AmriiBacchus Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 I have tried a few diffrent bios still cannot get 4 cores to work in leopard asus p5q-pro q9450 any ideas to try Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westwaerts Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 asus p5b q9450 works fine but be more specific in your diagnosis and setup, if you want help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmriiBacchus Posted September 16, 2008 Author Share Posted September 16, 2008 Installed using kalways 10.5.2 installer using the vanilla kernel, nvidia drivers installed all the patches that are intel specific system specs: ASUS P5Q-PRO Q9450 2 GIG OCZ DDR 1066 SEAGATE 7200.11 500 GIG HD Modded Bios from this forum 0703 about this mac only shows 1 core CHUD only shows one core can only boot with the kernel flag CPUS=1 system activity only shows 1 core and movie conversion takes 2 hours while in windows takes 20 mins anything else i can add let me know thanks amrii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASNNetworks Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 the flag cpus=1 MEANS THAT ONLY 1 CORE IS ACTIVE! So...it makes a lot of sense that you only see one core...turn of cpus=1, look for a method... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candykane Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 some mobo's dont support multi core in osx, and nead a hacked bois in order to work http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=90505 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmriiBacchus Posted September 17, 2008 Author Share Posted September 17, 2008 tried turning the cpus=1 off and i have flashed the same bios as others (hacked) just starts to boot then restarts real quick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmriiBacchus Posted September 17, 2008 Author Share Posted September 17, 2008 tried turning the cpus=1 off and i have flashed the same bios as others (hacked) just starts to boot then restarts real quick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candykane Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 well have you repaired the permissions? OSX can be real corky with new hardware Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASNNetworks Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Maybe you should use a different kernel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conqueror93 Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Hi! I know that I haven't got the same CPU and MoBo as you, but on my PC with an Intel Core2Quad Q6600 and a nForce 680i LT Chipset Mainboard everything works fine. I installed iAtkos v1.0 r3 (Leopard 10.5.1) and "About Mac" shows all the 4 cores but curiously only 2 of my 4GB of Ram (while the "Task Manager" shows all the 4096 MB of Ram.) AFAIK I installed the Vanilla Kernel, but maybe you could - as ASNNetworks already mentioned - try another Kernel?! Yours, Conqueror93 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmriiBacchus Posted September 18, 2008 Author Share Posted September 18, 2008 Finally figured it out after instaling Ikatos and trying diffrent kernels and what not still no avail i did some random word combonations in google and found that leopard needs disable bit enabled.... well im an OverClocker and always disable everything in by cpu options for stability... well long story short.... quad core good to go thanks for all the help guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juzzi Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 I have tried a few diffrent bios still cannot get 4 cores to work in leopard asus p5q-pro q9450 any ideas to try BIOS mod for ALL Cores on P5Q PRO - here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leokeren Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 deleted cpu1, from open library-prefrences-system configuration-com.apple.boot plist then delete cpu1 quit and save then restart and done! you have 2 cores aktif or 4 cores/ 8 cores aktif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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