Leopard on Pre-Series 7 NVIDIA nForce MCP + Intel CPU MOBOs - REBORN

[WallyFTW]

1. OS X does not support CI/QE on the integrated nVidia GeForce 7100 chipset

 

2. Check your BIOS settings against these and highlight which you have and do not have:

 

3. Google search to see if anyone has updated their HP BIOS on your HP Pavillion a6600f to the latest BIOS for the Foxconn MCP73M01H1 MOBO.....

 

4. Have a go at generating a patched dsdt.aml file for your BIOS just in case it is needed, as described in previous posts for formula.......

 

5. Find out if your HP Pavillion a6600f can BIOS boot from a bootable USB flash drive....e.g. via "Other boot device" under BIOS Boot Order/Priority tab......

 

I have to be honest and say at the outset that unless you are very fortunate with your BIOS, its crippled nature as regards SATA mode settings is likely to make installing OS X a time consuming problem.....and perhaps a no-goer.....

 

Thats it for now after numerous posts and PMs.......back to my "real life" and sleep.......otherwise known as InsanelyMacaholic "rehab".......

Okay so here goes. (This is gonna be one heck of a post....)

 

1) Fine, its not something to kill about...

 

2) It'll be just easier if I tell which BIOS settings I do have:

 

Main Tab:

System Time

System Date

Language

Floppy Diskette A [Not Installed]

1st Drive [Empty]

2nd Drive [Empty]

3rd Drive [sATA HDD] --> Shows Capacity and Transfer mode grayed out and then the ability to do a S.M.A.R.T Scan

4th Drive [sATA DVDRW] --> Same as above

5th Drive [Empty]

6th Drive [Empty]

Grayed Out: [Locked]

Installed Memory

Memory Bank 1

Memory Bank 2

Core Version

Model Number

BIOS Revision

Product Number

Build ID

Advanced Tab:

Primary Video Adapter [PCI, Itegrated, PCI-E] (Currently Set to PCI)

PS/2 Mouse [Auto Detect, Enable, Disable] (Currently Set to Auto Detect)

PATA Controller [Enable, Disable] (Currently Set to Enable)

SATA Controller [Enable, Disable] (Currently Set to Enable)

Onboard LAN [Enable, Disable] (Currently Set to Enable)

Onboard Lan Boot ROM [Enable, Disable] (Currently Set to Disable)

Onboard 1394 [Enable, Disable] (Currently Set to Disable)

Supervisor Password

Onboard Audio [Auto, Enable, Disable] (Currently Set to Auto)

Power Tab:

After AC Power Failure [stay Off, Power On, Auto] (Currently Set to Stay Off)

XD (Execute Disable) [Enable, Disable] (Currently Set to Disable)

Boot Tab:

Boot Diagnostic Screen

Boot Device Priority

 

ummmmmmm thats it. ;D

 

3) The latest is 5.23 which I have installed already...

 

4) Will do....

 

5) I checked under "Boot Priority" There's only, "Floppy [Not Installed], DVD, HDD, Network Group [Not Installed]". No USB.

 

Tell me what you think, although it seems kinda tough like you said. Thanks for helping.

 

~ Jon

[verdant]

Okay so here goes. (This is gonna be one heck of a post....)

 

1) Fine, its not something to kill about...

 

2) It'll be just easier if I tell which BIOS settings I do have:

 

Main Tab:

System Time

System Date

Language

Floppy Diskette A [Not Installed]

1st Drive [Empty]

2nd Drive [Empty]

3rd Drive [sATA HDD] --> Shows Capacity and Transfer mode grayed out and then teh ability to do a S.M.A.R.T Scan

4th Drive [sATA DVDRW] --> Same as above

5th Drive [Empty]

6th Drive [Empty]

Grayed Out: [Locked]

Installed Meemory

Memory Bank 1

Memory Bank 2

Core Version

Model Number

BIOS Revision

Product Number

Build ID

Advanced Tab:

Primary Video Adapter [PCI, Integrated, PCI-E]

PS/2 Mouse [Auto Detect, Enable, Disable]

PATA Controller [Enable, Disable]

SATA Controller [Enable, Disable]

Onboard LAN [Enable, Disable]

Onboard Lan Boot ROM [Enable, Disable]

Onboard 1394 [Enable, Disable]

Supervisor Password

Onboard Audio [Auto, Enable, Disable]

Power Tab:

After AC Power Failure [Stay Off, Power On, Auto]

XD (Execute Disable) [Enable, Disable]

Boot Tab:

Boot Diagnostic Screen

Boot Device Priority

 

ummmmmmm thats it. ;D

 

3) The latest is 5.23 which I have installed already...

 

4) Will do....

 

5) I checked under "Boot Priority" Theres only, "Floppy [Not Installed], DVD, HDD, Network Group [Not Installed]". No USB.

 

Tell what you think, although it seems kinda tough like you said. Thanks for helping.

 

~ Jon

 

1) You can set up resolution to match your display......what is the natural resolution?

 

2) Set up your BIOS with settings in BOLD

 

3) OK

 

4) .......any news awaited

 

5) Your BIOS does not even have a Boot device priority for USB devices......a real bummer! Does your PC have any eSata or Firewire ports?

 

You can but try!

[DEFKT]

hi, i posted on this forum with my own thread and got no replies.

 

so im trying on this thread as it is same chipset direction that i am running.

 

Problem i have is i cannot get all 4 cores working, have to boot with cpus=1 to get into OS.

Also Audio devices are recognized in the system info, but not in sound devices option in system manager.

 

Another problem is that UK keyboard layout is still in american format.

 

and M-audio Delta 1010lt professional soundcard doesnt work even though i installed kext for it.

 

specs:

 

i used iPC OSX86 PPF5

 

 

Packard Bell iMedia X2416

 

* Intel� Core 2 Quad Q8200 processor (4x2.33GHz) <NOT WORKING>

* 1333MHz FSB, 4MB Cache (Motherboard is a ECS Denver 11, Nvidia 630i chipset i do believe)

* 4GB DDR2 667MHz memory <WORKING>

* 250GB SATA Hard Drive Western Digital (7200rpm) for Windows system <DRIVE WORKS, BUT WINDOWS DON'T>

* 640GB SATA Hard Drive Western Digital (7200rpm) Partition, OSX install and my Samples, Song files and multimedia content. <WORKING>

* Nvidia GeForce 7300 LE PCI Express <WORKING>

* Dual Layer SATA DVD Rewriter (Optiarc) <WORKING>

* Dual Layer IDE DVD Rewriter (Samsung) <NOT WORKING, BUT NOT BOTHERED BY THIS>

* 18-in-1 media card reader <WORKING>

* 6x USB ports (2x front, 4x rear) <WORKING>

* Realtek HD ALC882 Audio - (On Board) <NOT WORKING>

* Nvidia HD HDMI Audio and Video - (On Board) <NOT WORKING>

* Realtek RTL8101 Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0) - (On Board) <DISABLED>

* M-Audio Delta 1010LT PCI Sound Card <NOT WORKING>

* Microsoft Laser 5000 Mouse (USB Wireless) <WORKING>

* Microsoft Laser 5000 Keyboard (USB Wireless) <WORKING, ALTHOUGH KEY LAYOUT WRONG! IM IN UK!!>

* Belkin F5D8053 N Wireless USB Adapter <NOT WORKING, AND NEED!!>

 

 

 

 

 

Please note that this motherboard is a OEM packard bell jobbie, so Bios settings are somewhat restricted.

 

 

I am willing to make a paypal payment to anyone that can get this OSX working fully on this machine, but i need my sound devices to work as well as the quad cpu as this is vital for running my music programs.

 

 

many thanks

[verdant]

hi, i posted on this forum with my own thread and got no replies.

 

so im trying on this thread as it is same chipset direction that i am running.

 

Problem i have is i cannot get all 4 cores working, have to boot with cpus=1 to get into OS.

Also Audio devices are recognized in the system info, but not in sound devices option in system manager.

 

Another problem is that UK keyboard layout is still in american format.

 

and M-audio Delta 1010lt professional soundcard doesnt work even though i installed kext for it.

 

specs:

 

i used iPC OSX86 PPF5

 

 

Packard Bell iMedia X2416

 

* Intel� Core 2 Quad Q8200 processor (4x2.33GHz) <NOT WORKING>

* 1333MHz FSB, 4MB Cache (Motherboard is a ECS Denver 11, Nvidia 630i chipset i do believe)

* 4GB DDR2 667MHz memory <WORKING>

* 250GB SATA Hard Drive Western Digital (7200rpm) for Windows system <DRIVE WORKS, BUT WINDOWS DON'T>

* 640GB SATA Hard Drive Western Digital (7200rpm) Partition, OSX install and my Samples, Song files and multimedia content. <WORKING>

* Nvidia GeForce 7300 LE PCI Express <WORKING>

* Dual Layer SATA DVD Rewriter (Optiarc) <WORKING>

* Dual Layer IDE DVD Rewriter (Samsung) <NOT WORKING, BUT NOT BOTHERED BY THIS>

* 18-in-1 media card reader <WORKING>

* 6x USB ports (2x front, 4x rear) <WORKING>

* Realtek HD ALC882 Audio - (On Board) <NOT WORKING>

* Nvidia HD HDMI Audio and Video - (On Board) <NOT WORKING>

* Realtek RTL8101 Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0) - (On Board) <DISABLED>

* M-Audio Delta 1010LT PCI Sound Card <NOT WORKING>

* Microsoft Laser 5000 Mouse (USB Wireless) <WORKING>

* Microsoft Laser 5000 Keyboard (USB Wireless) <WORKING, ALTHOUGH KEY LAYOUT WRONG! IM IN UK!!>

* Belkin F5D8053 N Wireless USB Adapter <NOT WORKING, AND NEED!!>

 

 

 

 

 

Please note that this motherboard is a OEM packard bell jobbie, so Bios settings are somewhat restricted.

 

 

I am willing to make a paypal payment to anyone that can get this OSX working fully on this machine, but i need my sound devices to work as well as the quad cpu as this is vital for running my music programs.

 

 

many thanks

 

The fact that you have to boot with cpus=1 invariably indicates that you have a "bad" BIOS and need a modded DSDT BIOS or have to overwrite the BIOS loaded DSDT.aml file during bootup.....so:

 

1. Run the Chameleon 2.0 RC1 or RC2 bootloader installer from here to install the Chameleon bootloader on your OS X hard drive.....

 

2. Get fassl's DSDT patcher from here (read the readme for instructions) to use on OS X on your PC to generate a patched dsdt.aml file that you should rename to DSDT.aml and then put in the /Extra folder generated by the Chameleon 2.0 RC1 or RC2 bootloader in the hard drive OS X volume....

 

We can work our way through your other issues once you can boot without using cpus=1....

[WallyFTW]

1) You can set up resolution to match your display......what is the natural resolution?

 

2) Set up your BIOS with settings in BOLD

 

3) OK

 

4) .......any news awaited

 

5) Your BIOS does not even have a Boot device priority for USB devices......a real bummer! Does your PC have any eSata or Firewire ports?

 

You can but try!

1) Natural Res: 1680 x 1050 (what its already set to)

2) BIOS has been configed to your request

3) ummmm done with question i guess

4) You recommended ACPI (DSDT) Patcher for BIOS and AML to forumla for an dsdt.aml patcher that would run on Windows. When it says select BIOS to patch, does that mean select an .exe file that would be used to flash your bios? ex: for me, 5.23 update?

5) Yes it does have a firewire port, 1 in the front and most likely one more in the back.

 

~ Jon

[verdant]

1) Natural Res: 1680 x 1050 (what its already set to)

2) BIOS has been configed to your request

3) ummmm done with question i guess

4) You recommended ACPI (DSDT) Patcher for BIOS and AML to forumla for an dsdt.aml patcher that would run on Windows. When it says select BIOS, does that mean select an .exe file that would be used to flash your bios? ex: for me, 5.23 update?

5) Yes it does have a firewire port, 1 in the front and most likely one more in the back.

 

~ Jon

 

4) No, it means to select a .bin or .rom BIOS file that you have downloaded from HP website....

 

5) Firewire may be bootable......

[WallyFTW]

4) No, it means to select a .bin or .rom BIOS file that you have downloaded from HP website....

 

5) Firewire may be bootable......

 

4) would have been able to snag .bin from BIOS flash if let me execute it and burn to a CD. Downloaded the update from HP again. Launched it, told me I already was up to date and the program closed. great so no .bin file.

 

EDIT: extracted the .exe with 7-Zip, there was an ISO in there, burned it to a CD. There weren't any files inside. Don't think renaming it from .iso to .bin or .rom would work.

 

5) maybe but i wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't.

 

wow dun think there's anything else i can do...

 

~ Jon

[breakingbad]

Post the device ID output from OSx86Tools.....

 

There is an installer for nForceLAN.kext.......nForceLAN_0.62.13.pkg.zip......did you run this installer?

 

 

 

I am fine but very busy in"real" life and, as usual with "nForce stuff".....

 

Your business OK in current economic climate?

 

Mysticus is pretty busy this month with a new job and new house......but I have no doubt he will get on the case with 10.5.8 since he found 10.5.7 to be no improvement in terms of speed and stability over 10.5.6......he like myself have stayed with 10.5.6......

 

Good to know that you´re fine.

 

Yeah, in my "real" life I´m very busy too. At the city my wife comes from, will have an Health Fair and I´m responsible for all the ad material for it. I´m having a lot of work to do.

 

Glad to know that Mysticus has a new job and new house. If you talk to him, send my congrats to him.

 

In fact my 10.5.7 system has no difference to the 10.5.6... I think the 10.5.6 was better because in 10.5.7 I needed to change the seatbelt.kext file to mount images correctly... but in the other hand, 10.5.7 solved my dock lag issue... so is even.

 

Cheers.

 

bb.

[herpaderpa]

Okay. So I'm using Leopard right now, got internet working, but it's so damn slow. Literally XP is faster :\

Is there a fix? And I recall you said something about "CPU Overheating", could you elaborate, I think I'm suppose to delete some kexts or somethin.

 

Thanks once again, you've helped me alot!

[WallyFTW]

I just found an old computer which hard drive was suppose to be dead but it wasn't. I played around with the BIOS and it booted into XP. Just for kicks I inserted an iPC DVD and I was astounded to find that I saw the Mac OS X welcome screen. I turned off the computer at that moment since I didn't ant to harm the existing XP install.

 

I remembered I have a 60GB IDE HDD sitting around somewhere around the house since I took it out when my dad thought the other HDD (containing Windows files) was dead. If I were to plug that 60GB HDD back in, format it, install iPC with the kext for the system in my sig, install the HDD into my current system, turn on the PATA controller in my BIOS, then use EasyBCD to edit my Vista bootloader and add the OSX86 entry, would it dual boot? (of course that's just a rough sketch)

 

The specs of the old computer are here:

 

Frys Electronic GQ5090 XP Home SP3.

Motherboard: ECS 661FX-M

Chipset: SiS 661FX

CPU: Intel CeleronD 2.66GHz Memory: 1.28GB

Video: SiS Real256E Graphics Audio: AC97

Ethernet: 10/100

HDD: IDE 40GB + IDE 60GB DVDRW: IDE Pioneer DVDRW

 

I'll find out more info on the GQ5090 Specs later

 

~ Jon

[herpaderpa]

I just found an old computer which hard drive was suppose to be dead but it wasn't. I played around with the BIOS and it booted into XP. Just for kicks I inserted an iPC DVD and I was astounded to find that I saw the Mac OS X welcome screen. I turned off the computer at that moment since I didn't ant to harm the existing XP install.

 

I remembered I have a 60GB IDE HDD sitting around somewhere around the house since I took it out when my dad thought the other HDD (containing Windows files) was dead. If I were to plug that 60GB HDD back in, format it, install iPC with the kext for the system in my sig, install the HDD into my current system, turn on the PATA controller in my BIOS, then use EasyBCD to edit my Vista bootloader and add the OSX86 entry, would it dual boot? (of course that's just a rough sketch)

 

The specs of the old computer are here:

 

Frys Electronic GQ5090 XP Home SP3.

Motherboard: ECS 661FX-M

Chipset: SiS 661FX

CPU: Intel CeleronD 2.66GHz Memory: 1.28GB

Video: SiS Real256E Graphics Audio: AC97

Ethernet: 10/100

HDD: IDE 40GB + IDE 60GB DVDRW: IDE Pioneer DVDRW

 

I'll find out more info on the GQ5090 Specs later

 

~ Jon

 

LOL wow, and iPC doesn't work on our more 'latest' rigs hahaha .

 

I think it will work, to be honest I had the same idea this morning. I have OS X installed on my laptop on a seperate HD, and I thought to just boot it up, but turns out OS X is working on my PC. If you need help with the setup and BIOS since you and me have the same rig (I think its you) let me know.

[verdant]

Okay. So I'm using Leopard right now, got internet working, but it's so damn slow. Literally XP is faster :\

Is there a fix? And I recall you said something about "CPU Overheating", could you elaborate, I think I'm suppose to delete some kexts or somethin.

 

Thanks once again, you've helped me alot!

 

If you have not installed a patched DSDT.aml file in /Extra and are still booting with cpus=1 to run OS X, then it will be slow as you are only using 1 core of your 2 core Intel Pentium D 3.00 GHz CPU......

 

Yes, in an earlier post there was a list of kexts to check for and remove, or rename with extension .kext.bad instead of .kext.....

 

In Terminal

 

sudo mv AnyThermalKext.kext AnyThermalKext.kext.bad

[herpaderpa]

If you have not installed a patched DSDT.aml file in /Extra and are still booting with cpus=1 to run OS X, then it will be slow as you are only using 1 core of your 2 core Intel Pentium D 3.00 GHz CPU......

 

Yes, in an earlier post there was a list of kexts to check for and remove, or rename with extension .kext.bad instead of .kext.....

 

In Terminal

 

sudo mv AnyThermalKext.kext AnyThermalKext.kext.bad

 

Thanks m8. I have a patched DSDT.aml file in the Extras folder... it's there as I can see it. Generated a dsdt.aml file and I renamed it to DSDT.aml.

 

And I cannot find the ApplenForceATA_Test kexts anywhere, I googled searched... I recall you put that in your Extensions dir and delete the old ApplenForceATA.kext correct?

[verdant]

Thanks m8. I have a patched DSDT.aml file in the Extras folder... it's there as I can see it. Generated a dsdt.aml file and I renamed it to DSDT.aml.

 

And I cannot find the ApplenForceATA_Test kexts anywhere, I googled searched... I recall you put that in your Extensions dir and delete the old ApplenForceATA.kext correct?

 

Gave you the link in post #162....... Install using Kext Helper b7

 

Your signature font is TOO LARGE......

[herpaderpa]

Gave you the link in post #162.......! Install using Kext Helper b7

 

Oh, sorry m8. Thanks again!

 

Noob question,

would I have to delete my Extensions.mkext stuff b4 restarting?

[verdant]

Oh, sorry m8. Thanks again!

 

Noob question,

would I have to delete my Extensions.mkext stuff b4 restarting?

 

Do the following in Terminal:

 

sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/
sudo chmod -R go-w /System/Library/Extensions/
sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions
exit

 

and reboot including -f to force kext reload from /System/Library/Extensions

 

BTW can I take it from your signature that you are a happy bunny.....

[herpaderpa]

Very happy! THanks to your help I'm seeing a leopard screen :D

[verdant]

Very happy! THanks to your help I'm seeing a leopard screen

 

Are you yet booting without needing cpus=1?

[herpaderpa]

Wierd, I changed my res and i just got a blue screen. When I press the power button I see it then the screen just goes blank. I'm having to take out my monitor connection from the back everytime, and now I just get the blue screen

 

Im able to boot without cpus=1 and maxmem=2048 just platform=ACPI|86PC...

[verdant]

Wierd, I changed my res and i just got a blue screen. When I press the power button I see it then the screen just goes blank. I'm having to take out my monitor connection from the back everytime, and now I just get the blue screen

 

Im able to boot without cpus=1 and maxmem=2048 just platform=ACPI|86PC...

 

Try swapping your monitor cable to the graphics card's other video port......

 

If you have the DSDT.aml file in place, have you tried re-enabling ACPI Support in BIOS and rebooting just with -v.....?

[herpaderpa]

Try swapping your monitor cable to the graphics card's other video port......

 

If you have the DSDT.aml file in place, have you tried re-enabling ACPI Support in BIOS and rebooting just with -v.....?

 

ACPI suppport has been on this whole time

 

I'll try swapping the monitor cables, my cousins wife is over and she's just working right now on Windows so when she leaves I'll try.

 

Thanks once again

[verdant]

ACPI suppport has been on this whole time

 

I'll try swapping the monitor cables, my cousins wife is over and she's just working right now on Windows so when she leaves I'll try.

 

Thanks once again

 

Then be bold and try booting with just -v.........using platform=ACPI|86PC may no longer be necessary......

[verdant]

4) would have been able to snag .bin from BIOS flash if let me execute it and burn to a CD. Downloaded the update from HP again. Launched it, told me I already was up to date and the program closed. great so no .bin file.

 

EDIT: extracted the .exe with 7-Zip, there was an ISO in there, burned it to a CD. There weren't any files inside. Don't think renaming it from .iso to .bin or .rom would work.

 

5) maybe but i wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't.

 

wow dun think there's anything else i can do...

 

~ Jon

 

The koalala recommended process using his DSDT patcher application AFAIK is to extract the DSDT.dsl file from the downloaded BIOS .rom file using the Export DSDT function tab -> Compile the DSDT.dsl file to the corresponding DSDT.aml file using the D/C DSDT function tab -> Patch the DSDT.aml file using the DSDT Patch function tab........maybe others have a better way in his thread.....

 

But without a standalone .rom BIOS file, you are stuck unless you can use software within Windows to extract a DSDT.dsl file from your PC BIOS directly......maybe you can Google search this......I do not have the time.......

 

This is a very interesting read about the "bad" BIOS issue as regards ACPI tables affecting Linux (hence Unix).......make of it what you wish.....

[herpaderpa]

Then be bold and try booting with just -v.........using platform=ACPI|86PC may no longer be necessary......

 

Got some good news, don't have to boot with anything but -v , shows 4 GB of Memory but still I can't see my DVDRW and there isn't audio..

 

And I also seem to be getting kernel panic when I shut down...

 

Furthermore, I have a few questions. Since you probably have been using OS X for some time, I'm curious about Time Machine. It wants me to format my HDD before it can take a backup, is there some way or program I can use to take a backup of EVERYTHING so incase it crashes I can just format my OS X HDD and just use the backup and 'extract' it and it'll boot up?

 

Thanks.

[verdant]

Got some good news, don't have to boot with anything but -v , shows 4 GB of Memory but still I can't see my DVDRW and there isn't audio..

 

And I also seem to be getting kernel panic when I shut down...

 

Furthermore, I have a few questions. Since you probably have been using OS X for some time, I'm curious about Time Machine. It wants me to format my HDD before it can take a backup, is there some way or program I can use to take a backup of EVERYTHING so incase it crashes I can just format my OS X HDD and just use the backup and 'extract' it and it'll boot up?

 

Thanks.

 

As I said in an earlier post:

 

4GB RAM vs SATA DVDRW

 

To use 4GB RAM you will need to install slashack's AppleNForceATA v0.1 kext ......see link in post #1......but your SATA DVDRW may have problems with it........if so, you will have to install MeDevil's AppleNForceATA Test kext and put maxmem=3072 (i.e. 3GB limit) under Kernel Flags in com.apple.Boot.plist......

 

AFAIK your audio chipset/codec is a Realtek ALC888....... try VoodooHDA from here.....or try ALC888 kexts from here or here.......

 

What is the kernel panic you see on shut down?

 

Suggest you install Voodoo 9.5.0 kernel using the Voodoo 9.5.0 v1.0 .dmg installer and do not forget to install 10.5.5 (9.5.0) seatbelt.kext using Kext Helper b7.....

 

For backing up your current OS X system, see the Mystiquemacus cloning guide here (register4access)......on restoring a backed up system you may still need to re-install the Chameleon bootloader..........and see my post #1 in section on HDD Partitioning and Formatting to see how to split up your HDD into multiple volumes to avoid future bootloader reinstalling on a HDD.....