direcalmly Posted July 10, 2010 Share Posted July 10, 2010 This is how I got Leopard running on my MSI GT627. This is my first time installing OSX on a PC and also the first time I've really had extensive exposure to the operating system. I did this install because I'm majoring in graphic design and OSX is the platform of choice for the profession. I don't know much about this stuff, but I'll do my best to recount what I did to get it to work. This is currently a dual-boot setup with Windows 7 on a separate partition. This guide was made with the help of other guides on the GT627. You should be able to use Google to find them if you get stuck on mine. Known issues: The sleep function does not work. I tried a few different sleep enabler kexts but nothing that offered a stable solution. I tried using EHCISleepEnabler.kext w/ a patched IOUSBFamily.kext which caused the system to hang on booting. I also tried using a patched version of IOUSBFamily.kext (version 3.1.5 from 10.5.5) which gave me the I/O error. Still working on getting this functional. The system will not shutdown when it is running on battery power. The system hangs. The video card (9800GS) is only running on 768mb out of a gig. The audio has to be manually switched between devices. I also don't know if the headphones work because I broke off a plug in that port. The line-out works fine, however. I haven't tested the mic. I haven't tested the webcam. I rarely use it. The E-SATA port doesn't appear to be functioning correctly. I can't connect to my Lacie 1tb backup drive through it. I haven't looked around for a solution for this yet. The built-in wireless card (Intel 5100) currently does not have support. I currently use a DWA-110 to connect to our wireless network until Project Camphor or someone else develops a driver for the Intel card. Installing the OS: NOTE: You need to have some way to access the file structure after running the initial installation because you'll have to replace a few files to make it boot. I did this using MacDrive in Windows 7. 1. Install iDeneb 1.4 Leopard 10.5.6 on a partition of your choosing. I won't get into setting up the dual-boot as there are plenty of guides on doing that out there. During the install when you get to the "customize" option check the following: Make sure the "iDeneb Essential System" box is checked (it is by default). Chipset > ICHx Fixed Fix > Battery Manager Audio/Video > Not necessary yet. I installed these drivers later on. Applications > Kext helper, OSx86Tools and whatever else you think you might need/want. 2. The machine will not boot after you install. The AppleACPIPlatform.kext and AppleAPIC.kext need to be replaced with the versions from iDeneb 1.3. I performed this switch using MacDrive in Windows 7. Browse to System/Library/Extensions on the OSX partition and delete the old AppleACPIPlatform.kext and AppleAPIC.kext and replace them with the iDeneb 1.3 versions. 3. Boot into OSX with "cpus=1" as the boot flag. Fill out all the account settings. Browse to System/Library/Extensions and delete the AppleACPIPlatform.kext and AppleAPIC.kext that you put in there earlier. Open the Kext Helper tool (Applications / iDeneb Apps) and drag the iDeneb 1.3 versions of these files in there, enter your password and click "Easy Install." 4. Go to Applications / Utilities and open the Disk Utility tool. Select the OSX partition you have and click "Repair Disk Permissions." Reboot with "cpus=1" Getting both cores working (no more cpus=1): 5. Track down a program called "DSDT Patcher 1.0.1e" and run it. Place the dsdt.aml file it creates in your root folder. Repair disk permissions with Disk Utility and reboot. Updating to 10.5.7: 6. Backup the following files onto a flash drive or portable hard drive that can be accessed by OSX. They can be found in the /System/Library/Extensions/ directory: AppleIntelGMA950.kext AppleIntelGMA950GLDriver.bundle AppleIntelGMA950VADriver.bundle AppleIntelGMA950GA.plugin IOBluetoothFamily.kext 7. Track down and run "iDeneb 10.5.7 Combo Update" and Reboot. Using Kext Helper, reinstall AppleIntelGMA950.kext, AppleIntegratedFrameBuffer.kext and IOBluetoothFamily.kext from the backups you made. Copy the AppleIntelGMA950GLDriver.bundle, AppleIntelGMA950VADriver.bundle and AppleIntelGMA950GA.plugin back into the /System/Library/Extensions folder and replace the existing versions. Reboot. The video drivers: 8. The two drivers you want to install are "NVinstaller v.52.pkg" and "NVIDIA 9000 Series Driver v2." Install them one after the other and reboot. You should have HDMI out, full native resolution and working QE/CI. The audio drivers: 9. I just used the latest version of VoodooHDA.kext to get the audio working. You do have to manually switch devices say if you want to transition from using the built-in speakers to the audio-out. NOTE ON THE AUDIO: I first tried using a Realtek ALC888 ICH9 package which included alc888_3lineout.pkg, AppleHDA.kext, HDAEnabler.kext and HDAEnabler.pkg. Right now I have alc888_3lineout.pkg, HDAEnabler.kext and HDAEnabler.pkg installed with the VoodooHDA.kext. I don't know if it's a combination of all of these that makes the audio work OK or what (I removed the AppleHDA.kext and installed VoodooHDA.kext when I read that the Voodoo kext worked well with the Realtek card and it worked so I didn't remove any of the other packages or kexts). If I feel like screwing around with my system some more I'll figure out what's going on with all these. USB Wireless Solution: 10. I purchased a D-Link DWA-110 as the Intel card that comes with the GT627 currently doesn't have any support under OSX. To get the DWA-110 working install the drivers for 10.4. The drivers didn't come on the CD so I had to download them from the Latin D-Link website: http://www.dlinkla.com/ Install those drivers and restart. Plug in the DWA and you should be OK to connect to a wireless network. It seems to work fine and I haven't had to plug / unplug it. The only issue I've noticed is that upon booting up you have to open the Wireless Preferences utility to get it to connect. Conclusion: I'll continue to update this guide as I figure this whole OSx86 thing out. I'll also think about making a zip file for all the drivers/etc. Enjoy Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/224541-guide-1057-on-the-msi-gt627/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
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