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[Sithich]

AMD Phenom II x4 820
ASRock 880GXH/USB3
8gb G.SKILL DDR3
Nvidia GTX 470
Using WDC WD6400AAKS for this project. Partitions = 3x30gb + 1x511gb. 1st = 10.7.5, 2nd = 10.8.2, 3rd at the beginning of the process = 10.6.7 - I have since replaced it with Linux Mint 14, using easybcd grub2 autodetect to boot it.

Installed Snow Leopard to 3rd partition.
Installed Lion from inside Snow Leopard via IATKOS V2 (10.7.2) w/  the help of showallfiles & osinstall pkg. Regular options chosen (evoreboot, fakesmc, etc)
Replaced kernel on the Lion drive with mach_kernel_FX_10_7_X_64.zip. (not sure which kernel this is)
Replaced IOPCIFamily.kext with netkas's.
Replaced Finder with DP2 x32 finder.
Installed latest Chameleon.
Used flags: arch=i386 -f npci=0x2000 (<-- was already in the list even if unchecked) GraphicsEnabler=Yes fsb=250000000 busratio=14
Booted.
Updated to 10.7.5 via combo update previously downloaded.
Pointed Chameleon Wiz to a different kernel before rebooting, (from the patched kernels wiki) Bronzovka 10.7.4 kernel [10] [11] (amd_1074_i386_64bit.zip).
Replaced Finder again w/ dp2 x32 from inside leopard. Repaired, voila
Audio took me a while, but it was easy. I got the systeminfo app and saw azalia audio as my hardware, so I went to osx86net and searched for it and used the one dated 10th April 2012. My chip = ALC892. Only 2 channels work - at least it's working though! Sounds good. No popping. No dsdt editing. For my uses it's great as is.

*am not using -legacy flag.
*have not had to do the Xpchelper fix.
*Do have QE/CI. Am using Nvidia's latest drivers for 10.7.5 via nvidia installers.
*Installed Chimera bootloader first before chameleon because of video issues experienced with past installs, I think /extra/modules is created? No clue if that's relevant or helpful. Also, Chameleon saves commands inputed @ bootloader bios screen.. idk how to turn it off other than by installing chimera over it..
*If I were going to install this on another machine outside of my own, I'd get myhack and make a myhack usb of 10.7.2 /w the kexts, kernels (name them different and point chameleon wizard to whichever you choose) and bootloader listed above. Running myhackfix in full mode has broken previous lion installs for myself.. just sayin'.. be careful with it. I'm guessing it has to do with the cache rebuilding.. I've had issues with cloning this particular setup and I suspect it's the var/db (shadowcopy) but idk. I'm just scratchin the surface..

*My 10.8.2 is bootable only after I removed the geforce / nvidia kexts from System/Library/Extensions. GraphicsEnabler obviously isn't working for me It's useful to have it there for editing the 10.7.5 partition and vice versa though. A work in progress..

BTW, THANKS for making this possible hackintosh community!

[rd8111]

AMD FX-8350 4.0 GHz - Factory Setting

Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 MB:
  - Audio codec RTL ALC889 working with Voodoo HDA, tests with HDAEnabler and Modifed kexts for ALC8889 have failed so far
  - LAN RTL 8111E working with the RTL Mac drivers for SL and Lion here
  - 2 rear USB 3.0 ports, PXHCD for SL here, Generic USB XHCI for Lion here
  - 14 USB 2.0 ports, 8 rear, two front, others are motherboard headers, all working
  - 2 rear eSATA
  - PS2 working
  - Firewire 1394a (does not connect to My Book in Lion, wait for like 20 minutes in SL and the drive usually appears)
  - Firewire 2x 1394b & 1x 1394a - SYBA SD-PEX30009 PCI Express - Installed Card, Turned On Computer, My Book Connects just like on my MacBook Pro at 1394b (SL & Lion)!!!  Smoothest install of an expansion card ever!!!

ATI FirePro V4900 DVI/HDMI: QE/CI with all outs in both Snow Leopard and Lion with GraphicsEnabler=N, HDMI audio appears in sound list with VoodooHDA, but not tested yet.  Injected FirePro Device ID Vendor ID combination into ATI6000Controller.kext, Tutorial here

Wireless LAN via USB 2.0 Realtek RTL8188CUS - Working with RTL Mac drivers.  Realtek says the RTL 8191US drivers are used for SL and Lion here.  Have to use the Microsoft solution (power cycle the wireless radio) upon first OS start.  After that, the wireless connection is usually present the whole time.  It is a very economical wirless network solution.  If dying to know more about it, it is here.

Logitech USB key for MX1000 Mouse

16 GB RAM: Crucial Ballistix DDR3-1600, 8-8-8-24, using all four slots

2 Internal HDs:
1x 256GB - 85 GB for SL, Lion, and ML (future), Crucial M4, 040 Firmware, SATA III, 250 MB/s Write, 500 MB/s Read (factory specification)
1x 1TB - 500 GB Data and Applications, 500 GB Time Machine, Caviar Black, WDFALS1001, SATA II, 108 MB/s read & write (factory specification)

External HD: 500 GB Seagate Momentus 7200.4, connected with the Anker eSATA, USB 3.0/2.0 Hard Drive Enclosure.  SATA I negotiated link speed.  82 MB/s read & write in eSATA and USB 3.0 (matches non Seagate benchmark throughput tests). Works perfectly.

Snow Leopard 10.6.8, 32-bit kernel from AnV with 64-bit user land: boots very quickly when using kernel cache, about 5 seconds or less.  Shuts down or restarts in about 10-15 seconds. Bootflags with Chameleon 2, r726 are busratio=20 arch=i386 -force64 GraphicsEnabler=N npci=0x2000

Lion 10.7.5. 32-bit boot: in 32-bit mode (arch=i386 npci=0x2000), the Cinebench OpenGL test executes successfully and video files on YouTube play correctly.  Chameleon 2.1 r2089.

Lion 10.7.5. 64-bit boot: npci=0x2000 or
-v USBBusFix=Yes, UseMemDetect=Yes UseKernelCache=Yes npci=0x2000 or
UseKernelCache=Yes UseMemDetect=Yes npci=0x2000
Chameleon 2.1 r2089 or
Chameleon 2.2 r2187
CineBench OpenGL has the red pixel problem and covers the cars with red.  I have to use the -v flag to boot with USBBusFix=Yes, otherwise kernel panic on boot.  Flash and other video files do not appear on the screen.

Installed Lion with Chameleon bootloader 2.2, r2187, injected the Lion ATI6000Controller.kext prior to executing the Lion retail installation purchased mid March 2013:  Chameleon 2187 pkg is here.

Chameleon bootloader 2.1: This version successfully boots 32-bit and 64-bit 10.7.5 Lion with the Bronzovka kernel.  The Chameleon 2.1 2089 pkg is here

Geekbench 64bit: 12622!
Geekbench 32bit: 11330!
Compares to the 64-bit 5891 Geekbench score on my 2010 MacBook Pro i5, 2.53GHz, 8GB RAM

Cinebench: 6.95 pts CPU (64-bit or 32-bit), 42.74 fps OpenGL (32-bit Lion boot)

Other notes: I also tested the Lion installation with myHack onto my external Seagate.  It installed and worked correctly too, but I wanted to have a different boot loader solution that would support booting SL or Lion as I wish.  Presently I can only boot SL successfully with Chameleon 2, r726.  Any other boot loader version I have tried (Clover 1050, 12XX) cannot boot both SL and Lion.  Chameleon 2.1 and 2.2 boot Lion via USB Flash formatted as HFS+ Journaled.

Edited by rd8111, 14 April 2013 - 03:32 AM.

[javilobo8]

CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 965 @3.4GHz (O.C. @3.8GHz)
MB: Gigabyte GA-970a-UD3 Rev. 1.0
GPU: Gigabyte GF 550 Ti OC 1Gb
RAM: x4 2Gb G.Skill @1866MHz (8Gb)
HDD: x1 1Tb SATA (Files), x1 500Gb SATA (Windows), x1 320Gb SATA (Hitachi original Apple)
SO: Mac Mountain Lion 10.8.2

SATA configuration:

SATA 0: 320Gb (Mac)
SATA 1: 500Gb (Windows)
SATA 2: 1Tb (Files)
SATA 3: CD/DVD Drive

In BIOS:
Integrated Peripherals > OnChip SATA Type [AHCI]

Boot with:

MyHack 10.8 with amd_kernel and this org.chameleon.Boot.plist

Spoiler

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Graphics Mode</key>
<string>1920x1080x32</string>
<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>Kernel</key>
<string>amd_kernel</string>
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string>-v arch=x86_64 npci=0x2000</string>
<key>Timeout</key>
<string>5</string>
<key>UseKernelCache</key>
<string>Yes</string>
</dict>
</plist>

The OS installer says that was an error installing. Forget it.

Put Anv's Kernel into the root directory and the same org.chameleon.Boot.plist to Extra folder in the HDD.

Put GeForce.kext and  IONetworkingFamily.kextinto /System/Library/Extensions and replace it.

You can update 10.8.2 with the combo update without problems.


Audio not working (testing) (Only works with an external USB device such as Samson Meteor Mic)
You can change graphics resolution but there's no QE/CI.
Firewire working.
Ethernet working.


Thanks all of you for this website and Kikobeats =)


 amd_kernel.zip   3.34MB   16 downloads
 Kexts.zip   1.37MB   14 downloads
 org.chameleon.Boot.plist.zip   871bytes   11 downloads

[ADHDMedia]

CPU: AMD Phenom II x6 1075T (Overclocked to 3.45GHz, FSB=235)
Motherboard: ASUS M4A78LT-M
RAM: 12GB 1333 MHz DDR3 (3x4GB)
SATA: 250GB & 160GB Internal HDD
IDE: 40GB & 300GB Internal HDD (Working via AppleATIATA.kext)
USB: All 6 rear & both front ports
GPU: XFX ATI Radeon HD 5750 1024MB (added device ID to stock kexts)
LAN: Realtek RTL8168 (Working via Lnx2Mac's RTL8XXX driver)
Audio: Tascam US-122 MIDI/USB Audio Interface / HDMI Audio (Enabled via DSDT.aml)
Sleep: Working via SleepEnabler.kext
PS2: N/A

Bootloader: Chameleon 2.1 r2069
Kernel: Bronzovka's RC8 kernel (flags: arch=i386 busratio=15 fsb=235)
OSX: 10.7.5 via ##### USB Install Method

Onboard Audio: Only works with VoodooHDA.kext while in 64bit kernel mode.  Would love a 32 bit solution, any suggestions on where to begin with DSDT editing would be much appreciated.  

Attached Files

•  dsdt.aml.zip   24.71K   7 downloads

[rainess]

CPU: AMD Athlon II X2 250   (AnV's latest kernel, amd_kernel)
Motherboard: ECS A780LM-M (V7.0)
             RAM: 4+2 GB DDR3
            SATA: 500GB WD Caviar Blue
              USB: 4 rear + 2 front, (all Usb2.0) works
             GPU: Vtx ATI Radeon HD 5670 1024Mb
             LAN: RTL8111/8168
          Audio:  VT1705  (VoodooHDA 2.7.3)
              PS2: Keyboard, works
           Sleep:  Can't wake up (yet

Bootloader: Chameleon 2.2 r2189
        Kernel:  amd_kernel
           OSX:  10.8.3 combo updated iAtkos ML2 replaced kernel to 'amd_kernel' with 'mach_kernel' rename. Boot with "-x"  Select Network drivers, disabler, PS2, GraphicEnabler, Unselect 'audio'  and install!   Before installation, first boot and first boot after combo update i had to boot with "-x" flag.   for audio I installed "VoodooHDA2.7.3" with #####

I'm experiencing heavy glitches so i removed "AMDRadeonAccelerator.kext"
Desperately waiting for fix.

That's all i can remember. This forum was very helpful for me.. Thank you all

[iMeee]

rainess, on 24 April 2013 - 11:30 PM, said:

I'm experiencing heavy glitches so i removed "AMDRadeonAccelerator.kext"
Desperately waiting for fix.

I have the same problem with my ATI HD 5670 (Saphire 512 Mb) on Niresh 10.8.2
But when I use my IGP (ATI 4250) it works but I don't have wizard after installation (directly login prompt).

[theconnactic]

iMeee, on 27 April 2013 - 08:29 PM, said:

I have the same problem with my ATI HD 5670 (Saphire 512 Mb) on Niresh 10.8.2
But when I use my IGP (ATI 4250) it works but I don't have wizard after installation (directly login prompt).

Welcome to the AMD Development forum!

Post your working build here in this topic, if you want, but let's leave this kind of posts like this one above to where they belong, the Mountain Lion kernel testing topic. Much appreciated!

I'll move this post to the appropriate place, as soon as i get feedback that you read it, or after 24 hours.

All the best!

[MrDNX]

Hello all. Long time reader, but this is my first time posting. I've been running Snow Leopard for the longest now, and I finally made the move to Mountain Lion. At first, I was only able to get ML using a distro, but I prefer retail. Just wanted to post my methods so it may help the next guy. I know this isn't the perfect method, but it's how I got it done. So here goes my specs:

Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-970A-UD3 (Rev 1.2)
CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1075T (Non-Black Edition)
RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600Mhz (4GB x 4)
Graphics: MSI GeForce GTX 660 OC ; Sparkle GeForce 9500GT
Hard Drives: 1TB (Windows 7 Ultimate x64) ; 500GB (Ubuntu 12.04 x64, OS X Snow Leopard) ; 500GB (OS X Mountian Lion 10.8.2)

Here's the method I used:

1. I got a retail copy of OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2, and used myHack to create a USB installer.
2. When myHack finished, I replaced the mach_kernel with the amd kernel from here . Renaming it to "mach_kernel" of course.
3. Then, I deleted all NVidia and ATI kexts from System\Library\Extentsions, because  I couldn't get to the installer without doing that.
4. After that, I deleted both IOBlutooth kexts from System\Library\Extentsions.
5. I sucessfully got to the installer using: npci=0x2000 PCIRootUID=0 GraphicsEnabler=No -v
6. When the installations was almost conpleted, myHack prompted me, and  I chose to install Extra, and Remove Problem Kexts.
7. When the installation failed, I ignored and rebooted into Snow Leopard to delete all NVidia/ATI kexts from the new installation. I also re-copied the AMD mach_kernel again.
8. Using the myHack USB bootloader, I was able to boot to the Welcome screen using these flags:
-v -f npci=0x2000 PCIRootUID=0 GraphicsEnabler=No
9. Then, I installed the official NVIDIA drivers from here and rebooted. After this, i could only get it to boot completely in safe mode. So I had to delete GeForceGA.plugin and GeForceGLDriver.bundle. After I did this, it booted fine in normal mode, and I had a nice resolution of 1600x1200.
10. Then, I used "a tool that shall not be named here" to install the following:
Ethernet - Realtek - AppleRTL8169Ethernet.kext
Audio - VoodooHDA 2.7.x
Bootloader - Chimera

NOTE: I also had to add EthernetBuiltIn=Yes to my org.chameleon.Boot.plist so I could login to App Store, however iCloud still doesn't work.

Working Great:
Just about everything

Broken:
iCloud
Audio

EDIT: I applied the 10.8.3 update via the App Store. The installation completed successfully. After the installation, but before rebooting, I re-installed the official NVIDIA drivers, then deleted GeForceGA.plugin, GeForceGLDriver.bundle and AppleHDA.kext from S/L/E. Then i reinstalled AppleRTL8169Ethernet.kext, VoodooHDA.kext, the other essintials and Chimera bootloader and rebooted. Everything works great (still with broken iCloud and Audio, but thats ok) on 10.8.3 now.





Thanks to AnV for the AMD kernel. AMD forever!!!

[q64ceo]

MrDNX, on 03 May 2013 - 06:39 PM, said:

Hello all. Long time reader, but this is my first time posting. I've been running Snow Leopard for the longest now, and I finally made the move to Mountain Lion. At first, I was only able to get ML using a distro, but I prefer retail. Just wanted to post my methods so it may help the next guy. I know this isn't the perfect method, but it's how I got it done. So here goes my specs:

Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-970-UD3 (Rev 1.2)
CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1075T (Non-Black Edition)
RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600Mhz (4GB x 4)
Graphics: MSI GeForce GTX 660 OC ; Sparkle GeForce 9500GT
Hard Drives: 1TB (Windows 7 Ultimate x64) ; 500GB (Ubuntu 12.04 x64, OS X Snow Leopard) ; 500GB (OS X Mountian Lion 10.8.2)

Here's the method I used:

1. I got a retail copy of OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2, and used myHack to create a USB installer.
2. When myHack finished, I replaced the mach_kernel with the amd kernel from here . Renaming it to "mach_kernel" of course.
3. Then, I deleted all NVidia and ATI kexts from System\Library\Extentsions, because  I couldn't get to the installer without doing that.
4. After that, I deleted both IOBlutooth kexts from System\Library\Extentsions.
5. I sucessfully got to the installer using: npci=0x2000 PCIRootUID=0 GraphicsEnabler=No -v
6. When the installations was almost conpleted, myHack prompted me, and  I chose to install Extra, and Remove Problem Kexts.
7. When the installation failed, I ignored and rebooted into Snow Leopard to delete all NVidia/ATI kexts from the new installation. I also re-copied the AMD mach_kernel again.
8. Using the myHack USB bootloader, I was able to boot to the Welcome screen using almost these flags:
-v -f npci=0x2000 PCIRootUID=0 GraphicsEnabler=No
9. Then, I installed the official NVIDIA drivers from here and rebooted. After this, i could only get it to boot completely in safe mode. So I had to delete GeForceGA.plugin and GeForceGLDriver.bundle. After I did this, it booted fine in normal mode, and I had a nice resolution of 1600x1200.
10. Then, I used "a tool that shall not be named here" to install the following:
Ethernet - Realtek - AppleRTL8169Ethernet.kext
Audio - VoodooHDA 2.7.x
Bootloader - Chimera

NOTE: I also had to add EthernetBuiltIn=Yes to my org.chameleon.Boot.plist so I could login to App Store, however iCloud still doesn't work.

Working Great:
Just about everything

Broken:
iCloud
Audio



I could live without iCloud, but I really wish I could get audio to work right. I can hear sound, but it's extremely choppy. I had this issue in Snow Leopard and I fixed it by disabling AMD C1E Support in my BIOS. The only VoodooHDA kext that gives me somewhat of sound is v0.2.72. Everything else gives me errors when i try to access VoodooHDA settings. I've tried enabling SSE2 in VoodooHDA settings, but didn't help. If I could get my audio working good, then i'd call this a 99% functional build. If anyone has a possible soution for my sound problem, I'd like to hear it.

Thanks to the people who made the AMD kernel. AMD forever!!!

If you have the money get a cheap USB sound device

[jerome2013]

HP Pavilion G6 - 2052SD

( Second APU Pioneer )

Samsung SSD 840 120GB
Shitachi 500GB 7200RPM ( HDD Caddy )

Bootflags " None " it just boots ....

CPU - AMD A6-4400M  3,2 GiGaHurTzzzz
16 GB DDR3 1600-MhZ Corsair
GPU - AMD 7520G 512MB

Retail OS X 10.8.3   = i can boot them both with AnV's AMD kernel and the mach_sse42 kernel
iATKOS ML3U

After months of pain .. i finally got os x booted ... thanks to member "pmmc" for uploading his clover files ( and andy of course for the working amd kernel )  ... all the credits go to him !!! MANY THANKS !!!

Ethernet
Wifi   = Work in progress
GPU   

http://www.insanelym...er/258893-pmmc/
http://www.insanelym...t/page__st__160

[gils83]

CPU: FX 8350
MB: Asus M5A97pro V1
GPU: Asus 7950 CUII TOP V2  (FBRotate.app)
RAM: 2x4 GO
HDD: x1 1Tb SATA/SSD 60 GO (550 mo/500 mo)
Audio: ALC 892 / Slice VoodooHDA 2.8.2
LAN: RTL8111/8168

kernel ml3  Sinetek/ML 10.8.3 / Clover 1050 // win764 bit int (7.8 CPU / 7.9 GPU)

Config.plist :

<key>SystemParameters</key>
    <dict>
        <key>boot-args</key>
        <string>npci=0x2000</string>
        <key>prev-lang:kbd</key>
        <string>en:0</string>
        <key>InjectSystemID</key>
        <string>Yes</string>
        <key>LegacyBoot</key>
        <string>PBR</string>
   </dict>
   <key>CPU</key>
   <dict>
   <key>Turbo</key>
   <string>Yes</string>
   <key>ProcessorType</key>
   <string>0x15</string>
   <key>CpuFrequencyMHz</key>
   <string>4000</string>
   <key>BusSpeedKHz</key>
   <string>200000</string>
   <key>QPI</key>
   <string></string>
    </dict>
    <key>Pointer</key>
    <dict>
        <key>Speed</key>
        <string>8</string>
    </dict>
    <key>Graphics</key>
    <dict>
        <key>GraphicsInjector</key>
        <string>No</string>
        <key>PatchVBiosBytes</key>
        <dict>
            <key>Find</key>
            <data>gAeoAqAF</data>
            <key>Replace</key>
            <data>gAeoAjgE</data>
        </dict>
    </dict>
</dict>
</plist>


test :