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

[basak]

Hi.

I'm completely new here, but have been lurking a bit, I have a couple of questions that I haven't been able to see answered (maybe I've overlooked stuff).

 

I have a hackintosh bought through PearC, it's got a EP45-DS3 board in it. Currently I'm running Leopard with no problems at all, and have since April. The guys from PearC released a guide (the usb stick guide plus software for it) to install SL, but it doesn't work on my machine, and I think it is because of the motherboard. So I've decided to go ahead myself.

 

1. According to the guide from PearC it is possible just to install SL over Leopard, which this guide is that possible? It would be really great if it was, so I can just continue on with my data and so on.

 

2. Since I didn't install Leopard on this machine, is there a way for me to check if the DSDT is already fixed? I know Leopard was preinstalled from a retail disc.

 

So basically with this system I have (quad core, ds3 board and 9800gt) will it be possible for me just to use the bootdisk and the SL retail disc i have to install SL, or do I need to go through other steps?

 

Thanks in advance!!!

[blackosx]

Hi Weishauptus

 

Well done with your build

I am not using my hack at the moment so I can't comment about finding SATA in IOReg.. (But I remember when applying the SATA fix to DSDT, SATA wasn't in my DSDT).. Maybe that's related?

 

I will try playing the HD trailer this evening and report back.

 

@ CrazyD - Check the answer that titan4 gave you and hopefully that'll sort your issue. (thanks titan4)

 

@ Basak - I have never tried upgrading Leopard to Snow Leopard. I believe it's possible but I wouldn't risk your data by trying it, at least without a backup.

 

As for checking if the DSDT is fixed... I don't know how that machine works, but if it uses a EP45-DS3 then can you find out what version BIOS it's running?. But how does the machine boot? does it use a software bootloader in the hard drive or a hardware device like these EFI-X rip-off USB dongles? You need to check before you do anything. But if you can completely wipe it and setup your computer as this guide then in theory it will work.

 

If I were you I would I contact the creators of your system and find out why the USB stick they gave you doesn't work. You paid them for it, so they should support you.

[fatfish888]

Hi Blacksox and Bero,

 

Thanks so much for your kindly input. I have actually bought a HD4890 for

the SL. I'm tired of searching ways to get 9500GT to work.

I will try on this sat.

Thanks one again for your great guides and supporting

 

Fatfish

[blackosx]

Okay. Hope it goes well with your installation. You have probably read it already, but netkas' page should help you with any issues etc.

[basak]

@blackosx

 

Thanks for the quick reply. I'll check on the bios tomorrow.

 

To be precise, they released a patch for the usb-stick installation, and it KP'ed when I went from the boot menu to the SL installation. I did some googling around, and came to the conclusion that this was an issue with the motherboard not being supported.

 

They've just been extremely slow lately with responding, so I figured I would go ahead myself.

 

Anyway the machine uses some sort of software based EFI, and I can access a bootmenu if I choose so. Can't really recall exactly what it is called, but I'm pretty sure it is one of the common ones. It's definately not something they've developed. Don't know if it is of any importance that it boots straight into OSX, after going through the usual PC motions, it does however in the fraction of a second show something about the darwin kernel being loaded.

 

But thanks for the help.

[msm5]

I managed to get 10.6.1 running close to perfect on my GA-EP45-DS3 (not the L)

including 5.1 analog surround sound (used a kext from another forum for that).

 

Hi Weishauptus...Could you direct me to where you found the kext to get 5.1 analog? I also have the 889a and have been struggling with that. Thanks!

[titan4]

Could you use Audio Midi Setup to check Digital Output? Does it have Encoded Digital Audio?

Can you get DTS thru a receiver?

 

see an example of my EP35-DS3P, ALC889a

 

I don't have Encoded Digital Audio in Audio Midi Setup, but I used this guide and AC3 is working fine with my receiver. There is a problem with DTS, but there is also note in that guide that latest stable Perian 1.1.4 has issues with it. I will try to compile some newer subversion when I have some time.

 

On the other side it does not work with VLC so I guess that using patched AppleHDA could solve that, but if it works with QuickTime I am happy with it.

 

Hi Weishauptus...Could you direct me to where you found the kext to get 5.1 analog? I also have the 889a and have been struggling with that. Thanks!

 

You can create aggregate device to achieve it without using different kext. Check my post.

[Weishauptus]

Hi Weishauptus...Could you direct me to where you found the kext to get 5.1 analog? I also have the 889a and have been struggling with that. Thanks!

 

Hi msm5, check out the kext in this thread and dont forget to patch your DSDT.aml accordingly I am not sure whether this was the thread i used initially, in any case I included both kexts which worked for me. Front audio is now coming from the blue port, rest is configured correctly.

 

edit: i cannot find the ones which worked for me in the web anymore,

but the updated ones from the thread i linked earlier in this post do not

work for me, just tried them out for you so maybe go with the ones

i attached first.

LegacyHDA.kext.zip

HDAEnabler.kext.zip

[Weishauptus]

Hello again,

 

Thanks at titan4 and blackosx this was the problem. Now i have installed Snow Leopard.

 

Now i´m trying to install Chameleon on an extra Partition and he says me always "Installation failed"

 

Do someone know what the prblem is?

 

I had the same problem when restoring from a backup.

My Solution was to check that the Chameleon Partition was active and mounted,

then installing Chameleon manually using the binaries. (see chameleon website)

[CrazyD]

Hello again,

 

Thanks at titan4 and blackosx this was the problem. Now i have installed Snow Leopard.

 

Now i´m trying to install Chameleon on an extra Partition and he says me always "Installation failed"

 

Do someone know what the prblem is?

[blackosx]

Just an update to what I couldn't check earlier....

My trouble is that i want to look into my SATA port using IOReg,

but the only thing i can find is the IDE Controller

 

If you want to check whether it works on your sys,try this Trailer (Ong Bak 2) in 720p and tell me if you can see slight stuttering/hiccups in the video playback using Quicktime X.

I don't see SATA in IOreg either, just IDE but System Profiler reports Serial-ATA correctly.

 

That 720p HD quicktime trailer plays smoothly on my system with Quicktime reported as using average 31% CPU in Activity Monitor. Maybe it's to do with your 8600GTS somehow? (I use a 8600GTS myself in my media centre PC so I know it's capable of handling far more difficult tasks than that, but that's using Windows etc...)

[Weishauptus]

Hi Weishauptus

 

Well done with your build

I am not using my hack at the moment so I can't comment about finding SATA in IOReg.. (But I remember when applying the SATA fix to DSDT, SATA wasn't in my DSDT).. Maybe that's related?

 

Hey blackosx,

 

apparently the SleepEnabler.kext included with your package was not fit for my system (probably the 8600gts),

I recognized jumpy mouse behaviour in addition to the skipping videos and suddenly remembered i had read something about this. If anyone else experiences problems like that with a similar video card check out this thread and replace your SleepEnabler.kext (after compressing it for a backup) with the one in the thread. I do not know whether the package already included this version of Pista7's SleepEnabler (22/08/09) but all my problems disappeared at once and the system is rock stable ever since i did the switch. Apparently the issue was an AppleUpstreamUserClient related lag (some DRM component, which makes sense because it mostly happened when i played some media).

 

Really glad to have this one figured out!

[blackosx]

Of course!... well done Weishauptus.. I opted for the Disabler.kext route and had forgotten that Pista7 had updated his Sleepenabler to include the AppleUpstreamUserClient block... I will have to update my Support Files to include this as an option for NVidia users that suffer the QuickTime mouse lag bug.

 

Thanks Weishauptus

 

EDIT: That was why when I played the HD video, it was smooth for me. I had the Disabler.kext installed ( I had forgotten about all that).

 

EDIT: I have updated the Support Files (v1.9) to include this.

[etherbunny2]

@etherbunny2 - Thanks for reporting your successful install. You say you use Sata & IDE DVD drives. Can you just confirm what interface your install HDD was using, SATA or IDE? and the same for the install DVD drive. And you say your D-Link DWA-552 worked out of the box? This might come in useful for anyone else using wireless.... Thanks

 

Yes, using your IOATAFamily.kext from your boot CD v1.20 allowed my DWA-552 wirless to work OOB, but only in 32-bit mode. I believe it was also responsible for allowing the IDE DVD drive to be recognized, which it was not before. I installed SL from a SATA DVD drive (port 2) to the SATA HD (port 0).

[msm5]

Thanks titan4 and Weishauptus...your direction for this is much appreciated and I'm close to having it work. Interestingly, when I changed the audio kext (my DSDT was already properly patched), automatic sleep stopped working, although I can still sleep manually.

[elrondd]

hi blackosx

thanks for the guide

I successfully to install

But I found some problems

1. i can't use the zoom of people with disabilities, it makes a log off, log in whan i use it.

2. My sound card does Takim of booms, the problem was probably also on 10.5 probably it my local problem,

3. Unable to boot about 32-bit, after a change the file the boot is stuck

I need the 32 bit boot for the KXAUDIO driver

Thanks

Ronen.

 

hi blackosx

thanks for the guide

I successfully to install

But I found some problems

1. i can't use the zoom of people with disabilities, it makes a log off, log in whan i use it.

2. My sound card does Takim of booms, the problem was probably also on 10.5 probably it my local problem,

3. Unable to boot about 32-bit, after a change the file the boot is stuck

I need the 32 bit boot for the KXAUDIO driver

Thanks

Ronen.

 

hi blackosx

thanks for the guide

I successfully to install

But I found some problems

1. i can't use the zoom of people with disabilities, it makes a log off, log in whan i use it.

2. My sound card does Takim of booms, the problem was probably also on 10.5 probably it my local problem,

3. Unable to boot about 32-bit, after a change the file the boot is stuck

I need the 32 bit boot for the KXAUDIO driver

Thanks

Ronen.

[blackosx]

Hi elrondd - Well done with your install.

I don't why you can't zoom with the Universal Access System Prefs. It works fine on my system.

What do you mean your 'sound card does Takim of booms'?

What do you mean 'unable to boot about 32-bit, after a change the file the boot is stuck'? What file have you changed? Try booting with the BootCD to get in to your system and then undo what change you made.

 

 

 

NEW Discovery

 

For anyone interested in having the' About This Mac' window correctly identify their CPU and you have a CPU which Apple uses in there machines, then DigitalDJ has come up with a new CPUInjector.kext which works as advertised. The main benefit of this is it allows you install apps such as Silverlight, without having to remove the versioncheck script as your machine will now report the CPU correctly.

 

Previously I used BJMoose's solution by changing the AboutThisMac.string file. But this is no longer needed (providing you have a processor that Apple uses in it's machines).

 

Have a read of DigitalDJ's post here and click the DOWNLOAD 1.1 to get the kext. Change the data as described in the thread to match your processor, add it to /E/E and reboot. (If you have applied BJMoose's fix in the past then you'll have to undo that).

 

It works with the kernel booting in both 32-bit & 64-bit mode.

[elrondd]

hi blackosx

Sorry for my bad English

I'll try to write again my problems:

1. I hear booms every time there is any sound on your computer,

It's hard to explain it other than tics, (maybe this my language is so hard to explain).

2. I changed the file Com.apple.Boot.plist Kernel Flags to put there the arch = i386

What it calls the computer just hangs on boot with the apple and don't move any more.

 

By the way I not used in Bootcd I did install the system from exists 10.5 .

 

Thanks again

Ronen

[blackosx]

Is your audio problem only when you hear the very first sound after a period of no audio?

 

If you download the BootCD and burn it. You should be able to boot from it and then select your Snow Leopard partition and boot it. Then you can edit your com.apple.Boot.plist back to how it was.

[muitommy]

hi blackosx

Sorry for my bad English

I'll try to write again my problems:

1. I hear booms every time there is any sound on your computer,

It's hard to explain it other than tics, (maybe this my language is so hard to explain).

2. I changed the file Com.apple.Boot.plist Kernel Flags to put there the arch = i386

What it calls the computer just hangs on boot with the apple and don't move any more.

 

By the way I not used in Bootcd I did install the system from exists 10.5 .

 

Thanks again

Ronen

 

i bet your audio drivers are not working right,

and shouldn't the kernel flag is "arch=i386", no space?

[elrondd]

Is your audio problem only when you hear the very first sound after a period of no audio?

Yes exactly that , has a solution to the problem?

 

If you download the BootCD and burn it. You should be able to boot from it and then select your Snow Leopard partition and boot it. Then you can edit your com.apple.Boot.plist back to how it was.

 

Is there a difference I do like this than the boot through the 10.5?

 

i bet your audio drivers are not working right,

and shouldn't the kernel flag is "arch=i386", no space?

yes no space "arch=i386"

[blackosx]

Yes exactly that , has a solution to the problem?

From the front page in this thread..

• The initial audio pop that occurs after a period of not using any sound can be fixed by changing the name of macintosh model in your SMBIOS.plist. To do this, find <key>SMproductname</key> and change the key to read to <string>MacPro1,1</string>.

 

Is there a difference I do like this than the boot through the 10.5?

Oh, Sorry. I thought you meant you couldn't boot your system. But I understand now that you just can't boot with the kernel in 32-bit mode. But you can in 64-bit mode?

In that case ignore what I said about using the BootCD. That was my mistake.

 

So the question here is why can't you boot with the kernel in 32-bit mode....

Well you are going to have to boot with -v (Verbose) option and try to read where the boot process stops to give you a clue as to what's going wrong.

[Weishauptus]

hi blackosx

Sorry for my bad English

I'll try to write again my problems:

1. I hear booms every time there is any sound on your computer,

It's hard to explain it other than tics, (maybe this my language is so hard to explain).

2. I changed the file Com.apple.Boot.plist Kernel Flags to put there the arch = i386

What it calls the computer just hangs on boot with the apple and don't move any more.

 

By the way I not used in Bootcd I did install the system from exists 10.5 .

 

Thanks again

Ronen

 

you need to edit your smbios file so your modeltype is "MacPro" (for the sound issues)

also there is no need for spaces in the "arch=i386" part in boot.plist

[Jazo]

After install SL when i click on SL disc icon i see all files, boot, symlink to etc, all folders. In Leopard, I saw only a few folders, the rest was hidden. Like do so by clicking on the icon of the drive system showed me only those

folders you need?

[elrondd]

From the front page in this thread..

 

 

 

Oh, Sorry. I thought you meant you couldn't boot your system. But I understand now that you just can't boot with the kernel in 32-bit mode. But you can in 64-bit mode?

In that case ignore what I said about using the BootCD. That was my mistake.

 

So the question here is why can't you boot with the kernel in 32-bit mode....

Well you are going to have to boot with -v (Verbose) option and try to read where the boot process stops to give you a clue as to what's going wrong.

 

Thank you thank you!

The problem is resolved, it seems to me that the problem of the zoom is resolved, because I use it all right,

So now do not need the 32-bit:-D

Thank you :-)