feriso Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 Hi, Trying to get Zeph 10.5.2 to install on a htpc with the following spec: Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H Phenom Quad Core 2GB Ram LG BLu-ray rewriter 1 TB HD 500GB HD When trying to install it on the 500GB it boots and loads up to the point where it says waiting for root device.... Any suggestions, anyone actually installed iton this chipset / config before Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113557-installing-on-780g-amd-chipset/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgsheen Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 It's the SB700 southbridge (well, the 780G chipset). Too new - too few people using it. The SB700 controls your IDE and SATA drives... I have almost the same setup: Gigabyte GA-MA78GM S2H MB, using onboard Radeon HD3200 IGP, Phenom 9550 quad-core, 2GB dual-channel 1066MHz RAM, LG GGC-H20L SATA Blu-ray/HD DVD, DVD+-RW optical drive, 2 internal SATA hard drives (I have ACHI enabled though - makes life with OSX a little easier), onboard LAN, 1394a, USB, blah, blah... Anyway. I actually was able to install Zephyroth's 10.5.1 to an external USB hard drive on that machine. (took along time installing due to lack of SB700 support - I was using the internal optical drive...) 10.5.2 and better didn't work - found out later it was most likely the EFI v8 bootloader everyone likes to use. EFI v8 doesn't work with Phenoms. The Chameleon EFI does. After I had the Chameleon EFI bootloader installed, I was able to use Zephyroth's ASU 0.5 and update the install to 10.5.3 and could install the modbin 9.3 kernal for AMD. This is on an external HD though. I STILL haven't mustered the courage to try an internal HD install. You understand that by using a USB drive, I'm effectively bypassing the SB700 (and it's lack of support in OSX). But, my internal drives have generic ACHI support - maybe that's enough - I just haven't tried... It may be doubtful that the HD3200 will ever have full support in OSx86. If you want a "true hackintosh", you may need a supported PCIe video card if you don't already have one. There is certain Mac software that only runs properly if your video has full QE/CI support - the HD3200 doesn't... I'm skimming the surface here - so - if you're not understanding much, you may have a lot of learning to do. There's an overwhelming amount of info here. The Forums at infinitemac.com are more geared to AMD users - there's still a lot, but it's a little more "targeted". Good luck. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113557-installing-on-780g-amd-chipset/#findComment-804676 Share on other sites More sharing options...
feriso Posted July 2, 2008 Author Share Posted July 2, 2008 No in understand you fully, it's for a mate of mine - I already have a hac working with iatkos 2 on a p35 DSR3. I'll have a play with what you say and see if it works. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113557-installing-on-780g-amd-chipset/#findComment-804836 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgsheen Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 Ya, Zephyroth 10.5.2 version 1 or version 2 is probably not going to work for you. It's either the new Kalyway or Leo4All patched by JaS that you might look at if you can't get Zephyroth 10.5.1 (that's NOT what it's called on the download sites). One of them has a patch or PPF for the Chameleon EFI. There are TWO Chameleons however. One version of the Chameleon EFI was written specifically for Phenom processors. Check to make sure they included Chameleon for Phenom's... For Zephyroth 10.5.1 look here... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113557-installing-on-780g-amd-chipset/#findComment-804877 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ipohfly Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Hi there, Sorry for hi-jacking this thread, i was looking into info on installing the MacOX onto my AMD780G chipset board and found this, so .... Anyway, my hardware specs is as below: MainBoard: Gigabyte MA78GM-SH2 Processor : AMD Phenom 5000 RAM: 2GB Harddisk : 120G IDE GPU: Onboard which is a HD3200 LAN, Realtek audio..etc... Seems like onboard SATA harddisk will have problem, but what about onboard IDE harddisk, will the problem with the Southbridge affect IDE installation as well? Would like to try out on the Zephyroth build.... if you would think that onboard IDE can bypass the problem, i won't mind to give it a shot, juz want to know whether this is feasible not.... Thanx in advance. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113557-installing-on-780g-amd-chipset/#findComment-834231 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paquito Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 I've an AMD 780G based mobo, to be specific it's an EMAXX EMX 780G. I used Leo4All v.3 for the installation. The most important thing that you have to is to enable AHCI or set your IDE to non-compatibility or legacy mode. Apple has its generic AHCI driver and this works prefectly on an SB700 (one of the chips which makes up 780G chipset and that controls your drives IO). You'll also need to have a SATA optical drive to boot the install DVD from, anything other than that wouldn't work. Be reminded that the built-in video won't work as there still no existing drivers on any known hackintosh distro. What I did was I installed an nVidia 8600GT PCIe video card -- you'll save lots of headache and frustration if you go this route. Also, the built in audio won't work out of the box, you need to install one of the specialized test kext from Taruga's wiki -- an ALC888 kext. Here's a link on my mobo's details: http://www.emaxxtech.com/products.php?id=8 Note though, this may come as another brand in your region. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113557-installing-on-780g-amd-chipset/#findComment-855593 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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