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Asus P5G41C-M LX (Intel G41 + ICH7)

 

combo of the guides from "tonymacx86" and "iRobie"

http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2010/04/ibo...ac-os-x-on.html

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=182655

 

This install does NOT require another Mac or OSx86 installation to get this going. My hardware specs are listed at the bottom. Please read through the entire thing before you get started. Always make sure to do your research ahead of time. I wouldn't recommend you going out and buying this board just for OSx86, there's plenty of better motherboards out there. This is just for anyone that happens to have it and wants to try out Snow Leopard.

 

EmpireEFI + [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] method

You will need:

- Asus P5G41C-M LX motherboard

- supported Intel Processor

- 4GB or less RAM installed

- supported PCI Express graphics card, preferably nVidia (on-board video does NOT work)

- one empty/blank SATA hard drive

- one SATA/IDE DVD drive

- the retail Apple Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard DVD

- one blank CD

 

You need to download:

- EmpireEFI bootloader: http://prasys.info/2010/01/empire-efi-v-1-085-is-out/

- 10.6.4 combo update: http://support.apple.com/downloads/DL1048/...Combo10.6.4.dmg

- [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url]: http://www.tonymacx86.com/Public/[url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url].zip

- VoodooHDA kext: http://www.kexts.com/view/189-voodoohda_v2.5.3.html

- (optional) OSx86Tools: http://code.google.com/p/osx86tools/

 

*** I didn't change any BIOS settings when I installed Snow Leopard other than boot priority. When I first bought this board (weeks prior), I installed Windows 7 64-bit to it, so I may have changed something in the BIOS then but I can't remember for sure.

 

Step 1: Use a bootloader (EmpireEFI) to boot into your retail Snow Leopard DVD

http://prasys.info/2010/01/empire-efi-v-1-085-is-out/ (updated link, thanks ledledled)

Scroll down and download this one: "Download Empire EFI v1.085 for Intel Atom , Intel Core i7 9xx series , Intel Core 2 series , Intel Core series (contains both Empire EFI v1.085 and LegacyEmpireEFI v1.085)" It was second from the top at the time. Extract and burn the regular ISO (NOT the Legacy) to a CD. Boot from this CD (change your BIOS boot priority to your optical drive), wait for it to load, then when prompted, eject and insert your Snow Leopard retail DVD, press F5, select the disc, and press Enter. It may take a while to load, be patient.

 

Step 2: Install Snow Leopard

Once the installer loads up, open up Disc Utility and format the hard drive. I used the default settings (GUID, Journaled). When it's done, quit Disk Utility and begin the installation. Make sure you're installing to a SATA drive and it's the only drive connected (no PATA/IDE or USB drives). On my install, I was watching the progress bar and the time remaining: those weren't accurate for me, so just wait until the install either finishes or gives you a failed message. Either way it should have installed just fine. (For reference, mine was stuck at 29 minutes remaining and the progress bar was about at the middle of the 'o' in the word on and then gave me the failed message.) Reboot, put the EmpireEFI disc back in, boot from that, and this time select your hard drive.

 

Step 3: Install 10.6.4 combo update

http://support.apple.com/downloads/DL1048/...Combo10.6.4.dmg

Download it and run it. You can alternately let Software Update do it, but I did it manually so that it wouldn't prompt me to reboot when finished. Make sure you do NOT reboot once it's done (it should quit by itself when finished if running the .pkg/dmg).

 

Step 4: Install everything else (bootloader, fixes, kexts)

http://www.tonymacx86.com/Public/[url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url].zip

http://www.kexts.com/view/189-voodoohda_v2.5.3.html (VoodooHDA 2.5.3 Snow Leopard.zip)

Open up [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] and run it. There's an attached PDF which I recommend you read through and double check to make sure I haven't missed anything important (I'm writing this off of memory). Expand the triangles and select [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] for Support CPU (assuming you have a Core or Core 2 processor. I have an E6750). Selecting that will also install the bootloader, so you won't need to install it yourself. Leave the USER DSDT blank. Under System Utilities, select both Rebuild Caches and Repair Permissions. Under Advanced Options, I selected NVEnabler (for my EVGA 8800GT 512MB), RealtekR1000SL (for on-board ethernet), and you may want to install Kext Helper for any kexts you want to install later. I forgot about it and didn't install it. I'm not sure if anything is needed for Sleep mode since I don't use that feature. Once you've selected everything, install. Last item, use Kext Helper or OSx86Tools to install the VoodooHDA.kext for the audio. As far as I know, it's only 2 channel but that's all I needed.

 

Go into Sytem Preferences, Sound, and then there should be a drop down menu next to "Play sound effects through:", change it to "Line-out (Green Rear) (test)". Switch over to the Output tab and make sure "Line-out (Green Rear)" is highlighted. Also in System Preferences, go into Network, make sure Ethernet is highlighted in the left panel, and click the Advanced button on the right panel. Click the Ethernet tab, change the drop down menus to Configure: Manually, Speed: 1000baseT, Duplex: full-duplex, and MTU: Standard (1500).

 

Now would be the time to install any extra kexts you may need or any fixes from OSx86Tools. After all that, you can finally reboot (upon shutting down, it may look like it freezes and could take a few minutes).

 

Step 5: Boot into your new Snow Leopard install straight from disk

Before starting up again, eject the EmpireEFI disk if you haven't already and go into your BIOS and move your hard drive back to first priority.

 

It should be of note that sleep does not work properly, so you'll probably want to disable it in the System Preferences.

 

*** For reference, this is my hardware list and had no problems whatsoever and it only took one try to get everything working. This is a computer built from spare parts I had lying around from previous builds, except for the motherboard, which I purchased cheap to be a Windows 7 64-bit computer.

- Asus P5G41C-M LX

- Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 processor

- 2x 1GB Kingston HyperX DDR2-1066 PC8500 RAM (runs underclocked by default)

- Sony IDE DVD Burner (yes, a non-SATA optical drive worked just fine)

- EVGA nVidia 8800GT 512MB G92 graphics card

- Seagate Momentus 5400.2 60GB SATA 2.5" hard drive

That hard drive is really slow (5400rpm), which probably could account for why it took so long for my computer to do everything; also, the slow IDE drive didn't help either. I will likely clone my OSx86 install to a regular drive once I find one a spare one not in use. (Edit: I did in fact later clone the install to a 7200rpm drive.)

 

I'm rarely on these boards, so forgive me if I don't respond right away. Use the search function if you have any trouble; there's likely someone else who has run into the exact same problem as you and have found and posted the fix for it.

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Your method worked for me. Here is my partial hardware list:

- Asus P5G41C-M LX

- Intel Core 2 Duo E5300 processor

- ide Asus DVD-RW (I haven't fully tested this yet)

- nVidia 8500GT 128MB graphics card (I went and bought this used card because I read here that the on-board video won't work. I had previously tried a different method without success, and got the new (used) video card and the other method still didn't work (I was having trouble making my USB boot stick work), but this topic's method did indeed work, so it is a good thing that I bought the retail snow leopard DVD)

- WD 1TB SATA hard drive

 

There are a couple things that should be mentioned:

http://prasys.info/2010/01/empire-efi-v-1-085-is-out/

is the new link to download the correct empire EFI bootloader....it is still the 2nd link on the list (scroll down on that page) Be sure you use the correct one.

Download Empire EFI v1.085 for Intel Atom , Intel Core i7 9xx series , Intel Core 2 series , Intel Core series (contains both Empire EFI v1.085 and LegacyEmpireEFI v1.085)

here is the direct link:

http://www.mediafire.com/?g2kznm0dxgz

 

also, I had to read the [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] PDF to get it all to work. I think I ended up just installing everything in there.

 

also, I had to turn off the sleep function in OS X. The computer won't wake up after going to sleep. There may be a fix out there, but for now I just changed the system prefs so it never goes to sleep. The screensaver works fine.

 

configuring my ethernet wasn't the same, but I got it to work with my adsl modem.

 

Everything else seems to work great so far for a few days now, but I still have more software to install, so we'll see.

 

Thanks gohanrice for your awesome guide!

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Thank you for the guide, it all went well except for my videocard

 

Anyone managed to get a Radeon 4850 with this Motherboard? I've tried Chameleon RC4 and PC-EFI but I still get graphics corruption on boot.

 

I tried modified ATI kexts as well. Any suggestions? ;)

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Tried several times with different boot loaders, but without any luck. Every time I get panic "Unable to find driver for this platform ACPI".

 

MB Asus P5G41C-M LX, default bios settings

CPU Intel Q6600

4 GB of RAM

SATA HDD and DVD

Video Asus N9400GT

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Your method worked for me. Here is my partial hardware list:

- Asus P5G41C-M LX

- Intel Core 2 Duo E5300 processor

- ide Asus DVD-RW (I haven't fully tested this yet)

- nVidia 8500GT 128MB graphics card (I went and bought this used card because I read here that the on-board video won't work. I had previously tried a different method without success, and got the new (used) video card and the other method still didn't work (I was having trouble making my USB boot stick work), but this topic's method did indeed work, so it is a good thing that I bought the retail snow leopard DVD)

- WD 1TB SATA hard drive

 

There are a couple things that should be mentioned:

http://prasys.info/2010/01/empire-efi-v-1-085-is-out/

is the new link to download the correct empire EFI bootloader....it is still the 2nd link on the list (scroll down on that page) Be sure you use the correct one.

Download Empire EFI v1.085 for Intel Atom , Intel Core i7 9xx series , Intel Core 2 series , Intel Core series (contains both Empire EFI v1.085 and LegacyEmpireEFI v1.085)

here is the direct link:

http://www.mediafire.com/?g2kznm0dxgz

 

also, I had to read the [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] PDF to get it all to work. I think I ended up just installing everything in there.

 

also, I had to turn off the sleep function in OS X. The computer won't wake up after going to sleep. There may be a fix out there, but for now I just changed the system prefs so it never goes to sleep. The screensaver works fine.

 

configuring my ethernet wasn't the same, but I got it to work with my adsl modem.

 

Everything else seems to work great so far for a few days now, but I still have more software to install, so we'll see.

 

Thanks gohanrice for your awesome guide!

 

I used a variation of this method (discovered independently) for my ASUS P5G41M-LX2/GB.

 

Here's the hardware list:

 

P5G41-M LX2/GB motherboard

Intel Celeron DC E1200 (any other dual-core or better CPU supported by this motherboard *will work*)

3 GB DDR2-667 (2 GB x 1/1 GB x 1)

Samsung SH-223B SATA DVD-RW

Maxtor 6LS200 200 GB SATA HDD

40 GB WD PATA HDD (Hackintosh Utility Drive prepped beforehand)

[url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] CD image burned to CD-RW

Visiontek HD5450 512 MB PCIe (will change due to non-support of GPU)

 

My Hackintosh Utility Drive has three partitions:

 

First partition - SL retail DVD restored

Second partition - currently empty (reserved for OS X 10.7 GA)

Third partition - useful utilities (latest versions of [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url], Chameleon, Firefox, Yahoo Messenger, Office 2011, DSDT SE and backup of current DSDT)

 

I went with this method to increase the transfer rate of installing SL (optical drive installs of *any* operating system are molasses-slow, and Apple's operating systems are no exception); however, using this method, total time is no worse than forty-five minutes from starting the install to a finished DSDT (and that includes a full install of Snow, complete with Xcode and all the printer drivers).

 

The *non-support* issue I refer to has to do with the Snow Leopard Graphics Update; the ATI drivers included with [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] support basic driver functionality for HD5xxx, including my HD5450. However, there is no QI/CE or resolution switching/display detection.

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The SleepEnabler kext did indeed fix the sleep problem. I downloaded it from here: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=196466

 

I never did have any problem with restart or shutdown, so of course I'm not going to mess with that.

 

As far as BIOS settings, I did mess with a few settings when I was trying to get a previous method to work. I don't remember what I changed, but maybe there was something important.

If you think your BIOS is the source of your inability to get everything to work, look at this guide:

http://lifehacker.com/5360150/install-snow...acking-required

and pay special attention to Step 2 where a BIOS gallery is proudly displayed. OK so it isn't an ASUS motherboard, but maybe there is some BIOS change there that will work like magic. Here is another one, this time with a sort of similar ASUS mobo: http://thebackpackr.com/hackintosh-bios-settings/ or just google "asus bios hackintosh" and see what you can dig up.

 

I suppose I could take some pictures of my bios settings of someone really needs them. If you do, let me know and I'll get around to it.

 

Status update: The Beast has been working more or less flawlessly for 5 or 6 weeks now. There were 2 or 3 times that the machine locked up, and I had to *cut the power* ....gotta hate it when you have to do that. I attribute that to running Transmission at the same time as having a bunch of other programs open or letting some noob use my PC. So now, when I'm going to be doing intensive work or letting someone use the machine, I just turn off Transmission first. It could be just my imagination or wishful thinking, but this seems to have solved the problem, and I haven't had any catastrophic lockups for a long while now.

 

The DVD burner works fine, though somewhere OSX claims it isn't supported, and sometimes I have to reboot if I accidentally hit the "open" button on the DVD-RW instead of using the software eject. Sometimes drutil will fix this without a reboot.

 

On this site they fixed: Shutdown, sleep, restart.

 

SleepEnabler and OSXRestart are the Solution.

 

http://www.hackintosh.nl/moederborden/5475....html#post35449

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I'm very disappointed about the VoodooHDA sound control.

 

First, when i press the volume keyboard key i ear a sound but volume don't change.

 

Second, I really don't know why but iTunes don't want launch it anymore

 

I have installed voodoo 2.7.2 but nothing change.

 

I install 10.6.5. be careful, SleepEnabler don't work anymore. If you'll install combo you have KP. You must install this one : http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...t&p=1584519

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So you installed 10.6.5? I'm trying to decide whether to do it or not, and how to do it without mucking things up. So you updated to 10.6.5 and you just had to use a different sleepenabler kext? Did you run any other kexts after you updated to 10.6.5, and before you rebooted? I'm guessing I might need to do the update and then run all the [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] etc kexts again...everything mentioned in the original guide that started this thread.

 

Would someone mind please addressing exactly how to go about doing the 10.6.5 update with this kind of setup?

 

Noob question: what is the best way to back up my install before I update? Will time machine work flawlessly with this mobo?

 

I don't have a fancy keyboard volume control, so I can't verify that is the same for me. My sound works fine. I tosses itunes and quicktime both in the trash, and emptied the trash. (I did backup quicktime just in case) itunes because it seems to suck on so many levels, and quicktime because it was refusing to relinquish control as the default program that various files were opened with. VLC replaces both. (Of course I don't use ipods, what with all the better mp3 players out there. See also: i hate iphones. my fingers are too gigantic for the poorly designed touch screen.)

 

There, I'm glad I got that out of my system.

 

I'm very disappointed about the VoodooHDA sound control.

 

First, when i press the volume keyboard key i ear a sound but volume don't change.

 

Second, I really don't know why but iTunes don't want launch it anymore

 

I have installed voodoo 2.7.2 but nothing change.

 

I install 10.6.5. be careful, SleepEnabler don't work anymore. If you'll install combo you have KP. You must install this one : http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...t&p=1584519

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My methode as described on post #1 using [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] +[url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] + SL Retail 10.6.3 and smoothly upgrade to 10.6.5 using combo update without any problem. (no need to enable/disable sleepenabler.kext etc). all device detected well, VGA, ethernet, Hardisk, Optical device etc.

 

Yes, sound still only show function Line out green (rear) but no problemo, I've tested with headset and all volume function works (using earsound volume)

 

btw my spec

 

Mobo ASUS P5G41C- M-LX (chipset G41/ICH7)

- Proc Dual Core 2140 @ 2.0

- HDD WDCSATA 1T,

- Memory DDR2 2x1G

- DVDRW SATA LiteOn - detected

- VGA Sprarkle GForce 9800GT (QE/CI works)

- Gigabitlan Realtek RTL8112L - detected

- Audio - VIA VT 1708s - using VoodooHDA

- PSU TAGAN 400w

- USB WIFI TP-Link WN321G dan Blue-Link UL80 (using RT73 driver from RALINK)

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Hi to all from S.F.....

Kind of a newbie to all this somewhat. Bulit one last using Asus MB with agp graphics works flawless with Lerohazard 10.6.2. But, having an issue with another motherboard. ASUS P5G41-M/LX2 GB with integrated everything. It just hangs up on boot for days on end. I'm no where close to apple screen. Read alot about perhaps its the motherboard itself, the intergrated graphics on it. I've downloaded several types of distro 10.5.6 ipc n ideneb, and 10.6.2 leohazard. I've read alot about maybe getting retail version dvd or getting new pci-e graphics card or just whole new motherboard but which one?.

 

 

Your help is much appreciated . Thank you . Happy Holidays

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Good guide, I have all working on this board - except the sound has the volume problem that others have noticed. It's either on or off, the volume isn't adjustable. When I slide the slider up or down, nothing happens, only that the sound switches off when fully at zero. I have the Voodoo HDA kext installed (the one posted in the link in this guide, 2.5.3).

 

Any ideas how to get this to work properly?

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updated to 10.6.6 flawlessly..

 

2uic6xx.jpg

 

I love this mobo....

 

 

Hi there!

 

I can say i'm a newbie.. I thought i knew my way around computers, but i don't!

 

Can you please tell me how to install osx in this mobo? I'm about to give up!

 

Either keeps rebooting, or it hangs on startup :/

 

on my last try, with iatkos s3v2, i managed to boot, but sometimes still hangs during startup

 

I have 2bg ram

MB ASUS P5G41C-M LX

ASUS 8400GS 1GB

 

Help is so so needed, please!

 

Thanks ;)

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Hi...

Can I enable onboard vga to work during installation? And can installation work over IDE (PATA) Drive?

 

System Specs :

Asus P5G41C-M LX Mobo

2GB DDR III 1333MHz RAM

Intel E2180 2GHz Dual Core Processor Overclocked @ 3.25 GHz

Seagate Sata HDD : 500GB + 250GB

Sata DVD Writer Dual Layer Equipped

Logitech Wireless USB Mouse N Keyboard

Zotac nVidia 8400GS 512MB 64-Bit Graphics Card

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