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

[sendblink23]

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

 

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 off 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

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>

Save it (Windows key + S)

 

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 or any other recording devices)

 

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.

 

Sorry if it was way to long... 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.

[tuxpert]

Hi there,

 

thanks for the detailed How-To. Installation went fine, after converting my old IDE DVD/RW using a IDE-HDD USB Adapter to be recognised by SL. Had to do so to avoid the "Still waiting for root device". I am using an AMD Phenom X2 550. I am now having a weird problem - hope you guys can help me:

After installation went fine I can boot from my SATA HDD with -v and busratio=20 but while (or more precisely a little after) loading all the kexts i get a kernel panic with around 30 times "Backtrace (CPU 0): Return Adress: *alotoftechnicalcrap* Debugger Called: <double panic>"

 

Do you have an idea how to get rid of that?

 

Thanks for your help in advance,

tuXpert

[sendblink23]

Hi there,

 

thanks for the detailed How-To. Installation went fine, after converting my old IDE DVD/RW using a IDE-HDD USB Adapter to be recognised by SL. Had to do so to avoid the "Still waiting for root device". I am using an AMD Phenom X2 550. I am now having a weird problem - hope you guys can help me:

After installation went fine I can boot from my SATA HDD with -v and busratio=20 but while (or more precisely a little after) loading all the kexts i get a kernel panic with around 30 times "Backtrace (CPU 0): Return Adress: *alotoftechnicalcrap* Debugger Called: <double panic>"

 

Do you have an idea how to get rid of that?

 

Thanks for your help in advance,

tuXpert

 

Hmm do you have my exact mobo? I made these instructions according to my mobo & set up

 

Post your system specs(mobo, how much ram, gfx)... you only mentioned the cpu

Without that I can't help much...

 

The only thing else you could try is booting with: -x -v busratio=20

[tuxpert]

Hmm do you have my exact mobo? I made these instructions according to my mobo & set up

 

Post your system specs(mobo, how much ram, gfx)... you only mentioned the cpu

Without that I can't help much...

 

The only thing else you could try is booting with: -x -v busratio=20

 

Thanks for your fast answer. Got a MSI 770 C45 too, assuming that would be obvious when posting in this Thread. Anyway I solved the problem by simply changing my ATI HD3870 to an old ATI X300. Later yesterday evening i googled and found out, that the 3870 & SL are unfortunately a no go...

Anyway now i am writing this in Snow Leopard 10.6.2 - running perfectly smooth & fast. Thank you so much for this Tutorial! Will perhaps buy a GTX 260 when they get a little cheaper.

Do you know a safe way to update to 10.6.3? Actually I see no reason, cause I found no bugs yet. Anyway would just be nice to be up to date...

cya & thanks again,

tuXpert

[sendblink23]

Thanks for your fast answer. Got a MSI 770 C45 too, assuming that would be obvious when posting in this Thread. Anyway I solved the problem by simply changing my ATI HD3870 to an old ATI X300. Later yesterday evening i googled and found out, that the 3870 & SL are unfortunately a no go...

Anyway now i am writing this in Snow Leopard 10.6.2 - running perfectly smooth & fast. Thank you so much for this Tutorial! Will perhaps buy a GTX 260 when they get a little cheaper.

Do you know a safe way to update to 10.6.3? Actually I see no reason, cause I found no bugs yet. Anyway would just be nice to be up to date...

cya & thanks again,

tuXpert

 

 

LOL heheee but no worries... I need to ask to be certain... I've been messaged countless times by people who can't read correctly & following my guide blindly.. they all failed because they didn't realize my options were made for my mobo and they have a total different one. =P

 

Well anyways for GTX 260 yeah no problem... but if you ever get any issues with it just search here on insanelymac or head to netkas.org or leohazard.com.. you will probably find what you need to make it work.

 

Anyways to upgrade to 10.6.3 is quite easy... (As long as you didn't add any extra special kexts inside S/L/E, I didn't needed to save any kext, my upgrade to 10.6.3 went 100% perfect)) you will need to first back up your current: mach_kernel

 

Open: Terminal

sudo su

write-your-password

cp /mach_kernel /mach_kernel.bak

exit

exit

 

Now run the whole Apple Updates... then after Updates when it reboots...

Add to your boot arguments: mach_kernel.bak

Here is an Example: -v mach_kernel.bak

*If it doesn't work.. try booting with this: -v /mach_kernel.bak

 

If you manage to boot your 10.6.3 upgrade into the Desktop, then you will need to backup the new mach_kernel and replace back your old mach_kernel

 

Open: Terminal

sudo su

write-your-password

cp /mach_kernel /mach_kernel1063.bak

mv /mach_kernel.bak /mach_kernel

exit

 

Then restart to test if it worked(just boot as you regularly do, no need for the boot argument I mentioned before)

If it went fine, perfect... if not :/ I just mentioned here what worked for me.

[Kato]

I have the worst possible combination...AMD processor (Phenom II X4 940), 8gb of RAM, GTX 280, IDE DVD drive, SATA hard drive...is there ANY way I can install Hazard's distro? I've been trying all night...I can get to a screen where I can either boot or press F8 to enter boot options, I did that and typed "-v busratio=20" and all that happens is it loads some things and then crashes.

 

Is there any way to do this with my system?

[sendblink23]

I have the worst possible combination...AMD processor (Phenom II X4 940), 8gb of RAM, GTX 280, IDE DVD drive, SATA hard drive...is there ANY way I can install Hazard's distro? I've been trying all night...I can get to a screen where I can either boot or press F8 to enter boot options, I did that and typed "-v busratio=20" and all that happens is it loads some things and then crashes.

 

Is there any way to do this with my system?

 

 

As long as you downloaded exactly this version: Snow Leopard Client Server 10.6.2 SSE2/SSE3 Intel AMD by Hazard

You should be perfectly fine(that is if it was downloaded & burned perfectly)

 

I have no clue if any of this below would work.. but you can give it a try.. I can't help for everything.. I only know my booting & customize options work with allot of AMD's & well my Mobo.

 

Well try booting with: -v busratio=20 maxmem=4096

"OSX does not like AMD with over 4gb of ram, in which You and me are 8gb of ram.. its like saying we can only give use of 32bits on AMD for OSX"

 

Another thing could also be.... your DVD drive.... *IDE* Snow Leopard favors more SATA devices

 

You could also try booting with: -x -v busratio=20 cpus=1 maxmem=4096

*I know... I included cpus=1, but its only if its failing to boot the DVD... if you manage to install Snow.. you won't need afterwards "-x cpus=1"... just only: busratio=20 maxmem=4096 "-v" is only Verbose Mode(To be able to see Text of what is loading during booting, to see if any errors occur)

 

Make sure no other hard drives are connected, and simply have plugged in only for installing: Mouse & Keyboard

 

I don't have any other suggestions to be honest.... but I do have an idea that DOES WORK.. if you can install my same *Customize Options* in another computer you can simply then pass that hard drive to your computer and it will work all fine... you just need to figure out around what is needed to get working the GTX 280... maybe it works out-of-the-box in Snow... or simply Natit .. you'll have to search for that on your own.

[tuxpert]

I have the worst possible combination...AMD processor (Phenom II X4 940), 8gb of RAM, GTX 280, IDE DVD drive, SATA hard drive...is there ANY way I can install Hazard's distro? I've been trying all night...I can get to a screen where I can either boot or press F8 to enter boot options, I did that and typed "-v busratio=20" and all that happens is it loads some things and then crashes.

 

Is there any way to do this with my system?

 

@Kato:

 

I assume you have the MSI 770-C45 Mobo? Otherwise I'd recommend you to search the Board for a specific guide for your mobo. If you have the 770-C45: The problem might be that Hazards 10.6.2 Distro does not support the built in IDE Controller of this Board. In this case you should get some error like "unable to load root filesystem".

The Solution is simple: go buy a sata dvd drive / USB DVD Drive - or you do it like me: Take your IDE DVD drive out of your PC and attach it to a IDE=>USB Controller from a simple 3.5" IDE Hard drive Case. With this "USB IDE DVD Drive" you can boot into the Setup following these Steps:

 

1. attach your new "USB DVD Drive"

2. make sure you disabled "Cool & Quiet" and set your ATA-Devices to AHCI in BIOS

3. press F11 during BIOS

4. choose your "new" USB attached DVD Drive in Boot Menu

5. press F8 @ the aliens

6. type "-v busratio=20" (without the quotes)

7. follow the steps in sendblink23's original guide: EXEPT: Chose NO Graphic Driver, if you don't get qe with vanilla settings you can google for your GTX280 - its quite simple to install

 

have fun,

tuXpert

[tuxpert]

Hi sendblink23 - Update to 10.6.3 worked like a charm.

Anyway i am wondering if hibernation is working for you? Its not really necessary as MacOSX boots in like 15 seconds from switch to desktop - anyway it would be nice to have... Any suggestions? With my Install simply nothing happens when i choose Hibernation from Apple-Menu.

 

cheerio,

tuXpert

[sendblink23]

Hi sendblink23 - Update to 10.6.3 worked like a charm.

Anyway i am wondering if hibernation is working for you? Its not really necessary as MacOSX boots in like 15 seconds from switch to desktop - anyway it would be nice to have... Any suggestions? With my Install simply nothing happens when i choose Hibernation from Apple-Menu.

 

cheerio,

tuXpert

 

hmmm to be honest... sleepenabler.kext ... for Desktop computers it really isn't needed (Desktops are made for 24/7 usage)... in a laptop the hibernation is more useful(since its a travel computer)

 

But anyways..... you want it... Maybe try any of these:

 

http://www.meklort.com/?p=167

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=196466

http://www.kexts.com/view/318-sleepenabler...3_(10.3.0).html

 

I think you may place it in: (I'm not sure where LOL)

/Extra/

 

or

 

/Extra/Extensions/

 

or

 

/System/Library/Extensions/

 

Not sure if you can reboot right away or maybe you would need to run KextUtility.app to repair permissions.. or do the terminal command to repair permissions.. before rebooting.

 

terminal command repair permission:

 

chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions

chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions

 

Just change/replace the "/System/Library/Extensions" to the Directory where you placed your sleepenabler.kext

Then type: reboot

 

If you get issues(ex: kernel Panic on Boot up)... I'd suggest reading comments from the *Insanelymac* Link I provided

 

After you have it working.... here is a suggestion to do..

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...t=#entry1327921

 

Known issues... sometimes after waking up the computer.. any USB device isn't functional... to fix it, simply remove those USB devices & plug them back in.... I hope you are one of the lucky ones that it works all fine after wake.

[tuxpert]

Hi sendblink23,

 

still got no solution for the power management issue, but as you mentioned it's a desktop - so it doesnt bother me too much. Anyway I was wondering if it's safe to update to 10.6.4?

(of cause i would preserve my kernel using your tutorial from below)

 

thx in advance,

tuxpert

 

EDIT: Forget my question - i just did it and it worked perfectly

[sendblink23]

Hi sendblink23,

 

still got no solution for the power management issue, but as you mentioned it's a desktop - so it doesnt bother me too much. Anyway I was wondering if it's safe to update to 10.6.4?

(of cause i would preserve my kernel using your tutorial from below)

 

thx in advance,

tuxpert

 

EDIT: Forget my question - i just did it and it worked perfectly

 

 

LOL yup I was going to say it works perfectly, great it worked for u bro

 

On any updates we are perfectly fine.. since we aren't modifying any original OSX kexts... if we were... then we would need to back up those too before upgrading... so for us its always safe to upgrade with simply the mach_kernel back up =P

 

other users probably cry compared to us... they have a huge hassle to deal with upon upgrades

[DivisionByZero]

Help! I can't get the DVD to boot... It just reboots after the Darwin countdown screen...

Motherboard: MSI 770-G45

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955

GPU: ATI Radeon 5870

RAM: 4GB OCZ Platinum DDR3 1333MHz

HDD: Samsung Spinpoint F3 500GB

 

I've verified the DVD and ISO are not corrupt. Help!?

[sendblink23]

Help! I can't get the DVD to boot... It just reboots after the Darwin countdown screen...

 

 

I've verified the DVD and ISO are not corrupt. Help!?

 

 

Did you follow the instructions?

 

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

Use as boot arguments: -v busratio=20

 

also if by any case you are getting issues since you have an ATI 5870 trying to boot, change the booting argument to: -v -x busratio=20

 

Another thing.. afterwards if you manage to install it & boot up to the desktop.... I'd suggest you upgrade to 10.6.4 & head over to netkas.org to find the fix to make your Video Card fully working - since its the only way it works on OSX

 

Just noticed your Motherboard is not exactly the same as mines MSI 770-C45 (yours is MSI 770-G45)... but hopefully its pretty similar.. I hope the Realtek R1000 works for you... since that is what makes my mobo have the Ethernet lan working.

[DivisionByZero]

Did you follow the instructions?

 

Yep. Although I am using IDE dvd drives, which might be the problem. I'm gonna try it with a USB one right now.

 

also if by any case you are getting issues since you have an ATI 5870 trying to boot, change the booting argument to: -v -x busratio=20

 

I tried those, and also cpus=1 also.

[sendblink23]

Yep. Although I am using IDE dvd drives, which might be the problem. I'm gonna try it with a USB one right now.

 

 

 

I tried those, and also cpus=1 also.

 

DVD being a USB should work... hopefully your hard drive is SATA... if not you will need to change to sata everything.... I've noticed Snow is not friendly with IDE

 

Oh re-read my last reply I updated a little.. included info for your video card(since 10.6.2 is not friendly to 5XXX series).. so that you can get it fully working later on.. when you have managed to get it installed booting in the desktop

[DivisionByZero]

DVD being a USB should work... hopefully your hard drive is SATA... if not you will need to change to sata everything.... I've noticed Snow is not friendly with IDE

 

Oh re-read my last reply I updated a little.. included info for your video card(since 10.6.2 is not friendly to 5XXX series).. so that you can get it fully working later on.. when you have managed to get it installed booting in the desktop

 

Thanks. I fixed it with this: http://leohazard.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=2640

No idea what it does, but the installer is working now (so far ) oh, and my HDD is SATA

 

Btw: IIRC the 770-G45 is the same as the C45, but different (tweaked?) bios

[sendblink23]

Thanks. I fixed it with this: http://leohazard.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=2640

No idea what it does, but the installer is working now (so far ) oh, and my HDD is SATA

 

Btw: IIRC the 770-G45 is the same as the C45, but different (tweaked?) bios

 

 

Well good you managed on fixing it... odd you needed a bootcd to boot hazards distro... are you sure you downloaded the correct Hazards Distro "Snow Leopard Client Server 10.6.2 SSE2/SSE3 Intel AMD by Hazard"?

Because on our motherboard "C45" we have no issues booting that dvd distro.... so that means there are other differences its nto only the *Bios

 

C45

Slots

 

• 1 PCI Express x16 slot with x16 operation (PCI Express Bus SPEC V2.0 compliant)

• 2 PCI Express x1 slots

• 3 PCI slots, support 3.3V/ 5V PCI bus Interface.

 

Audio

 

• Chipset integrated by Realtek® ALC888S / ALC885

- True Blu-ray Audio Support

- Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing

- Compliant with Azalia 1.0 Spec

 

LAN

• Realtek PCI-E GbLAN controller 8111DL

- Integrated Fast Ethernet MAC and PHY in single chip

- Supports 10Mb/s, 100Mb/s and 1000Mb/s

- Compliance with PCI-Express Bus specification v1.0a

 

 

G45

Slots

 

• 1 PCI Express x16 slot (PCI_E2) with x16 operation (PCI Express Bus SPEC V2.0 compliant)

• 1 PCI Express x16 slot (PCI_E3) with x4 operation (PCI Express Bus SPEC V2.0 compliant)

• 1 PCI Express x1 slot

• 3 PCI slots, support 3.3V/ 5V PCI bus Interface.

 

Audio

 

• Chipset integrated by VIA® VT1828S

- Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing

- Compliant with Azalia 1.0 Spec

 

LAN

• Atheros® AR8131M supports Gigabit LAN

- Supports 10Mb/s, 100Mb/s and 1000Mb/s

 

notice its pretty different... only chipset stayed the same.... I have no clue what do you need for Ethernet Lan to have it working since its not the same as ours..... Audio at least it may work with what i provide(line out on rear)

 

but at least the rest of the choices in customize will work fine for you

[DivisionByZero]

are you sure you downloaded the correct Hazards Distro "Snow Leopard Client Server 10.6.2 SSE2/SSE3 Intel AMD by Hazard"?

 

:censored2: I got the wrong one.."Snow Leopard 10.6.1-10.6.2 SSE2/SSE3 Intel AMD"...

 

I just compared the 2 boards, and theyre pretty different! my mistake (2x)

[bazty]

I solved my last issue, but I have question about the kernel, what kernel we can take?, and we can put both upgrades(10.6.1 & 10.6.2 combo) ? because I have an issue now, after installing leopard, the boot starts (chameleon) but the aple on a gray screen stay sticky, a metalized apple.....I dont know what to do....thanks 4 reading

[sendblink23]

I solved my last issue, but I have question about the kernel, what kernel we can take?, and we can put both upgrades(10.6.1 & 10.6.2 combo) ? because I have an issue now, after installing leopard, the boot starts (chameleon) but the aple on a gray screen stay sticky, a metalized apple.....I dont know what to do....thanks 4 reading

 

Why are you asking me about upgrades to 10.6.1 & 10.6.2 combo?.. if you are using the Distro of my instruction(as my thread title says Hazard 10.6.2)... its a direct install of 10.6.2 - Distro is named exactly like this: Snow Leopard Client Server 10.6.2 SSE2/SSE3 Intel AMD by Hazard

 

If you are not using that distro.. I cannot really help you out... since its obvious my thread is about users using that exact distro.... because it includes all the necessary files that you will need for our motherboard/cpu for 10.6.2(The distro includes necessary modified 10.6.2 kexts).

 

But since you ask about kernel....

AnV 10.2.0 / system kext

 

not only that you will require to need all this below.. so that pretty much the OS to work with our setups

 

Chameleon RC3 PC EFI 10.5

AMD patch

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

X11

 

Since you are doing a very different way of installing Snow compared to using the Distro I instructed.... it seems you were installing 10.6.0 .... well to upgrade to 10.6.2... you will only need to installing the 10.6.2 Combo download from apple.... but before upgrading do exactly like i mentioned on one of the replies of this thread for upgrading to 10.6.3(which will work as well for upgrading to any: 10.6.1, 10.6.2, 10.6.3 & 10.6.4). Thsi below is the copy of my reply to another user which worked for him:

 

Anyways to upgrade to 10.6.3 is quite easy... (As long as you didn't add any extra special kexts inside S/L/E, I didn't needed to save any kext, my upgrade to 10.6.3 went 100% perfect)) you will need to first back up your current: mach_kernel

 

Open: Terminal

sudo su

write-your-password

cp /mach_kernel /mach_kernel.bak

exit

exit

 

Now run the whole Apple Updates... then after Updates when it reboots...

Add to your boot arguments: mach_kernel.bak

Here is an Example: -v mach_kernel.bak

*If it doesn't work.. try booting with this: -v /mach_kernel.bak

 

If you manage to boot your 10.6.3 upgrade into the Desktop, then you will need to backup the new mach_kernel and replace back your old mach_kernel

 

Open: Terminal

sudo su

write-your-password

cp /mach_kernel /mach_kernel1063.bak

mv /mach_kernel.bak /mach_kernel

exit

 

Then restart to test if it worked(just boot as you regularly do, no need for the boot argument I mentioned before)

If it went fine, perfect... if not :/ I just mentioned here what worked for me.

[Mensur]

Why are you asking me about upgrades to 10.6.1 & 10.6.2 combo?.. if you are using the Distro of my instruction(as my thread title says Hazard 10.6.2)... its a direct install of 10.6.2 - Distro is named exactly like this: Snow Leopard Client Server 10.6.2 SSE2/SSE3 Intel AMD by Hazard

 

If you are not using that distro.. I cannot really help you out... since its obvious my thread is about users using that exact distro.... because it includes all the necessary files that you will need for our motherboard/cpu for 10.6.2(The distro includes necessary modified 10.6.2 kexts).

 

But since you ask about kernel....

AnV 10.2.0 / system kext

 

not only that you will require to need all this below.. so that pretty much the OS to work with our setups

 

Chameleon RC3 PC EFI 10.5

AMD patch

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

X11

 

Since you are doing a very different way of installing Snow compared to using the Distro I instructed.... it seems you were installing 10.6.0 .... well to upgrade to 10.6.2... you will only need to installing the 10.6.2 Combo download from apple.... but before upgrading do exactly like i mentioned on one of the replies of this thread for upgrading to 10.6.3(which will work as well for upgrading to any: 10.6.1, 10.6.2, 10.6.3 & 10.6.4). Thsi below is the copy of my reply to another user which worked for him:

Hi sendblink23,

I have the following configuration:

MSI 770 C45

AMD Athlon II X4 640

QLeadtek GT220

8Gb 1333MHz RAM

250GB WD HD.

The thing is when I'm trying to install OS, it loads kernels, but it stops at the end, and don't do anything?

I used these strings but nothing:

-v -x -cpus=1 -busratio=20 -arch=i386 -maxmem=4096

-v -x -busratio=20 -maxmem=4096

-v -x -busratio=20 -maxmem=4096

-v -x -busratio=20 -maxmem=4096

-v -busratio=20 -maxmem=4096

-v -busratio=14 -maxmem=4096

 

Please help if you can

 

Thanks

[Falkris]

Well this is kind of a long shot, this seems to be an old thread. So I have tryed to follow this guide and I run into troble with the customize options, I don't seem to have most of the options listed in the guide. Only ones I seem to have is X11 AMD patch and SATA/ATA.

 

I've used Hazards snow leopard client-server 10.6.2 SSE2/SSE3 intel AMD

And I tryed this one Snow-Leopard-10-6-2-MacOSX-Intel-AMD-Hazard its the 4.43 gig one...

 

With the latter chameleon loads and can install osx but have the same lack of customize options and I get cpu panic and a whole heck of a lot of errors mostly for the options I didn't have. I have a picture.

 

Another issue might be my bois reads hhd and dvd as ide....but they are sata drives so not sure if that could cause issues. I've checked the dvd burn I did seems to be ok.

 

Hardware is

Cpu: AMD Athlon II x2 250 AM3 3.0 ghz Mulitpiler 15 bus speed 200

code name Regor revision DA-C2

 

mobo:770-C45(MS-7599) V1.1 chipset 770 SB700

LPCIO fintek F71889F

 

Memory 4 GB of DDR3 corsair part no# CM3X1024-1333C9

 

Sapphire readeon HD 4890 1 GB its a newer modle don't feel like pulling the card out to find out what one it is.

 

I hope that makes it some what easy to help me, I am a newbie at this hackintosh stuff. Only reason I gave it a try was my hardware was very close to the guides....lol but not close enough I guess :mellow: