a7mc Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I've been trying to get a SL install working for the past 48 hours on my Asus P5E (no other letters... just P5E). I just cannot get it to boot after installing. It installs fine, I follow all the steps in the guides out there (tried about 6 different ones so far, all fairly similar). Then I reboot, boot into SL with -x32 -v (64bit causes kernel panic) and it starts to load... then stops at acpi_smc_platformplugin with a "timed out" message and goes nowhere. I've tried every combination of DSDT, fakesmc and dsmos there is... it just won't go. So... I'm guessing my motherboard is having compatibility issues. I wouldn't mind getting a new board if it means a working SL install, but I do have specific requirements as this is a video editing rig. What I need in a MB: - 4 (or more) working SATA ports - at least 2 Firewire ports - 4 memory banks for DDR2 SDram - Support for Q9300 (2.5Ghz Core2Quad) CPU Any suggestions? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ppg Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I've been trying to get a SL install working for the past 48 hours on my Asus P5E (no other letters... just P5E). I just cannot get it to boot after installing. It installs fine, I follow all the steps in the guides out there (tried about 6 different ones so far, all fairly similar). Then I reboot, boot into SL with -x32 -v (64bit causes kernel panic) and it starts to load... then stops at acpi_smc_platformplugin with a "timed out" message and goes nowhere. I've tried every combination of DSDT, fakesmc and dsmos there is... it just won't go. So... I'm guessing my motherboard is having compatibility issues. I wouldn't mind getting a new board if it means a working SL install, but I do have specific requirements as this is a video editing rig. What I need in a MB: - 4 (or more) working SATA ports - at least 2 Firewire ports - 4 memory banks for DDR2 SDram - Support for Q9300 (2.5Ghz Core2Quad) CPU Any suggestions? Thanks. Just for your reference, I would suggest GA-EP43-DS3R. It meets all your requirements. I have this board with 9800GT, gfx, audio and network all working in both 32/64-bit. Beside those basic kexts (fakesmc.kext, ...) only extra 1 kext is added to make ALC888 work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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