I'm extreamly in trouble to installation, I already invest money on board, CPU, Ram or so.
Please help me to fix my problem about bios. I have tried every options to boot installation disk and done with 9 other x86osx versions.

Symtom : I cannot load installation even with lots of options and versions.

Motherboard : G31-M7 TE 6.X
CPU : E2180
VGA : 8600GT
RAM : PC6400 2GB
HDD : IDE 250G (SLAVE)
ODD : IDE COMBO(MASTER)

Would you please help me?

Please help me, I deeply appreciate for your kindness and warm.

Bios Link
- select G31CM519.BFS by right click to save file
http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en-us/mb/bios.php?S_ID=363

Hi.

I have MSI P35 Platinum, Intel Core 2 Duo E6300, GeForce 7900GS (i want to change this to ATI Radeon HD4850 soon) and Patriot 4x1GB 800MHz. AFAIK there is always a problem with newest MSI motherboards and Mac OS X and I need modified BIOS. It will be great if anyone can modify this newest BIOS for this mobo which was released one day ago:

MSI P35 Platinum 1.9 BIOS

Thanks in advance.

Can you at least boot with the cpus=1 flag? That's what this is meant to fix.

of course I tried such options, I think DTST Fix is not only fix the problems of CPUs.
I tried with this option advised by jaykk

-v -x -s debug=0x144 io=0xffffffff cpus=1

the result is these,

Thank you for your kind attention, result is these,

1. Leo4All v3
after edit bios option on USB controller to
finally installation boot displayed like these

Mac OS Version:
Not yet set

Kernel Version:
Darwin Kernel Version 9.1.0~~~~~
ethernet MAC address : 00:00:00:00:00:00:00
ip address: 0.0.0.0

Waiting for remote debugger connection.
kdp_poll:no debugger device
(Stopped on this status)

2. Kalyway 10.5.2

Mac OS Version:
Not yet set

Kernel Version:
Darwin Kernel Version 9.2.0~~~~~
ethernet MAC address : 00:00:00:00:00:00:00
ip address: 0.0.0.0

Waiting for remote debugger connection.
kdp_poll:no debugger device
(Stopped on this status)

if you getting no debugger device, I guess you can't use "debug=0x144 or io=0xffffffff" . Sorry to hear that my suggestions didn't work. I am new to hackintosh scene as well, have just 2 weeks experience.

Hi! I have an asus f3sv laptop with the bios 208 installed, I´ve downloaded the modified bios but the winflash application don´t let me flash with the new bios, because the date is the same. How can I Install the modified bios?

I think you need to change some of your bios settings. Specifically the Execute disable bit, I'm fairly certain that's supposed to be enabled. May be other things as well, might want to search for proper bios settings.

hi!

I have asus x80le, works with cpus=1 flag, can enyone help me enable both cores?

Spec: http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=5&...amp;modelmenu=2

thx

hi! thanks for modifying the bios file. thanks also to kabyl for modifying the 1.30 version of this bios.

now the bad news, i still need to put a cpus=1 flag in order to boot. flashing on both version was successful by the way. but on both modified versions, i still need to put a cpus=1 flag in order to use leopard. is there any other setting in the bios that i should enable/disable?

specs:
intel e2160
asrock wolfdale 1333
40gb ide
2 gb ddr2 corsair
kalyway 10.5.2/ 10.5.3 combo update + 10.5.4 through apple (vanilla kernel)



thanks again for the effort!

Are you certain this is the correct bios for your motherboard? There's like 3 different versions called wolfdale1333, the one I made is for the wolfdale1333-D667 specifically.

yup. i finally got 2 cores working finally!

i enabled "no memory execute protection" and "acpi hpet"

disabled speedstep

thanks again!

HI sir Kabyl

can u help me out with my ECS G31-t motherboard

issues: can only boot by disabling APIC mode, or typing cpus=1
eitherway activity monitor only shows 1 cpu core

here's a DL link to the bios

http://ecsusa.com/ECSWebSite/Downloads/Dow...d=2&LanID=9

really appreciate your help

hello kabyl

can you please mod my bios
Asus F8SP NB

CPU: T9300 Core2Duo 2.5Ghz
Graphics: ATI HD3650 1024MB
Chipset: PM965+ICH8M

bios link: Bios 301
http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/F8Sp/F8SP301AS.zip

good day for U...~!
Thank

Done.

Hi Kabyl,
Can you modify the asus x80le bios?
Spec:
http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?modelmen...l3=674&l4=0

thanks

Hi Kabil!
Can you modify this bios?

Gigabyte X48-DQ6
http://asia.giga-byte.com/FileList/BIOS/mo...-x48-dq6_f7.exe

Intel Core 2 Duo Quad Q9450
Asus HD 3870 X2 1GB DDR3

Thx!

hi kabyl,

unfortunately i cannot properly download (doesn't extract) the ECT G31T-M Bios file you wrote for Order2Chaos three posts above.
can you please help me with that?

cheers, i really appreciate your work!

Hey I just flashed my p35 Neo2-FR with the "7345v18_mod.by.Kabyl" BIOS and now it seems my CPU is hotter in XP.
With default BIOS it usually idles at around 35'c with medium fan speed.
Now with the modded BIOS it idles at about 45'c and even with full fan speed I can't get it below 40'c.
Could this be the new BIOS or is it just a coincidence and is caused by something else?

oh yeah, I have an E2160 CPU.

Thank you Kabyl

Finally, I changed my board and HDD,ODD to SATA.

Please ask to change my bios.
Bios :
http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Downloads...d=1&LanID=0

My motherboard is G33T-M2(V1.0). I try to use mod file posted on Kabyl Site.
But it crashed & I had to change my board, so please ask to mod my bios.

I can boot with -v cpus=1 option.

Thank you very much

Actually, I modified that bios and produced that file as with all of the files I post. I just downloaded it myself, it extracted fine with WinRAR and the MD5 for the bios matches. I archive all these files with winrar.

How are you trying to extract it? In windows or mac os? In both cases you need to download an archive program like winrar for windows or UnrarX for mac. The only archives that you can just double click are .zip archives.

Hello there bro Kabyl. My mobo is the Asrock 4CORE1600P35-WIFI P35 Socket 775 (please note its not the wifi+ version) VISTA and UBUNTU work fine on it, but I am trying to install All different versions of OSx86, but nothing is working for me. The furthest I went with Leo4AllV3 is complete installation and on startup it goes as far as….MAC Framework successfully initialized using 16384 buffer headers and 4096 cluster IO buffer headers….and it just stops there…forever……and this is only by initially typing f8, then -v-x-y cpus=1 before being allowed to install OSx86.

Does this mean I can only use 1 core out of the 4 available cores?

The rest of my system is as follows….

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 2.5GHz 1333FSB 6MB L2 Cache
Zotac nVidia Geforce 8500GT 512MB DDR2 DVI VGA TV Out PCI-E
OCZ Stealth Xtream 500W PSU
2 x 2GB OCZ 1333MHz DDR3 RAM
Seagate ST3200827AS 200GB SATA 7200rpm
Seagate ST3500320AS 500GB Hard Drive SATA II 7200rpm 32MB Cache
Optiarc AD-7200S 20X DVD±RW/DL/RAM Internal SATA
Vista Ultimate 32: on Disk0 partition1 and MAC OS X Leopard: Leo4AllV3 on Disk1 partition1
Chipsets info: Intel® P35 + ICH9R Chipsets

Please modify the BIOS for me……here is the link….

http://www.asrock.com/mb/download.asp?Mode...T=B&ID=1650 (DOS update)

or

http://www.asrock.com/mb/download.asp?Mode...T=B&ID=1651 (Vista update)


I will let u know how it goes….once I have it of course
Thanks again and God Bless, keep up the outstanding work

Hi, first time time I'm posting

Anyway I own an asus x53 laptop, It has an F3sg motherboard. I've succesfully loaded your F3Sc209AS modded bios into it.
Apperently they have the same bios ID's

First it gave me a black screen at boot but I could hear everything working. So I flashed back my original bios and vga was back.
I used MMtools to look at the bios a bit closer. It turned out the device ID for vga in your bios was different. I changed the values of the bios module called PCI option rom and loaded into my x53. And hey presto had a picture.
Iatkos and kalyway 1.5.2 both booted. Something that was not possible before.

But now my video card (9300) isn't recognized any more in windows and the cpu speed get reported as 100mhz on first bootscreen and as 1200 in bios.
And I had a runtime error now and then in windows. OSX installed fine.

Apparently you changed something in the acpi tables. So I figured lets find that in the bios and replace that with you code.
So I found out that the acpi tables where in the bios modules called Single Link Arch Bios in MMtools.
But I could not write to that module. So I took your modded F3Sc209AS bios and replaced the modules that I could from the original bios.

Everthing seemed OK until I booted.
OOOops I now have a 699,- euro paperweight.

Anyway I sent the laptop to asus to be repaired. But now I would like to ask you if you can tell me how you modded the bios.
Maybe a little howto? Or if you don't have time for that would you consider modding the bios for me?
Because I know when I get my laptop back I'll probably try again
And my girlfriend would probably kill me

You can find the bios here:
ftp://ftp.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/F3Sg/F3Sg305AS.zip

Tnx

May we also have a version for Asrock P43R1600Twins-WiFi ?

You can get it here:
http://download.asrock.com/bios/775/P43R16...-WiFi(1.30).zip

Thanks so much!!

Hello Mr. Kabyl.

I appreciate the work you do.The world would be a better place if there were more like you.

I have also a request for a modded BIOS.
Mobo: AsRock 4CORE1600 Twins P35
CPU : e2180
sata HDD and sata DVD-RW (because of the JMicron controller)

Problem: I can't even boot the DVD without the "cpus=1" flag excepting Kalyway 10.5.2, for Leo4All I need that flag and also for any Tiger distro.
Also for any Iatkos DVD(v1,v2,v3,4) it is impossible to boot I get an error,something like :Apple.com.<dunno> has dependencies on both apple.<smth> and <apple.kernel.<smth> (i don't remember the exact syntax).

Yesterday I downloaded from a bay an iso called "Leo4Allv4" , I checked the homepage, and the latest one is v3 but I gave it a shot and I could boot just with "-v" flag but after the installation i wasn't able to boot into OS X without "cpus=1" so it was something like a false alarm, just wanted to report this, maybe it helps somehow.

Link to BIOS: http://download.asrock.com/bios/775/4Core1...s-P35(1.40).zip
http://download.asrock.com/bios/775/4Core1...s-P35(1.40).zip
Note:A friend with the same mobo(but different cpu, think it was e4300) found a hacked BIOS on the internet,he couldn't remember where he got it from, but it didn't work.
Maybe there needs something else to be done for my configuration.

Is it possible to make a version that can be flashed from Windows? or do I have to buy a floppy disk drive?(wouldnt be that bad, if this would be the price for both cores working:D )

Thank you very much.

CEALAPA did you test the MOD BIOS by Kabyl for Asrock 4CORE1600P35-WIFI+ or did you just use the one by DjNeo? My MOBO is the Asrock 4CORE1600P35-WIFI (please note its not the WIFI+ version like yours) I contacted ASROCK technical staff, who r kinda helpful and they told me that the BIOS for these two motherboards is the same. Any comments anyone? about the Asrock 4CORE1600P35-WIFI BIOS Modified by Kabyl? Thanx all

Peace out,
Moe

OK I just tried to flash my BIOS (ASRock 4Core1600P35 WIFI) with the BIOS for ASRock 4Core1600P35 WIFI+ and the MF***** said Error: File ROM ID incorrect. Even though I asked the ASRock technical team if the two MOBOs used the same identical BIOS. So so disappointed. was really getting excited that I might be able to use MAC OS X today .......Does anyone know what's happened to Kabyl? I don't think he has replied anyone in the last 10 days or more.....I hope he's ok and will be back on track soooooooon Maybe anyone else experienced in modifying BIOS? I will really DONATE to whoever does a working MOD BIOS for me I see David Tsu, and Order Out of Chaos seem to know how to do it.......................PLEASE HELPPPPPP!!!!!!

Moe



Have you checked here? http://osrom.net/biosmod/
I think ur MOBO has already been done before bro

Moe

Hello there cealapa, do u think u could help me with a mod BIOS for ASRock 4Core1600P35-WiFi (please note it's not the WIFI+ version) I'm gettin a bit desperate now

http://www.asrock.com/mb/download.asp?Mode...T=B&ID=1650

Thnx and would appreciate the help

Yes, I did try there.
But nothing happens it's almost* like the original BIOS/

*I noticed that the kernel panic I get when booting Kalyway 10.5.2 without "cpus=1" flag ,is somehow differen, there aren't any files pointed as potential source for the panic ,instead I get lots of hex code(I think it's hex).

I'm starting to loose my faith, everything works great but the performance could be better with both cores.

Is there anybody who has my mobo and similar specs that can confirm this BIOS works ?? If so, which distro did u use ?
I have tryed them all, no kidding, all 10.4 and 10.5 I could find.
Is there anybody else who's making modified BIOS'es ?

Thanks.

Hi ,
I need a patched BIOS for mm HP 520 notbook, having problems with dual core.

Link
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp38501-39000/sp38863.exe/


Thanks.

Hi, Kabyl, need your help again.
Can you modify Asus A6Jc's BIOS for me at:
http://drivers.softpedia.com/progDownload/...load-19346.html

Hey there Order2Chaos. You seem to be good at BIOS MOD could u help me out plz? My request is a few posts back. Thanks

Moe

Not sure why the Wifi+ one wouldn't work, but here it is.

Hello Order2Chaos. Would modify my bios? I posted like this. I crashed my board with old version on Kabyl mod site. I tried it, but I have to change my board. Would you help me to change my bios? I can boot with -v cpus=1 option but not stable. Thank you a lot

For people with the ASUS P5Q3, you can get the latest modded bios HERE

BiTRiP

Got an HP M9150f with Q6600 (rev G0) on an OEM Asus IPIBL-LB G33/ICH9R motherboard with an nVidia 8500GT card. I'm witnessing the same BIOS incompatibilities: depending on the version, installs stop at "using 15728 buffer headers and 4196 cluster IO buffer headers", or I get an automatic restart after the first load in. I can also get this message "Extension "com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMCPlatformPlugin" has immediate dependencies on both com.apple.kernel and com.apple.kpi components; use only one style". I also suspect that if I could get it installed, I'd still have to deal with the 4-core issue.

Click to view attachment

Thanks helping if you can

**UPDATE: I actually managed to get Kalyway 10.5.1 installed with the "vanilla cpus=1" options. But with no parameters, the restart just freezes at the grey Apple. With "-v cpus=1" I get to "using 15728 buffer headers and 4196 cluster IO buffer headers" and that's it. FYI.

Hey there, I'm placing a request also for a HP pavillion elite m9040n, the problems are deeply listed with me an a couple of others with the same bios upgrade problem.

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=98145#

the board is:
ASUS IPIBL-LA / Berkeley-GL8E
and the link for the current sucky HP bios:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwar...0550&dlc=en


this bios issue with this machine has been winding me up since may, no installer ever gets past any apple menu, with no amount of flags, etc. So any investigation/attempt to fix, I would be super grateful, as would the others in said thread.

thanks again!
Kenny

Hello,

I want to install Kalyway Leopard with XP on my laptop.

Here is the original Bios :

http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/F3Jv/F3Jv207AS.ZIP

Please could you generate the modified bios ? Thanks for all

Core 2 Duo T7200
Nvidia Geforce 7600 Go
Wifi 3945 A/b/g
Realtek Ac97

Hey i was wondering if you could make a modded bios for my ASUS F8P-X2B laptop

You'll find the bios here

http://dlsvr04.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/F8P/F8SAP302AS.zip

Processor: Intel C2D T8100
Chipset: GM965/PM965 (seen both)
Graphics: ATi Mobility HD 2400
Problem: When i boot into Kalyway 10.5.2 "with cpus=1" it halts on "extension com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_Plugin_Platfrom has dependencies on both com.apple.kernel and com.apple.components"

Also three questions (anyone can answer these)

1) If i do get a modded bios how do i get it to work (do i have to flash it or something)?

2) Can i restore my old bios if i want to?

3) Will this solve my ACPI issues with kalyway and iATKOS and let me use the vanilla kernel?

Thx in advance

Yes you have to flash it or something You have to use the recommended procedure for your motherboard; usually the BIOS flash procedure is documented in the manual, or the support pages for your device. It's critical that it's done correctly and with the right tool (if required).


Depends on whether or not the modded BIOS works. If you flash with a bad BIOS, or you do an incomplete flash (interrupt the process) only your manufacturer (or a very knowledgeable and resourceful technician) will be able to help you. Otherwise you can simply reflash with the old BIOS. BTW, make sure you have a copy of the old BIOS before you flash...


Possibly, depending on what you mean by "ACPI issues". This mod address some pretty specific issues discussed in the very first post on this thread. Please read that post carefully!

Hello,
I too am interested in the IPIBL-LB posted by limini.

• a direct link to the BIOS file,
• your PC specs (CPU, Chipset and Graphics Card),
• and a description of the issues.

Hello... I'm using kalyway 10.5.2 on my toshiba laptop, and every since I boot it's necessary insert "... cpus=1"!
Maybe you can help me!

CPU - intel core 2 duo T5200 1,60 GHz
chipset - intel i945GM
graphics card - intel 945GM express chipset family

My BIOS file:
http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su...;all_docs=false

I can see that you're inundated with requests for modded bios' but I would also like one corrected.

*HP nc8430 (see attached CPUz file for specs)
*the bios can be found here: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechS...Item=ob-57210-1
*same issue as everyone else... unable to boot unless the cpus=1 command is used.

Thank you so much!

I have an asus p5b board with the Intel p-965 chipset
An Intel E6600 core 2 duo
2 giga ram
320 giga hard drive
nvidia 8600 gts
when I try to upload the installation Cd from boot i get some error that some file is missing "system config file /com.apple.boot.plist not found"
and when i do it with VMware on my vista everything is perfect but i want this mac to run as an independent OS
so if any one can find some solution to my problem I'll be very thankful
thanks in advance
el-yi.....!!!
bios: http://rapidshare.com/files/132693899/P5B-1902.zip.html

hey, Kabyl it has been awhile since I have posted in here, and I see you now have an Asus laptop. Wish mine had the finger scanner -.-. Anyways my Asus is still running strong and I just upgraded my desktop to a 4Core1600P35-WiFi motherboard (without the plus, simply because newegg did not have those in stock) this means mine does not have Firewire built in (did not matter to me because I have a PCI card for it already).

I followed David Tsu's guide, while it was a little bit lacking it was detailed and clear enough for me to get it done! I just modded and flashed my own BIOS for this board. I will post it and email it to you once I have OSX installed.

well I can't install iATKOS with all 4 cores during the install (not sure what will happen after) is this normal?

I can set it for cpus=2 and it goes on just fine as does cpus=1, but if I type cpus=4 it does not work or if nothing other than -v then it does not work??

UPDATE

I am now booted up into OSX however cpus=2 does not seem to work... cpus=1 did.... here in a second I am about to double check that firmware I made and make sure I flashed over the correct file.. if not then this will take me a bit of time to resolve as I deleted my Vista partition which had the tools and files I used. However I am not stupid, I transfered them to another.

Also sound and the wifi card does not seem to work right off the bat as some had me to believe about this motherboard.. that's not really an issue but that was part of the reason why I purchased this motherboard....

Also I have one of the new q9300 cpus.. so that could mean that my issue may just be in finding the right kernel to use. I am backing this up to my backup partition so if I screw it up during the setup process I will be back up and running in a matter of minutes and I will not have to screw around with the terminal for every mistake.

Dell laptop users, there is a kernel to run all cores. This may work for other laptop users also and maybe even some desktop issue you guys are having (maybe). I have tested this kernel at the link and it works perfectly with Inspiron 9400. http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=117558

-DTsu

Hey wondering if you could help me out with a modded bios.

PC Specs:

MSI p31 Neo-F Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Quad (2.4GHz)
Nvidea 8600GT
2GB RAM

So basically I have installed Leopard but have to boot in cpus=1 everytime

Here's the BIOS:

http://download1.msi.com.tw/files/download...exe/7392v13.zip

Appreciate any help

I have V1.20 posted on page 27, post #540.

Hi Folks,

Thanks for the hand you're giving us on this.
I have a MSI P965 Platinum Motherboard.
Everything was working great (using the BIOS default).
Suddenly my computer started to shutdown by itself (all OSes, not only my Kalyway 10.5.3). Thought it was the PSU, then replaced it. Did the same, then cleaned every fan. Did the same, then changed the video card. And so on...
Thought about updating the Mobo's Bios, and chan! it worked!
Now it works without shutting down, on all OSes.
But Leopard didn't like the new Bios and gets stuck at login at the same point seen some of you are getting stuck.
This is the updated Bios for my mother:
http://download1.msi.com.tw/files/download...exe/7238v18.zip
Video Card: XFX 8800 GTX

Is it possible to patch this Bios?

Thank you a lot!

~Cyber

Thanks a lot chaos after getting corrupt CMOS several times I managed to get it working and it worked like a charm. You are a saviour