iAtkos v5i - Gigabyte GA-EP45-Extreme

[a.barbarich]

Howdy All...

 

So just Bought and Built my First Computer not so long ago (most specs are in Sig)... (I'm a mac lover thru and thru.. but wanted to be able to game and my 12" G4 Powerbook just wasn't cutting it any more

 

Case

 

Case When i Had all 5 HDDs inside and cooling was insufficient (made out of old PSU)

 

Case as it is now with all 5 HDDs accesable from the Front

 

So after playing with Windows Vista x64 I found it was quite good.. but when i found out you could do this OSX86 thing i had to try it..

 

Got my Hands on iAtkos v5i - After about 6 attempts of different combinations i Finally hit one on the head that worked perfectly (Well nothing seems to be not working... bar my GFX Card not being Supported fingerscrossed a Driver comes soon for the HD4870) - oh it doesnt Sleep Either but that doesnt really phase me at the moment either) (heck even the logitech webcam worked first boot)

 

Any way i couldn't seem to find any threads about the EP45-Extreme Mobo or the E8500 Core 2 Duo

 

I Used the following Customization

- PC EFI V9

- APPLE DECRYPTER

- SMBIOS ENABLER (SMBIOS EFI AND THE OTHER DIDNT WORK)

- DISABLER

- REMOVE POWER MANAGEMENT

- OHR

- REMOVE THERMAL KEXT

- INTEL AHCI SATA

- REALTEK R1000

 

(I didnt select any kernels or GFX cards as my CARD was unsupported HD4870 and the Install wouldnt work with anything under Graphics Selected)

 

All the Updating Works Fine Restart and Shut down work awesome just no Sleep

 

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Problems I am having.

 

1. How the heck do I dual boot (I have Vista X64 on a dedicated RAID0 array and OSX86 on its own Dedicated Drive) at the moment im just F12-ing at the bios screen and just telling the BIOS which Drive to boot off (not that difficult) - The Dual Booting guides make no sence to me what so ever

 

2. I want to get another GFX Card that is compatible for OSX86 that can fit in a PCI-E Port so i can Crank my 1680 x 1050 Resolution and not have to worry about forcing my HD4870 to run in VESA - any GFX Cards that arent OTT Expensive that i can plug in and run?

 

3. Why does the Processor show up as 3GHZ Unknown under (about this computer)

 

4. Can I tell the OS to Ignore my RAID0 Array as every time it boots it complains about Disk insertion Initialise Ignore or Eject?

 

5. Should I reinstall and implement anything else? ie speedstepping?

 

All in all OSX86 seems pretty Darn Cool and Flipping Quick to Boot and do things.. sooo. yeah..

 

Hopesome of this info can help other Newbies like myself. and if anyone can help me iron out these last few kinks t'would be awesome!

 

Cheers

[yardo08]

Hi, Im chasing this mobo too

 

Are you sure that ALL mobo related components are working out of the box? (sleep feature and graphics apart)

 

The 2 Network cards working?

Audio working too?

ide and sata too?

what about firewire?

...

 

and a last question, How do you have upgraded to 10.5.6? With some IM tutorial, some patches, directly...?

 

Pd: thats all, sorry my english, im from spain

[a.barbarich]

Hi, Im chasing this mobo too

 

Are you sure that ALL mobo related components are working out of the box? (sleep feature and graphics apart)

 

The 2 Network cards working?

Audio working too?

ide and sata too?

what about firewire?

...

 

and a last question, How do you have upgraded to 10.5.6? With some IM tutorial, some patches, directly...?

 

Pd: thats all, sorry my english, im from spain

 

- It only Recognises Network Card # 1 Which is fine by me.. i dont use teaming

- Havent Checked Audio didn't configure it for any onboard audio.. as i prefer my Z-10 USB Speakers

- Havent Checked IDE but the whole Thing Runs Fine in either AHCI or RAID mode

- Haven't Any Firewire Devices to test with.. but it hasn't Stated any Errors about it...