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[MikOnMac]

In mobo I have
i7 2600,
4 GByre RAM 2x2,
old 8400GS working perfectly on other builds

Using [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] 3.0.4, HackBoot V6 and other boot cd and Retail SL 10.6.3.
When swap to SL DVD I have an ACPI kernel panic. See attacment.

This is what I have set in bios:
- Intel Turbo Memory = Disabled
- ACPI Settings = S3
- SATA mode = AHCI
- CPU Config:
- Boot Freq Ratio = 32/30/29/...
- Hyper-Threading = Disabled
- EIST = Disabled
- C1E = Enabled / Disabled
- CPU Thermal Monitor = Disabled
- CPU C3 Report = Enabled / Disabled
- CPU C6 Report = Enabled / Disabled
- HPET = Enabled
- Internal HDMI Audio = Disabled

And various combination of them.

Tried flag -x -v busratio=29/30/32... cpus=1 and various combination.
Windows 7 64bit installed and working perfectly, so no hardware problem on build.
I tried both bios version F2 and F3 with same results.

Thanks to all in advance for help.

Attached Files

•  acpi_kp.jpg   122.57KB   316 downloads

[marquix]

How did you get the 10.7.4 kernel installed, where did you get it?

In mobo I have
i7 2600,
4 GByre RAM 2x2,
old 8400GS working perfectly on other builds

Using [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] 3.0.4, HackBoot V6 and other boot cd and Retail SL 10.6.3.
When swap to SL DVD I have an ACPI kernel panic. See attacment.

This is what I have set in bios:
- Intel Turbo Memory = Disabled
- ACPI Settings = S3
- SATA mode = AHCI
- CPU Config:
- Boot Freq Ratio = 32/30/29/...
- Hyper-Threading = Disabled
- EIST = Disabled
- C1E = Enabled / Disabled
- CPU Thermal Monitor = Disabled
- CPU C3 Report = Enabled / Disabled
- CPU C6 Report = Enabled / Disabled
- HPET = Enabled
- Internal HDMI Audio = Disabled

And various combination of them.

Tried flag -x -v busratio=29/30/32... cpus=1 and various combination.
Windows 7 64bit installed and working perfectly, so no hardware problem on build.
I tried both bios version F2 and F3 with same results.

Thanks to all in advance for help.

[MikOnMac]

How did you get the 10.7.4 kernel installed, where did you get it?

It is not installed.
I boot from [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] 3.0.4 from tonymacx86 and then swap on 10.6.3. DVD.

[MikOnMac]

It seems I'm the first to try SL installation on this mobo.
It is a very interesting mobo for audio producers and musicians because it has 2 legacy PCI that should work with Digidesign HD PCI-X cards and Protools 8 and 9.

[MikOnMac]

This screenshots show the sequence of the boot process:
From HD with 10.6.7 [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] and bridgehelper installed on another pc:




Here the screenshots for boot from [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] and then swapped SL DVD with -x


or



Sorry for bad quality but I have recorded screen with camera.

[MikOnMac]

It seems that with this mobo there are ACPI problem also with other OS.
Look here for example.

Updatet to F4 bios and mobo now seems completely dead, can't boot neither in bios!
In F4 Gigabyte bios update comment there is
"Fixed system can't power-on after updating BIOS by Q-Flash"... thank goodness!
And there isn't dual bios.
How can now resume broken bios?

[VooD]

It seems that with this mobo there are ACPI problem also with other OS.
Look here for example.

Updatet to F4 bios and mobo now seems completely dead, can't boot neither in bios!
In F4 Gigabyte bios update comment there is
"Fixed system can't power-on after updating BIOS by Q-Flash"... thank goodness!
And there isn't dual bios.
How can now resume broken bios?

That happened to me a couple of time after updating bioses. Try to follow your motherboard's proceduro to clear the cmos. Also completly disconnecting the mobo from the power supplu might help.

[MikOnMac]

Mobo is dead. I'm contacting vendor for warranty replacement.

[MikOnMac]

The mobo returned from maintenance but still non way to boot in OS X. With a GA-Z68MA I managed to boot 10.6.7, 10.6.8 and Lion (10.7).
With same HD, changing only mobo, no way to boot, neither with safe (-x) nor single user mode (-s).
With 10.6.7 and 10.6.8 the problem is still KP on ACPI.
With Lion I have a reset at boot, at some point before graphics init, either with safe and single user mode.
Now I'm investigating on this point.

[VooD]

Here's a DSDT.aml fixed automatically with DSDTFixer from evosx86 guys. If that doesn't work I'll look into fixing it manually.


 DSDT.aml.zip   10.51KB   58 downloads

Remember, just unzip it, and put it in /Extra folder. Also be sure you are using the 10.6.8 or Lion version. If you are using Lion you need one of the latest Lion compatible Chameleon versions.

Take pictures to see how far you reach with this DSDT.aml.
I hope we have success. This seems the ONLY compatible 1155 mobo easily avaible everywhere .

On the other hand, I'm not so sure about Protools HD not working in non Q67-Q65-B65-C20x mobos. Some Asus mobos have a different pci bridge than the Gigabyte ones (which are the only which have been reported as non working with PT)

EDIT: if the DSDT was extracted from F3 bios, you need that bios installed. Also don't forget to include the disabler.kext in /Extra/Extensions
Also if you are trying with Lion keep in mind you need a different FakeSMC.kext at your /Extra/Extensions

Here is latest Chameleon which includes different kext depending on the OS X version you are (Lion or Snow)
 Chameleon_2.0_RC5_r1173_bin.zip   1.39MB   97 downloads

[MikOnMac]

Thanks.
In this topic MaLd0n sent me a patched DSDT because DSDT Auto Patcher gave me some compilation errors.
It was for F3 bios.
Now I need a F5 version. But I will try the non uefi f2 bios first. I think DSDT is a secondary step.

[VooD]

Thanks.
In this topic MaLd0n sent me a patched DSDT because DSDT Auto Patcher gave me some compilation errors.
It was for F3 bios.
Now I need a F5 version. But I will try the non uefi f2 bios first. I think DSDT is a secondary step.

According to what I've seen in the F3 DSDT, a modded DSDT is essential to get this mobo working.
This motherboard (surprisingly) doesn't include many of the OS X DSDT specific fix which Gigabyte have been including in their latest motherboard as default.

So don't understimate the need for a fixed DSDT.
If you have windows working you can extract your current DSDT with IASL.EXE and this command

IASL -g

Send me the files which this command creates and I'll create a fixed DSDT.aml for F5

[MikOnMac]

OK.
I have to reinstall windows or I can use a Linux live... it will take less time.
I'll send it late this evening.

Link me also a tutorial to do this myself (for my knowledge).

Thanks.

[VooD]

OK.
I have to reinstall windows or I can use a Linux live... it will take less time.
I'll send it late this evening.

Link me also a tutorial to do this myself (for my knowledge).

Thanks.

I guess you can get the dsdt from linux but, it's linux working? Probably you have to set the acpi=off flag. Also you need the iasl binary for linux.
About how to patch the dsdt, I mainly follow the instructions in DSDTSE from Evosx86 guys, and also some self-knowledges.

Just to sum up a bit and be sure we all are taking in mind the basic steps. In order to run osx in that motherboard you need:

- A properly configured bios: AHCI on, (you better disable hyperthreading by now), HPET on, etc...

- An already clear 10.6.8 / 10.7.0 installed system. You don't need bridgehelper at all. Both system have native sandybridge support.

- Latest Chameleon installed http://www.insanelym...p...st&id=98264
If you are not too used to command line just use any of those chameleon (not [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url]) installers, and then replace the boot file in the root with the one in the /i386 folder in the zip I've posted.
Also create an /Extra folder and put there the fixed DSDT.aml, the included smbios.plist, and a Extensions folder with:

AHCIPortInjector.kext
ATAPortInjector.kext
IOAHCIBlockStorageInjector.kext

and the Disabler.kext and fakesmc.kext for the OS X version you have installed.

Also keep in mind apple.com.boot.plist in /Extra is no longer used in newest Chameleon. The file has to be named: org.chameleon.Boot.plist

This is all you need in order to get OS X working at a basic level. Additionally you might need to add one or several of these kernel flags:

PCIRootUID=1
maxmem= 4096
busratio=29
npci=0×2000

[MikOnMac]

AHCIPortInjector.kext
ATAPortInjector.kext
IOAHCIBlockStorageInjector.kext

and the Disabler.kext and fakesmc.kext for the OS X version you have installed.

Windows is almost inslalled ...
Where can I find right kexts?

[VooD]

Windows is almost inslalled ...
Where can I find right kexts?

They are in the chamaleon file I posted earlier.

[MikOnMac]

Here is DSDT from windows for F5 bios.

Another question... if I want to use internal Intel HD video card, is some other patch needed?

Attached Files

•  dsdt_A.zip   22.05KB   11 downloads

[VooD]

Here is DSDT from windows for F5 bios.

Another question... if I want to use internal Intel HD video card, is some other patch needed?

I don't think is supported, and in fact I read this motherboard had kernel panic in Linux if you try to use the internal card.

[MikOnMac]

Ubuntu 11.04 live started fine .. but with a discrete 8400 GS video card ..

[MaLd0n]

Here is DSDT from windows for F5 bios.

Another question... if I want to use internal Intel HD video card, is some other patch needed?

Without Video
 dsdt_01.aml.zip   10.54KB   55 downloads

Video(Intel HD video)
_DSM into device
 dsdt.02.zip   10.55KB   33 downloads
kext Lion
 AppleIntelSNBGraphicsFB.kext.zip   217.88KB   35 downloads
Thanks to rimmi2002(kext)