typhoonman Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Hi all, i've tried a search in this forum with no luck as this motherboard is quite uncommon. first of all i want to say that i already have a working 10.5.7 hackintosh on a p5k mobo using a clean 10.5.6 DVD + usb dvd-drive + cdboot123 method. I would like to replace my old G5 but i need at least 2 PCI-X slot plus a normal PCI one. I've found that ASUS P5E3 WS is the only Asus mobo with 2 PCI-X slots. here are motherboard specification: CPU Intel® Socket 775 Coreâ„¢2 Quad/Coreâ„¢2 Extreme/Coreâ„¢2 Duo/Pentium® Extreme/Pentium® D/Pentium® 4 Compatible with Intel® 05B/05A/06 processors Support Intel® 45nm CPU Chipset Intel® X38 Intel ICH9R Intel Fast Memory Access Technology Front Side Bus 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz Memory 4 x DIMM, Max. 8 GB, DDR3 1800(O.C.)/1600(O.C.)/1333/1066/800 ECC,Non-ECC,Un-buffered Memory Dual Channel memory architecture *When installing total memory of 4GB capacity or more, Windows® 32-bit operation system may only recognize less than 3GB. Hence, a total installed memory of less than 3GB is recommended. Expansion Slots 2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 1 x PCIe x1 1 x PCI 2 x PCI-X Storage Southbridge 6 xSATA 3 Gb/s ports Intel Matrix Storage Technology Support RAID 0,1,5,10 Ext PATA and SATA controller 2 xExternal SATA 150/300 (RAID 0,1,10,5) 2 xSATA 150/300 (RAID 0,1,10,5) 1 x ATA LAN 2 x Marvell88E8056 Dual Gigabit LAN controller Audio ADI® AD1988B 8 -Channel High Definition Audio CODEC Coaxial / Optical S/PDIF out ports ASUS Noise Filter Support Jack-Sensing, Enumeration, Multi-streaming USB 12 USB 2.0 ports Special Features AI Slot Detector Q-Shield Q-Connector Fanless Design: Heat-pipe solution Fanless Design: Stack Cool 2 Noise Filter MyLogo 2 CrashFree BIOS 3 EZ Flash 2 C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall) SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection) O.C. Profile Back Panel I/O Ports 1 x PS/2 Keyboard 2 x External SATA 1 x S/PDIF Out 1 x IEEE 1394a 2 x LAN(RJ45) port 6 x USB 2.0/1.1 8 -Channel Audio I/O Internal I/O Connectors 1 x Floppy disk drive connector 1 x IDE connector 1 x TPM connector 6 x SATA connectors 1 x IEEE 1394a connector 2 x Chassis Fan connector PWR fan 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V Power connector 24-pin Power connector TPM header 20 Pin Panel connector Front panel audio connector Chassis Intrusion connector CD/AUX audio in 1 x COM port BIOS 16 Mb Flash ROM DMI 2.0 AMI BIOS PnP WfM 2.0 SM BIOS 2.3 ACPI 2.0a Multi-language BIOS ASUS EZ Flash 2 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 Manageability WfM 2.0,DMI 2.0,WOL by PME,WOR by PME, PXE So the question are: -is it possible to install a 10.5.6 (and then update online to 10.5.7) using the same method i've used for the p5k and add required extensions after the update (and before it reboots)? -is there something that will not work for sure, any issue with X38 chipset and/or ADI audio (internal audio is not fundamental by the way)? -will i have all pci, pcie and pcix slots fully working? as i have to buy it i just want to make sure i have a chance to get it working as i will use it only to run an hackintosh... Hardware pci cards to be added are in my signature inside the G5. thanks for any info Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/187412-asus-p5e3-ws-motherboard/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
typhoonman Posted September 20, 2009 Author Share Posted September 20, 2009 bump Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/187412-asus-p5e3-ws-motherboard/#findComment-1274344 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooly Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Hi all, i've tried a search in this forum with no luck as this motherboard is quite uncommon. first of all i want to say that i already have a working 10.5.7 hackintosh on a p5k mobo using a clean 10.5.6 DVD + usb dvd-drive + cdboot123 method. I would like to replace my old G5 but i need at least 2 PCI-X slot plus a normal PCI one. I've found that ASUS P5E3 WS is the only Asus mobo with 2 PCI-X slots. here are motherboard specification: CPU Intel® Socket 775 Core�„�2 Quad/Core�„�2 Extreme/Core�„�2 Duo/Pentium® Extreme/Pentium® D/Pentium® 4 Compatible with Intel® 05B/05A/06 processors Support Intel® 45nm CPU Chipset Intel® X38 Intel ICH9R Intel Fast Memory Access Technology Front Side Bus 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz Memory 4 x DIMM, Max. 8 GB, DDR3 1800(O.C.)/1600(O.C.)/1333/1066/800 ECC,Non-ECC,Un-buffered Memory Dual Channel memory architecture *When installing total memory of 4GB capacity or more, Windows® 32-bit operation system may only recognize less than 3GB. Hence, a total installed memory of less than 3GB is recommended. Expansion Slots 2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 1 x PCIe x1 1 x PCI 2 x PCI-X Storage Southbridge 6 xSATA 3 Gb/s ports Intel Matrix Storage Technology Support RAID 0,1,5,10 Ext PATA and SATA controller 2 xExternal SATA 150/300 (RAID 0,1,10,5) 2 xSATA 150/300 (RAID 0,1,10,5) 1 x ATA LAN 2 x Marvell88E8056 Dual Gigabit LAN controller Audio ADI® AD1988B 8 -Channel High Definition Audio CODEC Coaxial / Optical S/PDIF out ports ASUS Noise Filter Support Jack-Sensing, Enumeration, Multi-streaming USB 12 USB 2.0 ports Special Features AI Slot Detector Q-Shield Q-Connector Fanless Design: Heat-pipe solution Fanless Design: Stack Cool 2 Noise Filter MyLogo 2 CrashFree BIOS 3 EZ Flash 2 C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall) SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection) O.C. Profile Back Panel I/O Ports 1 x PS/2 Keyboard 2 x External SATA 1 x S/PDIF Out 1 x IEEE 1394a 2 x LAN(RJ45) port 6 x USB 2.0/1.1 8 -Channel Audio I/O Internal I/O Connectors 1 x Floppy disk drive connector 1 x IDE connector 1 x TPM connector 6 x SATA connectors 1 x IEEE 1394a connector 2 x Chassis Fan connector PWR fan 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V Power connector 24-pin Power connector TPM header 20 Pin Panel connector Front panel audio connector Chassis Intrusion connector CD/AUX audio in 1 x COM port BIOS 16 Mb Flash ROM DMI 2.0 AMI BIOS PnP WfM 2.0 SM BIOS 2.3 ACPI 2.0a Multi-language BIOS ASUS EZ Flash 2 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 Manageability WfM 2.0,DMI 2.0,WOL by PME,WOR by PME, PXE So the question are: -is it possible to install a 10.5.6 (and then update online to 10.5.7) using the same method i've used for the p5k and add required extensions after the update (and before it reboots)? -is there something that will not work for sure, any issue with X38 chipset and/or ADI audio (internal audio is not fundamental by the way)? -will i have all pci, pcie and pcix slots fully working? as i have to buy it i just want to make sure i have a chance to get it working as i will use it only to run an hackintosh... Hardware pci cards to be added are in my signature inside the G5. thanks for any info To Answer your question yes you can do Install 10.5.7 and update it. I have the same board, you need to have a working Leopard install and install it on another drive through your current leopard drive. Make sure you put all the sata kexts in or else you'll get "Panic" Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/187412-asus-p5e3-ws-motherboard/#findComment-1281769 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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