Looking for Tyan 5400XT-Users (S5396)

[future_former]

who has got this board in use and who could test leopard 10.5.4 on this plattform ? i need informations about all the hardware running on this board out of the box, because i plan to buy an original mac or to build a hackintosh based on this board.

 

if you need an image of "iAtkos_4i", i can upload it. please help me - thanx !

 

 

future_former

[motionworks]

I have this board. And 10.5.8 Leopard working.

 

Here is my configuration,

 

TYAN S5396WA2NRF Motherboard

2 Intel Xeon E5420 Quad Core 2.5

16 Gb PC5400 Kingston FB-DIMM DDRII 667 MHZ

Nvidia Quadro Fx 3700

4 Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 S-ATA - 1000 Gb. (Members of RAID 10)

2 Seagate Barracude Sata 750 Gb.

1 Ata DVD Writer

Blackmagic Design Intensity Card

Cooler Master Stacker 830 Evo Special Edition NVIDIA Case

 

 

I installed iDeneb 10.5.6 then i upgraded to 10.5.7 (Delta) via software update without problems.

2 days a go i updated to 10.5.8 (Delta). I had few issues like sleep awake problem and Maya start problem.

Today i solved all of them.

 

I have been using Leopard on my hackintosh for over 5 months without problems. Everything works great.

I assembled this computer specially for osx86 project. Now i am extremely happy with my computer.

 

I hope it helps.

[Vivalarte]

Hi congrats on Your install !!! and a superior Machine

 

I do have kind of similar config. with less memory and disk space ..

 

TYAN S5396 Tempest i5400XT Motherboard

2 Intel Xeon E5450 Quad Core 3.0

4 Gb Kingston FB-DIMM DDRII 667 MHZ

Nvidia Quadro Fx 4600

WDC WD 3000 GFLS

 

I managed to install Kalyway 10.5.1 hovever I am stacked with FCP, Maya and other soft because of early Mac os version and problems with Graphic card drivers( I have found something on Nvidia Quadro site concerning FX 4800 ? I guess but this applies to at least 10.5 6 Mac osX as I remember.

Anyway for now I am downloading iDeneb v 1.4 update so I could upgrade Kalys instalation ... but I can smell complications and I am getting ready for the whole new install the way You did.

 

[with install iDeneb 10.5.6 and upgrade to latest ]. Could You point me out to good link for this file.[ or md5 at least ] I checked original iDeneb italian site but author offers only updates [due to size of file I guess.]

Besides if You dont mind I have a couple of questions

1: How did You managed to get drivers for Quadro graphic card ?

2:How did You overcome problems with Maya installation. I tried to do this all night with Maya 2008 torrent version no luck.

I am planning to set a workstation with FCP. latest Maya and Pro toools on this machine specially build for this purpose but if I will not managed I will have to back to Win XP ( which I would not like )

If You prefer please PM me. filmowieckin@gmail.com

Any help would make my dark day bright. Thanks

[Vivalarte]

Hi thanks motionworks

for all the precious advices. Thanks to You I am now running Mac os X 10.5.6 through "iDeneb 10.5.6 "

Also I was able to install FCS 2 and now thinking of Maya and all the soft that I have been running on XP .

I will try to do that through Parralels 5 ? is it good choice ? how fast will the windows .. app runs comparing to original windows.

 

One thing that occupies my mind is how do I repartition my One partition disk without touching my system files , boot etc..

Is there a something like Partition Magic for Mac ? If no maybe there is no need for repartitioning disk.. just creating folders ?

And there is still Snow Leo ahead od me. " winter is near by anyway.

Thanks one more time for all the suggestions . Regards Mirek

[tinetine]

Hi guys,

 

I have the same motherboard:

TYAN S5396WA2NRF Motherboard

 

Have you tried to install snow leopard on it?

 

No success for me.

 

Bye

[future_former]

Hi guys,

 

I have the same motherboard:

TYAN S5396WA2NRF Motherboard

 

Have you tried to install snow leopard on it?

 

No success for me.

 

Bye

 

I already have installed Snow Leo a few weeks before and it runs very fine. I installed it native vanilla, check out this guide:

 

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=183751

 

For my graphics card, I had to install nvinject 0.2 and for ALC 888 onboard sound Voodoo HDA enabler from an iAtkos v7 distribution.

 

Sometimes I have some issues with two of the rear USB ports (USB-keyboard is not recognized), but I think it's a hardware problem, not software (perhaps too low power on USB bus ?). Hibernate also does not work perfect, but I think it is because I have a Symbios Logic SCSI PCI adapter installed and Snowy does not like it for power management ? I don't know, WTF.

 

Uh, and OS updates from Apple are not working, I get a black screen after updating and rebooting. But doesn't matter, I actually don't need any update and perhaps someone from OSx86 scene will discover to fix this up in a few days. ;-)

 

This is my current hardware configuration:

 

Mainboard: TYAN Tempest i5400XT

CPU: Intel Xeon DP 5405 2,0 GHz

RAM: 4 x 1024 MB Samsung FB-DIMM 667 MHz

Graphics: Sparkle nVidia Geforce 9600 GT PCIe 512 MB passive cooled

DVD: 2 x LG GH22LS50

HD: WD5000AAKS 500 GB (OS X 10.6)

HD: WD5000AAKS 500 GB (OS X DATA)

HD: WD3200AAKS 320 GB (Windows XP MCE 2005)

HD: WD7500AAKS 750 GB (My Documents)

Keyboard: Apple USB-Keyboard from iMac

Mouse: Microsoft IntelliMouse 1.1

Sound: 2 x RME Audio RayDAT

SCSI: Symbios Logic LSI 21320-R

 

So far, I am very happy with this Snow Leopard installation, because I can use Apple Logic 9 with very small latency (32 samples, yeah !), now. Perfect audio & MIDI timing, overall system performance is much better than with Windows XP 32-Bit.

 

I like Snowy Leopard. :-D

 

 

future_former

[ALeksC]

I have this board. And 10.5.8 Leopard working.

 

Here is my configuration,

 

TYAN S5396WA2NRF Motherboard

2 Intel Xeon E5420 Quad Core 2.5

16 Gb PC5400 Kingston FB-DIMM DDRII 667 MHZ

Nvidia Quadro Fx 3700

4 Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 S-ATA - 1000 Gb. (Members of RAID 10)

2 Seagate Barracude Sata 750 Gb.

1 Ata DVD Writer

Blackmagic Design Intensity Card

Cooler Master Stacker 830 Evo Special Edition NVIDIA Case

 

 

I installed iDeneb 10.5.6 then i upgraded to 10.5.7 (Delta) via software update without problems.

2 days a go i updated to 10.5.8 (Delta). I had few issues like sleep awake problem and Maya start problem.

Today i solved all of them.

 

I have been using Leopard on my hackintosh for over 5 months without problems. Everything works great.

I assembled this computer specially for osx86 project. Now i am extremely happy with my computer.

 

I hope it helps.

 

 

Hello Motionworks, Im Aleks and excuse for my english please, i have this computer Tyan 5400XT s5396 2 Intel Xeon X5450 16 GB RAM Kingston FB-DIMM Nvidia Quadro FX 5600 WD VelociRaptor 300GB i would like to know how can you do it, because i want to test another OS my windows xp it is too slow, i work in motion graphics and my AE and maya sucks, i will appreciate your help Aleks C

[toteche]

Hello Motionworks, Im Aleks and excuse for my english please, i have this computer Tyan 5400XT s5396 2 Intel Xeon X5450 16 GB RAM Kingston FB-DIMM Nvidia Quadro FX 5600 WD VelociRaptor 300GB i would like to know how can you do it, because i want to test another OS my windows xp it is too slow, i work in motion graphics and my AE and maya sucks, i will appreciate your help Aleks C

 

Hi Aleks. My config is nearly the same with yours - i5400XT, 2 XEONs and other stuff alike yours. iDeneb installation works without problem from the start till now.

[motionworks]

Hi Guys,

 

Actually i have been using Snow Leopard with my 2 x Intel Xeon and Tyan Board for a long time. It is perfectly stable. And my current version is 10.6.2. I have Raid configuration too. Everything perfect. Like a real Mac. It is a great workstation for motion and 3D.

 

I installed Snow leopard using this link.

 

http://tinyurl.com/mtkbpw

 

I hope it helps !