internetsandman Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 So far on this site I've posted three threads, only one of which got a response and none of which answered my questions. As a newbie to this scene and as someone who is very eager to build a hackintosh, this really frustrates me. I have several questions about installing and upgrading Snow Leopard on a P55 system, and I really want some answers ASAP: Is it possible to install 10.6.2 onto my system directly from my thumb drive, instead of installing 10.6 onto my system and then upgrading to .2? If not, do I have to install a kernel onto my thumb drive that supports P55, and then upgrade? If so, what sort of issues might present themselves, having a custom kernel then upgrading to 10.6.2? I'm asking this because of the native support for P55 chipset in 10.6.2, which would hopefully make the install process less painful and frustrating Does the VoodooHDA work for the Realtek ALC888B? If not is there a kext I can download somewhere that does? On Lifehacker.com, there is a tutorial for installing SL, and one of the final steps involves downloading the Kext Utility. What exactly does that do, and how exactly does it work? I've heard a lot of references to 10.6.2 support of the P55 chipset being referred to as support for i5 processors. Does this mean that I can only use an i5, or does it mean that it supports the P55 chipset, and I can use an i7 that fits into my P55 motherboard? Finally, would it be safer and easier for my building and upgrading purchases to simply build an X58 system instead, using a Gigabyte EX58-UD3R? Will that run 10.6.2 well, provided the right measures are taken regarding kexts? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/198048-snow-leopard-on-gigabyte-p55-ud2/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenaustin Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 So far on this site I've posted three threads, only one of which got a response and none of which answered my questions. As a newbie to this scene and as someone who is very eager to build a hackintosh, this really frustrates me. I have several questions about installing and upgrading Snow Leopard on a P55 system, and I really want some answers ASAP: Is it possible to install 10.6.2 onto my system directly from my thumb drive, instead of installing 10.6 onto my system and then upgrading to .2? If not, do I have to install a kernel onto my thumb drive that supports P55, and then upgrade? If so, what sort of issues might present themselves, having a custom kernel then upgrading to 10.6.2? I'm asking this because of the native support for P55 chipset in 10.6.2, which would hopefully make the install process less painful and frustrating Does the VoodooHDA work for the Realtek ALC888B? If not is there a kext I can download somewhere that does? On Lifehacker.com, there is a tutorial for installing SL, and one of the final steps involves downloading the Kext Utility. What exactly does that do, and how exactly does it work? I've heard a lot of references to 10.6.2 support of the P55 chipset being referred to as support for i5 processors. Does this mean that I can only use an i5, or does it mean that it supports the P55 chipset, and I can use an i7 that fits into my P55 motherboard? Finally, would it be safer and easier for my building and upgrading purchases to simply build an X58 system instead, using a Gigabyte EX58-UD3R? Will that run 10.6.2 well, provided the right measures are taken regarding kexts? I think you want to read up here: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=176155 and here: http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/198048-snow-leopard-on-gigabyte-p55-ud2/#findComment-1333449 Share on other sites More sharing options...
internetsandman Posted November 17, 2009 Author Share Posted November 17, 2009 I think you want to read up here: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=176155 and here: http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/ I've already searched through countless posts in that thread, and call it laziness if you will, but after all the research i've done and questions i've asked, I was really hoping someone could answer my questions directly and simply. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/198048-snow-leopard-on-gigabyte-p55-ud2/#findComment-1333453 Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenaustin Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 I've already searched through countless posts in that thread, and call it laziness if you will, but after all the research i've done and questions i've asked, I was really hoping someone could answer my questions directly and simply. For the first link, try reading starting at page 15. Tonymacx86 is actually the man, at the moment with the P55 knowledge. He actually has the same board as you and running vanilla 10.6.2. The second link I gave is his new blog, and on the last page of the first link, he states he's releasing a guide probably tomorrow on his blog. What I've learned so far with this site is that you really need to put in a good amount of effort scouring the site and countless threads. I've found it very rare to get responses and get answers spoon fed to you. So, I've been forced to find my own answers, but as I'm reading and reading, I'm learning more and more about this stuff. If you're limited on time and can't really devote hours of reading and tinkering, then I suggest sticking to the more tried and true guides like Lifehacker or even some of the others posted on this site. The P55 is relatively new, but with 10.6.2 out, things are looking very promising, and will take only a short amount of time for a foolproof guide like the others. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/198048-snow-leopard-on-gigabyte-p55-ud2/#findComment-1333463 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZFG Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 "I've heard a lot of references to 10.6.2 support of the P55 chipset being referred to as support for i5 processors. Does this mean that I can only use an i5, or does it mean that it supports the P55 chipset, and I can use an i7 that fits into my P55 motherboard?" -- No this does not mean you are forced to only use an i5. it means it supports P55. And yes, you can use an i7 chip. -- On Lifehacker.com, there is a tutorial for installing SL, and one of the final steps involves downloading the Kext Utility. What exactly does that do, and how exactly does it work? -- This utility helps you install drivers for your system. A kext file is the same as drivers in Windows. Some kexts is needed for the system to be stable. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/198048-snow-leopard-on-gigabyte-p55-ud2/#findComment-1346546 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalel83 Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 OS X Snow Leopard Install using Retail DVD For P55 Motherboards and Intel Core i5 and i7 Posted by tmx86 on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2009/11/os-...ing-retail.html Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/198048-snow-leopard-on-gigabyte-p55-ud2/#findComment-1347313 Share on other sites More sharing options...
delphinus87 Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 I know your frustration. I've had some bad luck with insanelymac too. Questions first, then tutorial ^^ In the past, there were several custom leopard installers that used 10.5.6 of similar. Snow Leopard is sort of finicky and there aren't really any 10.6.x packages yet. There shouldn't be any need for a custom kernel. Looking at your past posts, you've used myHack, which should work fine. if the vanilla one doesn;t work for you, there's an optional chocolate kernel for you to use at your leisure. From what I've heard, updating from 10.6.0>10.6.2 requires no more that a removal of and subsequent reinstall of a kext. Audio kexts. These are a {censored}. to save yourself the trouble, I highly highly highly recommend this USB adaptor (http://bit.ly/8RYSiA). seriously, $7.99 and you never have to worry about sound kexts again. The Lifehacker guide is well known and longed for because it's so clear and concise, but unless you have the exact same MOBO and core components, it won't work properly because it requires the use of a custom bootloader and others. As far as the Kext utility, this is a great little program. it's pretty much a terminal app with a bare GUI around it. You run it after you put a kext in the /Extensions folder. In a nutshell, it tells your system that it has new kexts and rewrite the appropriate files so it's recognized. It requires no input from you, just double-click the app and let it loose. i7 should work just as well as i5's. if it doesn't, you'll probably have to use the chocolate kernel with myHack, which will make updating to 10.6.2 much harder. sorry about that I'd really try everything within reason to get everything working on your current setup before shelling out for a new MOBO. They're not really my thing. If anything, use a well known guide's build as they'll be updated regularly. Now, I'd install myHack normally, following the directions on conti's website. A few things with that... If you cannot boot after a successful install, reboot in Verbose mode. If it hangs on DSMOS, you'll need to install a DSMOS.kext in the /System/Library/Extensions folder. This was easy for me, i just booted from my Leopard install and made the changes from there. If you don't have a working connected setup like me, you'll have to use your intuition to figure that out O.o I cannot stress this enough, especially for hackintosh's, BACKUP BACKUP BACKUP! run Carbon Copy Cloner onto an external HDD or a separate partition before you change anything critical. this will create a fully bootable backup to restore if you KP or anything. If your resolution is messed up, this kext works with me reliably (http://www.mediafire.com/?zhwmzeoj5yj). assuming you are using the vanilla kernel, you can update to 10.6.2 by this way. run Software Update and select only the Combo Update. download it but DO NOT INSTALL! go to /System/Library/Extensions/ and delete "sleepenabler.kext" and run "pfix v2.1.1" from the myHack website. then you can restart and reboot. if you KP, who cares, you have a bootable backup ^^. if you boot successfully, you should be running 10.6.2. now backup again and download this sleepenabler.kext from netkas (http://files.netkas.org/10.6.2/SleepEnabler.kext.zip) and install it where the old one used to be and run pfix again. restart, and you should be golden. EDIT: ok, I might have jumped the gun a little here. If you don't use the sleepenabler.kext like me, you have to do something a little different. Before you update, go to /System/Library/Extensions and move the DSMOS.kext to the desktop or something. yes, the thing required to boot in 10.6.0 prevents booting in 10.6.2. This might be a quirk with my setup (damn you XPS 420!!!) or just the ultimate in hackintosh irony. *pant pant* ok, if you need to know anything else, PM me and If I am unable to answer (likely =P) check the internets. Please, don't make any major changes to your computer without backuping (USE CCC!). This will lead to frustration and yelling at me, which will make me feel bad V.V good luck to you sir ./salute Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/198048-snow-leopard-on-gigabyte-p55-ud2/#findComment-1354335 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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