Weaksauce12,

I ran the memtest+ overnight in the morning the whole system hanged! So does this behavior means anything? Perhaps a bad memory? Which i doubt!!

Thanks.

Hah yup, sounds like something's definitely wrong with your system. Usually if you have bad memory, it will just give you a million errors, but will still run. I'm not sure if it's the memory or not, since the whole system hung, but it's the best place to start. Begin by using memtest86+ to test one stick of ram at a time. If it passes with no errors and without hanging, swap it out with the next one, and so on. If it freezes on each one, then it means there's a larger problem (maybe a heat issue or bad motherboard), since having more than one stick of ram be bad is extremely rare.



Try turning off AHCI and seeing if Ubuntu runs any better. Might be hard-drive related.

I too have heard of issues related to the IDE port on Hackintoshes, so I haven't bothered keeping an IDE drive onboard. Let me know if you have any more kernel panics. Also, have you run Memtest86+ overnight? If you have a bad stick of RAM, it could be causing random errors. I'm a big fan of Memtest86+ because the first computer I ever built (a 1.4ghz Athlon Tbird with 1.5 gigs of RAM), had issues like CRAZY for a whole year until I discovered that the memory could be an issue, found Memtest, and found out that I had a single bad stick of 512...pulled it, voila - no more problems! I lived for a whole year with random crapouts on the PC simply because of one little bad stick of RAM...argg! So now when I build computers, that's the very first thing I do, haha. Not only does it test the memory, but it stress-tests the whole system because it lets you see if things rattle over time, get too hot, if stray wires buzz the fans, and so on.

Hey, if any of you guys with the quad core 9450 have any luck overclocking it, please let me know how you did it

Yay, another working system!

What make/model PS/2 keyboard do you have? Have you applied the PS/2 keyboard update that was posted earlier in the thread? (a custom kext will be included with the next guide update) I have USB keyboard and I can press Numlock all day with no problems.

To test your Webcam, just pop open Photo Booth. If you see your picture, you're good to go If your cam has built-in audio, I believe you can check to see if it works by looking in the Sound pane in System Preferences (my webcam is a cheap Xbox 360 webcam without audio, heh).



Hey bibendum! Welcome to the club brother! Glad to see you've joined us! Some questions:

1. Did that P35C work out for you at all?

2. What did you format your USB stick with before putting the BIOS file on? FAT32? Or did HFS+ work?

3. Got some pics and more info on that Cube hack? That sounds awesome! I have spent waaaaay too much on my Cube and I just can't talk myself into the $600 dual-PPC upgrade for it lol. I've been planning on putting a Mini inside, but it's only used as a kitchen computer (more of a display piece, actually) and that's still overkill...it had never even occurred to me to put the Atom inside the Cube case, that's brilliant man!

Thanks for the Darwine link, that's great! I hadn't even thought to look for an OS X port for WINE!

Also, someone on the BA2 thread got the Boot-132 method working - might be something for you to look into (if you haven't seen it already) to get some more life out of that beast!

The keyboard it's a plain Logitech keyboard, model: Deluxe 250. No multimedia buttons at all, just the standard keys. I've already installed the PS/2 patch a couple of times (used the latest one that fixes both mouse and keyboard I guess), but i'll try it again to see if something changes applying the fix fo rthe keyboard only.

I'll post later with the results....

eclau clued me in on how to get a retail install of Leopard 10.5.4 on a GA-EP35-DS3L http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=117763 . I replaced my Kalyway 10.5.4 install with it & couldn't be happier with the results. Everything works! Restart, Sleep, Shutdown, rex switching. It behaves just like a real Mac in every way but the boot. With the Kalyway install I had horrible audio(used same Taruga driver and Enabler on retail & it's superb audio), couldn't switch resolutions(blue screen), no sleep and more. Now I have the Mac I wanted, the one Apple couldn't be bothered with making, all thanks to this forum and it's members. This is fan-freaking-tastic!!!

Regarding my problem with the Kext files, I've been busy the last few days, but I intend on trying to install them again...after I install SuperDuper. I'm not using bluetooth now, but I plan to (really wanna use a wiimote for frontrow ) So hopefully I can figure out why my board is not playing nice (it is a GA-P35-D3SL Rev2 w/ F7 bios).

I (Kinda) figured out my monitor issues. I am using a Syntax Olevia 27" LCD TV w/DVI to view my computer. It doesn't have a mac profile (or a video driver for any other OS for that matter). I was able to use a program called DisplayConfigX (http://www.3dexpress.de/) to force my resolution of 1280X768. It worked great...except...

When I used DisplayConfigX to install additional resolutions, there are two versions of each res. For example, I have "1280X768" and "1280X768 (Streteched)". the regular looks funky, it leaves giant black bars at the top and bottom of the picture, and squishes what is in the middle. The (Stretched) version did the trick.

In World of Warcraft...It doesn't see the "1280X768 (Stretched)". In fact, it reports a single resolution it calls "1280X768 (Wide)". I am confident that this is just the default "1280X768" resolution with a "(Wide)" descripition tagged on by the game (it does this in windows as well as an ease of use feature). For the life of me I can't figure out how to get WoW to recognize and use the 1280X768 (Stretched) setting in full screen mode.

Very annoying, and frankly not a problem with this guide or anything Weaksauce is doing. Most likely a problem with WoW and generic Monitors. However...if anyone has a solution...PLEASE let me know.

I'll report back when I get brave with those bluetooth kext files.

Okay I have tried it again re-installing according with tutorial step by step.
Here are the results:

4. INSTALL APPLE 10.5.4 Delta Update:
4. Open Finder and click boot drive, then navigate to following folders....Developer> Extras.....
I looked for 30 minutes ever single thing, I couldnt find anything at all like this. Yes in control panel I found Boot Drive then inside was only Network....

Okay the AUDIO IS STILL NOT WORKING. after installing drivers with taruga installer still doesnt work. I go to system preferences audio devices everything is grey colour and blocked. (MAY BE IT IS DUE TO THAT I HAVE GA-P35-DS3[b]R as it have REALTEC ALC889A codec not 888?)[/b]

USB problems everytime I plug a device it is never recognized. I have a USB wireless adapter and it does not even try to identify it.

Now interesting part, before this tutorial I have done install on my own for the first time ever (I used Kalyway 10.5.2) I installed the Vanilla kernel (from the kernell sections) and default audio drivers that were pre-selected in Audio folder.

And guess what? The audio was working fine, and the USB was working great everytime I plugged the device no matter if it is my USB Wi-Fi adapter or Flash Drive it picked it up automatically and everything worked (exept for restart and shutdown).

Can anyone please help because I want to move from Windows TO Leopard, but if I cant get it to work I dont see any point.

Thank you

(MAY BE IT IS DUE TO THAT I HAVE GA-P35-DS3[b]R as it have REALTEC ALC889A codec not 888?)


if you have the ALC889A codec, try rolling back (as shown in prior pages of this tutorial) and install the ALC889A kext from the customization page. (This would be the page where you select the different kexts such as netkass).



Weaksauce, I was thinking about using monolingual to remove the G5 and lower system files. Would this be advisable? Oh, and i want to remove all the miscellaneous languages as well.

Try SwitchResX?

http://www.madrau.com/

As far as the game goes, most games generally have preset resolutions that fit standard monitors. I know on some games you can edit the preferences, although I'm not familiar with WoW or Mac gaming. The Widescreen Gaming Forum might be of some help:

http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/wiki/...x.php/Main_Page

I managed to get Kalyway installed and go through all the steps with my GA-EP35-DS3L and it's running fantastically, but with two little quirks.
1 - Disk Utility won't load.
And probably related
2-CD drive will not eject

Currently to remove a disk I have to reboot and remove it before the OS loads up.
Anyone have any ideaS?

Andcraig
Regarding CD drive will not eject same issue press and hold F12 that is how it will eject

Your scripting skills are not bad, is just the paths you used to delete and copy the kexts.

Thanks for the Guide, I personally like to do the steps manually rather than scripts, just wanted to report that the script has some issues.

I am downloading the RTGMac_v2.0.0.zip and will test it.

I also using my Disks as non-AHCI.

Any of you have a good method to install the windows XP AHCI drivers?

Haven't tried it yet but check this out:

http://www.msfn.org/board/Integration-of-I...ve-t107504.html

OR

http://www.msfn.org/board/The-compiled-FAQ...969#entry785969

This is the link to the original thread that got mine working:

http://www.msfn.org/board/How-to-enable-AH...-X-t109450.html

I skipped the image extraction part. You just have to make sure to download the correct version of the Intel Matrix Storage Manager. There are a few variations on this fix, but this is the one that worked for me. I think it's because I have the same board he did, and I found the driver with same release date. If you find earlier, or later release dates for the driver, it won't have the same device id's. Then it's a struggle to find the correct hacks for the device id's. I found the driver with the release date of either 11/07 or 12/07. I'm out of town for a couple weeks, so I don't know exactly which one right now, or where I found it. His link has the download for the zip file with the date of 10/07, just make sure the IAAHCF.inf file that you extract, has the 2821 dev id and replace it with the 2923 dev id. I'm currently dual-booting XPsp3/OSX5.4 with AHCI off of the Darwin bootloader.

p.s. weaksauce12

my graphics issues cleared up after a couple of reboots, so I now have QE/CI support with no video issues. I've also been playing with iLife 08 and Logic Express 8, but I still haven't tried connecting my keyboard controller, or control surfaces (that's next).



Hi Jyoni17

I left out the Bluetooth kexts on my last install, and cuz I was bored, I went back and installed them after everything was done. I don't have any Bluetooth devices, and haven't had any problems with anything else I've thrown at it post-install steps.

Thanks for the troubleshooting steps on how to get back into the OS to 'fix mistakes', those will me help out a lot the next update I try .



Hi sup3r10r

Did you install the CHUD.pkg? And if you did, did you double-click on it, or did you drop into the Kexthelper icon?

Same question for the audio, did you double-click it, drop it on the Kexthelper icon, or drop it on the turtle icon?

In step 2, section B, did you deselect all of the customization, and then select all of the recommended, specifically the ones in number 5?

Hi Virtualwabbits,

Iam loosing my home here everytime I install Leo again and again some new glitch appreats like after 10.5.4 update straight on the boot mouse hangs for like 30 seconds:( (microsoft keyboard + mouse wireless set).

I got the audio working with different driver for ALC889A (however Iam still looking for a better driver if anyone knows please lend me a hand).

Yes I did use Kexthelper for all kexts I installed, and tried droping txt file on taruga it did install said done and reboot. But Upon reboot the sound still didnt work. (guess have different audio).

Last most importaint
I have a D-LINK Wireless USB adapter but I cannot get it to work (it was working automatically on vanilla kernell that came 10.5.2 kalyway) but not with this one. WUA-1340 On the CD that came there was a driver, BUT it contains a driver for PCI wireless which I dont have (so device is not located) How can I get it to work, I looked all the net for this driver:( loosing my hope here. (pluging and unpluging doesn work)

It is the last thing I need.
Please help

Hello weaksauce, installed Kalyway on my q6600/ep35-ds3l rig. Sleep works fine, but waking up from sleep causes a "beachball of death" and i can't click on anything and have to manually reboot. Using onboard lan. any help would be useful.

Have you tried PCwiz's Guide? He has support for the DS3R:

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=90795

As far as your Wireless goes, I'd suggest 2 things:

1. Grab the Wireless kexts (you'll have to research what these are specifically) from your 10.5.2 install, and then use Kext Helper to install them on your 10.5.4 install. See if that works.
2. Buy a 10.5.4-compatible card like the Encore or Trendnet 802.11n PCI Wifi card ($35-$45ish).



First suggestion, dump the EP35 and buy a P35 board. Happiness, butterflies, and unicorns will follow

Okay, okay. What BIOS are you using?

Why are you not happy with the audio if it's working?

Go to PCWiz's tutorial and download the easy installer package. The link is at the bottom of the first post...it's the 7.89MB file.

On install just check Sound Drivers and nothing else. This will install the ALC889A driver. This worked for me. If the sound doesn't work properly the first time install again.

Eh? They just cleared up? That's a little strange...

I'll have the PS/2 kext and other stuff in the next guide update. The new download package with the extra goodies is already over 100 megs unzipped (luckily it shrinks to ~70 megs zipped up). I'm debating the best way to approach the next guide update. I think the current version (long single post) is too messy and confusing. I mean, it's easy to follow the steps, but I think the guide could benefit from some custom formatting in a PDF file or something like that. I do want to have a printable checklist so that you can follow along step-by-step. I also think a video tutorial is definitely a good idea, because it's REALLY easy to setup Leopard once you see how it's done, especially if you're a newbie. What I can show you in 10 minutes of follow-along video takes like 15 pages of writing and screenshots, so the video method is definitely more efficient. However, I'm continually doing little guide updates and tweaks and having a set-in-stone video tutorial would be annoying because I'd have to re-record each section and recompile and reupload the whole thing anytime I wanted to make changes, instead of just hitting th edit button.

Suggestions welcome

FWIW, I'm experiencing all "Happiness, butterflies, and unicorns" so far on my EP35 board. I'm 90% sure I'm running BIOS version 4 (an older one) and my build is working 100% so far.

I did everything exactly the same way on my EP35 board as on my P35. There wasn't any difference I could see, except the obvious ones (the new board has some nice troubleshooting LEDs on it, and system profiler reports the board is an EP35-DS3L). Wake from sleep works just as well as on my P35. I'm also using the onboard LAN, with DHCP. It's only been a day though, so I haven't pushed it hard yet.

Note to EP35 users in general: I'm running this board with an E2180 dual core processor. One very weird thing I saw when booting up for the first time was that the EP35 had set my processor multiplier to 8x. It should've been set to 10x. Don't know why that would've happened, but it would've run my CPU at 1.6 Ghz versus 2.0 Ghz. All I needed to do to fix it was set the multiplier to 10x, but it was strange. This was turning on the power for the first time, so it's not OS-related.

Package Update: Monday, August 11th, 2008

Download here: (70 megs)

http://rapidshare.com/files/136541940/DS3L-Package.zip.html

Contents:
EFIStudio
Kext Helper b7

Audio:
Mac Startup Sound.aif
AppleHDAPatcherv1.20
SystemSound Extension (folder: contains SystemSound.prefPane and SystemSound Converter)
HDAEnabler.kext
PTHVolume
ACL888.codec.txt

BIOS:
bios_logo_intel_4x3.bmp
intellogo_16x10.bmp
motherboard_bios_ga-p35-ds3l_f7.exe (F7 BIOS)
motherboard_utility_gbtools_gbt_fw.exe (Face Wizard)

Extra Goodies:
Disco
Geekbench
Rember
SuperDuper!
Transmission
Xbench
Temperature Monitor (folder: Temperature Monitor and Temperature Monitor Lite)
siliconimage3132r5
memtest86+-2.01.iso

Kext Files:
AppleSMBIOS.kext
AppleAHCIPort.kext
IOAHCIFamily.kext
IOBluetoothFamily.kext
IOBluetoothHIDDriver.kext

Networking:
CardbusPCIWireless-10.4&10.5 (folder: CardbusPCIWireless-Tiger.pkg and uninstall.command)
RealtekR1000.kext

Stock Icons:
com.apple.mac.icns
com.apple.macpro.icns
MacOSX.tif

System Updates:
(empty)

Vanilla:
CHUD.pkg
PowerOff bug fix
AppleACPIPlatform.kext

Video:
DisplayConfigX
SwitchResX Installer
NVinstaller v.52.pkg

Notes:

EFIStudio is now included and replaces ChameleonEFI. EFIStudio does 3 things:

1. Setup EFI for Video, Ethernet, and Sound
2. Boot.plist Editor
3. EFI Installation (PC EFI v8)

This will let you setup EFI strings for your system, as well as edit the Boot.plist (for customizing the Boot Resolution and SMBIOS). It also lets you install PC EFI v8. Although Chameleon is more actively developed, PC EFI v8 will let you have the same EFI on your cloned partition as you do on your default install. This prevents any would-be problems from switching to a different EFI on your cloned drive (although I've never experienced any issues).

I also moved Kext Helper to the root of the DS3L-Package, since there are kexts in different folders (Audio, Kext Files, and Vanilla). Audio now includes the standard AppleHDAPatcher kit, as well as the HDAEnabler to get the proper info to display in the Audio pane of System Profiler, the boot sound, and PTHVolume for switching outputs and adjusting output volume. The BIOS folder includes the F7 BIOS and the Windows Utility and graphics for changing the boot logo.

Extra Goodies has some additions as well. I moved SuperDuper! into this folder and deleted the cloning folder just to clean things up a bit, since EFIstudio takes care of EFI installation now. The Geekbench and Xbench benchmarking utilities are in there as well, as are Disco and Transmission for grabbing and burning the Kalyway files. The Memtest86+ ISO is there and can be burned with Disco as well; Rember runs straight from within OS X for memory testing. Temperature Monitor (including the Lite version) are in a sub folder and the SIL3132 RAID driver is now included if you want to run RAID using a PCIe card.

Kext Files are the same - AHCI, SMBIOS, and Bluetooth. Networking includes the Psystar driver (experimental - doesn't work for everybody; the default Leopard driver supports wake from sleep but not AFP/Bonjour shares) as well as the Ralink Wifi driver which works on many 802.11n cards such as the ones from Encore and Trendnet. Stock Icons has the default Leopard icons, which overrides the customizations that come standard with Kalyway.

System Updates is for you to put your updates in (Kalyway 10.5.3 Combo Update and the 88mb Apple 10.5.4 update), which is useful when you're burning the package to a DVD disc or copying to a USB memory stick (the folder is empty by default; you can fill it with whatever updates you'd like to). Vanilla includes the Shutdown Fix (CHUD & Poweroff bug fix) as well as the Restart Fix (AppleACPIPlatform.kext).

Video includes NVinstaller v.52, which covers most Nvidia cards. I've also included DisplayConfigX and SwitchResX, both of which allow you to customize your video output. For example, if you're hooking your Hackintosh up to a flat-screen television that has a custom resolution such as 1366x768, you can use SwitchResX to add that as a custom resolution option.

There's not a whole lot left...I can't get my PS/2 keyboard to work properly, so I've left that updated kext/installer out until it's perfected. I'd also like to try the new Onboard Ethernet driver method listed a few posts back to see if that works; if so, I'll included a patched copy in the next package release. If you can think of anything else useful to add, let me know!

Sweet - another update - dude when do you sleep.

And to all the people out there, stop buying EP35 boards.. thats not what this guide is for.

Software Starter Kit: v1.0; Monday, August 11th, 2008

This package includes a bunch of useful software for Leopard. Some are freeware and some are pay-for demos. This will give you a good basis for starting out your software collection with, including Multimedia playback, Compression tools, Internet software, Input control, and so on. For example, the Multimedia Package will allow you to play virtually any media file on the planet, includes Windows Media files. The Internet Package includes a Browser with Plugins, FTP, Usenet, RSS, and Bittorrent. Anyway, grab the file and start installing apps!

Download here: (142 megs)

http://rapidshare.com/files/136554291/Software_Kit.zip.html

Contents:

Compression:
DropCompress (compress files/folders simply by dropping them onto the Dock icon!)
FreeDMG (make your own DMG files!)
The Unarchiver (unzips pretty much everything; just Select All)

Internet:
Firefox 3 browser
>>> 1Password (saves passwords, includes multiples; useful if you have multiple Gmail accounts, for example)
>>> Adblock Plus plugin (blocks ads)
Cyberduck (FTP client; includes Widget for quick transfers)
NewNewsWire (RSS Reader)
Transmission (Bittorrent client; now includes Clutch - experimental WebGUI for remote controlling torrent downloads)
Unison (Usenet client)

Multimedia:
RealPlayer (plays Real media files)
VLC (replaces Apple DVD Player/Quicktime - and handles all types of formats with Perian)
Perian (Codec plugin to play a variety of multimedia file types)
Flip4Mac (Play Windows Media files - WMVs - on your Mac)

Peripherals:
Steermouse (mouse control, absolutely recommended for ANY kind of mouse; includes custom button programming tool; cursor just feels a lot smoother too)
ControllerMate (keyboard customization, plus allows per-app custom control of any hardware input device such as joysticks, gaming controllers, etc.)

Utilities:
TuneBar (neato Dock-style iTunes controller; I have it hide/show with a mouse button custom linked via SteerMouse)
TunesBar (shows the 'currently playing' info in the menubar)
Cover Stream (iTunes CoverFlow-style browser)
AppZapper (removes apps AND associated files - preferences, registration files, etc. Kills software dead!)
Isolator (really useful tool for toggling a backdrop on the current app in focus; helpful for focusing on a specific program, such as Photoshop)
Menumeters (nifty system info tool that resides in the Menubar)
iStat Pro (heavy-duty system stats widget; check out their website, they also have a Menubar version and a mini-widget version)
Meteorologist (shows weather info at-a-glance in the Menubar)
Sidenote (multi-notepad that hides on the side of your screen when not in use; updated to support Spaces)
TapDex (press a keyboard shortcut and do a quick search of your Address Book; useful for quickily finding a phone number or address)
NTFS (includes MacFUSE - install this first - and NTFS-3G - install this second; allows you to read/write to NTFS drives/partitions)

Onetrack, perhaps we should let weaksauce12 decide whether or not questions/comments about the EP35 boards should be posted here. If his past posts are any indication, he's done little to discourage users from discussing or buying the EP35 boards (except for post 468 where he made a comment about dumping the EP35, but I believe sarcastically).

The reason I bought an EP35 (in addition to my existing P35) is because it's harder to get the P35 now at a fair price (at least from first-tier dealers who have good customer service). I believe it's been discontinued. The EP35 seems to be the future of this motherboard, and I'm one of the few in this thread who can compare/contrast them. I believe discussing both is worthwhile, whereas discussion of other boards (like the DS3, DS3R, and other variants) should be kept to a minimum.

weaksauce12, what do you think? When do you sleep? And my offer to buy you a beer is still open!

It was only a little sarcastic He has a good point, and I understand where he's coming from...he's written some great guides that have gone waaaaay off-topic. I am starting to think we should have a separate EP35 thread though...there seem to be some nuances between revisions that cause kernel panics, beach balls, and other fun stuff. I'd love to help, but I have a whole fleet of P35 Rev2 boards already. I am curious to see if most of the problems are simply a matter of BIOS revisions, however - you and several others have perfect EP35 installs, whereas others just have problem after problem. I'm not really sure how to approach the EP35 situation since I don't personally own one, so I'll keep the guide updated for the P35 and allow for EP35 discussion for now. If I get an EP35 in the future, I'll definitely be sure to make a parallel thread, but like I said, I already have a small fleet of P35's If anyone were to make an EP35 thread, I'd have no problem sharing software and written resources...hint, hint

Also, I'm not a drinker. But I'll take a root beer, thanks!

Then it shall be done. I'll create a new EP35 thread and try to keep my discussion of the EP35 to a minimum on this thread. If you don't mind, it's basically going to be a flat-out rip of your stuff (with your permission) with all the credit going to you, of course.

EDIT: Here's a link to the new thread: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=120540

Hello everyone! As you can see this is my first post. I have been wanting to update my mac machine, but just can't justify the cost at this moment. So starting researching everyone's different options with OSX86 and your guide, updates, and general demeanor makes me want to go with your option, Weaksauce12. Thank you for all the work and time spent sharing your knowledge. We appreciate it so VERY much.

On to my questions.

1. I am staying with the P35-DS3L Rev 2.0 board, as it appears there is more guidance and less problems with this board, BIOS, etc. Would a BFG 8800 GTS OC Extreme 640MB PCI-E be a compatible card for this build?

2. What are each of you doing for Firewire 800/400 options?

3. With your setup Weaksauce12, does IDE work or not? I have read it does, then it doesn't throughout the thread. So wondering if I could get a final word.

Again, thank you for all your time and effort. And answering my questions.

My Rig is still working well, even got my old install of WinXP running in VMware for Windows Tasks that come up.

I have two questions, I still have not installed the following Kext's...

AppleSMBIOS.kext (System driver, updated for Memory)
AppleAHCIPort.kext (SATA driver #1 of 2)
IOAHCIFamily.kext (SATA driver #2 of 2)
IOBluetoothFamily.kext (Bluetooth driver #1 of 2)
IOBluetoothHIDDriver.kext (Bluetooth driver #2 of 2)

Because one or more of them kept hosing my system. I thought I saw that if I get that kernel panic on boot and can get to the console and remove a kext ? Is this correct and where can I find such a process ?

Secondly I have a Q6600 on order and should be here on thrusday or so. Going from a E2180 Dual core to a Quad Core, is there anything I need to do to my system to make it work with the Quad Core ? Just like to be prepared =)

I just finished building this hackintosh; it works great! Everything is working from shutdown, sleep, wake, reboot, firewire and usb Has any able to overclock their q6600 above 3.01ghz?

Currently I have my q6600 set to 334x9 with a vcore of 1.4 and keep the ram set to auto, lock my pcie to 100mhz and it looks like once I set my vcore to 1.4, my ram went up to 1002mhz. If I tried to increase my vcore to 1.5, the system would not boot. My goal is trying to reach 3.2ghz

FYI: the ram I used is from PQI 8gb (4x2gb) of DDR2 800 and the cpu cooler is Artic cooling freezer 7 pro.

Your signature is out of control. Please read the board guidelines.

Your vcore for the q6600 is way too high. Be careful you could fry it at 1.5.

I have a q6700 oced at 3.33GHz...not much different than the Q6600 and the bios vcore is set at 1.2875

Have a visit at http://www.overclock.net one of the most helpful overclocking forums.

Also here's a "HOW TO: Overclock Quads" tutorial: http://www.overclock.net/intel-cpus/198072...-c2d-duals.html

Thanks, I read that already month ago. I will make a nLite with ACHI (did one for my Dell XPS).



Thanks



I already take care of that.

I ran geekbench today and I notice that it says my OS X is 32bit even tho I have a q6600 with 8gb of ram. I checked other ppls results and they show their OS X as 64bit, any reason why that is?

I would like to know that too, since im on E8400 C2D, this process should support 64bit. Wonder why geekbench says OSX is 32bit!!

How important is the BIOS version? I'm at F2, but my Kalyway installation has been very good.

Well if it works, don't change it! weaksauce12 specified F7 just so we could all be on the same page. Never update your computer BIOS unless there's something you're looking to fix.

Hey guys - sorry if this has been talked about, the search function isn't working for me ...

I built another Weaksauce Rig and would like to install Leopard on a bootable software raid - has anyone done this successfully?

I just found the answer to my question..lol.

see http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=113863

Yup! You'll need a minimum of 3 disks: a functional Leopard install on one and then the two (or more) disks you want to RAID. Here are the instructions:

http://aquamac.proboards106.com/index.cgi?...&thread=613

The secret we've all been missing is adding the RAID ID to the com.Apple.boot.plist file. Aquamac and his team are geniuses



Interesting, so it looks like it's just a matter of running the 64-bit version of Geekbench...



If it works, keep it. If you run into problems, try upgrading.

The Guide is meant to be sort of a "this is what works for me" follow-along. I used the F7 BIOS. I used Kalyway 10.5.2. I used X, Y, and Z. The great thing about the Hackintosh scene is that there are no set rules...you're free to explore any configuration, software and hardware, you wish to. Don't feel tied down by my guide, by any means...I'm simply sharing what has worked for me (multiple times! hehe)



Ooh, care to do a mini-writeup when you get that working? That'd be useful info for my next guide update (includes dual-booting info).



Who are you referring to?



Nice, great tut - thanks for sharing! I'm compiling as much info as I can for the next guide update. Got too much stuff on my hands right now haha!



Yeah, you can get your Q6600 to 3.2-3.4ghz on air; much higher than that and you'll want a liquid cooling system. I have seen Q6600s as high as 4ghz tho...pretty nice for a $200 chip



If you'd like, would you care to head up a task force for researching the EP35? I have my hands full with researching the next updates and getting prepped for my next school semseter, so I'd love some help! Basically what I want to know first is, is there sufficient difference between the P35 and EP35 to warrant a new guide? Some people's EP35 boards are off in la-la land when it comes to reliability, yet others have perfect systems just like my P35 boards. So is it simply a matter of installing the right BIOS? Or perhaps only installing certain features? If there's not a whole lot of difference, I'll just split the BIOS section and parts of the Software section into A and B subsets to differentiate between the two. If it's more than that, a dedicated EP35 thread would probably be the way to go, in which case you're more than welcome to swipe all of my guide stuff.

To anyone else reading this thread, feel free to steal my guide, files, screenshots, whatever you what. I'm probably going to move to a video guide before the end of the year and won't leave the text up since things will be changed around a bit. Remember, sharing is caring

dci693 has started an EP35-specific thread here:

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=120540

Please direct all of your EP35-related questions to this thread. This will help clear up confusion of problems between boards. I will pop in on a regular basis to help where I can. If we can get all of the issues sorted out (BIOS revisions and differences, any software-related issues, etc.) then I will add the EP35 to my main P35 guide. However, for now we'll keep them separate so that we can identify issues particular to the EP35. Many thanks to dci693 for spearheading this initiative!

When purchasing music from itunes, it seems to phone home alot. Would purchasing music from itunes be a bad idea?

as opposed to using another music service

Well, it has to send your username/password to purchase from iTunes and probably has to setup a secure connection to do that. They also have to verify that your account is registered and whatnot. If you're using something like Little Snitch, I'd just "allow" it completely.

Just let iTunes do it's thing.

Little Snitch is the only way to go. Lets you control what apps phone home. Comes in handy!

Updating:

The numlock issue went away by reinstalling the PS2fix1054.pkg from your first post. Seems like you need to reinstall it after any apple software update you make to the OS. It's working as it should now.

As for the webcam, it's listed in "About this Mac" under USB, but when I open photo booth the webcam is not initialized/recognized properly, this is what I get:




Any ideas?

My daughter's Hack did the same thing with her webcam which works only with a driver. She borrowed my UVC webcam and PhotoBooth worked fine.

Patrick

Truthfully, I didn't try the P35C - I just went with the winner... And the USB stick needs to be FAT16 or FAT32. It can also be a drive formatted FAT16 or 32.



I'll have to pry it away from my daughter to get some pix. She's on it all the time...

Basically, I had to remove all boards, including the power switch/LED - the PicoPSU just nestles in that hole. Then I used a RotoZip abrasive saw (you could use a Dremel, but it'll take a while) to cut away the heat sink and leave the latching rails in place.

I also used the RotoZip to cut away, from the bottom plate, a rectangle large enough to hold the I/O plate, but that was a mistake. The I/O plate is not centered on the board, so I couldn't use it. I could've cut a much smaller rectangle, just big enough for the ports...

Then, about an eighth of an inch from the corner posts, I used a pair of bolt cutters to make grooves in the top and bottom plates for the mother board to nestle in (it faces the center chimney). Four small squares of black electrical tape keep it from rattling around. I mounted the jack for the (90W) PicoPSU in the bottom plate and ran a switch out the bottom from the front panel power switch.

I'm using the original IDE DVD drive (needed a longer IDE cable - stolen from my EP35 build) and a very small extension for the power to it (stolen from an case fan molex adapter I wasn't using). I mounted a SATA drive where the original HD was and cabled it to the motherboard and that's it, it all fit nicely back inside the cube.

When I get a chance, i may write this up as a guide with pix.


You're welcome. And I ended up doing an MBR formatting and just using the Kalyway install to get the BA2 running for my son. The only thing was Second Life needs a custom build to run. Everything else is just grand...

Patrick

Yeah, that'd be great! I've been waiting on an Atom Mini-ITX board with DVI to do it...I've been considering just tearing apart an EEE Box, but $350 for the whole system vs. $80 for a plain motherboard...I'll just wait, haha. Is there room to keep the Slimline DVD burner internally?

Might as well try the Macam drivers over at http://webcam-osx.sourceforge.net. They might work. Else, buy yourself most any webcam that supports "USB Video Class" and it should work on OSX. My Logitech Communicate Deluxe (bought on sale with rebate) works just fine.

well, the only thing i was really worried about was that itunes asks you to "authorize" the computer you're on. I'm just curious as to what kind of information this "authorization" process sends. Would it just be my ip or the mac address of the comp or all the little details of what i'm running. Without authorizing, i can't play the music i recently purchased.