nForce OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) APP STORE DOWNLOAD INSTALL GUIDE on a Series 6 or 7 nForce chipset / Intel CPU MOBO

[neilbah]

@ neilbah

 

Let me have your lspci -nn output file so I can check your device IDs

 

I can then check your DSDT.aml file again

 

Your DSDT is not patched for your graphics card, so I assume you are using Chameleon with GraphicsEnabler=Yes in org.chameleon.Boot.plist

 

You only need to list the non-Apple kexts that you manually installed in /S/L/E

 

BTW when installing kexts in /S/L/E I assume you reset the kext ownership and permissions, and re-created the kernel cache.....

 

 

 

I believe the MacPro5,1 SMBIOS.plist enables the AppleGraphicsPowerManagement.kext to load, giving full GPU power management for nVidia Fermi or Kepler graphics cards, reducing their power consumption.......

 

 

 

 

im not sure where the output file goes so i just copied and pasted the text from lspci -nn with the FW attached. I have changed to smbios 5,1 as im running a fermi card. I used kext utility etc to do ownership etc. i am indeed using GraphicsEnabler=Yes in org.chameleon.Boot.plist

[verdant]

@ neilbah

 

Download link?

[neilbah]

http://www.sendspace.com/file/0mpk0r sorry got ahead of myself

[verdant]

@ neilbah

 

I will get back to you when I have had time to look at the information. In meantime, check the long-term stability of your OS X system with USB operation by disabling Firewire in BIOS.....

 

It appears that the current Device (HPET) section in your DSDT.aml file is not being recognised by OS X and so is not appearing in your XFX 750i IOReg file.....

 

I have PM'd you another DSDT version to try.....

Edited June 22, 2013 by verdant

[neilbah]

http://www.sendspace.com/file/gzweta same issues im afraid, the usb freeze. Ive googled numerous terms relating to the VIA VT6306 Fire II IEEE 1394 OHCI controller, ML firewire issues etc I've tried various combinations of usbbusfix and it doesnt seem to change anything other than showing a USBF error during boot about not getting the chip to halt within 100ms if the EHCI aquire is ticked in the boot.plist. Im puzzled as to which element is causing the problem when added to the various usb or firewire bugs people get on different hardware. I mite try an update to 10.8.4 at some point to see ifs caused by a bug in 10.8.2...likely?

 

 

 

Chameleon 2.2svn (svn-r2244) [2013-06-11 12:45:02]

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CPU: Brand String:             Intel® Core2 Quad CPU    Q8300  @ 2.50GHz

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CPU is Intel® Core2 Quad CPU    Q8300  @ 2.50GHz, family 0x6, model 0x17

 

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version: 1.0

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family: MacPro

 

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product: Mac-F221BEC8

version: 1.0

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processorType: 3

processorFamily: 0xC2

manufacturer: Intel

processorID: 0x1067A

processorVersion: Intel® Core2 Quad CPU    Q8300  @ 2.50GHz

externalClock: 333MHz

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memoryType: SDRAM

memorySpeed: 0MHz

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serialNumber: SerNum0

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partNumber: PartNum0

 

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memorySpeed: 0MHz

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serialNumber: SerNum1

assetTag: AssetTagNum1

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serialNumber: SerNum2

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[ERROR] UUID='0123456789ABCDEF' syntax error

Customizing SystemID with : 

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ACPI table not found: SSDT.aml

FADT: ACPI Restart Fix applied!

FADT: Using custom DSDT!

Starting Darwin x86_64

Boot Args: boot-uuid=966195CC-53DD-37AD-91D0-ADDB142ED2AE rd=*uuid npci=0x2000 

Setting Legacy USB Off on controller [10de:026e] at 00:0b.1

Legacy USB Off Done

[verdant]

@ neilbah

 

Is there a reason for having Legacy USB disabled as I have it enabled along with IEEE1394 without any issue......?

 

I have PM'd you one final DSDT file to try.......

Edited June 22, 2013 by verdant

[neilbah]

thanks verdant for your help and dsdts, i was just trying different usb settings, legacy doesnt seem to make any difference on/off. I will keep playing with this system. I may try a reinstall with a more vanilla install, either way i'll report any findings. 

[MegaloDon]

verdant,

 

Ok it's pretty much as unstable as ever.  I've tried everything you have suggested to no avail.  (All of which are greatly appreciated.)  Can you tell me where I should be looking in the logs to see why it crashed?  Or I could send you the log files if you would like to take a look.  If so, please tell me what file(s) and where they are located.

 

Thanks again.

[verdant]

@ MegaloDon

 

Go Applications, select Utilities, and then double-click on Console.app.........all the logs are available there......

 

Alternatively, select Go to Folder from the Finder’s Go menu and type in:

 

"User Home Folder"/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/

 

"User Home Folder"/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/

 

To make the Library folder permanently visible, type in Terminal:

chflags nohidden "User Home Folder"/Library

where is "User Home Folder" is replaced by your username……

[MegaloDon]

I am aware of the console app. I just don't know where to look to see what is causing it to crash.

 

I PM'd you a log file.

[verdant]

@ MegaloDon

 

I will look at the log when i have some free time.....

 

I have looked at the Diagnostic Report........it looks similar to others I have seen reported in Apple Discussions.....

 

So, I suggest you boot in Safe Mode (-x) and use Disk Utility to repair permissions, and then check your system stability in Safe Mode.........

Edited June 24, 2013 by verdant

[mitsos345]

@ verdant

Hello, I used your guide and had a working system (THANK U!), well.. except graphics card (low res). I had a Nvidia Geforce 6600, which i replaced with GeForce210, which is supposed to work OOB. Unfortunatelly i get Kernel panic since then (a lot...) with diferent kexts in backtrace everytime. I tried almost everything (repeair permissions, rebuild kextcache, pciroot=1 and npci=0x2000 in chameleon to no avail. I have same MOBO as you are (with 4GB ram)  and i was wantering if you could post your patched DSDT and org.ChameleonBoot.plist for me to try and post back. Thank you very much!

[verdant]

@ mitsos345

 

Glad my guide helped you set up a working system......

 

It would be useful to see your system details in your signature.

 

I will PM you them as soon as I have the time to do so in a day or so.....

[mitsos345]

Ok, I am back to say that after repatching DSDT and reinstalling kexts from "Essentials.pkg" system is UP!

 

I used "GraphicsEnabler=Yes" and GFX Card worked OOB. I additionally extracted all SSDT tables (SSDT.aml, SSDT-2.aml..., SSDT-4.aml), put it in /Extra and disabled all "Generate PStates - CStates etc, enabled DropSSDT in org.Chameleon.Boot.plist.

 

That thing only eliminated a lot of warnings at startup but did not enable sleep or shutdown (@verdant -> Does your Hacintosh shutdown properly? aka without having to push the power button for > 4 sec after CPU Halt?).

 

Additionally, I patched DSDT with my GFX and onboard HDA (HDMI via GFX card) with help of verdant (Thanks again). It worked without "GraphicsEnabler=Yes" (Hurray!!) but no HDMI audio showed up in System Info and I had to wait on login for 5 minutes before keyboard and mouse got responsive (!).

 

@verdant -> Do you also have that 5 minute lag at login window? If you solved this and the other problem with shutdown, please tell me how.

 

Thanks again.

 

PS: I updated my signature with my hardware specs.

[verdant]

@ mitsos345

 

nForce chipset MOBOs do not sleep properly.......see here

 

However, my MOBO boots and shuts down properly without having to push the power button for > 4 sec after CPU Halt.....

 

Check your BIOS settings against my 650i template

Pre_Series7_nForce_Chipset_BIOS_SettingsV2.pdf

for:

ACPI Suspend Type [s3 (STR)]
ACPI APIC Support [Enabled]

 

I do not get a 5 minute lag at login but with ML 10.8 I find there is some delay......

 

BTW it takes about 90 seconds to boot to the Desktop.

 

I am running with the 0803 BIOS as it allows my Q6600 G0 to overclock. I do not recall having to do anything with SSDT tables to get a working DSDT and power management setup.......generating PStates and CStates via Chameleon worked just fine for me......

 

My GeForce 9800GT gives no HDMI output that I can access even with my patched DSDT.aml file......I simply use DVI with separate audio....

[mitsos345]

Ok thank you verdant. I will see  to it and post back. in the meantime for some reason unknown to me, computer now shutdowns Ok (did not change bios settings yet).

Anyway. Sleep is my next target and hdmi audio from gfx card is also in my todo list. All other "systems apear nominal" hehe .

 

@ verdant -> 1. As I saw in the forum post you redirected me, sleep with fans on is possible. I will try that and post back.

                     2. As super-lazy as any decent programmer oughts to be... I created a small script to simplify the creation of usb installation medium

                     of Mountain Lion on an MBR partitioned PC disk. The whole process takes aproximatelly 3 minutes! I attach it below for other people to

                     use. If you like it, update your first post by adding my script.

 

For those interested, I suggest that you read the script's notes VERY CAREFULLY before attempting the automated process (Total loss of data due to partitioning new installation medium, is possible).

 

Here it comes:

#!/bin/bash
#
# Script to prepare a usb installation medium for Mountain Lion (creates installation medium for installing OSX on MBR PC Drive)
# Works for Nvidia GFX Cards, but can be adopted to AMD easily (look at line 44).
# Created by mitsos345, Credits to verdant@insanelymac forums
#
# Instructions:
# 1. Download "verdant_Mountain_LIon_Support_Files_v1.zip"
# (http://fs09n4.sendspace.com/dl/e75bd319b80cec197bd99cf9dbeeadef/522b558a3a92fe50/11mqbc/verdant_Mountain_LIon_Support_Files_v1.zip)
# ,"2815-OSInstall(MBR)+OSInstall.zip"
# (http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?app=core&module=attach&section=attach&attach_id=112601) and 
# Mountain Lion Installation app from appStore Manually (sorry about that),
# and put them in your desired working directory (which you must specify in variables section below).
#
# 2. Use Pacifist to extract /S/L/E Graphics kexts for your system (look verdant's guide) and put them in a folder named "Essentials"
# inside working directory.
#
# 3. Put your Extra folder (with DSDT, kexts, smbios etc, from previous installation - if you do not have, well look verdant's guide )
# in a folder named "backup" inside working directory.
#
# 4. Change global variables below to match your system
#
# 5. Run script and enjoy!!! (Comments are welcome)
# 
# WARNING: At the time you run this script you must have only one usb drive attached (or disk in general, apart from the disk of your System)...
# If you have multiple disks, change /dev/disk.. accordingly to match your system. I will not be held responsible for any damage your system
# may suffer, now or in the future, or for any posible data loss, loss of money, hair, girlfriend, anything... Run this script at your own risk.
# YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!! 
##############################################################################################################################################################
usbDiskSize="160G" # Size of usb media in GB
workDir=/Path/to/Working/Directory # ABSOLUTE PATH to Working Directory
##############################################################################################################################################################
cd $workDir
for file in *.zip; do unzip $file; done
rm -rf __MACOSX
sudo diskutil partitiondisk /dev/disk1 1 GPTFormat JHFS+ MacInstall $usbDiskSize
sudo hdiutil attach -noverify -noautoopenro -owners on $workDir/Install\ OS\ X\ Mountain\ Lion.app/Contents/SharedSupport/InstallESD.dmg
sudo asr restore -source /Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Install\ ESD/BaseSystem.dmg -target /Volumes/MacInstall -erase -noverify
sudo diskutil enableOwnership /dev/disk1s2
sudo rm /Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Base\ System/System/Installation/Packages
sudo cp -R /Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Install\ ESD/Packages /Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Base\ System/System/Installation/
sudo cp /Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Install\ ESD/mach_kernel /Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Base\ System/
sudo hdiutil detach /dev/disk2
sudo cp -R $workDir/Essentials/{GeForce.kext,GeForceGA.plugin,GeForceGLDriver.bundle,GeForceVADriver.bundle}
sudo cp -R $workDir/backup/Extra /Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Base\ System/
sudo rm -rf /Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Base\ System/System/Library/Extensions/AppleRTC.kext
sudo cp -R $workDir/verdant_Mountain_LIon_Support_Files_v1.0/64bit\ Kexts\ for\ Sys_Lib_Extensions/nForceLAN.0.64.5.kext /Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Base\ System/System/Library/Extensions/nForceLAN.kext
cd /Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Base\ System/System/Installation/Packages
sudo mv OSInstall.mpkg OSInstall.mpkg.GPT
cd /Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Base\ System/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Install.framework/Frameworks/OSInstall.framework/Versions/A
sudo mv OSInstall OSInstall.GPT
sudo cp -p -R $workDir/2815-OSInstall\(MBR\)+OSInstall/OSInstall.mpkg /Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Base\ System/System/Installation/Packages/
sudo cp -p -R $workDir/2815-OSInstall\(MBR\)+OSInstall/OSInstall /Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Base\ System/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Install.framework/Frameworks/OSInstall.framework/Versions/A
cd $workDir
sudo rm /Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Base\ System/System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/{IOKitPersonalities_i386.ioplist.gz,IOKitPersonalities_x86_64.ioplist.gz,kernelcache,KextPropertyValues_OSBundleHelper_i386.plist.gz,KextPropertyValues_OSBundleHelper_x86_64.plist.gz}
sudo chown -R root:wheel /Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Base\ System/System/Library/Extensions
sudo chmod -R 755 /Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Base\ System/System/Library/Extensions
sudo touch /Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Base\ System/System/Library/Extensions/
sudo chflags nouchg /Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Base\ System/System/Library/CoreServices/boot.efi
sudo chown -R 0:0 /Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Base\ System
cd $workDir/verdant_Mountain_LIon_Support_Files_v1.0/Chameleon\ Bootloader/
unzip Chameleon-2.1svn-r2042.pkg.zip
sudo open ./Chameleon-2.1svn-r2042.pkg

Have fun!!

[Nightmare]

Hi Everyone

I installed OSX 10.8.4 on my XFX 630i motherboard ,,everything is fine except my Audio and LAN not working.

I tried installed nForceLAN.kext but not working , I have LAN router. And I have no idea about Audio ..

Can anyone help me fix Audio and Lan to be working ..

 

Thanx 

[verdant]

@ Nightmare

 

You need to confirm this first but I believe that your MOBO audio chipset/codec is the Realtek ALC888S and your MOBO LAN chipset is the Realtek RTL8211BL........

[José A.]

Hi. I posted the following question in the OSx86 10.8 (Mountain Lion) section of the forums asking about how I could go about migrating an existing OS X 10.8 virtualbox installation to the actual physical computer and was directed to this very intricate, complete and pretty clear tutorial:

 

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/294335-migrating-present-os-x-108-system-from-virtualbox-to-actual-computer/?p=1973180

 

At the present, I'm only trying to see if I can manage to get the installation disk to boot successfully in the actual computer to make sure that running the full system is possible.  I'm thinking of trying to install one of the injection kexts to see if that enables my drive to be seen by the OS but I can't seem to be able to download Mountain Lion support files from the sendspace link because the link seems to be broken.  Can someone direct me as to how I can download the support files?  Thanks.

[verdant]

@ José A.

 

I have just tried the Sendspace link and it is working.............

[José A.]

Sorry, I expected an automatic link and had not signed in to be able to get the download.  Thanks.

 

Edit: Actually, I think I was clicking on the many "Download" buttons which kept sending me to download the "Torch" browser.  I finally got the zip file.  Thanks.

[naythinjuromeh]

This guide seems to be unorganized and all over the place which makes it really hard to follow. Is there another place I could find simplified step by step instructions for nforce mother boards?

[MegaloDon]

I don't see where it is unorganized.  There are many steps involved and it depends on your needs as to which way to go.  The only way to not have to jump around is if he kept repeating the same instructions that apply in many different scenarios.  Or he could have tailored it to only 1 option for installation which would leave a lot of people out as it would not apply to them.  There is no easy way to get OSX running on an nVidia chipset since it is not natively supported in Mac OS.  (All real Macs run on Intel chipsets.)  I followed the guide and got it up and running on my machine.  Also, Verdant is very helpful. 

[naythinjuromeh]

I don't see where it is unorganized.  There are many steps involved and it depends on your needs as to which way to go.  The only way to not have to jump around is if he kept repeating the same instructions that apply in many different scenarios.  Or he could have tailored it to only 1 option for installation which would leave a lot of people out as it would not apply to them.  There is no easy way to get OSX running on an nVidia chipset since it is not natively supported in Mac OS.  (All real Macs run on Intel chipsets.)  I followed the guide and got it up and running on my machine.  Also, Verdant is very helpful. 

Here is where I am seeing it as unorganized: The post starts of with this :Post #1 - How to Prepare for Installing OS X Mountain Lion on a HDD

Introduction

 

Download Links

 

Acknowledgements

 

Methods for [1] Enabling the download of OS X Mountain Lion from the Apple App Store and [2] Making a USB Flash Drive Installer for OS X Mountain Lion 10.8:

 

Part A. Enabling Snow Leopard running in 64bit mode or Lion running in default 64bit mode on an nForce MOBO for purchasing and downloading OS X Mountain Lion from the Apple App Store

 

Part B. Making a Bootable GPT Partitioned USB Flash Drive OS X Lion 10.8 Installer

 

 

Nothing there is a link. It is laid out to look like you should click on the sentenses but they are not linked to anything. Usually bold blue sentences mean if you click it you will be sent to another page.  What exacly am I suppose to be following?

IF you continue reading you end up at a section called post 2 which is formatted the same way as post 1

I never seen within the whole posting where the instructions were.  Also you see "download links" is in bold blue even thought it is not a link.

 

Again I have no Idea where the instructions are within this post. 

[verdant]

@ naythinjuromeh

 

You need to Read all of Post #1 starting with the Guide Contents, followed by the Introduction and so on, not just the Guide Contents List as post #1 contains all of

 

Part A. Enabling Snow Leopard running in 64bit mode or Lion running in default 64bit mode on an nForce MOBO for purchasing and downloading OS X Mountain Lion from the Apple App Store

 

Part B. Making a Bootable GPT Partitioned USB Flash Drive OS X Lion 10.8 Installer

 

and clickable links for Post #2 to Post #8.......