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I followed this guide and all works except two things.

 

USB apple keyboard is not recognized. I have 10.5.8 on another drive and it works just fine. PS/2 Keyboards work just fine in Snow Leo as well.

 

Also Realtek connects to wifi but nothing happens. In System prefs>network shows that it is active but cannot obtain a proper IP address. Wired ethernet works just fine. Any ideas?

 

Running 10.6.3 from retail disc. Graphics, Sound, Ethernet, USB2 all work just fine.

 

 

Thanks.

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So after searching the forum and thinking about to do an update from my 10.5.8 Hackintosh (kalyway 10.5.2 install and iDeneb update), i luckily came to this Blog: http://prasys.co.cc/

 

And the Empire EFI from Pradeesh sounded really nice and i have given it a try and it was sooo easy.

No Hacking, no DSDT patching required.

Original Vanilla Kernel and 64-bit Mode enabled…

 

Just updated to 10.6.2. There you have be carefull but is even relative easy if you do all Steps as declared.

 

 

First of all my big respect to the following people who made this possible:

of Course

  • the master chief himself: Netkas from Russia, can be found on: www.netkas.org
  • Pradeesh from Malaysia can be found here: http://prasys.co.cc/
  • Conti http://osx86.sojugarden.com/
  • and a lot of others people i'm sadly don't know the Names for suppling the Kexts…

 

The installation is based on Empire EFi and myHack

 

I'm running the following hardware:

* Asus P5W DH Deluxe not latest Bios should be 2.5X or 2.6x

* Core2DUO E2600

* Nvidia 7600 gt

* 4gb of Ram

* several HDDs (500gb Sata for Snow Leopard)

* IDE DVD Drive

* the BIOS Settings are the one from my Kallyway install so have a look over here:

 

 

Steps you have to do

  1. Buy a legal Copy of Snow Leopard
  2. Download Empire efi (Version 1.0) http://prasys.co.cc/2009/10/empire-efi/
  3. unzip and burn containig iso to cd (i used disk utility from hackintosh 10.5.8 – use what ever your want) burn slowly, not highest availabl speed. I made it with 8x
  4. Download Kext helper app from http://www.kexts.com/
  5. Download the Kexts (VoodooHDA.kext, USB2 ECHI kext, NVenabler.kext from http://www.kexts.com/
  6. Download Wifi Driver http://www.megaupload.com/?d=D1BOPR2I
  7. put in the CD
  8. Restart your PC/hackintosh and boot from CD (with inserted burned Empire EFI CD)
  9. After the empire Efi Screen Shows up (Darth Vader in the background) put CD out and put the Original
  10. Snow Leopard DVD in
  11. Press F5 – wait till it shows up on the screen (the SNow Leopard CD), select it and press enter (may take a while)
  12. Wait
  13. Start the usual Snow Leopard Installation Progress. Maybe you have to format your Harddrive via (Additional Software-> Disk Utility) and format/partition it to GUID
  14. Install Snow Leopard
  15. When the install has got finished, put Leopard DVD out
  16. Put the CD with Empire EfI back in your DVD and restart from CD again
  17. Now When Empire EFI shows up choose the Hard drive you installed Snow Leopard to
  18. and Hit Enter
  19. Then the usuall progress with timezones and adding an user… from Snow Leopard will appear (don't copy yout settings from an other Mac)
  20. When you are booted in Snow Leopard with an new User
  21. Go to the (Empire EFI) CD, there in the Folder: Extra/Post-Installation start: my-hack installer.mpkg and install myhack to your new Snow Leopard harddrive.
  22. Reboot without CD
  23. Install Kexts: VoodooHDA.kext, USB2 ECHI, for nvdia graphics, the Snow Leopard NVenabler kext. With Kext helper app.
  24. Install Wifi Driver Realtek …
  25. Restart
  26. fall in love with Snow Leopard ;-)

 

Now everything should be up and running smooth – if so decide to support the People who made this possible: netkas, Conti, Pradeesh, insanelymac.com, apple …

 

For Installing the Softwareupdate 10.6.2

I first messed things up so I'm not really shure if it works but in generall i have done this:

 

  1. Backup Your /Extra and /Library/Extenisons Folder
  2. Download 10.6.2 Combo Update from Apple
  3. Install Combo update but DON'T restart
  4. Then reinstall your backed up Kexts
  5. and replace in /Library/Extensions the files contained in this Package http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4MDBCGL8 thanks to MacDude (for Graphic nvidia 7XXX to Work)
  6. And replace in /Extra the new NullCPU...kext from Netkas
  7. then run Cont's Script via Terminal to do this (after every Line Enter ;-)):
  8. open Terminal
  9. sudo -s
  10. your password
  11. cd /Volumes/yourharddrivenameinstead
  12. ./pfix
  13. /Volumes/yourharddrivenameinstead
  14. restart

 

If you get KernelPanic

do this at Empire EFI boot:

press any key and then -x32 and Enter

 

Then Run Cont's pfix Script again and Repair Permissions with Disk Utility.

 

 

That's it Folks

Hope to help yaa out with some answers ;-)

 

Thanks so much for the guide, was able to install everything perfectly...

I now need help updating...

 

So, I have successfully installed SL 10.6 using the Empire Efi boot cd and the Retail copy of SL 10.6.

The only thing I had to do to get everything working was, deleating the AppleHPET.kext (to get the usb working at full speed).

 

Installed the following kexts:

 

-NVEnabler 64.kext (for video)

-VoodooHDA.kext (for sound)

-AppleUSBEHCI.kext & AppleUSBUHCI (for usb)

-AppleACPIPS2Nub.kext & VoodooPS2Controller.kext (for PS2 keyboard support)

 

And finally installed the Realtek RTL8187 driver to enable Wifi.

 

Everything is running flawlessly the thing is I need to update in order to be able and install some applications such as iLife and Autodesk Alias Studio.

 

What are the steps I have to take in order to successfully update SL to at least 10.6.3 without messing anything up?

 

I'm afraid of doing so and messing all my work so far...

 

I did a forum search but couldn't find anything specific...

 

My system is:

Asus P5W DH Deluxe

6GB RAM DDR2

Intel Core 2 Duo E6400

XFX GeForce 7600GT XXX Edition

 

Any info is welcome, thanks in advance!

Cheers,

 

 

Bruce

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I have almost identical hardware-

 

Asus P5W DH Deluxe

Nvidia 7300GT

4GB 800 MHz

Intel Dual core

 

I just ran through the method and updated to 10.6.8 but I can't get it to sleep. This feature is a must have for me.

 

I press the power button and it looks like it has gone to sleep, except for one case fan which is still spinning quietly. When I see that, I know the machine won't wake again. Any ideas why that happens?

 

I have tried to install snow leopard ~10 times using [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url]/rebel efi and have got everything else working but this sleep problem always happens.

 

I've set my BIOS to the original Lifehacker guidelines - the Leopard 10.5.1 Kalyway on a separate hdd sleeps and wakes fine - so perhaps the BIOS settings are fine.

 

SleepEnabler.kext for snow leopard hasn't helped.

 

Can anyone suggest a checklist to troubleshoot sleep for a hackintosh?

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For Installing the Softwareupdate 10.6.2

I first messed things up so I'm not really shure if it works but in generall i have done this:

  1. Backup Your /Extra and /Library/Extenisons Folder
  2. Download 10.6.2 Combo Update from Apple
  3. Install Combo update but DON'T restart
  4. Then reinstall your backed up Kexts
  5. and replace in /Library/Extensions the files contained in this Package http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4MDBCGL8 thanks to MacDude (for Graphic nvidia 7XXX to Work)
  6. And replace in /Extra the new NullCPU...kext from Netkas
  7. then run Cont's Script via Terminal to do this (after every Line Enter ;-)):
  8. open Terminal
  9. sudo -s
  10. your password
  11. cd /Volumes/yourharddrivenameinstead
  12. ./pfix
  13. /Volumes/yourharddrivenameinstead
  14. restart

 

If you get KernelPanic

do this at Empire EFI boot:

press any key and then -x32 and Enter

 

Then Run Cont's pfix Script again and Repair Permissions with Disk Utility.

 

 

Does anyone have the kext files for the 10.6.2 update? Since megaupload is down, i cannot get these files. Thanks for your help

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Would someone please tell me where I can find the wifi drivers (ie. kext file) for the Asus P5W (bios 3002)? There's nothing at the end of the link provided at the top of the page. I have been searching around and haven't been able to find anything that works. Soooo frustrating. I have 10.6.8 installed but no wifi hence no internet.

 

Any instructions on how to get the wifi working would be much appreciated.

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