P5N-E SLI nForce 650i Leopard Complete Walkthrough Guide

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]

P5N-E SLI Fix Patch included:

• Golden Kernel [to get dual/quad-core to work]
• IOHDIXController.kext [Fix DMG Mounting problem]

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Installation:

1. Download the iATKOS v1.0i R2 from TPB
2. Burn the ATKOS v1.0i R2 to a DVD+/-R at 4X speed (DO NOT USE DVD+/-RW OTHERWISE YOU'LL SCREW UP)
3. 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

   
   
   
4. Slide in your iATKOS V1.0i R2 DVD and reboot the computer
5. Go into BIOS and set these options:
   
   

   • HPET: Enabled
   • Jmicron SATA Controller: Disable
   • Onboard IEEE1394: Disable [you can enable it after the installation]

6. 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"]
7. When it is loaded, open Disk Utility from the Utilities menu
8. select your hard drive and click on partition
9. On Volume Schme select 1 partition and enter your desire name,
10. On format select as MAC OS X Extended (Journaled)
11. On options select as Master Boot Record
12. Create the partition
13. Quit Disk Utility
14. 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

15. Once you're done click install
16. Go ahead and skip DVD verification if you want [Installation might take from 30min to 1 hour, so relax, get a cup of coffee]
17. When the installation is done reboot your computer
    
    --FOR DUAL-BOOTING--

    
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    Boot in to XP/Vista

    Download EasyBCD 1.7.1

    Install and open the program

    On the Add/Remove Entries click on Mac OS X and select x86

    Enter the name you want example "Mac OS X Leopard"

    Click add entry

    Reboot your computer
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18. Press F8 when it ask you and boot with "-v"
19. If you get kernel panic/freezes boot with "-v -f cpus=1"
20. After the system has loaded, you will see a Leopard Welcome Video if you have selected the appropriate video driver.
21. Enter informations
    TaDa!!! You now have a working Leopard Desktop!!!

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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:



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:



EFI Users:
download the 10.5.1 EFI Nforce Kernel and drag mach_kernel to the desktop

Open Terminal and type:


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:


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

[i]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[/i][/b]]

*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:


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:
Click to view attachmentClick to view attachment

more screenshots are coming soon...

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

updated today.

Help..
Sorry, I have a question...Can I Patch(NForceATA Driver,P5N-E SLI Fix Patch) the ISO file before install this???...I need it, because i have a SATA disk(Seagate 250gb SATA II) and can´t install.
How? Whats need?

Thanks!!

Good Tutorial!

Sorry for my English..

gREAT gUIDE! eXCELLENT!

thanx very thankx
I will test

using pc efi bootloader with golden kernel , right?

VERY NICE GUIDE. GOT MY 2 CORES RUNNING now

sory for my bad english
but While installing the blue bar is not progressing it's normal ?

the nforce efi mach_kernel made my DVD drive stop reading and writing CDs, and DVDs. help pls?the nforce efi mach_kernel made my DVD drive stop reading and writing CDs, and DVDs. help pls?

Yes is normal, be patient, it will take a long time around 45min.



I've PM you with a patch see if it work. Since I don't have a SATA DVD Drive so I am not be able to test it.

Black Screen blinking cursor ( blinking _ )
After i installed leopard following these directions i got a black screen with a blinking cursor, Leopard would not boot...
It turns out the partition was not activated

to activate the partition you have to follow these steps
you first have to find out what the name of the hard drive that has osx installed ( not the name but what position it is)
to do this boot with the installed dvd then > utilities > disk utilities
Right click on the drive that has the os x installation and click get more info
you then will see what the disk is called, mine is rdisk0
now reboot to the dvd and hit f8 when the countdown begins
type in -s hit enter
wait for the prompt which will allow you to type
then type

fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0 <----------- rdisk0 should be the name of your disk
flag 1 <---------- as long as OS X was installed on the first partition of the disk this should stay as 1 if not change accordingly
update
write (if asks something, answer y)
quit
reboot

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This will activate the partition and you should no longer have the boot error with the blinking cursor
if this does not work try using the darwin bootloader

Okay... I'm having problems and it seems that I'm creating more by messing with things. I'm running a P5N-E with a Q6600 Intel Quad Core and an 80gb WD Hard Drive for the install. I also have a SATA 250gb WD drive dual booting Vista and XP.

Questions:

EFI: It seems that when I do EFI it won't boot to it rather it will give me a "chain booting error" in EasyBSD or a blinking cursor when directly booting to the drive. Went though the steps above to set the partition but it didnt seem to work. In fact now EasyBSD is giving me an error every time I start it up in Vista Saying my MBR is messed up.

Darwin: Do I need the SSE2/SSE3 Kernal Patch checked during the install even though have a quad core CPU? I tried without it and I finally got leopard to the booting screen, where it told me to restart... so i did and it has told me to restart every time i boot since.

Anyways i'm about to give up but im thinking of giving it one more shot... What are the best settings for my Q6600 Quad Core?

No the SSE2/SSE3 Kernel is mostly for Non Core 2 processor, If you have a core 2 don't select this one. Unless when you boot into your mac you get an instant boot error..but that will be wierd if you have a core 2

If you get the (Gray Screen of Death) which tell you to restart, boot with -v -f cpus=1 as mentioned in the guide.

Hello! Great Guide! I need help, This is my computer specification:

MB: Asus P5N-E SLI - Nvidia 650i Chipset (Bios 807) - MCP51 - 430/410i
OS: iATKOS V1.0r2 Leopard 10.5.1 9b18
CPU: Pentium Core 2 Duo E6420 2.26 Ghz
RAM: 2 x 1GB KinstonX @ 800mhz Dual Channel
VGA: EVGA Geforce 8600 GTS 256MB
PATA: Western Digital IDE 160GB

LAN: Linksys WRT54G (Ralink 61 or RT2500 I don´t remember)
LAN2: nForce Gigabit LAN Controller [Marvell 88E1116 Chip] -
Audio: RealTek ALC883 Sound/Mic-
Display: LCD Samsung SyncMaster 710N 17'

The Problem is:
I install the Iatkos 1.0iR2 correctely with your guide,(cpus=1 -v) then de installation is over, and reboot Black screen blinking cursor then insert Gparted Cd to activate the Partition with boot flag..
Then appear Darwin boot, I press F8 and "cpus=1 -v " .....mac booting, loading kext.......and "REBOOT LOOP" (I can´t see nothing error mesagge) What I do?

sorry for my english..

Thanks!

DONE
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Hey! i'm useing the p5n-e mobo aswell and i hear your bios version makes a bit of a difference so Caminoz which Bios Version are you useing?

Put your iATKOS DVD back in and boot with "-v cpus=1"
then select "SSE2 SSE3 Kernel" and install it
reboot and now you should able to pass the instant loop.





No there's no way you can install iATKOS v1.0i R2 on SATA Drive at this time. You need a IDE Hard Drive as mentioned in the guide.




I'm using bios 0803

I only select "SSE2 SSE3 Kernel" and no more? EFI bootloader(Complete-3 items o Partial? )? Nvidia Inject for my 8600gts? . because you no select SSE2 SSE3 Kernel in your guide?, what is the diference?

Thansk!

Thanks Caminoz, will go grab one and try again

Neeed help!! Leopard was working fine, however today i booted back to it from windows and its stuck on the darwin bootloaded asking me to type booting options. I hit enter and it comes right back to that screen in about .0003 seconds. I tried -v -x -f cpus=1 did not work. -x does not work -v does not work nothing works it always comes back to this screen. I tried booting the installation from the dvd it did not work same problem stuck at the darwin bootloader. I booted the dvd to the installer and tried repairing disk permissions using disk util and tried verifying the disk and it all checked out fine.

Installation CD: Iatkos
OS: Leopard 10.5.1
Mother Board : Asus P5NE - SLI
IDE hard drive

iaktos disc doesnt work for me... it just starts up shows some text real quick then the computer restarts and it does this over and over... so i cant actualy get to the installation

(the discs fine i have used it on my laptop)

however disabling the things you said to do in bios allowed me to boot the other versions...(which it wasnt letting me before)

it lets me boot kalys version.. but then the install stops half way saying to restart the computer.. or somtimes doesnt even get to the installer and says it..

can anyone help? i also tried booting the disc with -v -f cpus=1 nothing new...

Did you see your hard drive appear in the bootloader? Is something like this " hd(0,1) Leopard"

if you are talking about the instant loop problem, slide back your iATKOS DVD and install the SEE2 SEE3 Kernel.

Hi Im having a little trouble installing. I have everything the guide calls for except my DVD rom drive is SATA. Im getting a Waiting for ROOT drive during the beginning before you getinto the HD format part. CAn a SATA DVD drive be used?

THanks
Gregg

heres my system specs:
Asus p5n-e sli bios 803
120gig IDe HD
Geforce 8800 GTS 320mb
SATA DVD -/+R rw

updated.

did you ever get analog 5.1 working ?
i cant get it working either with skippys driver, or some other drivers i've found, or making a codec dump in linux then using it with tarugas patcher... can't get more than a single output producing sound ever

Hello , GREAT GUIDE ,

I only have one problem
and is with my xfx 7600gt , in the system profiler my QE say : Quartz Extreme : not supported

can anyone help me ...

plzz

thanks : )

you need a driver for that

ok, thank's

but

what driver ???

i have followed all the instructions, the disk boots to the white apple screen, i get the white apple logo, the spinny thing, but the apple logo has a small white icon on it (a white cicle with a line across) it just stays on that but the disk works, ive tried it on my brothers computer ,
can you help please
---PC---
CPU: E6750 2.66ghz
Mobo:Asus P5N-E SLI
RAM: 2 x 1GB Corsair XMS2 @ 800mhz Dual Channel
Video: Nvidia 7300LE
HDD: 3 hds Maxtor sata 250gb, Maxtor 40gb ide (installing leapord on) and IBM 38gb
OS: Windows XP Home Edition, Windows Vista Ultimate32bit

hmm, new issue installing OSX

Ok, so I have gotten theu the OSx install process, but now when I boot I get the blinking cursor in the upper left corner. I have followed Djx18 instructions on making the partition active, but still not working. My disk name is disk0s1, do I need to use rdisk0s1? I was thinking about going back and using the Darwin bootloader instead of the EFI bootloader. However, I have a dual core cpu, and I wanted to know if going with the Darwin bootloader will that affect performance? Also, if I use the cpu=1 to install, will I still have full use of the dual cores after install, or after installing the patch will that get fixed?

Thanks for the help
Gregg

Hi , you have to use : rdisk0

no : rdisk0s1 ...
that's the problem

thanks for the info Biodes, but unfortunatly that did not work. Even thou its calling my disk disk0 I tried rdisk0, disk0, rdisk0s1, disk0s1 and nothing. I checked the disk thru the gpart Live CD and it has the boot flagg on it. Any otheer suggestion would be appreciated.

Thanks
Gregg

no darwin bootloader will not give you slower performance.

Now I can have my sleep and wakeup working with ToH NonHpet kernel, but only with cpus=1!

updated.

Hmm just cant seem to get it to boot.

So I tried activating the partition and still get a blinking cursor on boot. Tried using the Darwin x86 bootloader, still blinking cursor. So, Im looking for any other suggestions to get this thing working.

System:
p5n-e sli (803 bios)
2 gig ram
geforce 8800 GTS 320mb
WD IDe 120gb HD
IDE DVD-Drive.

Thanks in advance for your help.

-G

since im using the nforce efi kernel, will i be able to update to 10.5.2? will that kernel work in 10.5.2?

Same thing here.
I've patched the iso with the r2 ppf, same result.

I'm downloading the patched iso from tpb but I don't think that this will work.

hi there im having trouble everytime i get to the first select screen after boot i cant select the first option i think my mouse and keyboard freeze.

please please i really need to do this i have been trying for about a month. iam even ready to pay somebody through paypal just so they can get it working for me.

i have a P5N-E SLI
5 gb ram
1gb nvidia 8500 GT


please. thank you....

Ok, the r2 iso i've downloaded works better. At least I've made the boot. and here comes new problems:

-my keyboard doesn't work (I can't write a name for the partition I had to create, however I don't think this is a major problem).

-The installation has stopped after few seconds (I have tried only once.... I had to work now )



I've not this option in the "install options". where is it?

I'm givin' up, after several tries....

With -v cpus=1
I get still waiting for root.....



With only -v
I reach the install costumization, but the installation freeze few seconds after it starts. The DVD simply stops, and after 1-2 min. even the mouse freeze.


If someone has advice or ideas, thanks in advance....
or maybe I have to wait for 10.5.2

do you have a SATA DVD drive? I had the same problem ("waiting for root") when I used a SATA drive to install. I switched to a IDE and it installed fine. However, Im still having the blinking cursor problem after the installation.

-Gregg

No, I have a ide dvd.
However I've tried the kalyway, installation goes fine, but I've got the blinking cursor too. I'm searching for a solution...

It seems no matter which distribution I use I can't get past the loading screen (the grey apple with the spinning lines below it). While the lines continue to spin a circle with a line through it appears. I have this motherboard and have done the steps up to booting from the DVD but now I'm obviously stuck. Anyone know how to solve this problem?

just bookmarked this post, i'll try later at home.
Is there a chance to install in a sata hard disk?
what about the sata dvd? is it working?

thanks

Has any one here updated to 10.5.2 yet??? ANy problems? Success??

caminoz, if you successfully updated to 10.5.2, pls update your guide with instructions

I am trying to install Leopard on my PC but I can't seem to get it pass the first stage.

I have an ASUS P5N32-E SLi
120 IDE Hard Drive
IDE DVD rom
2gb Ram
Gefoce 7600

Everytime I boot with the installation cd I just get to the part where it ask to press any key to continue installation or press F8, I tried with any key and with F8 and typed -v and -v cpus=1 but it keeps restarting the computer over and over again. so I tried it again and now I get this message over and over again:

EBIOS read error: Device Timeout
Block 8939864 Sectors 64

I am using KALYWAY_LEO_10.5.1intel_SSE2_SSE3 iso but when i load the DVD it says Darwin/x86 boot v5.0.132 at the top, is that what its suppose to be?

Please any help will be appreciated.

hey caminoz, the modbin 9.2 kernel works for nfoce mobo, but can only use 1 core. is there a 9.2 kernal that makes multiple cores work?

what does the IOHDIXController.kext do? what is the purpose of this kext?