Ok sorry I am new but have a background in systems support

I have just built up a Pentium D 820 using a Btx Intel 945gcz board

Graphics QE and such seems to work great the processor is recognized as dual core etc. except for sse3 not coming up in about this mac which I think its still working even though its not displayed.

My real problem is it seems everyone has the Intel 82573E Giga Ethernet working out of the box with MYZARS patched 10.4.4 10.4.5 image boot disk. Umm cept me.

I searched through the forums and didnt find anything about what to do to get the 82573E ethernet working cause it looks like no one has had problems. :-)

When I run system profiler it says that the built in ethernet is there but I cant configure it its greyed out in configuration.

As for the sound I know thats a diceier proposal but if there is a way to edit or drop in a different kext to get it working that would be great. The sound uses the Intel HD audio and the sigmatel chipset I guess from what I found out.

Wishing I would have just gotten a 915g board instead or at least not an intel board their documentation leaves something to be desired on what is in the machine.

Anyone out there that might be able to help thank you very much,

have a good day and this site so far has been an incredible resource,

Ashley

Well I can't speak on this board just yet, as the one I ordered won't be in till this thursday, but then I should be able to offer up some assistance.

Out of curiousity which audio chipset does your 945GCZ board have? The one I have coming is the Sigmatel 9220. My understanding so far is that one is working properly, but that the 9223 was not.

Oh and welcome to the fun.

ps. where on earth did you find a btx case that wasn't over priced? I've had no luck. Although I may end up building a plexiglass custom case anyay.

Hi

Thanks for replying and ..........

Sound on the board is handled by the
Sigmatel 82801G ICH7 Chipset and unfortunately its not recognized. Much Sadness and such

As for the whole whopping BTX case and such well
I got out the tools hmmm probably not the best way to put that :-)
And gave them to my dad along with an old Aluminum ATX case between him and I we hacked and such and its working out. ;-)

But as for BTX case situation the smallest one i could find for sale was the Evercase

Dont know if this is cool or not but a link to where you can get one.

http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=CA-ECE134...bc4ce5cc6614664


Well thanks and will maybe try the 10.4.6 myzar schtick to see if things magically change for me.

take care and have a good day

[edit] just noticed you have the gigabit ethernet version. i have the D945GCZL which only has 100mbit. the good news is that both the gigabit versions use the Sigmatel 9220 for audio. not sure if any of the following will apply to your motherboard..

came across your post while trying to remember how i got sound working...

i have an identical setup to yours (aside from the homebuilt BTX case), and i had the identical problems.

not sure how much experience you have with the command line and kext files, but now is your chance to learn!

for the network interface you need to add a product id to the AppleIntel8255x.kext located here:

/System/Library/Extensions/NetworkingFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleIntel8255x.kext/Contents/Info.plist

find

and add 0x27dc8086 to the end. making it (you can copy and paste)


then you need to load the kext to make sure it works, then remove the .kextcache and .mkext, etc. etc. and reboot. (look up working with kext files because those etc.'s are important and i am no expert.)

as far as audio goes, youre in luck as long as you dont need 5.1 channel audio. stereo works fine once you replace a kext or two... it is in fact the Sigmatel 9220 chip, which you can search for in this forum.

hope this helps. my first post, but i remember how long it took me to get networking up.. apparently no one else uses this board. i found it on the "other" forum that was shut down.

good luck!

well I got my board. Networking was easily fixed using the above method.

I am lost for words on the sound issue. nothing i do makes it work... i can get it to show up (output only) but no sound is actually produced.

First thanks for the fix for the Netorking works like a charm now.

As for the sound the chip I have is a Sigmatel 9223 and I tried changing id's and such and all I got for my pains was a system that wouldnt boot.

I even tried switching out the the Azalia and Hd kexts just to get stereo sound but no luck.

I am at a loss also all the methods that I found were for the Sigmatel 9220 but I would think that they would work also. Guess not ;-)


Welll if you do come across something that would work please share.

Once again thank you for the fix for the networking. If I have to I will just get a Cmedia card or other that works.

Thank you once again you have been alot of help.

Bonne chance