D975XBX2 BADAX using iATKOS v5i with all working. And updates to 10.5.6

System Specs

Nvidia 7200GS 256Mb
4gb ram (2 2Gb DDR-2 800)
300Gb Western Digital SATA
Sony DVD RW+- DRU-840A, Connected to IDE cable as Master.
Intel Dual Core Processor E2200 2.2Ghz
Latest BIOS from the Intel WebSite
HP w2408 24" monitor
High Definition Front panel, with Audio, USB, Firewire, and ESATA ports
600Watt Antec TruePower
Real Apple USB White keyboard and mouse (Ebay)
Sata Drive is mounted in a 5.25in Trayless Hot Swap Mobile Rack for 3.5in Hard Drive works great for multiple operating systems.
(http://www.startech.com/item/HSB100SATBK-525-Tray-Less-SATA-Hot-Swap-Bay.aspx)

Audio Works HD listed as built in
Nvidia Works with all modes selectable and QE, and rotation mode for the w2408 also working

Bios Selections

Serial, Parallel, and Floppy disabled
MARVELL/2nd SATA port Disabled (seems to be many issues).
Intel SATA configured as ACHI in Native mode.

iATKOS 5i custom settings

iATKOS v5i - Main System (has to be)
Bootloader - PC EFI V9
X86 Patches - Decrypters - AppleDecrypt
X86 Patches - SMBIOS - SMBIOS Enablers - SMBIOS - EFI
X86 Patches - Disabler.kext
Drivers - Graphics Update
System - SATA/IDE - Intel ACHI SATA

Nothing else selected, the system figures out the Network card, and loads a partial working video,

On reboot after the system installs you will get the "you must hold down the power error". Remove the iATKOS 5i DVD and the system will boot. This problem had me thinking that the install was bad and I tried many options until for some reason I removed the DVD during one of the reboots. Now that I have a working system it will get that same error if I attempt to boot the system with the IATKOS dvd in the drive. I have not seen this problem on four other system so do not get bit by it.

After install my Audio was not working and my video did not have QE or see my display correctly.

First fix the HD Audio issues.
Downloaded the STAC9274D.V7 kexts with AppleHDA.kext and HDAEnabler.kext
Backup the following or not as you wish.
/System/Library/Extensions/AppleAzaliaAudio.kext
/System/Library/Extensions/AppleAC97Audio.kext
/System/Library/Extensions/AppleHDA.kext
/System/Library/Extensions/HDAEnabler.kext

Go into terminal login and remove the above files, load the Updated AppleHDA and HDAEnabler files fix the files and clean up. The basic Terminal commands can be found on the board for the proper Install of the STAC9274D.V7 but the OS install added the Azalia and AC97 files and they will conflict until you remove them.

Here is the actual terminal session that got the audio working after I backed up the above files. I had the STAC9274D.v7 folder on the desktop.

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Last login: Sat Feb 28 23:27:48 on console
ralph-ultra:~ ralphultra$ sudo -s

WARNING: Improper use of the sudo command could lead to data loss
or the deletion of important system files. Please double-check your
typing when using sudo. Type "man sudo" for more information.

To proceed, enter your password, or type Ctrl-C to abort.

Password:
bash-3.2# rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/AppleAzaliaAudio.kext
bash-3.2# rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/AppleAC97Audio.kext
bash-3.2# rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/AppleHDA.kext
bash-3.2# rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/HDAEnabler.kext
bash-3.2# cp -R ~/Desktop/STAC9274D.v7/AppleHDA.kext /System/Library/Extensions
bash-3.2# cp -R ~/Desktop/STAC9274D.v7/HDAEnabler.kext /System/Library/Extensions
bash-3.2# chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/AppleHDA.kext
bash-3.2# chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/HDAEnabler.kext
bash-3.2# chown -R 0:0 /System/Library/Extensions/HDAEnabler.kext
bash-3.2# chown -R 0:0 /System/Library/Extensions/AppleHDA.kext
bash-3.2# rm -f /Library/Caches/com.apple.Components2.LocalCache.AudioComponents
bash-3.2# rm -f /System/Library/Extensions.mkext
bash-3.2#
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Now the audio works and is listed in built in with inputs and outputs. I have only tested the output but on this board people say that the MIC input works ok.




Now to fix the video issues.

Find Uinstaller V1.2, you can get it from PCWiz.com
Run it and select your video card, in the "Apply EFI String for video card) "Mine Nvidia 7200GS 256Mb"
Check the box for the Apply and Install, I did not use any thig else here just the EFI String for my video card.

After Reboot I got all the modes, Auto Detect of my monitor with the ability to rotate, QE, and Dual monitor support.


UPDATES FROM APPLE USING THE BUILT IN SOFTWARE UPDATE.

Took two passes to load all the updates and get me to 10.5.6, everything ok but the audio is now broken.
Loaded iLife09 ok then ran update again (only GarageBand 5.0.1 was needed in update)

NOW FIX THE BROKEN AUDIO

The AppleHDA.kext and HDAEnabler.kext and date and time stamps the are the same as the Apple update to 10.5.6, Lets try and Repeat the above Console commands for the two files and see if it works.

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Last login: Sun Mar 1 09:13:20 on ttys000
ralph-ultra:~ ralphultra$ sudo -s
Password:
bash-3.2# rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/AppleHDA.kext
bash-3.2# rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/HDAEnabler.kext
bash-3.2# cp -R ~/Desktop/STAC9274D.v7/AppleHDA.kext /System/Library/Extensions
bash-3.2# cp -R ~/Desktop/STAC9274D.v7/HDAEnabler.kext /System/Library/Extensions
bash-3.2# chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/AppleHDA.kext
bash-3.2# chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/HDAEnabler.kext
bash-3.2# chown -R 0:0 /System/Library/Extensions/HDAEnabler.kext
bash-3.2# chown -R 0:0 /System/Library/Extensions/AppleHDA.kext
bash-3.2# rm -f /Library/Caches/com.apple.Components2.LocalCache.AudioComponents
bash-3.2# rm -f /System/Library/Extensions.mkext
bash-3.2#
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THIS FIXED THE AUDIO!

As I have a HD Front panel the outputs are mixed up, the rear panel out shows as Headphones and the front is listed as LineOut. On the Input devices I have the line in and a built in microphone???

Also my backup 2nd system is a D945GCNL and it is working with iATKOS 5i and 10.5.6 updates also.

Awesome guide. I have the same system, with a Q6600 and a 7950GT 512MB and everything worked, first time. So much has changed since my first 10.5.1 kalyway runaround.

I had a problem with the audio though. When I do what you did, the volume follows what appears to be an exponential curve. 0%-50% is extremely quiet, and 50-100% rises out of control. Have you seen this?

Audio worked on my last install (10.5.2), and it seemed to follow a more linear volume curve.

Any thoughts?

for mobo Asus P5kpl got audio(out) not in) working today with ideneb v1.4 - 10.5.6:

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?act...st&id=31445

install with Kexthelper
file name is:AppleAC97Audio.kext
sized 340kb

also Intel Q6600
Nvidia 8800GT
4GB Ram

all working

Registered to say thanks for the guide.

Simple and to the point.

I have the same board and used OSX86 on it about a year ago no problems w/ vanilla and efi v8. Audio/video working.

These past few days, I can't get any (ipc, ideneb, or even iatkos) to work on it. I thought it was because I used updated the bios to the latest version (but see that you have also).

I'm redownloading iatkos (to check the md5) to try out this guide.

Success!

Following the guide, I'm using iATKOS updated to 10.5.6

The only thing I did slightly different was that I used the Combo update pack (I like to keep backups of everything).

The only thing I had trouble finding was the mentioned 'Uinstaller V1.2'. A google search for this turned up pretty much nothing.

I do remember an app that had adding video strings to the EFI. After a little searching, I found it was called Universal OSX86 Installer (the same as Uinstaller)

Also, I had trouble doing the Terminal commands due to lack of permission, even after sudo -s. Enabling and logging in as Root, and using the Terminal from the Root account fixed that.

Thanks!

Hi I have the same motherboard that you and I am keen to update my version of

the system and what you've accomplished successfully. I think this card has many

possibilities to be quite compatible with the Mac I tried upgrading from 10.5.4 to

10.5.6 to no avail. expect help and advice to update my system. thanks

My hackintosh

D945GCNL
Xfx 8600gt 512 Ram (without QE)
memory: 2 GB DDR II
500 GB Hd y 250 Gb sata II
iATKOS_4i 10.5.4