(How To)Hazards 10.6.2 on MSI 770-C45 / Phenom ii 965 / ATI 4650

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This is a "How To" installing Snow Leopard 10.6.2 on:

 

Motherboard: MSI 770-C45

CPU: AMD Phenom ii x4 965be C3

GFX: ATI Sapphire Radeon HD 4650 1Gb DDR2 PCI-e (method may work for any other Mobos as well)

 

Also you may need:

-2Gb or more of DDR3 Ram

-SATA DVD Optical Drive

-SATA Hard Drive (I do not recommend doing a partition, get an extra hard drive its better & less issues)

-USB Mouse / Keyboard or PS2 Keyboard / Mouse (I'd recommend USB Keyboard / Mouse)

-Snow Distro: Snow Leopard Client Server 10.6.2 SSE2/SSE3 Intel AMD by Hazard

*Google It*

 

Sorry this install isn't retail & not using any IDE devices.

I do not take any responsibility if it didn't work for you(damaged hardware, render anything, messed up your Snow or Leopard...etc)... you are on your own if you have issues... I will try to help.. but If I can't fix it... this is Insanelymac you could probably find your fix around.

 

Start of by downloading the Snow Distro by Hazard (its only about a regular DVD size) no DVD-DL needed & its a direct install of Snow Leopard 10.6.2. You do not have to patch the ISO, you can burn it directly for use on this Mobo.

 

Burning:

If you are in Windows, I would recommend burning it at your lowest speed with either ImgBurn or InfraRecorder... if you are on OSX (Leopard) just use DiskUtility or Toast and use the lowest burning speed.

 

Setting up Bios & Installing:

Insert DVD and boot up computer... Enter BIOS (Pressing DEL key on your keyboard)

-Head into Cell Menu:

AMD Cool n Quiet: Disabled

If you are overclocked *IMPORTANT* set everything to Stock settings

 

-Integrated Peripherals:

On-Chip ATA Devices -> Raid Mode -> Change IDE to AHCI

 

Save Bios settings: F10

 

Computer should be booted up again... use Boot Options: Pressing F11

Select your DVD Drive

 

Upon Chameleon boot up screen(you will see like an Aliens background)... Press F8

Use as boot arguments: -v busratio=20

(I have a quadcore cpu that is why I used Busratio=20 yours could be different boot arguments... maybe try: -v cpus=1 )

now just wait.....

 

When the language screen is loaded select your language..... once you see the installing screen *Do not run it yet*.... head over to the top: Utilities > Disk Utility

 

Formatting Hard Drive:

After you have gone to Utilities > Disk Utility

 

Select your Hard Drive(the one you plan on installing Snow Leopard)

Choose: Partition

1 Partition

Options > GUID

Format: Mac Os Journalized

Name your partition with a very simple name: snowhd

 

Afterwards close Disk Utility.. and finally we will begin Installation

 

Click Continue > Agree > Select Hard Drive > Customize

 

These are the Customize options needed:

AnV 10.2.0 / system kext

Chameleon RC3 PC EFI 10.5

AMD patch

ATI 43x0 45x0 46x0 - This is only if you have my same graphics card (I'll provide the solution for full Q'E)

ATIATA

Realtek R1000

EliotForceLegacyRTC

SATA/ATA

Legacy AHCI Sata

LegacyApplePIIXATA

IOATAFamily SATA Fix

IOATAFamily Fix

*PS2 apple - ONLY CHOOSE THIS IF YOU DON'T HAVE USB MOUSE / KEYBOARD

EvOreboot

Orange Icon

About My Mac Fix

SMBiosResolver

UUID

rosetta

X11

 

Choose Install, if the DVD Test starts... let it run until 10% you may skip it from there.

Install should take 15 - 25min or so.... if it all went well... Great! Restart

 

Upon restarting Boot Options again: Press F11

Choose your Hard Drive (where you installed Snow)

 

Press F8

Boot Arguments: -v busratio=20

You my encounter the Chameleon does not have a boot timeout... don't worry we will fix this later

If you have over 4Gb of Ram you must need to use as boot arguments: -v busratio=20 maxmem=4096

 

If you are lucky.... it will all go through.. and you will get a Grey Screen with your mouse(you will not see the Animated OSX Intro)...wait a bit... the language screen will appear.... do all your process of setting up all your info & when done you should appear on your Snow Leopard 10.6.2 Desktop.

 

No transparency, Q'E or Audio... but you may connect your Ethernet Lan... your internet connection already works

 

 

*Lets add Boot Timeout & busratio=20 or busratio=20 maxmem=4096 to com.appleBoot.plist

Finder > select Hard Drive > Library > Preferences > SystemConfguration

Drag to your Desktop: com.appleBoot.plist

 

Right-Click in your Desktop "com.appleBoot.plist" get info > Open With > choose: Textedit.app > Apply Changes to all

 

Afterwards just double click: com.appleBoot.plist

Make changes similar to this

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Kernel</key>
<string>mach_kernel</string>
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string>busratio=20 maxmem=4096</string>
<key>Timeout</key>
<string>3</string>
<key>Boot Loader Timeout</key>
<string>3</string>
</dict>
</plist>

 

Now simply, again Finder > Hard Drive > Library > Prefrences > SystemConfiguration

Right-Click: com.appleBoot.plist > move to Trash

Now Drag com.appleBoot.plist from Desktop to the Windows: Finder > Hard Drive > Library > Prefrences > SystemConfiguration

 

*Optional*

Drag it as well inside: Finder > Hard Drive > Extra

 

 

 

Getting AUDIO(ALC888S / ALC885):

Download this package: http://www.mediafire.com/?1u2wnfmmdnj

After downloading, install it: AzaliaAudio.pkg

Reboot, upon your Desktop you should already have Audio (Sorry MIC does not work, this is only for Speakers Audio.. if you plan on recording... just use an M-Audio USB device)

 

Getting Full Q'E for ATI Saphire Radeon HD 4650 1Gb DDR2 PCI-e:

This also works for anybody with this same graphics card on any other motherboard with Snow 10.6.2

 

This is for VGA, I have not tested DVI (DVI alone, DVI to VGA or DVI to HDMI) or HDMI

Replace boot file with this one(Beta PCEFI 10.5): http://www.mediafire.com/?znznlozgnng

 

Spotlight search for: Terminal

I'd recommend go to Finder > Applications > Terminal (Drag it to your Dock)

 

sudo su
write-your-password
mv /boot /boot.bak
cp DRAG-NEW-BOOT-FILE-HERE /
exit

 

Go to Finder > Applications > Kext Utility (Drag it to your Dock)

 

Download these 2 kext files:

ATIRadeonX2000.kext: http://www.mediafire.com/?wzwmujymmvn

ATI4600Controller.kext: http://www.mediafire.com/?gtuyjlmhd5l

 

Drag them each alone to Kext Utility... enter password & wait... hopefully everything went well and you didn't get any kernel panics

 

Reboot you should be granted Full Q'E & all Resolutions with VGA.... *You should see Transparency in the Top Apple Menu Bar* change your Display Resolution in System Preferences

 

 

Just in case my Device ID for my Card is: ID: 9498 Vendor: 1002

If your Device ID is different(go to Apple icon > About This Mac > More Info.. > Graphics/Display), Manually Add your Device ID inside ATI4600Controller.kext before dragging them into Kext Utility

I don't think you need to add it inside ATIRadeonX2000.kext (I didn't add it on mines)

 

*NOTE* This is for DESKTOP VERSIONS ONLY - No Mobility versions work

 

 

 

 

FIXING ERRORS

 

If you have issues like Blank Screen or Garbled Screen (already testing booting up again changing VGA, DVI or HDMI)

 

Power off Computer > Restart

 

Boot as Single User mode:

 

-s
/sbin/mount -uw /
cd /System/Library/Extensions
mv ATI4600Controller.kext ATI4600Controller.kext.bak
mv ATIRadeonX2000.kext ATIRadeonX2000.kext.bak
reboot

 

And you should be back how it was before, booting back as normal in Snow... head into Netkas.org for another graphics solution.

 

2. ERROR ON BOOT / NO CHAMELEON / NO PC_EFI 10.5 / REALLY OLD DARWIN

THIS WILL ALSO REVERTS YOU BACK TO YOUR REGULAR BOOT LOADER

SOLUTION:

 

Boot with the DVD Installer "Snow Leopard Client-Server 10.6.2 SSE2/SSE3 Intel AMD"

Once finalized booted inside, click: Utilities > Terminal

 

cd /Volumes/YOUR-SNOW-LEOPARDS-HARD-DRIVES-NAME
mv boot.bak boot
reboot

 

3. If you can boot regularly into Snow and you simply want to have your Regular boot loader back:

SOLUTION:

 

Once inside Snow: Finder -> Search For: Terminal

 

sudo su
//write your password
mv /boot.bak /boot
exit

 

Then Repair Permissions with "Kext Utility" & Reboot

And you should be back as before adding anything of mines.

 

Hopefully all this worked for you guys as it worked for me

If I did any bad terminal commands please let me know I'll fix them.

[bazty]

Hi, problems here, look... I have the same MoBo, but an 955 phenomII x4, 2Gb 1333 DDR3, GT240 GPU, hard drive and dvd-rom both sata, when darwin is loading (after the arguments), the pc goes to restart, and I've tried for 5 times, whit the arguments that you said, and another arguments that I found, whitout any solve, what can I do, I set up the bios in the same way that you said in this post.....I've done everything you said....please, give me some help. thanks for reading me.

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Hi, problems here, look... I have the same MoBo, but an 955 phenomII x4, 2Gb 1333 DDR3, GT240 GPU, hard drive and dvd-rom both sata, when darwin is loading (after the arguments), the pc goes to restart, and I've tried for 5 times, whit the arguments that you said, and another arguments that I found, whitout any solve, what can I do, I set up the bios in the same way that you said in this post.....I've done everything you said....please, give me some help. thanks for reading me.

 

Are you sure you are using the correct Hazard Distro?

You must use this one exactly(or else it won't work): Snow Leopard Client Server 10.6.2 SSE2/SSE3 Intel AMD by Hazard

 

it should work with no issues at all.. since my settings on installing customize options & booting arguments work for any AMD CPU setups(i have even tested with my own CPU on 4 different AMD motherboards using my same selections & they all worked). And by the way I have used the same method on someone who had your same cpu 955 C3, mobo & 2gb of ram.. only difference was he had an ATI 5770 as graphic card.

 

The same arguments I provided according to my setup will work for you as well.. now.... I have no clue about your Nvidia card.. I haven't tested yours sorry... but it should work with no issues I assume - I tested a 9800GTX+ & a 250 both worked out of the box.... if QnE is not working.. just follow the part in my guide where i mention this:

 

Afterwards just double click: com.appleBoot.plist

Make changes similar to this

 

well inside there just add this string before </dict>:

 

<key>GraphicEnabler</key>

<string>yes></string>

 

You may try as well as booting argument adding: -x -v busratio=20

By the way busratio=20.... you may change the number.. try lower numbers 19, 18, 17.. etc just keep testing until one works ---- that busratio thing is what makes our AMD Quadcores work to boot

 

maybe your burned copy of the Distro didn't burn properly... try using on Windows IMGburn(its freeware) & burn the downloaded ISO on the lowest burning speed(I'd suggest 1x or 2x speeds).

 

I'm sorry I can't be much help right now.. I currently do not have Snow installed in my computer, I needed the hard drive :/ .. I'm just writing according to my experiences of using this distro which works perfectly for many AMD & Intel setups.

 

I've just realized... my thread was DOUBLE POSTED on the tutorials on this forum

 

PLEASE SOME MODERATOR MERGE THE LAST REPLIES FROM THIS THREAD WITH THE CORRECT ONE: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...p;#entry1526675