mcsmart Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 Hello there, I am planning on replacing my AMD HackMac with an Intel one. What I need is reliability and stability (Vanilla kernel preferred). I know the P35 chipset works very well - especially on the GA-P35-DSx. Does the P45 chipset work as well as the P35 chipset? I would like to get a GA-EP45-DS5, because it has PCIE 2.0. How are my chances (EFI, minimal hacks, vanilla kernel, AHCI, sleep, Quad-Core, ...) with this board/chipset? Thanks, mcsmart Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/135192-status-of-intel-p45-chipset-on-leopard/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowerSupply Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 RTFF (RTF Forum) There are several posts about P45. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/135192-status-of-intel-p45-chipset-on-leopard/#findComment-958311 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcsmart Posted November 7, 2008 Author Share Posted November 7, 2008 RTFF (RTF Forum) There are several posts about P45. Yeah I know. But there so many people complaining about other things in these posts which makes it hard to track the actual status of the chipset. Also, I would like to know if anybody can say anything about the GA-EP45-DS5. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/135192-status-of-intel-p45-chipset-on-leopard/#findComment-958392 Share on other sites More sharing options...
peach-os Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 RTFF (RTF Forum) There are several posts about P45. with this he´s absolutely right. the mainboard is absolutely the same as the GA-EP45 boards, except that this board has sil steelvine controllers, which are supported on leo - if you want to spend some extra money: buy it! rtff and search Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/135192-status-of-intel-p45-chipset-on-leopard/#findComment-958418 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shockre Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 dont know for that exact board,but on my ga-ep45-ds3l everything execpt audio works oob,audio need just one patch that installs by 2 clicks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/135192-status-of-intel-p45-chipset-on-leopard/#findComment-958426 Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnaClocker Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 dont know for that exact board,but on my ga-ep45-ds3l everything execpt audio works oob,audio need just one patch that installs by 2 clicks! Everything? Even sleep? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/135192-status-of-intel-p45-chipset-on-leopard/#findComment-959282 Share on other sites More sharing options...
peach-os Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 dont know for that exact board,but on my ga-ep45-ds3l everything execpt audio works oob,audio need just one patch that installs by 2 clicks! same here - everything including sleep. only audio needed a patch Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/135192-status-of-intel-p45-chipset-on-leopard/#findComment-959342 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcsmart Posted November 25, 2008 Author Share Posted November 25, 2008 Thanks for your feedback. After reading a lot of posts about the P45 chipset I decided to go for the P35. Can't wait until my GA-P35-DS4 finally ships - this is gonna be good! Thanks again, mcsmart Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/135192-status-of-intel-p45-chipset-on-leopard/#findComment-977478 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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