[GUIDE] (10.5.x) Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3 Retail Tutorial

[CaptainNemo]

Sure! Here we go...

 

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<key>Kernel</key>

<string>mach_kernel</string>

<key>Kernel Flags</key>

<string></string>

<key>Timeout</key>

<string>5</string>

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01060000007fff04000e0000004e00560050004d0000002000000001000000000000000000000000

00000000000000000000000000000220000005600520041004d002c0074006f00740061006c00730

69007a006500000008000000000000101c0000006400650076006900630065005f00740079007000

50000000f0000004e5644412c506172656e740e0000006e0061006d00650000000b0000006469737

6c617922000000400030002c006400650076006900630065005f00740079007000650000000b0000

0646973706c617922000000400031002c006400650076006900630065005f0074007900700065000

000b000000646973706c6179100000006d006f00640065006c0000001a0000006e56696469612047

5466f726365203834303020475320000000400031002c0063006f006d00700061007400690062006

00650000000e0000004e5644412c4e564d616314000000400030002c006e0061006d006500000012

000004e5644412c446973706c61792d4114000000400031002c006e0061006d00650000001200000

4e5644412c446973706c61792d4220000000400030002c0063006f006d0070006100740069006200

c00650000000e0000004e5644412c4e564d6163100000004e0056004300410050000000180000000

000000000003000c00000000000007000000001e00000072006f006d002d00720065007600690073

069006f006e0000002e0000006e5669646961204765466f7263652038343030204753204f70656e4

4c20456e67696e65205b4546495d</string>

<key>device-properties</key>

<string>6e0200000100000001000000620200000d00000002010c00d041030a000000000101060000010

01060000007fff04000e0000004e00560050004d0000002000000001000000000000000000000000

00000000000000000000000000000220000005600520041004d002c0074006f00740061006c00730

69007a006500000008000000000000101c0000006400650076006900630065005f00740079007000

50000000f0000004e5644412c506172656e740e0000006e0061006d00650000000b0000006469737

6c617922000000400030002c006400650076006900630065005f00740079007000650000000b0000

0646973706c617922000000400031002c006400650076006900630065005f0074007900700065000

000b000000646973706c6179100000006d006f00640065006c0000001b0000006e56696469612047

5466f72636520383630302047545320000000400031002c0063006f006d007000610074006900620

6c00650000000e0000004e5644412c4e564d616314000000400030002c006e0061006d0065000000

20000004e5644412c446973706c61792d4114000000400031002c006e0061006d006500000012000

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06c00650000000e0000004e5644412c4e564d6163100000004e00560043004100500000001800000

04000000000003000c00000000000007000000001e00000072006f006d002d007200650076006900

30069006f006e0000002f0000006e5669646961204765466f726365203836303020475453204f706

6e474c20456e67696e65205b4546495d</string>

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The first device-property is for the GeForce 8600 GTS/256MB, the 2nd one is for the GeForce 8400GS/256MB. I have to highlight, that this model does not work as hoped. The 2nd device-property is senseless :/

 

Ciao

Nemo

 

PS. The P35-Tools are NOT done by me! :-) They are done by PCWiz.

[Zev23]

Oh dear... you are using NVidia's card all the while and I'm trying to get my ATI x1650 work with the NVKush

 

Very hard to get a working x1650 as I've search on the web.

 

So does that mean if I beg someone to give me the EFI string and copy to my plist, I can get my x1650 working?

[CaptainNemo]

Hey Zev23,

 

hm sorry, I can't help you with this. Seems like this card is not supported by OSx86 Tools

nVidia cards are highly recommended by "alternative" (to Windows) systems, but this won't help you. Also I'm not sure if NVkush (NV = nVidia?) does work for ATI cards. But there are some drivers out there, I'm sure. The very best would be to get this string, that's true

 

Ciao

Nemo

[Zev23]

Hey Zev23,

 

hm sorry, I can't help you with this. Seems like this card is not supported by OSx86 Tools

nVidia cards are highly recommended by "alternative" (to Windows) systems, but this won't help you. Also I'm not sure if NVkush (NV = nVidia?) does work for ATI cards. But there are some drivers out there, I'm sure. The very best would be to get this string, that's true

 

Ciao

Nemo

 

No sweat!

 

I finally get the x1650 and boot form harddisk working

 

For x1650:

1. Get & install the 71c7 driver according to your Leopard version here

2. MUST use a DVI-VGA connector and a VGA cable to your monitor. If your monitor only has DVI, too bad.

 

For boot from harddisk (this is not dual boot and I use one whole harddisk for OSX):

1. Open terminal

2. Enter fdisk -e /dev/disk0

3. Enter f 1 (note: This is to active the partition 1, which is the OSX boot partition in my case)

4. Enter Write

5. yes to write

6. exit

7. Reboot

8. (If you are using GA-P35-DS3 like me) Press F12 during startup to enter Boot Menu

9. Choose the OSX harddisk you want to boot.

 

 

Well now I got all those major parts running already. Got some glitch here and there like mouse & keybpard response, About Mac does not reflect the CPU and motherboard info.

 

cheers

[tessa17]

Captain Nemo,

 

What is your take on the dsdt. Do you use it? Is there really a need for it? If you do use it has it made life easier? In my last install i notice that it made things slower but with apple supposedly doing something where it would be need do i really need to make on or are we ok because we use a vanilla retail install.

 

Also i notice that smbios enabler is installed not resolver have you found this to be better? i know you did not make this boot 132 but wounder if you worked with that.

 

Edit

I somewhat figure out how to use smbios enabler on my laptop i have iatkos intstalled with resolver becuse i can configure it better.

 

Thanks in advance

Tessa

[tessa17]

Hi everyone

just wanted to report that chameloen 2 rc1 worked just fine. all i was use the easy installer. The only thing is that my memory wrong information is now wrong.

 

Then i installed again but this time i deleted the files and it installed the 3 extra kexts that comes with it and that was it but my memory was read right so i am thinking i really don't need the smbios kexts or the smbios enabler kext but i am not sure.

 

Edit

figured out what i did wrong. Please do not mind me i always like to report my findings so that i may help others who have been in my boat.

 

I install chameleon 2 with the installer and all is working fine even my system profiler information. All i did was install over top of my original and added kext that is apart of the installer. You can add files like usual just make sure you redo your mkext that is located in the / extra folder. Also I no longer need the resolver or enabler kext because i now use the smbios. plist that is place inside the / extra folder and that is it. For other changes i used eddie11c installer system profile fix found in the XxX 10.5.6 disc.

 

 

Hopes this helps others

tessa

[croatoa]

Seeing that this is by far the easiest guide I've ever seen for a hackintosh and I have all the hardware except for the motherboard my question is where I could buy this particular mobo?, I've been looking for it ever since I first read the guide, and any help would be really appreciated.

 

Hopefully I'm not breaching the rules of the 'Bar by asking a "Where Can I Find" question.

[tessa17]

Seeing that this is by far the easiest guide I've ever seen for a hackintosh and I have all the hardware except for the motherboard my question is where I could buy this particular mobo?, I've been looking for it ever since I first read the guide, and any help would be really appreciated.

 

Hopefully I'm not breaching the rules of the 'Bar by asking a "Where Can I Find" question.

 

You could try google it to see who still sells or try ebay or amazon i saw some there. I have used this guide to install on all my gigabyte boards and at the beginning of this guide that he says he has used it on an Asus board. What board do you have?

 

I can tell you that even though i upgraded to a new board i still use this guide for it's easiness and just used a different boot132 disc(if needed) from the forum. You can try the p45 boards as they are not that far from the p35 boards by gigabyte.

 

Hope this helps

[croatoa]

Yeah I saw a couple but the prices were just outrageous, but in the end I just ordered a p45 board from Gigabyte

and I saw a similar guide where it was just as easy to install as this one. Thanks for your help

[tessa17]

Yeah I saw a couple but the prices were just outrageous, but in the end I just ordered a p45 board from Gigabyte

and I saw a similar guide where it was just as easy to install as this one. Thanks for your help

 

NO problem and yeah there is another one that i used that is just as easy but lacks the graphics i used because i wanted to install pcefi v9 and to see what issues this board has.

 

Good luck and post your results

[maco55]

Dude, that tutorial looks awesome, read it through and easy to follow. But I have a concern, here you said: What you need:

- A PC which uses the mainboard "Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3". This tutorial is for DS3 and not for DS3L, DS3R or DS4.

 

But I have a P35-DS3R, that means it won't work?? It's revision 1.0.

 

and it should work with Leopard 10.5.4 retail, correct?

[tessa17]

Dude, that tutorial looks awesome, read it through and easy to follow. But I have a concern, here you said: What you need:

- A PC which uses the mainboard "Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3". This tutorial is for DS3 and not for DS3L, DS3R or DS4.

 

But I have a P35-DS3R, that means it won't work?? It's revision 1.0.

 

and it should work with Leopard 10.5.4 retail, correct?

 

These boards are really not that far from each other. I can tell you for sure that it worked on my ds3l and it also works on the p45 boards. The only trouble i ran into was when i used it on my ep35c ds3r board but it still worked just had to do some mods. So it should work because your board is not that far from each other. What you can do is go to the gigabyte site and do a comparison of the boards but your install should work fine.

[maco55]

These boards are really not that far from each other. I can tell you for sure that it worked on my ds3l and it also works on the p45 boards. The only trouble i ran into was when i used it on my ep35c ds3r board but it still worked just had to do some mods. So it should work because your board is not that far from each other. What you can do is go to the gigabyte site and do a comparison of the boards but your install should work fine.

 

alright, will try that now.

 

thanks!

[maco55]

this is weird, I got an error just at STEP 4!!!

 

After this: When everything is loaded into your PCs memory, it's time to remove the P35 CD and insert your original Apple Leopard Retail DVD into your drive. You should see the word "BOOT", when the DVD is recognized by the drive, press Enter (Return).

 

I got: EBIOS read error: Error 0X01

Block 16432736 Sectors 64

 

several ones and then at the end: Errors encountered while starting up computer.

 

and then I got into the screen with the apple logo and with a "stop" sign (crossed circle) on top. It has been loading for over 6 minutes and no change.

 

Help!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UPDATE: I tried it with -v, then at the end i got MAC Framework successfully initialized. then down the list I've got Waiting for boot volume with UUID XXXXXXX, then Still waiting for root device, repeatedly.

 

At this point, I heard the hdd turn off and the dvd is not responding, I tried ejecting the dvd but it's not responding.

 

Any input guys??

 

 

 

UPDATE1: I managed to get it to work up until the install, but for some reason during install it said something about there was an error with the iTunes package, therefore install cannot continue, failed, and only option I have is to restart computer.

To be exact: "Installer couldnt validate the contents of the iTunes package. Contact software manufacturer for assistance"

 

What's all this about?

 

Also, I have a ps/2 keyboard, is there a fix I could use before install, like in the p35.iso boot, or should I apply a fix after installing osx??

[zhell]

To be exact: "Installer couldnt validate the contents of the iTunes package. Contact software manufacturer for assistance"

Congrats on getting it to boot!

It sounds to me like your media is corrupt though. Try burning it again at 1x speed or on a different drive (also with 1x speed). Good luck

[maco55]

Congrats on getting it to boot!

It sounds to me like your media is corrupt though. Try burning it again at 1x speed or on a different drive (also with 1x speed). Good luck

 

that's how i got it to boot, i burned it again using the slowest speed possible (2.4x) on my laptop.

so the iso itself is corrupt? could it be from converting the dmg to iso or the dmg itself is corrupt??

 

thanks for the reply

[maco55]

Ok guys, now I have installed osx but at the Create Your Account screen i cannot type anything because my keyboard is ps/2, so is there anything I could about it?? I do not have a usb keyboard nor i can get one.

[tessa17]

Ok guys, now I have installed osx but at the Create Your Account screen i cannot type anything because my keyboard is ps/2, so is there anything I could about it?? I do not have a usb keyboard nor i can get one.

 

Did you get your problem resolved. I used another boot disc from off the forum that had ps/2 in it. my keyboard is usb so i am not sure if it works but give it a try.

[riff-raff]

Can anyone confirm success of Captain Nemo's guide for Ga-P35_DS3L Rev. 1?

 

If so - what works and what doesnt?

[sup3r1or]

Greetings,

 

I would really appreciate your help.

 

I know you havent tested your tutorial with any other boards, but im willing 2 give it a try on my GA-EP35C-DS3R since other tutorials earlier worked fine for me.

 

 

I wanted to ask, i cannot find tutorial for my mobo but I can find plenty of those similar to mine.

 

Some of them ask to PATCH BIOS for some reason, do I really need to patch it or not (since your tutorial doesnt say anything about it)?

 

I have Q6600 CPU not planning to upgrade for now, so was wondering if it is really necessary? Or I can just update the bios ?

 

 

IS there anything else I should know?

[tessa17]

Greetings,

 

I would really appreciate your help.

 

I know you havent tested your tutorial with any other boards, but im willing 2 give it a try on my GA-EP35C-DS3R since other tutorials earlier worked fine for me.

 

 

I wanted to ask, i cannot find tutorial for my mobo but I can find plenty of those similar to mine.

 

Some of them ask to PATCH BIOS for some reason, do I really need to patch it or not (since your tutorial doesnt say anything about it)?

 

I have Q6600 CPU not planning to upgrade for now, so was wondering if it is really necessary? Or I can just update the bios ?

 

 

IS there anything else I should know?

 

Installing on this board gave me trouble but i just had to find ways around my issue. As far as doing anything to my bios all i would do is update bios but never patching because to me that to risky. I have used this tutorial for all my gigabyte boards and it works just fine. I will say that the ep35c gave some issue in which using a different boot 132 did the trick.

[sup3r1or]

Installing on this board gave me trouble but i just had to find ways around my issue. As far as doing anything to my bios all i would do is update bios but never patching because to me that to risky. I have used this tutorial for all my gigabyte boards and it works just fine. I will say that the ep35c gave some issue in which using a different boot 132 did the trick.

 

 

Thanks man, now one more question, for the restart fix what did you use?

 

When I used Kalyway the psystar kext for fix never worked for me.

[cheapo]

Hey guys!

 

My OSX install is working very well. Since I installed it using this method, I had no problems at all.

 

Now I'm planning to dual boot OSX with Windows. I used to have Windows and OSX together when my OSX was iAtkos, but I don't know what steps I have to follow now so I won't mess with my perfectly working OSX install.

 

Can anyone point me to a guide (or a couple of hints) on how to dual boot with Windows without touching my OSX installation (that is using this Boot-132 method)?

 

Thanks!

[alxperez]

okay so my system has been stable for over 4mo now. Im at 10.5.6 and yesterday when I started my machine the boot sequence got stuck at the apple logo. I tried starting in -v and -x and neither worked. What would be my next trouble shooting step?

 

edit: and when i say it doesn't work, i mean that it still gets stuck at the apple logo. I don't even see the usual lines of code at start-up when using -v

[Carbonangel]

Thanks very much for this

 

Ive just followed this to the letter and now have OSX 10.5.8 running on my system

 

So far it seems to be very stable and quick, look forward to lots more smooth running

 

A quick run down of my spec:

 

My Specification:

 

Mobo: Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R Socket 775

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600

Ram: Corsair 4GB (4x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 XMS2

HD: Maxtor STM3250310AS 250GB SATAII

GPU: Nvidia 8800GTX 768MB GDDR3

PSU: Cant remember brand but 850w

 

Thanks again for taking the time to document the process