jl_zao Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Hi folks, Next week I'll be building my first computer, with a Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3R motherboard and an i5 750 cpu. I'd love to be able to make this computer into a hackintosh, and I've been reading a lot of the installation guides, but I still haven't found one that's directly for Snow Leopard with an i5/i7 board. If anyone can point me in a general direction (maybe there are other guides that might be worth trying, even if they aren't specific to my motherboard?), or has had success, please help me out. I know there is one guide from some guys in S Korea about installing 10.5.6 on this motherboard, but what about Snow Leopard? I'm patient and don't insist on doing this right away, but I do have my usb drive and my retail Snow Leopard disc ready whenever a guide does surface. Thanks in advance, Jeremy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tapper00` Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 It will be a little while before we see a guide specifically for the i5, as it was just launched. There are some guides here in the forum for i7. But Installation will be pretty much the same for all the gigabyte boards. Restore install dvd to usb stick with chameleon and netkas 10.1. You should only need like 4 kexts in the extra folder. fakesmc, openhaltrestart, platformuuid and nullcpupm.(Maybe sleepenabler if you have problems with that). Installing macOSX has never been easier than Snow Leopard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeAngry Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Me myself, I'm worrying a bit if it will be even possible at this point. A lot of things about these new Core i5 and i7 chips is different from the previous generation i7. The PCIe controller for example has been transferred from the NB to the CPU so that P55 motherboards don't even need a NB anymore! As I'm standing at the point of where I'll be building a new Hack soon, I'm facing the dilemma of buying an i7 920 with X58 board, or buying an i7 860 with P55 board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrilmtl Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 No news on snow leopard on a i5 board ? (like the P55-ud4p from gigabyte ?) I am seriously looking at that board for my new hackintosh/windows 7 computer. C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pechspilz Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 I have this board and it constantly reboots with chameleon RC3 after the initial GUI. I don't even get to see the Apple boot logo. At this point I'd say: don't buy it yet if you plan to hackintosh it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver.Fox Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 I have this board and it constantly reboots with chameleon RC3 after the initial GUI. I don't even get to see the Apple boot logo. At this point I'd say: don't buy it yet if you plan to hackintosh it. I get exactly the same issue albeit I'm using an i7-860. In fact this is what I see when I try and boot: Loaded HFS+ /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist Loading Darwin 10.6 Loading kernel mach_kernel Loaded HFS+ [mach_kernel] LoadDrivers [system/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/Extensions.mkext] Loaded System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/Extensions.mkext efi_inject_get_devprop_string NULL trying stringdata Loaded /Extra/smbios.pllist Patched DMI table Loaded HFS+ [Extra/DSDT.aml] PatchACPI version 1 DSDT Starting Darwin x86_64 THEN BAM - it resets the computer and I have to start again. No amount of messing around has changed the result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pechspilz Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 Seems to be a kernel problem. I was able to boot to safe mode in 10.5.8 using a Qoopz kernel (9.8.0 v2) and chameleon rc3 (netkas bootloader didn't work). I was unable to start the Mac OS GUI though, there's always some sort of WindowServer connection error. There's an existing Parallels installation on the drive I use... maybe it is incompatible with the Qoopz kernel (I'm using the file mach_kernel so that's not the problem). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruxado Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 No news on snow leopard on a i5 board ? (like the P55-ud4p from gigabyte ?)I am seriously looking at that board for my new hackintosh/windows 7 computer. C. I'm also looking for a review on the Gigabyte GA-P55-UD4P Mother Board. I would like to upgrade my P4 which is having problems running the Leopard Server I have installed in it. Consequently with this new upgrade I'm planning in buying a legit copy of Snow Leopard from Apple... or EBay... in order to run it Natively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsmurf Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 I'm righting a guide as we speak. You guys should be pleased. And now we know that support will only get better since Apple now uses the platform! So coming up. Retail install guide for: Gigabyte P55-UD4P, Intel Core i5 2.6Ghz, BFG NVidia GTX260. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffrey1790 Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 I'm thinking about purchasing this board for a hackintosh. Since I want to get an i5/i7, would you recommend me getting this board strictly for mac osx86 use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsmurf Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 So far outlook not so good, I'm having tons of issues! First off I get "VBL too high issues" which apparently are related to the gfx. I tried with both methods . Efi string and bootgraphics=y as well as NVEnabler+EVGA Kexts failed at solving the issue. When I play video it seems like it's playing too fast. I have all "turbo" options off in the bios. sysctl hw seems to be reporting my speeds properly. When I plug a usb device I get weird timing/sync errors and sounds is choppy skipping and plain fails. I did get RTL8111 native in 32bit and hda working. But the frequency issues are ruining it all! What the hell is wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everdone Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 I have 10.6.1 working in 32 bit mode on a P55-UD3R board using Digital_Dreamers Install script (in Tutorials forum see the thread on 10.6.1 on X58-UD5) with the addition of Qoopz's Snow kernel. The Vanilla kernel gives the reboot problem after files load during install. I use an EFI string for a nVidia 9500 GT card. Both audio and ethernet work after choosing the proper kexts, for the UD3R board this is a LegacyHDA.kext and the IONetworkingFamily kext from the 10.5 kext folder. The only needed BIOS change is to set SATA for AHCI and I set HPET for 64 bit. If you have a working 10.6 you can install directly by connecting the drive for the new computer to that working install. Perform items 2 thru 5 - do not run the DSDT mod until the HD is in the new computer. If you don't have a working 10.6, you will need two HDs in your new computer (at least to start) and one of the 10.5.6 distros (xXx86 and iPC work). Start by loading the distro on a HD (you will need "busratio=20" without the quotes as a boot flag) to load the distro and to run 10.5.6. Once 10.5 is running you can now install 10.6 using DD's script. Take note of the one time requirement to boot singlemode (-s) at the first boot into 10.6. these instructions are given on the first page of DD's thread. Once you have that version of 10.6 running, now erase the first HD and install your final version of 10.6. As DD explains there are issues with installing 10.6 from 10.5, these can be corrected, but I have found it easier to install my 'real' 10.6 after installing the first 10.6 from 10.5, using the 'temporary' 10.6 install to install the 'real' one from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsmurf Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Yeah I have it installed and booting alright, my issues come afterwards with errors I mentioned earlier 09-10-26 8:17:25 AM kernel IOHIDSystem::relativePointerEventGated: VBL too high (22198888), capping to 20000000 or this when I plug in a perfectly supported USB Audio dongle 09-10-26 8:17:48 AM kernel WARNING: AppleUSBAudio has detected that clock_get_uptime () value changed radically from previous values Video plays too fast also. I'm current using BootGraphics=Yes with efi-string for the GTX260, but I tried NVEnabler and EVGA's driver, was exactly the same thing. I have HPET on set in 64Bit mode, all turbo modes set to off. I really don't know what the deal is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonblood Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 I just want to say i'm getting this board (Gigabyte P55 UD3) tomorrow too It would be great if someone hackintosh experienced who finally managed a good working snowleopard installation will create a tutorial for this board. keep up trying greets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everdone Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 xsmurf: The 'speedup' issue you describe sounds a lot like the problem with the X58 boards when moving from 10.5.6 to 10.5.7 - the 10.5.7 kernel caused the system clock to run at about 133% of normal speed. One could best tell this by looking at the clock, in real time of 30 seconds the computer clock would indicate about 45 seconds had passed. Are you using the SL 10.6.0 kernel or a modified kernel for your install? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsmurf Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 The 'speedup' issue you describe sounds a lot like the problem with the X58 boards when moving from 10.5.6 to 10.5.7 - the 10.5.7 kernel caused the system clock to run at about 133% of normal speed. One could best tell this by looking at the clock, in real time of 30 seconds the computer clock would indicate about 45 seconds had passed. How did you fix it??? I'll look at the clock tonight, I hadn't noticed! EDIT: You're probably right! I tried a different gfx, same result. Playing with smbios solutions as we speak. Are you using the SL 10.6.0 kernel or a modified kernel for your install? I've used Qoopz and lately I got my hand on a 10.6.2 kernel (don't ask, but Qoopz works fine). Same error everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everdone Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 xsmurf: The 'fix' on the X58 board would not be applicable here since it required using Voodoo 9.6 kernel instead of the vanilla 10.5.7. Your signature details indicate you are using Chameleon. Have your tried Netkas PC-EFI bootloader? I am using his PC-EFI v10.5 plus the Qoopz kernel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsmurf Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 xsmurf: The 'fix' on the X58 board would not be applicable here since it required using Voodoo 9.6 kernel instead of the vanilla 10.5.7. Your signature details indicate you are using Chameleon. Have your tried Netkas PC-EFI bootloader? I am using his PC-EFI v10.5 plus the Qoopz kernel. Actually I am using PCEFI 105 also. I've done 4 complete reinstall and no lucks. Hardware CMOS reset, nope. Different gfx card, to no avail. I'm at a loss. Here are some dumps of my setup: http://rapidshare.de/files/48588245/dumps.zip.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strats37 Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Have a look through this thread for some others working on SL on the Gigabyte boards with the Core i5 & i7. http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...t&p=1299586 I've used Qoopz and lately I got my hand on a 10.6.2 kernel (don't ask, but Qoopz works fine). Same error everywhere. So is the 10.6.2 kernel allow a vanilla install or will the scene need to wait for the 10.6.3 kernel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsmurf Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Have a look through this thread for some others working on SL on the Gigabyte boards with the Core i5 & i7. http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...t&p=1299586 I've read this thread, posted in this thread, it does not discuss the current issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arynjon Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Hey, just a thought. I don't have this board yet, but according to the thread linked by previous posters, you need to use a special Chameleon boot file to fix the timing issue. See Tonymacx86's original post for the link. Hope it helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsmurf Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 That's bullcrap, I tried the patched booter, chameleon RC3's and PCEFI 105... same thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llauradog Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 I agree with xsmurf. My set up is GIGABYTE GA-P55-UD4P with an i5 750 and 4GB DDR3 with a Saphire ATI Radeon 4850. I tried using iDeneb 10.6 as well as Chameleon FRC3 with no luck. I am going to try psystar's Rebel EFI and see if I can find an image of the OS X that come in the recent updated (October 2009) iMacs. Let me know if there is anything else that should be tried. -gabriel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsmurf Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 llauradog: Yes there is one more thing to do... use retail. My install worked fine from the start with retail+qoopz+proper dsdt. The only issue was FSB frequency which I've now fixed if you look at the other thread by setting fsb=FSB_SPEED_IN_HERTZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llauradog Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 llauradog: Yes there is one more thing to do... use retail. My install worked fine from the start with retail+qoopz+proper dsdt. The only issue was FSB frequency which I've now fixed if you look at the other thread by setting fsb=FSB_SPEED_IN_HERTZ So you got it working? What did you use? Procedure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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