Dewdman42 Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Ok, after much trial and error I have finally managed to update to 10.5.6. What a pain that was. I need to buy a real mac man! Anyway, here are the instructions that worked for me with GA-P35-DS4, hope this will help someone else: 1 - Upgraded boot loader to pc efi v9/Chameleon. Not sure this was needed, but what the heck. 2 - Obtained AppleSMBIOS-33.kext. LS8 is providing this in v15 of his driver pack, but I ended up using v12 of the driver pack, however, guess I needed this AppleSMBIOS.kext. In order to configure it, open it with "Show contents" and edit the Info.plist that is found inside. You can configure your own UUID, serial, mem speed, machine type, etc 3 - Install the power management disabler, called IntelCPUPMDisabler.kext. Also make cure the the normal powermanagement kext is removed from Extensions. You can google to find the disabler. 4 - Test out 5 - Download and run the 10.5.6 combo updater. At the end it will ask to reboot. Go ahead. If it freezes part way through before reboot, then you didn't deal with step#3 properly. 6 - When it reboots, make sure you have a boot-132 CD inserted to boot load from. It will do some more upgrade stuff and finally it will say "Mach Reboot", but it will probably hang there after that. Go ahead and recycle the power, boot again with the boot-132 cd. 7 - Install LS8 drivers. I used v12. I had problems with v15 I never figured out, its probably solvable, but v12 seems to be working fine. 8 - Reinstall the AppleSMBIOS-33 kext(the 10.5.6 upgrade and/or LS8 installer overwrote it). 9 - Re-edit EFI strings to be sure they are good, make sure you have video, ethernet and azal all setup. 10 - Reinstall PC efi v9/chameleon 11 - remove the power management disabler that was added in step #3. Make sure the normal apple cpu power management kext is also still not there. Your CPU will heat up otherwise. 12 - If you have nvidia gfx card, Remove AppleUpstreamUserClient.kext, this might be optional. A number of users complained about glitchy mouse stuff with nvidia cards and this fixes it. 13 - Reboot again, this time without boot-132. Should be done now. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115877-retail-install-guide-for-ga-p35-ds4-with-chameleon-efi/page/9/#findComment-1111141 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CmCd01 Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Can this install guide be used with the new Chameleon? Is there a shortcut to update to the new Chameleon without starting from scratch? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115877-retail-install-guide-for-ga-p35-ds4-with-chameleon-efi/page/9/#findComment-1127311 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tseug Posted April 22, 2009 Author Share Posted April 22, 2009 Guide updated to 10.5.6 (better late than never ) With regards to BIOS screenshots, these are available in LS8's thread as mentioned earlier. Also, it seems both chameleon 1.0.12 and 2.0 works. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115877-retail-install-guide-for-ga-p35-ds4-with-chameleon-efi/page/9/#findComment-1139495 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewdman42 Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Guide updated to 10.5.6 (better late than never ) With regards to BIOS screenshots, these are available in LS8's thread as mentioned earlier. Also, it seems both chameleon 1.0.12 and 2.0 works. You might wanna update your instructions. I previously reported that I could update to 10.5.4 using software update, but that will DEFINITELY not be the case for 10.5.6, so please fix your instructions. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115877-retail-install-guide-for-ga-p35-ds4-with-chameleon-efi/page/9/#findComment-1139502 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tseug Posted April 22, 2009 Author Share Posted April 22, 2009 You might wanna update your instructions. I previously reported that I could update to 10.5.4 using software update, but that will DEFINITELY not be the case for 10.5.6, so please fix your instructions. Thanks for the heads up. Fixed. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115877-retail-install-guide-for-ga-p35-ds4-with-chameleon-efi/page/9/#findComment-1139507 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CmCd01 Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Guide updated to 10.5.6 (better late than never ) THANK YOU, tseug!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115877-retail-install-guide-for-ga-p35-ds4-with-chameleon-efi/page/9/#findComment-1139517 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewdman42 Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Did any of you try 10.5.7 yet? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115877-retail-install-guide-for-ga-p35-ds4-with-chameleon-efi/page/9/#findComment-1155217 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbg Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Did any of you try 10.5.7 yet? Yes, updated from 10.5.6 to 10.5.7 via Software Update without problems. Restart with Boot 132 disk. Removed AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement and reinstalled/updated extensions from LS8 v15 package. Everything working fine. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115877-retail-install-guide-for-ga-p35-ds4-with-chameleon-efi/page/9/#findComment-1155657 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CmCd01 Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Yes, updated from 10.5.6 to 10.5.7 via Software Update without problems. I haven't done the update to 10.5.6 yet and I'd like to update to the new Chameleon. Do you think there's any reason we couldn't follow tseug's instructions, but use 10.5.7 instead of 10.5.6? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115877-retail-install-guide-for-ga-p35-ds4-with-chameleon-efi/page/9/#findComment-1156054 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tseug Posted May 14, 2009 Author Share Posted May 14, 2009 I haven't done the update to 10.5.6 yet and I'd like to update to the new Chameleon. Do you think there's any reason we couldn't follow tseug's instructions, but use 10.5.7 instead of 10.5.6? Full install worked for me but not updating from 10.5.6 -> 10.5.7. The latter caused a kernel panic. So the answer to your question is that it may or may not work Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115877-retail-install-guide-for-ga-p35-ds4-with-chameleon-efi/page/9/#findComment-1156408 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewdman42 Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 What procedure did you follow to attempt the update? I am going to attempt this soon. My thinking is that the PM disabler needs to be used, like we did for 10.5.6. Basically follow nearly the same instructions as what i posted a few posts back, except use V16 of LS8's drivers and get the new RC1 Chameleon. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115877-retail-install-guide-for-ga-p35-ds4-with-chameleon-efi/page/9/#findComment-1156571 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tseug Posted May 14, 2009 Author Share Posted May 14, 2009 What procedure did you follow to attempt the update? I am going to attempt this soon. My thinking is that the PM disabler needs to be used, like we did for 10.5.6. Basically follow nearly the same instructions as what i posted a few posts back, except use V16 of LS8's drivers and get the new RC1 Chameleon. For 10.5.6 i think i just installed the combo and applied the installer. For 10.5.7 I needed, as I mentioned, to install the combo from another running installation and then reapply the installer. Maybe my installation is just wonky Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115877-retail-install-guide-for-ga-p35-ds4-with-chameleon-efi/page/9/#findComment-1156579 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS8 Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 installing the combo update from another partition is always the safest way Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115877-retail-install-guide-for-ga-p35-ds4-with-chameleon-efi/page/9/#findComment-1156605 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CmCd01 Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 For 10.5.7 I needed, as I mentioned, to install the combo from another running installation and then reapply the installer. When you say "installer" is that the Chameleon installer or something else? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115877-retail-install-guide-for-ga-p35-ds4-with-chameleon-efi/page/9/#findComment-1156739 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tseug Posted May 15, 2009 Author Share Posted May 15, 2009 When you say "installer" is that the Chameleon installer or something else? The GA-P35-DS4 Extension Pack Installer which is equivalent to LS8v15. You may also have to rerun the Chameleon installer. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115877-retail-install-guide-for-ga-p35-ds4-with-chameleon-efi/page/9/#findComment-1156812 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donar Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Can this install guide be used with the new Chameleon? Is there a shortcut to update to the new Chameleon without starting from scratch? I installed 2.x "over" 1.x reebooted and it worked. The only thing is that i have to choose the boot drive now, but this could be fixed by me just too lazy... Today i upgraded to 10.5.7 with the 4xx MB DMG an had a panic. I rebooted with my "spare install" applied 10.5.7 upgrade from there to my main install, deleted AppleIntelCPUPowermanagement.kext - rebooted with my main install - I'm on 10.5.7 now. Everything went fine. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115877-retail-install-guide-for-ga-p35-ds4-with-chameleon-efi/page/9/#findComment-1157458 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tseug Posted May 21, 2009 Author Share Posted May 21, 2009 Guide updated to 10.5.7 and added instructions on how to upgrade from a previous install. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115877-retail-install-guide-for-ga-p35-ds4-with-chameleon-efi/page/9/#findComment-1161368 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebiglebow Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Guide updated to 10.5.7 and added instructions on how to upgrade from a previous install. Everything works fine while updadting from 10.5.6 to 10.5.7. One issue , I'm not able to reach the 1920*1200 screen resolution (8800 GS , EFI applied). I'm limited to 1920*1080, I was not limited in 10.5.6. Does anybody have an idea on how to solve this issue ? Regards and thanks to all, TheBigLebow Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115877-retail-install-guide-for-ga-p35-ds4-with-chameleon-efi/page/9/#findComment-1161800 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dondeosx Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 Hello and thanks for the very detailed guide with wich I managed to install 10.5.5 from my Retail-DVD sometime ago. Now I tried to (combo)update to 10.5.7 and it works fine the way Tseug described it with Chameleon 2. However I would like to stick to Chameleon 1.0.11 for various reasons. Is it possible with 10.5.7? I tried to revert to 1.0.11 after the successful install, but it wouldn't boot. Can someone enlighten me or at least put in the right direction, please? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115877-retail-install-guide-for-ga-p35-ds4-with-chameleon-efi/page/9/#findComment-1170906 Share on other sites More sharing options...
janwahl Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 Hello and thanks for the very detailed guide with wich I managed to install 10.5.5 from my Retail-DVD sometime ago. Now I tried to (combo)update to 10.5.7 and it works fine the way Tseug described it with Chameleon 2. However I would like to stick to Chameleon 1.0.11 for various reasons. Is it possible with 10.5.7? I tried to revert to 1.0.11 after the successful install, but it wouldn't boot. Can someone enlighten me or at least put in the right direction, please? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115877-retail-install-guide-for-ga-p35-ds4-with-chameleon-efi/page/9/#findComment-1173279 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewdman42 Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 reinstall chameleon, either version Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115877-retail-install-guide-for-ga-p35-ds4-with-chameleon-efi/page/9/#findComment-1173377 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sickr1rider Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Thank you so much, I upgraded my 10.5.5 server to 10.5.7 no problems with the updated guide. Now if we could only get the wwdc09 snow leopard leak which is rumored to be beta 10a380. I would love to get 64bit close to final snow leopard server running on my hackintosh! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115877-retail-install-guide-for-ga-p35-ds4-with-chameleon-efi/page/9/#findComment-1173730 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tseug Posted June 11, 2009 Author Share Posted June 11, 2009 Hello and thanks for the very detailed guide with wich I managed to install 10.5.5 from my Retail-DVD sometime ago. Now I tried to (combo)update to 10.5.7 and it works fine the way Tseug described it with Chameleon 2. However I would like to stick to Chameleon 1.0.11 for various reasons. Is it possible with 10.5.7? I tried to revert to 1.0.11 after the successful install, but it wouldn't boot. Can someone enlighten me or at least put in the right direction, please? You will need to move dsmos.kext and IntelCPUPMDisabler.kext from /Extra/Extensions/ to /System/Library/Extensions and then install Chameleon 10.0.12 (available somewhere on insanelymac.com as I recall). This should work but I haven't tested it. Why would you not want to use 2.0? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115877-retail-install-guide-for-ga-p35-ds4-with-chameleon-efi/page/9/#findComment-1175249 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tateburns Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 I've been researching for quite some time on the forum and I'm going to attempt my first install tomorrow night or this weekend sometime. I have what appears to be extremely compatible hardware (for the most part) so I'm feeling good especially with how detailed and frequently updated the guide is. GA-P35-DS4 Rev. 2.1 4GB Corsair XMS DDR2 800 Q6600 OC'd to 3.0Ghz ATI 4870 512MB 320GB Seagate The one that obviously worries me is the 4870. I've found a couple of different guides with varying results especially concerning the latest 10.5.7 update. I'm just wondering if anybody has had any experience using this guide with a 4870 and what maybe I should expect or precautions I should take? I also have a 4x1TB RAID5 NTFS array configured. I'm using a 3ware 9650SE as my RAID card and from what I can tell 3ware has Mac drivers available on their site that have worked for most people. The ones that have trouble really are the people that try to use it as a primary boot drive, which I won't be doing. How does this install behave out of the box with secondary NTFS drives? Is there anything I need to do beyond installing the 3ware drivers? I have a program I installed on my girl's Macbook Pro so she could write NTFS (forgot what it's called), do I need to install something like that as well? I also use an Edirol UA-25 USB DAC that runs my studio monitors. Edirol has Mac drivers available as well that I'm going to give a try. Thanks for any advice or well wishes! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115877-retail-install-guide-for-ga-p35-ds4-with-chameleon-efi/page/9/#findComment-1175571 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tateburns Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 Everything went perfect on my first install. However, after a successful reboot I attempted to install the GA-P35-DS4 fixes and it screwed my install. Wouldn't shutdown and got the dreaded X over the Apple logo on boot. What exactly does that pack do? I had an IP address through my secondary PCI Netgear gigabit NIC even. It doesn't appear I need the EFI studio either as I'm not using the onboard NIC and don't have an Nvidia graphics card. Is there some other reason to use this? I'm reinstalling from scratch this time and I'm going to skip the fixes pack/EFI studio and go straight for the 4870 drivers. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115877-retail-install-guide-for-ga-p35-ds4-with-chameleon-efi/page/9/#findComment-1176485 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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