P5W-DH and ATI 48xx - My own guide

[metalmaniac]

Hey All,

 

how to install Snow Leo to my p5w-dh, q6600 @ 3.0 Ghz, 8gb corsair 5200 ram, Ati HD 4850 1gb gddr3,

 

 

 

So I am working from 10.5.8 on my primary Sata, second sata is data drive, then master 3rd is IDE disk for testing snow called /snow

 

Install retail to disk to spare hd partition /snow

Once installed apple chameleon rc 2 to /snow

then install chameleon rc 3 to preserve /snow/extra/extensions

remove all kexts from /extra/extensions

 

cd to /Snow/System/Library/Extensions

rm JmicronATA.kext

 

(for my graphics 1gb ddr3 4850)

edit info.plist in ati4800.kext and add devid 0x94421002

 

copy Kexts in folder p5w stuff to /extra/extensions

 

for those using ATI 48xx you must move EVOenabler.kext to S/L/E as it will not work in Extra.

 

 

dont forget to DSDT patch just in case

 

shutdown, F8 boot straight to disk with Snow Leo

boot with arch=i386 -s

 

once booted run fsck -fy

then mount -uw /

 

then cd /Extra

then kextcache -mkext Extensions.mkext Extensions

cd /System/Library/

again kextcache -mkext Extensions.mkext Extensions

 

reboot

 

try with -v -x and if needed -s

 

 

also smbios.plist and modify com.apple.boot.plist if needed

 

Also when updating to 10.6.1 use the update dmg from apple and before reboot, remodify the relevant Graphics kexts, and once again copy IOaudio and OSvkern kexts to Extra, and repair permissions to get sound and graphics working after update.

 

attached file includes (will update soon)-

 

from http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...p;#entry1248983

kexts-

 

AHCIPortInjector.kext (from Stell's Blog)

AppleRTC.kext (from Teknojunkie's DMG)

fakesmc.kext (Stell's Blog)

IOAHCIBlockStorageInjector.kext (Stell's Blog, for fixing wrong icons problem)

IOAudioFamily.kext (COPIED FROM /S/L/E/, so VoodooHDA works)

JMicronATA.kext (Stell's Blog)

NullCPUPowerManagement.kext (Stell's Blog)

OpenHaltRestart.kext (Stell's Blog)

OSvKernDSPLib.kext (COPIED FROM /S/L/E/, so VoodooHDA works)

PlatformUUID.kext (Stell's Blog, change UUID in /Contents/Info.plist)

Sleepenabler.kext (Stell's Blog)

VoodooHDA.kext (Audio Kext, Stell's Blog)

 

Chameleon RC 2 + RC 3

boot.plist

DSDT Patcher

Guide

Natit.kext (may need)

and smbios.plist

 

Credit to where its due, too many people to list but basically the insanely mac community.

No intention of distributing stuff w/o permission, just wanted a nice easy way to communicate files, if you need more info the Stells/teknojunkie/netkas sites have all you need

 

 

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=5b1cd1f...e34c0a955f98962

 

cheers

 

 

Ash