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

[osxdude]

Does any one have a successful installation on G41M-ES2L ? I would love to upgrade my system with this mATX board but seeing a lot of people having trouble with this board couple days ago. Please let me know your story about this board.

[Katskull]

Ok I am not sure if I am asking the questions wrong or whatever. But I am using ex58a-ud3r motherboard I have seen a few others mention it working but I am getting a kernel panic a few seconds after i switch to SL cd and continue. I am using the CD boot which says it does not work well with the ex58 chipsets. I am a complete rookie at this, not even sure if it is possible without a mac. Every path I have seen says mac required, this one didn't appear to except with USB boot method its .dmg file. So mainly I am looking for someone to point me in the right direction or just tell me to get lost. Thanks to anyone who even responds to this I am just looking to give OSX a good shot,

[trwoolley]

Ok I am not sure if I am asking the questions wrong or whatever. But I am using ex58a-ud3r motherboard I have seen a few others mention it working but I am getting a kernel panic a few seconds after i switch to SL cd and continue. I am using the CD boot which says it does not work well with the ex58 chipsets. I am a complete rookie at this, not even sure if it is possible without a mac. Every path I have seen says mac required, this one didn't appear to except with USB boot method its .dmg file. So mainly I am looking for someone to point me in the right direction or just tell me to get lost. Thanks to anyone who even responds to this I am just looking to give OSX a good shot,

 

Katskull,

 

I remember noticing your first post a few days ago (your screen name caught my eye) , but since I don't have your motherboard or other equipment I thought maybe someone who did would answer. You need to put your entire build in your member signature because most of us won't take the time to go back to your first post to see what the problem might be.

 

Presently your mobo is not supported by Kakewalk, so your closest choice to try will be the Kakewalk EX58a-UD7 version. You should really try to find a friend with a Mac laptop to help you over the hurdle of preparing the USB flash drive. After that, you will not need a Mac to finish the installation. Read the Guide carefully!

 

Remove everything attached to your motherboard except one GPU Video Card, the CPU, PSU, and one only empty hard drive less than 1TB attached to the first SATA connector on the mobo. Externally you should have one mouse, one keyboard, and one monitor connected, nothing else. Using the prepared USB stick, boot the computer and follow Kakewalk instructions exactly, using disk utility on the USB Snow Leopard installation to create one GUID partition only on the hard drive. Follow the instructions!

 

If you have actually done all this and are still unsuccessful you will need to find another method to install SL. InsanelyMac is a huge forum of many parts and threads. Try the google search at the top of each page for "EX58a-UD3R." There are not many entries - seven to be exact. Have you read those entries? Five are from this Kakewalk thread, one from the OS X Leopard (10.5.8) thread, and one from Digital Dreamer's thread. Not a good sign! The fact is that the Gigabyte site does not list a EX58a-UD3R (from your posts) as a product, nor does it include an EX58a-UD7 from mrjanek's support list. The boards in question are X58a-UD3r and X58a-UD7 and this has caused some confusion - it certainly confused me!

 

So next you need to search all other Hackintosh Forums available on the internet for "X58a-UD3r", not "EX58a-UD3R". Use Google!

 

Good luck

[phlox55]

Awesome work mrjanek.

 

Have you considered to support a really small mobo. Like Mini-ITX ?

[hmmmm]

This is quite possibly the best way to install OSX on a PC....so simple. I have just updated from 10.6.0 Vanilla to 10.6.2 Vanilla on my P45 ud3lr with no problems. Downloaded combo update,backed up my extensions,installed with no restart, ran the kakewalk boot loader again for good measure but probably not nessary, copied back my extensions and ran kext utility, restarted and now runs a bit faster. Only thing I needed was the nullcpu management kext because of a hot running overclocked 3.0ghz E8400 to 3.6ghz . This does however kill "sleep" but that isn't to much of a worry. Waiting for a P55 UD3 installer so I can upgrade. Again Great work!!!!!

[Phileas021]

Hello,

 

absolutely great work, MrJanek. I've tried in the past to install OSX on a variety of configuration, but nothing comes close to your method. I've succesfully and most of all, so easily, been able to install OSX on my machine. Everything works, without fuss: network, sound, sleep, restart, Firewire, etc. Installation of update 10.6.1 and 10.6.2 went smoothly.

 

My setup is

 

Processor: Core i7 2.67GHz

 

Motherboard: Gigabyte EX58-UD3R

 

Memory: Corsair XMS DDR3 6GB

 

Graphics: Radeon HD 4870 & Radeon 4890 (without any injector or patch, just right out of the box)

 

Drive: WD 1TB Black Caviar, Green Caviar (for Time Machine) and best of the best, Intel X25-M (so fast, so responsive, I've never had a computer as wonderful as this one!)

 

Geekbench is 8349 in 32bit-mode.

 

 

 

 

Once again, many thanks for your great work.

[Perfex]

Well it has been a few days of running mac os on my new hardware, using Kakewalk (donation incoming), only a few issues exist for me still, for some reason my cdrom is randomly getting accessed (sounds like it trying to read a disc, though there is not one in the drive, could be my drive, but I am not sure, I have some mouse issues but I don't think really think they can be fixed being I'm using a razer death adder, I plan to purchase a mighty mouse to eleviate these problems of erratic cursor times.

 

All in all, I am very happy it was this easy to get Mac OSX installed on my hardware (ex58-ud5)

 

Thank you mrjanek and anyone else that has contributed to this project

[Daryll]

Finally decided to upgrade to Snow Leopard, used kakewalk cd method. Expected to spend some time fine tuning things but it installed and upgraded to 10.6.2 in half an hour with no hassle whatsoever. Thanks a lot, mrjanek, so happy with that I donated, keep up the good work.

[ggrants]

somebody tried this method with Gigabyte EP45-DS3R ??

[tanlouis]

Anyone had any luck with the P55 yet? It crashes on me on the last moment.

 

Installer log says something about not being able to set drive to bootable.

[superherofive]

Will Kakewalk work with my GA-EP43-UD3L? I notice that the EP45 North Bridge is supported, but I'm unsure of the difference in the EP43? Everything else I have falls into the list of first boot Snow Leopard so I'm anxious to know if this will work for me.

 

Thanks in advance!

[Apenstaartjes]

No wonder I couldn't find anything about that file in this thread.

 

I have a HIS ATi Radeon 4850 IceQ4 with a DVI-VGA adapter (old lcd monitor).At Installation (USB), Kakewalk starts up fine but after a while from the Apple logo with the spinny thing below, some black artifacts appear and eventually go away. Then the whole thing just freezes. Same thing with verbose mode, except it artifacts the whole screen with white funky lines.

 

More info about my setup:

Q9400

EP45-UD3R

WD 640GB

 

The lifehacker method worked at first, but I accidently reformatted the drive and had to start over. So I decided to try Kakewalk.

 

A little update: I've managed to install SL via safe mode (-x). But artifacts still appear when I boot normally, and it freezes completely afterwards still, although safe mode boots up fine and dandy. But even after the ATi 48xx enabler was installed, the problem persisted. Okay, now safe mode with the ATi enabler works, but only with one display port, full resolution. I'm attempting to update to 10.6.2.

 

Safe mode 10.6.2 + ATi enabler works. But only one resolution is selectable (1024 x 768). No audio what-so-ever, nothing to select in "Output Devices". Chess extremely slow, seems like OpenCL isn't working.

Normal mode still has the artifacts showing up and freezing.

 

 

Help, please?

 

Thanks in advanced!

 

Hello I have the simalar problem as descriped above.

Is there any news on a solution

 

My set-up

 

EP45-UD3LR

Q9550

Kingston 4Gb DDR2 800

MSI 4850 T2D512

 

I also have used a Sparkle 9800GT from somebody to test , if I use that card everyting works great.

 

Please help me.

[bobross]

somebody tried this method with Gigabyte EP45-DS3R ??

 

I've been fighting for official DS3R support but if you use the EP45-UD3P install option everything should work fine. I have the Gigabyte EP45-DS3R and sound, LAN, 4x CPU all seem to work fine.

[ob1knobe]

Will Kakewalk work with my GA-EP43-UD3L? I notice that the EP45 North Bridge is supported, but I'm unsure of the difference in the EP43? Everything else I have falls into the list of first boot Snow Leopard so I'm anxious to know if this will work for me.

 

Thanks in advance!

 

It worked for me - been running it for 2 weeks now.

[cscheat]

Will Kakewalk work with my GA-EP43-UD3L? I notice that the EP45 North Bridge is supported, but I'm unsure of the difference in the EP43? Everything else I have falls into the list of first boot Snow Leopard so I'm anxious to know if this will work for me.

 

Thanks in advance!

 

My GA-EP43-UD3L runs like a DREAM now !!!!!

[Xisle]

mrjanek,

 

What is the defacto word on supporting the GA-X58A-UD3R, GA-X58A-UD5 and GA-X58A-UD7 motherboards?

 

I know that people have gotten them to work. Some report back that specific things are not working yet others report back saying all things work fine on them.

 

I am very interested in buying the GA-X58A-UD3R as the price is good and it supports firewire or possibly the GA-X58A-UD7 as it supports firewire and also eSata.

 

Thanks for your hard work on this project. From the rave reviews I'd like to use your installation system as my first try.

 

 

My UD3R is working great! Last I checked sleep was working with the exception of my second display not waking up, thus requiring a restart so I haven't tried it recently. I need to get a second DVI cord to replace the DVI->VGA setup I currently have on the second display (my primary has a DVI). I hope that fixes the issue. I also haven't tried anything more than 2 channel sound but assume it can be made to function if it doesn't already.

 

Good luck to you... I know I have learned a whole lot on this journey. It has been much fun

 

 

* I just thought of this: I have not tried the Kakewalk method and can't say how it works with my hardware.

 

So I am going to bite the bullet and get the X58a-UD5.

 

I would like to know if anyone is working dual screen here with success and beyond that, anyone been able to run dual card with quad screens? if so, using what cards?

 

I currently have an 8800GTX that I will use for starters, but will wanna get something new soon.. so looking for suggestions

 

 

My HD4890 is working great with dual displays.

[iwcham1979]

Hi Guys. This has been working great for me on q6600@3.5Ghz (no sleep tho due to overclock, but since no sleep i added nullpowermanagement kext and idling with my Vendetta 2 @30c )and Nvidia GTX260 on Ga P45 ud3lr for a couple of months now. I am building another Hackintosh for my wife and kid. Since they don't need much fire power, i am considering one Gigabyte p45 from the list on the first page and E5200 Cpu, 2Gigs ram and a 9600Gso Is it possible to install on this CPU, since it is basically C2D with less cache?! Tnx

[mrjanek]

Hi Guys. This has been working great for me on q6600@3.5Ghz (no sleep tho due to overclock, but since no sleep i added nullpowermanagement kext and idling with my Vendetta 2 @30c )and Nvidia GTX260 on Ga P45 ud3lr for a couple of months now. I am building another Hackintosh for my wife and kid. Since they don't need much fire power, i am considering one Gigabyte p45 from the list on the first page and E5200 Cpu, 2Gigs ram and a 9600Gso Is it possible to install on this CPU, since it is basically C2D with less cache?! Tnx

 

Should work just fine!

 

Anyone had any luck with the P55 yet? It crashes on me on the last moment.

 

Installer log says something about not being able to set drive to bootable.

When does it crash? In the end of the installation process?

If so, then it should work and you should be able to boot.

 

To everyone:

You can now follow me on twitter if you want (@mrjanek)

If you've got any questions you can ask them there if you prefer.

[Cpt. Future]

Hello,

 

i have installed SnowLeopard by Kakewalk´s method on my GA-EG45M-DS2H with a Xeon X3220.

 

The System works fine, except Audio, LAN and Firewire

So i need some help to make this usable, cause i need them.

 

Audio: Realtek ALC888

LAN: Realtek 8111C

Firewire: Texas Intruments TSB43AB23

 

 

Hope anybody can help or have some suggestions for.

 

 

Many thanks ...

[Chimmy]

Hello together...

 

 

Firstly, thank ya very much for this great Work to get OSX running...

 

 

But i have a little problem...

 

 

My System:

 

Gigabyte EP45T-UD3P (P45-ICH10R)

 

Intel Quad Q8400 2,67GHz @ 3 GHz

nVidia 9600 GT

6 GB DDR3 PC-4200 OCZ Platinium

2x 1 TB Western Digital Black-Caviar

700 Watt Tagan Power Supply

 

 

I can install Snow Leo without any Problems, after the installation i've choosen the EP45T-UD3LR cause this is nearly simular to my Board with three exceptions:

 

Soundcard: UD3P: ALC889a - UD3LR: ALC 888

I have two LAN Ports and a extra x16 SLi Port

 

After Installing the Kakewalk UD3LR Package, everything was listed for the very first time correctly, but only not my Soundcard...

 

 

In the Systeminfo - Audio, they show me all 6 Jacks and Audio ID:888 but it wont works...

 

 

So i've searched a little bit untill i find correct kexts for my Soundcard (Series_of_LegacyHDA) after installing the HDAenabler and the other Kext (with kext utility64 from kexts.com) my Machine don't start anymore..

 

It beginns to load and stuck then on the loading arrow befor start the Bootloader..

 

 

I've also tried to start again from the Kakewalk CD, but it still stays on the same place...

 

 

So, did u have any solution for me..?

 

 

Could you maybe do a EP45T-UD3P Package? It completely simular to the EP45-UD3P but only with DDR3 Support...

 

 

 

thank you very much...

 

_______________________________________

EDIT:

 

So, i found the failure why my machine, wont start... It was the USB Stick...

Its not Bootable and i have only Data on it, but when it is plugged in, my machine will not start...

 

Audio Info from the Sys-Info:

 

Intel High Definition Audio:

 

Device-ID: 0x1458A102

Audio-ID: 888

 

Availible Devices:

Line-Out:

Connection: 1/8 Jack

Ext. Microphone:

Connection: 1/8 Jack

Ext. Microphone:

Connection: 1/8 Jack

Headphone:

Connection: 1/8 Jack

S/P-DIF-Out:

Connection: Combo

S/P-DIF-In:

Connection: Combo

 

 

_____________________________________

 

 

 

regards

Chimmy

[matatiouz]

GA-G41M-ES2L

Nvidia 8400GS

Pentium E6400 2.8Ghz

 

10.6.0 Installed via Kakewalk. Boot perfect. Home screen instant. All ports functioning.

 

Upgraded to 10.6.2, apple logo fine, then a blue screen. Waited 20 minutes, home screen finally comes up. All ports working.

 

Booted a second time. Goes to black screen with mouse arrow. Waited, 20 minutes the home screen comes up. All ports working.

 

Repeated the process numerous time, the blue comes up sometimes, the black others. No reason to it.

 

UPDATE 3/13/2010: Changed to a DVI to HDMI cable and the problem is gone. The computer starts up perfectly. It appears that it's VGA that causes this problem.

 

<<also found a second fix that's much less ideal than using an HDMI or DVI cable. Once you're logged in you can go to the energy settings and change display sleep to 1 minute. After you reboot the blue/black screen will sit for one minute then the display will sleep, you can then move the mouse and the computer will then bring you to the home screen. Only use this method if you have to use VGA>>

[MacNCheesy]

Any chance someone can explain how to deal with high cpu temps with Kakewalk? I assume it has something to do with nullpowermanagement, but I am not sure exactly how best to deal with it? Thanks in advance.

 

Hi Guys. This has been working great for me on q6600@3.5Ghz (no sleep tho due to overclock, but since no sleep i added nullpowermanagement kext and idling with my Vendetta 2 @30c )

[pepechuelo79]

Any chance someone can explain how to deal with high cpu temps with Kakewalk? I assume it has something to do with nullpowermanagement, but I am not sure exactly how best to deal with it? Thanks in advance.

 

Hi MacNCheesy,

 

What is your idle temp (in Celcius, please).

What is your mother board and your Microprocessor?

In my case I have EX58-UD5 + i7 and I have an idle temp of: Core A: 44 Celcius, Core B: 44 Celsius, Core C: 39 Celcius, Core D: 39 Celsius.

Working with ProTools LE in a simple session w/ QuickTime image I can get 51 Celcius in Core A and Core B.

 

I done all as I could to try to lower the temp, flash the BIOS with the last one, replace nullpowermanagement,kext with the last one that CooSee gently linked us in message #1722.

But unfortunately temps remain equal.

 

I was asking to several insanelymac members about their temps (with EX58 mobo + i7) and it is my feeling that this hi temps is normal for this kind of hardware.

[MacNCheesy]

Hi MacNCheesy,

 

What is your idle temp (in Celcius, please).

What is your mother board and your Microprocessor?

In my case I have EX58-UD5 + i7 and I have an idle temp of: Core A: 44 Celcius, Core B: 44 Celsius, Core C: 39 Celcius, Core D: 39 Celsius.

Working with ProTools LE in a simple session w/ QuickTime image I can get 51 Celcius in Core A and Core B.

 

I done all as I could to try to lower the temp, flash the BIOS with the last one, replace nullpowermanagement,kext with the last one that CooSee gently linked us in message #1722.

But unfortunately temps remain equal.

 

I was asking to several insanelymac members about their temps (with EX58 mobo + i7) and it is my feeling that this hi temps is normal for this kind of hardware.

 

Hi Pepechuelo79,

 

I have a EP45-UD3R with a Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 currently overclocked to 3.4 GHz. Seems to work perfectly but the temps run high even when idle (59 C, 49 C, 52 C, 51 C) when compared to running Windows 7 (10 C to 20 C cooler).

 

I have the default install of Kakewalk and have not tried to make any changes since I am not really sure what to do.

[hondafanboy]

I have a upgrade hardware question.

 

Ok I used this Kakewalk method for installing OSX on my machine months ago.

It's been amazing and the best part about it is, it was stupid simple.

 

Hardware I'm currently running:

 

EP45-DS3L

Q9550 CPU

GTX 260 Video card

8 GB DDR2 1066 RAM

 

500 GB system OSX (GUID)/Windows 7 (MBR), Dual boot MBR Hybrid drive (Windows 7 partition active) 250/250

500 GB data drive, 1 GB partition for the EFI boot (I installed the kakewalk boot upgrade on it), the reset of the drive is just data

1 TB Time machine

 

I want to place these drives in another system (basically just upgrading to an i7 setup)

I got all the hardware already (everything laying on the floor ready to go)

 

I got the supported EX58-UD3R board (I do wish the newer X58 boards were supported at this time, but it's not big deal)

 

My question is how would I go about this, I don't want to have to reinstall anything.

I thought it could be as simple as just installing the kakewalk boot upgrade on the drives in question (but this time using the EX58, and not the EP45); then making Windows 7 partition activate again, but something tells me it can't be that simple.

 

Here is what I'm upgrading too:

EX58-UD3R

i7 930

2x GTX 260's

6 GB DDR3 1600 RAM

New Chassis, new Power supply

 

Can anyone helping me with this, if it's to much trouble, I may just take all this stuff back.