SL on EP35-DS3 w/ 4870 & X-Fi Titanium

[paddopaddo]

Hey Guys,

 

I am using the following hardware:

 

MoBo. Gigabyte EP35-DS3

CPU. C2D E8400

GPU. Gainward 4870 Golden Sample, 512MB, @Arctic Cooling Twin Turbo

Sound. PCI-e Creative X-Fi Titanium

Release: SL 10.6.3 from iAtkos S3 w/ PCEFI 10.5

 

So, I got pretty much things working: network, resolution of 1920*1200, NTFS access, .. in so far, if anyone who reads this needs help with such components, feel free to ask for help. but:

 

what i didnt get to work so far:

 

• the 4870 does not seem to be working with QE enabled. When i try to enable it using OSX86 tools, it fails saying that 0 cant be put into an boolean.
  
• Preview, the whole iWork and iLife Suite, they all display grey pages instead of photos or w/e im tryin to display
  
• Neither my X-Fi nor the onboard ALC889A sound are working. i checked every jack with every single option in VoodooHDA panel, nothing. silence.
  
• any acceleration of 3D/ Videos. VLC refuses to play HD media, cinebench cant run opengl, ..
  

What i tried to get these things working:

• I used the "GraphicsEnabler=y" flag.
  
• i used the gfxutil to build my graphic card's hex code and put it into boot.plist
  
• i tried the Quartz Enabler for Exotics, nothing
  
• i tried using osx86tools, but it quits all the time with this strange boolean error message
  
• i used the terminaltrick to force enable QE; it gives the right values when checking, but doesnt seem to have changed anything.
  

 

 

Now, since im getting errors all over the system - osx86tools, lspci "cant find a working access method", .. i thought about reinstalling the whole thing.

 

now, what would you recommend? i liked the S3 release since it made my life so much easier giving me all those kexts, ethernet etc. ..

 

should i go retail? whats the recommended method to get a 4870 fully working with SL? Any tips on the X-Fi? I dont need the jacks, it would be absolutely okay if only i got the SPDIF out working.

 

I appreciate your help so much. Even if you dont know an answer to my questions, thank you for reading this. :mellow: