[Guide] Vanilla Retail 10.6.x with Chameleon v2 for Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3L

[bigpoppa206]

Ok. I found an OpenHaltRestart.kext-version (1.0.3) which is "for snow 64". This version in fact did load and is listed in kextstat. But - restart/shutdown still won't work :-(

 

Update: I tested this, and it turns out, that shutdown/restart is in fact working, but it takes some time until the machine gets fully shutdown/restarted. I would say about 20 secs or something. Which is quite long.

 

You might have to do what I did (I'm using a GA-EP45C-UD3R board) and that's to install OpenHaltRestart.kext in S/L/E. I tried it in E/E and didn't work reliably. Moved to S/L/E and works perfectly. I like to think I have a 99.99% virgin setup...I can live with one single kext added in there.

 

Hello there,

 

I need help real bad. i dont know whats going on. I cant boot to the cd. when my pc tries to boot the cd, it restarts i tried doing the image on the hdd and when it boots i get black screen after the apple logo. the first time i tried, it went to the installation and while it was installing it crashed. if anybody has any suggestions. im all ears. here is my setup:

 

ga ep 45ds3l (f10 bios)

intel quad core at 2.66ghz

nvidia gtx 285

4gb ram

 

I had leopard working before but im still a newb when it comes to this. please if anybody has any suggestions, ill try them.

 

thanks in advance

 

Can you boot the install CD (or USB stick) in verbose (-v) mode? At least that might tell what what is hanging your system up.

[121fred]

Hello there,

 

I need help real bad. i dont know whats going on. I cant boot to the cd. when my pc tries to boot the cd, it restarts i tried doing the image on the hdd and when it boots i get black screen after the apple logo. the first time i tried, it went to the installation and while it was installing it crashed. if anybody has any suggestions. im all ears. here is my setup:

 

ga ep 45ds3l (f10 bios)

intel quad core at 2.66ghz

nvidia gtx 285

4gb ram

 

I had leopard working before but im still a newb when it comes to this. please if anybody has any suggestions, ill try them.

 

thanks in advance

 

 

Try partitioning your drive again then do an erase with the zero option, takes a while but I found I needed to do this to get the installer to completely install without crashing part way through.

[EnzoFX]

Finally installed Snow to my main drive and ditched 10.5... Running 64bit and the app incompatibilities are kinda a setback... though it wouldn't stop me from running 64bit =P

 

I still have one laggy animation, as I stated before. Every other is smoother than it was on Leopard, but having a really laggy animation is very annoying. The animation is the windows sliding in and out from the desktop when switching between spaces by clicking on the app on the dock.

 

I was wondering if I could possibly have different results if I remove graphics from dsdt, and enable through EFI string? Any other leads would be greatly appreciated.

[titan4]

Finally installed Snow to my main drive and ditched 10.5... Running 64bit and the app incompatibilities are kinda a setback... though it wouldn't stop me from running 64bit =P

 

I still have one laggy animation, as I stated before. Every other is smoother than it was on Leopard, but having a really laggy animation is very annoying. The animation is the windows sliding in and out from the desktop when switching between spaces by clicking on the app on the dock.

 

I was wondering if I could possibly have different results if I remove graphics from dsdt, and enable through EFI string? Any other leads would be greatly appreciated.

 

It is definitely issue on your side, because I use Spaces really a lot and I never encountered any laggy animation with it. You know it is really strange that you are having animation issue only with Spaces. Otherwise I would think that it is lack of QE/CI but only with Spaces ? Sure you can try use EFI string instead DSDT. I think some people reported that their card was working better with EFI string.

[justmetoo]

Have you checked your BIOS setup to match Blackosx's? What you are describing can happen if ACHI and 64 bit are not set properly. See Blackosx's BIOS configuration in the install guide for the complete details.

 

 

Hello there,

 

I need help real bad. i dont know whats going on. I cant boot to the cd. when my pc tries to boot the cd, it restarts i tried doing the image on the hdd and when it boots i get black screen after the apple logo. the first time i tried, it went to the installation and while it was installing it crashed. if anybody has any suggestions. im all ears. here is my setup:

 

ga ep 45ds3l (f10 bios)

intel quad core at 2.66ghz

nvidia gtx 285

4gb ram

 

I had leopard working before but im still a newb when it comes to this. please if anybody has any suggestions, ill try them.

 

thanks in advance

[sneezymarble]

I followed the guide, starting with the DSDT guide, and was able to install leopard just fine. I've run in to two problems, (1) QE is not working, and (2) sound is not working. I know QE isn't working because the menu bar isn't see through and animations aren't smooth. The welcome video was very choppy. I'm on a GA-P35-DS3L rev 2.0 with an 8600GT 512MB. Any suggestions?

[IscreaMan]

 I am having problem with install step. I am using Boot CD (GA-EP45-DS3L BOOTCD v1.02 (10.75MB) Last updated 13th September 2009 - 20:13) , but it reports that:

System bootstrapper has crashed"

 

 

 

 

My mainboard is Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3LR - It's just DS3L with RAID, but Bios is set to AHCI instead of RAID of course BIOS F2

 

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2898

 

Here's the screenshot of error if i try to install in verbose mode: http://www.cubeupload.com/codes/736800005.jpg

 

And after this crash, CMOS is always broken too

 

 

 

I had no problems with Leopard 10.5 instalation.

[Litvan]

Thanks for the guide, Blackosx! It just works! However, I have this annoying click after there were no sound for some time. I now it used to be an issue with Lensboard install guide using kexts. Does anybody else have this issue?

[RKmd]

Thank you for this fantastic walkthrough! It works for me 100%; however, I was wondering if there was a way to force the Hackintosh into thinking it has an Intel processor. When I try installing VMWare Fusion or Parallels, the installation is prematurely terminated and an error is displayed saying that the program can only be installed on an Intel-based Mac. I used to run both these programs on iPC 10.5.6 no problem.

[daryoon]

I have a GA-965P-DS3 rev 3.3 board, so not exactly the same as this guide. Just wanted to give feedback for those asking about automatic sleep. Didn't work with my Leopard install, but follow blackosx guide for SnowLeopard, my computer automatically go to sleep after my set interval.

 

To wake up, I have to use the power button instead of keyboard/mouse...but this is preferred for me anyways.

 

-daryoon

[uketommyv]

OK. thanks for the help guys. I managed to install leopard on my hard drive with this guide :http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=181903&st=0 

 

 

 

 

So, here is what ive got. I installed leopard and chamaleon on one partition. I updated chamaleon to rc3 as described in this guide. I have a dsdt.aml file with nothing other than the cmos fix , so no video, ethernet or sound. (long work on this, i had errors and warnings compiling . this one is clean though), i have the 32&64bit kexts from this guide installed. Now when i boot i get this tiny "do not cross" sign thing on top of the  apple logo and just hangs. How can i troubleshoot this? Im thinking its the missing video drivers thats causing the problem. Any suggestions.?

 

here is my setup again:

 

ga ep45ds3l (f10 bios)

 

intel quad core q6600 at 2.4

 

nvidia gtx 285 (asus) dual dvi

 

4gb ddr2 ram

 

 

 

 

thank you for your help :censored2:

[sneezymarble]

I followed the guide, starting with the DSDT guide, and was able to install leopard just fine. I've run in to two problems, (1) QE is not working, and (2) sound is not working. I know QE isn't working because the menu bar isn't see through and animations aren't smooth. The welcome video was very choppy. I'm on a GA-P35-DS3L rev 2.0 with an 8600GT 512MB. Any suggestions?

 

I guess I'll try making a dsdt without video, sound, or network and then I'll try to add those through EFI strings...Don't know what else to try at this point. Oddly, I get further along using the lifehacker guide; which seems odd because in following that guide I use a dsdt file that's not even for my motherboard. When I compile my own dsdt without errors, I get no QE. When I use the lifehacker dsdt I get QE.

[uketommyv]

iscreaman:

 

i had the same issue with cd. i dont know how to boot it with -v flag to troubleshoot. however your can fix your cmos thing by opening your dsdt.dsl file. do this guide here: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=177497 . when u have the dsdt.dsl file. before you compile it to a dsdt.aml file, make sure the cmos fix is there. open your dsdt.dsl file and look for this:

 

 

 

CODE

Device (RTC)

{

Name (_HID, EisaId ("PNP0B00"))

Name (ATT0, ResourceTemplate ()

{

IO (Decode16,

0x0070, // Range Minimum

0x0070, // Range Maximum

0x00, // Alignment

0x02, // Length was 4, CMOS reset-fix

)

})

Name (ATT1, ResourceTemplate ()

{

IO (Decode16,

0x0070, // Range Minimum

0x0070, // Range Maximum

0x00, // Alignment

0x04, // Length

)

})

 

where it says "lenght was 4, cmos reset-fix" , make sure yours is at 2. so its says 0x02, just like above. after that recompile to a dsdt.aml file. you can use this: http://www.mediafire.com/?jchmtymqlmd . if you get errors while compiling do this : http://aserebln.blogspot.com/2009/07/20.html.

 

hope it helps.

[EnzoFX]

Sneezymarble:

 

I have the same board, and it took me a while to get graphics enabled through dsdt. I eventually figured out that I had to check PEGP in the ACPI Patcher options. After that it simply worked.

 

If you still can't get it to work, then go with an EFI string. What I'm thinking is that it would make more sense to go with an EFI string for graphics, well because, it's not on-board, so if you swap out graphics one day, you gotta tweak dsdt according. Which may mean recompiling, which seems to me a bit harder/more work than just changing a string. Dunno...

 

Also Sneezymarble, I can gladly supply my dsdt, lmk via pm

I have graphics (9800gt), ether, audio, usb fix, sata fix, cmos reset fix, power button fix, all on dsdt.

 

 

Titan4:

Yeah, it's when I switch to a space directly by clicking the app on the dock, or via the keyboard shortcut, ^1, ^2, etc. It is perfectly smooth when I use F8, then select a space. The window's movement. It's very choppy =/. Every other animation is way smoother than it was in Leopard.

[Qwiegybow]

I have my hard drive formatted correctly. Im trying to dothe boot cd method. Everything works fine untill I try to boot the retail SL disc. It pauses for second, shows a some string error at the top left, it flashes too fast for me to get it all. It goes to the blue shield logo with the spinnig circle at the bottom. But then it never loads. It just keeps spinning. Any ideas?

[sneezymarble]

Sneezymarble:

 

I have the same board, and it took me a while to get graphics enabled through dsdt. I eventually figured out that I had to check PEGP in the ACPI Patcher options. After that it simply worked.

 

If you still can't get it to work, then go with an EFI string. What I'm thinking is that it would make more sense to go with an EFI string for graphics, well because, it's not on-board, so if you swap out graphics one day, you gotta tweak dsdt according. Which may mean recompiling, which seems to me a bit harder/more work than just changing a string. Dunno...

 

Also Sneezymarble, I can gladly supply my dsdt, lmk via pm

I have graphics (9800gt), ether, audio, usb fix, sata fix, cmos reset fix, power button fix, all on dsdt.

 

Thank so much for the response. Oddly enough, I created a PEGP dsdt.aml and a non-PEGP dsdt.aml and I tried SL with the PEGP version. After installing SL and noticing that QE wasn't working I replaced the dsdt.aml with the non-PEGP version and rebooted; still, no QE. Maybe I should do a fresh install with the non-PEGP dsdt.aml; dunno.

 

Anyway, I think your EFI suggestion is a good one, so I might just give up on graphics via dsdt. Although, the fact that sound isn't working either has me worried that I'm just not doing things right; but I think I am...Another frustrating thing is that I added the CMOS fix to my dsdt.aml files, but my BIOS still gets reset after reboots. I just don't get it.

 

Oh, and YGPM about the dsdt.

[uketommyv]

I got snow installed and booted. yay.

 

Now my real problem is the video card i cant get to have QE CE , i tried doing a string on the apple.boot file but nothing. any suggestions? I have a gtx 285 1gb.

 

thanks in advance

[sneezymarble]

So, if you read the last few posts in this thread you'll see that I've been having trouble getting SL with QE and sound working on my GA-P35-DS3L system. I used blackosx's DSDT and SL install guide, and, while I could install SL with no problems, I couldn't get QE or sound working. Just for the heck of it I decided to copy the com.apple.boot.plist file from my iDeneb 10.5.7 installation to my USB cham hard drive and BINGO! I restarted, and when I booted into my SL installation QE and sound worked perfectly. I also removed smbios...my understanding is that you really don't need it. Everything seems to be reported correctly in System Profiler, so whatev.

[iMoJo]

Blackosx, thanks for manuals!

 

Have a problem here - I have a GPT disk with 3 partitions - Chameleon boot (1Gb), Leopard (60Gb) and Snow Leopard (60Gb). First of all I installed 10.5.8 according to this manual - Vanilla Retail 10.5.7 install guide with Chameleon on a separate partition, have patched DSDT - all work fine! After I installed SL according THIS manual. Now I have this layout for Chameleon boot:

 

/boot (from RC3 build 658)

/Extra/com.apple.Boot.plist

/Extra/smbios.plist

/Extra/DSDT.aml

/Extra/10.5/Extensions/*.kext

/Extra/10.6/Extensions/*.kext

 

When I choose Leo, it boots OK, but choosing SL - I got KP.

Has anyone same as mine scheme workable and could explain in details how to get it works?

[EGOvoruhk]

Are you sure you're right about UUIDs?

 

Accord to this: http://www.infinitemac.com/f57/guide-insta.../post34137.html

 

The UUID in PlatformUUID.kext should be based on your MAC address, and the UUID in smbios.plist really doesn't mean anything

[c0h1b4]

Thanks for the guide, Blackosx! It just works! However, I have this annoying click after there were no sound for some time. I now it used to be an issue with Lensboard install guide using kexts. Does anybody else have this issue?

 

I too have this same issue... don't know how to fix it. Really annoying.

[titan4]

I too have this same issue... don't know how to fix it. Really annoying.

 

Have you tried changing iMac8,1 to MacPro1,1 in smbios, as mentioned few times in this thread ? I am using Digital Output so I never had any glitches, but I heard this might help.

[EnzoFX]

An update to my issue with lag when switching between spaces:

I think it's an apple issue, as I found reports online of real mac users. Will post more info as I find it.

[imacken]

Thank you for this fantastic walkthrough! It works for me 100%; however, I was wondering if there was a way to force the Hackintosh into thinking it has an Intel processor. When I try installing VMWare Fusion or Parallels, the installation is prematurely terminated and an error is displayed saying that the program can only be installed on an Intel-based Mac. I used to run both these programs on iPC 10.5.6 no problem.

Several people - myself are having this problem. See http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=186926 for a thread that will help you to realise that you're not alone. My CPU is recognised correctly in Leo, but not SL.

I haven't yet found a solution for this yet, but if you need to install Parallels, Fusion or Silverlight, the workaround is easy, it's just a question of removing a installation check from the install package.

If you haven't solved that one just post here which one you are trying to get to work, and I'll post details.

[woodbox]

I also don't have sleep on idle working, in 10.5.8 but that prob won't change in 10.6

Have you looked at this: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=171929

 

I tested it and autosleep does not work for me as well. I looked in a thread EnzoFX posted and I have Samsung DVD-Drive so maybe that is the issue for me.

 

 

@ titan4 and EnzoFX

 

Thanks for your answers!

 

I think I am very close to the solution as I have a Samsund SH203 DVD drive that might be the cause of this issue. I already noticed, that my 10.5.8 install unexpectedly reached sleep on idle after creating a DVD image. I just went away, living the image creation going on, and the PC was 'sleeping' when I came back but I couldn't reproduce it anymore.

 

I will retry this: leaving intentionally a disk in my DVD drive and double check (on SL 10.6.1 now).

I will also try 'disabling sleep for hard drives in Energy Saver pref pane' as suggested in the post mentioned by EnzoFX and tell you what the result is.