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[Guide] Asus IPIBL-LB G33 Intel Chipset, Using Default Vanilla Kernel
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Good Morning Everyone.
i am bash. and i love Mac. XD (but can't afford it XD)

I assume that there is a lot of HP Owners out there that have an HP Pavillion or another Series by HP.
So i have an HP Pavillion A6345F which comes with the following Specs.

Specs:
Processor: Intel Q6600 @ 2.4GHz (x4)
Hard Drive: 400GB Hard Drive
Graphics Card: XFX nVidia 8800GT 512MB
RAM: 3GB of DDR2
Motherboard: Asus IPIBL-LB (G33 Intel Chipset)

To install Mac OS X i used iDeneb 1.3 (10.5.5) just search for iDeneb 1.3 in google or your favourite Torrent website.
Since all the other ones gave me an ODD Kernel Panic about some Plugin Family thing.

before you format anything follow these steps. (Must Have Windows)

BIOS
To make this Mac OS X See all the cores and without using
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             cpus=1

or any other options you need to flash your BIOS with a modded one.
BIOS V5.17

To apply this Bios you need to use a program called Afuwin which you can download Here

NOTE: MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE SAME MOTHERBOARD. It does not work on an IPIBL-LA.

Just load the .MOD file from the first download using Afuwin and flash.

You can also try cpus=1 if you don't want to break anything

After everything is installed and done. Make a partition for your Mac OS X if you don't want to format the whole drive.

Installation
To Install after you did the above changes or used cpus=1

in customize installation pick some of the following.
    Audio: ALC888
    Grapics Card: X3100 (i think, i used NVInject for 512MB since i have an 8800GT)
    Kernel: Don't pick any.
    Network: None Works out of the box
after that just install. it should work. without using cpus=1

Dual Boot
iDeneb will auto Dual Boot with any other installation. so no need to do anything related to dual booting.


Hope it helps. and im gonna add a Picture of my System later on.
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Can you overclock with this modded BIOS 5.17?
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wohoo, i have hp compaq dx2400 with this mobo...
IPIBL-LB (rev 1.01)
i will try install now like you wrote... (iDeneb v1.4 10.5.6)
i have iDeneb v1.3 too, will try later wink.gif

thx a lott

yeeehaa, i now look the intro/welcome video
i have nvidia 8900gt (256mb) i selected that, and it worked....
work in progress, i will write more....

just one point in your howto: of course you have select intel ich under chipste (in bios AHCI<< thats not default setting of bios...)

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ethernet 1gb works out of the box without selecting anything...

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sleep works

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usb works (still works after sleep)
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OK THE BEST AT THE END:

WOOOOOOOOOOOW:

I did the BOOT-132 method! What? yes. retail-dvd install.

i burned the boot-132.iso on a cd... bootet the pc and grub comes up, then i put the retail (UNPATCHED!!!) dvd from my Macbook Pro in to my computer and bootet.
Installation on GPT-Partition-Table of course...
Installation finished without any problem.
ok, i am on 10.5.0 now
i installed the efi-bootloader so i now can boot in my fresh leopard without the boot-132 cd...
ok the coooolest part about retail-installation:
-- i started software-update... and upgraded to 10.5.6
...reboot... wooohoo. it works.

with efi installed you have to put your kexts on to the efi-partition...
under /volumes/efi/extensions....
---------- >>> for AUDIO and NVINJECT it didnt work for me. i had to install the kexts on /System/Library/Extensions... (i took the pkg's from the ideneb-DVD: ACL888 and nvinject256mb for my nvidia)
reboot, works


tip: make a second partition and install carbon copy cloner.
make backups of your installation to the second partition.
with the dvd you can boot if something goes wrong and you can restore of it... much much much faster than new install
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QUOTE (mianos @ Feb 17 2009, 11:15 PM) *
OK THE BEST AT THE END:

WOOOOOOOOOOOW:

I did the BOOT-132 method! What? yes. retail-dvd install.

i burned the boot-132.iso on a cd... bootet the pc and grub comes up, then i put the retail (UNPATCHED!!!) dvd from my Macbook Pro in to my computer and bootet.
Installation on GPT-Partition-Table of course...
Installation finished without any problem.
ok, i am on 10.5.0 now
i installed the efi-bootloader so i now can boot in my fresh leopard without the boot-132 cd...
ok the coooolest part about retail-installation:
-- i started software-update... and upgraded to 10.5.6
...reboot... wooohoo. it works.

with efi installed you have to put your kexts on to the efi-partition...
under /volumes/efi/extensions....
---------- >>> for AUDIO and NVINJECT it didnt work for me. i had to install the kexts on /System/Library/Extensions... (i took the pkg's from the ideneb-DVD: ACL888 and nvinject256mb for my nvidia)
reboot, works


tip: make a second partition and install carbon copy cloner.
make backups of your installation to the second partition.
with the dvd you can boot if something goes wrong and you can restore of it... much much much faster than new install


Did you have to stay on the modded firmware to get the retail disk to boot with Boot-132? I have a m9150f and in the works of getting retail setup on it. I can't get the retail disk booted without using a modded bios with boot-132. I've finished the install with the mod and now have to setup chameleon EFI partition and install required kext. Thats going to be a challenge in itself since im very new to apple/mac/os x smile.gif

Any help with information on the above would greatly be appericated.
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QUOTE (amanni @ Apr 4 2009, 07:55 AM) *
Did you have to stay on the modded firmware to get the retail disk to boot with Boot-132? I have a m9150f and in the works of getting retail setup on it. I can't get the retail disk booted without using a modded bios with boot-132. I've finished the install with the mod and now have to setup chameleon EFI partition and install required kext. Thats going to be a challenge in itself since im very new to apple/mac/os x smile.gif

Any help with information on the above would greatly be appericated.


i don't know.
i still have the modded bios.
but i have sometimes problems with shutdown/reboot... which kext is causing that?
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QUOTE (mianos @ Apr 4 2009, 05:59 AM) *
i don't know.
i still have the modded bios.
but i have sometimes problems with shutdown/reboot... which kext is causing that?


I believe this is an issue with the 5.32 bios and shutdown. I used 5.17 with iAtkos before and shutdown/restart worked fine with this fix http://www.mediafire.com/file/zzmljaohrhz/...pIssueFixed.zip

I haven't started stetting up my retail install yet.
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Hey guys!

My Mobo is IPIBL-LB Rev 1.01 in Compaq Presario SR5329DE. I'm looking forward to flashing my BIOS to the modded one as well.

But if I try, AFUWIN detects a CMOS layout difference between system ROM and ROM file and recommends to programm boot block as well.

Is this normal? I don't know if I should proceed. I'm afraid I might damage my CMOS.

What do you think?
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Nevermind. I flashed all blocks and now my Compaq is an HP, but all 4 cores work.
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audio isn't working anymore, i try to revert to my old applehda and alcinject kexts...
stay tuned...
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worked wink.gif

for get sleep working on 10.5.7 use the recompiled AppleUSB* Kexts of the 10.5.7 repair kit
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Hi there XD~
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hehe, hey wink.gif
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Thanks sharing your information with us!
I will try that out as soon as I got iDeneb(~5 hours left), and then I will post my experiences!

Greetings.
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forget those distributions (iDeneb,etc.) with this board.

buy an original leopard dvd and try retail-install. its running perfect here,.....
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Hello,

since 24 hours i'm trying to install Snow Leopard Retail. It doesn't work sad.gif I followed the instructions on lifehacker.com, but I always get the same error:

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panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff80002bfb6f): "Should have 2 Threads, but only found 3 for Die 1"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1456.1.25/osfmk/i386/cpu_threads.c:1131


ARGH! censored2.gif

My System Specs ("HP Pavilion a6659de"):

- Asus IPIBL-B Mainboard
- Intel Core2 Quad Q8200 @ 2.33 GHz
- 8 gigs RAM
- S-ATA HDD, connected with "SATA1" on the mainboard (SATA1 is set to "AHCI" in BIOS)
- S-ATA DVD, connected with "SATA0" on the mainboard (I can't change the setting for SATA0 in BIOS, but I tested installation without the DVD drive - it gaves the same error)
- Using Intel Graphics Adaptor

I updated the BIOS with the modified one. I tried different bios versions: 5.17 mod, 5.32 mod, 5.37 mod and the Original/unmodded BIOS 5.39. Nothing worked.

I have two PCs here, both have exactly the same specifications. I tried this in both. Nothing. With iDeneb 1.3 (10.5.5) it works, but I prefer a retail installation.

Does anyone have an idea?
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Hello

is it possible that someone post a link of the original bios 5.39 please ?

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QUOTE (LarsSW @ Nov 8 2009, 05:13 AM) *
Hello,

since 24 hours i'm trying to install Snow Leopard Retail. It doesn't work sad.gif I followed the instructions on lifehacker.com, but I always get the same error:



ARGH! censored2.gif

My System Specs ("HP Pavilion a6659de"):

- Asus IPIBL-B Mainboard
- Intel Core2 Quad Q8200 @ 2.33 GHz
- 8 gigs RAM
- S-ATA HDD, connected with "SATA1" on the mainboard (SATA1 is set to "AHCI" in BIOS)
- S-ATA DVD, connected with "SATA0" on the mainboard (I can't change the setting for SATA0 in BIOS, but I tested installation without the DVD drive - it gaves the same error)
- Using Intel Graphics Adaptor

I updated the BIOS with the modified one. I tried different bios versions: 5.17 mod, 5.32 mod, 5.37 mod and the Original/unmodded BIOS 5.39. Nothing worked.

I have two PCs here, both have exactly the same specifications. I tried this in both. Nothing. With iDeneb 1.3 (10.5.5) it works, but I prefer a retail installation.

Does anyone have an idea?


I've been looking for the original 5.39 BIOS for some time. Could you please post a link. Thank you!
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QUOTE (LarsSW @ Nov 8 2009, 12:13 PM) *
Hello,

since 24 hours i'm trying to install Snow Leopard Retail. It doesn't work sad.gif I followed the instructions on lifehacker.com, but I always get the same error:



ARGH! censored2.gif

My System Specs ("HP Pavilion a6659de"):

- Asus IPIBL-B Mainboard
- Intel Core2 Quad Q8200 @ 2.33 GHz
- 8 gigs RAM
- S-ATA HDD, connected with "SATA1" on the mainboard (SATA1 is set to "AHCI" in BIOS)
- S-ATA DVD, connected with "SATA0" on the mainboard (I can't change the setting for SATA0 in BIOS, but I tested installation without the DVD drive - it gaves the same error)
- Using Intel Graphics Adaptor

I updated the BIOS with the modified one. I tried different bios versions: 5.17 mod, 5.32 mod, 5.37 mod and the Original/unmodded BIOS 5.39. Nothing worked.

I have two PCs here, both have exactly the same specifications. I tried this in both. Nothing. With iDeneb 1.3 (10.5.5) it works, but I prefer a retail installation.

Does anyone have an idea?


try to boot with less ram, did you set your bios like in the guide in this thread? - which boot132? give me a link and i could try to boot my system...
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LarsSW, please check your PM!

Thank you smile.gif
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