GPB Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user01100 Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Help What's the cause of the error, what are you trying to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kup Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 In my experience of the Asus i7 range of board and OSX, that is booting without the DSDT or with the harddrives in IDE Mode. Set the bios as per the guide pictures I linked ^^^ and then boot with the Boot132 CD also linked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPB Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 What's the cause of the error, what are you trying to do? I'm trying to install Snow Leopard the installation stops here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kup Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Well yes... Did you even read what I just put up there? ^^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user01100 Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 I'm trying to install Snow Leopard What method? What boot-cd?(if the case) Did you make your settings in bios AHCI etc? Try this cd-boot! (not the same one i've posted before) http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CI5A6IV0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPB Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 What method? What boot-cd?(if the case) Did you make your settings in bios AHCI etc? Try this cd-boot! (not the same one i've posted before) http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CI5A6IV0 I changed the BIOS settings with this guide: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=208724 boot-cd http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CI5A6IV0 insert cd Snow Leopard ....... F5 -v -x cpus=4 arch=i386 busratio=21 installation stops Still waiting for root device Still waiting for root device Still waiting for root device Still waiting for root device Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kup Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 What sata port is your DVD drive or HDD on? Try it with the DVD only, and plug it into Port 0 (1). If that gets to the installer, then reboot and plug the HDD into Port 1 (2) and try to install. I had this problem for a long time and basically without a functional DSDT (which you can add after the install is completed) only the first port operates correctly and the rest are dependant on it being in use before they work (odd but it's true). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPB Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 What sata port is your DVD drive or HDD on? Try it with the DVD only, and plug it into Port 0 (1). If that gets to the installer, then reboot and plug the HDD into Port 1 (2) and try to install. I had this problem for a long time and basically without a functional DSDT (which you can add after the install is completed) only the first port operates correctly and the rest are dependant on it being in use before they work (odd but it's true). SATA Port1 [Hard Disk] SATA Port2 [Not Detected] SATA Port3 [ATAPI CD-ROM] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kup Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 So try it with the DVD on Port 1 via that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPB Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 So try it with the DVD on Port 1 via that. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kup Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 My pleasure. Once you know the DVD will boot on that port, you can try a HDD on the second port and it should (although possibly slowly) install just fine. Once it's installed and the DSDT from my files pack is in the correct place (this will require a reboot and one more boot from the Boot132 CD to get into the OS) you can use the HDD on any port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noespam Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 I was having really slow drive access on SATA ports 2-6. I had to apply this fix and recompile DSDT. DSDT fix for slow drives See post #179 I generated my own DSDT for P6X58D-E using DSDT Patcher. I'm not sure if this is in the Premium DSDT found in the files in this thread. Does anybody have a list of fixes they made to the Premium DSDT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kup Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Every fix you could need is in the Premium DSDT. It's tried and tested several pages back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noespam Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Every fix you could need is in the Premium DSDT. It's tried and tested several pages back. I do not have a premium board, i have the P6X58D-E. I was instructed by User_01, if I remember correctly, to generate my own DSDT because of performance issues using my overclock settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kup Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 The Premium DSDT does work fine with overclocking, I know because I do. I fear the problem is located elsewhere for you. What kexts are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noespam Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 The Premium DSDT does work fine with overclocking, I know because I do. I fear the problem is located elsewhere for you. What kexts are you using? The usual kexts found in the attachments from this thread: AppleYukon2 FakeSMC HDAEnabler IOAHCI LegacyHDA I also had to install NullCPUPowerManagement. Without that my 3.8Ghz overclock was actually slower per GeekBench than the default settings for the i7 930. See post #193. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kup Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Hmm... Is NULL CPU the only one you needed to add/change to fix it? I have a sneaky feeling that the difference could be the 920 vs 930 here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noespam Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Hmm... Is NULL CPU the only one you needed to add/change to fix it? I have a sneaky feeling that the difference could be the 920 vs 930 here... Yes, only NullCPU. I think the 930 is why User_01 suggested I build my own DSDT. The other option is enable speedstep in the BIOS, which as you know is not a good idea for OCing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kup Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 I guess you could rip your own dsdt and then just swap over the CPU section into the one in the support files? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noespam Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 I guess you could rip your own dsdt and then just swap over the CPU section into the one in the support files? Will try that. I'm new to the DSDT stuff but I should be able to figure it out. Thanks for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Brown Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Hey All First I just wanted to say thanks a lot for all the information provided on this topic. I would be totally lost without it. Just built my first Hackintosh on Friday and just got SL 10.6.3 installed with my flash drive at lunch today. Then I OC'd, had a few issues with booting back up, but ultimately resolved them. The problem I am having now is that my triple channel G Skill 6GB DDR3 1600 mhz, is recognized as "6 GB DDR2 800mhz." I've adjusted the BIOS for 1535 mhz and changed the BLCK to 191, as well as adjust the DRAM BUS Voltage to 164. Still says the same. Please tell me what I'm doing wrong. ------------- Core i7 930 4.0 GHZ ASUS P6X58D-E V8 Coolermaster G. Skill 6GB DDR3 1600mhz 640 GB 7200 RPM WD XILO Windtunnel AHX Full Tower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kup Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 That is correct, 1600MHz is 800MHz DDR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Brown Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 Well I feel silly. Thanks for the info. But why does it say DDR2? Also it shows 4.0 in About this Mac, but says "Unknown Processor" to the right. This is my first ever build, and just want to make sure I'm not messing anything up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kup Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 What bootloader are you using to boot the install? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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