Installing on a GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD4P

[raymondh]

This will be my first time installing OSX on a non Apple machine. I've installed on a Dell mini9 but that was basically automatic.

 

Here's what I have so far:

 

GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD4P

Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz

Corsair TR3X6G1600C9 XMS3 6 GB 3 X 2 GB PC3-12800 1600MHz 240-Pin DDR3

eVGA e-GeForce 9800GTX+ Superclocked

 

I was hoping to use the EFIX but they seem slow on their support for i7 so...

 

I have a iMac running 10.5.7 from a family pack DVD and I was wondering if there is a way to image that install and use it on the i7 machine.

 

Is there a guide that I should be looking for?

[amigoid]

This will be my first time installing OSX on a non Apple machine. I've installed on a Dell mini9 but that was basically automatic.

 

Here's what I have so far:

 

GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD4P

Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz

Corsair TR3X6G1600C9 XMS3 6 GB 3 X 2 GB PC3-12800 1600MHz 240-Pin DDR3

eVGA e-GeForce 9800GTX+ Superclocked

 

I was hoping to use the EFIX but they seem slow on their support for i7 so...

 

I have a iMac running 10.5.7 from a family pack DVD and I was wondering if there is a way to image that install and use it on the i7 machine.

 

Is there a guide that I should be looking for?

 

Hi there:

 

There is a guide. What it basically says is that there is a chicken and egg thing going on. You cannot boot directly from the retail 10.5.6 install disk with the GA-EX58-UD4P mobo like you can with the other mobos listed in the hardware compatability list on the EFi-X site. I setup my machine by having my son image the drive with 10.5.6 ( you need 10.5.7 to boot ) and then apply the 700+ MB 10.5.7 update on it. I then plugged it into my EX58 box and let the EFi-X harware bootloader do it's thing. Now instead of taking 6 to 8 hours to convert video clips on my poor iBook G4 I converted the same file as a reference in 16 minutes. Now I can meet the wifeys deadline for family DVD's.

 

My machine is not overclocked in any way other than what the 9800 GTX+ might be set to by the manufacturer. Just in case your interested my system is running about 98 to 99% as advertised. I've noticed the system clock skipping ahead and FireWire has to be unplugged and plugged back in after restarts/reboots. System profile gives wrong info. It identifies the machine as Unknown and the ram with a speed of 400. VLC plays too fast. Otherwise iLife and iWork apps work. Final Cut Express works ( finally at something other than a crawl ). I'm using FlightGear again! The big thing is that software update WORKS! Don't give up to quickly or you'll miss having a really enjoyable machine. Mine has been running straight for 3 days now except for the software update reboots. I hope you enjoy your machine as much as I'm enjoying mine.

 

GA-EX58-UD4P

Optiarc DVD RW

6 GB DDR3 ram

Western Digital 1 TB drive

Seagate 1TB drive

EVGA 9800 GTX+ driving my 32" LG 120 Hz HDTV

external Seagate FreeAgent Extreme 1.5 TB hooked up via FireWire. ( eSATA cable that came with mobo did not reach accross the board! )

AND IT'S EXPANDABLE - APPLE, ARE YOU LISTENING!

 

Oh Sorry. Just do a fresh install on you disk with you iMac. Set you BIOS with the info from www.expesshd.com or main efi-x website. Plug in the drive and and watch the magic!

 

Good luck;

Amigoid