rabbit74 Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 anybody running i7-980X? I need a dsdt and a "boot" file for ga-ex58-ud5 with i7-980x Anybody there yet? P. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/215443-anybody-running-i7-980x-need-dsdt-and-boot/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
lastowl Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 all the normal boot files work for me, just use netkas's latest or the one from prayss blog dsdt i dont use but just create one if you want to mod stuff Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/215443-anybody-running-i7-980x-need-dsdt-and-boot/#findComment-1449057 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrloopy Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 Lastowl, you're saying you have 10.6(.3) workign with a i7 980x? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/215443-anybody-running-i7-980x-need-dsdt-and-boot/#findComment-1450555 Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterlos Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 all the normal boot files work for me, just use netkas's latest or the one from prayss blog dsdt i dont use but just create one if you want to mod stuff Do you really have a working 980x setup? i'd really like to know that one too. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/215443-anybody-running-i7-980x-need-dsdt-and-boot/#findComment-1452618 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barshad Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 I just sold my old processor (920) and purchased this 980X. After installation of Processor I suddenly came to know that i have no more Snow Leopard 10.6.3. Was perfect installation :'( on Asus Extreme Rampage II with 6GB RAM, SL was on SSD Can some body help? please??? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/215443-anybody-running-i7-980x-need-dsdt-and-boot/#findComment-1475088 Share on other sites More sharing options...
maleorderbride Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 I just sold my old processor (920) and purchased this 980X.After installation of Processor I suddenly came to know that i have no more Snow Leopard 10.6.3. Was perfect installation :'( on Asus Extreme Rampage II with 6GB RAM, SL was on SSD Can some body help? please??? You need to use the Qoopz kernel, specify the bus ratio and force -64bit in flags. You also need to have a DSDT that has the ability to use 12 threads. I have it working with 10.6.3 doing those things. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/215443-anybody-running-i7-980x-need-dsdt-and-boot/#findComment-1475421 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barshad Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 You need to use the Qoopz kernel, specify the bus ratio and force -64bit in flags. You also need to have a DSDT that has the ability to use 12 threads. I have it working with 10.6.3 doing those things. Thank you for this good news, I tried Qoopz kernel but it gave me Kernel Panic which motherboard you are using? Can you please give me your dsdt.aml file? Once again thank you for good hopes. Regards, barshad Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/215443-anybody-running-i7-980x-need-dsdt-and-boot/#findComment-1475711 Share on other sites More sharing options...
user01100 Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 It's working all right! But you need a patched kernel. If you're running the 10.6.3, then try to install the patched 10.3.0 kernel; try to boot with [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] Supported (has a patched kernel 10.3.1), and then install this kernel (automated method). Report. It'll boot in 32-bit i think. For 64-bit, try -force64. legacy_kernel_10.3.0.pkg.zip Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/215443-anybody-running-i7-980x-need-dsdt-and-boot/#findComment-1482289 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barshad Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 It's working all right! But you need a patched kernel. If you're running the 10.6.3, then try to install the patched 10.3.0 kernel; try to boot with [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] Supported (has a patched kernel 10.3.1), and then install this kernel (automated method). Report. It'll boot in 32-bit i think. For 64-bit, try -force64. Perfect!, great!, working!, love you Only two problems, 1. Activity monitor now showing only 1 (Actually combined) CPU usage, is there any way show seperate 6/12 CPUs in Activity Monitor ? 2. Cannot run VMWare Fusion, kernel panic once i click on start Virtual Machine. Any idea??? Thank you once again. Regards, Arshad Bhatti Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/215443-anybody-running-i7-980x-need-dsdt-and-boot/#findComment-1482690 Share on other sites More sharing options...
user01100 Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 1. Activity Monitor > Window(bar) > CPU Usage or iStat Menus 3 (check at the bay) 2. Not really sure... Did you tried in both 32-bit and 64-bit mode? EDIT - do you have virtualization enabled in bios? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/215443-anybody-running-i7-980x-need-dsdt-and-boot/#findComment-1482939 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xenophex Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Hi, I've got a 980x in my X58A-UD7 and it works awesome. It was pretty temperamental just to get the thing to run stable via BIOS settings. I had to read a bit online, do the math and come up with the right voltages/memory etc values. I got it running since 10.6.4 around 4.12Ghz rock solid. Geekbench hit about 20K with ease. I ran 1600Mhz ram like a moron, should got 1800Mhz but its not the end of the world. For awhile I thought it was solid till I tried to export some video and crashed during. I tweaked some of the memory settings since I was use to how easy the i7 920 was on my UD5 (4.2Ghz rock solid) 13996 Geekbench. Gotta be very careful if you use someone else's DSDT. I had tried some others from tonymacx86 and though they booted the CPU temps sucked. Running like 45 - 55C. I found a X58A-UD7 high end met 980 DSDT on http://www.kexts.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=706, but again this is for a UD7 and the boards aren't the same. CPU runs at 25C as we speak (68-70 ambient), and at about 74-75 ambient temp its about 29C. I couldn't find anything for a UD5 off hand, but there are some resources online for entry's you can make in a clean DSDT for your UD5 to support 6 cores, speedstep etc ... http://www.kexts.com/guides-tutorials/7355...-ex58a-ud5.html Good luck Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/215443-anybody-running-i7-980x-need-dsdt-and-boot/#findComment-1673720 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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