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meattattat
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No, you didn't understand my question.

What software (osx) are you running in the box?

Be specific as possible. Like, I installed this and that after installing jas stuff.

Flash install JaS 10.4.7 Repack, Intel Combo, SSE3, GMA900 patched

update to 10.4.8 with JaS first release of updates

then the RTL1XXX driver

 

software installed:

AdiumX

Azureus

Cyberduck

FireFox

OSXVNC

Pacifist

Realplayer

TextWrangler

VLC

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I'm sorry to hear. I know how it feels.

BTW, Did you plug in 12V connector in addition to 20pin connector from PSU?

No POST at all?

 

It wont give any kind of video output at all...It powers up and gives the single beep but other than that it does nothing. I tried using another video card, re-seating the processor, ram etc and still nothing.

 

edit: yea both power connectors are hooked up.

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I have a ASrock ConRoe945g-DVI working flawlessly, but I'm considering returning to the shop and change it for a ConRoeXFire-eSata2 and external graphics due to the lastest np_ & omni project, will it work that well? will ICH7R RAID work? and HotPlug? and Firewire?

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Hi all, I need some help...I'm out of ideas and thought I'd solicit some input:

 

I have now an Asrock 945G DVI and a few days before this had the Asus p5l-vm 1394. I have a Conroe e6600.

 

I do a clean install of 10.4.6 with SSE3. The install goes flawless. The comuper restarts itself (or I click restart) and on the reboot it goes through loading all the files (the screen that scrolls a million files, and a million miles per hour), which takes about 3-4 second, then the screen clears and it looks like the Apple UI is about to come up, and then the computer resets itself. It does this same thing every time on the hardware that I have tried below. Maybe someone here can help?

 

Here are the setups I tried:

 

Asus P5l-VM 1394 and now ASrock 945G DVI

Core 2 Duo 6600 (never swapped this)

Seasonic 380W PSU (never swapped this)

Seagate 320 Gb SATA Drive (tried a different 320 Gb, and then pulled yet another working 10.4.8 install hard disk out of my Intel branded 945G with Pentium D950 and stuck into this machine)

Pioneer 110D (tried 111D and Plextor)

2x1Gb SuperTalent PC6400 DDR2 800 (4-4-3-8) (Tried 2 different sets of Corsair PC6400 out of 2 different working machines with Intel Motherboards and Pentium D CPU"s)

Saphire X1600 Pro 512Mb (tried with just plain old onboard VGA, and then with the DVI riser card also -- both Asus and ASrock)

 

I won't talk about other accessories because I've unplugged them all.

 

I have swapped out everything in every possible combination other than the CPU and the PSU

 

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Question:

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Is there some "secret" step I am missing in doing this install? I have 2 other machines I built with Intel branded 945G's and Pentium D CPU's and everything works brilliant -- not problems!

 

Is there some secret BIOS setting, or some secret order by which the install has to be done, that's different than the other machines that I built?

 

Is it possible that either the CPU or the PSU are bad?

 

---I THOUGHT I'D SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST---

 

Both motherboards, in every combination of hardware, installed and ran Windows XP with no problems.

 

I am simply in a twilight zone and don't want to shell out another $450 for a PSU and new CPU and then RMA the ones I have.

 

Thoughts? Any input would be appreciated :D

 

/mdg

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TopazBar
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Very confusing post. I guess you are confused. I would be.

 

Only thing I can add is this:

Did you know there is install options? EASY and CUSTOM install?

Try custom install and choose packages you need.

 

Hi all, I need some help...I'm out of ideas and thought I'd solicit some input:

 

I have now an Asrock 945G DVI and a few days before this had the Asus p5l-vm 1394. I have a Conroe e6600.

 

I do a clean install of 10.4.6 with SSE3. The install goes flawless. The comuper restarts itself (or I click restart) and on the reboot it goes through loading all the files (the screen that scrolls a million files, and a million miles per hour), which takes about 3-4 second, then the screen clears and it looks like the Apple UI is about to come up, and then the computer resets itself. It does this same thing every time on the hardware that I have tried below. Maybe someone here can help?

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mdg
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Very confusing post. I guess you are confused. I would be.

 

Only thing I can add is this:

Did you know there is install options? EASY and CUSTOM install?

Try custom install and choose packages you need.

 

Yes, I always do the "custom" install and select the packages.

 

I'll give you one better, though, like I said I actually pulled a fully working 10.4.8 hard disk from another machine with an Intel branded 945G Motherboard and a Pentium D processor...same thing as with a clean install. It starts to boot, screen goes black and makes it appear that the Apple UI is about to load and then the computer resets itself.

 

2 different motherboards...and every combination of swapped out harwdware other than CPU and PSU. I don't have spares so I never changed these.

 

BUT!!! Windows installs and boots/runs just fine!

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Yes, I always do the "custom" install and select the packages.

 

I'll give you one better, though, like I said I actually pulled a fully working 10.4.8 hard disk from another machine with an Intel branded 945G Motherboard and a Pentium D processor...same thing as with a clean install. It starts to boot, screen goes black and makes it appear that the Apple UI is about to load and then the computer resets itself.

 

2 different motherboards...and every combination of swapped out harwdware other than CPU and PSU. I don't have spares so I never changed these.

 

BUT!!! Windows installs and boots/runs just fine!

 

I had that automatically restart problem as well, I fixed it by choosing the 'Intel GMA900package' (on 10.4.7 and ealier) and 'Intel GMA 900/950 (on 10.4.8)

 

hope this helps

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phew, just read all the threads in this topic. Was already convinced, but now I'm definitely rushing out to buy this board with a Celeron D326. Can't believe I almost bought a PowerMac G4 this weekend, when I can have this baby with MacOSX86.

 

Spend quite a while selecting a cute Micro ATX tower. I'm not the power user I was before :D but I need to have a balance between expandibility, size (has to be able to fit full size PCI cards), look ands price. The ones currently on my list are (from high to low pricing):

- Aspire X-Qpack 420W

- Enlight En-7473 200W

- Aopen H420 Black 300W

- In-Win V564 300W

 

Nope haven't made my final decission yet, but perhaps other people benefit from this info? :)

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I do not know why, but I have few recomendations you can try to find out why:

 

1. Boot up and leave it alone. If it goes to sleep, then you know you had something running in background that has prevented system from sleep.

2. Boot up and leave it alone. If it does not go to sleep when it should, bring up power-saving preferences pane, and adjust slide bars so that display goes to sleep before system. Reboot and try again.

3. Disable HPET (10.4.8 sleeps ok with HPET enabled, but prior versions need this disabled to sleep to function normally). Prior versions use RTC anyway.

 

hi there.

i have sleep working (when press cinema LCD button) on 10.4.6 JaS on that mobo, but ive noticed schedule sleep did not work...anyone know why?

 

 

Good news,

Before you flash new bios, bring clock down to normal, just to be safe.

 

hey guys check this out...

 

http://forums.ocworkbench.com/bbs/asrock-i...-fsb-56038.html

 

post from today!

 

Looks like AsRock released new BIOS after 1.20 which is Beta and allows overclocking over 300FSB with PCIe lock!

 

I guess I'll try later

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On 2nd thought, this beta is not from asrock. Is it? Hmmm...

If things go wrong, you have one DEAD board.

 

hey guys check this out...

 

http://forums.ocworkbench.com/bbs/asrock-i...-fsb-56038.html

 

post from today!

 

Looks like AsRock released new BIOS after 1.20 which is Beta and allows overclocking over 300FSB with PCIe lock!

 

I guess I'll try later

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Ender Wiggin
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Hi guys,

 

Consider me your cousin, I'm an ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 user.

 

I have a bit of a problem and I'm hoping somebody bumped into this and has some idea that could help.

 

I installed the 10.4.6 OSX on my new hackintosh, and everithing went smoothly. I installed the Realtek drivers for 8111 and the ATI drivers for my X1600, but I have a weird problem: every once in a while, I get the dreaded grey screen, with the message "You have to reboot". I haven't been able to pinpoint the problem, but I think it has something to do with the network driver.

 

Did anybody else have this problem? Do you have any idea how to fix it?

 

I have a Core 2 Duo 6400 processor and 2x512 MB Corsair Dual Channel memory.

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It is under "Advanced"->"ACPI configuration"->"HPET".

thx TopazBar, i'll try it tomorrow.

and "Disable HPET" ?

how it's named in our BIOS (1.20)?

sry for silly question ;)

 

 

I do not know what causes it, but you have to have the right version of AppleSMBIOS.kext.

The one that is distributed with mifki's kernel. This is from 10.4.4, btw.

Somebody knows the cause that 10.4.8 on the Asrock 945G DVI leaves bad of the sleep? the pointer of the mouse remains blocked, with 10.4.7 sleep work perfect.
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Even if he has contact with ASRock, I would wait until ASRock releases it. That way, you can send your DEAD mobo back to them if something goes wrong.

 

Regarding AppleSMBIOS,

 

I tried all version of AppleSMBIOS (10.4.3 to 10.4.8), and found out that the one from 10.4.4 works best. You can repeat tests, and you will understand effects of AppleSMBIOS.kext and appreciate the one from 10.4.4.

 

The job of AppleSMBIOS is simple. It reads SMBIOS data created by BIOS ("SMBIOS" stands for System Management BIOS). Then, it does a little interpretation of raw data and populates "/rom" device tree. OSX relies on this device tree to pickup mobo specific information.

 

So, how does this affect us?

Each version of AppleBIOS creates an unquie device tree (just a little bit different from each version). So whatever entry, sleep function looks for in device tree (propably APIC related entries), 10.4.4 version creates properly.

 

TopazBar: The BIOS is from AsRock I believe, that guy is in contact with AsRock so they might send him one... I'll ask him.

 

And BTW, what is AppleSMBios for? Why do we need to use the old file?

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