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[mickeyd453]

Hi

My Lion hack reports itself as an iMac from 2001 but i note that there is not a SMBios.plist present.

If i place one there to be based on a MacPro3,1 then the machine panics on boot. I thought this file was for nothing more than asthetics and could not stop a machine booting.

Does anyone know how i can modify this file so that the machine reports something more representative than it is while not panicing?

thanks

[SuperHack]

That's strange. And have you tried MacPro 4,1? If you can upload your smbios that'd be great so we can see if maybe there is something obvious wrong that was accidentally deleted.

[mickeyd453]

Ok this works but gives 'Mac Pro Early 2008'

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com...yList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>SMfamily</key>
<string>Mac Pro</string>
<key>SMproductname</key>
<string>MacPro3,1</string>
<key>SMboardproduct</key>
<string>Mac-F42C88C8</string>
<key>SMserial</key>
<string>G88451235J4</string>
<key>SMbiosversion</key>
<string>[url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url].tonymacx86.com</string>
</dict>
</plist>

And this KP's

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com...yList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>SMfamily</key>
<string>Mac Pro</string>
<key>SMproductname</key>
<string>MacPro5,1</string>
<key>SMboardproduct</key>
<string>Mac-F221BEC8</string>
<key>SMserial</key>
<string>G8031788GWR</string>
<key>SMbiosversion</key>
<string>[url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url].tonymacx86.com</string>
</dict>
</plist>

Any clue as to how to get it to be a more recent MP ?

thanks

[Noam AA]

Set SMBIOS by your hardware, if it's a PC from 3-4 years ago then use Macpro3,1 and don't chase after "Recent MP" but to the APPROPRIATE macpro you need to use,
if you have KP with Macpro4,1-5,1 then you might need to remove AppleTyMCEDriver.kext from S/L/E to boot,
but still, please choose one that match your hardware as close as possible

[mickeyd453]

well its a 2.5 GHz Quad Core Xeon so i dont think i am chasing anything really -

I'll have a play around

[Noam AA]

not saying you are, but as for my understanding mp3,1 are Quad Core. 4,1 and 5,1 are more to i series (i3,5,7)

[quattrofx]

Look here:

http://www.insanelym...p;#entry1594721

Maybe that can help you choosing appropriate Model identifier .

Cheers
QuattroFX