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

[moofwoogle]

Posting in here to say I just used Kakewalk to install 10.6 on my EP45-UD3R, and everything is working flawlessly!  Absolutely astounding how easy it was, given the last time I tried installing OS X on a UD3R it took a lot of effort to get some basic stuff working, and there were a lot of issues I never was able to resolve, like sleep.  As near as I can tell, every feature of my computer is working exactly as it should.

 

Thank you so much for developing this!  You have saved me a great deal of time and effort.  I made a donation to you for your efforts, and hope you'll continue doing awesome stuff like this.

[CooSee]

In "PC Health Status" > "CPU Smart Fan Control" I have "Enabled"

And in "CPU Smart Mode" I have "Auto".

So it look as the way you have.

But my temp is 45 Celcius in this moment.

I don't know why.

 

What did your Mainboard say?

 

Sorry i don't know why yours so high!

 

Here i've got a Big Case with 4 Extra Fans and a Fan Controller.

 

are you running 10.6.2 ?

 

which .kexts you've got in your Extra Folder ?

 

how is the Temp on Windows ?

 

CooSee ' Ya

[pepechuelo79]

What did your Mainboard say?

Sorry i don't know why yours so high!

Here i've got a Big Case with 4 Extra Fans and a Fan Controller.

are you running 10.6.2 ?

which .kexts you've got in your Extra Folder ?

how is the Temp on Windows ?

CooSee ' Ya

"What did your Mainboard say?" <-- what do you mean? My english is not fluent.

My case is a Codegen 4U-500.

Big fan in front, one fan in back. Thermaltake CPU cooler.

Yes i'm running 10.6.2.

In Extra folder I have ...

 

.com.apple.plist

DSDT.aml

Extensions (folder)

Extensions.mkext

smbios.plist

 

Into Extension (folder) ...

 

fakesmc.kext

HDAEnabler.kext

IOAHCIBlockStorageInjector.kext

JMicronATA.kext

LegacyHDA.kext

NullCPUPowerManagement.kext

OpenHaltRestart.kext

SleepEnabler.kext

 

I don't have windows installed. Just 10.6.2

 

Thanks for your interest CooSee.

[CooSee]

@ pepechuelo79

 

"What did your Mainboard say?" <-- what do you mean? My english is not fluent.

 

 

you're welcome!

 

i mean your Mainboard, BIOS Temps !

 

is your BIOS the latest ?

 

maybe it's normal for the kind of case you've got.

 

CooSee ' Ya

[pepechuelo79]

you're welcome!

i mean your Mainboard, BIOS Temps !

is your BIOS the latest ?

maybe it's normal for the kind of case you've got.

 

Oh! I see.

In my BIOS ...

 

Current System Temperature 44 Celcius

Current CPU Temperature 43 Celcius

Current MCH Temperature 43 Celcius

Current CPU Fan Speed 844

The rest of sensors related with speed of fans are in 0 RPM. But, to my taste, they are running healthy.

About my BIOS version it is f9 beta.

I just checked now which is the last one and it is the f11 (with 2010/02/12 date).

mmmm.

 

Edit: I'm reading from gigabyte web site how to upgrade BIOS with an app they provide: "Q-Flash". I will read and learn how to do that. I will try to upgrade BIOS trying to solve my CPU hi temps. We'll see.

[CooSee]

Oh! I see.

In my BIOS ...

 

Current System Temperature 44 Celcius

Current CPU Temperature 43 Celcius

Current MCH Temperature 43 Celcius

Current CPU Fan Speed 844

The rest of sensors related with speed of fans are in 0 RPM. But, to my taste, they are running healthy.

About my BIOS version it is f9 beta.

I just checked now which is the last one and it is the f11 (with 2010/02/12 date). Problem is that very probably I would need a PC for upgrade to this last BIOS version. I haven't any PC near.

mmmm.

 

Edit: I'm reading from gigabyte web site how to upgrade BIOS with any of two apps they provide: "Q-Flash" and "@bios". I will read and learn how to do that. I will try to upgrade BIOS trying to solve my CPU hi temps. We'll see.

 

 

you can update with a ' USB Stick ', you need only the .bin file for your Mainboard !

 

which is your Mainboard ?

 

EDIT: o.k. i see, it's a .exe file, i can send you the .bin file if you want !

 

CooSee ' Ya

[drumtraks]

Will this work out of the box with my GTX 260? Thanks.

[Perfex]

Can I safely use software update with this install?

[CooSee]

Will this work out of the box with my GTX 260? Thanks.

 

Can I safely use software update with this install?

 

Yes!

 

Yes!

 

CooSee ' Ya

[pepechuelo79]

you can update with a ' USB Stick ', you need only the .bin file for your Mainboard !

which is your Mainboard ?

EDIT: o.k. i see, it's a .exe file, i can send you the .bin file if you want !

CooSee ' Ya

It is a GA-EX58-UD5.

.bin?

.bin is a Mac format. Or am I wrong.

The application Q-Flash embedded into the BIOS would let me make the upgrade from a USB stick FAT 32 formated.

I've done that but Q-Flash don't see the BIOS f11 upgrade file.

I don't know how to make Q-Flash sees BIOS f11 upgrade file.

[CooSee]

It is a GA-EX58-UD5.

.bin?

.bin is a Mac format. Or am I wrong.

The application Q-Flash embedded into the BIOS would let me make the upgrade from a USB stick FAT 32 formated.

I've done that but Q-Flash don't see the BIOS f11 upgrade file.

I don't know how to make Q-Flash sees BIOS f11 upgrade file.

 

 

here's the file for your Board: ex58ex.zip

 

Extract to your Stick.

 

CooSee ' Ya

[Irish Danny]

Can anyone help me with my little problem below and not being able to update to 10.6.2,

could it be the graphics card that's causing it,

what graphics card owuld people recommend for being the most compatible.

Any help appreciated

 

thansk

 

danny

 

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

[futureknight]

it seems i get stuck just before the gui gets loaded from the installer... any idea? i have an asus 4870 512mb

[PoloBear]

I have a similar problem with my 4870, not loading gui.... just some weird flashing.

 

I resolved this by sending the bugger to sleep, cmd-alt-eject on the apple keyboard, waiting for complete spindown, just a few secs, then space for wakeup, tata gui is there.

 

Could achive it also by changeing the DVI kabel from one port to the other...but then no dual-DVI and only 1920x1200 on my screen.

[futureknight]

what i did was:

 

booted with -s arch=i386

 

then

 

mount -uw /

 

mv /System/Library/Extensions/ATI* /tmp/

 

kextcache -v 1 -t -m /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/Extensions.mkext /System/Library/Extensions/

 

"some errors appeared..."

 

reboot

 

and when i'm in the bootloader again:

 

-v arch=i368 graphicsenabler=no

 

 

now the gui from the installer appeared. :-)

[futureknight]

next if i wanted to boot, i got the same graphics error... so:

 

boot from the SL-Disk with -s

 

mount -uw /

 

mkdir /Disabled/

 

mv /System/Library/Extensions/ATI* /Disabled/

 

reboot

 

in the bootloader:

-f -v graphicsenabler=no

 

now it should start into SL. :-)

 

of course the resolution isn't working properly yet... i have to figure something out. will be back later with an answer!

[mwpmo]

In MacOS kernels prior to 10.6.2 did not recognize the i5 CPU. If your Install DVD from which you made the USB image is 10.6.0 or 10.6.1 then when you try to start with that kernel, the machine will reboot. If it is 10.6.2 the install will proceed as normal.

 

To get past this problem one needs a bootloader which uses a modified kernel. tonymacx's BootCD (and others) will allow you to boot and install from your present USB image (you also need a boot flag of: busratio=20). You can install 10.6.0 using the BootCD and boot flag, once you upgrade to 10.6.2 the machine will boot requiring only a 'normal' bootloader.

 

Apparently there are versions of the Retail DVD that are 10.6.2 because some are able to get started without a modified kernel (ie use Kakewalk). Others get the 'reboot loop'.I assume the latter group have a 10.6.0 DVD like the one I have.

 

 

I used Kakewalk CD and tried busratio=20 for my i5-720 & P55M-UD2 and it just reboot itself.

 

What you said is that Kakewalk used an unmodified 10.6.0 kernel so if I used original retail 10.6.0 install disc, i5 is not detected and it just reboot itself?

 

I didi a google search and cannot find any information on original 10.6.2 install DVD Anyone can provided a link to get an 10.6.2 retail install DVD?

[ProjectY]

Hi CooSee

 

Thanks it dropped the Temperature by about 10 degree's C

 

I have turned off the Sleep option in System preferences/energy saver (Computer to sleep = Never)

 

I will see how it goes for the next few days

 

Thanks again

Yours Ray

You need " NullCpuPowerManagment.kext " !

 

look here !

 

CooSee ' Ya

[pepechuelo79]

here's the file for your Board: ex58ex.zip

Extract to your Stick.

 

Dear CooSee,

 

Thanks a lot.

I understood. While the downloaded file has a .exe it is not a PC program. It is just a compression data file.

I copied the file you gently sent to me into my USB pendrive and Q-Flash could see that file.

BIOS upgrade was very easy.

Obviously, I needed to change the default settings that came with the downloaded BIOS file to the one mrjanek's Kakewalk need. But that was very easy.

Unfortunately, temps are in the same range: 46 to 49 Celcius in idle.

So, while it was good to upgrade the BIOS to the newest version, it had no effect over my problem.

Thanks anyway.

[everdone]

I used Kakewalk CD and tried busratio=20 for my i5-720 & P55M-UD2 and it just reboot itself.

 

What you said is that Kakewalk used an unmodified 10.6.0 kernel so if I used original retail 10.6.0 install disc, i5 is not detected and it just reboot itself?

 

I didi a google search and cannot find any information on original 10.6.2 install DVD Anyone can provided a link to get an 10.6.2 retail install DVD?

The Kakewalk boot process (whether CD or USB) apparently uses the kernel from the Mac OS install DVD. As we know 10.6.0 Apple kernel will not work on the i5 cpu. To overcome this problem we need to boot with a modded kernel until MacOS is upgraded to 10.6.2. What is need is a bootCD that has a modified kernel (we can install using the Kakewalk USB) to boot the machine.

 

One can arrive at a bootable CD several ways but this is what I did: From Tonymacx86s site I downloaded his P55BootCD. I found that it would not boot from a USB drive. I then downloaded BootCDMaker from this site. I used the contents of the Extra folder from Tony's bootCD in the Extra folder of BootCDMaker and created an iso with BootCDMaker and burned to a CD.

[cableguy187]

5.1 anyone?

[mwpmo]

The Kakewalk boot process (whether CD or USB) apparently uses the kernel from the Mac OS install DVD. As we know 10.6.0 Apple kernel will not work on the i5 cpu. To overcome this problem we need to boot with a modded kernel until MacOS is upgraded to 10.6.2. What is need is a bootCD that has a modified kernel (we can install using the Kakewalk USB) to boot the machine.

 

One can arrive at a bootable CD several ways but this is what I did: From Tonymacx86s site I downloaded his P55BootCD. I found that it would not boot from a USB drive. I then downloaded BootCDMaker from this site. I used the contents of the Extra folder from Tony's bootCD in the Extra folder of BootCDMaker and created an iso with BootCDMaker and burned to a CD.

 

I see. That's why I cannot get Kakewalk work with my P55M-UD2.

 

But why P55M-UD2 in the compatiable list?

[Kunal2139]

My Headphone jack on the front of my case doesn't seem to work.

I'm on an EP45-UD3L, and everything besides that is working great thanks to Mr Janek!

 

In System Prefs--->Sound, it shows 4 outputs, but choosing any of them doesn't get sound out of my case's headphone jack (which is definitely connected).

 

Does anyone happen to have a fix for the headphones for the EP45-UD3L?

 

Thanks in advance for your help!

[blog]

blog,

 

You are not alone, I am also a P55M-UD2 user that facing the same reboot problem.

 

In addition, i don't think 10.6 install image on USB is the problem cause I used the original 10.6 install disc and SATA DVD drive also got the same result.

 

Even in v2.0, it said the problem on P55M-UD2 was fixed but I just got the same result.

 

As far as I know, no user in the forum reported that kakewalk CD solution work for their P55M-UD2 (Please correct me if I am wrong), we are all facing the same reboot problem.

 

If you don't want to wait a new version of kakewalk that can fix the problem, you can try the boot CD solution in http://www.tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=401 for P55 MB.

 

(For P55M-UD2, please select "Display:NVenabler", "Network:R1000" & "Audio:realtek888b" in [url=&quot;http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/&quot;]#####[/url] in Steps 7, 10 & 12)

 

I am now using it, it is quite simple to use like kakewalk (just run a problem called MultBeast in the boot CD, no terminal work is needed) and you can easily get a 10.6.2 running on P55M-UD2 in less than an hour.

 

 

 

Thanks for the reply. I used tonymacx86's version for installing SL. I am up and running now. I used the image created from the Kakewalk USB version and then used the rest of Tony's stuff to install thru USB. Worked fine. Almost as easy as Kakewalk should be with the P55M-UD2. The thing that makes it work is the modified kernal for 10.6.0 among other things.

 

 

In MacOS kernels prior to 10.6.2 did not recognize the i5 CPU. If your Install DVD from which you made the USB image is 10.6.0 or 10.6.1 then when you try to start with that kernel, the machine will reboot. If it is 10.6.2 the install will proceed as normal.

 

To get past this problem one needs a bootloader which uses a modified kernel. tonymacx's BootCD (and others) will allow you to boot and install from your present USB image (you also need a boot flag of: busratio=20). You can install 10.6.0 using the BootCD and boot flag, once you upgrade to 10.6.2 the machine will boot requiring only a 'normal' bootloader.

 

Apparently there are versions of the Retail DVD that are 10.6.2 because some are able to get started without a modified kernel (ie use Kakewalk). Others get the 'reboot loop'.I assume the latter group have a 10.6.0 DVD like the one I have.

 

 

Thanks for the info.

 

I think this info + Tony's info from his web page tonymacx86 should be made a sticky at the front of this posting or at least be added to the front page as important info pertaining to the P55-UD2 motherboard. I spent a few hours looking through every page (169 of them) of this posting for info on the P55. Could have saved me that time if it was already there at the beginning. It will definitely help the rest of those newcomers who find themselves looking for the same info on the P55 mb. Btw thanks for all the effort in making the install of SL as easy as it is. We couldn't do it with out the help of the people making it happen.

[mwpmo]

Thanks for the reply. I used tonymacx86's version for installing SL. I am up and running now. I used the image created from the Kakewalk USB version and then used the rest of Tony's stuff to install thru USB. Worked fine. Almost as easy as Kakewalk should be with the P55M-UD2. The thing that makes it work is the modified kernal for 10.6.0 among other things.

 

Glad to hear that your P55M-UD2 is up and running.

 

By the way, why you use the Kakewalk USB verion?

 

All you need are

1) a retail 10.6.0 install disc,

2) tonyxmac86's boot disk and

3) a USB flash drive with 10.6.2 Combo Update files.

 

No need to use any files from Kakewalk.

 

Just follow the steps in first post in http://www.tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=401 , except you need to add 1) NVenabler, 2) AL888B & 3) R1000 options when you run [url=&quot;http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/&quot;]#####[/url] Application (included in the boot CD) in steps 7 & 10.

 

Also, if you installed the MacPro update for audio from Apple through Software Update, the audio maybe "disabled", just run [url=&quot;http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/&quot;]#####[/url] and install R1000 option again to fixed it.