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P5N-E SLI nForce 650i Leopard Complete Walkthrough Guide
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You will need:
- Empty IDE hard drive with at least 6GB of space [no partition on it]
- Intel CPU with SSE3 Support
- DVD Buner
- A 4.7GB Blank DVD+/-R [DO NOT USE DVD+/-RW]
- iATKOS V1.0i R2 (you can find it on TPB)
- Windows XP/Vista
- EasyBCD [For Dual-Booting]
- Golden Kernel [to get dual/quad-core to work]
- IOHDIXController.kext [Fix DMG Mounting problem]
Installation:
- Download the iATKOS v1.0i R2 from TPB
- Burn the ATKOS v1.0i R2 to a DVD+/-R at 4X speed (DO NOT USE DVD+/-RW OTHERWISE YOU'LL SCREW UP)
- Open diskpart and type the following:
list disk
select disk x [x is the number of the disk where you want to install your leopard on it]
list partition [Now diskpart should tell you there's no partition on the disk, if it show up a partition go ahead and type delete partition]
create partition primary id=af
active
exit
- Slide in your iATKOS V1.0i R2 DVD and reboot the computer
- Go into BIOS and set these options:
- HPET: Enabled
- Jmicron SATA Controller: Disable
- Onboard IEEE1394: Disable [you can enable it after the installation]
- HPET: Enabled
- Boot from the DVD. Press F8 when it asks you and enter the options "-v" [If it doesn't load/freeze/kernel panic boot with "-v -f cpus=1"]
- When it is loaded, open Disk Utility from the Utilities menu
- select your hard drive and click on partition
- On Volume Schme select 1 partition and enter your desire name,
- On format select as MAC OS X Extended (Journaled)
- On options select as Master Boot Record
- Create the partition
- Quit Disk Utility
- Go to the next step and click customize
- Bootloaders:
If you have a Core 2 CPU, select "EFI Bootloader" [it tend to be more stable with core 2 CPU]
otherwise select "Darwin X86 Bootloader"
- Patch:
Select "SEE2 SEE3 Kernel" If you don't have a Core 2 CPU
Select "Remove CPUPowerManagementDriver"
Select "Remove Thermal kexts"
- Driver:
Select "Netkas AppleSMBIOS.kext"
Select the other drivers that applies to you
[NOT RECOMMEND SELECTING ANY OTHER DRIVERS BESIDE NETWORK and VGA]
- For 8800 Series Users:
Select the AMD/nForce fix driver
Select the NVInject driver that applies to you
--FOR DUAL-BOOTING--
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TaDa!!! You now have a working Leopard Desktop!!!
But wait not yet, you might notice the performance is very slow, because you did not enable UDMA yet.
Download the NForceATA Driver to your desktop [Thanks to medevil]
Open terminal and type the following:
sudo -s cp -R ~/desktop/AppleNForceATA.kext /system/library/extensions/ chmod -R 755 /system/library/extensions/AppleNForceATA.kext chown -R root:wheel /system/library/extensions/AppleNForceATA.kext rm -f /system/library/extensions.* diskutil repairpermissions / (might take a while, be patient) exit
To get Line In to work:
you need the ALC883 8.8.1 Audio patch [Thanks to Skippy] (I know is for kernel 8.8.1 but work great under leopard without any problem)
To install, click on the installer, and install it. [DO NOT CHOOSE 3port_digital, LEAVE IT AS 3port OR IT WILL CRASH YOUR SYSTEM!]
Now reboot your leopard
You should notice your leopard load faster, higher performance! Plus your Line-In is working now!
--FOR CPUS=1 ISSUE--
this is for users that can't boot with dual-core/quad-core
NON-EFI Users:
download the P5N-E SLI Fix Patch
Drag both "mach_kernel" and IOHDIXController.kext to the desktop
Open Terminal and type:
sudo -s cp -R ~/desktop/mach_kernel /mach_kernel cp -R ~/desktop/IOHDIXController.kext /system/library/extensions/ chmod -R 755 /system/library/extensions/IOHDIXController.kext chown -R root:wheel /system/library/extensions/IOHDIXController.kext rm -f /system/library/extensions.* diskutil repairpermissions / (might take a while, be patient) exit sudo reboot
EFI Users:
download the 10.5.1 EFI Nforce Kernel and drag mach_kernel to the desktop
Open Terminal and type:
sudo -s cp -R ~/desktop/mach_kernel /mach_kernel diskutil repairpermissions / (might take a while, be patient) exit sudo reboot
EDIT:
How to easily replace your Leopard kernel from Windows [Thanks to revolutionbr]
1- Get MediaFour MacDrive 7, it's a program that allows Windows to recognize and navigate through HFS+ partitions. This makes really easy to backup kexts, kernel and any other file from your leopard installation, even if it's broken.
2- Open your Leopard drive and right on the root, you'll find mach_kernel, which is your kernel file. Backup the file anywhere you want (it's okay to backup it on a windows partition though) and then overwrite it with your new kernel file.
3- Reboot and enter in Leopard using -v -f flag.
4- When back in Leo, enter the terminal app and enter the following:
sudo -s (enter your password) diskutil repairpermissions / reboot
5- Wait for reboot and enjoy your just patched OSX.
If you have any kernel panic or booting problem, just get back to windows and slip back your old kernel file.
This time, boot with -v -f (no more cpus=1! And next time you can boot without kernel flag!)
Now both of your core works! And If you run some 3D Apps such as StuntMANIA!Pro Racing game, you'll notice increase in framerate.
Apple update:
Go ahead and install the lastest updates. Go ahead and install the security update 2007-009 Frontrow 2.1.1, iTune 7.6, Apple Remote Desktop, and Quicktime. I've tested it, it won't crash your system.
LAN Driver:
There's no stable LAN driver available at this time, MikeINns is working on the driver for leopard, click here to check it out. You still can install the tiger version under leopard but under heavyload it will crash your system.
Final:
Now you have a working MAC OS X Leopard on your P5N-E SLI! Oh ya BTW, Enable your firewire in BIOS if you are going to use it!
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12-23-08 Updated
128GB Problem + Time Machine without additional Hard Drive
Now after the installation you'll only be able to use 128GB of space even you have 160GB or up and already installed AppleNForceATA.kext.
to solve this issues, we are going to create a new partition using your leftover space and merge it into the Leopard partition.
For example, you have a 149GB hard drive, and leopard is 128GB, we are going to merge the leftover 21GB in to leopard.
boot into your windows and open diskpart
type the following
list disk
select disk x [x is the disk where you have your leopard installed]
list partition [you should only see a partition with size of 128GB
*To merge the whole leftover disk space:
create partition primary id=af
*For Time Machine:
create partition primary id=af size=XXXXmb [X is the size you want to merge in to leopard Example: size=20000mb (20GB)]
create partition primary id=af [the leftover space for Time Machine]
list partition
select partition 1
active
exit
reboot into your leopard, open disk utility
Now you should see a new partition call disk1s2 and disk1s3
Name disk1s2 to "merge" and erase it
Name disk1s3 to "Time Machine" and erase it
Next open up Terminal
Type the following:
diskutil list [make sure you see both your leopard partition (disk1s1) and the new created merge partition (disk1s2)] sudo diskutil mergePartitions "Journaled HFS+" New disk1s1 disk1s2 [with quote]
Bingo! Now you be able to use your whole hard drive.
To turn Time Machine on open Time Machine from your dock, and choose your "Time Machine" partition that we just created.
Now you have Time Machine without additional hard drive.
Prevent Windows Hard Drive from mounting in Leopard.
click here for guide (Thanks to Rammjet)
Instant Loop Problem
If you tried to boot your leopard but it just keep restart, here's the solution:
Slide yout iATKOS DVD back in [Don't forget to use "cpus=1" if you need to!]
when is loaded click next and click customize
uncheck everything except "SSE2 SSE3 Kernel"
Install it
reboot
Now you should be able to boot into your leopard [[Don't forget to use "cpus=1" if you need to!]
USB Flash Drive Problem:
If you can't mount your USB Flash Drive, follow the steps below:
Download the USB Fix (Thanks to TheTimester)
Extract it to the desktop
Drag both System.kext and IOUSBMassStorageClass.kext to /system/library/extension
replace it and when ask for password type so
open disk utility and repair permission
reboot
Now your USB Flash Drive should be able to mount.
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Daily updates: [This part updates daily]
Tested Application: (see below for my system spec)
Software:
Frontrow------------work (Cmd+Esc)
imovie '08----------work
iphoto '08-----------work
iDVD '08-------------work after software update
iweb '08-------------work
GarageBand '08-----work
Candybar 3----------used to crash frequently, but I run a script from onyx and it works now, no more crashes
rapidweaver---------work
Photobooth------work
Photoshop CS3--------work [I need to use a different mac account to install this one, no patch need, works perfect]
office word 2008---------work
office excel 2008---------work
office powerpoint 2008----work
office entourage 2008----work
Games: [Games can run in all resolutions]
Colin Mcrae Rally Mac -------game run smooth at 4xAA+High Quality+1440X900 Full Screen+50FPS
StuntMania!PRO--------------Game run at over 75FPS+High texture filtering+AA+HDR+1440X900 Full Screen
Island MiniGolf---------------work with 1440X900+ High quality texture [This game is fun]
Quake 4----------------game run smooth at 4xAA+High Quality [first time paying it on a Mac OS X, one word : Impressive] but looking for a way to set my resolution to 1440X900
Game screenshots:
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Ready for testing:
Diablo 2
Tiberium War
Finalcut Studio
Illustrator CS3
hardwares:
My USB webcam-----------work with macam 0.9.1 [Not joking but my webcam produce higher quality picture and faster framerate in mac than in windows!]
Firewire External Hard Drive---------work
IR Receiver +Apple Remote-------work with mira
USB Bluetooth Adapter-------------Work
