Basu Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 First let me thank all those wonderful people out there, especially the insanelymac forum members, who toil so hard without any reward so that we can enjoy the fruits of their labor. This is my first post in this forum and sincerely hope this will help some of you out there stuck with this Motherboard. I had tried hard to get this board on search in this and other forums but never managed to get the exact model. Now that I have successfully installed Leopard 10.5.7 on my desktop using the iAtkos v7 distribution of the OSx86 I hope to give something back to all of those out there who are stuck with this Mobo. This is my config. before installation • Processor : Intel Pentium D Processor 930 @ 3GHz (socket 775) • Motherboard: Asus P5B-MX/Wifi-AP (full specs at http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=UvpEn1FCEgd6fGuI) • Bios: AMI Bios version 02.58 • Chipset : Intel 946GZ and ICH7 • Built-in Sound: Realtek ALC883 based • Built-in Graphics: Intel GMA 3000 • Built-in LAN: Attansic L1 PCI-E Gigabit LAN controller • Built-in WIFI: Athros 5006 Wireless network adapter • RAM: 2 x 1 GB DDR2 667 MHz non ECC (Kingston) • HDD: 1 x IDE 80 GB HDD (Seagate)-configured as Primary Master • Optical Drive: 1 x IDE DVD Writer (LG)-Configured as Primary Slave • SMPS: 450 watts ATX2 smps (Frontech) • Keyboard: Normal Ps2 Keyboard (logitech) • Mouse: Normal 3 button Ps2 scroll optical mouse (Foxin) • Printer: HP 5550 Deskjet USB Printer • Modem/Router: Netgear ADSL modem cum wireless Router • Monitor: AOC 813W 18.5 inch widescreen LCD (VGA D-sub cable) • OS: Windows XP with sp3 This is what I had to buy/get for this installation: • 1 x PCI express Graphics Card Nvidia Ge-force 8600GT 256 MB VRAM (any recent Nvida or ATI card will do) • 1 x SATA DVD Writer (LG) - (you may borrow this as this is no longer required after installation) • 1 x SATA HDD Seagate Barracuda 250 GB • 1 x USB Keyboard (Techcom) ---(you may borrow this as this is no longer required after installation) • 1 x USB Mouse (Microsoft) ---(you may borrow this as this is no longer required after installation) • 1 x Blank DVD • Download iAtkos Version 7.0 (you should know where from) • Download PowerISO software (from their official site) • Download tboot file (included in this post). • Download the AttansicL1Ethernet_10.5.6 kext package (included in this post). And this is what I have in the end after installation. • Processor : Intel Pentium D Processor 930 @ 3GHz (socket 775)----[recognised and working perfectly] • Motherboard: Asus P5B-MX/Wifi-AP ----[recognised and working ok] • Bios: AMI Bios version 02.58----[working perfectly] • Chipset : Intel 946GZ and ICH7----[recognised and working perfectly] • Built-in Sound: Realtek ALC883 based----[recognised and working perfectly] • Built-in Graphics: Intel GMA 3000----[Not working] • VGA Card: Nvidia 8600GT----[recognised and working perfectly] • Built-in LAN: Attansic L1 PCI-E Gigabit LAN controller----[recognised and working perfectly] • Built-in WIFI: Athros 5006 Wireless network adapter----[Not working] • RAM: 2 x 1 GB DDR2 667 MHz non ECC (Kingston)---[recognised and working perfectly] • HDD: 1 x IDE 80 GB HDD (Seagate)-configured as Primary Master---[recognised and working perfectly] • HDD: 1 x SATA 250 GB HDD (Seagate)-configured as Secondary Master---[recognised and working perfectly] • Optical Drive: 1 x IDE DVD Writer (LG)-Configured as Primary Slave---[recognised and working perfectly] • Optical Drive: 1 x SATA DVD Writer (LG)-Configured as Secondary Slave---[recognised and working perfectly] • SMPS: 450 watts ATX2 smps (Frontech)---[working perfectly] • Keyboard: Normal Ps2 Keyboard (logitech)----[recognised and working perfectly] • Mouse: Normal 3 button Ps2 scroll optical mouse (Foxin)----[recognised and working perfectly] • Printer: HP 5550 Deskjet USB Printer----[recognised and working perfectly] • Modem/Router: Netgear ADSL modem cum wireless Router----[working perfectly] • Monitor: AOC 813W 18.5 inch widescreen LCD (VGA D-sub cable)---[working perfectly] • OS: Windows XP with sp3---[recognised NTFS and working perfectly ion dual boot mode] Read my guide if you have this mobo. Since it is too big I have included this as a download split into two parts. If you have any questions, I am there to help with the best of my ability. AttansicL1Ethernet_10.5.6.rar tboot.rar p5bmxap_guide.part1.rar p5bmxap_guide.part2.rar Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/196845-mac-osx86-leopard-on-asus-p5b-mxwifi-ap/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basu Posted November 13, 2009 Author Share Posted November 13, 2009 An update (I am typing this on my mac) I upgraded my OS from 10.5.7 to 10.5.8 (165 MB) via software upgrade. It rebooted twice and after that everything was perfect. I upgraded safari, iTunes, Quick Time, HP Printer software through software upgrade. No problem at all. I Installed iwork 9.0, Open-Office 3.1 and iLife 9.0. All are working Fine. I Connected my Canon A40 camera via USB. It was immediately recognised and could transfer photos. I connected my Panasonic 3CCD Mini DV Camcorder through USB and it was recognised immediately and could transfer photos and videos. I connected My Nokia E61 and 5130 and it was recognised and could sync using isync. I connected my external Card reader via usb and was immediately recognised and could transfer data from a CF card. I can see some downloads but no feedback yet. Come on guys some of you must have this Mobo. Just do it !!! and leave a feed back. p.s. will try to change my HP 6510b Notebook to a macbook during this weekend. Will start a separate thread on that. Ciao Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/196845-mac-osx86-leopard-on-asus-p5b-mxwifi-ap/#findComment-1329323 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEHUL GOHIL Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 heyy mr. basu i am glad that all is working fine in your pc i too have the same motherboard could u please guide me on how to install snow leopard on my pc i have core2duo 1.8 asus p5bmx wifi ap mother board 160 gb sata hdd 500 gb sata hdd 2 gb ddr2 ram 512 nvidia ge force graphic card asus dvd writer i already have windows 7 on 500 gb and now want to install snow leopard on my pc how do i do it your guides are corrupted... please can u re post it...... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/196845-mac-osx86-leopard-on-asus-p5b-mxwifi-ap/#findComment-1329597 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basu Posted November 16, 2009 Author Share Posted November 16, 2009 heyy mr. basu i am glad that all is working fine in your pci too have the same motherboard could u please guide me on how to install snow leopard on my pc i have core2duo 1.8 asus p5bmx wifi ap mother board 160 gb sata hdd 500 gb sata hdd 2 gb ddr2 ram 512 nvidia ge force graphic card asus dvd writer i already have windows 7 on 500 gb and now want to install snow leopard on my pc how do i do it your guides are corrupted... please can u re post it...... I have re-posted the guide. Just download both parts, right click on any of them and select.............Extract here. You should have the .pdf file ready. Your configuration appears to be ok for installation of Leopard 10.5.8 (just follow the guide). I am not sure about snow leopard though............i belive it still has some issues specially with older mobos. Try installing leopard first and then move over to snow leopard. Good luck. Let me know if there are any more issues. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/196845-mac-osx86-leopard-on-asus-p5b-mxwifi-ap/#findComment-1332739 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basu Posted November 16, 2009 Author Share Posted November 16, 2009 Another update Since I started working in my dual booting PC-Mac i faced this strange problem of the system time being set wrong whenever i switched from one os to another. This I found out happens because both windows and mac osx recognising the hardware time (set in bios) differently. While windows recognises it as the Local Time, osx thinks it is the Universal Time (UTC). The merits of each may be argued at length by different parties but personally i feel osx has got it right again. But here is the solution I found to work perfectly for me. In Leopard, /etc/rc.local, /etc/rc.shutdown.local and StartupItems startup/shutdown mechanisms are deprecated. Instead, the following Leopard-friendly solution will toggle the clock between local time and UTC at start-up and shut-down times. You will need Administrator privileges when performing this procedure. (personally i prefer working on such things by logging in as root). 1. Create new file /sbin/localtime-toggle with the following contents: #!/bin/sh to_utc() { echo "localtime-toggle: Toggling to UTC." date -f %m%d%H%M%Y `date -u +%m%d%H%M%Y` } to_localtime() { echo "localtime-toggle: Toggling to localtime." date -u -f %m%d%H%M%Y `date +%m%d%H%M%Y` } trap 'to_localtime; exit' term to_utc { while true; do sleep 86400; done; } & wait 2. Ensure that localtime-toggle is executable: chmod +x /sbin/localtime-toggle 3. Create new file /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.osx86.localtime-toggle.plist with the following contents: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>Label</key> <string>org.osx86.localtime-toggle</string> <key>Program</key> <string>/sbin/localtime-toggle</string> <key>KeepAlive</key> <true/> <key>RunAtLoad</key> <true/> <key>HopefullyExitsFirst</key> <true/> </dict> </plist> 4. Set correct time in osx and Reboot. At this point, your computer's clock should correctly be set to UTC as Leopard boots, and reset back to local time as Leopard shuts down. 5. Log into windows and it should show correct time. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/196845-mac-osx86-leopard-on-asus-p5b-mxwifi-ap/#findComment-1332910 Share on other sites More sharing options...
omdhar Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 First let me thank all those wonderful people out there, especially the insanelymac forum members, who toil so hard without any reward so that we can enjoy the fruits of their labor. This is my first post in this forum and sincerely hope this will help some of you out there stuck with this Motherboard. I had tried hard to get this board on search in this and other forums but never managed to get the exact model. Now that I have successfully installed Leopard 10.5.7 on my desktop using the iAtkos v7 distribution of the OSx86 I hope to give something back to all of those out there who are stuck with this Mobo. This is my config. before installation • Processor : Intel Pentium D Processor 930 @ 3GHz (socket 775) • Motherboard: Asus P5B-MX/Wifi-AP (full specs at http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=UvpEn1FCEgd6fGuI) • Bios: AMI Bios version 02.58 • Chipset : Intel 946GZ and ICH7 • Built-in Sound: Realtek ALC883 based • Built-in Graphics: Intel GMA 3000 • Built-in LAN: Attansic L1 PCI-E Gigabit LAN controller • Built-in WIFI: Athros 5006 Wireless network adapter • RAM: 2 x 1 GB DDR2 667 MHz non ECC (Kingston) • HDD: 1 x IDE 80 GB HDD (Seagate)-configured as Primary Master • Optical Drive: 1 x IDE DVD Writer (LG)-Configured as Primary Slave • SMPS: 450 watts ATX2 smps (Frontech) • Keyboard: Normal Ps2 Keyboard (logitech) • Mouse: Normal 3 button Ps2 scroll optical mouse (Foxin) • Printer: HP 5550 Deskjet USB Printer • Modem/Router: Netgear ADSL modem cum wireless Router • Monitor: AOC 813W 18.5 inch widescreen LCD (VGA D-sub cable) • OS: Windows XP with sp3 This is what I had to buy/get for this installation: • 1 x PCI express Graphics Card Nvidia Ge-force 8600GT 256 MB VRAM (any recent Nvida or ATI card will do) • 1 x SATA DVD Writer (LG) - (you may borrow this as this is no longer required after installation) • 1 x SATA HDD Seagate Barracuda 250 GB • 1 x USB Keyboard (Techcom) ---(you may borrow this as this is no longer required after installation) • 1 x USB Mouse (Microsoft) ---(you may borrow this as this is no longer required after installation) • 1 x Blank DVD • Download iAtkos Version 7.0 (you should know where from) • Download PowerISO software (from their official site) • Download tboot file (included in this post). • Download the AttansicL1Ethernet_10.5.6 kext package (included in this post). And this is what I have in the end after installation. • Processor : Intel Pentium D Processor 930 @ 3GHz (socket 775)----[recognised and working perfectly] • Motherboard: Asus P5B-MX/Wifi-AP ----[recognised and working ok] • Bios: AMI Bios version 02.58----[working perfectly] • Chipset : Intel 946GZ and ICH7----[recognised and working perfectly] • Built-in Sound: Realtek ALC883 based----[recognised and working perfectly] • Built-in Graphics: Intel GMA 3000----[Not working] • VGA Card: Nvidia 8600GT----[recognised and working perfectly] • Built-in LAN: Attansic L1 PCI-E Gigabit LAN controller----[recognised and working perfectly] • Built-in WIFI: Athros 5006 Wireless network adapter----[Not working] • RAM: 2 x 1 GB DDR2 667 MHz non ECC (Kingston)---[recognised and working perfectly] • HDD: 1 x IDE 80 GB HDD (Seagate)-configured as Primary Master---[recognised and working perfectly] • HDD: 1 x SATA 250 GB HDD (Seagate)-configured as Secondary Master---[recognised and working perfectly] • Optical Drive: 1 x IDE DVD Writer (LG)-Configured as Primary Slave---[recognised and working perfectly] • Optical Drive: 1 x SATA DVD Writer (LG)-Configured as Secondary Slave---[recognised and working perfectly] • SMPS: 450 watts ATX2 smps (Frontech)---[working perfectly] • Keyboard: Normal Ps2 Keyboard (logitech)----[recognised and working perfectly] • Mouse: Normal 3 button Ps2 scroll optical mouse (Foxin)----[recognised and working perfectly] • Printer: HP 5550 Deskjet USB Printer----[recognised and working perfectly] • Modem/Router: Netgear ADSL modem cum wireless Router----[working perfectly] • Monitor: AOC 813W 18.5 inch widescreen LCD (VGA D-sub cable)---[working perfectly] • OS: Windows XP with sp3---[recognised NTFS and working perfectly ion dual boot mode] Read my guide if you have this mobo. Since it is too big I have included this as a download split into two parts. If you have any questions, I am there to help with the best of my ability. I too have same mobo and I have installed iatkos 10.5.7 about two month ago. Except printer, LAN & webcam driver which you have to download from other sources, other driver are available during custom install. But what about audio and mic in. Its ALC 883 I have tried all the method available in web but one or something other is missing. voodoohda 0.2.2 and appleazaliaaudio is working but without mic AppleHDA is in any case not working in itself. I tried with my linux dump patched in AppleHDA Patcher 1.20 but displaying without sound or mic Modded Voodoohda from link here http://www.projectosx.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=355 is working but with some headache. You got to have voodoohdaprefpane and voodoohdahelper set and never ending crackling sound and mic. I seriously needs help in making work audio with mic. It would be better if one could mod working applehda as voodoohda have some other issues like shutdown, sleep & crackling and low sound. alc883.txt Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/196845-mac-osx86-leopard-on-asus-p5b-mxwifi-ap/#findComment-1342887 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basu Posted December 21, 2009 Author Share Posted December 21, 2009 you are right...........the audio thing is a bit of a problem till now. I used the applehda during custom installation and have audio playing perfectly but alas no mic support or audio in support. Still looking for a workable solution. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/196845-mac-osx86-leopard-on-asus-p5b-mxwifi-ap/#findComment-1365239 Share on other sites More sharing options...
andreas122 Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 First let me thank all those wonderful people out there, especially the insanelymac forum members, who toil so hard without any reward so that we can enjoy the fruits of their labor. This is my first post in this forum and sincerely hope this will help some of you out there stuck with this Motherboard. I had tried hard to get this board on search in this and other forums but never managed to get the exact model. Now that I have successfully installed Leopard 10.5.7 on my desktop using the iAtkos v7 distribution of the OSx86 I hope to give something back to all of those out there who are stuck with this Mobo. This is my config. before installation • Processor : Intel Pentium D Processor 930 @ 3GHz (socket 775) • Motherboard: Asus P5B-MX/Wifi-AP (full specs at http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=UvpEn1FCEgd6fGuI) • Bios: AMI Bios version 02.58 • Chipset : Intel 946GZ and ICH7 • Built-in Sound: Realtek ALC883 based • Built-in Graphics: Intel GMA 3000 • Built-in LAN: Attansic L1 PCI-E Gigabit LAN controller • Built-in WIFI: Athros 5006 Wireless network adapter • RAM: 2 x 1 GB DDR2 667 MHz non ECC (Kingston) • HDD: 1 x IDE 80 GB HDD (Seagate)-configured as Primary Master • Optical Drive: 1 x IDE DVD Writer (LG)-Configured as Primary Slave • SMPS: 450 watts ATX2 smps (Frontech) • Keyboard: Normal Ps2 Keyboard (logitech) • Mouse: Normal 3 button Ps2 scroll optical mouse (Foxin) • Printer: HP 5550 Deskjet USB Printer • Modem/Router: Netgear ADSL modem cum wireless Router • Monitor: AOC 813W 18.5 inch widescreen LCD (VGA D-sub cable) • OS: Windows XP with sp3 This is what I had to buy/get for this installation: • 1 x PCI express Graphics Card Nvidia Ge-force 8600GT 256 MB VRAM (any recent Nvida or ATI card will do) • 1 x SATA DVD Writer (LG) - (you may borrow this as this is no longer required after installation) • 1 x SATA HDD Seagate Barracuda 250 GB • 1 x USB Keyboard (Techcom) ---(you may borrow this as this is no longer required after installation) • 1 x USB Mouse (Microsoft) ---(you may borrow this as this is no longer required after installation) • 1 x Blank DVD • Download iAtkos Version 7.0 (you should know where from) • Download PowerISO software (from their official site) • Download tboot file (included in this post). • Download the AttansicL1Ethernet_10.5.6 kext package (included in this post). And this is what I have in the end after installation. • Processor : Intel Pentium D Processor 930 @ 3GHz (socket 775)----[recognised and working perfectly] • Motherboard: Asus P5B-MX/Wifi-AP ----[recognised and working ok] • Bios: AMI Bios version 02.58----[working perfectly] • Chipset : Intel 946GZ and ICH7----[recognised and working perfectly] • Built-in Sound: Realtek ALC883 based----[recognised and working perfectly] • Built-in Graphics: Intel GMA 3000----[Not working] • VGA Card: Nvidia 8600GT----[recognised and working perfectly] • Built-in LAN: Attansic L1 PCI-E Gigabit LAN controller----[recognised and working perfectly] • Built-in WIFI: Athros 5006 Wireless network adapter----[Not working] • RAM: 2 x 1 GB DDR2 667 MHz non ECC (Kingston)---[recognised and working perfectly] • HDD: 1 x IDE 80 GB HDD (Seagate)-configured as Primary Master---[recognised and working perfectly] • HDD: 1 x SATA 250 GB HDD (Seagate)-configured as Secondary Master---[recognised and working perfectly] • Optical Drive: 1 x IDE DVD Writer (LG)-Configured as Primary Slave---[recognised and working perfectly] • Optical Drive: 1 x SATA DVD Writer (LG)-Configured as Secondary Slave---[recognised and working perfectly] • SMPS: 450 watts ATX2 smps (Frontech)---[working perfectly] • Keyboard: Normal Ps2 Keyboard (logitech)----[recognised and working perfectly] • Mouse: Normal 3 button Ps2 scroll optical mouse (Foxin)----[recognised and working perfectly] • Printer: HP 5550 Deskjet USB Printer----[recognised and working perfectly] • Modem/Router: Netgear ADSL modem cum wireless Router----[working perfectly] • Monitor: AOC 813W 18.5 inch widescreen LCD (VGA D-sub cable)---[working perfectly] • OS: Windows XP with sp3---[recognised NTFS and working perfectly ion dual boot mode] Read my guide if you have this mobo. Since it is too big I have included this as a download split into two parts. If you have any questions, I am there to help with the best of my ability. Have you tried to install iAtkos with the on-board graphics card? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/196845-mac-osx86-leopard-on-asus-p5b-mxwifi-ap/#findComment-1425761 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalmdave Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Thank you all, especially, Basu for your comprehensive report. I'll soon be doing it on same mobo. It'd be iatkos 10.5.7 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/196845-mac-osx86-leopard-on-asus-p5b-mxwifi-ap/#findComment-1528426 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistica Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 Hi everyone, I tried to install mac os with this method but after installation I get black screen. It goes black after grey window, I can hear the music playing but no view. I suppose its my graphics card, I chose the ATI package before installation. If I choose anything else then I get kernel error. Any one could help? cheers My spec: Asus p5b -mx motherboard Intel duo core 2.3 4 gb of Ram Ati radeon 4600 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/196845-mac-osx86-leopard-on-asus-p5b-mxwifi-ap/#findComment-1681401 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistica Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 Hi everyone, I tried to install mac os with this method but after installation I get black screen. It goes black after grey window, I can hear the music playing but no view. I suppose its my graphics card, I chose the ATI package before installation. If I choose anything else then I get kernel error. Any one could help? cheers My spec: Asus p5b -mx motherboard Intel duo core 2.3 4 gb of Ram Ati radeon 4600 right, also tried install without choosing any of the graphics packages and it still doesn't work, only one difference is that I get grey screen and thats it Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/196845-mac-osx86-leopard-on-asus-p5b-mxwifi-ap/#findComment-1681417 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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