radlord Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Sorry but I've been at this for ages and I just have to admit defeat and ask here! I have used a boot disc to get a retail OSX DVD to boot and install to a separate HDD. It all seems to have gone fine, I can use the boot disc to get into my OSX HDD now, and mess around. All seems good and stable etc. But various things aren't working, like my onboard sound, and my onboard wireless isn't responding even though I'm installing the realtek drivers for it. Pretty standard problems I assume. Plus there's the issue about not being able to boot directly, having to use the CD I burnt etc. Is there a COMPLETE idiots guide to instaling kexts etc? I want to do it via the hidden EFI partition way really, I've heard that's a good fit for this board? I've read tutorials on this, but they all seem to assume a level of knowledge beyond what I have! I'm not sure how to install kexts, or even what ones I need.... My P5W-DH Deluxe is apparently one of the best and most popular boards out there for this sort of thing so presumably dozens of you guys have done what needs to be done here! Could you quickly zip through what to do for me? Thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/156574-so-close-i-have-a-working-completely-retail-1056-installation/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacByte Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Hi. I just want to bump this since Im in the same situation as you,the only difference is that my mobo is gigabyte ep35-ds4. Sorry for my none resolving respond :-) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/156574-so-close-i-have-a-working-completely-retail-1056-installation/#findComment-1101494 Share on other sites More sharing options...
slappymonkey Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 A program called "Kext Helper" solved my problems when i was installing kexts. Its worth a shot. http://cheetha.net/ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/156574-so-close-i-have-a-working-completely-retail-1056-installation/#findComment-1102223 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberdog_sk Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 I have a retail install on this board, using Munkey's EFI partition method. I have the following kext's in the hidden partition: LegacyHDAController.kext dsmos.kext SMBIOSEnabler.kext LegacyHDAPlatformDriver.kext HDAEnabler.kext IntelCPUPMDisabler.kext which I have attached to this post. My S/L/E is completely vanilla. I have my com.apple.Boot.plist in the EFI partiton, with efi strings for my video card and network. DSDT.aml in there as well. With the exception of onboard firewire (which the 10.5.6 update killed, but is easily fixed) everything works, including sound. Munkey's directions are excellent--just follow them carefully and you will be successful. You will probably find PCWiz's tools helpful. http://######.com/ p5wdh_kexts.zip Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/156574-so-close-i-have-a-working-completely-retail-1056-installation/#findComment-1106213 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cillit Bang Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 If you own a 8XXX GT, u also need a disabler for AppleUpstreamUserclient.kext to get rid of the mouse lag. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/156574-so-close-i-have-a-working-completely-retail-1056-installation/#findComment-1106238 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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