Gigabyte EP45-UD3R "perfect" setup ... (using retail disk)

[lateralusman]

Wow, everyone's happy with their setups?

 

Not for me anyway after following this tutorial when OSX starts I have no mouse until I unplug and replug my USB mouse for it to work.

Also when OSX starts sometimes Airport won't turn on.

I've seached but found nothing on these issues yet.

[anaemik]

First keep in mind when editing the com.apple.Boot.plist in the /Extra folder it is best to copy it to the desktop (the file I mean) and then edit it from there. Although the best bet is to make a second copy (one original and one edited). Then once done, drag and drop the edited copy back to the /Extra folder (it will then ask you to "Authenticate" which just means you'll need to enter your system password). Which I thought I put in the How To, but I'll check it out and see if I can make that more clear.

 

As far as your ethernet and sound issues, are you using onboard lan or did you install a NIC card and if so which one? For the sound, there are four different options that Eliade has included in his pack, which one are you using?

 

 

Hi there, and thanks for your reply. Yes, first time around I was an idiot and misread your instructions, and copied to modded com.apple.Boot.plist that belonged in /Extra to /L/E/SC. Doh!

 

For onboard sound I'm using the blue kexts which it seems to recommend as the defaults. I'm also using the onboard ethernet, which I have heard is unstable, but this is not the first time I've installed OSX on this system. The first time around I used the Blog of Auzigog method, which worked 100% problem free. I didn't have the same success with this method the 2nd time around so I reinstalled again following the advice in this thread. Having wiped my harddrive one more time I can't go back and check, but it occurred to me that I may have forgotten to go to System Preferences/Sound and make sure I had the correct output selected, so I can't say with certainty now whether or not sound was working for me - I will try another install tonight and report back on my findings.

 

The thing that's really puzzling me is the network issue. I don't understand how I can follow the identical steps I took in the past and yet experience different results. I guess I'll just have to bite the bullet and buy a 3rd party NIC.

[pissedoffdude]

I can't get the 10.5.6 retail to boot. It gives me these errors:

BSD root: disk2s3, major 14, minor 12
Syncing disks... Killing all processes
continuing
done
Mach reboot

 

I've tried with -x and have the same problem. Anyone have any ideas on what I can do?

 

EDIT: NVM that top part, was faulty dvd.

 

Now have it up and running with iPC. What are the advantages of running retail over other distros?

[bigpoppa206]

The thing that's really puzzling me is the network issue. I don't understand how I can follow the identical steps I took in the past and yet experience different results. I guess I'll just have to bite the bullet and buy a 3rd party NIC.

 

Some folks need to install the Realtek.kext, did you? (Use the one from the Psystar site)

 

I have a GA-EP45C-UD3R and Ethernet works out of the box.

[millerlu]

I just upgraded from 10.5.6 to 10.5.7 and I have everything working except for sound. System Preferences says "no output devices found" and the slider doesn't move. I copied the blue audio ktexts to /Extra/Extensions.

 

Before this I didn't have anything in /Extra/Extensions, my ktexts were in the system area. I was also using the boot loader from here: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=86167, but I just changed to using chameleon thinking I needed that in order to get /Extra working.

 

I have /Extra/com.apple.Boot.plist looking like this:

</string>

<key>Timeout</key>

<string>5</string>

<key>-f</key>

<string></string>

</dict>

</plist>

(end of file)

 

Any idea of what I am missing here?

 

Thanks!

[pjnapier]

First of all, thanks to everyone for their input here, and especially to Eliade, gmacman, and bigpoppa206. I now have a nearly perfect UD3R-based retail install (in fact, I'm posting this from it! 8-), except that I do not have any actual sound output.

 

Thus the question, to wipe or not to wipe (and try again from scratch)?

 

First, a little background. I had been happily attempting installs and wiping, several times over the last couple days, slowly building my understanding of hackintoshes and everything that goes into them. My latest attempt started with another guide that recommended a separate partition for Chameleon, using Chameleon 2 RC2, and then I found this guide. So I have what is essentially a system following this guide, except for the separate partition and the RC2.

 

I have tried each 'color' of sound kexts, none of which worked for me, and I'm back on the blues. I have internal speakers, headphones, line out and line out devices listed in System Preferences - Sound - Output, they are not muted, and the volume slider is up. I have plugged into the rear, light green output on the MB with two sets of headphones, and tried all of the outputs with one set of headphones and never heard anything.

 

Am I missing anything? Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a known issue with RC2? Should the same kexts work with RC2? (Sorry if that's a dumb question, I'm new to hackintoshes.)

 

I would have simply wiped and tried again, more strictly following this guide, but this install is so close to 'perfect', and I wouldn't want to go 'backwards' to RC1 if I didn't have to. Please advise. Thanks!!

[bigpoppa206]

...except that I do not have any actual sound output.

 

If I remember correctly, the answer was posted in this forum. You need to read all the messages as the search function is kaput, but its there. Also, the last couple of pages of the old forum deal with this too.

[pjnapier]

If I remember correctly, the answer was posted in this forum. You need to read all the messages as the search function is kaput, but its there. Also, the last couple of pages of the old forum deal with this too.

 

Wow, thanks! I didn't find the answer rereading this forum, but did find it in the old forum. I cannot believe it was so simple. For anybody else having the 'no actual sound' problem, set System Preferences - Sound - Output to Internal Speakers (even though you likely don't have any! ;-) and see if that does it for you too. Good luck!

[JPTSetMe]

First, thanks very much to all of the contributors who have made such a great summary thread, and such a great prior thread as well. You guys rock.

 

I set up my system back in January with a retail Leopard install using grub-dfe and UInstaller, which seemed to be the recommended method at the time. Here's what my system consists of:

 

• *

GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R Motherboard
* Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz Processor
* ZALMAN 9500A 92mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler
* 8GB DDR2 800 Memory (2 kits, 4 DIMMs)
* XFX PVT98GYDLU GeForce 9800 GT 512MB Video Card
* Western Digital 640GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
* Antec Solo Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Case
* OCZ GameXStream 700W Power Supply
* ASUS Black SATA 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe
* Mac Box Set Family Pack

It was fairly painless to get things set up, and I have had many trouble-free system updates since then. I guess I got complacent... Back in June, I accepted what turned out to be 10.5.7, and lost my sound like many others here. [i have no devices listed at all for input or output.] But b/c I was using the older install mechanism that predated the /Extras externalization of custom kexts, I wasn't able to follow the instructions for fixing the issue. I have considered wiping the drive and doing a clean install using the newer set now described in this thread, but the truth is I have a lot invested in the iTunes, iPhoto and iMovie libraries, and am not sure I want to start all over, at least until Snow Leopard comes out.

 

I tried several mechanisms to update to the sound drivers in the May 20th 10.5.7 pack, including kext helper b7 (since my custom kexts are already in S/L/E anyway) and although they seem to be installed, I still have no devices listed in my sound preferences. I'm looking for some suggestions on how to debug this short of wiping and starting over. Here's what's newest in my S/L/E directory:

bash-3.2# pwd
/System/Library/Extensions
bash-3.2# ls -lt | head -20
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 Aug  3 20:31 Caches
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root  wheel  102 Aug  3 20:31 HDAEnabler.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root  wheel  102 Aug  3 20:31 LegacyHDAController.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root  wheel  102 Aug  3 20:31 LegacyHDAPlatformDriver.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root  wheel  102 Jul 10 11:32 UUID.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root  wheel  102 Jul 10 11:32 LegacyIOAHCIBlockStorage.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root  wheel  102 Jul 10 11:32 AppleUSBEHCI.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root  wheel  102 Jul 10 11:32 Disabler.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root  wheel  102 Jul 10 11:32 dsmos.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root  wheel  102 Jul 10 11:03 OpenHaltRestart.kext
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root  wheel  102 Jul 10 11:03 RealtekR1000.kext
drwxr-xr-x  5 root  wheel  170 Jun  5 10:17 System.kext
drwxr-xr-x  4 root  wheel  136 Jun  5 10:17 IPFirewall.kext
drwxr-xr-x  5 root  wheel  170 Jun  5 10:17 IONDRVSupport.kext
drwxr-xr-x  5 root  wheel  170 Jun  5 10:17 IOPCIFamily.kext
drwxr-xr-x  5 root  wheel  170 Jun  5 10:17 IOGraphicsFamily.kext
drwxr-xr-x  5 root  wheel  170 Jun  5 10:17 AppleIntelGMAX3100FB.kext
drwxr-xr-x  5 root  wheel  170 Jun  5 10:17 AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer.kext
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102 May 28 21:33 AppleUSBEthernetHost.kext
bash-3.2# 

 

Here's what kextstat reports:

bash-3.2# kextstat
Index Refs Address    Size       Wired      Name (Version) <Linked Against>
   1    1 0x0        0x0        0x0        com.apple.kernel (9.7.0)
   2   42 0x0        0x0        0x0        com.apple.kpi.bsd (9.7.0)
   3    3 0x0        0x0        0x0        com.apple.kpi.dsep (9.7.0)
   4   58 0x0        0x0        0x0        com.apple.kpi.iokit (9.7.0)
   5   60 0x0        0x0        0x0        com.apple.kpi.libkern (9.7.0)
   6   52 0x0        0x0        0x0        com.apple.kpi.mach (9.7.0)
   7   28 0x0        0x0        0x0        com.apple.kpi.unsupported (9.7.0)
   8    1 0x0        0x0        0x0        com.apple.iokit.IONVRAMFamily (9.7.0)
   9    1 0x0        0x0        0x0        com.apple.driver.AppleNMI (9.7.0)
  10    1 0x0        0x0        0x0        com.apple.iokit.IOSystemManagementFamily (9.7.0)
  11    1 0x0        0x0        0x0        com.apple.iokit.ApplePlatformFamily (9.7.0)
  12   17 0x0        0x0        0x0        com.apple.kernel.6.0 (7.9.9)
  13    1 0x0        0x0        0x0        com.apple.kernel.bsd (7.9.9)
  14    1 0x0        0x0        0x0        com.apple.kernel.iokit (7.9.9)
  15    1 0x0        0x0        0x0        com.apple.kernel.libkern (7.9.9)
  16    1 0x0        0x0        0x0        com.apple.kernel.mach (7.9.9)
  17   15 0x79574000 0x11000    0x10000    com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily (2.6) <7 6 5 4>
  18    7 0x7958b000 0x4000     0x3000     com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily (1.2.0) <12>
  19    2 0x795db000 0x3d000    0x3c000    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform (1.2.1) <18 17 12 7 5 4>
  20    0 0x79625000 0x3000     0x2000     com.superhai.driver.SMBIOSResolver (1.0.7) <12>
  22    0 0x7963e000 0x2000     0x1000     com.psystar.driver.OpenHaltRestart (1.0.3) <12>
  23    0 0x7966d000 0x2000     0x1000     net.osrom.kext.Disabler (1.0.1) <12>
  25    0 0x796b3000 0x5000     0x4000     com.apple.BootCache (30.4) <7 6 5 4 2>
  26    0 0x796c5000 0x2000     0x1000     com.apple.dsmos (1.0.0d1) <7 5 4 2>
  27    2 0x79789000 0x39000    0x38000    com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily (1.5.5) <7 6 5 4 2>
  28    0 0x7982c000 0x1f000    0x1e000    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement (76.0.0) <12 7 6 5 4 2>
  29    0 0x79879000 0x3000     0x2000     com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet (3) <7 6 5 3 2>
  30    0 0x79893000 0x8000     0x7000     com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall (1.6.77) <7 6 5 4 2>
  31    0 0x798d3000 0x18000    0x17000    com.apple.security.seatbelt (107.12) <7 6 5 3 2>
  32    0 0x799a8000 0x3000     0x2000     com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC (1.4) <5 4>
  33    0 0x799c0000 0x4000     0x3000     com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS (1.4) <7 5 4>
  34    0 0x806a3000 0x4000     0x3000     com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons (1.2.1) <27 19 18 7 6 5 4 2>
  35    0 0x80740000 0x3000     0x2000     com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPCI (1.2.1) <19 18 17 12>
  36    0 0x80782000 0x5000     0x4000     com.apple.driver.AppleRTC (1.2.3) <18 6 5 4 2>
  37    0 0x80793000 0x3000     0x2000     com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime (1.2.0) <7 6 5 4>
  38    6 0x8084c000 0x29000    0x28000    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily (3.4.3) <7 6 5 4 2>
  39    0 0x808a6000 0xe000     0xd000     com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI (3.3.5) <38 17 7 6 5 4>
  40    3 0x80906000 0x6000     0x5000     com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily (1.0.4) <6 5 4 2>
  41    0 0x80a22000 0xc000     0xb000     com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort (1.6.0) <40 17 6 5 4 2>
  43    0 0x80b72000 0x12000    0x11000    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI (3.4.4) <38 17 7 6 5 4>
  44    1 0x80c19000 0xd000     0xc000     com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily (2.0.1) <6 5 4 2>
  45    0 0x80c32000 0x8000     0x7000     com.jmicron.JMicronATA (1.0.0) <44 17 12>
  46    2 0x80d8e000 0x3f000    0x3e000    com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily (3.4.7) <6 5 4 2>
  47    0 0x80e92000 0x22000    0x21000    com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI (3.8.2) <46 17 7 6 5 4 2>
  49    0 0x80f33000 0x2000     0x1000     com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient (3.3.1) <38 6 5 4>
  51    9 0x81117000 0x18000    0x17000    com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily (1.5.6) <7 6 5 4 2>
  53    0 0x811ae000 0xc000     0xb000     com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub (3.4.0) <38 6 5 4>
  54    0 0x812d2000 0x12000    0x11000    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage (1.2.1) <51 40 6 5 4 2>
  55    4 0x81380000 0x19000    0x18000    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily (2.0.9) <6 5 4 2>
  56    0 0x813b4000 0x8000     0x7000     com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI (1.0.1) <55 40 6 5 4 2>
  57    0 0x81500000 0x5000     0x4000     com.apple.driver.XsanFilter (2.7.91) <51 12>
  58    0 0x815f3000 0x6000     0x5000     com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient (2.0.9) <55 51 6 5 4 2>
  59    3 0x816d0000 0x8000     0x7000     com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily (1.5) <51 6 5 4 2>
  60    2 0x81710000 0x6000     0x5000     com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily (1.5) <59 51 6 5 4 2>
  61    1 0x81739000 0x17000    0x16000    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice (2.0.9) <55 51 6 5 4 2>
  62    1 0x8175e000 0x5000     0x4000     com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily (1.5) <60 59 51 6 5 4 2>
  63    0 0x8178b000 0x16000    0x15000    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice (2.0.9) <62 61 60 59 55 51 6 5 4 2>
  64    0 0x7947a000 0x4000     0x3000     com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite (3.2.0) <38 5 4>
  65    1 0x794ff000 0x9000     0x8000     com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily (9.4) <7 6 5 4 2>
  66    1 0x7950d000 0x9000     0x8000     com.apple.driver.Apple16X50Serial (1.9) <65 17 12>
  67    0 0x79516000 0x2000     0x1000     com.apple.driver.Apple16X50ACPI (1.9) <66 18 12>
  68    3 0x79518000 0x1d000    0x1c000    com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily (1.7.3) <17 7 6 5 4>
  69    2 0x7968d000 0xe000     0xd000     com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport (1.7.3) <68 17 7 6 5 4>
  70    2 0x8fc5f000 0x25f000   0x25e000   com.apple.NVDAResman (5.4.4) <69 68 17 6 5 4 2>
  71    0 0x8febe000 0x254000   0x253000   com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal (5.4.4) <70 5 4>
  72    2 0x796c7000 0x16000    0x15000    com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily (1.6.1) <7 6 5 4 2>
  73    0 0x7969b000 0x5000     0x4000     com.psystar.driver.RealtekR1000 (1.8.1) <72 17 7 6 5 4 2>
  76    2 0x796dd000 0x9000     0x8000     com.apple.driver.AppleSMC (2.2.1d2) <18 7 6 5 4>
  77    1 0x796e6000 0xe000     0xd000     com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily (3.4.0d10) <12 4>
  78    0 0x796f4000 0x12000    0x11000    com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin (3.4.0d10) <77 76 18 17 12 7 6 5 4>
  79    2 0x796b8000 0x7000     0x6000     com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily (1.6.8a3) <6 5 4 2>
  80    0 0x79706000 0x10000    0xf000     com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController (1.6.8a3) <79 17 6 5 4 2>
  81    0 0x79716000 0x5000     0x4000     com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver (3.2.2) <38 27 6 5 4>
  82    0 0x80c3a000 0x98000    0x97000    com.apple.GeForce (5.4.4) <70 69 68 17 12 6 5 4 2>
  84    0 0x797c2000 0x10000    0xf000     com.apple.driver.DiskImages (199) <51 7 6 5 4 2>
  86    1 0x797d8000 0x3000     0x2000     com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib (1.1) <6 5>
  87    3 0x7989b000 0x17000    0x16000    com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily (1.6.9fc3) <86 6 5 4 2>
  88    0 0x797db000 0x4000     0x3000     com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver (1.0.6) <87 6 5 4 2>
  89    1 0x80f35000 0x71000    0x70000    com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib (1.6.8a3) <87 6 5 4 2>
  90    0 0x8079d000 0x69000    0x68000    com.apple.driver.AppleHDA (1.6.8a3) <89 87 79 6 5 4 2>
  91    0 0x7987e000 0x3000     0x2000     com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X (6.0.3) <76 7 5 4 2>
  93    0 0x799b1000 0x9000     0x8000     com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP (1.7.7) <72 46 6 5 4 2>
  95    0 0x80ba3000 0xb000     0xa000     com.apple.filesystems.autofs (2.0.2) <7 6 5 4 2>
  96    0 0x808da000 0x3000     0x2000     com.bresink.driver.BRESINKx86Monitoring (3.1) <12>
  97    0 0x80bae000 0x5000     0x4000     com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor (1.9d0) <6 5 4>
  98    0 0x808d3000 0x2000     0x1000     com.increw.kext.speedit (0.32) <12 5 4 2>

 

Any suggestions or debugging tips would be gratefully appreciated. Thanks again.

--Joe

[Mishar]

Thanks to everyone in this forum for all their hard work and sharing their findings. It's much appreciated.

I've had my system working well for about a year now, and it's been running great so far.

I just updated and started the reinstall with the new Chameleon V2.0 RC2 and everything seems to be just working like butter now.

 

There is however one thing that I still haven't figured out.

When I resume from sleep, my display is always squashed half the size horizontally (left side of the screen). I have an ASUS Geforce 7600GS 256MB Video Card, and my suspicion is, that it has something to do with this card specifically.

 

If anyone knows about this problem, or can point me in the right direction, that would be very helpful.

 

I've searched and searched and searched some more, but have yet to find anything about this.....I attached a quick pic just in case I wasn't clear as to the symptoms.

 

 

JPTSetMe -> Have you set the -f flag in the com.apple.Boot.plist in the /Extra folder. I missed that the first time around and everything worked for me except the sound. I just re-installed everything and everything except my resume (and front mic probably) is working great now, including the firewire which was iffy with RC1.

[JPTSetMe]

JPTSetMe -> Have you set the -f flag in the com.apple.Boot.plist in the /Extra folder. I missed that the first time around and everything worked for me except the sound. I just re-installed everything and everything except my resume (and front mic probably) is working great now, including the firewire which was iffy with RC1.

 

I used the "Tag cache rebuild" option in kext helper to rebuild the cache, and I believed it had done it b/c the Cache folder date changed when I rebooted. But on your suggestion I tried adding the -f key/string to the com.apple.Boot.plist in my L/P/SystemConfiguration folder. This did not seem to make a difference.

 

[Note that I don't have any kexts in the /Extra folder b/c I did my install in January before the process became more refined.]

 

Still interested if anyone has suggestions for how to debug the problem. i.e. does my kextstat output look like the correct kexts are loaded? How do I translate from the names of the kext directories to the IDs listed by kextstat? Should I be able to forcibly load the kexts with kextload? (I have tried this without success, but would be interested in knowing what I should see.) Any other diagnostic suggestions?

 

Thanks again everyone!

[gmacman]

I used the "Tag cache rebuild" option in kext helper to rebuild the cache, and I believed it had done it b/c the Cache folder date changed when I rebooted. But on your suggestion I tried adding the -f key/string to the com.apple.Boot.plist in my L/P/SystemConfiguration folder. This did not seem to make a difference.

 

[Note that I don't have any kexts in the /Extra folder b/c I did my install in January before the process became more refined.]

 

Still interested if anyone has suggestions for how to debug the problem. i.e. does my kextstat output look like the correct kexts are loaded? How do I translate from the names of the kext directories to the IDs listed by kextstat? Should I be able to forcibly load the kexts with kextload? (I have tried this without success, but would be interested in knowing what I should see.) Any other diagnostic suggestions?

 

Thanks again everyone!

 

I realize this is a major undertaking, but I would do a full backup of your current system and then start over from scratch with the Chameleon method we have here. Doing a mix-n-match by adding the Chameleon with the key /Extra folder to your original install may be the issue. A clean install is (IMO) always the best answer.

[lateralusman]

Can anyone tell me how to change the boot resolution? (So the apple boot screen logo is smaller) On my other install I was able to use UIinstaller.

[gmacman]

Today Apple released 10.5.8 which for real Macs "the 10.5.8 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Leopard..."

 

However, hold your horses.

 

With your Hackintosh I highly recommend holding off doing the update until some brave souls (like me for example) do trial run. If you wish to test it out it is vital you have a backup method to return you to your stable version OS X you're running.

 

IMO the best way to do this is to have a separate partition in which you create a clone of your boot drive (using SuperDuper or CCC) and then installing Chameleon on that backup disk. Then you can install 10.5.8 and play around and see if anything is broken. If you have anything wrong you can merely boot (at the Chameleon boot screen) to your backup disk. Obviously your backup boot disk must be recognized by Chameleon which is why I use a separate partition within my Hackintosh (i.e., internal drive). Although I believe a USB external hard drive would work (but don't quote me on that).

 

I'm a bit busy for the next couple of days but will do a complete backup (clone) of my machine either tonight or tomorrow and then give 10.5.8 a test drive on Friday. I'll report back any findings. Perhaps others with good safety nets (i.e., clone backups) can also give it a go and provide some feedback.

[Terc]

Anyone care to post a diff? Maybe just a diff for the kexts (lists all modified kexts) ?

[bigpoppa206]

Today Apple released 10.5.8 which for real Macs "the 10.5.8 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Leopard..."

 

However, hold your horses.

 

With your Hackintosh I highly recommend holding off doing the update until some brave souls (like me for example) do trial run.

 

Or ME! Had a spare hard drive, clean installed 10.5.6, used the combo updater to install 10.5.8, used the kext package from the first post of this thread and installed Chameleon 2.0 RC2 as my bootloader. Everything is fine except on restart you have no sound. I DO HAVE SOUND, but you have to go to preferences and set the output, that's all. No crashes so far. But it's only been 5 minutes since the install and I am posting from that drive right now. YMMV.

[BillaBongo]

I upgraded my perfect working 10.5.7 to 10.5.8 using the recommending settings posted here...

 

No problems what so ever, everything is working great.

 

Seems that my copy times to my time machine capsule have improved? why, I don't know...

 

So, that makes 2 people.. no issues.

 

K.I.S.S. = Chameleon 2 RC2, Original unmodified S/L/E folder...

 

Works great!

 

*** UPDATE ***

 

I noticed 2 things since I have installed the newest Chameleon 2 RC2 that might be of use for all of us.

 

1. Chameleon now includes built in driver for our ethernet! - You can dump the RealtekR1000.kext as it is NOT needed

 

2. Chameleon 2 RC2 now includes drivers to make Nvidia work by default and you need to kill any EFI statement in the boot.plist in the extra/ folder. HOWEVER my 8600GT did not work, so I added the EFI back.

 

ENJOY

[waynegretzky]

10.5.8 rendered Sleep mode unusable for me, which is kind of a bummer since everything else works so well.

[bigpoppa206]

10.5.8 rendered Sleep mode unusable for me, which is kind of a bummer since everything else works so well.

I thought sleep was hit or miss on this board anyway, wasn't it? Or did everyone finally get it to behave properly? I would always just turn off all the energy saving and sleep features and live with it. My old ASUS P5W DH Deluxe used to sleep beautifully with Leopard.

[Terc]

I've done the update on my UD3P board... all is well except sound. I should have that up and running tonight. My guess - the driver version is now higher, so the one in Extra is getting overwritten by the new one in S/L/E.

[SavvyX4]

I updated my system this morning, and have everything working, including sound. I am one of those who installed before this method was available and had some remnants of my original install in S/L/E. After the update I had no sound (which was normal for me after doing a system update), but this time I wanted to install the sound drivers in /E/E. I tried dropping the sound drivers from the install pack in, and after a reboot the system recognized that I had sound hardware, but none of the outputs were working. I ended up removing my old HDAEnabler.kext from S/L/E and rebooting, after which I was able to select a working output and I am fully back up and running.

[Envying]

Just a question, I have an older MB P35-DS3R, I was trying to put my sata drive to native IDE instead of AHCI mode, but end it up booting slowly in OS X. Because if I use AHCI, BIOS booting time will be longer...

 

Is there a special kext I need to patch for ICH9R?

[waynegretzky]

I thought sleep was hit or miss on this board anyway, wasn't it? Or did everyone finally get it to behave properly? I would always just turn off all the energy saving and sleep features and live with it. My old ASUS P5W DH Deluxe used to sleep beautifully with Leopard.

 

I can't really comment about hit or miss since I literally bought the UD3R two days ago, but it seemed to be working with 10.5.7. Hitting the Sleep command from the Apple menu would result in an instant hardware power down to the point where the hardware actually stopped. Now the machine seems to want to sleep, but the hardware keeps spinning and the OS refuses to come out of sleep

[JFLNYC]

Longtime lurker here who is very grateful for all the help I've gotten.

 

I updated to 10.5.8 today and everything went fine except I have no sound devices on one of my machines (oddly I did not have the same problem on another machine and both are EP45-UD3R). I'm unclear which audio kexts to use and whether they should be installed in S/L/E or in my Chameleon "Extras" folder. Could someone kindly walk me through it?

 

Thanks very much for any help.

[nano2nd]

Just installed the combo updater. Two reboots and its working great. No issues - sound, network all OK.

 

Note though that my install went straight to 10.5.7 previously - used a MacBook to create the disk with a retail 10.5 disk plus the 10.5.7 combo updater and then applied Chameleon and the May 20th Pack from this thread. So YMMV.

 

OK just to clear one point up - sleep never worked on my install. Not tested it yet so as far as I'm concerned its all as good as before. If sleep is fixed then thats a bonus but I doubt the update will solve something h/w specific like sleep for me..