Upcoming Intel X58 Mobos & Core i7 CPUs

[mattrb]

I don't know which is better, but at least I can say I've got very minor problems with GA-EX58-UD5:

1. "About This Mac..." reports my memory bus speed is 400 MHz, while System Profiler says 533 MHz with DDR3-1333 modules.
   
2. VMware Fusion doesn't want to run on my HackPro
   
3. DHCP doesn't work. (I don't use it though.)
   
4. busratio=20 is required for bootloader flag.
   
5. Several problems have been found on each Software Update. For instance, after 10.5.6 Combo update, KP occurs when I open huge dmg files. However, with EFI boot method, it is very easy to fix if you have "kextstat" file, backup old Extensions folder and alternative installation such as Kalyway. I think this process is always required for every distros/methods; the difference is which is easier to fix them.
   
6. Digital dreamer and WolfieNuke are with GA-EX58-UD5. Those guys are stunning like Steves.
   

 

Half of these problems (not including 6 because that is not a problem) are on both motherboards. Stop these falsehoods of hating on my motherboard.

[santicity]

Half of these problems (not including 6 because that is not a problem) are on both motherboards. Stop these falsehoods of hating on my motherboard.

 

Do you have the P6T? Problems?

[artice]

Half of these problems (not including 6 because that is not a problem) are on both motherboards. Stop these falsehoods of hating on my motherboard.

 

Yeah, I'm really sorry. It was my mistake.

#6 is not problem...it's NOT problem. Really sorry for those guys....

I can't understand why I wrote #6 as problem.... Sorry again.

 

What I wanted to say is, GA-EX58-UD5 has very little problem, but very huge positive supports.

Maybe both boards don't have major failure. I just wanted to confirm half of that.

Anyway, I take back my previous statement.

[alxandrjw]

I have taken my third plunge into the Hackintosh pool, and so far things are ok. I wanted to post everything I have found in building this hack to hopefully help other noobs such as myself. Before I do that though, I want to say a most deserved thank you to the guys who not only work so hard on figuring out this stuff, but also take time to share their findings and files with all of us. For my specific case, I want to say thank you to digital dreamer and wolfienuke for their guides and constant support. I would be completely lost if it wasn't for those two, so again, "Thank you!"

 

On to the tech stuff:

 

My setup:

Gigabyte GA-X58-UD5 Motherboard

Intel 920 i7 CPU

ASUS 9800GTX+ Dark Knight Video Card

6GB (3x2BG) Transcend x1333+ DDR3 RAM

1 500GB Hitachi SATA2 HD - Leopard

1 500GB Hitachi SATA2 HD - Vista

1 1TB 1 Hitachi SATA2 HD - Storage

Cooler Master 600W Silent Elite Power Supply

Cooler Master V8

Cooler Master Elite Case

 

Method of Install:

I first used Kalyway 10.5.2 to install Leopard onto a 16GB Flash Disk

Followed these instructions

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...&start=100#

 

Then I used the EFI installer version 3.1 by wolfienuke:

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?act...amp;pid=1001989

 

After I was able to boot into my leopard install, I found it was better to add kexts using the method listed here:

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=127330

 

Here is a quote:

 

So you booted back up, but you maybe dont have gfx support, or are missing some nice LAN kext... To mount EFI:

 

sudo -s

mkdir /Volumes/EFI

mount_hfs /dev/diskXs1 /Volumes/EFI

 

to install new kexts:

 

sudo -s

cd path/to/kext

cp -R Blah.kext /Volumes/EFI/Extensions

cd /Volumes/EFI

./update.sh

 

I used the method to add the RealtekR1000.kext for the Network as well as the IONetworkingFamily.kext to fix the Time machine function.

 

You can also mount the partition as shown above, then hold the alt key and right click on Finder in the Dock. Select "Relaunch" and you will see the EFI partition. Remeber to then use the update step shown later.

 

I initially added the IONDRVSupport.kext to fix the white menu problem with my video card.

 

I replaced the mach_kernal.voodoo with the 10.5.6 version and put the system.kext in the extensions folder.

 

There is a problem with the system locking up when you try to mount a DMG file, but I found this only applies to newly downloaded files and not files you had on your system prior to installing the 10.5.6 voodoo file. There is supposed to be a fix for this by installing the 10.5.5 seatbelt.kext over the 10.5.6 version, but it didn't work for me. For now, I use disk utility to convert dmgs to CD/DVD masters and they mount just fine.

 

I got the GFX+ to work following the guide by aquamac here:

 

http://aquamac.proboards106.com/index.cgi?...&thread=509

 

I added the EFI strings to the com.apple.boot.plist file in the EFI boot partition directly.

 

My initial geekbench score was 8550. I overclocked my machine to 3.8ghz by setting the CPU clock to 20 and the base clock to 190. My latest score in 11885.

If someone knows some better info on how I should do this, I'm all ears. This is the first time I have overclocked a machine and I keep sniffing the air for smoke.

 

As far as what's working and what's not.

I still have the DMG mounting issue.

 

Other than that, everything seems to be working well.

 

Time machine works.

Dual-Network works.

Sound Works.

Video works.

Shutdown/Sleep/Restart Work

 

I found that my network ports died a few times while I was building the machine. I saw the solution online was to turn off the power supply, clear the CMOS, and then go back in to setup the BIOS and check the connections at that time. I haven't had any trouble with them since.

 

I'm sorry if this is really dull to a lot of you. I just wanted to give a little back to the board and thought if I put everything I learned from the board back in to one spot it may help someone in the future. By the way, I've found using google to search the site is much easier, but recently it doesn't seem to be working like it should. When I do a search and click on a link, it doesn't take me to the specific post, it takes me to the top of the topic, and I have to search through.

 

If anyone wants me to test something, or has some suggestions on what I can do better, I'd appreciate the information. Again, the information I have posted here is not my own. I just wanted to try and consolidate what I have learned from this board into one spot. I have tried to acknowledge the source of the information as best as I could. Good luck to everyone. ALEX

 

I just remembered. I get a ton of sound assertion errors while it's starting up, but everything seems to work ok, so I'm not worried about them. If someone knows why I'm getting them and what to fix, I'm all ears.

[JaE-V]

Who recommended the board to him?!.... Oh wait.....

lol, On the serious side, newegg is pretty well known (or not well-known, either or ) for sending out broken hardware on open box orders; they get a 15% restocking fee if you want a refund, plus shipping. I know for a fact that my mobo works perfectly.... I guess it's just a {censored} shoot when it comes to buying MSI After reading reviews about my board, I was edgy.... either way, I'm NEVER buying first line products!

 

lol yea, i ended up going with the EVGA x58 board. Havent even had time to take it out the box and throw the pieces together but once i do i'll report here

[Cosmin Petre]

I just wanted to give a little back to the board and thought if I put everything I learned from the board back in to one spot it may help someone in the future.

alxandrjw, thanks for taking the time to write up your process and experience with this board.

 

Your link to 'install on USB' doesn't seem to link to relevant guide.

 

I should receive my board tomorrow so will post my experiences once everything is up and running.

[Craig4]

I am running kalyway 10.5.2 on my now Gigabyte EX58-UD5 with the i7 920 and have been trying to use Digitals guide to installing using his pre-patch and post-patch method.

 

Everything seems to be successful but when I go to reboot I select the drive and it brings me to the error diag. screen and has a ton of: disk0s2: ioctl(_IOW,'d',31,32) is unsupported I can post up pictures later, but does anyone know what could be causing this?

 

I seem to be very close to getting the retail going on my machine and I have almost the same setup as Digital besides ram and video.

 

if anyone has any suggestions or needs a picture of the errors let me know.

 

Thanks.

 

Craig

 

edit: I tried copying over AppleAHCIPort.kext from the kexts for the UD5 and now at the diag i dont get that error but now I have Still waiting for root device.

[walterav]

I have taken my third plunge into the Hackintosh pool, and so far things are ok. I wanted to post everything I have found in building this hack to hopefully help other noobs such as myself. Before I do that though, I want to say a most deserved thank you to the guys who not only work so hard on figuring out this stuff, but also take time to share their findings and files with all of us. For my specific case, I want to say thank you to digital dreamer and wolfienuke for their guides and constant support. I would be completely lost if it wasn't for those two, so again, "Thank you!"

 

On to the tech stuff:

 

My setup:

Gigabyte GA-X58-UD5 Motherboard

Intel 920 i7 CPU

ASUS 9800GTX+ Dark Knight Video Card

6GB (3x2BG) Transcend x1333+ DDR3 RAM

1 500GB Hitachi SATA2 HD - Leopard

1 500GB Hitachi SATA2 HD - Vista

1 1TB 1 Hitachi SATA2 HD - Storage

Cooler Master 600W Silent Elite Power Supply

Cooler Master V8

Cooler Master Elite Case

 

Method of Install:

I first used Kalyway 10.5.2 to install Leopard onto a 16GB Flash Disk

Followed these instructions

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...&start=100#

 

Then I used the EFI installer version 3.1 by wolfienuke:

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?act...amp;pid=1001989

 

After I was able to boot into my leopard install, I found it was better to add kexts using the method listed here:

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=127330

 

Here is a quote:

 

So you booted back up, but you maybe dont have gfx support, or are missing some nice LAN kext... To mount EFI:

 

sudo -s

mkdir /Volumes/EFI

mount_hfs /dev/diskXs1 /Volumes/EFI

 

to install new kexts:

 

sudo -s

cd path/to/kext

cp -R Blah.kext /Volumes/EFI/Extensions

cd /Volumes/EFI

./update.sh

 

I used the method to add the RealtekR1000.kext for the Network as well as the IONetworkingFamily.kext to fix the Time machine function.

 

You can also mount the partition as shown above, then hold the alt key and right click on Finder in the Dock. Select "Relaunch" and you will see the EFI partition. Remeber to then use the update step shown later.

 

I initially added the IONDRVSupport.kext to fix the white menu problem with my video card.

 

I replaced the mach_kernal.voodoo with the 10.5.6 version and put the system.kext in the extensions folder.

 

There is a problem with the system locking up when you try to mount a DMG file, but I found this only applies to newly downloaded files and not files you had on your system prior to installing the 10.5.6 voodoo file. There is supposed to be a fix for this by installing the 10.5.5 seatbelt.kext over the 10.5.6 version, but it didn't work for me. For now, I use disk utility to convert dmgs to CD/DVD masters and they mount just fine.

 

I got the GFX+ to work following the guide by aquamac here:

 

http://aquamac.proboards106.com/index.cgi?...&thread=509

 

I added the EFI strings to the com.apple.boot.plist file in the EFI boot partition directly.

 

My initial geekbench score was 8550. I overclocked my machine to 3.8ghz by setting the CPU clock to 20 and the base clock to 190. My latest score in 11885.

If someone knows some better info on how I should do this, I'm all ears. This is the first time I have overclocked a machine and I keep sniffing the air for smoke.

 

As far as what's working and what's not.

I still have the DMG mounting issue.

 

Other than that, everything seems to be working well.

 

Time machine works.

Dual-Network works.

Sound Works.

Video works.

Shutdown/Sleep/Restart Work

 

I found that my network ports died a few times while I was building the machine. I saw the solution online was to turn off the power supply, clear the CMOS, and then go back in to setup the BIOS and check the connections at that time. I haven't had any trouble with them since.

 

I'm sorry if this is really dull to a lot of you. I just wanted to give a little back to the board and thought if I put everything I learned from the board back in to one spot it may help someone in the future. By the way, I've found using google to search the site is much easier, but recently it doesn't seem to be working like it should. When I do a search and click on a link, it doesn't take me to the specific post, it takes me to the top of the topic, and I have to search through.

 

If anyone wants me to test something, or has some suggestions on what I can do better, I'd appreciate the information. Again, the information I have posted here is not my own. I just wanted to try and consolidate what I have learned from this board into one spot. I have tried to acknowledge the source of the information as best as I could. Good luck to everyone. ALEX

 

Hi,

 

Could you post some bios settings, maybe thats the reason why shutdown isn't working on my hardware.

[alxandrjw]

Hi,

 

Could you post some bios settings, maybe thats the reason why shutdown isn't working on my hardware.

 

The only things I changed in BIOS were:

 

Boot devices 1. CD 2. Hard Drive 3. USB

Turn off the Splash screen.

Enable both controllers and set to AHCI

Turn on USB Keyboard and mouse

Enabled Green LAN

Set power off to 4 sec delay.

 

I think that's it. Everything else is standard.

 

Hope that helps.

 

ALEX

[walterav]

I am running kalyway 10.5.2 on my now Gigabyte EX58-UD5 with the i7 920 and have been trying to use Digitals guide to installing using his pre-patch and post-patch method.

 

Everything seems to be successful but when I go to reboot I select the drive and it brings me to the error diag. screen and has a ton of: disk0s2: ioctl(_IOW,'d',31,32) is unsupported I can post up pictures later, but does anyone know what could be causing this?

 

I seem to be very close to getting the retail going on my machine and I have almost the same setup as Digital besides ram and video.

 

if anyone has any suggestions or needs a picture of the errors let me know.

 

Thanks.

 

Craig

 

edit: I tried copying over AppleAHCIPort.kext from the kexts for the UD5 and now at the diag i dont get that error but now I have Still waiting for root device.

 

just use the vanilla kexts!!! if you run AHCI mode...

 

So throwout all the ahci ioata etc kexts out of the script... they don't patch anything, they only add names in the profiler, and they implent fake internal/external icon fix...

 

only kexts needed are dsmos/appledecrypt + Intelcpudisabler "voodoo kernel doesn't need it", the rest can be added at a later time point "lan, audio video etc..."

[Craig4]

just use the vanilla kexts!!! if you run AHCI mode...

 

So throwout all the ahci ioata etc kexts out of the script... they don't patch anything, they only add names in the profiler, and they implent fake internal/external icon fix...

 

only kexts needed are dsmos/appledecrypt + Intelcpudisabler "voodoo kernel doesn't need it", the rest can be added at a later time point "lan, audio video etc..."

 

Alright well I loaded wolfs EFI on the drive that I want to do the install this time. I will load macos 10.5 retail and combo update to 10.5.6. So after that I only need to bring into the extension folder dsmos and intelcpudisabler (only if i use a kernel other then voodoo)?

 

Can I use OSx86 tools to install the kexts and kernel to the retail install drive?

 

edit: alright well after doing the 10.5 install I rebooted to see if I could but that without anything but wolfs efi and it worked. I have internet working too, the thing I don't get is how is that possible and how do I added kexts now? I have done a lot of reading and with the efi the kexts are some how installed on there correct? So now I am going to install the 10.5.6 combo update and will see if it is still runnable.

 

I have a 9800gt that I will be waiting to add the kexts for and didn't know if i could just use EFIstudio to use the 8800gt drivers. I am pretty excited right now to finally have a running vanilla install. I just have a few more things to do and everything should be at 100% of what I want from this. Thanks again everyone for the help and hopefully someone can help me out with these last few concerns.

[mattrb]

I have a 9800gt that I will be waiting to add the kexts for and didn't know if i could just use EFIstudio to use the 8800gt drivers. I am pretty excited right now to finally have a running vanilla install. I just have a few more things to do and everything should be at 100% of what I want from this. Thanks again everyone for the help and hopefully someone can help me out with these last few concerns.

 

craig, you need to look carefully at either wolfies script or munky's guide and add efi strings to apple.com.boot.plist in efi partition.You could have done this before you installed the partition but afterwards is fine. To figure out how to do that correctly you need to look at guides on how to add the strings, you have to enter it manually because EFIstudio does not enter strings into EFI Partition Boot.

[Craig4]

craig, you need to look carefully at either wolfies script or munky's guide and add efi strings to apple.com.boot.plist in efi partition.You could have done this before you installed the partition but afterwards is fine. To figure out how to do that correctly you need to look at guides on how to add the strings, you have to enter it manually because EFIstudio does not enter strings into EFI Partition Boot.

 

I did a little research and I think I know what to do. I used OSx86 tools to dump the efxstring and I will copy that into the apple.com.boot.plist and see if that does it. I tried using EFIstudio and that didnt work, im guessing because it didn't know where to place to string.

 

wish me luck.

 

edit: was messing around with updating my EFIs using wolfs scripts and I think I messed it up. So I am doing a clean install with the newest version of his script. Do I need to do anything with the DSDT or will it run auto in the script that is what I was messing around with that I think caused a problem.

[Cosmin Petre]

Right, received my Gigabyte EX-58-UD5 board today and used a kalyway install and Wolfs EFI script to get a retail install functioning.

 

Everything appears to have gone OK, except I have no Airport. I use a Asus WL-138 v2 card that was recognised no problem in my old hackintosh.

 

Strangely the card is not picked up in my Kalyway 10.5.2 maintenance install either. System profiler says No Information Found.

 

Any 'old heads' with this board have any suggestions of what I can try to get it functioning?

 

Is it a kext issue? Or maybe something in the BIOS?

 

thanks for any advice

[walterav]

Right, received my Gigabyte EX-58-UD5 board today and used a kalyway install and Wolfs EFI script to get a retail install functioning.

 

Everything appears to have gone OK, except I have no Airport. I use a Asus WL-138 v2 card that was recognised no problem in my old hackintosh.

 

Strangely the card is not picked up in my Kalyway 10.5.2 maintenance install either. System profiler says No Information Found.

 

Any 'old heads' with this board have any suggestions of what I can try to get it functioning?

 

Is it a kext issue? Or maybe something in the BIOS?

 

thanks for any advice

 

have the same wifi card works great!

 

thinks its a patched kext of the kalyway distro that is bugging you...

 

go for retail install! if you don't want to run EFI partition, just do it the old way and load:

dsmos.kext or AppleDecrypt.kext + Voodoo kernel "if you use other than voodoo you also need intelCPUDisabler.kext"

[mattrb]

have the same wifi card works great!

 

thinks its a patched kext of the kalyway distro that is bugging you...

 

go for retail install! if you don't want to run EFI partition, just do it the old way and load:

dsmos.kext or AppleDecrypt.kext + Voodoo kernel "if you use other than voodoo you also need intelCPUDisabler.kext"

 

He actually said the WL-138 v2 didn't work in the retail install. Also I can confirm WL-138 v2 doesn't work for me either in retail EFI Partition Boot. Maybe someone can troubleshoot??

[Craig4]

hmm I don't know what I did wrong but for some reason I can't get retail install to boot now that I messed it up. I have erased and repartitioned the drive that I am trying to install the EFI and Retail so that I know the drive is clean.

 

I am running the installer again because in kalyway I was getting a UUID error 35 so I installed the voodoo kernel and the errors went away. So I then reinstalled wolfes EFI from his first post because that is what I did the first time. I can't remember if it used to ask me which drive to select but it doesnt this time around. I don't think it should matter because the drive I want to install it to gets unmounted and the EFI seems to be on it now.

 

If anyone knows what could have been causing me not to be able to boot this time around please let me know. I have made backwards progress since this morning haha so I really want to get back to my 10.5.6 retail install that I had this morning.

 

Thanks

 

Craig

 

edit: i have reinstalled 10.5 retail from kalyway, but once i pick the drive that I installed it on it just reboots right away.

 

edit 2: Well looks like I have it going again, I just redownloaded the EFI wolfe provided and things seem to be up and running again. Now time to work on those video problems.

[Cosmin Petre]

He actually said the WL-138 v2 didn't work in the retail install. Also I can confirm WL-138 v2 doesn't work for me either in retail EFI Partition Boot. Maybe someone can troubleshoot??

Hey mattrb, thanks for letting me know that you're having Airport issues also. Do you have a Kalyway/distro install too? If so is the card working in there?

 

Running kextstat shows that neither AppleAirPort.kext nor IO80211Family.kext are being loaded.

 

Looking at my Airport card on an original iMac in system profiler - it appears to require AppleAirPortBrcm4311.kext which is a plugin of IO80211Family.kext...

 

WOuld anyone have any idea why this isn't loading?

 

I put the IO80211Family.kext into the EFI partition extensions but OS X would no longer boot up. Hanging at a seemingly unrelated point of the boot up.

 

@walterav you're not running a completely vanilla/EFI install are you? Just curious why yours is working.

 

k/

[walterav]

Hey mattrb, thanks for letting me know that you're having Airport issues also. Do you have a Kalyway/distro install too? If so is the card working in there?

 

Running kextstat shows that neither AppleAirPort.kext nor IO80211Family.kext are being loaded.

 

Looking at my Airport card on an original iMac in system profiler - it appears to require AppleAirPortBrcm4311.kext which is a plugin of IO80211Family.kext...

 

WOuld anyone have any idea why this isn't loading?

 

I put the IO80211Family.kext into the EFI partition extensions but OS X would no longer boot up. Hanging at a seemingly unrelated point of the boot up.

 

@walterav you're not running a completely vanilla/EFI install are you? Just curious why yours is working.

 

k/

 

Ofcourse I'm running a retail vanilla version "except mach_kernel.voodoo" thats the only way to figure things out and keep it going... other than the mysterious patched distros... But you have to start somewhere...

 

I'm only running dsmos.kext from the efi partition, only vanilla kext that is patched, is 10.5.5 IONetworkingFamily.kext, this is how it is patched...

manualy removed realtek8169.kext, manually added RealtekX1000.

Removed old vanilla IONetworkingFamily.kext, added the patched one back.

 

Other thing you can try is goto

 

/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/

Remove following plists, that contain network stuff... 4 I thought

networkinterfaces.plist

3 other don't know the name anymore... not behind a real mac...

 

restart, and they will be re-generated

 

In the old day's it was important that Airport was not en EN0 but at EN1, but know its doesn't seem to mather.

 

The problem with EFI partition = DEPENDENCIES, its just fun and experimental and very cool that you can put SOME patches on a different place so you can UPDATE, but its just the beginning of a new way of hacking. Right now the best thing to put there is dsmos.kext so your save with Running Updates without editing /S*/I*/Scripts/1. Or putting IntelCPUDisabler.kext there if your not running voodoo, or patched DSDT.aml

 

I'll post the pci-slot number which it is installed in... in a moment

 

update:

WiFi is in the pci slot, ''2 CASE slots away from the videocard, which is single slot card in the upper 16x express slot", don't own the machine, so had some take a look at it...

[Craig4]

Hey quick question so that I don't mess this up again. Anyone using wolfies EFI script, if I put the video string in efistring.txt is that all I have to do?

[wolfienuke]

Hey quick question so that I don't mess this up again. Anyone using wolfies EFI script, if I put the video string in efistring.txt is that all I have to do?

That will work, just choose install from the script and choose to edit the com.apple.boot.plist... When asked to enter the EFI String, just press enter. It will use the text from the efistring.txt file.

[mattrb]

That will work, just choose install from the script and choose to edit the com.apple.boot.plist... When asked to enter the EFI String, just press enter. It will use the text from the efistring.txt file.

 

Wolfie, I tried that and it didn't transfer the efistring.txt file to the efi partition? Did it manually though and it worked like a charm. Your script is great buddy.

[Craig4]

Wolfie, I tried that and it didn't transfer the efistring.txt file to the efi partition? Did it manually though and it worked like a charm. Your script is great buddy.

 

can you explain this more, how did you do it manually?

 

edit: also does anyone have the file for EFI to mount, digital has a link but it doesn't work for me.

 

thought I would post this up to, just did an overclock to 3.00ghz

[Cosmin Petre]

The problem with EFI partition = DEPENDENCIES, its just fun and experimental and very cool that you can put SOME patches on a different place so you can UPDATE, but its just the beginning of a new way of hacking. Right now the best thing to put there is dsmos.kext so your save with Running Updates without editing /S*/I*/Scripts/1. Or putting IntelCPUDisabler.kext there if your not running voodoo, or patched DSDT.aml

 

I'll post the pci-slot number which it is installed in... in a moment

Could this really be why the Airport card isn't being picked up?

 

@walterav out of interest does your airport card show up on a kalyway install (if you have one)?

 

@ digital_dreamer and wolfienuke and others who've had the board for a while - have any of you had any issues with airport cards/wireless using retail/efi install and/or kalyway?

 

@mattrb - what have you tried (if anything) to get the card running? I really want to try and get this working

[Craig4]

I'd set up my i7 system with EFI partition method (voodoo 9.6.0), and running all the features such as on-board LAN, Audio, CI/QE, etc., except Time Machine feature.

It seems like the Time Machine requires "Built-in LAN adaptor" on the system, which means IOBuiltin key must be set to <true/> in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist file. However, I couldn't figure out how to set it always on. Another odd thing is that the Network preferences shows my Ethernet connection is half-duplex and I cannot override it even if I choose "Manually" for configuring mode.

Are there any way to use Time Machine feature and/or set the duplex as full-duplex on GA-EX58-UD5?

 

Removing /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist didn't solve my problem. Most of kexts are wolfienuke's amazing lovely pack. I replaced only graphics kext (retail graphics update and EFI string) and Kernel (recent release of voodoo 9.6.0).

 

Mac OS X 10.5.6 Retail (EFI Partition, Voodoo 9.6.0) | GA-EX58-UD5 | Core i7 920 | DDR3 Corsair 3x1GB @ 1333 MHz | nVidia GeForce 9800 GT

 

can you explain how you went about doing this? I have the EFI already installed and was trying to mount the EFI so I could switch around the boot.plist