Jump to content

Kakewalk: Minimal effort install (EP45, EX58, P55, G41)

mrjanek

By mrjanek,
in OSx86 10.6 (Snow Leopard)

 Share
3,658 posts in this topic

Recommended Posts

Going Bald
Going Bald
Posted
Posted
The first page only mentions out of the GA X-58A series the UD7 model but not the UD3R and UD5 models.

Do those two models work as well as the UD7 or are there any known problems?

I just do not want the complexity of water cooling, if I can avoid it.

Thanks.

 

You don't have to use liquid cooling unless you want to. The X58A-UD7 comes with a VaporX type Northbridge cooler that you can install instead of liquid cooling (there are also connection ports for liquid cooling on the Northbridge heat sink but I did not choose to use them). It does, however, use the top expansion slot for the exterior cooling fins (you lose the use of the 1st PC X1 slot, but who needs it?) There is also a fan connector right there if you want to add a fan for the Northbridge cooler.

I currently dual boot Windows7 64bit and OSX 10.6.2 64bit(I used a Toshiba 16GB for the USB boot method to install)

 

System:

Coolermaster Cosmos RC1000

Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7

Intel Core i7 920

Noctua NH-12P

Sapphire VaporX HD5770 - changed to nvidia 7600GT then to 9500GT after KP when 10.6.2 update

2 6GB kits Corsair TR3X6G1600C8D - 12 GB total

Corsair CMXAF2 Dominator memory fan

Corsair HX850 PSU

Pioneer DVR-S18MBK superwriter

LG BH08 BD superwriter

6 Seagate 1 TB Barracudas

Link to comment
Share on other sites
trwoolley
trwoolley
Posted
Posted
mrjanek,

 

Thank you for a great guild and tools. I have my GA-EX58-UD5 running perfectly. I would like to give you some files for the GA-EX58-UD5 that will enable vanilla power management so that there will be no need for any extra kexts except for fakesmc.kext and RealtekR1000SL.kext.

 

I thought you might like to update the installer for this Motherboard to make it even easier and a cleaner install.

 

I don't take any credit for the DSDT mods, for that please see d00d's topic ...

 

GA-EX58 and GA-X58A DSDT native power management modifications, lower CPU temperatures, turbo plus one clock ratio, sleep, etcetera

 

 

The attached file contains my Extra folder with the modified DSDT from d00d's topic. This DSDT will provide the following for the GA-EX58-UD5

 

1. Native power management (Includes autosleep, wake with mouse or keyboard, sleep with power button, wake with Power Button, USB removal after wake fix)

2. Native audio (no need for any legacy audio kexts).

3. All internal hard drives will be seen as internal (no need for IOAHCIBlockStorageInjector.kext)

 

 

Extra.zip

 

- Swhay -

 

Thank you so much for this! My Kakewalk 1.8.1 (Asere bootloader v.1.1.8) installation is now further perfected by your (dOOd) Extra folder. I changed nothing in your folder except added my unique SMUUID and changed the memory data in smbios.plist to match my memory sticks. I have not overclocked, but my temperature came down at least 5°C on all cores and my Geekbench scores went up about 12%. Otherwise Snow Leopard runs just as smoothly as before but perhaps a bit faster as revealed in Geekbench since I am certain that the first core is now speedstepping above 2.66GHz while other cores are less active. All devices function as expected, audio, ethernet, etc. I no longer get the removable orange HDD icons - a plus!

 

I would now like to overclock my Intel i7 920 2.66 GHz as you have done to 3.32 GHz. Could you point me to a simple guide, or maybe walk me through the steps. We have identical boards and CPUs, so it should be a "calkwalk" as well!

 

Thanks again!

 

My Geekbench image:

 

post-546795-1267335916_thumb.png

Link to comment
Share on other sites
beetleaz
beetleaz
Posted
Posted

1) Thanks - Kakewalk is really good!

2) I have EP45-DS4 motherboard. All were installed Ok and works great except Firewire (unable to list firewire devices error displays) :) May be somebody know how to solve this problem? I need Firewire because my 5.1 soundcard is connected there.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
zeigerpuppy
zeigerpuppy
Posted
Posted

I have some questions regarding how Kakewalk plays with the Nvidia GTX 285...

 

I installed with the Gigabyte USB method v1.6 beta, Snow Leopard 10.6.2

everything working great, but my graphics cards benchmarks are very low (about half what they should be)

I tried the Enabler_for_Nvidia_and_multiple_ATI_cards from netkas (luckily on a cloned partition) and it doesn't increase the performance and causes the system to hang on waking from sleep.

 

Questions:

1) how does GigabyteUSB recognise my GTX 285 (EVGA 1GB)? - it does very well, by the way (dual display OK too)

2) is there a better driver to use?

3) will rerunning the new installer - Kakewalk help?

4) I read that you need to have 2 graphics cards, I have taken my other card out because I didn't need it, is that OK?

 

 

refs: my specs are about half what is seen on this page http://netkas.org/?p=105

the card seems fine, specs in windows are fine.

The GTX 285 is installed in the first PCI-E 2.0 slot as listed in the GA-X58A-UD7 manual, I tried it in slot 3 also, no change...

Link to comment
Share on other sites
viets7ylez
viets7ylez
Posted
Posted

I cannot get this to run with 10.6.2. I can get 10.6.0 working perfectly and once I install the update it won't boot. It gets to the white apple screen... Does the spinning thing then goes to a black screen like it is about to boot and then stays blank. Then the monitor says no signal. I have been trying everything to get this to work and I have no idea what I'm doing wrong can anyone please help?

 

I'm using the ex58 ud5 board and the 9800gtx gfx card.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
seanmcd
seanmcd
Posted
Posted

:thumbsup_anim::thumbsup_anim:

 

Is it really this easy!?! I just installed 10.6 with kakewalk, and updated normally to 10.6.2 without any issues!! Everything works perfectly. Seems like even sleep works, which if it doesn't is no big deal to me. I have had a perfectly working 10.5.8 install for a very long time so I've been very reluctant to mess with 10.6, but it looks like it will work perfect.

 

My hardware:

EP45-UD3R (Bios F9)

BFG GTX285OC video

Linksys G wifi card

 

So I can't believe auto update worked without any tricks!? Should I expect any issues? I still have my 10.5.8 install I'm going to test a little more before I copy over it.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
username42
username42
Posted
Posted

Just want to say thanks mrjanek, your kakewalk option worked perfectly for my Asrock P55 Pro. I ended up using the MSI p55 option in your bootloader to finally get this machine working. I have a quick question though about the GraphicsEnabler=Yes option.

 

I'm wondering how I can get QE/CI working with my GeforceGTS 250 card. At the moment the graphics are working, but I would like to get QE/CI up to get full acceleration options with my card -- for movies, and possibly games and such. What are your suggestions?

 

I've looked at this source -> http://aquamac.proboards.com/index.cgi?act...&thread=509 and I'm not sure if I should go through with it. I'll probably in the mean time read up on as much as I can about this, but could you mention how your graphics work for your bootloader?

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Irish Danny
Irish Danny
Posted
Posted

absolutely amazing bit of program. well done.. will donate shortly

i have a small problem that someone might be able to help me with

 

machine spec as follows.

 

Gigabyte EP45-UD3LR

MSI NX7600 GT ( Nvidia GeForce 7600 GT)

4GB OCZ PC2-6400

500GB western digital hard drive

Kakewalk v2.0

 

my problem is i can't upgrade to 10.6.2

currently running 10.6.1 with out any problem but have tried several times to get the latest update.

resulting in me having to install from scratch all over again.

getting the grey screen where it says machine needs to be restarted and to hold down shut down key .

 

 

any help appreciated.

 

i don't suppose your plan on implementing net books into your program.

just a taught as alot of people are trying to install on eepc, nc10 etc..

 

thanks again for all the hard work

 

danny

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Charles_inf
Charles_inf
Posted
Posted

Hello Mrjanek, first i want to say is sorry for my bad english. I have a little problem with your kakewalk installation and I need your help. I have an GA-X58A-UD7 motherboard and when i install snow leopard with kakewalk everything works fine except the audio. You said in FAQ´s that if Sound is not working

Go to System Preferences -> Sound. Click "Output" and select Internal Speakers (for standard analog output)

But when i go there i cant select anything becouse there are no elements to select. There are no items and i dont know how can i make my audio to work.

 

Can you help me please?

Link to comment
Share on other sites
rabbit74
rabbit74
Posted
Posted
I`ve tried this Kakewalk to boot,,

 

and my computer still restarting before The mac screen appear ,,

 

I want to know what`s wrong ,,,??!

 

GA-EXTREMEx58

 

i7-Processor

 

6GB DDR3

 

4890 ATI

 

That`s it ,,, ;)

 

I have the same board. I use the USB method. It works well. The make your own boot CD didn't work for me either.

 

Try the USB method. Also check if your video card is supported. I think the 48xx series graphics cards are a problem. I use Nvidia 9800 and it is flawless.

 

P.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Katskull
Katskull
Posted
Posted

I posted here a few days ago didnt see a reply, perhaps its cause my question/problem was too stupid, either way asking again, atleast tell me if its too stupid or point me towards it being already answered. Using ga-x58a-ud3r motherboard with kakewalk cd it boots up and I swap discs and start SL. loads up the big apple and the spinning (working) icon. About a minute later it just greys out and tells me to restart (kernel panic i assume). i7 920 processor, mb listed, 2 gtx 260 geforce, 2x 500gb wd hard drives (one for w7 one for osx) 3x 2gb 1600 corsair memory

Link to comment
Share on other sites
schaefer.vince
schaefer.vince
Posted
Posted

So I used the X58A-UD7 iso on my X58A-UD3R using the Kakewalk USB drive method, and everything works PERFECTLY! Updated through apple to 10.6.2 and its flawless. MANY thanks to mrjanek and all others for such an easy experience with this. I never thought it would ever get this easy.

 

Initital question:

 

Using Geekbench, it shows my bus frequency to be 100 Mhz. Yeah, Thats pretty slow. The other stats all appear to be pretty lackluster as well compared to the core 2 duo iMac I'm moving... Is this cosmetic, or is there some sort of major bottlenecking going on? Anyone else experience anything like this?

 

THANKS!

 

Some additional specs:

X58A-UD3R

intel core i7 920

WD640GB 7200rpm SATA

6GB 1067 corsair DDR3 ram

Geoforce 9800GT 1GB DDR3

 

I haven't done any OC work on it, this is still the first night ive had 10.6 running on it.

 

DONATION FOR SURE!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
schaefer.vince
schaefer.vince
Posted
Posted
Hello Mrjanek, first i want to say is sorry for my bad english. I have a little problem with your kakewalk installation and I need your help. I have an GA-X58A-UD7 motherboard and when i install snow leopard with kakewalk everything works fine except the audio. You said in FAQ´s that if Sound is not working

Go to System Preferences -> Sound. Click "Output" and select Internal Speakers (for standard analog output)

But when i go there i cant select anything becouse there are no elements to select. There are no items and i dont know how can i make my audio to work.

 

Can you help me please?

 

Have you updated to 10.6.2? My audio issues were fixed with the update; and my x58a-ud3r has the same audio chipset as your X58A-UD7.

 

just a thought

Link to comment
Share on other sites
germanicus
germanicus
Posted
Posted
5.1 anyone? I only can select 2.0 speakers..

me too. i asked here in the thread, but didn´t get a response from mrjanek. :(

doesn´t matter which board is used, always only 2.0 stereo output.

 

i used kakewalk and it's really great,

my board: Gigabyte EP45-UD3LR

 

but, if you use HPET in BIOS, than only one pci slot is working!

if you don't activate HPET, you have to use nullpower kext

whic is very important to people who are using pci cards! this should be mentioned in the first posting by mrjanek!!!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Charles_inf
Charles_inf
Posted
Posted
Have you updated to 10.6.2? My audio issues were fixed with the update; and my x58a-ud3r has the same audio chipset as your X58A-UD7.

 

just a thought

 

Yes, its true. I cant believe I´ve been so stupid. Thanks a lot for your answer. When updated everything works fine.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
 Share
Go to topic listing
×
×
  • Create New...