Amaury.RR Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 Disclaimer: This is my rough notes of the install, I'm not responsible for anything that goes wrong. Like elephants falling from the sky! Take the below with a grain of salt, and your mileage may vary! On that note... Hi, I'm writing about my new install. Lightning storm owned my old config, blew psu, cpu and mobo.. luckily (or oddly) other hardware is fully functional (ram, hdd, gfx, dvd). (updated b/c I recently did a install on a nother box Mobo: Asus P5Q Pro Turbo (P45 chipset, ICH10R - see install notes) CPU: Xeon X3220 (2.4GHz @ 1066, currently 3.0GHz @ 1333) RAM: 8Gb G.Skill 800Mhz - from old config, all ram sticks work! GFX: 8800 GTS 512mb w/ NVKush - no probs. Audio: VT1408S - VoodooHDA works! Lan: Use AttansicL1E.kext on forum USB: No prob Firewire: Not tested, but shows up normally? Bluetooth: Yea, using Usb dongle. Card reader (on usb hub), works. Sata: Works, ICH10R hub only (haven't tried the Drive Expert ports). Pata: Works post patch, everything was switched to sata/ahci mode. DVD/CD: Works, incl my spare external usb burner. Bios config: -all default, APIC + ACPI tables = enabled. Might have to run the system in IDE/Compatible mode for sata if your install gives you problems. I recently used AHCI/Sata mode and installed the 10.5.8 combo update and necessary kexts were placed Pre-requisites: -Get the 10.5.8 full update and install IMMEDIATELY after install. -Use Kexthelper (installed from iPC disk, see apps), to install your Kexts. Most pain free method so far. -use EFI strings for the GFX, or whatever works for your graphics card. Your mileage may vary. -Audio, run the VoodooHDA - works with VT1408S - digital out works, I've been using it for a while now -Ethernet, AttansicL1eEthernet kext works. Install method: (Bios set to AHCI here) iPC 10.5.6 - Universal Final -chipset: ICH10 -fixes: ACPI (I think, I reinstalled quite a few times figuring this out lol), Shutdown n Restart. -dsdt patcher: New HPET w/ Force Compile (didn't work for me). -smbios: Mac Pro -apps: all but AMD util. -no other options were used. Post-install: -Had to use cpus=1 for boot flag, dsdt patcher seemed to fail. -Ran 10.5.8 full update, didn't seem to take well however. -Installed all kexts that were missing (LAN, GFX, Sound). -Physically installed Bluetooth (after Lan worked, so en0 goes to lan not bt). Important for Time Machine. -Installed Chamelon 2.0rc1 (optional I suppose, unless ur bootloader DOES NOT support loading patched DSDT). -Created patched DSDT.AML and copied to /Extras, use whichever DSDT tool you feel comfortable with. -Apple updates work perfectly! Hope this helps someone out, its a rough draft but should be usefull nonetheless! -l8r Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/168529-new-setup-asus-p5q-pro-turbo-fully-working/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
obs0lete Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 -Created patched DSDT.AML and copied to both / and /Extras (extras seems to be used by 2.0RC1, not sure where its really needed, but I put it in both, if it works, it'll pull from one location). How did you create the DSDT.AML patch? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/168529-new-setup-asus-p5q-pro-turbo-fully-working/#findComment-1180849 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amaury.RR Posted July 2, 2009 Author Share Posted July 2, 2009 How did you create the DSDT.AML patch? Actually, IIRC I used the Windows DSDT patcher (beta4/5) thats on this forum, not the iPC one (although I realise now it works just the same). The windows one lets you run it on another comp, just download the BIOS from the manufacturer, select the correct settings and patch away (unless your bios has issues with that app). Alternately, post install as long as you can boot to a cpus=1 scenario, run the OSX version, as it uses your machine's Bios and extracts/patches the DSDT.aml, which you can place wherever your bootloader looks for it. And you're also free to update your BIOS w/o issues, the first method patches the problem at the source, but you'd have to repeat it each time you update the BIOS on your system. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/168529-new-setup-asus-p5q-pro-turbo-fully-working/#findComment-1190868 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojo grololos Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Hi Amaury.RR Can you help me, i have a P5Q pro turbo like you, but it seems impossible to install osX on it. Always write me error on dos. Do you think you can give me a tutorial step by step please. Thx. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/168529-new-setup-asus-p5q-pro-turbo-fully-working/#findComment-1330994 Share on other sites More sharing options...
umar1990 Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 yea we need a tutorial for p5q pro turbo... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/168529-new-setup-asus-p5q-pro-turbo-fully-working/#findComment-1412091 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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