[GUIDE] Scripted Yosemite/Mavericks Install on Gigabyte Mobos

[everdone]

 

i am having the exact same problem.

 

this is my system

 

Intel i7 920 Quad core overclocked to 3.5Ghz

EVGA X58 SLI LE Mobo

12 Gigs DDR3 1600MHz Memory

EVGANvidia 250 GTS 1Gig mem video card

2 WD Black 1TB hard drives

2 Seagate 250Gig hard drives

Antec P183 case

 

can anyone please post help with a fix for this?

 

It is waiting for video, ie, it doesn't 'see' a video driver and is waiting. You need to investigate altenate methods from whatever you are using to supply a 'video driver'. The Nvidia cards will usually work with an EFI string in com.apple.boot.plist, sometimes setting GraphicsEnabler to Yes, and sometimes one needs one of the injector kexts. Look around for what others have used for your video card.

[I_Spectre]

It is waiting for video, ie, it doesn't 'see' a video driver and is waiting. You need to investigate altenate methods from whatever you are using to supply a 'video driver'. The Nvidia cards will usually work with an EFI string in com.apple.boot.plist, sometimes setting GraphicsEnabler to Yes, and sometimes one needs one of the injector kexts. Look around for what others have used for your video card.

 

i have nvkext and injector installed in extra folder, graphics enabler is set to yes in com.apple.boot.plist. i know i am close, i have been at it for over a week. any other ideas?

[everdone]

i have nvkext and injector installed in extra folder, graphics enabler is set to yes in com.apple.boot.plist. i know i am close, i have been at it for over a week. any other ideas?

 

Don't use all those methods at once as they fight each other. Start by removing the injector kexts and use only the GraphicsEnabler. I get the best results with an EFI string in the com.apple.boot.plist. I don't know if there is one for your card in DD's script, but if there isn't you can download OS86Tools, create one for your card and paste in into the plist file in /Extra.

[Denis Davydov]

Dear All,

 

1) I installed the Retail 10.6.2. using this guide, but couple of days I have switched my graphic card (from Nvidia gts250 512 to gts250 1024). I install it using EFI string.

Do I need to re-run DSTD option in the script to make os-x work smoother?

 

 

2) I noticed that after plugging in some external device, i can't access computer (HDDs) from software (like attaching files to an e-mail or browsing computer in Adobe Bridge), the application just freezes. Yet Finder does work ok.

It is also somehow connected with shut down/restart, which does not work either after attaching external drive (hhd or flash).

 

Hardware:

ex58-ud5

i920

6Gb 3x2 1500

gts250 1024

bios --?

 

Thank you in advance.

Regards,

Denis.

[i7user]

I've been running off DD's work on 10.5.6 until now.. I loaded up SL on another disk ran his script, and OMG... My i7 is obviously faster.. Everything appears to be working flawless but my onboard firewire.. Any advice would be appreciated..

 

DD, I'm in Branson,MO if your ever down my way, get a hold of me... I definately owe you a beer at the least..

[I_Spectre]

Dear All,

 

1) I installed the Retail 10.6.2. using this guide, but couple of days I have switched my graphic card (from Nvidia gts250 512 to gts250 1024). I install it using EFI string.

Do I need to re-run DSTD option in the script to make os-x work smoother?

 

 

2) I noticed that after plugging in some external device, i can't access computer (HDDs) from software (like attaching files to an e-mail or browsing computer in Adobe Bridge), the application just freezes. Yet Finder does work ok.

It is also somehow connected with shut down/restart, which does not work either after attaching external drive (hhd or flash).

 

Hardware:

ex58-ud5

i920

6Gb 3x2 1500

gts250 1024

bios --?

 

Thank you in advance.

Regards,

Denis.

 

 

can you upload a screen shot of your plist file with the EFI string added to it after you get it to work?

 

thanks

[everdone]

Here is a boot.plist with 250GTS DVI/DVI EFI string

can you upload a screen shot of your plist file with the EFI string added to it after you get it to work?

 

thanks

com.apple.boot.plist.zip

[I_Spectre]

Here is a boot.plist with 250GTS DVI/DVI EFI string

 

 

I am still having a hell of a time trying to get this to boot in normal mode. i used your plist with my info substituted for yours but it still wont boot, hangs at the same point.

 

does anyone with the same setup have any good ideas?

 

thanks

[Denis Davydov]

I am still having a hell of a time trying to get this to boot in normal mode. i used your plist with my info substituted for yours but it still wont boot, hangs at the same point.

 

does anyone with the same setup have any good ideas?

 

thanks

I have followed this guide http://aquamac.proboards.com/index.cgi?act...=509&page=1

 

Run it from Leopard, NOT Snow Leopard!!!

 

Hope it helps.

 

p/s/ how do i check if I have QE/CI working?

in About This Mac, under Graphics I don't have Core Image and Quartz Extreme listed at all. Yet, there is a water ripple effect when I add new widget, so is it ok?

 

EDIT: I found this tutorial, so according to it everything's ok http://prasys.co.cc/tag/qeci-snow-leopard/

 

Denis.

[everdone]

Here are two things to try that I found elsewhere on this site

I am still having a hell of a time trying to get this to boot in normal mode. i used your plist with my info substituted for yours but it still wont boot, hangs at the same point.

 

does anyone with the same setup have any good ideas?

 

thanks

GeForce_GTS_250.dmg

Enabler_for_Nvidia_and_multiple_ATI_cards.pkg.zip

[CruiSAr]

thanks i'll try it!

 

http://prasys.co.cc/2009/10/empire-efi/

 

which one should i choose?

 

Empire EFI for Intel Core i7 and Intel X58 Chipset (V1.04 by aschar) -- This version is tuned for X58 Chipset. it contains support for X58 Chipset and you shouldn’t be getting any black screens on your X58 Chipset with Core i7 processors. aschar who is also an i7 user has built this cd (by the way -- knows exactly the do and donts of X58 and Core i7) . This version contains special X58 extensions , a guide on how to patch ALC889a codec (which is commonly found on X58 motherboards) and other X58 related stuff.

 

or

 

Empire V1.08 (for ATI 48xx series graphics card and nVidia GeForce GTX2xx series along with support for i5/i7 8xx series and P55 chipset)

 

 

after the install. at what stage to i start to follow DD's guide?

Download this VERSION of empire EFI, it is the one I use and I dont get any black screens when installing from the DVD.

 

If you encounter problems you can check out my frist guide, it also has a boot CD that works as well. After install, reboot from the bootCD and once in SL, you can run DD's script to patch the DSDT and install Kexts and bootloader

[CruiSAr]

I am still having a hell of a time trying to get this to boot in normal mode. i used your plist with my info substituted for yours but it still wont boot, hangs at the same point.

 

does anyone with the same setup have any good ideas?

 

thanks

The best approach is to use ATYinit and install it to S/L/E. Make sure to boot in 32 bit mode as it wil not load in 64 bit mode. Once in SL you can create efi strings for your GPU.

[MikeBuzzsaw]

Anyone having trouble shutting down? Every time I shut down, it just restarts the computer.

[CruiSAr]

Anyone having trouble shutting down? Every time I shut down, it just restarts the computer.

If you are using kexts for shutdown and restart then try updating boot caches again, you can also check the logs to see why the system restarts instead of shutting down.

[Sidewinder33]

Hey all

I have a question about sleeping with our board. I have Sleepenabler installed and sleep works, but every now and then my computer completely shuts down after being asleep for a period of time. I've been reading through the Sleepenabler thread, and it appears that several options are missing in the energy saver preferences.

I know right now I have it set to never at the moment but thats because I've almost missed work twice when my alarm (on my computer) didnt go off since it was shutdown and not just sleeping. So my question is is there any thing extra i need to add or modify to add in the extra options. I was reading about AppleLPC.kext but I'm very new to the game and the threads seem a little older. Is there a new option that accomplishes the same? Thanks for any help guys

[I_Spectre]

The best approach is to use ATYinit and install it to S/L/E. Make sure to boot in 32 bit mode as it wil not load in 64 bit mode. Once in SL you can create efi strings for your GPU.

 

i tried it this way again with the same results. i am wondering if it has anything to do with the new bios (44). i did get ti to boot into normal with the old bios one time. has anyone with the new bios been able boot normally?

see my attached plist file i edited for my video card for errors.

 

com.apple.boot.zip

[CruiSAr]

i tried it this way again with the same results. i am wondering if it has anything to do with the new bios (44). i did get ti to boot into normal with the old bios one time. has anyone with the new bios been able boot normally?

see my attached plist file i edited for my video card for errors.

 

com.apple.boot.zip

Try copying your efi strings from your boot plist located in your /Extra folder to the boot plist localed in Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration folder and see if that works

[I_Spectre]

Try copying your efi strings from your boot plist located in your /Extra folder to the boot plist localed in Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration folder and see if that works

 

I tried that with no change. i am getting an error before chameleon loads but it does load after this error: EBIOS READ ERROR: ERROR 0X01 BLOCK SECTOR 0X7A120000 SECTORS

 

 

any ideas?

[CruiSAr]

I tried that with no change. i am getting an error before chameleon loads but it does load after this error: EBIOS READ ERROR: ERROR 0X01 BLOCK SECTOR 0X7A120000 SECTORS

 

 

any ideas?

Are you using hard drives with multiple partitions? I think I read sometime back that having partitions on a huge disk that start after the ITB mark sometimes gives the error you are having, but with that said, it shouldnt affect your graphics as the OS loads

[fishcookie]

Hi guys, had my EX58 UD3R running well with no probs for a few months now.

 

I have purchased a 2nd GTX260. Put her in and OSX kernel crashes on boot. Kinda expected it off the bat!

 

Pulled it out and back to boot ability and type here in the forums with the single GTX260 in.

 

How would one get dual cards working? Edit the DSDT?

 

Scope (^^PCI0)

{

Name (SLIC, Buffer (0x9E)

{

"987134512781Genuine NVIDIA Certified SLI Ready Motherboard for GIGABYTE GA EX58-UD38432-Copyright 2008 NVIDIA Corporation All Rights Reserved-765289891023®"

})

Device (WMI1)

{

Name (_HID, "pnp0c14")

Name (_UID, "MXM2")

Name (_WDG, Buffer (0x14)

{

/* 0000 */ 0x3C, 0x5C, 0xCB, 0xF6, 0xAE, 0x9C, 0xBD, 0x4E,

/* 0008 */ 0xB5, 0x77, 0x93, 0x1E, 0xA3, 0x2A, 0x2C, 0xC0,

/* 0010 */ 0x4D, 0x58, 0x01, 0x02

})

Method (WMMX, 3, NotSerialized)

{

CreateDWordField (Arg2, Zero, FUNC)

If (LEqual (FUNC, 0x41494C53))

{

Return (SLIC)

}

 

Return (Zero)

}

}

}

[CruiSAr]

Hey all

I have a question about sleeping with our board. I have Sleepenabler installed and sleep works, but every now and then my computer completely shuts down after being asleep for a period of time. I've been reading through the Sleepenabler thread, and it appears that several options are missing in the energy saver preferences.

I know right now I have it set to never at the moment but thats because I've almost missed work twice when my alarm (on my computer) didnt go off since it was shutdown and not just sleeping. So my question is is there any thing extra i need to add or modify to add in the extra options. I was reading about AppleLPC.kext but I'm very new to the game and the threads seem a little older. Is there a new option that accomplishes the same? Thanks for any help guys

Never experinced issues with sleep before, if you want a 100% working sleep with no hassles then you should defer from third part kexts and use native power management. Consult d00d's native power management thread

[zoro2]

Never experinced issues with sleep before, if you want a 100% working sleep with no hassles then you should defer from third part kexts and use native power management. Consult d00d's native power management thread

I have an odd sleep problem. I don't know if this would help to know or not?

 

If I leave myself logged in it goes to sleep and AFAIK it wakes up even much later just fine. But, If I log out and it goes to sleep, it gets to a place, not immediately but after some time, where it wont wake up at all. I have to reboot.

 

The only KEXT I use that I think is related to sleep is: NullCPUPowerManagement.kext.

[Jon G]

Hi all,

 

First let me say thanks for all the hard work I followed many of the posts here and had a successful 10.6.2 installation.

 

My 10.6.2 system was stable for months until a recent problem:

 

Boot loader wont load - no boot loader seems to work.

 

One day my 10.6.2 system stopped working. When it boots I get this:

 

boot0: GPT

boot0: testing

boot0: testing

boot0: done

boot1: /boot

 

then the screen clears I get a "spinning" cursor at the upper left of the screen that then stops.... and that's it.

 

I have the same symptoms when I try to use any other method to boot - like the preboot disk (which previously worked fine). I've got a 10.5.7 system running fine from another HD, just can't get anything else working.

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

My config is basically what DD has but my graphics card is a ATI Radeon HD 2600.

 

Thanks.

 

JonG

[Sidewinder33]

Never experinced issues with sleep before, if you want a 100% working sleep with no hassles then you should defer from third part kexts and use native power management. Consult d00d's native power management thread

 

I've looks at the thread and I really really want to do it (less hassle once its set up) but I'm pretty novice at coding and hackintosh manipulating in general. I have a hard time understanding all that dood says in his thread. I've tried reading it over several times but just can't get my head around it completely. But that is my goal to get there some time

Hi all,

 

First let me say thanks for all the hard work I followed many of the posts here and had a successful 10.6.2 installation.

 

My 10.6.2 system was stable for months until a recent problem:

 

Boot loader wont load - no boot loader seems to work.

 

One day my 10.6.2 system stopped working. When it boots I get this:

 

boot0: GPT

boot0: testing

boot0: testing

boot0: done

boot1: /boot

 

then the screen clears I get a "spinning" cursor at the upper left of the screen that then stops.... and that's it.

 

I have the same symptoms when I try to use any other method to boot - like the preboot disk (which previously worked fine). I've got a 10.5.7 system running fine from another HD, just can't get anything else working.

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

My config is basically what DD has but my graphics card is a ATI Radeon HD 2600.

 

Thanks.

 

JonG

 

 

Hey Jon DD addressed this on his first post

 

 

BOOTING

When I boot, I get the following message:

boot 0: GPT

boot 0: testing

boot 0: testing

boot 0: error

What's wrong?

This message appears when the BIOS cannot find a bootable system. Double-check your BIOS drive priority or make sure the BIOS is instructed to boot from the proper drive with a installed bootloader.

I just installed a new OS and bootloader. Now I can't boot back into my old install. What happened?

You have different and, therefore, incompatible, bootloaders installed. Ideally, each bootable partition needs to have the same bootloader installed. If that is not attainable, then you need to select the desired OS/partition via BIOS drive/partition selector <F12>, not bootloader, to ensure your system boots just the bootloader installed for that partition/drive. If you select a partition in the bootloader screen that has a different bootloader installed, you may experience instability or unpredictable behavior, including kernel panics.

[Jon G]

thanks for the quick reply Sidewinder33

 

I read DD's post but I don't think that is exactly my issue. I can remove all the other drives and I'll still have the same problem.

 

I don't know if this matters but the last line of my boot sequence goes to boot1 not boot0.

 

 

-jon