Lifehacker Guide with GA-EP45-UD3P Motherboard

[bigwigtom]

EDIT: I've now got this working - it seems that using 10.4.x to make the OS X installation flash disk will NOT work. Even following the Terminal method then copying over the Extras folder and running the halloween installer will NOT work properly (at least not on my machine!). It causes kernel panics when trying to launch the installer, every time. I managed to get a machine running 10.5.5 and followed the lifehacker guide again, the halloween installer worked fine and I was able to install OS 10.6

 

 

Hi all,

 

I've been trying to get my Hackintosh working but have run into a problem installing Snow Leopard; I can boot into the OS X installer, I see the grey apple and the spinning gear, then it kernel panics.

 

My hardware is:

EP45-UD3P Firmware Rev F8 (have also tried on the latest F10f which has the same issue)

ATI Radeon 4850HD

ATI Radeon 4550HD

 

WD RaptorX 150GB SATA HDD (connected to Yellow SATA1 port)

Sandisk 8GB USB flash drive (have tried with 2 others, same issue)

2 x 1GB DDR2 800 RAM

 

AHCI is set on both controllers in the BIOS, and all BIOS settings appear the same as the lifehacker guide.

 

I have followed the lifehacker guide exactly - I have had to use an Intel Mac running 10.4.8 (that is all I could get my hands on). I have been able to partition the flash drive (GUID partition scheme), restore the SL image to the flash and run halloween installer on the drive; using the terminal I can see it has copied the boot and Extra folder onto the flash.

 

I have also tried following the terminal method and then running the halloween installer to update the Extras folder but still getting KPs when trying to install OS X.

 

Does it seem likely that the 4850 or 4550 would be causing the KP when trying to install; or the combination of the two cards?

 

Any ideas much appreciated!

 

EDIT: Also tried with just the 4850 installed and same issue

[themerk]

BTW, auto sleep, sleep, and wake from sleep all are working with the v3 version of the installer under 10.6.2, even though I never added the new sleepenabler.kext.

 

Do I need sleepenabler.kext and if so, what for?

[Superdaedra]

Some updates since i last posted.

 

I went out and found a GTX+. My post was a little scrambled since I edited it last night after trying to use the same video card as Adam.

 

My original system used a 9800 GT but last night I went out and bought the GTX+. However, it is this one and not the one Adam is using. Since using the GTX+; both v2 and v3 updaters no longer let me use my secondary display (which I kinda dont care about) but at least now they no longer show up as "unknown".

 

This doesn't seem to resolve my issue. I remember that during one of my "black screen" issues; I did try to turn on my other monitor to make sure that the display wasn't coming out of it. It wasn't even on.

 

The only reason I'm buying Adam's claim that his update went so smoothly is because he has probably done some updating/tweaking to the system since he first built it.

 

I have tried updating to 10.6.2 while using v1, v2 and v3 of stell's Install Package but all three result in the same black screen on boot. I am wondering if the update fudges with the video settings at all.?? Does anyone know if the update touches any of these kexts/dsdt files or replaces the reference to them anywhere?

 

And of course, there is also the concern that it could be that those of us not using the EXACT processor might also be having the issue.

[themerk]

Some updates since i last posted.

 

I went out and found a GTX+. My post was a little scrambled since I edited it last night after trying to use the same video card as Adam.

 

My original system used a 9800 GT but last night I went out and bought the GTX+. However, it is this one and not the one Adam is using. Since using the GTX+; both v2 and v3 updaters no longer let me use my secondary display (which I kinda dont care about) but at least now they no longer show up as "unknown".

 

I'm using the exact same card as you (I even bought it at Best Buy). I'm having no issues whatsoever, but I'm not using HDMI, I'm using dual DVI monitors.

 

Stella has said that there are issues with HDMI monitors on the build right now.

[Superdaedra]

I'm using the exact same card as you (I even bought it at Best Buy). I'm having no issues whatsoever, but I'm not using HDMI, I'm using dual DVI monitors.

 

Stella has said that there are issues with HDMI monitors on the build right now.

 

Yah, I saw that. The only thing I can say to that is

 

1) My primary display is plugged into the port nearest the S-Video jack and is plugged in via DVI

2) My secondary display is a 40in TV plugged in to the other port; it is using a cable that is DVI to HDMI.

 

I'm noticing on the picture on NewEgg that the eVga card considers the "outside" port "port 1". I guess tonight when I get home, I'll try booting up my Hack with just my primary display in the other port and see if it recongizes it as my primary display. This whole problem might simply be that I'm using the "wrong" port as my primary display.

 

I will feel completely stupid if this was the only problem LOL

 

BTW; I didnt want any of my posts to be construed as anger at Stell. I actually really appreciate his contributions; in fact; on the facebook group for Hackintosh; I have written quite a few posts that reference the awesomness of his blog. Thanks Stell!!!

[themerk]

Yah, I saw that. The only thing I can say to that is

 

1) My primary display is plugged into the port nearest the S-Video jack and is plugged in via DVI

2) My secondary display is a 40in TV plugged in to the other port; it is using a cable that is DVI to HDMI.

 

If it helps, I'll check to see which ports my Primary and Secondary are connected to later today.

[MacWannaBe]

BTW, auto sleep, sleep, and wake from sleep all are working with the v3 version of the installer under 10.6.2, even though I never added the new sleepenabler.kext.

 

Do I need sleepenabler.kext and if so, what for?

 

Sleepenabler allows for sleep to occur when CPUPM is disabled. CPUPM is NOT disabled in V3 (it was in V2), so you should not need it I think.

 

-Ed

[D-an-W]

Among other changes comes NVIDIA 7xxx series and below becoming 32-bit compatible only. Users will need to boot with -x32 flag to avoid Kernel Panic. This is inline with real macs as I’m almost positive no real mac using a 7xxx series card can boot a 64-bit kernel natively.

 

Maybe thats why I could only play Chess in 32-bit / 10.6.1, 64-bit always resulted in instant lockup if I moved the mouse onto the board.

I am currently trying to find a replacement card, the EVGA one doesn't seem available in the UK, does this looks like it would be ok?

[karmatose]

Is Bonjour and AFP working 100% with the Realtek1000.kext and the onboard NICs?

 

I'd originally tried the official Realtek kext but it still didn't get Bonjour & AFP going. Easy way to tell is if you've got a real Mac you should be able to see the OEM machine icon (not the generic BSOD PC monitor icon) for the real Mac's share in the finder and share iTunes libraries both ways without any issue.

 

Just curious if that gets it 100%.

 

 

I'm not 100% certain it is 100% working. My machine won't find other machines or other iTunes libraries, but I can connect to shares manually with Command+K and smb://machine_address. Good enough for me. I'm also using Bonjour64 to throw it into promiscuous mode to no avail.

 

Meh, good enough for me.

[MacTech84]

And of course, there is also the concern that it could be that those of us not using the EXACT processor might also be having the issue.

 

I would think that the only reason a processor would start having these types of issues is that you were using say a P4 vs a Core 2 Duo/ Core 2 Quad/Xeon. The new version of PC EFI helps in detecting the correct processor, buts its OS X utilization of that processor. Most if not all of the extensions within OS X were built for the original Core Duo and up, even though we have not really seen Mac's with the entire range of Core 2 Duo's that Intel has released, there is not really much difference in them besides Speed difference, or a revision of the die.

[Superdaedra]

I would think that the only reason a processor would start having these types of issues is that you were using say a P4 vs a Core 2 Duo/ Core 2 Quad/Xeon. The new version of PC EFI helps in detecting the correct processor, buts its OS X utilization of that processor. Most if not all of the extensions within OS X were built for the original Core Duo and up, even though we have not really seen Mac's with the entire range of Core 2 Duo's that Intel has released, there is not really much difference in them besides Speed difference, or a revision of the die.

 

Well, I admit my understanding of this whole process is more "top-level" than some of the rest of you. Since 10.6.2 "broke" support for Atom; it had me wondering if anything Apple messes with kernel-wise (? not sure where they actually specify the 'supported' processor group) could have theoretically only allowed the OS to boot if the specified processors were included. Though, that argument kinda is shaky given that the LifeHacker recommnded process (Intel Core 2 Quad 3.0GHz) isn't on any of the current macs and probably won't be.

[themerk]

I would think that the only reason a processor would start having these types of issues is that you were using say a P4 vs a Core 2 Duo/ Core 2 Quad/Xeon. The new version of PC EFI helps in detecting the correct processor, buts its OS X utilization of that processor. Most if not all of the extensions within OS X were built for the original Core Duo and up, even though we have not really seen Mac's with the entire range of Core 2 Duo's that Intel has released, there is not really much difference in them besides Speed difference, or a revision of the die.

 

Could not agree more. My old hackintosh ran a Pentium D 2140 just fine, since it had the same instruction set as an original Core processor.

 

My current build is using a Q9400, which is clearly not the same as the CPU that was used in the LH guide.

[scrambler_455]

Hi all,

 

I've been trying to get my Hackintosh working but have run into a problem installing Snow Leopard; I can boot into the OS X installer, I see the grey apple and the spinning gear, then it kernel panics.

 

My hardware is:

EP45-UD3P Firmware Rev F8 (have also tried on the latest F10f which has the same issue)

ATI Radeon 4850HD

ATI Radeon 4550HD

 

WD RaptorX 150GB SATA HDD (connected to Yellow SATA1 port)

Sandisk 8GB USB flash drive (have tried with 2 others, same issue)

2 x 1GB DDR2 800 RAM

 

AHCI is set on both controllers in the BIOS, and all BIOS settings appear the same as the lifehacker guide.

 

I have followed the lifehacker guide exactly - I have had to use an Intel Mac running 10.4.8 (that is all I could get my hands on). I have been able to partition the flash drive (GUID partition scheme), restore the SL image to the flash and run halloween installer on the drive; using the terminal I can see it has copied the boot and Extra folder onto the flash.

 

I have also tried following the terminal method and then running the halloween installer to update the Extras folder but still getting KPs when trying to install OS X.

 

Does it seem likely that the 4850 or 4550 would be causing the KP when trying to install; or the combination of the two cards?

 

Any ideas much appreciated!

 

EDIT: Also tried with just the 4850 installed and same issue

 

Your first problem is that you are using the wrong video card for this install.

Your second problem is that you are using the wrong forum to ask this question.

 

To solve both problems, go to page one of this thread, and read it.

[Firestorm88]

Working spectacularly for me. Removed v2 of the installer and installed v3. Then ran combo update. The only things I did change from your default package was the default "boot" graphic from the "Obey" graphic to the default Apple and some misc theme.plist tinkering. I added sleepenabler.kext and the RealtekR1000.kext for 10.6.2 from your webpage as well.

 

Noticing a bit of chugging on scaling graphics and animations but everything else works at full framerates. I've had this problem since day one. I believe it to be an Apple issue.

 

Thanks for your effort on this!

Is there a simple way to do this? I'd like to do so when I install as well.

[Superdaedra]

ouch. I was trying to respond to him as well, though a bit less snarkily....but then i figured someone would beat me to it <snicker>

[codymac]

I'm not 100% certain it is 100% working. My machine won't find other machines or other iTunes libraries, but I can connect to shares manually with Command+K and smb://machine_address. Good enough for me. I'm also using Bonjour64 to throw it into promiscuous mode to no avail.

 

Meh, good enough for me.

 

Ahh... thanks for that. Sounds like it's not 100% and like you tried some of the same things I was trying. Glad it's not just me.

 

I used this ifconfig build (with the promiscuous switch enabled) while troubleshooting mine:

 

http://www.stanford.edu/~dub/macstuff/index.html

 

I was able to afp:// to machines although it didn't seem like the multicast traffic was coming through (which really just made them show up a little differently in sharing). And, of course, smb worked fine.

 

In the end I went with the GA311 since I really wanted iTunes to share to my media center mini.

 

All the Realtek supplied driver did was overwrite the Apple supplied one. Grrr...

[MacTech84]

Since I am still waiting for my motherboard, SATA DVD Drive, and GTX 275 to arrive in the mail. I am going to be doing a complete clean install from 10.6 to 10.6.2 this weekend. The one thing I have learned with in the past is that, yes Apple's Software update is a good utility for the rest of the software, but I typically will always use the combo updater, the larger of the two, for the system updates. As soon as I get my system up and going, will write you guys and let you know the results. Here is the config I will have once its all together...

 

MoBo - GA-EP45-UD3P

CPU - Core 2 Extreme QX6850(revG0,3.00GHz,1333FSB,L2:2X4MB)

Memory - OCZ SLI ready 8GB DDR2 800

Graphics - EVGA GTX 275 896MB

Network - Rosewill RC400 PCI gigabit adapter (works out of the box)

HD's - 3 Seagate 1.5 TB

- 1 Seagate 1.0 TB

- 1 WD 1.0 TB

Optical - Pioneer DVR-218LBK

PS - 1,000 Watt Zalman ZM-1000HP

3 Hotswap Bays - 1 - 5.25 and 2 - 2.5

All in a Custom Case that I built from scratch

[codymac]

3 Hotswap Bays - 1 - 5.25 and 2 - 2.5

 

You may want to hold off on the hot swap bays until you personally test it.

 

It worked for me under 10.6.1 when I was setting up dual boot with XP off another physical drive (I was swapping drives around to keep from clobbering my OSX install and primary bootloader).

 

I just tested it under 10.6.2 to verify my comments and it's behaving a bit differently. It's not mounting the volumes unless I go into Disk Utility, wait on the beachball for a bit, and manually mount them. diskutil list sees them but they're not automounting like they were before.

 

Point being, it seems a bit goofy under 10.6.2. In fact... it appears to have damaged my secondary bootloader.

 

I'll go back up and amend my previous post as well.

[CoHPhasor]

Since I am still waiting for my motherboard, SATA DVD Drive, and GTX 275 to arrive in the mail. I am going to be doing a complete clean install from 10.6 to 10.6.2 this weekend. The one thing I have learned with in the past is that, yes Apple's Software update is a good utility for the rest of the software, but I typically will always use the combo updater, the larger of the two, for the system updates. As soon as I get my system up and going, will write you guys and let you know the results. Here is the config I will have once its all together...

 

MoBo - GA-EP45-UD3P

CPU - Core 2 Extreme QX6850(revG0,3.00GHz,1333FSB,L2:2X4MB)

Memory - OCZ SLI ready 8GB DDR2 800

Graphics - EVGA GTX 275 896MB

Network - Rosewill RC400 PCI gigabit adapter (works out of the box)

HD's - 3 Seagate 1.5 TB

- 1 Seagate 1.0 TB

- 1 WD 1.0 TB

Optical - Pioneer DVR-218LBK

PS - 1,000 Watt Zalman ZM-1000HP

3 Hotswap Bays - 1 - 5.25 and 2 - 2.5

All in a Custom Case that I built from scratch

 

As yours will be a fresh install I would say DONT use an HDMI monitor to install.

Once you are completely finished, all good then you can use HDMI. (In case it fails on boot, you dont wanna bork the install before it's done)

 

Yah, I saw that. The only thing I can say to that is

 

1) My primary display is plugged into the port nearest the S-Video jack and is plugged in via DVI

2) My secondary display is a 40in TV plugged in to the other port; it is using a cable that is DVI to HDMI.

 

I'm noticing on the picture on NewEgg that the eVga card considers the "outside" port "port 1". I guess tonight when I get home, I'll try booting up my Hack with just my primary display in the other port and see if it recongizes it as my primary display. This whole problem might simply be that I'm using the "wrong" port as my primary display.

 

I will feel completely stupid if this was the only problem LOL

 

BTW; I didnt want any of my posts to be construed as anger at Stell. I actually really appreciate his contributions; in fact; on the facebook group for Hackintosh; I have written quite a few posts that reference the awesomness of his blog. Thanks Stell!!!

 

To be perfectly clear, it does NOT matter which port the HDMI is plugged into, or

if it is even TURNED ON.

If your hack has a problem with HDMI pulling a black screen during boot;

Turn off the system, then unplug any HDMI connections. (including DVI:HDMI adapters)

use DVI or VGA and boot. Watch the magic happen.

 

 

ps, EVERYONE responding to Stell that your rig is working;

 

Respond by also telling us if you use HDMI, and what type of monitor you have!

I want to build a list of working/non-working monitors so we can find the common thread of the problem.

[MacTech84]

You may want to hold off on the hot swap bays until you personally test it.

 

It worked for me under 10.6.1 when I was setting up dual boot with XP off another physical drive (I was swapping drives around to keep from clobbering my OSX install and primary bootloader).

 

I just tested it under 10.6.2 to verify my comments and it's behaving a bit differently. It's not mounting the volumes unless I go into Disk Utility, wait on the beachball for a bit, and manually mount them. diskutil list sees them but they're not automounting like they were before.

 

Point being, it seems a bit goofy under 10.6.2. In fact... it appears to have damaged my secondary bootloader.

 

I'll go back up and amend my previous post as well.

 

Thanks for the warning, I might just end up using the Rocket Raid PCI-E card that I have just in case since the drivers are now in SL. Spent $100 on that so I WILL get my money's worth lol. Will let you know how that works, and I plan on installing win 7 just for schnit's and giggles on a completely separate drive, plus I have a few games I want to play...

 

 

As yours will be a fresh install I would say DONT use an HDMI monitor to install.

Once you are completely finished, all good then you can use HDMI. (In case it fails on boot, you dont wanna bork the install before it's done)

 

I would love to plug this all into my 37 HDTV, but I have a feeling my wife would kill me if I did. So for now I will be using my dual 20 inch DVI Cinema Displays that I simply love to death. I will keep everyone posted with what happens...

[codymac]

ps, EVERYONE responding to Stell that your rig is working;

 

Respond by also telling us if you use HDMI, and what type of monitor you have!

I want to build a list of working/non-working monitors so we can find the common thread of the problem.

 

Working - Dell E207WFP connected via DVI to an EVGA 9800 GT (1gb).

 

I wasn't paying much attention to that part of the thread but had already sort of chalked up those issues to HDMI.

[HAVEC]

Working 10.6.2 with V.3 (OBEY Splash Screen) with 9600 GT on a Dell 2408 WFP DVI.

[Superdaedra]

And we have ignition!

 

I simply disconnected my Samsung TV from the second DVI-port and now I get a desktop in 10.6.2.

I am now using just one monitor (which is totally fine for now) and it's connected via DVI. It's an Acer 23".

 

Of note: my Samsung TV is a 40in LCD but I had it connected via a DVI-to-HDMI cable.

[cantyjeffrey]

Same issue guys.

Upgraded 10.6.2 = Black screen.

9800GTX+ and the HP 2159m monitor using DVI-to-HDMI.

 

It is my understanding I could reinstall using DVI cable, but I'd rather not deal with reinstalling CS4 and FCP Studio.

 

Guess you can add me to the "list", heh.

And used v3 Installer.

 

Sitting back currently on 10.6.0 until there is a solution.

[CoHPhasor]

Same issue guys.

Upgraded 10.6.2 = Black screen.

9800GTX+ and the HP 2159m monitor using DVI-to-HDMI.

 

It is my understanding I could reinstall using DVI cable, but I'd rather not deal with reinstalling CS4 and FCP Studio.

 

Guess you can add me to the "list", heh.

And used v3 Installer.

 

Sitting back currently on 10.6.0 until there is a solution.

 

No need for re-install,... as long as you use a non-HDMI connection.

The install likely isn't borked. The WindowServer process wigs out, so it might? Be ok.

My .2 failed, I reinstalled .0, then combo updated. (again) It is fine though as long as I don't use HDMI. Yours should be too, just give it a shot.