[How to] Asus P5K-VM guide

[BlackCH]

My system is a p5k-VM Q6600 with 4 Gb and a NVIDIA 7600 GS.

 

It could be the Graphic card. The 7xxx series needs to run in 32 bit mode, and that could be the problem (I havent test if sleep works in 32 bit mode).

 

But before blame the graphic card, you should check if the motherboard jumpers are set correctly (Check the guide included on the boot CD from my signature; you need to do this to get sleep working in any case). If that doesnt help then the only solution is to upgarde the graphic card to a 8xxx series card at least.

[bikinifarm]

ello there Bikinifarm,

 

I'm trying for a long time now to compile my dsdt from your example. Can't seem to make it work. Yours is working without sleep but i think this is due to te different videocard.

 

My system is a p5k-VM Q6600 with 4 Gb and a NVIDIA 7600 GS.

 

Hope you can help me out.

 

Cheers

 

1- Preferably match the rom version (1001)

2- Make sure that the statement below has the right hex code, obtained from generating a standard DSDT on your machine (AFTER a rom upgrade, if you are doing one), preferably using an ubuntu disk as detailed in the forum, if not, by booting WITHOUT a dsdt if you can, and then by generating a virgin DSDT.

 

OperationRegion (BIOS, SystemMemory, 0xCFF8E064, 0xFF)

[IrishEyes]

I dont know if those cards (6xxx series I think) works on 10.6 (for sure they need 32 bit mode like the 7xxx series). You need to have a look in the graphic card section of the forum. This is not a P5K-VM specific problem but I can recommend you to get a new NVidia card (a cheap 8400GS would be enough and trouble free)

 

That doesnt affect in any way the performance of the machine. Is 'cosmetic' info and can be injected by editing the DSDT file or by Device Properties Strings if you want to.

 

Thats correct, it switches off but once you play anything trough it should be back on right away. Also is somehow noisy (not good for audio production, but good enough for movies, etc)

 

 

Thanks BlackCH, I cannot see anyone has managed to get the VV44 working on SL so I am getting a 8400GS as you suggest - I'll post the results!

[IrishEyes]

I got my hands on a GeForce 8400GS (256MB) and everything seemed fine, biut when I enabled graphics injection in Lizard it rebooted, ran through the silver apple and then went to black and stayed there. I can see the shared folders over the network, so it hasn't hung, but I cannot seem to get video! I am connected via DVI.

 

To cap it, the same happens on my 10.5 disk, so there seems to be something common.

 

Anyone got any ideas?

[BlackCH]

I got my hands on a GeForce 8400GS (256MB) and everything seemed fine, biut when I enabled graphics injection in Lizard it rebooted, ran through the silver apple and then went to black and stayed there. I can see the shared folders over the network, so it hasn't hung, but I cannot seem to get video! I am connected via DVI.

To cap it, the same happens on my 10.5 disk, so there seems to be something common.

Anyone got any ideas?

 

Try to add this to your com.apple.boot.plist file:

<key>NVCAP_XXXX<key>
<string>0400000000000100020000000000000000000000<string>

or

<key>NVCAP_XXXX<key>
<string>0400000000000300040000000000000700000000<string>

where XXXX is the device ID of your card (shown in the System Profiler under Graphics)

 

Make sure your card ID is also in the info.plist from the drivers NVDAResman.kext and NVDANV50.kext:

http://www.projectosx.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=4

 

 

 

some other things to try:

-Use VGA connector (if you have any old screen around) to see if it helps

-Clear kext caches (use kext utility app)

-Clear old Display Preferences (use snowleopard cache cleaner)

-Make sure the DSDT file you are using doesnt contain any Graphic Card Injection (look for GFX0 device and comment it out, then recompile)

-Access the computer via Apple Remote Desktop and tweak the Display Preferences

 

after that

-Try NVenabler kext

-Try NVinject kext

 

You should still be able to boot with -x (safe mode) and try any of these things. Let me know how it goes

[chan0chan]

10.6.4 anyone? Can we update safely?

 

Thanks!

[Freaky Chokra]

10.6.4 anyone? Can we update safely?

 

Thanks!

Hi chan0chan.

 

I wouldn't recommend it yet, because it is still Beta. Not a final update.

Secondly, there is one report of AppleHDA failing on a different motherboard. And that user having to replace it with a AppleHDA.kext from Snow Leopard version 10.6.2.

Some people's SleepEnabler giving kernel panics.

 

If you are using SleepEnabler, then read out those threads and see.

 

However, as teh udpate is in Beta, I would wait for the final, probably due for release soon.

 

Regards,

 

Freaky Chokra

[bikinifarm]

10.6.4 anyone? Can we update safely?

 

Thanks!

Installed. Caused audio loss again. Now working on BlackCH trick from last update to see if that works. Will update as soon as I have a fix.

 

Update @ 9:20 pm

 

I got audio back, by applying BlackCH's trick to a virgin AppleHDA.kext (1.8.7.f1). His trick is:

 

With a hex editor open the AppleHDA binary file, find '8508EC10' (hex) occurrences (four times I think) and replace them for '8308EC10' (hex).

 

I used the 10.6.4 updater, not the combo. Attached is the modified and working AppleHDA.kext. I don't see any other problems but if I do, will post here.

AppleHDA.kext.zip

[Freaky Chokra]

Installed. Caused audio loss again. Now working on BlackCH trick from last update to see if that works. Will update as soon as I have a fix.

Update @ 9:20 pm

I got audio back, by applying BlackCH's trick to a virgin AppleHDA.kext (1.8.7.f1). His trick is:

I used the 10.6.4 updater, not the combo. Attached is the modified and working AppleHDA.kext. I don't see any other problems but if I do, will post here.

Hi Bikinifarm. Good morning.

 

Good to see that the good old BlackCH's binary trick did it again!

However, any major gains or improvements when we install the 10.6.4 beta (3rd in line I suppose, coz I've lost track which is it ) ?

 

hoping to hear from you soon! Coz I'm online and was just thinking about installing the latest 14-June-2010 released Beta.

 

Regards,

Freaky Chokra

[BlackCH]

I used the 10.6.4 updater, not the combo. Attached is the modified and working AppleHDA.kext. I don't see any other problems but if I do, will post here.

Yeah, I used the updater too. No probs at all (except for audio); you can patch the kext manually as you did or use the auto-patch script you'll find in my blog

[IrishEyes]

Try to add this to your com.apple.boot.plist file:

<key>NVCAP_XXXX<key>
<string>0400000000000100020000000000000000000000<string>

or

<key>NVCAP_XXXX<key>
<string>0400000000000300040000000000000700000000<string>

where XXXX is the device ID of your card (shown in the System Profiler under Graphics)

 

Make sure your card ID is also in the info.plist from the drivers NVDAResman.kext and NVDANV50.kext:

http://www.projectosx.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=4

 

 

 

some other things to try:

-Use VGA connector (if you have any old screen around) to see if it helps

-Clear kext caches (use kext utility app)

-Clear old Display Preferences (use snowleopard cache cleaner)

-Make sure the DSDT file you are using doesnt contain any Graphic Card Injection (look for GFX0 device and comment it out, then recompile)

-Access the computer via Apple Remote Desktop and tweak the Display Preferences

 

after that

-Try NVenabler kext

-Try NVinject kext

 

You should still be able to boot with -x (safe mode) and try any of these things. Let me know how it goes

 

No joy unfortunately - tried everything, still black screen on DVI - it will not let me get in via screen sharing when the screen is black.

 

It's doing my head in!

[chan0chan]

Freaky, 10.6.4 is out, not a beta. Should appear in your Apple Software Updater.

 

And I don't use sleepenabler, I installed following this thread to the letter, and have not had a single problem so far.

 

Thank you all!

[Freaky Chokra]

Freaky, 10.6.4 is out, not a beta. Should appear in your Apple Software Updater.

And I don't use sleepenabler, I installed following this thread to the letter, and have not had a single problem so far.

Thank you all!

Thanks chan0chan!

I don't have Auto Update enabled so missed out on the notifications. Had just seen the latest beta out on the Green Demon being released on 14th June.

So didn't have an idea that Apple would release this update's final pack so soon.

However, thanx for that. And good to know no problems yet so far in your Rig. I'm updating after I'm done replying.

Hope it goes well. Crosses fingers.

Adios!

 

Yeah, I used the updater too. No probs at all (except for audio); you can patch the kext manually as you did or use the auto-patch script you'll find in my blog

Hi BlackCH

Thanks for the updated info. And the very simple patch script.

Installing after the reply.

Thanks & Regards,

Freaky Chokra

 

Hi BlackCH.

Updated! Everything running Quite Smoothly. Before rebooting had run your script. Damn! It's like a split-second's job using PERL script. Thankx for that!

 

[i'm no programmer! ]

 

Respect & Regards,

Freaky Chokra

[IrishEyes]

No joy unfortunately - tried everything, still black screen on DVI - it will not let me get in via screen sharing when the screen is black.

 

It's doing my head in!

 

Just borrowed a VGA monitor - same problem. One other point, when I tried the EFI studio method it would not write directly to com.apple.boot.plist. I tried cutting and pasting, but no joy.

 

To recap:

 

Adding

<key>NVCAP_XXXX<key>

<string>0400000000000100020000000000000000000000<string>

or

CODE

<key>NVCAP_XXXX<key>

<string>0400000000000300040000000000000700000000<string>

 

To com.apple.boot.plist has no effect. Boots up into 1024x768, doesn't recognise the card.

 

Setting Graphics inject in Lizard, or using NVInject or NVEnabler - boots, I see the silver apple, but then goes to black on both DVI and VGA. OS itself is running, I can SSH in, and file sharing is working too. I cannot screen-share however.

 

I'm on the verge of admitting defeat...

[BlackCH]

Just borrowed a VGA monitor - same problem.

Adding

<key>NVCAP_XXXX<key>

<string>0400000000000100020000000000000000000000<string>

or

CODE

<key>NVCAP_XXXX<key>

<string>0400000000000300040000000000000700000000<string>

 

To com.apple.boot.plist has no effect. Boots up into 1024x768, doesn't recognise the card.

Did you replace 'XXXX' with the right Dev ID?

Where is your boot.plist located? Doublecheck is not duplicated (one in /Extra and one in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration - keep the one in /Extra)

Theres a couple of threads about it:

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=182636

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=204000

[IrishEyes]

I have tried both 0x0422 and just 0422 - no joy either way...

 

I have also made sure I have just one com.apple.boot.plist, but I think I may be getting caught up with different com.apple.boot.plist locations. Lizard puts it into /Extras, another possibility is /System/SystemConfiguration, and EFI studio reads it from /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration.

 

Chameleon objects if it is not in /Extras.

 

If I try to use EFI Studio to generate a graphics string it does not insert it into com.apple.boot.plist at /Extras - it opens a version in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration, and it will not edit it in any case.

 

Any suggestion how I should copy & paste from EFI STudio into my com.apple.boot.plist at /Extras?

 

Thanks again for your help.

[runorion]

The other day I had some free time and I made a P5K-VM boot cd. It includes the lastest dsdt and all the files needed for retail installation. Comes also with a readme. I thought I share it here as it should simplify the Snow Leopard Retail DVD install process to a few clicks.

Here is the link:

http://www.mediafire.com/?0ju4xdlhnzy

 

Hello

My configuration:

 

p5k vm

9500gt 1gb

2to hd

1to hd

28" hanns-g screen

2 dvd burner

floppy disk

 

I was wondering how to get my firewire pors work.. and found this post.

 

everything wodks on my mobo, except fw.

i dl-ed your cd and installed the drivers.

now on i can have firewire but no more sound and the voodooHda doesn't recognize the cards anymore... funny.. as it was just to import videos, that's not a big clue.. i reinstalled the drivers with pacifist, form the Iatkos v7 and voilà.

 

 

Is there any possible way to have both working ?

 

 

 

 

 

here is the mini profile of my system

 

 

thank you

renaud

 

 

 

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20/06/10 12:56

 

 

Logiciel :

 

Vue d’ensemble du logiciel système :

 

Version du système : Mac OS X 10.5.8 (9L31a)

Version du noyau : Darwin 9.8.0

Temps depuis le démarrage : 2:09

 

Matériel :

 

Informations matériel :

 

Nom du modèle : iMac

Identifiant du modèle : iMac9,1

Vitesse du processeur : 2.57 GHz

Nombre de processeurs : 1

Nombre total de cœurs : 4

Cache de niveau 2 : 6 Mo

Mémoire : 4 Go

Vitesse du bus : 1.33 GHz

Version de la ROM de démarrage : IM91.006C.B05

 

Réseau :

 

Adaptateur Ethernet (en2) :

 

Type : Ethernet

Matériel : Ethernet

Nom de périphérique BSD : en2

Adresse IP attribuée : Oui

 

ATA :

 

Bus ATA :

 

HL-DT-STDVDRRW GSA-4164B :

 

Modèle : HL-DT-STDVDRRW GSA-4164B

Révision : 1.00

Disque amovible : Non

Protocole : ATAPI

Numéro de l’unité : 1

Type de socket : Interne

Scrutation de faible puissance : Non

Éteindre : Non

 

Bus ATA :

 

ATA série :

 

Unknown AHCI Standard Controller :

 

Fournisseur : Unknown

Produit : AHCI Standard Controller

Vitesse : 3 Gigabits

Description : AHCI Version 1.20 Supported

 

WDC WD10EACS-00ZJB0 :

 

Capacité : 931,51 Go

Modèle : WDC WD10EACS-00ZJB0

Révision : 01.01B01

NCQ (Native Command Queuing) : Oui

Profondeur de la file d’attente : 32

Support amovible : Oui

Disque amovible : Non

Nom BSD : disk1

Gestionnaires Mac OS 9 : Non

Type de carte de partition : MBR (partition Master Boot Record)

État S.M.A.R.T. : Vérifié

Volumes :

disk1s1 :

Capacité : 195,31 Go

Disponible : 94,02 Go

Inscriptible : Oui

Système de fichiers : UFSD_NTFS

disk1s2 :

Capacité : 195,31 Go

Disponible : 127,48 Go

Inscriptible : Oui

Système de fichiers : UFSD_NTFS

disk1s3 :

Capacité : 540,89 Go

Disponible : 473,08 Go

Inscriptible : Oui

Système de fichiers : UFSD_NTFS

 

Unknown AHCI Standard Controller :

 

Fournisseur : Unknown

Produit : AHCI Standard Controller

Vitesse : 3 Gigabits

Description : AHCI Version 1.20 Supported

 

WDC WD3200AAKS-00SBA0 :

 

Capacité : 298,09 Go

Modèle : WDC WD3200AAKS-00SBA0

Révision : 12.01B01

NCQ (Native Command Queuing) : Oui

Profondeur de la file d’attente : 32

Support amovible : Oui

Disque amovible : Non

Nom BSD : disk0

Gestionnaires Mac OS 9 : Non

Type de carte de partition : GPT (Tableau de partition GUID)

État S.M.A.R.T. : Vérifié

Volumes :

disk0s2 :

Capacité : 297,77 Go

Disponible : 32,05 Go

Inscriptible : Oui

Système de fichiers : Journaled HFS+

 

Unknown AHCI Standard Controller :

 

Fournisseur : Unknown

Produit : AHCI Standard Controller

Vitesse : 3 Gigabits

Description : AHCI Version 1.20 Supported

 

TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S223L :

 

Modèle : TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S223L

Révision : SB02

NCQ (Native Command Queuing) : Non

Disque amovible : Non

Éteindre : Non

Notification Async : Oui

 

Unknown AHCI Standard Controller :

 

Fournisseur : Unknown

Produit : AHCI Standard Controller

Vitesse : 3 Gigabits

Description : AHCI Version 1.20 Supported

 

WDC WD20EADS-00R6B0 :

 

Capacité : 1,82 To

Modèle : WDC WD20EADS-00R6B0

Révision : 01.00A01

NCQ (Native Command Queuing) : Oui

Profondeur de la file d’attente : 32

Support amovible : Non

Disque amovible : Non

Nom BSD : disk2

Gestionnaires Mac OS 9 : Non

Type de carte de partition : GPT (Tableau de partition GUID)

État S.M.A.R.T. : Vérifié

Volumes :

disk2s2 :

Capacité : 1,82 To

Disponible : 1,1 To

Inscriptible : Oui

Système de fichiers : Journaled HFS+

 

Cartes vidéo / moniteurs :

 

Unknown NVIDIA Card :

 

Jeu de composants : Unknown NVIDIA Card

Type : Moniteur

Bus : PCIe

Longueur de la voie PCIe : x16

VRAM (totale) : 512 Mo

Fournisseur : NVIDIA (0x10de)

Identifiant du périphérique : 0x0640

Identifiant de révision : 0x00a1

Révision de la ROM : NVdarwin 1.2.3

Moniteurs :

Hanns.G HG281 :

Résolution : 1920 x 1200 @ 60 Hz

Profondeur : Couleurs 32 bits

Core Image : Avec accélération matérielle

Moniteur principal : Oui

Miroir : Désactivé

Connecté : Oui

Quartz Extreme : Géré

Rotation : Géré

Connecteur pour le moniteur :

État : Aucun moniteur branché

 

Diagnostics :

 

Test automatique d’allumage :

 

Dernière exécution : 20/06/10 10:48

Résultat : Réussi

 

Gravure de disque :

 

TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S223L :

 

Révision du programme interne : SB02

Interconnexion : ATAPI

Gestion de la gravure : Oui (prise en charge de lecteur générique)

Chemin du profil : Aucun

Cache : 2048 Ko

Lecture de DVD : Oui

CD gravables : -R, -RW

DVD gravables : -R, -R DL, -RAM, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW

Stratégies d’écriture : CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO

Données : Insérez un support et actualisez l’affichage pour connaître les vitesses de gravure disponibles.

 

HL-DT-ST DVDRRW GSA-4164B :

 

Révision du programme interne : 1.00

Interconnexion : ATAPI

Gestion de la gravure : Oui (prise en charge de lecteur générique)

Chemin du profil : Aucun

Cache : 2048 Ko

Lecture de DVD : Oui

CD gravables : -R, -RW

DVD gravables : -R, -R DL, -RAM, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW

Stratégies d’écriture : CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO

Données : Insérez un support et actualisez l’affichage pour connaître les vitesses de gravure disponibles.

 

Mémoire :

 

Logements mémoire :

 

ECC : Désactivées

 

BANK0/DIMM0 :

 

Taille : 2 Go

Type : DDR2 SDRAM

Vitesse : 800 MHz

État : OK

Fabricant : 0xAD00000000000000

Numéro de pièce : 0x48594D503131325336344350362D59352020

 

BANK1/DIMM1 :

 

Taille : Vide

Type : Vide

Vitesse : Vide

État : Vide

Fabricant : Vide

Numéro de pièce : Vide

 

BANK2/DIMM2 :

 

Taille : 2 Go

Type : DDR2 SDRAM

Vitesse : 800 MHz

État : OK

Fabricant : 0xAD00000000000000

Numéro de pièce : 0x48594D503131325336344350362D59352020

 

BANK3/DIMM3 :

 

Taille : Vide

Type : Vide

Vitesse : Vide

État : Vide

Fabricant : Vide

Numéro de pièce : Vide

 

USB :

 

Bus USB à grande vitesse :

 

Emplacement du contrôleur de l’hôte : USB intégré

Gestionnaire du contrôleur de l’hôte : AppleUSBEHCI

Identifiant du périphérique PCI : 0x293c

Identifiant de révision du PCI : 0x0002

Identifiant du fournisseur du PCI : 0x8086

Numéro de bus : 0xfa

 

Bus USB :

 

Emplacement du contrôleur de l’hôte : Emplacement d’extension

Gestionnaire du contrôleur de l’hôte : AppleUSBUHCI

Identifiant du périphérique PCI : 0x2935

Identifiant de révision du PCI : 0x0002

Identifiant du fournisseur du PCI : 0x8086

Numéro de bus : 0x3d

 

USB OpticalWheel Mouse :

 

Identifiant du produit : 0x0013

Identifiant du fournisseur : 0x04fc (SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.)

Version : 6.b0

Vitesse : Jusqu’à 1,5 Mb/s

Identifiant de l’emplacement : 0x3d100000

Courant disponible (mA) : 500

Courant requis (mA) : 100

 

Bus USB à grande vitesse :

 

Emplacement du contrôleur de l’hôte : USB intégré

Gestionnaire du contrôleur de l’hôte : AppleUSBEHCI

Identifiant du périphérique PCI : 0x293a

Identifiant de révision du PCI : 0x0002

Identifiant du fournisseur du PCI : 0x8086

Numéro de bus : 0xfd

 

Bus USB :

 

Emplacement du contrôleur de l’hôte : Emplacement d’extension

Gestionnaire du contrôleur de l’hôte : AppleUSBUHCI

Identifiant du périphérique PCI : 0x2934

Identifiant de révision du PCI : 0x0002

Identifiant du fournisseur du PCI : 0x8086

Numéro de bus : 0x1d

 

Bus USB :

 

Emplacement du contrôleur de l’hôte : Emplacement d’extension

Gestionnaire du contrôleur de l’hôte : AppleUSBUHCI

Identifiant du périphérique PCI : 0x2936

Identifiant de révision du PCI : 0x0002

Identifiant du fournisseur du PCI : 0x8086

Numéro de bus : 0x5d

 

Bus USB :

 

Emplacement du contrôleur de l’hôte : Emplacement d’extension

Gestionnaire du contrôleur de l’hôte : AppleUSBUHCI

Identifiant du périphérique PCI : 0x2937

Identifiant de révision du PCI : 0x0002

Identifiant du fournisseur du PCI : 0x8086

Numéro de bus : 0x1a

 

Concentrateur de l’Apple Pro Keyboard :

 

Identifiant du produit : 0x1002

Identifiant du fournisseur : 0x05ac (Apple Inc.)

Version : 1.22

Vitesse : Jusqu’à 12 Mb/s

Fabricant : Mitsumi Electric

Identifiant de l’emplacement : 0x1a200000

Courant disponible (mA) : 500

Courant requis (mA) : 50

 

Apple Pro Keyboard :

 

Identifiant du produit : 0x0205

Identifiant du fournisseur : 0x05ac (Apple Inc.)

Version : 1.22

Vitesse : Jusqu’à 12 Mb/s

Fabricant : Mitsumi Electric

Identifiant de l’emplacement : 0x1a210000

Courant disponible (mA) : 250

Courant requis (mA) : 50

 

Bus USB :

 

Emplacement du contrôleur de l’hôte : Emplacement d’extension

Gestionnaire du contrôleur de l’hôte : AppleUSBUHCI

Identifiant du périphérique PCI : 0x2939

Identifiant de révision du PCI : 0x0002

Identifiant du fournisseur du PCI : 0x8086

Numéro de bus : 0x5a

 

Bus USB :

 

Emplacement du contrôleur de l’hôte : Emplacement d’extension

Gestionnaire du contrôleur de l’hôte : AppleUSBUHCI

Identifiant du périphérique PCI : 0x2938

Identifiant de révision du PCI : 0x0002

Identifiant du fournisseur du PCI : 0x8086

Numéro de bus : 0x3a

[IrishEyes]

Wow - I'm glad that's just the mini profile!

 

I tried a full bare-metal reinstall yesterday, and checked my graphics card (8400GS 256) was working in a Windows box, but still no joy, still getting a black screen after the silver apple. I get the same result if I use Graphics Enabler (Yes), NVEnabler, or EFI string from EFI studio.

 

Still stumped...

[phnix]

I have a quick FireWire question to any who might be using it. I'm on 10.6.4 and I've got a DSDT and setup mainly based off of the P5K-VM InstallPack. I did some modifications to the DSDT to support a GeForce GTX260 & also speedstep and all that seems to work. The one strange thing I'm experiencing is that FireWire works for devices plugged in a boot, but ones that are plugged in later power up but don't seem to get enumerated. I've seen a few more recent FireWire related posts, but I'm not sure if these are related to similar issues to what I'm having or if I'm noticing a different issue. If anyone has experienced similar, I'd be happy to know of a way to enable it to hotplug.

 

Thanks!

 

(I think I may have posted on this thread a long time ago, but I've been appreciating the work various contributors have been making for some time... you've made this an easy platform to run OS X on with a fairly clean profile in terms of needed hacks and modifications)

[IrishEyes]

With a fresh mind and some more research I finally got the 8400GS working. I found this on another forum:

 

"i have this card working on my system, with full graphics. first, i used NVEnabler64.kext for snow leopard (google @ kexts.com if u dont find it)

then, i deleted the nvenabler kext, reparired the permissions.

right click on osx86tools.app (if u dont have it, google)> show package contents> resources> u will find a nvidia 8400gs 512 me hex file. open it using text edit, copy the contents. (or u could do it the wasy way, which wasnt available to me)

 

open ur com.apple.boot.plist, and insert it somewhere it between- it should have a </string> line above, <key> line below.

<key>device-properties</key>

<string>*paste that hex file contents here*</string>

 

that must work. it did work for me!"

 

It worked or me, and I now have 10.6.4 working fine EXCEPT for audio, which had been working before! I tried using BlackCH's script and a patched AppleHDA.kext, but the audio HW is not recognized.

 

Any ideas anyone?

 

Thanks

[IrishEyes]

Audio working again - just re-ran BlackCH's installer from the ISO.

 

Yay!

[hufriedy]

If I wanted to install an ATI 5770 without doing any damage to a perfectly running system, what would the best route be? I've seen Netkas enable it way back in July, but I don't know if I want to flash the card. Is there a way to do it with the BlackCH install method (which made things ridiculously easy), without messing things up? It looks like 10.6.5 should support it (supposedly), but I'm not sure if I want to risk other things messing up (as well as the risk that it won't work).

 

Does anybody have a 5770 running? What method did you use?

 

Thanks guys, if I work it out, I'll post progress here.

[lundi]

10.6.5 anyone? Can we update safely?

 

Thanks!

[XanthraX]

Backup applehda.kext from /System/Library/Extensions

 

Do update.... if you get a blue screen with no mouse after the restart let it until no hdd activity (or at least 1 min) then do manual restart. You should have a normal restart now, but no sound. Delete AppheHDA.kext from /System/Library/Extensions and replace with the one you backed up. Use Kext Utility and restart. This is all.

[lundi]

thanks everything works fine