brainy Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 I've searched high and low and have read everything that I can. Here's my config: ____________________________________________________ Processor: Specification Intel® Core2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 3.40GHz Instruction sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, EM64T Chipset & Memory Northbridge Intel X38 rev. 01 Southbridge Intel 82801IR (ICH9R) rev. 02 Graphic Interface PCI-Express Memory Type DDR3 Memory Size 8192 MBytes System System Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Mainboard Model GA-X38T-DQ6 BIOS Version F7b BIOS Date 04/03/2008 Graphics Card: Nvidia 8800gts 512mb LAN 2 x Realtek 8111B chips (10/100/1000 Mbit) ___________________________________________________ I've tried: Boot 132 Disc (Original and modified) and Retail 10.5.6 disc install. Installs fine, once it boots up I get the message "Waiting for Root Device" Also Tried: 10.5.6 iDeneb. Install completes. Once it reboots it comes up with the crash message and tells me to turn off and reboot. Bios settings are set to ACHI for sata drives and the PC has 2 x 500gb sata HD's and 1 x Sata DVD/RW drive. I've tried to locate another install that someone has done with the same motherboard but can't find any located on this forum. Ideally I would like to get the Retail install going but if that isn't an option then I am willing to try another distro if need be. Can anyone recommend what I can try or know of a successful distro that i should use for this model motherboard? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/155181-1056-install-help-please/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richneerd Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 I've searched high and low and have read everything that I can. Here's my config:____________________________________________________ Processor: Specification Intel® Core™2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 3.40GHz Instruction sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, EM64T Chipset & Memory Northbridge Intel X38 rev. 01 Southbridge Intel 82801IR (ICH9R) rev. 02 Graphic Interface PCI-Express Memory Type DDR3 Memory Size 8192 MBytes System System Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Mainboard Model GA-X38T-DQ6 BIOS Version F7b BIOS Date 04/03/2008 Graphics Card: Nvidia 8800gts 512mb LAN 2 x Realtek 8111B chips (10/100/1000 Mbit) ___________________________________________________ I've tried: Boot 132 Disc (Original and modified) and Retail 10.5.6 disc install. Installs fine, once it boots up I get the message "Waiting for Root Device" Also Tried: 10.5.6 iDeneb. Install completes. Once it reboots it comes up with the crash message and tells me to turn off and reboot. Bios settings are set to ACHI for sata drives and the PC has 2 x 500gb sata HD's and 1 x Sata DVD/RW drive. I've tried to locate another install that someone has done with the same motherboard but can't find any located on this forum. Ideally I would like to get the Retail install going but if that isn't an option then I am willing to try another distro if need be. Can anyone recommend what I can try or know of a successful distro that i should use for this model motherboard? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks. GA-X38-DS5 Almost same mobo, try to install with these settings Install Method: Retail DVD + Apple 10.5.2 Combo update (dsmos.kext only needed to boot it) BIOS Version: F6 Audio: ALC889A works (In/Out/Mic/SPDIF) with patch AppleHDA.kext (will break shutdown), using AppleHDA.kext w/ fix shutdown breaks Mic input LAN: Works w/ vanilla kext Purple SATA port (gigabyte SATA) Works w/ vanilla AppleAHCI.kext Orange SATA port (ICH9) will need a patch IOATAFamily.kext IDE Works WORKS: Shutdown, Sleep and Reboot (Not working on Vanilla kernel) X48 Retail Installation 10.5 with Boot-132 CD. Set SATA to AHCI mode and use a SATA DVD drive for install. Use the Chameleon bootloader on the Boot-132 CD. After installation, use Kext Help 7b and Taruga_Leopard_alc88x to get audio work. Then apply software update to 10.5.6. Sleep-mode shuts down the computer, that is the only bug so far. (Edit: Checking "Restart Automatically after Power Failure" seem to enable sleep) X38 Install Method: Kalyway 10.5.2 BIOS Version: 1201 Audio: Speaker and Digital Out works (sometimes have some minor issues) LAN: OOB SATA & IDE: OOB JMicron PATA: OOB USB: OOB (May not recognize all USB ports) Firewire: integrated VIA VT6308 works but crappy... buy a firewire pci card with VT6306 Had keyboard error with USB/PS2 adapter, no error using PS2 directly Install from dvd sata otherwise "still waiting for root device" USB DVD Installation works also Updating to 10.5.3 using "software update" does NOT work Shutdown does not work properly, fans keep rotating Another X38 Mobo Install Method: Kalyway 10.5.1 - Install Info Below BIOS Version: 303; Revision: Unknown Audio: Audio Out works OOB, In doesn't work LAN: Works OOB SATA & IDE: Both work OOB Optical Drive: Which one? Any weird problems with installation? Do shutdown, reboot and sleep work? Installation Instructions: Combo Update (No Reboot) Kernel Update (No Reboot) Repair Permissions Reboot Apple Graphics Update (No Reboot) New Natit Driver Repair Permissions Reboot Another X38 Mobo Install Method:: Quad boot portion: Installed XP Pro SP2 first (using acronis to hide other 3 partitions) than Vista (same hiding method) than osx86 than ubuntu with Grub. OSX86 Method: Kalyway 10.5.1 + Patched Kalyway Update 10.5.2 + Patched Kalyway Kernel 10.5.2 + Graphic Update BIOS Version: 1/11/08 Audio: Works with AppleHD patch and AC885 kext (2.1 and digital and input) Video: 8800GT works with Graphic update + nv... latest (google 8800gt osx86 download) LAN: Had to install off gigabyte p35 cd and edit for 8052 in the info.plist file SATA Support works with AHCI IDE Suppport works RAID w/ Areca 1210 Working (RAID 0) Another X38 Mobo Install Method: Kalyway 10.5.1 & Kalyway Combo 10.5.2 Update using PCWIZ's Tutorial and Additional Installers Audio: ALC889A Works 100% with PCWIZ's patch (applied twice, first time didn't take.) Ethernet: Works 100% SATA: All 6 ports work @ 3.0 Gigabit USB: 2 ports reported as High-Speed 2.0; 6 ports reported as USB 1.0 (Have not pursued a fix at this time) Optical Drive: SATA LITE-ON DVDRW LH-20A1L Works 100% IDE: Not tested. Shutdown, Sleep and Reboot: Works Video Card: EVGA 8800GT 512 MB patched with Scott Dangel's NVinstaller v.41 Installed AFTER Kalyway Combo 10.5.2 Update. Works 100% (Core Image, Quartz Extreme and Rotation All supported) Ram: 8 Gigs of 4 x 2GB G.Skill DDR-1000 PC2-8000 F2-8000CL5D-4GBPQ All Recognized and Works 100% Yeah Baby!!! Processor: Intel Quad Core Q6700 @ 2.67GHz Goodluck! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/155181-1056-install-help-please/#findComment-1092843 Share on other sites More sharing options...
brainy Posted February 28, 2009 Author Share Posted February 28, 2009 Hey thanks for the info. I have 10.5.6 installed with the modified 132 pre loader. Pending a restart to see if I can boot without the disc in the drive next. Everything seems okay except for a couple of things. No Sound. 8800gts is detected but as below no qe/ci/gl so I am going through the forums to try and solve this one. GeForce 8800 GTS (G92): Chipset Model: GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) Type: Display Bus: PCIe PCIe Lane Width: x16 VRAM (Total): 512 MB Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de) Device ID: 0x0600 Revision ID: 0x00a2 ROM Revision: nVidia GeForce 8800 GTS OpenGL Engine [EFI] Displays: Display Connector: Status: No display connected SyncMaster: Resolution: 1920 x 1200 @ 60 Hz Depth: 32-bit Color Core Image: Software Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Not Supported QuartzGL: Supported Thanks for the info and if anyone can help me find the fix faster would be greatly apprecitated! Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/155181-1056-install-help-please/#findComment-1094517 Share on other sites More sharing options...
brainy Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 Update: Did another clean install. Retail with modified 132 boot disc. Installs fine. Everything works except for sound and graphics card. Applied Time Machine fix and EFI'd the graphics card (worked this time). with CI/QE enabled. Installed the sound driver Realtek alc889a. Copied over 2 kexts from the boot 132 disc and patched with chammy! Everything boots fine and everything still works! Add the Gigabyte x38t-dq6 to the list of successes. Thanks to everyone for providing enough info to putting me in the right direction. : ) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/155181-1056-install-help-please/#findComment-1095543 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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