LogicalUser Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 anyone here ever try a GA-EP45-UD3R? the store i ordered from just informed me that the EP45-DS3R i ordered on monday & was told was in stock is not available, he claims discontinued, and he's gonna "try" to see if any leftover in stock at their supplier... but they do have the EP45-UD3R in stock this board seems to be very similar to the DS3R, same specs, ports, audio/lan/etc... from what i've managed to gather, it seems like the difference is heat dissipation related changes to the motherboard PCB design, and some new quickboost feature that seems like a way to overclock from windows, which seems useless IMO the DS3R claims to have "ultra durable 2" "technology" so ultra durable 3 seems like the next logical revision up. but its so damn new, theres only one new bios revision since release, and like no mention of it with OSx86 i'm quite iffy really, i might just ask for a refund & order from elsewhere, rather than go for an untested board Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/136452-ga-ep45-ud3r/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaj Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 anyone here ever try a GA-EP45-UD3R? the store i ordered from just informed me that the EP45-DS3R i ordered on monday & was told was in stock is not available, he claims discontinued, and he's gonna "try" to see if any leftover in stock at their supplier... but they do have the EP45-UD3R in stock this board seems to be very similar to the DS3R, same specs, ports, audio/lan/etc... from what i've managed to gather, it seems like the difference is heat dissipation related changes to the motherboard PCB design, and some new quickboost feature that seems like a way to overclock from windows, which seems useless IMO the DS3R claims to have "ultra durable 2" "technology" so ultra durable 3 seems like the next logical revision up. but its so damn new, theres only one new bios revision since release, and like no mention of it with OSx86 i'm quite iffy really, i might just ask for a refund & order from elsewhere, rather than go for an untested board Hey Logical. GO FOR IT!!!!!! It's the board I'm using! SIMPLY AWESOME! Everything works OOB with the exception of Audio which is a super simple fix. If you need help installing onto this board, feel free to ask. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/136452-ga-ep45-ud3r/#findComment-966609 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicalUser Posted November 15, 2008 Author Share Posted November 15, 2008 i shall find out on monday if they have a EP45-DS3R for me or not. they have 20 or so of the EP45-UD3R in stock if they do not have one for me, i'll likely go for the UD3R, it just seems so damn similar kind of a {censored} off tho, i was told it was all in stock on monday, then on wednesday told the case was not in stock, but the rest was already shipped.... today i get my packages, open it up, and theres no motherboard... so i email and find out.... "oh, the motherboard is not in stock, its coming from the supplier" thanks for the reassurance Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/136452-ga-ep45-ud3r/#findComment-966626 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cackintosh33 Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Hey Logical. GO FOR IT!!!!!! It's the board I'm using! SIMPLY AWESOME! Everything works OOB with the exception of Audio which is a super simple fix. If you need help installing onto this board, feel free to ask. Hi Shaj, I am looking at purchasing this board but I cannot find any boot-132 iso for it. Were you able to use another boards boot-132 iso? Thanks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/136452-ga-ep45-ud3r/#findComment-988993 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaaseyRacer Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Grub-DFE works great as a boot132 iso. I have one that i had not had the time to fix and make bootable, however I install with grub and then use the kext from the iso I made to finish the DFE install. The only thing missing at that point is the AHCI fix, which is the same as the DS3R. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/136452-ga-ep45-ud3r/#findComment-989100 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaj Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Hi Shaj, I am looking at purchasing this board but I cannot find any boot-132 iso for it. Were you able to use another boards boot-132 iso? Thanks. Hey cackintosh. I just used the Generic boot132. It works fine for the installation. Then later on I installed Chameleon for HD and added a few others kexts in the Extra folder. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/136452-ga-ep45-ud3r/#findComment-989495 Share on other sites More sharing options...
raggedjagged Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 Hey cackintosh. I just used the Generic boot132. It works fine for the installation. Then later on I installed Chameleon for HD and added a few others kexts in the Extra folder. Hey nice!! Can you share with us the Kexts you used? I just am about to buy this board and I need to know what stuff you used. Do tyhe firewire ports also work for you? How about Shutdown/Restart/Sleep/Wake? Speedstep works too? Please let me know, thanks!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/136452-ga-ep45-ud3r/#findComment-992375 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skx Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 Probably no longer relevant, but here's my (very positive!) experience this week with a GA-EP45-UD3R: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=141769 Things are working very well so far! I posted the relevant kexts and info along the way. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/136452-ga-ep45-ud3r/#findComment-1007542 Share on other sites More sharing options...
penarol Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 Hi I have GA-P45-UD3 (UD3 not UD3R) and i try to install without luck. I only have a power supply with 4 pin for processor. (I need a 8pin power supply?) AHCI fine with AHCIFIX But no luck with any FX strings for my 8600 GT 512 MB. NAtit load but not QE/CI. Nvkush Not load. Nvinject not load. The LAN dont work. THe audio it s not important for me, i have and RME 9632 but this card work fine in hackintosh in my other install. With this motherboard i don´t have luck. Please help me!!!!! i still with my old mobo asus p5k/EPU but i really need this beast Working. Thanks for your time!!!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/136452-ga-ep45-ud3r/#findComment-1008049 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunburn76 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Hi Everyone, I have a EP45-UD3R as well. I was only able to get Kalyway 10.5.1 to work on it. Vanilla install of 10.5.3 gave me standard startup screen, but a few minutes later would freeze. When I use Boot 132 then retail, everything would go fine till the 1st welcome and install screen. At that point I get the screen with snow all over it. It seems to be working (clicking on screen causes the DVD to be read), but I can't see what I'm doing! I would like to get it up to a newer version, because every once in a while, I have kernel panics. Does anyone have a solution to this problem? Specs: GA-EP45-UD3R (ver. 1.1) Core Quad Q8300 ATI HD 2600XT 8GB RAM ATA DVD ROM drive ATA 60GB HDD Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/136452-ga-ep45-ud3r/#findComment-1030157 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalMulch Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 I just built my new system. I had ordered a GA-EP45-UD3R and it arrived DOA. It absolutely would not post and had some generally weird issues. I ended up with and ASUS P5QC and couldn't be happier, well not until i get OS X installed. Working on that currently. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/136452-ga-ep45-ud3r/#findComment-1031804 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunburn76 Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Finally figured out how to get everything working. I installed by installing everything using method on this link Retail DVD guide on a Macbook Pro via USB onto a HDD drive, then popping the drive into my EP45-UD3. For HD2600XT video drivers I used drivers from iPC 10.5.6 For sound, the Taruga patch. Everything is working smoothly! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/136452-ga-ep45-ud3r/#findComment-1032018 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jomanscool2 Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Great to hear you got it working sunburn. I have a rig very similar to yours, GA-EP45-UD3R and a 2600xt, and am going to attempt to get this all working. However, I am going to see if I can try to get a boot132 install working, as I like the idea of being able to boot terminal/DU off of a CD if absolutely needed (the rig is for an uncle). Hopefully I can get it setup easily via boot132 and prepare an easy to follow guide to get retail 10.5.x on this rig so that if everything goes terribly, my uncle can always reinstall via my guide and boot132, then copy everything else back via time machine migration in the setup assistant once it is installed. I know this probably isn't the place to ask, but I have heard of the INSTAhackintosh method, and I was wondering, that method makes it so you just have one dvd that is bootable, correct? No need for boot132 swapping of disks? If that isn't too much of a hassle, once I figure out what kexts and changes are needed past retail, I may try creating that for my uncle, but who knows. All I know is after I hackintoshed my MSI Wind, I got hooked! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/136452-ga-ep45-ud3r/#findComment-1051181 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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