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Zappadoc
Ok, here you will find the new improved ATI IPX/ATA driver.
I started from Open Darwin AppleOnBoardATA source pkg like Scousi (thanks again for this great idea my friend) but I've made a new class for ATI chipsets (AppleATIIXPATA) rather than patch the ServerWorksATA class with support 0x4349 and 0x4376 device id and also add the support of UDMA from 66 to 133 (mode 4, 5 and 6).

Ez Installation wink.gif:
- uncompress the archive on the root of your harddisk
- launch Terminal with sudo -s + password
- cp /AppleOnboardATA.kext /System/Library/Extensions/
- check the permission:
chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/AppleOnBoardATA.kext
chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/AppleOnBoardATA.kext
- remove AppleGenericATA and AppleOnBoardATA from IOATAFamily.kext/Contents/Plugins/
- Remove kextcache
rm Extension.kextcache from /System/Library
- rebuild kextcache
kextcache -k /System/Library/Extensions/
- reboot

on standard or verbose mode you must see on the screen or on system.log someting like :
AppleATIIXPATA: ATI SB450 (CMD 0x1f0, CTR 0x3f4, IRQ 14, BM 0xf800)
or
AppleATIIXPATA: ATI ATA (CMD 0x1f0, CTR 0x3f4, IRQ 14, BM 0xf800)

Enjoy!
Z
ps: could you tell me the device ID of SB100/SB150/SB200/SB250 chipset and confirm the SB450, thanks!

download the kext here:
http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?showtopic=13413
fireshark
Theres a UDMA 6?

Can anyone tell speeds in xbench? with scousi driver at SB 400 i dont have as good speeds with intel, nforce mobo's etc (PATA and laptop though)
scousi
QUOTE (Zappadoc @ Mar 27 2006, 10:26 AM) *
Ok, here you will find the new improved ATI IPX/ATA driver.
I started from Open Darwin AppleOnBoardATA source pkg like Scousi (thanks again for this great idea my friend) but I've made a new class for ATI chipsets (AppleATIIXPATA) rather than patch the ServerWorksATA class with support 0x4349 and 0x4376 device id and also add the support of UDMA from 66 to 133 (mode 4, 5 and 6).

Ez Installation wink.gif:
- uncompress the archive on the root of your harddisk
- launch Terminal with sudo -s + password
- cp /AppleOnboardATA.kext /System/Library/Extensions/
- check the permission:
chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/AppleOnBoardATA.kext
chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/AppleOnBoardATA.kext
- remove AppleGenericATA and AppleOnBoardATA from IOATAFamily.kext/Contents/Plugins/
- Remove kextcache
rm Extension.kextcache from /System/Library
- rebuild kextcache
kextcache -k /System/Library/Extensions/
- reboot

on standard or verbose mode you must see on the screen or on system.log someting like :
AppleATIIXPATA: ATI SB450 (CMD 0x1f0, CTR 0x3f4, IRQ 14, BM 0xf800)
or
AppleATIIXPATA: ATI ATA (CMD 0x1f0, CTR 0x3f4, IRQ 14, BM 0xf800)

Enjoy!
Z
ps: could you tell me the device ID of SB100/SB150/SB200/SB250 chipset and confirm the SB450, thanks!


Awesome! Thanks.

I've seen recently that the SB ATI ATA is based on the Silicon Image 3112.

I haven't touched the driver since then. If we ever get the sound driver to work, we shoud do a professional installer that would do both.

A few of us are working on the sound - but the solution isn't as easy as the ATA was. (Must admit that some luck was invloved there)!
davi6228
i was curious about the xbench difference between your 'improvement' as well. i am at work and can't try now but will give this a go when i return home this evening.
Zappadoc
We need somebody with an SB450 chipset to test...
Andras Kenez
I have Acer Aspire 3022 with SB400
I did not get speed improve....

Serewareworks:
Results 27.20
System Info
Xbench Version 1.2
System Version 10.4.5 (8G1454)
Physical RAM 512 MB
Model ADP2,1
Drive Type IC25N060ATMR04-0
Disk Test 27.20
Sequential 38.42
Uncached Write 34.93 21.44 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 34.65 19.61 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 55.53 16.25 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 34.95 17.56 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 21.06
Uncached Write 7.72 0.82 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 42.26 13.53 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 50.73 0.36 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 58.38 10.83 MB/sec [256K blocks]

New driver:
Results 27.17
System Info
Xbench Version 1.2
System Version 10.4.5 (8G1454)
Physical RAM 512 MB
Model ADP2,1
Drive Type IC25N060ATMR04-0
Disk Test 27.17
Sequential 36.67
Uncached Write 33.12 20.34 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 32.82 18.57 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 52.99 15.51 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 33.84 17.01 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 21.57
Uncached Write 8.03 0.85 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 40.59 13.00 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 53.18 0.38 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 57.35 10.64 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Zappadoc
Great! this is the minimum requirement of my version smile.gif
Think that you need a SB450 chipset with an ATA/6 hard drive to see some speed improvement...
Z
scousi
QUOTE (Andras Kenez @ Mar 27 2006, 02:16 PM) *
I have Acer Aspire 3022 with SB400
I did not get speed improve....

Serewareworks:
Results 27.20
System Info
Xbench Version 1.2
System Version 10.4.5 (8G1454)
Physical RAM 512 MB
Model ADP2,1
Drive Type IC25N060ATMR04-0
Disk Test 27.20
Sequential 38.42
Uncached Write 34.93 21.44 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 34.65 19.61 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 55.53 16.25 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 34.95 17.56 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 21.06
Uncached Write 7.72 0.82 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 42.26 13.53 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 50.73 0.36 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 58.38 10.83 MB/sec [256K blocks]

New driver:
Results 27.17
System Info
Xbench Version 1.2
System Version 10.4.5 (8G1454)
Physical RAM 512 MB
Model ADP2,1
Drive Type IC25N060ATMR04-0
Disk Test 27.17
Sequential 36.67
Uncached Write 33.12 20.34 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 32.82 18.57 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 52.99 15.51 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 33.84 17.01 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 21.57
Uncached Write 8.03 0.85 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 40.59 13.00 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 53.18 0.38 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 57.35 10.64 MB/sec [256K blocks]



You won't see much of an improvement on a laptop as the drive itself is the bottlneck rather than the contoller.
fireshark
I get speeds like that too and I have a 7200rpm drive (laptop, not nonetheless...)
myzar
Hi can you release the source or add the following ids:

0x00d510de 0x006510de 0x01bc10de 0x00e510de 0x005310de 0x026510de

in the nforce source code so we can have a single kexts that works on nforce/ati.

Nforce ids are hardcoded in the source code
Hackintosh007
This driver is GREAT! guitar.gif
I can confirm this driver works on my laptop with ATI Mobility 9100 IGP! (SB 200...as I remember)
Before loading this driver, OS X 10.4.5 is not able to identify my optical drive,
but now it does!

And the startup time is much faster! biggrin.gif

Here is the xbench result after using driver (Toshiba 2.5" 5400RPM hard disk w/ 16MB Cache)

Results 31.03
System Info
Xbench Version 1.2
System Version 10.4.5 (8G1454)
Physical RAM 1024 MB
Model ADP2,1
Drive Type TOSHIBA MK8026GAX
Disk Test 31.03
Sequential 57.99
Uncached Write 55.92 34.33 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 42.71 24.16 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 89.31 26.14 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 60.65 30.48 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 21.18
Uncached Write 7.23 0.77 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 45.79 14.66 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 60.66 0.43 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 81.23 15.07 MB/sec [256K blocks]

Before loading this driver I got around 10 marks in the disk test, acoording to my memory.
Thanks for your great work! biggrin.gif
Zappadoc
Ok Myzar I will add this device ids on the next release...
Peace!
Z
Zappadoc
can someone confirm that there 's only 2 ATI main ATA device Ids (i.e. 0x4376 and 0x4349).
thanks.
myzar
QUOTE (Zappadoc @ Mar 29 2006, 03:10 PM) *
Ok Myzar I will add this device ids on the next release...
Peace!
Z


ok thx smile.gif
Zappadoc
Ok, guys I'm ready to compile the new ATI/NVIDIA P-ATA driver but need some info on NVIDIA Controlers, does that controler support UDMA 6:

1- NVIDIA MCP51 IDE -> 0x26510de
2- NVIDIA CK8S PATA -> 0x005310de
3- NVIDIA CK8S IDE -> 0x00e510de

??
Thanks
ZOleg
To Zappadoc
Thanks for driver!!!
If not to hard, please add support for ATI (if have) and nForce4 SATA controller support.
fireshark
its 4379 not 4349 btw, thats the sata controllerq
Zappadoc
No my friend the 4349 is a Dual channel P-ATA and the 4979 is a SATA. My driver focus on PATA controlers.
Thanks.
Z
ps: please go there to take the latest kext:
http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?showtopic=13413
myzar
QUOTE (Zappadoc @ Mar 30 2006, 12:12 AM) *
Ok, guys I'm ready to compile the new ATI/NVIDIA P-ATA driver but need some info on NVIDIA Controlers, does that controler support UDMA 6:

1- NVIDIA MCP51 IDE -> 0x26510de
2- NVIDIA CK8S PATA -> 0x005310de
3- NVIDIA CK8S IDE -> 0x00e510de

??
Thanks


yes they do
Zappadoc
ok so let check in this thread below i will post a new version with udma6 by default set on this controlers...

http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?showtopic=13413
Z
ZOleg
Nvidia ATA ids:

1) 0x00d510de (REV A2,A4,A5,A6) -> CK8Desc="NVIDIA nForce3 Parallel ATA Controller"
2) 0x00d510de (REV F2,F4,F5,F6) -> CK8DescSB="NVIDIA nForce3 Parallel-Serial ATA Bridged Controller"
3) 0x00e310de -> CK8SSS="NVIDIA nForce3 250 Serial ATA Controller"
4) 0x00ee10de -> CK8SSS="NVIDIA nForce3 250 Serial ATA Controller"
5) 0x00e510de -> CK8SSP="NVIDIA nForce3 250 Parallel ATA Controller"
6) 0x003610de -> MCP04SSS="NVIDIA nForce4 Intel Edition Serial ATA Controller"
7) 0x003e10de -> MCP04SSS="NVIDIA nForce4 Intel Edition Serial ATA Controller"
8) 0x003510de -> MCP04SSP="NVIDIA nForce4 Intel Edition Parallel ATA Controller"
9) 0x005410de -> CK804SSS="NVIDIA nForce4 Serial ATA Controller"
10) 0x005510de -> CK804SSS="NVIDIA nForce4 Serial ATA Controller"
11) 0x005310de -> CK804SSP="NVIDIA nForce4 Parallel ATA Controller"
5024
fireshark:Here is the xbench result after using driver (Toshiba 2.5" 5400RPM hard disk w/ 16MB Cache) (using what controller????)

hackingtosh: 'I get speeds like that too and I have a 7200rpm drive (laptop, not nonetheless...)' using sb200 Results 31.03


On my sb400 controller with a 7200rpm hitachi

i have about the same score (32.60) as the quoted guys above.., how can this be, is there a way to check the current dma mode etc? > like hdparam under *nix?
Coobox Mac
Today I'll try this driver on my SB400 chipset on a 80gb maxtor PATA HDD.

Frank Zappa this work with SATA also ? i've also a 250Gb SATA II HDD with 16MB cache

Can I call you Frank hihihihi :-)

thanks bye
Coobox Mac
Zappadoc I LOVE YOU

IT WORKS WOOOWWWWW[color=#FF0000]

My IDE HDD read at 58m/s AMAZING

The system boot in 20sec cca STUNNING

This is my Xbench:

Results 79.36
System Info
Xbench Version 1.2
System Version 10.4.5 (8G1454)
Physical RAM 1024 MB
Model ADP2,1
Drive Type Maxtor 6Y080L0
CPU Test 69.40
GCD Loop 116.12 6.12 Mops/sec
Floating Point Basic 83.11 1.97 Gflop/sec
vecLib FFT 41.92 1.38 Gflop/sec
Floating Point Library 76.10 13.25 Mops/sec
Thread Test 134.96
Computation 100.80 2.04 Mops/sec, 4 threads
Lock Contention 204.13 8.78 Mlocks/sec, 4 threads
Memory Test 100.53
System 96.45
Allocate 94.72 347.83 Kalloc/sec
Fill 107.59 5231.42 MB/sec
Copy 88.87 1835.64 MB/sec
Stream 104.96
Copy 101.89 2104.42 MB/sec
Scale 102.04 2108.19 MB/sec
Add 108.28 2306.70 MB/sec
Triad 108.00 2310.49 MB/sec
Disk Test 53.66
Sequential 94.25
Uncached Write 80.69 49.54 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 99.27 56.17 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 90.29 26.42 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 112.41 56.50 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 37.51
Uncached Write 13.21 1.40 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 89.15 28.54 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 83.60 0.59 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 128.89 23.92 MB/sec [256K blocks]




Zappa one thing, now I can see only one strange problem the OS is terrible FAST but sometime the cursor or the keybord or the DOCK freez for 1sec .....

Do you know what is ?

OH GOD ZAPPA

I've reboot 3 times and some time the boot hang at:

From path:"uuid" ,
Waiting for boot volume with UUID 392F7CED-ADA3-396A-396A-A415-89CC760F8B8F
Waiting on ....ec.....


or with this message:

[b]Extension "com.apple.driver.AppleOnboardPCATA" has no kernel dependency
Charleybrown
Hi guys,
New here so don't shoot me for asking the wrong things.
So far I've installed about three times every time ending up with a dead disk.
I've been fidling around with the settings for this SB400 and looking to change somethings before I add it to OSX.

Was looking at the Info.plist and wondering what value to change to reflect my system.
This is the original plist:

QUOTE
<key>ATI IXP PCI</key>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>com.apple.driver.AppleOnboardPCATA</string>
<key>Hardware Vendor</key>
<string>ATI</string>
<key>IOClass</key>
<string>AppleOnboardPCATARoot</string>
<key>IOPCIPrimaryMatch</key>
<string>0x43761002 0x43491002</string>
<key>IOProbeScore</key>
<string>10000</string>
<key>IOProviderClass</key>
<string>IOPCIDevice</string>
</dict>


Now the question on what to change where? Would I substitute 0x43761002 0x43491002 with 0x43761002?

HW= HP NX6125 AMD Turion 64 ML32.

Bus-Numb-Fun IRQ Vendor-Dev-Sub_OEM-Rev Class Vendor and Device Description
[ 0 - 00 - 0 ] 1002-5950-308B103C-01 Host Bridge ATI RS480 Host Bridge
[ 0 - 01 - 0 ] 1002-5A3F-00000000-00 PCI Bridge (0-1) ATI
[ 0 - 04 - 0 ] 255 1002-5A36-00000000-00 PCI Bridge (0-16) ATI
[ 0 - 05 - 0 ] 255 1002-5A37-00000000-00 PCI Bridge (0-32) ATI
[ 0 - 19 - 0 ] 19 1002-4374-308B103C-00 OHCI USB Controller ATI IXP SB400 OHCI USB Controller
[ 0 - 19 - 1 ] 19 1002-4375-308B103C-00 OHCI USB Controller ATI IXP SB400 OHCI USB Controller
[ 0 - 19 - 2 ] 19 1002-4373-308B103C-00 EHCI USB Controller ATI IXP SB400 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller
[ 0 - 20 - 0 ] 1002-4372-308B103C-11 SMBus Controller ATI IXP SB400 SMBus
[ 0 - 20 - 1 ] 10 1002-4376-308B103C-00 EIDE Controller ATI IXP SB400 IDE Controller
[ 0 - 20 - 3 ] 1002-4377-308B103C-00 ISA Bridge ATI IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge
[ 0 - 20 - 4 ] 1002-4371-00000000-00 PCI Subtractive (0-2:3) ATI IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge
[ 0 - 20 - 5 ] 17 1002-4370-308B103C-02 Audio Controller ATI IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller
[ 0 - 20 - 6 ] 17 1002-4378-308B103C-02 Hayes Compatible ATI IXP SB400 AC'97 Modem Controller
[ 0 - 24 - 0 ] 1022-1100-00000000-00 Host Bridge AMD Athlon 64 / Opteron HyperTransport Technology Configuration
[ 0 - 24 - 1 ] 1022-1101-00000000-00 Host Bridge AMD Athlon 64 / Opteron Address Map
[ 0 - 24 - 2 ] 1022-1102-00000000-00 Host Bridge AMD Athlon 64 / Opteron DRAM Controller
[ 0 - 24 - 3 ] 1022-1103-00000000-00 Host Bridge AMD Athlon 64 / Opteron Miscellaneous Control
[ 1 - 05 - 0 ] 17 1002-5955-308B103C-00 VGA Controller ATI Mobility Radeon XPRESS 200
[ 2 - 01 - 0 ] 23 14E4-169C-308B103C-03 Ethernet Controller Broadcom BCM5788 NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet
[ 2 - 02 - 0 ] 22 14E4-4318-1356103C-02 Comms Controller Broadcom BCM4309 802.11a/b/g
[ 2 - 04 - 0 ] 20 104C-8031-0000FE00-00 Cardbus Bridge (2-3) Texas PCIxx21/x515 Cardbus Controller
[ 2 - 04 - 2 ] 21 104C-8032-308B103C-00 OHCI FireWire Texas OHCI Compliant IEEE-1394 FireWire Controller
[ 2 - 04 - 3 ] 21 104C-8033-308B103C-00 Disk Controller Texas PCIxx11/21 Integrated FlashMedia Controller
[ 2 - 04 - 4 ] 21 104C-8034-308B103C-00 Generic
SDHost Texas SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller

Thx for any help or info you can supply.

Cheers,
Charleybrown
macprodan
Seems slightly faster, but thats just a first boot.

X-Bench Disk test Very slightly higher.. will see how it performs in the real world.

just glad my system didnt die on reboot, hehe.
boo50
hello.
i have installed this kext, step by step. all seems ok (my Mobo is MSI on RS400 chipset)
reboot and all works good....
really faster (intead udma5 i have before)
but when i reboot second time the system boot stopped with the STOP sign at the center.
try to boot with -s and saw "waiting for root device"
davedey
you are my hero, thanks! was getting like 2mb/s now getting 20+ speeds up the boot like no other, and my cd drive works now too, fantastic
slamdunk
on my laptop ( compaq presario M2000 series ) SB400, but the driver identified as SB450, it seems that my HDD is still very-very slow.. any help ?

fortunately, after applying this driver, it can boot .. thanks
Black Knight
Hi,
I'm using a RD580 chipset with the ULi 1575 southbridge and I was wondering if someone could implement the P-ATA controller into a kext file. The device id is 0x5229 and vendor ID is 10B9. I think all ATI crossfire motherboards so far are using this chipset, so it seems relevant to try to add it to this kext. Thanks a bunch.

Paul
Roninregain
Im also having a hard time with my Uli M1575

Ide controller is called Ali m5229 PCI Bus Master IDE-controller, and is the id given in the previous post
Black Knight
QUOTE (Roninregain @ Aug 9 2006, 11:13 AM) *
Im also having a hard time with my Uli M1575

Ide controller is called Ali m5229 PCI Bus Master IDE-controller, and is the id given in the previous post


I have actually gotten this to work. Add 0x522910B9 to the SATA section of AppleVIAATA.kext/Contents/Info.plist and remove or rename IOATAFamily.kext/Contents/Plugins/AppleGenericPCATA.kext and it should give you full UDMA modes.

Good luck.
Roninregain
Thanx blacknight, i will try it and test it with xbench, see if there's a difference. I also think I really should switch to sata, but all in due time. If this works, I only need to get my ati x1900xt going and I'll have full support. Well except for that I can't Use SSE3 with my Amd 64 +4400 X2
freekz
Hi, i've been having so trouble installing this driver the steps i've been do in are:

1. cp -R /AppleOnboardPCATA.kext /System/Library/Extensions/

2. chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/AppleOnBoardPCATA.kext

3. chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/AppleOnBoardPCATA.kext

4. rm -R /system/library/extensions/IOATAFamily.kext/Contents/Plugins/AppleGenericPCATA.kext

5. rm -R /system/library/extensions/IOATAFamily.kext/Contents/Plugins/AppleOnBoardPCATA.kext

6. rm -f /system/library/Extensions*

7. kextcache -k /System/Library/Extensions

I've verfied that all the commands are completed, and when i reboot, it says "Load of /sbin/launched failed, errno 5"If someone could tell me what i'm doing wrong or write me a new install guide i would really apperciate it.

Thanks.
NumPad0
QUOTE (Zappadoc @ Mar 27 2006, 06:59 PM) *
We need somebody with an SB450 chipset to test...

I had a toshiba a105-s1712 which has a SB450 ATI chipset mainboard. But I still can't install osx86 into my machine 'cause it cannot see my harddrive. sad.gif(
gio on the mic
what about ati ixp sb460?
will this driver work with it?

b.t.w.: I can't test this until i can get my SATA hd on 1002:4379 controller visible sad.gif
(i can boot fine in vmware and get a kernel panic in native mode)
bside
QUOTE (boo50 @ May 1 2006, 09:56 PM) *
hello.
i have installed this kext, step by step. all seems ok (my Mobo is MSI on RS400 chipset)
reboot and all works good....
really faster (intead udma5 i have before)
but when i reboot second time the system boot stopped with the STOP sign at the center.
try to boot with -s and saw "waiting for root device"


same thing with the new Turion X2 based notebook. With the old Turion laptop on the same chipset everything worked fine. Now the system boots only after i delete kextcache or with "-x" boot option. VERY VERY SAD.
EdFlyer
I'd recommend installing it using vmware and using the actual hard drive instead of a simulated one. Then, after you install mac os x, then you can copy the kext and then os x will boot. Hopefully this helps you guys.
EdFlyer
yeah, just let me know if you want more specific instructions.
PascalW
I was wondering, the AppleATIIXPATA.kext also has some SATA parts in its info.plist. Would it be possible the get ati sata cards working trough that? I have an ati sata 4379 onboard chipset and I was wondering if I could get it working trought this kext by adding vendor id somewhere in this kext?
74.304
Where is the .kext? I can't found it. Can you please give me another URL to find it. Thanks, i have almost the same machine as yours.

Intel D101GGCL
Pentium D 805 2.66 GHz
1 GB DDR RAM
120 GB HDD Seagate / 7200 RPM
40 GB HDD Maxtor / 5400 RPM (for Mac)
DVD+R\+RW\-R\-RW LG 16x
CD-RW TDK 24x10x40x
SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 (Doesn't work in Mac OS X)
Lifeview Analog TV Capture Card (Doesn't work in Mac OS X)
Iomega ZIP 100 USB
Dellius
I tryied this stuff and my xBench result went from 49 to 52 but the Random Unchached Read is still slow. About 2.7 MB/s and it must be minimum 10.

MOBO: ASRock
Chipset: Nvidia
ATA Hard Drive
andrepazleal
i think this the correct place to place my dumb question, i got a p4 531 fsb 800 d101ggc mobo, sata 160 maxtor, andddd i got the error while installing JaS.10.4.8.SSE3.Intel.Only.iso "still waiting for root device", my question i got a chance to fix that and continue with the installation if i do...? what a f*** i have to do...?
bikedude880
Reply here and I might code one: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?&showtopic=40448

EDIT: This thread is almost a year old... the kext that was used was from the 10.4.4 era. I think it's time to move on.
squimmy
So nobody has this working with 10.4.8?
Overdrive
works fine for me... in the past my dvdrom drive won't work with old kext, now with this kext my dvdrom works! And so the hard disk seems to works better
squimmy
Really? Ach - I installed it and it kept saying "waiting for root device" or something.




Erm, any ideas? I could really use them!
squimmy
I've tried this AND the old scousi one, neither work. Why?


Desperate here - please help!
squimmy
Nobody reads this anymore?
squimmy
Somebody must have experienced the same issue as me?
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