Lifehacker Guide with GA-EP45-UD3P Motherboard

[AkronElliott]

I notice that lifehacker updated some steps for Hackintosh and Lion.

 

Link:

http://lifehacker.com/5855509/directly-ins...rocess-required

 

I will be looking to follow this after Thanksgiving. I do not see anything about the Cartri Bios. Not sure if I need to reset the motherboards bios back to its default or not.

 

Thought I would mention this if someone else was trying this step or are interested what was brought up.

 

Eric

[D-an-W]

Yeah, ditch Cartri and go with a manual install...much more flexible

[Moze]

Are here anyone with GA-EP45-UD3P motherboard that has iCloud is working?

[D-an-W]

Yes, iCloud works fine.

 

What problems do you have?

[bean5]

wow...haven't been here in a long time. Last time I checked people were having trouble with 10.6.8. I'm still on 10.6.7 but planning on installing the update and maybe doing lion. Can I just install the combo update or are there issues I have to deal with?

 

 

alright so I got to 10.6.8 with audio working...tried to download lion but got that this computer can't install os x 10.7 warning... What do I do now? I saw on lifehacker that they use [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url]. Is there a way to apply that method onto my current install that way I won't have to start from a fresh install? I read on this board about adding a string to the plist or something but when I checked that file, that string was already there.

[D-an-W]

What method are you using now, Stells v3 still?

 

You are welcome to my latest "collection" of files if you need them?

[AkronElliott]

Update to 10.7.2

 

Flashed BIOS to remove Cartri Friday.

Need Windows PC to get the file. At version FD.

Moved to 10.6.8 Friday.

 

Purchase Lion Friday. Followed TonyMacx86 for getting the Lion d/l

Used TonyMacx86 to create the installer.

 

Stayed at 10.6.8 till Sunday. Ran the installer.

Issue I had was I attempted to run too many items in the post install instructions,

 

I should have ran [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] to handle the DSDT issue.

Then ran patches on network.

Ran a third time for Audio.

 

I researched how to get the Video card to work.

The answer was close to what was stated here,

 

In the org.chameleon.Boot.plist, I added

GeneratePStates Yes

GenerateCStates Yes

EnableC2State Yes

EnableC4State Yes

PCIRootUID 1

Since I do not have a patched DSDT I have arch=i386

 

I used D-an-W DSDT and ran the latest DSDTUtility on [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] 4.1

and it cleaned up much of what I wrote above for the Monitor.

 

I have not messed with the kexts much yet. Not sure what improvements I would get for the time put into it.

 

Hope this helps others. I will be looking into fine tuning my build more.

I am cloning the Lion drive now.

 

Eric

[bean5]

What method are you using now, Stells v3 still?

 

You are welcome to my latest "collection" of files if you need them?

 

Yeah, still using stellas installer. My build hasn't changed from lifehackers instructions except for OSX updates. I wanna play battlefield 3 with decent settings, so I'm thinking of upgrading my gpu to a radeon 6870...or is there a better graphics card that'll work? That's really the only reason I want to upgrade to lion, I read there's more native support for graphics cards. The 9800 gtx+ is nice and all, but I'm not sure how well it'll handle battlefield 3.

[AkronElliott]

Cannot use iCloud with build 10.7.2.

 

Only have 3 Kexts in E/E

IOAHCIBlockStorageInjector

LegacyHDA

JMicronATA

I do not have a DSDT, using org.chameleon.boot.plist.

I am using D-an-W DSDT ran through DSDTUtility on [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url].

The new [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] Nov 8th, fixed much of the manual changes to PLIST.

 

I have not moved away from the three Kext above.

Still cannot access iCloud. Will wait to see if something changes in the next OS update.

 

I queried TonyMacx86 and did not find an answer.

 

Eric

[bean5]

So I ended up getting a 6870...As far as I know, it works OOB. Just swapped it in, booted, and everything seemed fine...SEEMED fine. OSX works fine, it boots up and works like if nothing has changed. How do I make sure everything is functioning properly with the new video card?

Now, while everything is working fine with OSX, when I booted into windows and installed teh drivers for the video card, on reboot it starts up then craps out before the login screen comes up. I get the windows starting screen, then a black screen for like a minute or two, then a blue screen with something about memory cache dump or something like that. It's not the BSOD, but it pretty much comes on for a bit and then restarts the computer. If I boot into safe mode and change the display driver to vga standard, it'll boot up but won't give me the proper resolutions...Now, since everything is working fine in OSX and it'll boot with a basic driver, is this just a driver issue, or is this a bad video card?

 

nvm, did a fresh install of windows and the video card worked fine...

[pkh540]

I notice that lifehacker updated some steps for Hackintosh and Lion.

 

Link:

http://lifehacker.com/5855509/directly-ins...rocess-required

 

I will be looking to follow this after Thanksgiving. I do not see anything about the Cartri Bios. Not sure if I need to reset the motherboards bios back to its default or not.

 

Thought I would mention this if someone else was trying this step or are interested what was brought up.

 

Eric

 

I used this build for my own hackintosh but had an HDMI monitor and wasn't able to upgrade past 10.6.2. I haven't kept up on the thread but saw this Lifehacker link regarding Lion and thought I'd ask:

 

Has anyone been able to use tonymacx86's method to upgrade to Lion from this Lifehacker build? Are there some intermediate steps that need to be taken as I am still on 10.6.2? (I'm using Stella v3 and saw the Carti Bios mention above and have no idea what that is.) Checking out Lifehacker, it looks like they've used a different build as the basis of their upgrade to Lion.

 

(Happy to read up on all this but can someone suggest a good starting point?) Thanks!

[AkronElliott]

I used this build for my own hackintosh but had an HDMI monitor and wasn't able to upgrade past 10.6.2. I haven't kept up on the thread but saw this Lifehacker link regarding Lion and thought I'd ask:

 

Has anyone been able to use tonymacx86's method to upgrade to Lion from this Lifehacker build? Are there some intermediate steps that need to be taken as I am still on 10.6.2? (I'm using Stella v3 and saw the Carti Bios mention above and have no idea what that is.) Checking out Lifehacker, it looks like they've used a different build as the basis of their upgrade to Lion.

 

(Happy to read up on all this but can someone suggest a good starting point?) Thanks!

 

 

I was at 10.6.7 till the end of October. Before trying TonyMacX86 steps I removed the Cartri Bios. That step made it easier to boot. I reverted back to the BIOS from Gigabyte.

 

You will need access to AppStore to Download Lion. I believe I had to run Chimera to create settings that the AppStore would enable to download Lion.

 

I Created an installer with [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url]. Great Installer. I also ran [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] to create bootable Hard Drive after install. I was confused with [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] and tried everything the first time.

I needed to either run [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] (without DSDT) or DSDTUtility to patch the DSDT. I used the DSDT from D-an-W a couple pages back. I needed to run [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] for the network drivers and audio. The latest [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] fixed the Video settings. I cannot verify HDMI due to not having it.

 

I still may modify the Kext in the future but I am happy with the Bootable Installer and Lion.

I keep the [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] created USB plugged in all the time.

 

The installer was simpler than I made it. I did too many changes at once and made it difficult to go back to a starting point.

[bean5]

alright, so something weird is happening with the radeon 6870. If I boot into windows first, then reboot and go into osx, when I reboot again back into windows, I get a BSOD. Only way to fix it is to unplug the osx harddrive and reboot. Windows will start up fine, and then I can reconnect the osx harddrive and everything will by fine until I reboot into osx again (I can reboot into windows without getting the BSOD, it's only when I switch to osx and then back to windows that I get BSOD). Anyone have any idea what could possibly be going on and how I can fix it?

[Moze]

Yes, iCloud works fine.

 

What problems do you have?

 

I'm having the same problem as many people, cannot authenticate. I use iCloud on my macbook and iphone, and it frustrates me that I cannot use it on my hackintosh

 

Could you post your information about Hackintosh install? SMbios, boot.plist (I can see your boot.plist above), what kext do you use and maybe DSDT?

[RC]

Cartri v0.8 user here...

 

I recently updated my system from 10.6.7 to 10.6.8 and so far it's running solid (Thanks to Havec, Rocketlynx and others for unknowingly helping me with the audio issues as a result of the upgrade). At the same time, I upgraded my graphics card from a GTS250 to a GTX460. Both of the EVGA variety. In hindsight, after recently reading about all of the issues the "fermi" cards have, I feel like a complete {censored} idiot. I usually over research every forthcoming decision.

 

Anyway, on a cloned (Thanks Havec!) USB HD I installed the TonyMac Nvidia (Quadro) drivers, shut down, installed GTX 460 and booted up. I thought the installation was a success until after a few hours, I started getting random blue screens. The computer would not freeze or anything but the blue screen would last for 2 to 3 seconds and then disappear. I did a little more research on the issue and decided to do the following:

 

1. Uninstall Tonymac Nvidia Quadro drivers

2. Reboot

3. Install Nvidia Cuda drivers

4. Re-install TonyMac Quadro drivers

 

So far, so good. As of today and the last few hours, no blue screens.

 

While things are running smoothly, a concern I have is that the card is not recognized under the "more info" tab. And Im not sure how to make my system recognize the card. Since I DO want to upgrade to Lion, I'm not sure if I should worry about this or not. My understanding is that Lion has native drivers for this card.

 

Also, since I am a Cartri bios user, I'm still not sure which Lion upgrade method I am going to use. I might try to use the Tony Mac Xmove method...

 

Edited @ 11/26 9:56pm: Since my original post, I have now gotten two kernel panics. Sigh.

[D-an-W]

@Moze, I will gladly package up my current files but I did post them in this thread a while ago (Not at home currently).

 

@RC, personally I think it's time to ditch the Cartri BIOS and go with a manual install to give you full control and allow a smooth Lion transition.

[HAVEC]

I've been working on a new Tonymac Hack and things haven't gotten any better as far as I'm concerned over our LH builds. The motherboard is the fairly well documented GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 f9 bios and a Mac native Asus 5770. I ended up buying Lion on a stick because I couldn't get the Applestore to let me download Lion on the EP45-UD3P most likely do to the Cartri DSDT free bios. I used [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] and the correct DSDT.aml specific for the MB and then [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] to install various drivers and utilities. The [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] installer works very well and I had Lion running in no time. However, no sound and sleep. (The system sleeps and wakes without any video). iPhoto crashes and the I don't get the right overclock speed in sys info. The 5770 worked right away with the correct 1920X1200 rez though. I tried loading my old 09 iLife and that doesn't seem to work. It installs but no applications anywhere. I'm not sure if the copy of iLife is limited because it's installed on the UD3P system.

 

So at the moment my Cartri Lifehacker system is the better system. I really liked the Cartri bios because after I flashed to it my system became much quieter. Presuambly, because speed-step works.

 

I would recommend before anyone goes to install Lion on their LH/Cartri machine that they make sure they can get back to where they started.

 

Also, since I am a Cartri bios user, I'm still not sure which Lion upgrade method I am going to use. I might try to use the Tony Mac Xmove method...

 

 

 

 

I think that you might be able to keep the Cartri bios with the [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] installer. The only requirements are that you have the board set for AHCI and HEPT 64. It's certainly worth a try.

[RC]

I've been working on a new Tonymac Hack and things haven't gotten any better as far as I'm concerned over our LH builds. The motherboard is the fairly well documented GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 f9 bios and a Mac native Asus 5770. I ended up buying Lion on a stick because I couldn't get the Applestore to let me download Lion on the EP45-UD3P most likely do to the Cartri DSDT free bios. I used [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] and the correct DSDT.aml specific for the MB and then [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] to install various drivers and utilities. The [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] installer works very well and I had Lion running in no time. However, no sound and sleep. (The system sleeps and wakes without any video). iPhoto crashes and the I don't get the right overclock speed in sys info. The 5770 worked right away with the correct 1920X1200 rez though. I tried loading my old 09 iLife and that doesn't seem to work. It installs but no applications anywhere. I'm not sure if the copy of iLife is limited because it's installed on the UD3P system.

 

So at the moment my Cartri Lifehacker system is the better system. I really liked the Cartri bios because after I flashed to it my system became much quieter. Presuambly, because speed-step works.

 

I would recommend before anyone goes to install Lion on their LH/Cartri machine that they make sure they can get back to where they started.

 

I think that you might be able to keep the Cartri bios with the [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] installer. The only requirements are that you have the board set for AHCI and HEPT 64. It's certainly worth a try.

 

 

I appreciate the information, Havec.

 

Currently, it looks as though I'm going to sell my GTX460 and buy a used GTX285 and then worry about Lion.

[CAPTBob]

As this thread seems to be slowly dying I thought I'd comment that I'm in no rush to move to Lion. My Lifehacker hack works great under the latest Snow Leopard release. I've got two real Macs running Lion (a late 08 MacBook Pro and a summer i7 BTO iMac) and I have to say I'm very underwhelmed by Lion. It's slow and unstable in my experience. In fact the IT folks here @ the U are calling Lion "Apple's Vista." Think I'll wait until 10.8 to build another hack.

[HAVEC]

As this thread seems to be slowly dying I thought I'd comment that I'm in no rush to move to Lion. My Lifehacker hack works great under the latest Snow Leopard release. I've got two real Macs running Lion (a late 08 MacBook Pro and a summer i7 BTO iMac) and I have to say I'm very underwhelmed by Lion. It's slow and unstable in my experience. In fact the IT folks here @ the U are calling Lion "Apple's Vista." Think I'll wait until 10.8 to build another hack.

 

I agree with Lion being underwhelming at least as far as hackintosh's are concerned. As I said earlier the new Lion/Tonymac system that I put together is no where near as good as the old SL Lifehacker/Stella/Cartri system that I've running continuously for over 2 years. No way I'm ever going to switch to the newer Lion hack until a lot of things start working properly like iphoto for one. The new 2500K Z68 system at 4.3 Ghz is hot though. It runs Prime 95 32M in 9 seconds flat. Whereas the old system does it in around 12 seconds at 3.6 GHz.

 

We should keep the thread going out of a sense of pride if for nothing else.

 

Chris

[j0seph]

Hopefully someone can help me here, I accidentally (updated iTunes it updated the OS as well to 10.6.8) and of course my sound is now dead.

 

Other than the sound not working ( no output devices shown ), 10.6.8 works perfect, and of course I can't rollback, no backup made...I know I know, not a good move.

 

Well with that said, hopefully the community can help.

 

So far I've tried,

 

(all done via Single User mode and restarting ignoring caches and running Kext Utility)

Rolling back AppleHDA.kext from 10.6.7 (downloaded the combo update and stripped out the kext), didn't work.

 

Following this thread - http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=140941

Tried this

1) vanilla AppleHDA.kext

+

LegacyHDA.kext

+

HDAEnabler.kext (or DSDT w/ HDEF injection) for ALC889a/ALC885 - Didn't work

 

^ all that did was give me a boot loop at the loading screen

 

Anyone have any insight/thoughts on how I can fix my sound?

 

-Joe

[konjow]

Hopefully someone can help me here, I accidentally (updated iTunes it updated the OS as well to 10.6.8) and of course my sound is now dead.

 

Other than the sound not working ( no output devices shown ), 10.6.8 works perfect, and of course I can't rollback, no backup made...I know I know, not a good move.

 

Well with that said, hopefully the community can help.

 

So far I've tried,

 

(all done via Single User mode and restarting ignoring caches and running Kext Utility)

Rolling back AppleHDA.kext from 10.6.7 (downloaded the combo update and stripped out the kext), didn't work.

 

Following this thread - http://www.insanelym...howtopic=140941

Tried this

1) vanilla AppleHDA.kext

+

LegacyHDA.kext

+

HDAEnabler.kext (or DSDT w/ HDEF injection) for ALC889a/ALC885 - Didn't work

 

 

^ all that did was give me a boot loop at the loading screen

 

Anyone have any insight/thoughts on how I can fix my sound?

 

-Joe

 

 

 

use Kext Helper b7 for AppleHDA kext and reboot. try few times as I had to do after supplement update

[HAVEC]

This thread maybe dead but my Cartri/LH Hack sure isn't.

[Olroc]

EP45 UD3P ( too lazy to look at which rev....... )

 

Im a super noob and havent really followed the forum in a bit, but with the release of Diablo 3 comin up I decided that I should try to update this old "buick"

 

Anyway this is for us noobs who are lazy like me and looking for a lil sound fix. (note find a way to get your 10.6.8 working......lazy.....)

 

-built his hack way back when.....updated to 10.6.8 last ight 5/8/2012 and had trouble with sound.

 

- scoured for a way to fix sound and found that there is zip pack a couple pages back (pg 111-118 somwhere.....lazy......itchy....tasty.....zombie......) that contains some 10.6.7 files.

 

- copied the the applehca.kext file into my /system/libraries/extentions/

 

- error message of noting my install was wrong.

 

- never using kext utility before, I decided to just go for it (not knowing that it actually did the magic on its own ( i know, I know. Im super late noob!)

 

- rebooted and found that the old sound choices in my settings were there and voila! sound fixed....

 

 

Prolly just a bunch of luck but i got my sound fixed.........Now I await diablo 3 (hopefully not run into any issues there.........

 

Peace hac com 1 = hackintosh community as one = lame = late night, sleepy, tired, out!

 

Olroc

[HAVEC]

Anybody still out there running this build? Over 3 years now and mine is flawless. I gave up with Lion Z68 project. Too much work and Lion isn't all that good.