3ng1and Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 I have everything else going on this comp, but the four cores, (q6600) I was told I need to modify my DSDT, I downloaded the patcher, and the non gui version of the patcher, however I have no clue what to do next. Any tips would help, I just want to be done with this. Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/180397-p5q-turbo-modifying-my-own-dsdt-or-even-making-my-own-bios/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 Read the docs..just run the patcher and it will create DSDT.aml for you. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/180397-p5q-turbo-modifying-my-own-dsdt-or-even-making-my-own-bios/#findComment-1228780 Share on other sites More sharing options...
3ng1and Posted August 18, 2009 Author Share Posted August 18, 2009 and do I need to do anything besides put it in root? like reinstall chameleon or anything? Also, if it doesnt fix my cpu issue, do I need to make a custom bios? Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/180397-p5q-turbo-modifying-my-own-dsdt-or-even-making-my-own-bios/#findComment-1228784 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 You don't need to do anything else, just drop it in /Extra if you're using Chameleon 2.0 or at root if you're using an older DSDT patch-capable bootloader for some reason. There is next to no reason to use a patched BIOS. BIOS patching = DSDT patching. It's the same thing that you patch and therefore the end result is the same. See: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...mp;#entry804822 The only difference between the two is that instead of reading the DSDT tables from the BIOS, the OS reads them as served by the bootloader. It's not a new thing, Linux users have been l33t with their DSDT tables for ages. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/180397-p5q-turbo-modifying-my-own-dsdt-or-even-making-my-own-bios/#findComment-1228860 Share on other sites More sharing options...
3ng1and Posted August 18, 2009 Author Share Posted August 18, 2009 Ok, so I installed Chameleon 2 (was running 1 until just now) and my Q6600 picks up just great (correct mhz.etc), except it is still only showing 1 core... any suggestions? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/180397-p5q-turbo-modifying-my-own-dsdt-or-even-making-my-own-bios/#findComment-1228870 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 DSDT.aml is patched and present in /Extra...? Make sure it is named DSDT.aml and not dsdt.aml. Open Terminal, type sysctl machdep Is the CPU detected correctly? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/180397-p5q-turbo-modifying-my-own-dsdt-or-even-making-my-own-bios/#findComment-1228872 Share on other sites More sharing options...
3ng1and Posted August 18, 2009 Author Share Posted August 18, 2009 DSDT.aml is patched and present in /Extra...? Make sure it is named DSDT.aml and not dsdt.aml. Open Terminal, type sysctl machdep Is the CPU detected correctly? I just changed the name of DSDT.aml and am rebooted, but no luck still. checked sysctl machdep though, and it came up with 4 cores, correct branding and processor speeds/cache/fsb Could there be anything in my bios that is getting in the way? settings that is.... Thanks again for your help. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/180397-p5q-turbo-modifying-my-own-dsdt-or-even-making-my-own-bios/#findComment-1228876 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 Maybe. Post a screenshot of your BIOS' CPU configuration page. Download a pdf copy of your motherboard manual and find it there, then use command+shift+4 to grab the image. http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2006/01/01...ot-secrets.html Open Activity Monitor (just type it in Spotlight) and click the CPU button at the bottom. Do you see four cores active there? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/180397-p5q-turbo-modifying-my-own-dsdt-or-even-making-my-own-bios/#findComment-1228879 Share on other sites More sharing options...
3ng1and Posted August 18, 2009 Author Share Posted August 18, 2009 I will post some pictures of the bios, and I checked the spotlight, ran geekbench, and system profiler and still saying 1 core I guess could it be possible that it is the distro I am using? should i drop iAtkos v7 for the boot-132 method? assuming that I can get a hold of some leopard disks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/180397-p5q-turbo-modifying-my-own-dsdt-or-even-making-my-own-bios/#findComment-1229164 Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.B Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 could someone please quickly tell me what exactly the DSDT.aml does, im having some problems with it Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/180397-p5q-turbo-modifying-my-own-dsdt-or-even-making-my-own-bios/#findComment-1229170 Share on other sites More sharing options...
3ng1and Posted August 18, 2009 Author Share Posted August 18, 2009 could someone please quickly tell me what exactly the DSDT.aml does, im having some problems with it From what I am understanding (I may be wrong) it is the configuration settings that allow your unix operating system (either linux or OS X) to talk to your hardware correctly. What problems are you having with your DSDT? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/180397-p5q-turbo-modifying-my-own-dsdt-or-even-making-my-own-bios/#findComment-1229173 Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.B Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 im not sure if it is DSDT related, but i do have the patcher which has made the file for me, im just not sure if and how i should use it ive made a thread about all the problems im facing here: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=180430 would be most grateful if you could help me anymore, thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/180397-p5q-turbo-modifying-my-own-dsdt-or-even-making-my-own-bios/#findComment-1229182 Share on other sites More sharing options...
3ng1and Posted August 18, 2009 Author Share Posted August 18, 2009 In another topic that I had made, I was told to do the following to fix my quad core issue, however I feel that the explanation is vague, and I really dont understand what 4 lines to delete at the top of the DSDT.dsl to fix this. download DSDT_Patcher,Run DSDT_Patcher in term. vi in term and delete four lines at top of file, aliases of CPU. Run DSDT_Patcher again on dsdt.dsl file like so CODE sudo ./DSDT_P* -f Debug/dsdt.dsl sudo cp dsdt.aml /DSDT.aml Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/180397-p5q-turbo-modifying-my-own-dsdt-or-even-making-my-own-bios/#findComment-1229187 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 Read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Conf...Power_Interface This: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...mp;#entry804822 This: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=90505 And this http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=133683 Some examples of what can be done by modding the DSDT: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=168014 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/180397-p5q-turbo-modifying-my-own-dsdt-or-even-making-my-own-bios/#findComment-1229511 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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