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stickman1000000
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well im having a really hard time installing snow leopard on my ud3l.

 

my specs

 

ga ep45 ud3l

q9550

hd 4890

 

i dont know what guide to follow because none of them seem to be working for me and its not any easier with the hd4890

 

if this helps at all i have used catris bios for the ud3l and i have a blank hard drive formatted a guid so everything is good to go.

 

hope you guys can help

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BatcOuntrY
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well im having a really hard time installing snow leopard on my ud3l.

 

my specs

 

ga ep45 ud3l

q9550

hd 4890

 

i dont know what guide to follow because none of them seem to be working for me and its not any easier with the hd4890

 

if this helps at all i have used catris bios for the ud3l and i have a blank hard drive formatted a guid so everything is good to go.

 

hope you guys can help

 

A little more info please. At what point does the install fail and what exactly happens when it fails? Do you have a different video card that you could use for the install? I wasn't able to do an install with my hd4670 so I use a 6600gt for the install and then I upgrade to 10.6.2 and then I use PC EFI v6 to get my 4670 working.

backinmac
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well im having a really hard time installing snow leopard on my ud3l.

 

my specs

 

ga ep45 ud3l

q9550

hd 4890

 

i dont know what guide to follow because none of them seem to be working for me and its not any easier with the hd4890

 

if this helps at all i have used catris bios for the ud3l and i have a blank hard drive formatted a guid so everything is good to go.

 

hope you guys can help

 

Get rid of the hacked BIOS and just follow a guide for your mobo.

BatcOuntrY
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Get rid of the hacked BIOS and just follow a guide for your mobo.

 

Actually I use cartri's "hacked" bios (as you called it) on two systems and I've never had an easier install or a more stable system. I respectfully disagree.

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My experience is that the hacked bios install works, but you need to make sure that fakesmc.kext is in the extra/extensions Chameleon folder of the install disk. I used a 8gb usb flash drive and cloned the install disk image (dmg) onto it.

 

I think you should add the efi string of your graphic card onto the com.apple.boot.plist and include that into the extra folder as well.

 

 

 

 

 

Some install disk will say that "Mac OS X cannot install on this computer".

 

after the installation process has started. You have two options: [1] Use a different install disk image, or [2] Do the following on post #20 or #21

 

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=407190

stickman1000000
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Well thanks for the reply guys and I'll try and shed a little more info

 

Well first things first I don't have an 8 gb USB or portable hard drive. I assumed I would just be able to install it off the disc

 

anyway installing off the disc works fine and booting with the kakewalk DVD then putting in retail to boot sl no kp no nothing it works fine. As usual the register your product comes up etc etc.

 

Now this is the part where I get confused and am unsure on what to do. I understand I don't need a dsdt. Aml because of the mac bios i have and I understand that I need to install a bootloader bit I am unsure what one to use that supports my HD 4890.

 

Also what do I need to do with the extra folder and stuff I'm a little confused

mumford
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Also what do I need to do with the extra folder and stuff I'm a little confused

 

you are very very close. There is a thread on this forum about fakesmc.kext, version 2.5. Download that file and put in into the /Extra/Extensions folder.

 

if you only have the Extra folder, create an Extensions folder within it.

 

The Extra folder is automatically created when you installed Chameleon bootloader. If you do not have the Extra folder, google Chameleon installer on this forum. Download it and run the installer.

 

Can't help you on ATI graphic card however.

stickman1000000
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you are very very close. There is a thread on this forum about fakesmc.kext, version 2.5. Download that file and put in into the /Extra/Extensions folder.

 

if you only have the Extra folder, create an Extensions folder within it.

 

The Extra folder is automatically created when you installed Chameleon bootloader. If you do not have the Extra folder, google Chameleon installer on this forum. Download it and run the installer.

 

Can't help you on ATI graphic card however.

Will chameleon work with my ati HD 4890 or will I need to use pc efi. If so do I install it with the pc efi installer . Lastly I'm pretty sure pc efi doesn't make an extra folder as chameleon does

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Will chameleon work with my ati HD 4890 or will I need to use pc efi. If so do I install it with the pc efi installer . Lastly I'm pretty sure pc efi doesn't make an extra folder as chameleon does

 

I think pc efi is based, in part, on Chameleon. I think you need to ask those folks with ati and pc efi experience. I have learned long ago to stick with Nvidia for Hackintosh or Linux.

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Actually I use cartri's "hacked" bios (as you called it) on two systems and I've never had an easier install or a more stable system. I respectfully disagree.

I agree with d'animal.

Cartri's Mac BIOS Edition for certain models of Gigabyte mobos works so damn fine, but I face a little issue with it. With this BIOS installed to my mobo, I just couldn't install Snow Leo to my rig. So I reverted my BIOS to original F9 from Gigabyte, installed OSX and then reapplied Cartri's Mac BIOS Edition to my mobo.

 

The only issue I'm facing now is that Restart is not working as it should, without the OpenHaltRestart.kext in the /E/E folder. ;) I already tried some methods but still no go with restart issue).

 

@stickman1000000000

It's quite strange that you couldn't install OSX to your rig. I know that Radeon GFX are harder to get it working on OSX, but there are plenty of people using it.

Maybe some incompatibility with some other hardware like DVD/CD burners, HDD...

Gigabyte mobos are very friendly to OSX mainly the Intel chipset based mobos.

 

Cheers,

bb.

BatcOuntrY
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wEll I need someone to helpe installing pc efi so I can have the extra folder there aswell before I restart

 

Download Chameleon from here hxxp://chameleon.osx86.hu/

Download PC EFI v6 from here hxxp://netkas.org/ (the link that says booter)

 

Unzip Chameleon and follow the instructions in doc/README but when you get to the part that says "sudo cp boot /" stop and instead copy the PC EFI boot file to / instead.

 

NOTE: If you have already installed Chameleon you can skip these steps and just copy the PC EFI boot file to /.

 

The Extra folder is something that you create yourself and then you add the kexts to it.

stickman1000000
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Correct me if I'm wrong but this is the bootloader??

 

And after I have done this I do what someone suggested above put the fakesmc kext in the extra folder

and that's it I'm done??

 

Also do I try and get my 4890 to work before or after the first reboot

stickman1000000
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Never mind about the above post after some sccessful editing I now have a working snow leopard install wit quartz extreme. The last things I need to do is get sound working and wifi.

 

How do I get sound working on the ud3l oe even better yet sound on my creative x fi express

 

also I have a g510 rev c and I know that doesn't work on osx86 so is it possible to get wifi through my iPod touch or nokia 5800

 

thanks guys all of you have been a great help

backinmac
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Actually I use cartri's "hacked" bios (as you called it) on two systems and I've never had an easier install or a more stable system. I respectfully disagree.

 

I don't have an issue with it. IMO, it's just not necessary, especially if you are having difficulty with it. Anyway, good luck! :)

breakingbad
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Never mind about the above post after some sccessful editing I now have a working snow leopard install wit quartz extreme. The last things I need to do is get sound working and wifi.

 

How do I get sound working on the ud3l oe even better yet sound on my creative x fi express

 

also I have a g510 rev c and I know that doesn't work on osx86 so is it possible to get wifi through my iPod touch or nokia 5800

 

thanks guys all of you have been a great help

Well Stickman, nice to know that you have it working now. :) Welcome to Snow Leo.

 

About sound, if your mobo uses ALC888 - ICH10 I would recommend using the LegacyHDA.kext (orange version) because it only loads 4 channels and it should load 6 channels if you wanna get 5.1 to work. I tried the legacyHDA.kext and it sucks, at least for me.

 

Cheers,

bb.

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