Easy 10.6.4 install on EX58-UD4P with 4890

[hbt15]

Thought i'd share some tips I discovered through 4 days of pain...!!

 

This will only work if you're going to a new Hard Drive for 10.6.4 but as i was needing more GB's it worked great.

 

I was on 10.5.8 and had originally installed 10.6 vanilla with Kakewalk over the weekend to the new drive, installed the boot drivers which worked flawless. Then I tried all sorts of methods to updating to 10.6.2 then .3 etc and they all failed miserably despite the quality guides online.

 

In the end i mounted my new HD via a sata to usa cable through my 10.5.8 install then did as follows.

 

1: Format new drive through disc utility on current OSX install. GUID partition and then install 10.6.0 to it (was my retail disc)

2: After install of 10.6.0 don't do any boot drivers or GPU kext installs, and go strait to software update and do 10.6.4 update.

3: Power down, Disconnect 10.5.8 HD install and plug in new 10.6.4 drive only.

4: bootup with Kakewalk disc to boot into new drive.

5: Install relevant files through kakewalk disc on desktop for your relevant Motherboard

6: Shut down, remove kakewalk disc and you should boot into 10.6.4 without an issue, just with crummy graphics.

7; Install 10.6.4 QE Ci Exotic package from Netkas.

8: Reboot and you should be up and running.

9: Plug old OSX drive back in and use migration assistant to get all your previous data back.

 

Hope this might help a lot of you that have problems as I was strung out for days trying to get the 10.6.4 happening.

 

Migration assistant doesn't like iTunes or Aperture but a quick reinstall of them fixed everything.

 

Enjoy