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dougaa
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The Bad Axe does not even come close to the speed & power of the new iMacs, unless you are talking about the Core2Duo ones.

For a good iMac i5/i7 alternative check out this thread http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=176155

 

I have a 2.4GHz Core 2 Quad Q6600 in my Bad Axe 2. I don't think that's much worse than the quad 2.66GHz i5, especially since the Q6600 can easily be overclocked to 3GHz. I certainly would use the i5 or an i7 for a new machine, but I don't think it's time to upgrade yet.

peerless
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For people having issues with Pentium D - just look for a modbin kernel... I'm about to try it tonight :lol:

By default , vanilla kernel will not work on Intel Pentium D/Celeron D/Pentium 4 with SSE3, its because its not based on Intel Core micro-architecture series. Thus resulting a reboot. To fix this modbin has bin-patched (aka binary patched) the Vanilla kernel , so that it doesn’t perform any checks on CPU type.

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TheG33k
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Okay let's quickliy discribe my senario:

I have created a SnowLeopard USB Installation with the help of Taders Guide (on Page 1 of this thread)

The Installation works very well. Its installing, its Booting and so on...

 

The first problem was after the first reboot: Kernel Panic ;( ... After reading a little bit in this thread i figured out that disabling the onboard lan device is an soloution. Okay after disabling it does not bring the kernel panic and want to boot.

 

My seccond problem was try to update from 10.6 to 10.6.2 ... i tried booth. First the Software Update and on a other new installed system the Combo Update. Same Kernel Panic for booth soloutions.

 

My Question is now: How can I set up a with LAN working 10.6.2 System? Any Guides or HowTo's ?

 

Thanks

El Chupacabra
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Okay let's quickliy discribe my senario:

I have created a SnowLeopard USB Installation with the help of Taders Guide (on Page 1 of this thread)

The Installation works very well. Its installing, its Booting and so on...

 

The first problem was after the first reboot: Kernel Panic ;( ... After reading a little bit in this thread i figured out that disabling the onboard lan device is an soloution. Okay after disabling it does not bring the kernel panic and want to boot.

 

My seccond problem was try to update from 10.6 to 10.6.2 ... i tried booth. First the Software Update and on a other new installed system the Combo Update. Same Kernel Panic for booth soloutions.

 

My Question is now: How can I set up a with LAN working 10.6.2 System? Any Guides or HowTo's ?

 

Thanks

SL works fine on D975XBX2 w/ on-board ethernet. Try disabling/removing the IOATAFamily.kext

 

For the record, both 32- and 64-bit vanilla kernel work; QuartzGL and Quartz Extreme are both enabled. All software updates done thru Apple Software Update utility. Let me know if you want more details.

diogan
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SL works fine on D975XBX2 w/ on-board ethernet. Try disabling/removing the IOATAFamily.kext

 

For the record, both 32- and 64-bit vanilla kernel work; QuartzGL and Quartz Extreme are both enabled. All software updates done thru Apple Software Update utility. Let me know if you want more details.

 

I thought that you couldn't run the 64-bit kernel on the bad axe 2 without getting random kernel panics?

El Chupacabra
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I thought that you couldn't run the 64-bit kernel on the bad axe 2 without getting random kernel panics?

 

64-bit works fine. Added arch=x86_64 to com.apple.Boot.plist and it boots automagically. Checks out with system_profiler and/or uname -a

 

You do need the dsdt CMOS fix for 64-bit. Thankyou Conti.

TheG33k
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Hi Folks,

 

I writing this lines from Snow Leopard on the BadAxe2 ;) I get it finally done.

My problem was that i had to install my Sounddriver and after that i had to do the kextcache process...

Do i have every time do the -s -f -32 (and than the Kextcacheline) process when i want to add a new driver (in System/Library/Extensions) ?

Leoopardoo
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Hi Folks,

 

I writing this lines from Snow Leopard on the BadAxe2 :D I get it finally done.

My problem was that i had to install my Sounddriver and after that i had to do the kextcache process...

Do i have every time do the -s -f -32 (and than the Kextcacheline) process when i want to add a new driver (in System/Library/Extensions) ?

 

 

What sound driver are you using ? I thought that sound issue is the main set back for 100% working SL on BA2. Do you have the rest of the system running ? (e.g. sleep, microphone, etc...). Thanks.

El Chupacabra
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TheG33k: There are plenty of utilities (shell scripts) that will do the job. I use pfix which was written by Conti. I also use M-Audio products (Firewire Solo w/ BX5a monitors). ;)

 

Leoopardoo: For on-board audio I use the VoodooHDA (recompile by Prasys) package. Don't use the microphone feature, unless it's thru a Logitech QuickCam Vision Pro. Never use sleep mode.

 

diogan: Were you able to get a 64-bit kernel working?

TheG33k
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Yes the System is flawlessly running. I am using the M-Audio Revolution 7.1 Sound card. The Drivers are from http://www.audio-evolution.com/drivers/ and working very well under Snow Leopard (except the Sleep ... here i had to use the Sleepwatcher from http://www.bernhard-baehr.de and a little kext load / unload script)

sir mac alot
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wondering if anyone has done the DSDT IOAtafamily panic fix for badaxe2?

the fix is totally different than the badaxe2 dsdt. could someone post how they patched there IDE in DSDT for the panic?

 

is everyone still using PC EFI 10.1? is anyone using Chameleon 2 RC4 with success?

RC4 seems to work for me except I get this error in chameleon after selecting the mac drive.

"Errors encountered while starting up the computer.

Pausing for 5 seconds..."

 

SL loads fine and works. In Disk Utility I get no drive errors and permissions are fine.

 

is this why 10.1 is used?

TheG33k
TheG33k
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Hi Hackintosh SnowLeopard Fans,

 

For all with the BadAxe2 Orange Icon Problem (AHCI have to be enabled to use SL on BadAxe2) here is the Solution:

Download this three files from http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=187021

 

- AHCIPortInjector.kext

- ATAPortInjector.kext

- IOAHCIBlockStorageInjector.kext

 

and Copy the files to your Extra/Extensions dir ... =)

kae
kae
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Hi.

I'm trying to follow Tader's guide from the first page, but when I try to boot the SL install I get disk IO error (see image). I couldn't find this error in any of the other posts and I've tried to follow the guide thoroughly. Is there anything I have forgot to do ? I admit I'm not very technical of me ;)

BadAxe2, Q6600.

Thanks for any push in the right direction.

 

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TheG33k
TheG33k
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@kae -> Have you AHCI in you Drive Configuration enabled? (Bios)

 

Btw ... I have the Problem that none of my ATA Drives will be listed in the Systemprofiler. Why? When i insert a CD/DVD there also not shown at the Desktop ... like there is no DVD Drive -.- ... Please Help ...

kae
kae
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@kae -> Have you AHCI in you Drive Configuration enabled? (Bios)

 

Yes, I have set SATA mode to AHCI in bios. Sorry, forgot to mention that.

I have followed Tader's guide until the rebuild of the Extensions.mkext. I get this error when I then try to reboot without -s -f -32.

leafhound
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@kae -> Have you AHCI in you Drive Configuration enabled? (Bios)

 

Btw ... I have the Problem that none of my ATA Drives will be listed in the Systemprofiler. Why? When i insert a CD/DVD there also not shown at the Desktop ... like there is no DVD Drive -.- ... Please Help ...

 

I think you need a kext for them Drives. are they IDE connections?

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