SATA/IDE Controllers Confusion

[mrgee]

I am trying to solve a problem where my hackintosh locks up when performing intensive cpu function like HD video encoding.

I belive it may have soemthing to do with having 8GB of ram.

I Have not tried the maxmem fix yet as I would like to have all my ram available.

I read somewhere that I should try to remove the JMicron kext ( I have only SATA drives). But when I remove the JMicron kext the computer gets to the last satge of loading but the desktop does not appear.

When I re install the JMicron kext all is OK ( except for the lockup on cpu intensive stuff)..

What is the JMicron kext if I do not have any IDE drives why do I need it..

Any help..

Thanks

[MacUser2525]

I am trying to solve a problem where my hackintosh locks up when performing intensive cpu function like HD video encoding.

I belive it may have soemthing to do with having 8GB of ram.

I Have not tried the maxmem fix yet as I would like to have all my ram available.

I read somewhere that I should try to remove the JMicron kext ( I have only SATA drives). But when I remove the JMicron kext the computer gets to the last satge of loading but the desktop does not appear.

When I re install the JMicron kext all is OK ( except for the lockup on cpu intensive stuff)..

What is the JMicron kext if I do not have any IDE drives why do I need it..

Any help..

Thanks

 

You don't and it should not fail with it there but if that is how it works then go into the BIOS and turn the controller off leave the Jmicron.kext there doing nothing at all...