ruslan120 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Hello everyone! After dedicating a lot of time, I have finally gotten a beautiful and stable system. First of all, my hardware is listed in my signature. I used iAtkos v2.0i, and installed with toh kernel,NO VIDEO DRIVERS(!!!!!!!), 8139 ethernet, no audio, no patches. Kernel panic on normal boot, boot in safe (-x) boot flag. Go to system===> all the way to kexts folder. I think it's system/library/extensions, and delete the kexts that were listed in the kernel panic (geforce.kexts and something like nvram (i forget)). You should have a basic system at standard res, and obtain the biketown combo update to 10.5.5. For the pre patch DO NOT CHOOSE THE NFORCE VERSION. Choose to update with stagexnu 9.4 kernel, 833 audio, nvinject 256 mb, and nvidiageforce nforce patch after pre patching, install, and after patch. Other installs were with kalyway, which would work perfectly, but then unexpectedly freeze. Now I'm going to install vista on my other, and use other 500 GB DIsk as time machine. Cheers!!!!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/134811-os-x-on-the-asus-p5n-d-750i-very-plausible-idea/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenkenc Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Looking forward to trying this... Freezes are annoying on Kalyway Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/134811-os-x-on-the-asus-p5n-d-750i-very-plausible-idea/#findComment-955591 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lastowl Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 i have the asus 780i and without nforce drivers it didn't boot kernel panics even changing the kernels didn't help but i installed nforce test version and system is fine but lan causes instability and also asus nforce need the ram voltage upped slightly then it's stable on vista as well. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/134811-os-x-on-the-asus-p5n-d-750i-very-plausible-idea/#findComment-956303 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruslan120 Posted November 5, 2008 Author Share Posted November 5, 2008 Yep, about the kernel, try nforce if anything goes wrong with TOH. I updated through apple update and everything went well, rebooted, and on boot, lan died. Reinstalling now Hey, at least now we know how to get it to work Yes, freezes are VERY annoying; glad to be rid of them. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/134811-os-x-on-the-asus-p5n-d-750i-very-plausible-idea/#findComment-956406 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruslan120 Posted November 5, 2008 Author Share Posted November 5, 2008 Ok here goes: Completely Complete Guide to Completely Installing OS X 10.5.5 On the Asus P5N-D with 8139d pci ethernet card, 8600 GTS 256 Look around the forums and configure bios correctly for 750i (had to make quite a few changes myself) Obtain an iAtkos v2.0i DVD Install At boot press F8 and type "maxmem=2048 cpus=1 nforce -v -x" Enter Wait until it loads up. Click next Click Utilities, Disk Utility Select Drive, and Partition into one, two or more, but as MBR (NOT GUID) Apply Select continue, agree, and your drive Customize Deselect all the options except main system Select Darwin x86 Bootloader (not the one on the top, the non-efi one) For kernel select Nforce Non-efi SS3 For video, none For audio, none For networking, none For patches, Remove CPU Thermal Kexts and Disk Mounting Patch Nothing else Install Boot normally, you will get a kernel panic. This is because something called kexts are malfunctioning. Reboot and at the darwin screen enter "-x" and boot. Register and login, and go to the finder. Go to your leopard drive, system, library, extensions, and delete NVDARESMAN.kext and GeForce.kext Without rebooting obtain the 8139d driver floating around (I think it's called PCGEN8139 something) as well as Biketown's 10.5.5 Combo Update. Install the 8139d driver (only for those with the same card as me). This is essential! Use the pre-patch from Biketown (not the nforce one) and install 10.5.5 DO NOT REBOOT. Open up the post patch, and select customize: Select: StageXNU 9.4.0 Kernel 833 Audio Restore networking and some other misc options that you need/wish ( I don't have this right in front of me) Install, enjoy! Reply with success/failure, and of course, suggestions! Ruslan120, over and out. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/134811-os-x-on-the-asus-p5n-d-750i-very-plausible-idea/#findComment-956433 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruslan120 Posted November 7, 2008 Author Share Posted November 7, 2008 Guys, this works, but use the efi darwin bootloader and nforce core kernel at install, nforce pre patch, and stage xnu kernel. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/134811-os-x-on-the-asus-p5n-d-750i-very-plausible-idea/#findComment-957648 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASNNetworks Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 I have the JAS 10.5.4 with StageXNU 9.4 kernel...Do I NEED to install 10.5.2? Or can I skip that and start from here? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/134811-os-x-on-the-asus-p5n-d-750i-very-plausible-idea/#findComment-958508 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruslan120 Posted November 9, 2008 Author Share Posted November 9, 2008 I haven't tried this from 10.5.4, partially because of a long download to obtain new install discs. On a side note, what would you recommend for me to try? Have solved the random freezing? Our specs are pretty much identical (mobo, network, hdd) but gpu and cpu are definitely working. Personally, I think it's the nforceata kexts, which act up during long transfers. As to your question, you could try it on a test partition and see how that goes. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/134811-os-x-on-the-asus-p5n-d-750i-very-plausible-idea/#findComment-959986 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASNNetworks Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 SOLVED!! Thanks to eno for his latest nForce LAN driver, and turning off HPET in BIOS, thanks to ed8888 EVERYTHING WORKING!!! 4 Cores, 3GB RAM, 8800GT, onboard LAN, audio... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/134811-os-x-on-the-asus-p5n-d-750i-very-plausible-idea/#findComment-983951 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenkenc Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Everything working for me as well.. Freezes stopped. Only 2 channel sound though? How did you get your onboard lan to work? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/134811-os-x-on-the-asus-p5n-d-750i-very-plausible-idea/#findComment-985993 Share on other sites More sharing options...
verdant Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Everything working for me as well.. Freezes stopped. Only 2 channel sound though? How did you get your onboard lan to work? eno nForceLAN kext with Optimization mode set to 0 and HPET disabled in BIOS, with Voodoo RC1 kernel.......using slashack nForceATA kext with Voodoo RC1 kernel also overcomes memory barrier......see here..... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/134811-os-x-on-the-asus-p5n-d-750i-very-plausible-idea/#findComment-986000 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASNNetworks Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 I'm using the eno driver, UNmodified..just stock..its not the latest version, but one before that...And turned off HPET in BIOS...Everything A-OK:) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/134811-os-x-on-the-asus-p5n-d-750i-very-plausible-idea/#findComment-986013 Share on other sites More sharing options...
verdant Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 I'm using the eno driver, UNmodified..just stock..its not the latest version, but one before that...And turned off HPET in BIOS...Everything A-OK:) I have not installed the latest version yet either.....I chose to optimise throughput rather than CPU load...... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/134811-os-x-on-the-asus-p5n-d-750i-very-plausible-idea/#findComment-986019 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenkenc Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Thanks guys, stable with 4gb of ram now. No freezes. Still using the Apple Ethernet USB adapter which works good. Just wondering, how do I edit my boot play list to include boot "mach_kernel.voodoo" all the time? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/134811-os-x-on-the-asus-p5n-d-750i-very-plausible-idea/#findComment-988303 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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