Carl's GA-EP45-UD3L E8400 Leopard 10.5.8 Retail Install

[carlnunes]

Carl's GA-EP45-UD3L E8400 Leopard 10.5.8 Retail Install

 

NewEgg.com had the best price on everyone of these items.

$471.40 total.

- Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz

- Antec Sonata III 500 Case w/ Antec Earthwatts 500W PSU (Great case for $109; Very Quite!)

- G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 1066 w/ heat spreaders

- GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3L (BIOS iSrc 1.07, one PCIe x16 2.0, no FireWire)

- Sony DVD+R SATA

 

I already had these parts:

- ATI X1900XTX 512MB PCIe x16

- 2 x 250GB Apple SATA 7200RPM(system, time machine)

- 1 Raptor 10,000RPM SATA (scratch)

- Leopard 10.5.0 Retail > 10.5.8 via Software Update

 

My Experience:

Boot with 132 disk from the EP45-UD3.iso.

- this is a special 132 disk preloaded with kext for my motherboard

- Burn the EP45-UD3.iso to get your special EP45-UD3 disk.

* http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=162179 file: http://users.adam.com.au/rapsons/EP45-UD3 Pack rev2.0.zip

 

Install OSX 10.5.0 Retail

- switch disk at boot prompt

- type letter and number of DVD drive(ie: fe)

- Install OSX

* The install WILL fail. Click restart and use your special 132 boot disk

 

Install 10.5.8 combo update

- Use Software Update freely

* My first Hack with all Apple updates; allowing me use the iLife suite easier

 

Install Needed Kext from EP45-UD3 Pack

- Use UInstaller and run kext.sh after each install; then reboot

* Also see install-kext.txt; from my download pack

 

Install bootloader PCEFI v9 from UInstaller

- reboot WITHOUT 132 boot disk!

 

Install Audio, Graphics, and Memory kexts

- http://carlnunes.com/carls-GA-EP45-UD3L-pack.zip (4.7MB)

* Natit-ati-x1900xtx.kext for my ATI x1900xtx 512MB PCIe x16

* AppleSMBIOSEFI_28 kext for reading memory properly in System Profiler

* ALC1200_1057_SLIM for basic audio(pop sound when initiating audio bug)

[Maxster]

This guide looks great, I have the same motherboard but I want to install Snow Leopard instead.

 

I have the retail disc for SL, to you think it would work with this bootloader and these kext ?

[carlnunes]

This guide looks great, I have the same motherboard but I want to install Snow Leopard instead.

 

I have the retail disc for SL, to you think it would work with this bootloader and these kext ?

 

No Snow Leopard will not work with these kext; but this guide will show you how.

 

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=181903

 

I'll be posting my experiences on installing Snow Leopard, on this board, soon.