freakds Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 After some research I've decided to buy Asus P5Q Pro. Planning to install Kalyway Leopard 10.5.2 using modded BIOS. So I call you all owners of this mobo share your experience here. Can I dual-boot Vista (64 bit) and Leopard on it ? How stable is Mac os x86 on it ? Any crashes, freezes, errors after installation ? Is anything onboard working ? Mention if some path work is needed. Audio ? (yes/no) (needs patch ?) LAN ? (yes/no) (needs patch ?) sata ? (yes/no) (needs patch ?) IDE ? (yes/no) (needs patch ?) Please post latest link to the modded BIOS and patches (whenever needed). Waiting for reply. Thanks in advance. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/130677-calling-asus-p5q-pro-owners/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
fighterhawk Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 I just might be able to reply to this soon I bought the asus p5q deluxe but my gfx card is an ati radeon 4850hd so i'l have to get a cheaper nvidia card before I can install osx Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/130677-calling-asus-p5q-pro-owners/#findComment-928106 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DotMerix Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 I would like to know aswell.. I am considering purchasing an asus p5q pro, 9800gtx+, e8500 and 4gb of mushkin ram.. Will all of these work with osx86? Is there a suggestion for another motherboard around the ballpark of the p5q pro that would be easier to install? I would also like a good overclockable board as i plan on getting the e8500 past 4.0ghz. I also need to make sure lan, mic, headphones and all audio jacks will work. Thanks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/130677-calling-asus-p5q-pro-owners/#findComment-928950 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theorian82 Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 Ahoy! Am using a P5Q pro MB with Kalyway Osx86 installed. Works fine except for: Audio ? (yes/no) (needs patch ?) - No, needs the appropriate kext files - P45 not well supported at all! LAN ? (yes/no) (needs patch ?) - No, No kext files available yet - Your best bet is to buy a cheap USB wireless adapter sata ? (yes/no) (needs patch ?) - Yes, works fine .. in fact, you need to have a SATA HDD and a SATA DVD drive in order to install Kalyway IDE ? (yes/no) (needs patch ?) - No, needs the appropriate kext files. You can find links to the Sound and IDE 'patches' on the forums. Sorry I don't have the links for you...but they're easy enough to find! All of my Q6600 cores work fine alongside my RAM. Remember you will need a SATA HDD + DVD drive in order for Kalyway to work as a DVD install. I will also suggest that you download a modded .ROM file for your bios, as Kalyway will not work with the ASUS bios'. Hope this helps. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/130677-calling-asus-p5q-pro-owners/#findComment-947983 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNorthern Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 About a half hour ago I just got my machine up and running w/ p5q-pro I used the JAS 10.5.4 server/client install w/ modified bios and MAC BIOS profile found here: Follow this solution for the "Do you already own a Mac" issue if you have it. I'd like to make a guide, but I'm still a beginner in this arena. Machine Specs: -ASUS P5Q-PRO -Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Wolfdale 3.16 Ghz -Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive (Also have another 300GB Maxtor loaded) -G.Skill 4G (2x2GB) 240-pin PC2 8000 -NVidia Geforce 7350 LE ** I purchased an 8600 GT for the build originally but I'm having some issues with the drivers for it in Linux (I'm a linux man primarily). I just don't feel like swapping it out when switching operating systems--the 7350LE works on all of them -HP w2207h monitor via HDMI -Obnoxious case that has a blue light in it--seemed like a good idea at the time -->Currently multibooting Ubuntu 8.10 (w/ XP-pro 32-bit via virtualbox), OSX 10.5.4, & Vista 64 (w/ LinuxMint64 & OpenGEU64 via virtualbox) -->Tested xp-pro 64--worked but I was too lazy to find drivers -->Tested many other Linux distros with consistent success The LAN definitely doesn't work, so I'll probably just install a cheap card, TBD The audio isn't working as of yet, but from what i've gathered, there are solutions available--I'll take care of that this week, hopefully (open to suggestions!). Graphics card works and all other hardware recognized and stable, as far as i know. HOWEVER, it did randomly shut off on me once..not sure what caused it..hardware? I don't know, i might have had a mental relapse and imagined it. Now I'm trying to multiboot with OSX on my HP dv2845se, not having a real fun time... Good luck with the build and multiboot! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/130677-calling-asus-p5q-pro-owners/#findComment-975844 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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