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

[Dalgar]

First let me say: "AWESOME!!!!" . Kakewalk has allowed me to get further than I have ever before. Being a newbie to Macs I am struggling with new concepts. Be that as it may, KAKEWALK is AWESOME!!! I was able to install successfully and reboot into the new install. Until....

Well obviously it me so I am here asking for help. After I boot into the newly installed HD using Kakewalk, I got the wonderful Welcome video. Then I get the main screen. It asks me to hit the key next to the shift on the left side. I do. I sat there last night for about 10 min. Never recognized my keyboard.

 

So, I killed the window and thought I would move on to installing the package to hd per the instructions in step 4. Alas there are no volumes on my desktop. I do not see the HD volume or the dvd volume.

 

Tonight when I get home I will check disk utilities as my friend suggested.

Here is my HW.

 

ga-ex58-ud5 (No BIOS updates)

CPU intel Core i7 920

6 GiB patriot D3

LiteOn DVD 20x Sata Drive

WD 360GiB Sata HD

nVidia 9400GT 1GiB

MacAnally Keyboard and mouse (USB)

 

I have no other hardware connected to the system

So, I am not sure what to do. I was thinking of getting the USB version and redoing everything, but I feel I am so close.

So:

No DVD drive

No Network

No Sound

Any suggestions?

Thanks a mil!

 

Oh BTW: I also noticed when I clicked About this Mac it saw the processor as a quadcore even though this is a Core i7

[csr1978]

Is there a way to change the serial number on a Hacintosh built using Kakewalk? I have software that is licensed to my old MacBook Pro and I need it to work on my newly built Hacintosh.

 

Any help on this would be appreciated.

 

I tried searching the forum for information on this but I have not been successful.

 

 

i found the answer to my own question.... I edited the "smbios.plist" file as needed.

[unshavenyak]

Hi everyone, I was wondering if I could have a moment of your time with a post-installation problem.

 

My computer hardware is as follows:

 

Core2Duo 2.03 Ghz

4 GB DDR3 RAM

Gigabyte EP45T-UD3LR

Galaxy 9800 GTX

 

Install via USB method works flawlessly with everything working out of the box: sound, video, LAN, etc.

 

I put the computer to sleep and when waking from sleep the desktop was frozen. After a hard restart, I have no sound and the 9800 GTX's fan is spinning fairly hard. It's very surprising as the video card is silent at the login screen.

 

Any thoughts on how to troubleshoot this?

 

Thanks.

[OzSpeedway]

Hi Ray

 

Yup, I must have tried every method known to mankind to get 888 audio working Of all the Kakewalk installs I have done this one is the worst for no audio however, I think I will try a custom DSDT and see what happens.

 

Cheers

Bruce

[xeir]

Dalgar - Great to hear you're loving it, minus the minor snafu.

 

Under 'Finder' select 'Preferences' and tick 'Hard disks' then your volumes will show on the desktop.

 

That should do it.

 

After I finished the install with KakeWalk it threw me for a small loop at first, going, hmm, where's my drives, grin. It doesn't have them default showing on the desktop like the standard OSX install for some reason.

 

But, as you can see, it's easy enough to remedy.

 

Hi Ray

 

Yup, I must have tried every method known to mankind to get 888 audio working Of all the Kakewalk installs I have done this one is the worst for no audio however, I think I will try a custom DSDT and see what happens.

 

Cheers

Bruce

OzSpeedway - Have you tried the [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] option to enable sound? I know it's working for the 889 for my X58A-UD3R and it does have the kexts for others as well. May be worth a shot.

 

Here's hoping.

 

Hmm, ok that was weird, it combined 2 posts into one, not sure what happened there, either I'm loopy, need a drink or both.

[Ashtefere]

Following the guide for kakewalk... can anyone tell me how one is supposed to boot a pc using a GUID partition, when bootabe GUID is only supported in EFI?

 

Like, wtf?

 

-Ash

[Ashtefere]

Im talking about the initial install.

Step 2 - Formating and partitioning your thumb drive

1. Insert your thumb drive and start Disk Utility if you closed it.

2. Select the drive in the left pane and click the Partition button in the

right pane

3. In the Volume Scheme drop-down menu select 1 partition and insert a

name for the partition (eg. Hackintosh)

4. Next select Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled) from the

Format drop-down

5. Click Options select the GUID Partition Table option and click OK 6. Hit Apply!

 

Problem with that is a PC bios cant boot from a GUID partition table to even begin the install.

 

Or am I missing somethign?

[Dalgar]

OK I've said this before but I'll say it again. KAKEWALK IS AWESOME!!!

I solved my issue and I am running 100% on my new hakinstosh! I am entering this from the beastie right now.

The way I solved my issue is I copied the kakewalk app to a usb drive and then put it on the new beastie. I then ran the Kakewalk app and mounted the resulting ISO. I then ran the package installer..BOOM!!!! It solved all my issues!!!!!

 

Thank you ALL for all the hard work you guys put into this project. I was so lost with all the different threads and methods but to any newbie at this, keep trying. It is well worth it.

 

I can now turn my macmini into the entertainment system I've been wanting to.

 

You folks keep on rocking!

 

Cheers

 

GA-EX58-ud5

6GiB Patriot Ram

LiteOn Sata DVD

WD 360GiB sata HD

nVidia 9400GT 1GiB video

Thermalake 900W power supply

[Ashtefere]

Yay! I tried to use the cd boot method... and I got a image checksum error.

 

What?

 

I have spent a week trying to get this x58a-ud3r to work and its killing me.

 

I can use empire efi to install snow leopard server so long as I ONLY use 10.6.3 update. Problem is, VNC output because way too slow to use, and we need it as a terminal server.

 

So, my only option is 10.6.0, 10.6.1 or 10.6.2, none of which I can get to boot without a stupid kernel panic that should even be happening because the kext that causes the panic is in the extra's folder or the standard kexts folder or either of the caches!

 

So I came here and tried to use this.

 

Using a MBR boot erase/restore of the snow leopard server image and using usb utility I can get it to boot, but then I get an error saying that the essentials component could not be found and I cant install snow leopard server.

 

But following the guide, it is impossible for the USB method to work anyway, so anyone who HAS gotten it to work has NOT followed the guide.

 

Seriously, this is making me go crazy. Every time something is about to work something UNIQUE and ridiculous goes wrong.

 

Anyone who has this board, could you please post your step by step instructions (including boot options/etc that every guide leaves out) to give me a hand?

 

Thanks

 

-Ash

[unshavenyak]

Hrmm, my video card has returned to spinning the fan at a normal speed, but I still can't get my sound back. Any thoughts? It's so damn weird..why would a reboot kill the sound?

[s4turn]

Mrjanek

 

Firstly,thank you a ton for making such a tool,it make's our lives and the MAC OSX installtion on a whole alot more easier.

 

I have a Gigabyte EP-45DS3 system.I notice this tool is compatable with EP-45DS3(L)

I believe I have 90% of everything working

My Sound still doesn't work.

Can you tell me what I am doing wrong

 

What was tried :

After sucessfully installing Snow Leopard

I installed your EP-45DS3(L) package on the Snow leopard partition

 

How do I get sound working

PS : I use 5.1 speakers

At the moment the sound outut is greyed out,nothing to select from

[s4turn]

Guys,

 

I got sound working

Shouts to ProjectY

 

I am loving every minute

 

I notice something a lag with my mouse,during scrolling,sometimes during typing aswell.

Is this a known issue?I would be interested to know if there was a fix

 

Updated to 10.6.3...amazing experience so far..

 

What needs to be fixed :

 

- Mouse lag issue while scrolling,hovering,typing

- Sound is fixed (kinda) I use a 5.1 speaker system ,how do i get sound to come out from all ends.

This setup works flawlessly on windows 7,Is there any in-built program to test sound output on different speakers.

- My Microsoft webcam (vx-3000) does not work with Snow Leopard.Cant get it to work on Photobooth/Skype.

Is there a fix to get the cam working?

 

Thank you for all the help I received..

[bobtennis]

Hi everybody,

 

Just an update and a request for some help.

 

I posted on May 4th I installed Kakewalk 2.2 on an EP45-UD3L, and sound and PCI slots were not working, although both worked fine in a Windows XP install to rule out a board malfunction.

 

Spontaneously, the sound started to work after a start-up without doing anything, BUT...I still cannot get my PCI slots to be recognized, they are not seen at all in Finder. No amount of card switching, or remove/reinstall seems to work. Everything else works fine in 10.6.3.

 

Can anybody help with getting the two PCI slots recognized? I did two clean installs with the same result. Do I need a kext?

 

Please advise what to do, if you can help.

[S3Atze]

- My Microsoft webcam (vx-3000) does not work with Snow Leopard.Cant get it to work on Photobooth/Skype.

Is there a fix to get the cam working?

 

 

Yes: Don´t buy Microsoft {censored}!

[ollvin]

Hi everyone,

Thanks for previous answers.

I received all the hardware this morning and I was going to burn my kakewalk cd and... the app can't run on a ppc 10.4 system. And legacy .iso in the download is said not to work with X58 chipsets. And I don't have a 8Gb thumbdrive to burn everything on it, so... what do I do?!

Is there a place to download a premade .iso for X58A UD3R board?

 

Thx

Up! Please help...

Could anyone upload the x58a ud3r board .iso for me somewhere?

[annihil8tion]

Hey was wondering if someone could help me out...

 

I am getting the white apple screen when trying to boot but the square no icon in the middle of the screen error....

 

EVGA X58 Classified

 

i7 920

 

6GB

 

 

 

Any help would be appreciated....

[unshavenyak]

I found the culprit for my GPU heat/fan issues if anyone is having similar problems. Turns it it has nothing to do with the kexts, just Adobe's {censored} flash player implementation in OS X was causing the CPU load to go up to 80% and the GPU to spin up like crazy.

 

I'm trying Project Y's boot CD tip for sound tonight, I'll let you know how it goes.

[s4turn]

Does anyone know a fix to my mouse lag issues..Mouse is a bit jerky..

I have the NVDIA 9800 GTX+ card

[Going Bald]

Hey guys, first let me say thank you for the incredible resource! I'm just dyin to get my hackintosh up and running!

 

Here is my problem... I just put my build together and followed the guide for creating a bootable USB flash drive (16gb). I also followed the guide and set up the BIOS accordingly.

 

However, when I try to boot, I get a message that says: "Verifying dmi pool data" and it just hangs there forever. I've been researching a solution all day but I haven't had any luck.

 

Also, I tried to go the cd/dvd rom install route instead but disk utility would not burn the kakewalk.iso, that was created and put on the desktop, to a disk. Each time I try it says: Unable to burn "Kakewalk.iso". (not recognized) -- Any idea why I'm getting this error? This has never happened to me before and I have burned lots of iso's.

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated! My setup is this:

 

MB: X58A-UD3R

CPU: i930

RAM: 6GB Dominators

Graphics: 9800 GT 1GB

 

I am using a 17" MBP for the setup portion.

 

Thanks!!!!

 

9 times out of 10, a hang up at "Verifying DMI pool data" is caused by improper bios settings for hdd boot device - i.e. the first hdd in the list is not a bootable hdd. Reboot, enter bios and set your OS X hdd as the 1st hdd in the drive list. exit and save. This should take care of the problem.

[unshavenyak]

Also if your hard drive is larger than 1 TB it will not boot either. I learned after much frustration partitions must be 1 TB or less in size.

 

9 times out of 10, a hang up at "Verifying DMI pool data" is caused by improper bios settings for hdd boot device - i.e. the first hdd in the list is not a bootable hdd. Reboot, enter bios and set your OS X hdd as the 1st hdd in the drive list. exit and save. This should take care of the problem.

[ollvin]

Hi ollvin

 

The link is in the PM

 

Ray

 

Hi Ray,

Thank you very much for the .iso.

But I have a problem at OsX install (I have a 10.6.3 dvd). When I boot on the retail dvd with chameleon, it starts with the grey apple loading screen for several minutes (don't know if it's normal), then displays a jerky pixeled screen and move no more (Dvd is still reading, though). I assume this is a graphic card driver problem. I have a ATI HD4350.

I tried both VGA and DVI ports.

 

Any idea of what's wrong?

[gargo1]

I need help with the same thing but for P55M UD2

 

Thanks.

Up! Please help...

Could anyone upload the x58a ud3r board .iso for me somewhere?

[ProjectY]

Hi ollvin

 

Thats exactly what i started with NOT Suitable for a Kakewalk Build

 

I ended up getting a Gigabyte 9800 GT 1 gig Silent Cell (GV-N98TSL-1GI which i have found to be Excellent.

 

Or read back some pages and have a look at what other Graphic cards other people use Look in the signatures most are listed there

 

Good hunting for a suitable card

 

Ray

Hi Ray,

Thank you very much for the .iso.

But I have a problem at OsX install (I have a 10.6.3 dvd). When I boot on the retail dvd with chameleon, it starts with the grey apple loading screen for several minutes (don't know if it's normal), then displays a jerky pixeled screen and move no more (Dvd is still reading, though). I assume this is a graphic card driver problem. I have a ATI HD4350.

I tried both VGA and DVI ports.

 

Any idea of what's wrong?

[scruplevirgin2]

hi everyone

 

I am putting a list together to build my first hackintosh. I have changed it around quite a bit after looking through this site and I wanted to make sure it would be compatible with the kakewalk install.

 

MOBO: Gigabyte x58a ud3r

CPU: i7 930

GPU: EVGA 9800 GT

RAM: G.skill 2x2GB DDR3 1333

HDD: 2x Samsung spinpoint 1TB

[boxman]

Hi ProjectY

did I see somewhere that you had 5.1 working

? digital out?

from which board?

love it if you could point me in the right direction

cheers

boxman