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Re: Frank Sandoval » About

Christine — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:38:27 -0000

:P Nerd. lol But it's cool so am I. I sent you an Email. See you next Tuesday.

Re: End Of Semester

Ryan Marcus — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:32:45 -0000

Good luck!

Re: Hackintosh: Updated to 10.5.5

ebel3003 — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:36:05 -0000

Success? I work off this sucker. It's a completely solid machine that is pretty much bug-free and outperforms any mac I've encountered, and is pretty much on par with the MacPro one of my customers uses as an image-editing machine. Photoshop, Coda,... even Xcode works. I haven't found anything that doesn't work. There's a few quirks that I've found, such as broken Time Machine, but I've fixed that via a quick kext swap. Everything works now.

Re: Hackintosh: Updated to 10.5.5

Ryan Marcus — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:26:45 -0000

How much success do you have with your hackintosh? Is it a toy you have to show off to friends, or can you actually be productive with it? I've gotten OS X in a VM before, but there were lots of problems with it.

Re: Further Hackintosh Details

ebel3003 — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:10:14 -0000

Awesome to hear. Haven't seen the iDeneb disk yet, I'll have to take a look.

Re: Further Hackintosh Details

xnu_bird — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:07:50 -0000

I have the same board but I used the iDeneb disk which worked perfectly. Along with your patches, I have a great quad core setup thanks to your guide.

Re: Pather Finder 5 is full of awesome

Alex — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:04:07 -0000

it's all about the dual tabbed panes view. that's rocks. oh, and having cover flow is cute as well.

Re: G5 + G15 = G20?

u sux — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:57:43 -0000

u sux

Re: Further Hackintosh Details

ebel3003 — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 02:26:38 -0000

No, it doesn't say specifically what card I am using:

Graphics by NVIDIA:

Chipset Model: Graphics by NVIDIA
Type: Display
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 512 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0612
Revision ID: 0x00a2
ROM Revision: NVinject 0.2.1
Displays:
DELL 2407WFP:
Resolution: 1920 x 1200 @ 60 Hz
Depth: 32-bit Color
Core Image: Hardware Accelerated
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Supported
Rotation: Supported
Display Connector:
Status: No display connected

As far as the sleep/shutdown/restart issues, that was fixed for me by using this patch: "Latest_11_JUN_AppleACPIPlatform.kext.zip".

The link is above my post.

Make a backup of your 'AppleACPIPlatform.kext' file. Then download the patched version and move the new patched 'AppleACPIPlatform.kext' file to your desktop. Then run this command in terminal:

sudo chown -R root:wheel ~/Desktop/AppleACPIPlatform.kext

Then proceed to move it to your extensions folder. Hopefully it works out, the system will kernel panic on boot if done incorrectly.

Re: Further Hackintosh Details

Craig Stowers — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 02:22:06 -0000

thanks for your support! i got it all working pretty good, with a 215 Xbench score. Does your graphics info say what card you have? mine does not. But i imagine it is still working.
I just had one more semi-major problem, my Computer doesn't shutdown, reboot, or sleep properly.. any ideas? i know this is quite a common one, but there is no 1-stop pit-stop for these type of problems. The multitudes of walkthroughs everywhere get confusing.

Cheers again. :)

Re: Further Hackintosh Details

ebel3003 — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:10:11 -0000

10.5.4 didn't break anything for me, but I did have the vanilla kernel 9.2 installed with the package included with Kalyway 10.5.3. I didn't have to run any shell scripts, just had to use the boot option 'update' after both packages ran. (I ran kalyway update, used force-quit on the installer, then ran the kernel package with the vanilla kernel.)

I chose this motherboard for the purpose of running a Hackintosh and I chose the Intel E8400 for my CPU simply because it's one of the best deals on the market. Which CPU did you use?

I am aware of the issues with the 9800GTX. The problem would persist if the card idled around 65c, but with my new case it idles in at 49-54c, and now I don't have an issue. I plan on replacing it, come next series, but until then I just run the fans at 100% when in Windows [for gaming].

Don't give up, only took me about a day. Granted, I have over a decade of experience on the Mac platform, but getting Mac OS X running on this motherboard was an easy feat and I have confidence that you will succeed. Feel free to ask any questions or hit me up on AIM [screen name: ebel3003]. I'll try my best to give you a kick in the right direction.

Re: Further Hackintosh Details

Craig Stowers — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:57:29 -0000

Thanks again. Yea i have the Kalyway 10.5.3 update package. And i am glad you mentioned you chose the vanilla kernal on that, because i thought not to select it on my last attempt at upgrading to 10.5.4 and OSX wouldn't boot after that. Next time ill try the vanilla option and see if 10.5.4 is successful.
I also had to run a script in the terminal (running during the 10.5.4 install) that constantly checks and deletes an 'AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext" file in the extensions folder. This file appears about halfway through the 10.5.4 update and totally screws MOST hackintoshes. But yours seems to be ok? maybe lucky on your CPU choice. This file causes such problems that the Kalyway install removes it completely too.
I'm almost there, it seems like everytime i get a step closer a new hurdle blocks the way.

As soon as i install 10.5.4 ill have an attempt at getting my 9800gtx working. I heard that using strings might be better than the drivers you selected? Also be weary, because i heard that the bios on that gfx card is dodgy (google it) apparently it has a badly coded fan controller that shuts it down when it shouldn't thus overheating the cpu on the card. You can simpy remove the blue wire which controls the fan speed. Windows has a driver update that fixed the issue, HOWEVER as you know we on the hackintosh would need our own driver. Real shame that Nvidea dont just update the bios.
I am really thankful that you have the exact motherboard and graphics card as me because it has given me faith not to give up on this! - as i am a bit of a noob 'hacker'.

Re: Further Hackintosh Details

ebel3003 — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:09:23 -0000

When updating to 10.5.3, you'll want to use the 'Kalyway Combo Update', which you can get a hold of through Insanelymac.com or just about any respectable BitTorrent tracker. You want to use the Kalyway combo update because the Apple version of that particular update will break the kernel. There's instructions included with the update, which will guide you in patching the kernel and updating manually. I chose the sleep kernel, but installed the vanilla kernel when I applied the kalyway update.

After the Kalyway 10.5.3 update is applied, you can go ahead and install 10.5.4 via Software update. 10.5.5 I'm not sure, I hear it's generally an OK update, but there's a few quirks for some people. I'll be testing this soon, once I get another hard drive to test it on.

Always check at Insanelymac.com before applying any update that requires a restart.

Re: Further Hackintosh Details

Craig Stowers — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:02:44 -0000

Hey thanks for all this great information. Just a few more details needed on the install method:

When you say 'Apple Updates' do you mean the 10.5.4 stand-alone update? or everything other than the system updates?

When you applied the 10.5.3 combo update, did you choose a specific kernel? vanilla maybe?

thanks!

Craig

Re: Further Hackintosh Details

Scott Pendleton — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:05:55 -0000

Thanks, Frank. Much appreciated. I'm on Newegg right now placing my order for my Hackintosh build. I hope I'm getting the right stuff. I'll find out soon enough! I'm kinda spoiled because this will replace an older PowerMac that works perfectly well but it's just slow and obviously not Intel. I will let you know how it goes!

Thanks again,
Scott

Re: Further Hackintosh Details

ebel3003 — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:42:27 -0000

Hi Scott, thanks for the comment. The standard headphone line-out (green) works perfectly, but I'm not sure about the line-in since I use a USB headset. I'm also unsure about the coax and optical connectors. Sound works great overall. Initially I heard a lot of 'crispyness' (not crackling), but after fiddling around with which drivers I was using, I was able to get rid of it. It also helped to adjust my iTunes equalization. Overall I'm very happy with this board.

Feel free to ask anymore questions, I'm glad to help. You can also get in touch with me via AIM if needed: Ebel3003.

Re: Further Hackintosh Details

Scott Pendleton — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:35:01 -0000

Hey Frank, Nice blog. I'm considering getting the same MB as you GA-EP45-DS3R and was wondering it sound in/out is working for you via the Line In/Out ports? Any static or crackles? Please let me know. Any other pearls of wisdom on building a Hackintosh would be appreciated. THanks!

Scott

Re: Project: Frankintosh

Frank — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:49:36 -0000

I did not have to disable either onboard NIC. Instead I used the secondary NIC (bottom one) for my connection.

Re: Project: Frankintosh

Naveen — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:54:11 -0000

Cheers for the info. Used it to install Leopard remotely for a mate of mine. There was less fiddling then I expected, but when my friends tried to get the machine online they ran into problems with the dual onboard NICs. They had to disable one to get everything working. Any comment about this?

Re: Project: Frankintosh

Frank — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:06:37 -0000

Thanks for the comment!

There was no real trick to getting Kalyway to boot. We just popped the DVD in and let the installer do its thing. Make sure you only install what packages you need on the customization screen though, or else stuff doesn't work. I'm going to be doing this process again on my PC today or tomorrow (I ordered another GA-EP45-DS3R for myself), so I'll make sure to take note of what specific packages I used.

Also, we used a SATA DVD drive and SATA hard drive, but I'd like to hear if an IDE DVD drive works as well.

Re: Project: Frankintosh

antihero — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:35:54 -0000

thanks for the info. did you use any special instructions (grub-dfe, boot123) to get kalyway/iatkos to boot on this motherboard?

I have just purchased the same motherboard so any tips would be appreciated. Nice blog, keep up the good work - will defiinitely add to my rss feeds.

Re: Xenomorph 2.1

Ryan Marcus — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:03:43 -0000

If you don't have one already, a 5- 10 dollar PCI slot blower can help quite a bit, esspecially with the GeForce 9 and larger GeForce 8 cards.

Remember, heat doesn't rise, cold air sinks.