theotherone Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 After trying to replace my beloved BADAXE2 in a rush, I am nearly in the process in giving up with these Konfiguration: GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DS3P (F6) CPU: 3,16 GHz E8500 Dual Core 2 (45nm) 10 HDs (8 on a HPT 3520 RAID Controller) ATI HD3870 etc. (see my sig) What went wrong? I tried the boot-132 Method and was able to install 10.5 without problems, even booting after that worked. Updating to 10.5.4 with the delta-installer worked but after that - no way booting the updated 10.5.4. Kernel-panics, looking after starting with -v -s it stucks where the name of the motherboard was given. And yes, i tried the various kexts floading around here from the P35-Boards to no avail. Maybe i was to hasty because i needed working machine soon... So finally i tried the all-new iATKOS 10.5.4 and it worked as advertised, installed complete (Restart or shutdown don't work, but OK). But the problems continue: Sound from my USB-Sounddevices (Creative x-Fi, etc) was distorted and stuttering, so i searched for solutions her on the board and found that installing the modbin-kernel 9.4 could resolve the timing problem with the new 45nm CHIPS from Intel (E8500). Tried this and it worked for me. Next Stop: Ethernet on the 2 internal Ethernet Ports is painfully slow (for webpages somewhat OK, for Downloads it sucks bigtime with around 20kB from 220 possible on my DSL-Connection). The same is true for an added WIFI-Card (ASUS WL-138G V2). Tried with the realtek v2 Drivers and tried with Original APPLE- IONetworkingFamily.kext. No go.... So, what i want to do now is trying a last Install with Boot-132 and carefully updating to 10.5.4, i think it must be possible to get this beast running with Vanilla-Install and a handful kexts, maybe modbin kernel 9.4 needed for sound (internel azaila-sound may work, but i use ony USB-Sound, so i'm not interested in using the internal soundchip 889a). If i'm not going to reach a fully working configuration i will finally trash the GA-EP45-DS3 and go and buy a working-premium board, maybe someone could recommend something with firewire, 1 or 2 Gigabit-Ethernet-Ports, 4 sata-ports (RAID not needed), etc. Thanks for some Help with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman222 Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Using Kalyway, myself and many others have had success using the Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3P. Has all the prerequisites that you need- only one Gb ethernet port, though. The latest bios has the added bonus of having good overclocking. Won't break the bank either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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