LS8 Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 you don't have to use patched ionetworkingfamily.kext, time machine works with EFI string with vanilla ionetworkingfamily.kext Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115121-gigabyte-ga-ep45-dq6/page/9/#findComment-974656 Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.I.Ghost Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Hi people! I've read through the topic completely, know almost everything i want. (i'm planing on building Server with this MoBo). It looks, that this board is more suitable then the Asus P5Q Premium i currently posses (haven't yet time to test asus either) I'd like to ask you few things. Can any of you create a small network and test how do the Mac and Windows clients connect to the shares? What are the top transfer speed's before any freezes occur? (Yonika's post #200) Next, does the "teaming" function work under MacOS? (making LAN controllers appear on a network as one, so the rough throughoutput multiplies by number of controllers used) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115121-gigabyte-ga-ep45-dq6/page/9/#findComment-975433 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS8 Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 ...my machine randomly freezes, I cannot move mouse, keyboard does not respond, I have to reboot the computer. Sometimes it happens during work, sometimes when the computer is not being used. Very similar to this report: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...mp;#entry871008 The guy has the same graphic card and the same PCi network card. It happened again, after a few days witout any problem. It cannot be caused by the PCI network card, I have removed it a few days ago and I'm using the onboard RTL 8111. So it may be the VGA card (nvidia 8800gt 512MB), anyone with similar problem? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115121-gigabyte-ga-ep45-dq6/page/9/#findComment-978215 Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.I.Ghost Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 ls8 Have you installed anything in any of two PCIe-4x slots? I've been through technical documentation, since i was planning to make this my server board and and i found smth. interesting. Have a look at the block diagram first (it was taken from user manual) Intel ICH10/R supports for 6 (six) PCIe-1x independent lines each 500MB/s throughoutput. From diagram you can see, that both PCIe-4x slots and all GLAN controllers share 4PCIe lines. I assume that internal controller might go crazy in some situations switching between those mentioned. And i found it to be somewhat lame for a board for the price, since 1Gbit/s = 128MBytes/s, adding embedded controller for all four GLANs would spare three PCIe lines Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115121-gigabyte-ga-ep45-dq6/page/9/#findComment-979139 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS8 Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 No, I only have VGA card in the PCIEX16 slot, the two PCIEX4 slots and the PCIEX8 slot are empty. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115121-gigabyte-ga-ep45-dq6/page/9/#findComment-979565 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaj Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 It happened again, after a few days witout any problem. It cannot be caused by the PCI network card, I have removed it a few days ago and I'm using the onboard RTL 8111. So it may be the VGA card (nvidia 8800gt 512MB), anyone with similar problem? Maybe it's your power supply? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115121-gigabyte-ga-ep45-dq6/page/9/#findComment-979652 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS8 Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Power Source is ASUS A-45GA 440W, I have one spare Fortron 500W, I can try it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115121-gigabyte-ga-ep45-dq6/page/9/#findComment-980697 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaj Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Power Source is ASUS A-45GA 440W, I have one spare Fortron 500W, I can try it. Any luck? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115121-gigabyte-ga-ep45-dq6/page/9/#findComment-982584 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bory27 Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 LS8, regarding your problem, have you tried a clean re-install? could be virus also... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115121-gigabyte-ga-ep45-dq6/page/9/#findComment-983513 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS8 Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Virus Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115121-gigabyte-ga-ep45-dq6/page/9/#findComment-983894 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaj Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Yes, also detected af half-duplex. But mounting samba drivers, bonjour (afp) and alll other features are fully working for me. Hey ls8. Are you able to test something for me? Could you test a network transfer and find out if the network speed with the Psystar drivers have dropped to 10Mbps? P.S. Did the power supply sort out the freezing problem? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115121-gigabyte-ga-ep45-dq6/page/9/#findComment-986812 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS8 Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 I didn't have time to change the power supply yet. Networks works 100Mbit/s for me, I only have 100Mbit network here, I cannot test 1Gbit/s. Edit: I have changed the power supply, now running on FORTRON Green Power 500W ATX, PFC/P4 [FSP500-60GLN]. Everythging OK so far. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115121-gigabyte-ga-ep45-dq6/page/9/#findComment-987454 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS8 Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 I hope it was the power source, no lockup since I've replaced it ls8:~ admin$ uptime 11:38 up 4 days, 33 mins, 2 users, load averages: 5.09 5.30 5.14 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115121-gigabyte-ga-ep45-dq6/page/9/#findComment-992594 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaibest Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 i'm just curious... why in the world some motherboards have 2 and as i see 4 ethernet ports!? how and for what you use them all? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115121-gigabyte-ga-ep45-dq6/page/9/#findComment-993078 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS8 Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 On fifth day it froze again. It must be the graphics card, maybe RAM... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115121-gigabyte-ga-ep45-dq6/page/9/#findComment-993642 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaj Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 On fifth day it froze again. It must be the graphics card, maybe RAM... That sucks! Hey ls8, have you hooked up your card through DVI or regular VGA? I'm having this problem at present http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=140178 Any idea why? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115121-gigabyte-ga-ep45-dq6/page/9/#findComment-996201 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS8 Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 DVI. My card has no VGA out, only two DVI connectors. I have no problems with waking from sleep, no blue screen. My computer just freezes (cannot move mouse, keyboard input is ignored), but sound from USB DVB tuner (Elgato EyeTV) is still running. RAM seems to be OK, I had memtest running for 23hours, no errors found. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115121-gigabyte-ga-ep45-dq6/page/9/#findComment-996222 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheeplover Posted December 12, 2008 Author Share Posted December 12, 2008 Hey ls8. Are you able to test something for me? Could you test a network transfer and find out if the network speed with the Psystar drivers have dropped to 10Mbps? I work on a similar configuration as LS8 and I use the Psystar-Realtek drivers combined with EFI-string. I still can't get TM to work but the network transfer is fine with 1Gbit, Pairing works also. For those of you wondering what multiple NICs are used for: One choice you have is called "Pairing" ... it means combining two or more NICs to an array to get higher transfer speeds. Normally used for workstations or servers. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115121-gigabyte-ga-ep45-dq6/page/9/#findComment-996359 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS8 Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 TM works fine for me, try to reset the network settings: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?s=&...st&p=970934 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115121-gigabyte-ga-ep45-dq6/page/9/#findComment-996504 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheeplover Posted December 13, 2008 Author Share Posted December 13, 2008 TM works fine for me, try to reset the network settings TM now seems to work Thank you! Netkas posted a guide how to be prepared for the upcomming 10.5.6 update on his website. I followed the steps but I like to reassure that I did everything correct: - I use ChameleonEFI v 1.0.11 - I replaced ./boot with the PC_EFI v9-version comming from netkas. (hibernation basically works but it screws my bios - a POST error is recognized and all settings are returned to default. And absolutely no keyb. or mouse after reboot, even a USB mouse doesn't work.) - I downloaded Fassls DSDT-Patcher, ran the patch-file and copied the created dsdt.aml to the root. My system still works, but I don't know how to check back if Fassls patch does it's job. I don't really like to screw my system with the upcomming update, so if anybody could give me some reassurance I would be very pleased Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115121-gigabyte-ga-ep45-dq6/page/9/#findComment-997268 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS8 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 I am running 10.5.6 now, no PCEFI_v9, no DSDT patch. I just used the old trick: sudo su - while sleep 1; do rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext; done Then installed MacOSXUpd10.5.6.dmg downloaded from http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/appl...1056update.html (372MB). Computer froze on first reboot, started OK on second reboot. Reinstall LS8v14 fixed audio and System information (CPU frequency etc.). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115121-gigabyte-ga-ep45-dq6/page/9/#findComment-1000922 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheeplover Posted December 16, 2008 Author Share Posted December 16, 2008 Congratulations! I will go for a complete reinstall now. The header of my system drive got corrupted while installing Chameleon with dsdt. I absolutely have no clue what went wrong... but I was able to get my data back using R-Studio. Now I got a new hdd and will try it again. Since I install from another installation I hopefully won't need any patch, script or trick at all. I'll update with my results later... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115121-gigabyte-ga-ep45-dq6/page/9/#findComment-1000990 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonika Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 I am running 10.5.6 now, no PCEFI_v9, no DSDT patch. I just used the old trick: sudo su - while sleep 1; do rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext; done Then installed MacOSXUpd10.5.6.dmg downloaded from http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/appl...1056update.html (372MB). Computer froze on first reboot, started OK on second reboot. Reinstall LS8v14 fixed audio and System information (CPU frequency etc.). Hey ls8, Can you explain why you had to use the "while sleep 1; do rm -rf " command? Did you have to stun this loop in order to be able to install the update? What happens if i don't run this command and try to update? Does the kext you remove keeps getting back? Did you solve the TM issue that occurs after updating ? What do you mean re-install System information (CPU frequency etc.)? Can you specify the kexts over written in the update? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115121-gigabyte-ga-ep45-dq6/page/9/#findComment-1001007 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaj Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 I am running 10.5.6 now, no PCEFI_v9, no DSDT patch. I just used the old trick: sudo su - while sleep 1; do rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext; done Then installed MacOSXUpd10.5.6.dmg downloaded from http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/appl...1056update.html (372MB). Computer froze on first reboot, started OK on second reboot. Reinstall LS8v14 fixed audio and System information (CPU frequency etc.). Thats weird ls8. All the guides say that the DSDT patch MUST be installed because of the AppleRTC.kext present in 10.5.6 So is the DSDT patch really pointless? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115121-gigabyte-ga-ep45-dq6/page/9/#findComment-1001632 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS8 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 I don't know if the DSDT is pointless or not, I just don't use it. Vanilla AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement can break your osx86 install, that's why you have to run the "rm -rf" command and leave the terminal window opened during the update install. System information (About this Mac - CPU frequency, RAM frequency etc.) was incorrect after the update (with vanilla AppleSMBIOS), audio did not work. So I reinstalled LS8v14 which replaced AppleSMBIOS and audio drivers, everything runs OK now! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115121-gigabyte-ga-ep45-dq6/page/9/#findComment-1001769 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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