HOW TO - Working 10.5.7 on EX58-UD3R with Iatkos V7

[AppleIIGuy]

So, what about sound and lan, do they work out of the box?

 

Lan Works with the provided kexts but sound is not working properly only 2 channel no 5.1, 7.1, or digital audio.

[gyasih]

Can we update using this method? Setup was easy, thank you for this post.

[fernandogerman]

Working around with this great guide...

 

First i have a lot of problems following this guide. I was having no problem installing the system. The problem was that i was getting a black screen on the "welcome" without sound (i guess it was because of my monitor not been recognize).."Graphics Mode"=...was not working....

 

After lot of try and error i decide to swap my 4870 vapor x with an 8800GT....you wouldn't believe me....i installed the system and got the welcome screen with audio....didn't have to patch nothing!!! everything working well out of the box - two weeks ago i installed iatkos v7 in almost the same machine.... X58 UD3R, 6gb, 4870 (normal version) but with another monitor....a dell 22"... i could get the audio working (but i got to the welcome screen)....right now i don't know if the problem is the 4870 - for the sound - or was the new monitor (asus 23.6")....i got stock with a black screen... (was it because of the 4870 vapor x instead of a normal 4870 or was it because the system was not recognizing the monitor ?)

 

My conclusion is that the video card have a big deal installing iatkos....don't know why....

 

Right now everything is working well except for the audio, i am using imic....this is how i manage to get my 4870 vapor x working (really don't know if there is a problem with this card of was a monitor issue - not been recognizing):

 

I installed my system with an 8800 gt them i remove nvinject 0.2.1....

and follow this guide WITH THE UPDATE http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=155477

right now everything is working fine except audio.

 

installing iatkos v7 with this guide an nvidia 8800gt card is incredible easy....and you get everything working!

i don't know why i lost audio with the 4870...

 

Sorry for my bad english, but i think this rough text can be useful for someone.

Thanks

Fernando Germán

[teme]

i'm getting a stop sign over the apple logo while trying to boot up for the first time. i selected everything as suggested on the tut.

using the same mobo as the OP

any help is appreciated

 

edit: I'm in. Don't know how, but it booted into the desktop. I can't get CI/QE working on my GeForce 8400 GS 256MB. I'm using the same method i used on iPC 10.5.6, but it's a no go over here. Any suggestions?

 

Thanks

[iBuff]

thanx for the guide.

 

my drive does not show up in disc utility. i´m using:

 

ECS X58B-A2

i7 - 920

HDD 1000 GB / SATA 2

Geforce GTX 27

 

any tips appreciated

[teme]

got it working. had to play around in the BIOS

running vanilla kernel. worked like a charm:)

just the network card doesn't work

even selecting Realtek R1000 in the installation

weird

will keep trying

 

Thanks

 

EX58-UD3R

6GB RAM

SATA HDD 320GB

GeForce 8400 GS 256MB

 

edit: got everything working

even the network card

i also added a DWA 556 wireless card

everything runs flawless

also dual booting wit whindows vista sp1

sweet

thanks for the guide badaxe2:D

[TiMinIreland]

I have now got a weird problem. My system is as follows:

 

Gigabyte EX58-UD5

 

i7 @ 4.0Ghz

 

Geforce8800GTX

 

I followed the details posted below, and got Leopard installed with no problems. Found another guide for installing drivers for the 8800GTX, and got it working more or less perfectly, supporting everything. Even did the 10.5.8 update and it worked fine. So my system was sweet. I was getting an XBench score of around 351. Graphics alone were 375.

 

Then a mate of mine asked me to try a Radeon HD 4870 card in my system, so i did a reinstall, but I couldnt get the 10.5.8 update to install, it would just hang on reboot. So i went back to my 8800GTX and did a reinstall.

 

This is where the problems started. It installs fine like before. But now in the System Profiler, it doesnt say Macpro2,1 anymore, it gives my mobo model number, and it doesnt list RAM details now, says it cant be retrieved or something. My Xbench score now is around 200

Another thing I have noticed, the icon for my HDD before was a proper hard drive icon. But now it always comes up with the orange type icon, like the USB one, but with no USB logo on it.

 

 

I havent altered my BIOS at all. I have had the BIOS saved for ages now, and even did a restore of it. but same results.

 

Anyone any idea whats going on? All i did was to change graphics cards, then put the 8800GTX back in and ive done about 5 reinstalls now, with the same results.

 

Please help..

 

Tim.

 

 

 

Ok here goes -

 

**update - vanilla kernel works fine, so you can leave the kernels unchecked**

 

Download Iatkos V7 and burn to dvd

Boot into your bios and turn all disk options to ahci and turn of all powersaving features on the cpu

Boot into Iatkos V7 and press f8 to enter startup option

Type without speechmarks "-v cpus=1 busratio=20" and hit enter

Open disk utility and partition your disk using GUID (I havent tried MBR maybe its works)

Click continue and customize

Uncheck everything

Now Check the following

iAtkos v7 Main System

Chameleon V2

Extra Directory

DSDT

DSMOS

9.7.0 Kernel Voodo

APIC Driver

Disabler

OHR

Remove TyMCE

AHCI

Intel Sata/IDE

JMicron Sata/IDE

Voodo HDA Driver

Realtek R1000

Post Install Actions

Click contine and install

It will stick for a little while at the beginning of the install whilst it verefies tha packages but just be patient.

After about Twenty minutes install will finsish and it will let you reboot.

Once rebooted you will be presented with the chameleon loader and you can select Leopard and boot straight into 10.5.7 and follow the setup wizard. All four cores will be working with hyperthreading. This install method gives me a very fast and stable install.

 

All you have to do now is find your graphics drivers.

[wentakura]

Hi all!

 

I have the Gigabyte X86-UD3R and everythings works like a charm.

 

LAN and SATA works out of the box.

 

My only problem here is it only recognizes 1 core, (when you look at the activity monitor) but when you run only 2 cores in bios it suddenly shows up 4 cores. Off course im using Hypersthreading so it recognizes 2 cores. So my question here is; when im running 4 cores in the bios, does OSX use al 4 cores but dont show up or does it only use 1 core?

 

 

Does any one have any solution on this or some experiences?

 

I tried the exact same steps except - I didnt choose Voodoo Kernel. (Hence Vanilla Kernel installed ) I got a kernel panic saying CPU not configured properly!

 

Am on a Gigabyte EX-58-UD5 board.

 

Any one got Vanilla Kernel working?

 

 

ok just booted off iatkos dvd and installed only the Voodoo kernel and this works......

 

Yes! But internet is running slower though, But with the Voodoo its blistering fast. Im not using any kext for lan though. Right out the box.

[wentakura]

t works now! I had to turn off CPU-Multi Threading. So now it recognizes the 4 physical cores. The only drawback is that I cant monitor the temperature of the CPU but running on heavy load the CPU cooler is not even warm. So I guess Im ok anyway.

Maybe some have some solution on this one to.

 

So here is my installation list:

 

Bios

ACHI on Gigabyte SATA ON

CPU-Multi Threading OFF

 

 

iATKOS V7i

 

Chameleon V2

Extra Directory

DSDT

DSMOS

9.7.0 Voodoo kernel. This is adds support for new Intel Core I7 series.

Disabler

AHCI

Intel SATA/IDE

[Tommywomble]

Hi, great guide, but i have a problem.

 

I have followed the guide exactly as it was written, but i didn't select a kernel because at the top it says i can just leave it for vanilla kernel, i follow the guide, everything install great, and i sort out my graphics drivers, and wireless drivers perfectly.

 

The only problem i have is sound.

 

I click the voodooHDA tickbox during the install, and it all installs ok, but when i boot up into OS X, besides my sound not working at all (i can press he volume up buttons on my keyboard and the little icon pops up on the screen, but no little noise to indicate it's getting louder) any video and music i try to play, is at a mega fast speed, like 3 times the speed it should be D: I know tis is caused by the driver because i reinstalled it without any audio driver to try and find my own (no luck with that either) and the problem stopped.

 

So i am wondering why my sound wont work, when i have the exact same motherboard as the OP, and have used the same drivers when i install it.

 

Thanks for any help

[wentakura]

Hi, great guide, but i have a problem.

 

I have followed the guide exactly as it was written, but i didn't select a kernel because at the top it says i can just leave it for vanilla kernel, i follow the guide, everything install great, and i sort out my graphics drivers, and wireless drivers perfectly.

 

The only problem i have is sound.

 

I click the voodooHDA tickbox during the install, and it all installs ok, but when i boot up into OS X, besides my sound not working at all (i can press he volume up buttons on my keyboard and the little icon pops up on the screen, but no little noise to indicate it's getting louder) any video and music i try to play, is at a mega fast speed, like 3 times the speed it should be D: I know tis is caused by the driver because i reinstalled it without any audio driver to try and find my own (no luck with that either) and the problem stopped.

 

So i am wondering why my sound wont work, when i have the exact same motherboard as the OP, and have used the same drivers when i install it.

 

Thanks for any help

 

If you have an i7 CPU you should go for the Voodoo 10.7 kernel because its much faster then the vanilla. Dont ask me why, but making benchtests it is clearly much faster. My machine works perfect now. Im running Logic Studio and its incredible stable. But using the onboard sound is not important when working with music. If you have the money get a firewiresound card instead.

[Tommywomble]

hi wentakura, thanks for the tips

 

I tried reinstalling again, and used the voodoo 5.7 kernel this time with the same audio drivers as before ( i thought they may be incompatible with vanilla kernel or something, i dont know lol) and the exact same thing happens :S

 

No one else had this problem? if anyone can point me towards some drivers that def. work for this motherboards onboard audio that i can install post-install, that would be great

[Tommywomble]

okay, i've tried everything i can think of, every set of driver i can find, vaious kernels, all of the choose-able driers from the customize menu for audio, i have tried enabling and disabling the audio option in my bios, i have tried patching appleHDA, i have tried voodooHDA and NOTHING works, at all :/

 

I am ready to give up on it D: usually from my past experience the sound is easy to fix, but no one has had the same problem as me, despite having the same hardware, i don't get it.

 

HALP GUISE

[wentakura]

okay, i've tried everything i can think of, every set of driver i can find, vaious kernels, all of the choose-able driers from the customize menu for audio, i have tried enabling and disabling the audio option in my bios, i have tried patching appleHDA, i have tried voodooHDA and NOTHING works, at all :/

 

I am ready to give up on it D: usually from my past experience the sound is easy to fix, but no one has had the same problem as me, despite having the same hardware, i don't get it.

 

HALP GUISE

 

How does your installation looks like? Bios setup, bios version. Iatkos elements?

[Tommywomble]

All i changed in my bios was the AHCI settings for my hdd, and the power saver settings (like it said in the guide) although i have changed the power saving settings back on and installed again to see if it was the cause of the problem, it wasn't lol.

 

I chose all of the drivers that i was told in the guide also, so i'm cinfused as to why it worked for the OP, when he has the same hardware, but it wont work for me :/

[wentakura]

All i changed in my bios was the AHCI settings for my hdd, and the power saver settings (like it said in the guide) although i have changed the power saving settings back on and installed again to see if it was the cause of the problem, it wasn't lol.

 

I chose all of the drivers that i was told in the guide also, so i'm cinfused as to why it worked for the OP, when he has the same hardware, but it wont work for me :/

 

thats kind of wierd, do you have the Azalia codec on in he bios?

 

Ok here is my setup so you can try it.

 

Bios:

turn multithreading off

ACHI on Gigabyte Chipset on

 

Iatkos:

Chameleon V2

Extra Directory

DSDT

DSMOS

9.7.0 Kernel Voodo

Disabler

 

cpus=1 busratio=20

 

This time dont install the VodooHDA.

Dont install Network drivers either.It works out of the box.

 

Before you install try find out what Soundhardware you have.

 

Post install the audio drivers with pacifist(google it). It should work with one of the driver in the iatkos DVD.

If not, there are differents threads about HDA drivers.

[Tommywomble]

Ok i will try that, thanks for the help!

 

But won't turning off hyperthreading decrease performance? i will give it a go anyway to try and get sound working one way or another

 

Cheers

 

Edit- and yes, i do have azalia codec in the bios, it is enabled, although i have tried installing it with it disabled :/

[Tommywomble]

Ok so i reinstalled it again with the settings you recommended ( disabling my multithreading has affected performance btw, knocked around 1.5k off my geekbench score D:

 

What sound driver do you reccomend i install for alc888 ich10 on the same mobo as OP (ex58 ud3r)? any possibility you could link me D: :mellow:

 

cheers

[wentakura]

Ok so i reinstalled it again with the settings you recommended ( disabling my multithreading has affected performance btw, knocked around 1.5k off my geekbench score D:

 

What sound driver do you reccomend i install for alc888 ich10 on the same mobo as OP (ex58 ud3r)? any possibility you could link me D:

 

cheers

 

Great! :pirate2: Multithreading emulates a second CPU but on cost on the perfomance so it should be more effective.

 

Check this link, specificly about the alc888. Maybe this could help you out. Dont forget to make a copy of the AppleHDA.kext.

 

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...4&hl=ALC888

 

No need to reinstall the system now.

[Tommywomble]

that looks like exactly what i need

 

Thanks! (if it works that is )

[Tommywomble]

Bad news, just tried doing what the thread you linked to told me, no joy :''( stil nothing, no audio device is detected at all :'(

 

I also tried the file that was attached to one of the replies in that thread.Nothing.

 

I'm running out of ideas to try here honestly

[AppleIIGuy]

Bad news, just tried doing what the thread you linked to told me, no joy :''( stil nothing, no audio device is detected at all :'(

 

I also tried the file that was attached to one of the replies in that thread.Nothing.

 

I'm running out of ideas to try here honestly

 

I gave up on the ALC888 and bought a Audigy2 PCI card but sadly when snow leopard comes out I will be SOL again.

[wentakura]

I gave up on the ALC888 and bought a Audigy2 PCI card but sadly when snow leopard comes out I will be SOL again.

 

The solution is to have an external Firewire audiocard. Leopard doesnt support audio PCI cards.

The are lots of brands out there. I suggest M-audio could could be nice buy.

Even USB could work. Check combability first.

Actually, I rather use an external card becasue of the latency.

 

Bad news, just tried doing what the thread you linked to told me, no joy :''( stil nothing, no audio device is detected at all :'(

 

I also tried the file that was attached to one of the replies in that thread.Nothing.

 

I'm running out of ideas to try here honestly

 

There is actually one thing left to try before buying an external soundcard; my onboard network had a hickup so it died totaly when accidently pushed the network diagnostic in BIOS, but in the windows partions it worked perfectly while in leopard it had no life. So pulled out the battery from the mother bord to reset cmos. TATA, it worked again.

Because your sound should work, maybe this could be your savoiur. But im not sure but try it anyway.

Dont forget to turn of MT after reseting.

[Tommywomble]

OK i will try that

 

If it doesn't work i will just uninstall OS X, i can't be bothered buying a new sound card JUST for OS X, when other people with the exact same hardware have got it working, with the same distro, and same drivers.

 

It's very annoying.

 

Do you think if i tried it with a retail leopard disk it could work? it's a long shot but, maybe

[Tommywomble]

Just tried that and then tried installing the voodooHDA driver again, still it makes my videos play mega fast, and still no sound

 

Edit- in the voodooHDA prefpane, it has several options in the dropdown menu, but none of them make it work.

 

IF that makes any difference then