CaptHowie Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Hey Everyone, Just wondering whether this board works well with OSX86. It's a new board, just released that uses the new Intel P45 chipset. Has anyone had any experience with this board yet, as i'm looking to use it in a G5 case mod with a Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600. Just need to know if there are any problems/compatibility issues with it. howie Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/114739-gigabyte-ga-ep45-ds3r/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dammacx Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Hey Howie, Where did you get your G5 Enclosure? Is it just an empty Shell or does it have the stuff needed for mounting drives and board, etc... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/114739-gigabyte-ga-ep45-ds3r/#findComment-813197 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoka Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Hey Everyone,Just wondering whether this board works well with OSX86. It's a new board, just released that uses the new Intel P45 chipset. Has anyone had any experience with this board yet, as i'm looking to use it in a G5 case mod with a Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600. Just need to know if there are any problems/compatibility issues with it. howie Have look at this thread Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/114739-gigabyte-ga-ep45-ds3r/#findComment-813439 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sts01 Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 Any confirmed installations with this board? (I couldn't see any mention of it in the thread posted above) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/114739-gigabyte-ga-ep45-ds3r/#findComment-833457 Share on other sites More sharing options...
whood Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 I have this motherboard + core 2 quad 9300 Everything went fine with kalyway 10.5.2 + 10.5.3 comboupdate + 10.5.4 manual auto update, the only point i miss is the soundcard... can't figure how to make it works... any kind of help will be appreciated Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/114739-gigabyte-ga-ep45-ds3r/#findComment-835420 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaap Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 I have this motherboard + core 2 quad 9300 Everything went fine with kalyway 10.5.2 + 10.5.3 comboupdate + 10.5.4 manual auto update, the only point i miss is the soundcard... can't figure how to make it works... any kind of help will be appreciated Try the 889A audio from the attached files in the first post of this thread. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/114739-gigabyte-ga-ep45-ds3r/#findComment-835644 Share on other sites More sharing options...
drvr8 Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 NM - i have the EP35, not the 45 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/114739-gigabyte-ga-ep45-ds3r/#findComment-835888 Share on other sites More sharing options...
theoldrat Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 So is this board, the best P45 board to go with? Cheers Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/114739-gigabyte-ga-ep45-ds3r/#findComment-836265 Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaDonkey Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 I've been looking at this board too since newegg is sold out of the ep35 and this has the PCI-E 2.0 plus 16gb ram support. I can't find much on the p45s with osx. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/114739-gigabyte-ga-ep45-ds3r/#findComment-837543 Share on other sites More sharing options...
whood Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Try the 889A audio from the attached files in the first post of this thread. It works ! Thanks a lot The sound is a bit saturated when the level is 100% but it's great to have sound ! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/114739-gigabyte-ga-ep45-ds3r/#findComment-837903 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaap Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 It works !Thanks a lot The sound is a bit saturated when the level is 100% but it's great to have sound ! Glad it works! So all around, how is the performance of your machine? That looks like a great board to use. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/114739-gigabyte-ga-ep45-ds3r/#findComment-839531 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxxx Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 I have this board. I can boot and install Retail DVD with DFE's BOOT-132 (see this thread), but I could only use GUID for partition scheme (but I need MBR partitioning because I want to do dual or triple-boot and I have only 1 hard disk). It looks like Retail DVD doesn't allow to use MBR ("You cannot install Mac OS X on this volume blah blah..."). So I should use another DVD, but it seems that none is working for me. I tried Kalyway 10.5.2 and Leo4Allv3 and had no luck; they all freeze booting. Any ideas? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/114739-gigabyte-ga-ep45-ds3r/#findComment-840068 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koplimi Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 I have a GA-EP45-DS3R coming in tomorrow for evaluation. Whood or Martín M, you had to make any special changes in bios? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/114739-gigabyte-ga-ep45-ds3r/#findComment-840069 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxxx Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 No, no special changes to the BIOS. I tried using the latest BIOS to date, F8 if I recall correctly. If somebody could boot (and install) OSX86 in this board with another DVD different to the Retail one, please tell me. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/114739-gigabyte-ga-ep45-ds3r/#findComment-840082 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaap Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 So I should use another DVD, but it seems that none is working for me. I tried Kalyway 10.5.2 and Leo4Allv3 and had no luck; they all freeze booting. Any ideas? Are you using AHCI enabled, and a SATA DVD drive? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/114739-gigabyte-ga-ep45-ds3r/#findComment-840183 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxxx Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Zaap: I am using AHCI but not a SATA DVD drive. I have only a old PATA DVD drive, but in a couple of hours I will be buying a new SATA one (Pioneer 215). Can this be important? PS: Sorry if I don't quote your replies; I don't know why the "quote" button doesn't work for me. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/114739-gigabyte-ga-ep45-ds3r/#findComment-840191 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxxx Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 OK, I got a new SATA DVD drive, a Pioneer 215D. I tried with Kalyway 10.5.2 and Leo4All v3 but no luck. They hang in the same places than before. Any ideas? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/114739-gigabyte-ga-ep45-ds3r/#findComment-840386 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koplimi Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 You should really try to contact whood. Will try to PM him myself aswell. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/114739-gigabyte-ga-ep45-ds3r/#findComment-840439 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxxx Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 (edited) I downloaded iAtkos v4i and IT BOOTS! (Hey, it's more than I had)<br /><br />It's installing now, but I will let the experimenting for tomorrow. Edit: I feel so stupid... I was booting with the -f flag... don't ask me why because I don't know. Now iATKOS v4i boots, Kalyawy 10.5.2 too, and maybe Leo4All, but I didn't tried. Edited August 1, 2008 by Martín M Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/114739-gigabyte-ga-ep45-ds3r/#findComment-840644 Share on other sites More sharing options...
profegarces Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Hi there, just bought and installed this mobo and used boot 132 for leopard, all ok, but can't get 8500gt Qe/Ci enabled using efistudio strings, any clue? thx! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/114739-gigabyte-ga-ep45-ds3r/#findComment-840895 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaap Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Hi there, just bought and installed this mobo and used boot 132 for leopard, all ok, but can't get 8500gt Qe/Ci enabled using efistudio strings, any clue?thx! I've had trouble before getting it to work in 10.5.2. When I updated to 10.5.3, it worked. Also, if there's any NVinject.kext in the extensions folder, then that seems to override efi and kill QE/CI- solution is to delete any conflicting kexts. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/114739-gigabyte-ga-ep45-ds3r/#findComment-840898 Share on other sites More sharing options...
profegarces Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Ok, I will upgrade today to 10.5.4 and proceed to add efi strings and check for any Nvinject. Thanks for your help! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/114739-gigabyte-ga-ep45-ds3r/#findComment-841261 Share on other sites More sharing options...
profegarces Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 did update and then efi string stuff.....perfect! 100% working!!! Thanks a lot!!!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/114739-gigabyte-ga-ep45-ds3r/#findComment-843085 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koplimi Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 did update and then efi string stuff.....perfect! 100% working!!!Thanks a lot!!!! Which BOOT-132 image did you use? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/114739-gigabyte-ga-ep45-ds3r/#findComment-843609 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dado2i Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 great Motherboard! I've just installed in in a triple boot Vista-xp on hd1 and OSx in hd2. Everything works perfectly except Audio. I've installed Iatkos V4i and then added only the NVinstaller v.52.pkg . This enabeld my 8600GT perfectly. I've tried all the kexts and several methods, but with the latest (HDAEnabler.kext found here ) I have been finally able to see something on the system profiler's Audio tab. it shows me : Intel High Definition Audio: Device ID: 0x1458A102 Audio ID: 12 Available Devices: (nothing then) and there's no device avaiable also in system preferences/sound. Any idea on how could I solve this problem? Thanks a lot: i have this board with a Q6600 - 4 gb ram - 2x500 Gb SATA drives in AHCPI - xfx 8600GT 1 GB ram. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/114739-gigabyte-ga-ep45-ds3r/#findComment-844391 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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