-os!

 

Thank you for this great tutorial! Yesterday I ordered the hardware and I'm really looking forward to build my first hack!

 

I have one question: Which advantages are there to install retail leo and not to install kalyway i.e. on two partitions? Are there performance issues?

 

Thank you very much!!!

 

 

I wouldn´t say there are performance issues. retail is closer to real macs and so far easier to update. especially this board loves retail (also my asus p5w dh). everything except sound is working ootb. read the forum and you will see that the most guys having network, sleep or other issues are using patched distros. distros are very helpful to test and to install on difficult machines. since using retail I can even wake up my asus board with the mouse or keyboard (with gigabyte unfortunately not possible). imho a very important fact is that patching the system yourself gives you a lot of knowledge and will help you to solve problems in future much easier.

[danielsan2008]

hey guys!

 

I'm still fighting with my "cracky sounds problem"

(loud "pop" sound at the begining of any sound output)

I've tried sooo many kext but nothing helps at this time...

 

What could it be that the kext form peach-os work on your

machines... and not on mine DS3... Same board, same chips *wondering*

 

I just saw that I got TWO sound devices in my profiler...

but only the first one shows working ports.

You think that this could be a part of my sound problem?

And how can I solve that?

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks in advance

[peach-os]

did you try this http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?s=&...st&p=967323

 

or this http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?s=&...st&p=911892 ?

 

probably more people have this issue, but don´t realize that because they are using firewire or usb interfaces.

I never tested my machine so far that I could deny having it. the onboard sound on my machine is only for the system sounds if needed.

 

for working with logic I would suggest you to buy an extra interface which would improve your sound quality dramatically.

the cheapest one I would recommend is the M-Audio Audiophile 24/96 USB. I´m using it on my macbook and works also flawless with my hacki. very good prices for it on ebay.also a new M-Audio fast Track USB is available for 90 euros.

[danielsan2008]

hey peach-os thanks for the fast reply!

 

I think I've tested these kexts too... but can't remember to 100%... I tried really A LOT OF kexts :-/

But I'll give it a try on Friday!

 

The USB Sound Device method is a very interesting thing... but 90€... hmmm

I don't need my machine for sound editing and stuff. So a very simple one with just two Outs and

one or two Ins would do the work... You know a cheap device of that kind which will work probably?

 

Thanks again!

 

 

EDIT: Wow found this very cheap thing from hama (and also many other manufactures)

http://www.amazon.de/Hama-USB-Virtual-Audi...DDYZV5ZRBMNRVE6

 

And some guys from the comments use it on Leo! So this would be my fallback option

[peach-os]

if it works in leo that´s a good solution

[herodv]

Hi all,

 

my hack is ready and running! :-)

 

Here are some pics, if you like:

 

http://dvoelk.noadsfree.com/Hackintosh

 

What not works yet, is the sleep mode. If I want to switch in the sleep mode, the PC switches off and after switching on, it boots. Are there any tipps, how to fix that?

[peach-os]

very easy....read here in karaakeha´s guide http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=76404

 

nice pics !

[herodv]

Thank you, it works! Unbelievable!

[Jre]

Hi. Im about to build a daw, about the same as you.

 

Mainboard: GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DS3 S-775 ATX

CPU: INTEL CORE 2 QUAD Q8300 2.5GHZ 4MB 1333MHZ S-775

GFX: ASUS GEFORCE 9800GTX+ DARK KNIGHT COOLER 512MB DDR3 PCI-E DVI

RAM: CORSAIR 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC6400 (2X2GB)

DISK x4 SEAGATE BARRACUDA 7200.11 500GB 7200RPM SATA/300 32MB

Cooling: ARCTIC COOLING SOCKET775 FREEZER 7 PRO

DVD: SAMSUNG DVD±R/RW/RAM DL 22X SATA

Chassi: ANTEC SONATA III 500

 

+ 1 WDC 250GB i will use for "maintenace"

 

What do you think about this setup ? i know its owerkill with the 9800GTX but i could not find any supported cheaper card with dual dvi.

and im going with those disk´s because i can get a good deal on them and they are very quiet.

 

/ Jre

[peach-os]

Hi. Im about to build a daw, about the same as you.

 

Mainboard: GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DS3 S-775 ATX

CPU: INTEL CORE 2 QUAD Q8300 2.5GHZ 4MB 1333MHZ S-775

GFX: ASUS GEFORCE 9800GTX+ DARK KNIGHT COOLER 512MB DDR3 PCI-E DVI

RAM: CORSAIR 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC6400 (2X2GB)

DISK x4 SEAGATE BARRACUDA 7200.11 500GB 7200RPM SATA/300 32MB

Cooling: ARCTIC COOLING SOCKET775 FREEZER 7 PRO

DVD: SAMSUNG DVD±R/RW/RAM DL 22X SATA

Chassi: ANTEC SONATA III 500

 

+ 1 WDC 250GB i will use for "maintenace"

 

What dout you think about this setup ? i know its owerkill with the 9800GTX but i couldent find any supported cheaper card with dual dvi.

and im going with those disk´s because i can get a good deal and them and they are very quiet.

 

/ Jre

 

you will have problems with the seagate disks. they will be unbelievable slow. the only way to change this could be to flash the firmware. but: flashing the firmware of a harddisk is risky and could mean the loss of warranty.

[Jre]

ok, then i will not use those disk. Do you know why those disk dosent work properly ?

 

I will go with the disks you are using then. I will run Maintenance disk on a 250gb aswell. It costs the same as the 80GB

 

1x 500GB Western Digital Caviar SE SATA II (WD5000AAKS)

4x 250GB Western Digital Caviar Blue SATA II (WD2500AAKS)

[peach-os]

ok, then i will not use those disk. Do you know why those disk dosent work properly ?

 

the answer is already there. the firmware seems to work good with windows, but not with os x.

yes, take the AAKS - you won´t regret it

[Jre]

the answer is already there. the firmware seems to work good with windows, but not with os x.

yes, take the AAKS - you won´t regret it

 

ok, thanks. Then i will go with this hardware.

 

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2,4GHz 1066Mhz

 

GFX: Gigabyte GeForce 9800GTX+ 1GB Zalman

 

MainBoard: Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3 P45 s775

 

RAM: 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC8500 A-Data 1066Mhz

 

DISK: 1x 500GB Western Digital Caviar SE SATA II (WD5000AAKS)

4x 250GB Western Digital Caviar Blue SATA II (WD2500AAKS)

 

CHASSI: Antec Sonata III 500 Silent ATX 500W

 

CPU COOLER: Freezer 7 PRO, Socket 775

 

DVD: Samsung SH-S223F 22X DVD±RW DL SATA

 

 

Do you thing it would be a problem to connect a

TC Electronic Desktop Konnekt 6 to this system ?

[peach-os]

if you already bought th TC - try it. the TC devices seem to have problems with the texas instrument chip,which is also used on the gigabyte board. normally it´s vice versa: the TI firewire chip works better with the most audio devices.

if you didn´t buy a device yet, I would recommend you the focusrite saffire le in the same price category. if you add an other 100 you could get the apogee duet, which is fantastic!

[Jre]

if you already bought th TC - try it. the TC devices seem to have problems with the texas instrument chip,which is also used on the gigabyte board. normally it´s vice versa: the TI firewire chip works better with the most audio devices.

if you didn´t buy a device yet, I would recommend you the focusrite saffire le in the same price category. if you add an other 100 you could get the apogee duet, which is fantastic!

 

No i havent bought it. Still gathering information on what to get for my daw

The apogee duet seems to be a quality product. I will check it out.

 

Thanks alot for all the help. I will probably have more questions when i have bought all

the hardware

 

Cheers

[pepenero]

I have got the following message after typeing fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0

"could not open MBR file /usr/standalone/i386/boot0: No such file or directory"

 

booting from MacHD hang up at "verifying DMI pool..."

 

Please help.

Thanks

P.

[peach-os]

I have got the following message after typeing fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0

"could not open MBR file /usr/standalone/i386/boot0: No such file or directory"

 

booting from MacHD hang up at "verifying DMI pool..."

 

Please help.

Thanks

P.

 

this msg could mean different mistakes you did. it doesn´t find the master boot section on the selected disk.

did you format the disk correctly? with guid partition? not mbr, not apple!

did you check the number of the disk correctly?

 

did you try first to use osx86tools with the efi chameleon option?

 

as soon you get rid of this you will not see any longer the hang at "verifying DMI pool data"

 

otherwise use the searchengine. you will find tons of posts about this

[pepenero]

thanks your quick answer, I did manually setup with fdisk and it was succesful.

 

my other issue is that i have 8500gt card and i cant get it work, so i use my system with an old 7200gs card.

If you can give any further assistance that would be appreciated.

Anyway your guide is the best i have ever read, thank you again!

P.