Lifehacker Guide with GA-EP45-UD3P Motherboard

[MacTech84]

Thanks for the advice so you haven't tried that edited bios I see people talking about?

 

I have not tried the BIOS mod yet, if it works then it works. Will it be a better solution in the future? yes, but we are not at that point just yet. Since the Kakewalk installer will be updated, I figure its a good go between till then. I like the simplicity of the boot-loader package right now anyways.

 

Hi guys

 

Have tried updating several times

 

Have reinstalled the os over the existing so I haven't done a clean install all with stell v3

 

every time I try and update to 6.4 I get this error message at the boot screen screen goes dim

 

"kernel panic

 

Panic CPUCaller0xffffff80002cfad3

 

Version mismatch between kernel and cpu PM"@/sourceCache/XNU/XNU-1504.7.4/OSFMK/i386/PMCPU.c:706"

 

Any help would be appreciated

 

Another strange thing when I am running 6.3 itunes crashes almost instantly

 

Make sure your BIOS setting are correct, and which version BIOS is your board running?

[thepretender]

hey guys, i've been out of this game for a while, i bought a p5w dh deluxe a few years back and it's still going strong with snow leopard. i'm building 2 of these for a couple of friends though and as i read through the pages it looks like theres a variety of methods being utilized. i have no fear of flashing a new bios. this seems like the best thing/method to happen since boot132 actually. my request is, is there an up to date guide on doing the bios method? i'll be building these machines from scratch so i am not worried about past utilities. some sort of updated guide with only the things i'll need for the bios method would be great! does this documentation exist? or should i just get my {censored} together and dig around with trial and error? i've read through about 40 pages here and i think i see how the bios eliminates the needs for a lot of kexts but i'm confused as to whether or not eliminating the dsdt will affect other things.

 

mostly stuff like qe/ci, this shouldn't affect chameleon autodetecting that right? i understand having to pci root 1, but other than that does chameleon work fine without the dsdt? with this new bios does the onboard ethernet now work? or should i still get a couple of new cheap cards as recommended by the original guide.. anything that would save me hours of digging around would be awesome.

 

sorry if i sound lazy, but theres an overwhelming about of paths to take for this setup.

 

any help is greatly appreciated,

thanks

katie

 

There is no formal guide for a install using the cartri mac bios as it is a work in progress and changes with each alpha release, Once the bios is complete I'm sure one will be available. Thought if all goes well it will be short. ( Flash bios, install OSX from store bought Apple disk and run software update ) I've described how to use the available packages and switch to the bios a couple of pages back.

 

The need for a dsdt.aml is to replace the dsdt table in the bios so corrections to this table can be made. The bios makes these corrections in the bios its self eliminating the need to use the dsdt.aml file. DSDT.aml is a work around solution, by putting the correct information right in the bios makes using it obsolete.

 

Chameleon dose not need or care about dsdt whether is is in the bios or dsdt.aml file it just needs to know how to find the video card thus the pci root tag. If it finds the video card and supports it all functions will work just fine.

 

As for onboard ethernet it works the same with cartri's mac bios as the Gigabyte bios that is it works out of the box but Bonjour is not supported. There is a working kext and also a work around to get this function. So onboard, or naively recognized pci ad in card is up to you.

[0800damo]

I have not tried the BIOS mod yet, if it works then it works. Will it be a better solution in the future? yes, but we are not at that point just yet. Since the Kakewalk installer will be updated, I figure its a good go between till then. I like the simplicity of the boot-loader package right now anyways.

 

 

 

Make sure your BIOS setting are correct, and which version BIOS is your board running?

thanks mactech84

1.0 I think

 

I have done a clean install on a new drive a bought and have updated to 6.4 no troubles using the kakewalk installer you recommended works great

 

I think what the issue is that I have some remnants of the sleep enabler kext still on the system or did not remove it properly

 

how should have I removed the sleep enabler kext

[MacTech84]

thanks mactech84

1.0 I think

 

I have done a clean install on a new drive a bought and have updated to 6.4 no troubles using the kakewalk installer you recommended works great

 

I think what the issue is that I have some remnants of the sleep enabler kext still on the system or did not remove it properly

 

how should have I removed the sleep enabler kext

 

Unless you added it to the mkext's in the boot-loader, check the extensions folder under Mac HD/System/Library/Extensions. If you see it there, go ahead delete it, repair permissions to that drive, and then reboot and see what happens.

[0800damo]

Unless you added it to the mkext's in the boot-loader, check the extensions folder under Mac HD/System/Library/Extensions. If you see it there, go ahead delete it, repair permissions to that drive, and then reboot and see what happens.

 

Mactech

 

Thanks alot mate that worked

 

Was looking in the wrong folder

 

I really appreciate the support you give us newbies

 

0800damo

[MacTech84]

Mactech

 

Thanks alot mate that worked

 

Was looking in the wrong folder

 

I really appreciate the support you give us newbies

 

0800damo

 

You're Welcome!

[RocketLynx]

How can I tell what version of Stella's installer was used? I believe I used V3 but it's been a while since I created my Lifehacker system as per Adam Pash's setup instructions. Can I check any files on the root drive to find this out?

[MacTech84]

How can I tell what version of Stella's installer was used? I believe I used V3 but it's been a while since I created my Lifehacker system as per Adam Pash's setup instructions. Can I check any files on the root drive to find this out?

 

When in doubt, delete the extras folder, and re-install the V3 installer. Or go with Kakewalk.

[RocketLynx]

I double checked my install download, I had installed using Adam Pash's setup with Stella's V3 installer, made sure no sleep enabler kext was in the Extensions folder and bit the bullet, downloaded the 10.6.4 Combo Update from Apple, installed it and I am happy to report the update was 100% successful.

 

I am using Adam's identical setup with all of the hardware on the list with the exception of my CPU being the Q9550 instead of the Q9650 listed on his hardware list.

 

The update installed successfully, I restarted the machine and then I ran and checked all of my installed programs of which ran properly as they should.

 

Also, Time Machine still worked correctly backing up to my home made back up drive of which is a 1.5TB Seagate drive in an Acomdata 3.5" SATA TO Firewire 400 & USB 2.0 Hard Drive Enclosure, using the Firewire connection.

 

-Charles

[jbolted]

CCC is the only tool I now rely on for imaging drives. As a side thing I do, I need to have a bit by bit exact duplicate of the drive I am cloning. Super Duper is great and lets you update existing images with changes that have been made since the last clone, but for reliability, its hands down Carbon Copy Cloner. If you decide to go that route and do a re-image, I would recommend re-installing the boot-loader once up, just to be sure.

 

Hi mac tech64, I ran into a major problem. I had 10.6.3 running fine using lifehackers guide. I installed a new drive, then cloned it using CCC. But forgot to run the V3 installer over it. On the original drive i ran the 10.6.4 update via software uppdate. Now my entire system is unbootable, even with the original usb stick. I cant even get into my bios. It won't let me in. My last bios version was FB. I never flashed it before , never had to. Can you help me out with what i need to do to fix my bios? And perhaps save my files? I have access to an eMAc which is what i am on now.

I am at a loss here. I was always able to get up and runnig by reading through these threads but right now i am in trouble. What i think must have happened was that the update must have corrupted my bios somehow. Can I get a proper version of a bios, burn it to a disk or thumb drive and flash it, or is my system a gonner.Also how do you flash the bios? When I start up and hit the delete button, I hear the beep that the motherboard did its tests, but it will not let me into the bios, now!

thank you for any help or suggestions

jbolted.

[RocketLynx]

Hi mac tech64, I ran into a major problem. I had 10.6.3 running fine using lifehackers guide. I installed a new drive, then cloned it using CCC. But forgot to run the V3 installer over it. On the original drive i ran the 10.6.4 update via software uppdate. Now my entire system is unbootable, even with the original usb stick. I cant even get into my bios. It won't let me in. My last bios version was FB. I never flashed it before , never had to. Can you help me out with what i need to do to fix my bios? And perhaps save my files? I have access to an eMAc which is what i am on now.

I am at a loss here. I was always able to get up and runnig by reading through these threads but right now i am in trouble. What i think must have happened was that the update must have corrupted my bios somehow. Can I get a proper version of a bios, burn it to a disk or thumb drive and flash it, or is my system a gonner.Also how do you flash the bios? When I start up and hit the delete button, I hear the beep that the motherboard did its tests, but it will not let me into the bios, now!

thank you for any help or suggestions

jbolted.

 

I'm not tech64 but I have the same MB with the same bios. What you did to upgrade should not stop you from getting into your bios. This is strictly a function of your motherboard during it's POST (power on self test). Once you restart the PC, start slapping in continuous key strokes using the (Del) Delete key. Unless something has gone wrong with your MB, this should get you into your bios to set the USB stick as the first boot device. Then you can do what you need to do to correct the failed update on the boot drive.

 

Good Luck,

Charles

[thepretender]

hey guys, i've been out of this game for a while, i bought a p5w dh deluxe a few years back and it's still going strong with snow leopard. i'm building 2 of these for a couple of friends though and as i read through the pages it looks like theres a variety of methods being utilized. i have no fear of flashing a new bios. this seems like the best thing/method to happen since boot132 actually. my request is, is there an up to date guide on doing the bios method? i'll be building these machines from scratch so i am not worried about past utilities. some sort of updated guide with only the things i'll need for the bios method would be great! does this documentation exist? or should i just get my {censored} together and dig around with trial and error? i've read through about 40 pages here and i think i see how the bios eliminates the needs for a lot of kexts but i'm confused as to whether or not eliminating the dsdt will affect other things.

 

mostly stuff like qe/ci, this shouldn't affect chameleon autodetecting that right? i understand having to pci root 1, but other than that does chameleon work fine without the dsdt? with this new bios does the onboard ethernet now work? or should i still get a couple of new cheap cards as recommended by the original guide.. anything that would save me hours of digging around would be awesome.

 

sorry if i sound lazy, but theres an overwhelming about of paths to take for this setup.

 

any help is greatly appreciated,

thanks

katie

 

This may be a use for a short period of time as the Carti mac bios 0.8 is just around the corner but I have attempted to put together everything necessary to build a system using a EP45-UD3P 1.6 motherboard and the Cartri mac bios 0.7m. Supply your own Snow Leopard install disk and a blank cd for boot install disk Cartri wrote the instructions for the hard part flashing and setting up the bios he did a great job the rest is pretty strait forward I hope I didn't leave anything out.

 

http://bit.ly/aDyUQJ

[MacTech84]

Hi mac tech64, I ran into a major problem. I had 10.6.3 running fine using lifehackers guide. I installed a new drive, then cloned it using CCC. But forgot to run the V3 installer over it. On the original drive i ran the 10.6.4 update via software uppdate. Now my entire system is unbootable, even with the original usb stick. I cant even get into my bios. It won't let me in. My last bios version was FB. I never flashed it before , never had to. Can you help me out with what i need to do to fix my bios? And perhaps save my files? I have access to an eMAc which is what i am on now.

I am at a loss here. I was always able to get up and runnig by reading through these threads but right now i am in trouble. What i think must have happened was that the update must have corrupted my bios somehow. Can I get a proper version of a bios, burn it to a disk or thumb drive and flash it, or is my system a gonner.Also how do you flash the bios? When I start up and hit the delete button, I hear the beep that the motherboard did its tests, but it will not let me into the bios, now!

thank you for any help or suggestions

jbolted.

 

Couple of quick questions for you.....

 

First, does the computer boot at all? to where you can see the BIOS at least come up...

Second, if it does come up, have you tried to hit the delete key? as mentioned earlier

Third, do you have a separate mac? just in case you need to make a new USB installer...

 

Also, its MacTech84, not 64 or tech 64, lol, just wanted to clarify...

[patnucci]

Hi mac tech64, I ran into a major problem. I had 10.6.3 running fine using lifehackers guide. I installed a new drive, then cloned it using CCC. But forgot to run the V3 installer over it. On the original drive i ran the 10.6.4 update via software uppdate. Now my entire system is unbootable, even with the original usb stick. I cant even get into my bios. It won't let me in. My last bios version was FB. I never flashed it before , never had to. Can you help me out with what i need to do to fix my bios? And perhaps save my files? I have access to an eMAc which is what i am on now.

I am at a loss here. I was always able to get up and runnig by reading through these threads but right now i am in trouble. What i think must have happened was that the update must have corrupted my bios somehow. Can I get a proper version of a bios, burn it to a disk or thumb drive and flash it, or is my system a gonner.Also how do you flash the bios? When I start up and hit the delete button, I hear the beep that the motherboard did its tests, but it will not let me into the bios, now!

thank you for any help or suggestions

jbolted.

 

Disconnect your hard disk drives. Then, you should be able to boot from USB Drive.

[jbolted]

Couple of quick questions for you.....

 

First, does the computer boot at all? to where you can see the BIOS at least come up...

Second, if it does come up, have you tried to hit the delete key? as mentioned earlier

Third, do you have a separate mac? just in case you need to make a new USB installer...

 

Also, its MacTech84, not 64 or tech 64, lol, just wanted to clarify...

sorry MacTech84 , when i hit the powerup button, I can see the light sequence on the mb go up to the top as always, i hear the beep that says the mb went through its checks I hit the delete key the bios screen will flash on and off and once in a while i can get it to stay there. but when i try to hit the delete key to setup the bios nothing happens. It just stays frozen there. ALso when the computer worked the lights on the mb would light to the top then once it was started up and running the lights would go out. Now the lights just stay lit.

 

I do have another mac its an old emac but it worked for me when i originally set this up. I just have to instal 10.5 on one of the patittions.

 

I also tried disconnecting the hard drives and just using the usb flash drive with my original lifehacker setup on it to start up. that failed also. When i installed 10.6.4 it did something to my bios, either that or the mb is bricked and needs to be sent back? Or, and this is what i am hoping, that you have another method for me to get my bios back. My origiinal bios was FB, & i never messed with it.

 

Wait a minute I just rired it now, and it worked. I am now in into the cmos setup utility. So i think what i'm gonna do is to set the flash drive as my primary, then once i'm in run the v3 installer onto the clone of the working drive. I will also go over all of the setting in the original guide. I'll let you know how this turns out.

Never mind. It is frozen in the cmos setup utility. The up or down keys will not allow me to move anywhere to make any changes. I'm gonna leave it where it is in case you have an idea of how i can get out of this, now that at least the setup screen is there.

[MacTech84]

sorry MacTech84 , when i hit the powerup button, I can see the light sequence on the mb go up to the top as always, i hear the beep that says the mb went through its checks I hit the delete key the bios screen will flash on and off and once in a while i can get it to stay there. but when i try to hit the delete key to setup the bios nothing happens. It just stays frozen there. ALso when the computer worked the lights on the mb would light to the top then once it was started up and running the lights would go out. Now the lights just stay lit.

 

I do have another mac its an old emac but it worked for me when i originally set this up. I just have to instal 10.5 on one of the patittions.

 

I also tried disconnecting the hard drives and just using the usb flash drive with my original lifehacker setup on it to start up. that failed also. When i installed 10.6.4 it did something to my bios, either that or the mb is bricked and needs to be sent back? Or, and this is what i am hoping, that you have another method for me to get my bios back. My origiinal bios was FB, & i never messed with it.

 

Wait a minute I just rired it now, and it worked. I am now in into the cmos setup utility. So i think what i'm gonna do is to set the flash drive as my primary, then once i'm in run the v3 installer onto the clone of the working drive. I will also go over all of the setting in the original guide. I'll let you know how this turns out.

Never mind. It is frozen in the cmos setup utility. The up or down keys will not allow me to move anywhere to make any changes. I'm gonna leave it where it is in case you have an idea of how i can get out of this, now that at least the setup screen is there.

 

Lets try to simplify a bit...

Disconnect all non-essential items from your computer, All Hard Drives, everything in the USB ports except keyboard and mouse.

 

Next, unplug the power and let it sit without power for 5 minutes. Nice power cycle to drain anything in the system.

 

Then Clear the CMOS by putting a jumper on the CMOS jumper (might need to see manual)

 

Next with only the essentials plugged in, boot and see if you can get into the BIOS, make the necessary settings, and then see if you can boot from the USB drive.

 

Once all that is taken care of, you can update your BIOS by following their guide on the site for the EP45-UD3P. I would just make sure you have your system up and running first.

[jbolted]

Lets try to simplify a bit...

Disconnect all non-essential items from your computer, All Hard Drives, everything in the USB ports except keyboard and mouse.

 

Next, unplug the power and let it sit without power for 5 minutes. Nice power cycle to drain anything in the system.

 

Then Clear the CMOS by putting a jumper on the CMOS jumper (might need to see manual)

 

Next with only the essentials plugged in, boot and see if you can get into the BIOS, make the necessary settings, and then see if you can boot from the USB drive.

 

Once all that is taken care of, you can update your BIOS by following their guide on the site for the EP45-UD3P. I would just make sure you have your system up and running first.

 

OK, heres where i'm at. I cleared the cmos by putting a jumper on it on the mb. After letting the computer drain for a while. I was then able to hit the delete key once right after hearing the mb beep that it did its checks, and got to the bios screen. I then hit the delete key once and it did go into the cmos setup utility. But once in there i could not make any moves. The up or down keys didnt work, the escape key didnt work. It was just froze there. So i just walked away from it for a half an hour mostly because of frustration. Then I said what the hell i'll give it a try with nothing in it,no usb flash drive, just the keyboard and mouse. I hit the reset button on the case next to the power button, it started up ran though the original secquence and went and booted into my original drive that has 10.6.4 on it. I tried to use the keys to get it to the cloned drive with 10.6.3 but it didnt show up. Probably because i didnt run the V3 installer on it. I just did that. But now i dont know what to do since i was unable to make any adjustments in the cmos setup, i'm guessing i need an update on the bios.

 

I'm gonna wait till i hear from you again, * I am not shutting down either. If you think i should update my bios through their website or what route you would suggest.

 

Thanks for your help!

 

jbolted

[MacTech84]

OK, heres where i'm at. I cleared the cmos by putting a jumper on it on the mb. After letting the computer drain for a while. I was then able to hit the delete key once right after hearing the mb beep that it did its checks, and got to the bios screen. I then hit the delete key once and it did go into the cmos setup utility. But once in there i could not make any moves. The up or down keys didnt work, the escape key didnt work. It was just froze there. So i just walked away from it for a half an hour mostly because of frustration. Then I said what the hell i'll give it a try with nothing in it,no usb flash drive, just the keyboard and mouse. I hit the reset button on the case next to the power button, it started up ran though the original secquence and went and booted into my original drive that has 10.6.4 on it. I tried to use the keys to get it to the cloned drive with 10.6.3 but it didnt show up. Probably because i didnt run the V3 installer on it. I just did that. But now i dont know what to do since i was unable to make any adjustments in the cmos setup, i'm guessing i need an update on the bios.

 

I'm gonna wait till i hear from you again, * I am not shutting down either. If you think i should update my bios through their website or what route you would suggest.

 

Thanks for your help!

 

jbolted

 

And we might have the culprit! I have had some problems with USB peripherals in the past, such as a defective USB hub that kept my computer from properly booting, both original G5 Powermac and Hack-Intosh. Do you have another 8GB USB Flash Drive you can try? And if you want to, you can upgrade your BIOS, from my experience FB was a little finicky when trying to enter BIOS and moving around with the keyboard keys, and that was fixed in FE.

 

I would say, do an all around general backup. Then do a complete re-install, if you want, and try the Kakewalk installer. I like it so far, and I have noticed that Kakewalk and 10.6.4 are giving me CORRECT temps in iStat FINALLY!!!!

[CoHPhasor]

Then I said what the hell i'll give it a try with nothing in it,no usb flash drive, just the keyboard and mouse. I hit the reset button on the case next to the power button, it started up ran though the original secquence and went and booted into my original drive that has 10.6.4 on it. I tried to use the keys to get it to the cloned drive with 10.6.3 but it didnt show up. Probably because i didnt run the V3 installer on it. I just did that. But now i dont know what to do since i was unable to make any adjustments in the cmos setup, i'm guessing i need an update on the bios.

 

I don't want to seem like an ass, but we need for you to pay attention to what we ask you to do.

When MacTech84 asked you to unplug EVERYTHING, do it.

We need to go through certain steps to troubleshoot, and it is detrimental to our effort for you not to do so.

Imagine if you didn't say "what the hell" and didn't remove the stick.

If you came back saying "that didn't work" you would have had us chasing a ghost.

 

Do us a favor, work with us. ;-)

[backinmac]

Hi mac tech64, I ran into a major problem. I had 10.6.3 running fine using lifehackers guide. I installed a new drive, then cloned it using CCC. But forgot to run the V3 installer over it. On the original drive i ran the 10.6.4 update via software uppdate. Now my entire system is unbootable, even with the original usb stick. I cant even get into my bios. It won't let me in. My last bios version was FB. I never flashed it before , never had to. Can you help me out with what i need to do to fix my bios? And perhaps save my files? I have access to an eMAc which is what i am on now.

I am at a loss here. I was always able to get up and runnig by reading through these threads but right now i am in trouble. What i think must have happened was that the update must have corrupted my bios somehow. Can I get a proper version of a bios, burn it to a disk or thumb drive and flash it, or is my system a gonner.Also how do you flash the bios? When I start up and hit the delete button, I hear the beep that the motherboard did its tests, but it will not let me into the bios, now!

thank you for any help or suggestions

jbolted.

Its kind of funny that you said that it doesn't even boot the original flash drive because after I updated to 10.6.4 without deleting SleepEnabler, my system wouldn't boot any GPT devices. I'd get hung in all kinds of different places. I got Verifying DMI Pool Data, Boot 0:GPT Boot 0:Error, Boot 1: Error, I mean everything. After flashing the BIOS to FE, all of my problems were solved. Of course now, I'm using Cartri's BIOS, so it doesn't matter. But definitely flash the BIOS, that should solve it.

[jbolted]

Its kind of funny that you said that it doesn't even boot the original flash drive because after I updated to 10.6.4 without deleting SleepEnabler, my system wouldn't boot any GPT devices. I'd get hung in all kinds of different places. I got Verifying DMI Pool Data, Boot 0:GPT Boot 0:Error, Boot 1: Error, I mean everything. After flashing the BIOS to FE, all of my problems were solved. Of course now, I'm using Cartri's BIOS, so it doesn't matter. But definitely flash the BIOS, that should solve it.

 

l couldnt get the bios to move. eventually after getting into bios it would just freeze, none of the button were responding. then the board would cut off. SO i took it apart and am waiting for an rma for a board . I understand the various problems with getting the os to work. but you should be able to at the very least with all drives disconnected get into the bios to make settings or to update it. You cant update a frozen bios that wont move or respond to anything. I even bought a brand new keyboard to make sure it wasnt that and tested the keyboard on another computer.

 

What else can it be if the board is not hosed? If it were the power supply i wouldnt get any power right?

[MacTech84]

l couldnt get the bios to move. eventually after getting into bios it would just freeze, none of the button were responding. then the board would cut off. SO i took it apart and am waiting for an rma for a board . I understand the various problems with getting the os to work. but you should be able to at the very least with all drives disconnected get into the bios to make settings or to update it. You cant update a frozen bios that wont move or respond to anything. I even bought a brand new keyboard to make sure it wasnt that and tested the keyboard on another computer.

 

What else can it be if the board is not hosed? If it were the power supply i wouldnt get any power right?

 

If BIOS is freezing it could be a few things with everything disconnected. Bad board, Bad processor, Bad RAM. I hope its just a bad board and nothing else. I have seen a few systems get "hosed" and it killed everything. Good luck to ya.

[jbolted]

If BIOS is freezing it could be a few things with everything disconnected. Bad board, Bad processor, Bad RAM. I hope its just a bad board and nothing else. I have seen a few systems get "hosed" and it killed everything. Good luck to ya.

 

I'm betting on the board because during all of this it did all of a sudden boot into the 10.6.4 drive. And while it was running the cpu was fine the hd, the memory, etc. I shouldnt have let it go to sleep. I didnt realize the sleep enabler would cause a problem, but the bottom line is if you cant do anything with the bios, ie., flash it or make changes the board is useless. I dont know how long its gonna take gigagyte to send me a rma number. I filled out the form early this monring so it may take a day or so? I never had to return a board so i'm not sure on how picky they are going to be, I also heard horror stories about sending boards back only to recieve the same broken one in return.

 

I wonder if i bought a different brand board that uses the hardware i have would this new cartis bios work with it? Any insight on that?

Thanks

 

jbolted

[CoHPhasor]

I'm betting on the board because during all of this it did all of a sudden boot into the 10.6.4 drive. And while it was running the cpu was fine the hd, the memory, etc. I shouldnt have let it go to sleep. I didnt realize the sleep enabler would cause a problem, but the bottom line is if you cant do anything with the bios, ie., flash it or make changes the board is useless. I dont know how long its gonna take gigagyte to send me a rma number. I filled out the form early this monring so it may take a day or so? I never had to return a board so i'm not sure on how picky they are going to be, I also heard horror stories about sending boards back only to recieve the same broken one in return.

 

I wonder if i bought a different brand board that uses the hardware i have would this new cartis bios work with it? Any insight on that?

Thanks

 

jbolted

 

Funny thing about the BIOS,.... doesn't this board have 2?

A primary and a backup just in case you hose it?

 

Might want to look into how to make it boot the secondary instead.

(You shouldn'e HAVE to get into the BIOS if it's a backup for if you hose the primary)

 

The Cartri question? That's for the Cartri thread my friend.

For all intents and purposes, the ONLY thing non-Apple about this build is the /Extras folder, so it should ABSOLUTELY run with a board running Cartri.

(Just remove the /Extras folder and do what Cartri tells you to do for install.)

[jbolted]

Funny thing about the BIOS,.... doesn't this board have 2?

A primary and a backup just in case you hose it?

 

Might want to look into how to make it boot the secondary instead.

(You shouldn'e HAVE to get into the BIOS if it's a backup for if you hose the primary)

 

The Cartri question? That's for the Cartri thread my friend.

For all intents and purposes, the ONLY thing non-Apple about this build is the /Extras folder, so it should ABSOLUTELY run with a board running Cartri.

(Just remove the /Extras folder and do what Cartri tells you to do for install.)

 

Sorry for the delay. I tried everything that was suggested including, unplugging the hard drives. You should be able to get into the bios without them correct? And CohPhasor i agree 100% the back up bios should have worked. I scanned the manual a thousand times. Anyway here is where i am at right now. After filling out a questuonaire on gigabyte website they agreed there is something wrong with the board, so they already sent me an RMA, and i already shipped it back.

 

Now i have an important question. I have 2 drives with data i really dont want to lose. One drive has 10.6.4 with the Stell's V3 installer, the other has 10.6.3 with the Stell's v3 installer. After I get the board back and assembled, what would be the best coarse of action to save at least one of the drives, they are cloned drives. Should i just set up the bios as originally done? And go through the install set up thumb drive? the reason why i am asking is that i read somewhere on this thread that the restart fix is no longer needed.And i am not familiar on how to get it out of the package that it is in. My extension folders dont have individual kexts in it. It has one mkext with them combined. So would i be able to use cakewalk instead of the v3 installer.

 

what would you suggest? And sorry for the confusion. thanks for your help.

 

jbolted