Asus Striker 2 Extreme Probs

verdant · August 30, 2010

I have just reinstalled it again this time checking pci1 waiting for install to complete

I may not have explained my self clearly enough.........I meant for one OS X volume to have no graphics kexts, i.e. no GeForce.kext, NVDANV50Hal.kext and NVDAResman.kext, in /S/L/E/, so that the system operates only in basic VESA mode.........this OS X system can then be used to "fix" the other volume with these kexts still present in/S/L/E/ and on which you are trying out the different video driver options.......

Master MarK · August 30, 2010

OK.........try each of these steps

1. Swap your display connector to the other port on your graphics card

2. Type the following commands:
mount -uw /
mkdir /GFXKext
cp -p -r /System/Library/Extensions/GeForce.kext /GFXKext/
cp -p -r /System/Library/Extensions/Ge*.kext /GFXKext/
cp -p -r /System/Library/Extensions/NV*.kext /GFXKext/
cd /GFXKext/
ls
If all the NV* and GeForce* files are in /GFXKext/, then type
rm -r -f /System/Library/Extensions/GeForce*.kext
rm -r -f /System/Library/Extensions/Ge*.kext
rm -r -f /System/Library/Extensions/NV*.kext
cd /System/Library/Extensions/
ls
exit
boot
"If all the the NV*, Ge* and GeForce* kexts are gone, then re-boot with -v -f.......you will be using VESA mode so no QE/CI functions at present......"

ow well the pci1 trick didnt work still no signal on my monitor

swapped over dvi ports and nothin

where do i type these commands not sure what u mean ???

Do i boot up with the cd again then press f8

I may not have explained my self clearly enough.........I meant for one OS X volume to have no graphics kexts, i.e. no GeForce.kext, NVDANV50Hal.kext and NVDAResman.kext, in /S/L/E/, so that the system operates only in basic VESA mode.........this OS X system can then be used to "fix" the other volume with these kexts still present in/S/L/E/ and on which you are trying out the different video driver options.......

So when i install the osx using the cd install it on the backup partition with only the default checked in the customize menu ?

Sorry mate im new to this im a mac noob and im not gettin it all please use lamer terms lol

verdant · August 30, 2010

ow well the pci1 trick didnt work still no signal on my monitor

swapped over dvi ports and nothin

where do i type these commands not sure what u mean ???

Do i boot up with the cd again then press f8

So when i install the osx using the cd install it on the backup partition with only the default checked in the customize menu ?

Sorry mate im new to this im a mac noob and im not gettin it all please use lamer terms lol

1. Boot the iATKOS S3 v2 Install DVD with

-v arch=i386 cpus=1 maxmem=2048

2. Use Disk Utility to set up 2 equal size GPT/Mac OS Extended (Journaled) partitions

3. Once you have used Disk Utility to set up the 2 equal size partitions, run the installer to set up OS X on the first partition but only choose what is in BOLD in the Customise Menu, as follows:

> iATKOS S3 Main System [Pre-selected Default]

> Bootloader

>> AsereBLN v1.19 [Default]

>> PC_EFI v10.6

>> Slice

>> AnVAL Loader

>> Chameleon v2 RC5

>> Chameleon v2 RC4

> Bootloader Options

>> 32-bit boot

>> Graphics Enabler

>> -pci1

>> Ethernet

>> USB (USBBusFix; EHCIacquire; UHCIreset)

>> Quiet Boot

>> Legacy Logo

>> UUID [selecting this breaks HDD multiboot options]

> Patches

>> /Extra directory [Default]

>> fakesmc [Default] V2.5 [MUST BE SELECTED]

>> Disabler [Default]

>> RTC (RTC [Default]; RTC(32bit))

>> Modified Kernels (qoopz 10.3.0; qoopz 10.2.0; PCJ kernel; Atom Kernel)

>> EVO Reboot [Default]

>> Sleep Enabler

>> USB

>> UUID

> Drivers

>> Main Hardware

>>> SATA/IDE (AHCI SATA; Intel SATA/IDE; JMicron SATA/IDE; VIA SATA/IDE (support for VIA, SiS, SI, ULI, Marvell and some nForce chipsets); nForce SATA/IDE)

>>> Sound (Voodoo HDA [Default]; Apple HDA 10.6.2 [Default])

>>> PS/2 (Apple PS/2; Voodoo PS/2)

"Only choose one of these if you are using a PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse"

>>> CPU Power Management (Voodoo P-State; Voodoo Power; EvO Speedstep)

>>> Laptop Hardware (Battery; Card Reader; TSC Sync; ACPI Thermal (32bit)

>>> NTFS-3G (Mac FUSE Core; NTFS-3G [automatic sub-selection])

>> VGA

>>> nVidia

>>>> EFI String (DVI/DVI; DVI/VGA; VGA/DVI)

>>>> Enablers (NVEnabler; Natit)

>>> ATI

>>>> Enablers (EVO enabler; ATY-Init (32bit)

>>>> ATI 48xx

>>>> ATI Framebuffer

>>> Intel

>>>> EFI String

>>>> Natit (32bit)

>>>> GMA 950 (GMA 950 27A2 (32bit); GMA 950 27AE (32bit))

>>>> GMA X3100 (Framebuffer (32bit)

>> Network

>>> Wireless

>>>> Atheros

>>>> Atheros Corei7 fix

>>>> Broadcom

>>>> Ralink (RT257x; RT2500 (32bit); RT2870; RT2860 (32bit); RT256x (32bit))

>>>> Realtek (RTL8187 (32bit); RTL8187B (32bit); RTL8187L (32bit); RTL8187SE (32bit))

>>>> Zydas (32bit)

>>> Wired

>>>> Realtek (RTL8168; RTL8139)

>>>> Marvell (Yukon 88E8001; Yukon 88E8056)

>>>> Atheros (Attansic L1; Attansic L1E; Attansic L2 (32bit)

>>>> Intel (Intel Pro V100; Intel Gigabit)

>>>> Broadcom (BCM440x; BCM5755M (32bit); BCM5787M (32bit))

>>>> nForce

>>>> Via Rhine (32bit)

> Language Translations "Your choice"

4. If, when booting the PC OS X HDD volume with -v -f from the bootloader boot menu, you get a black screen and music playing on bootup, then boot the PC into single user mode using -s from the bootloader boot menu, and at the ":/ root#" prompt (and at each ":/ root#" prompt), type the following commands:

mount -uw /
mkdir /GFXKext/
cp -p -r /System/Library/Extensions/GeForce.kext /GFXKext/
cp -p -r /System/Library/Extensions/Ge*.kext /GFXKext/
cp -p -r /System/Library/Extensions/NV*.kext /GFXKext/
cd /GFXKext/
ls

If all the NV* and GeForce* files are in /GFXKext/, then type in a Terminal Windo

rm -r -f /System/Library/Extensions/GeForce*.kext
rm -r -f /System/Library/Extensions/Ge*.kext
rm -r -f /System/Library/Extensions/NV*.kext
cd /System/Library/Extensions/
ls
exit
boot

"If all the the NV*, Ge* and GeForce* kexts are gone, then re-boot with -v -f.......and if you boot into the OS X Welcome Screen and subsequently the Desktop (with a fixed 1024 x 768 resolution), you will be using the inbuilt VESA mode, i.e. not your graphics card CI/QE functions......"

At this point you will have a basic working OS X system (also check that your Ethernet internet connection works too).........

5. Now use Disk Utility or Carbon Copy Cloner to clone this volume onto the other target OS X volume.......and then copy the files from /GFXKext/ on the original OS X volume that you cloned into

/System/Library/Extensions/ of the clone OS X volume.........

6. Then in Terminal, type

sudo touch /Volumes/"name of your clone OS X volume"/System/Library/Extensions/
exit

7. Now reboot the PC into the clone OS X volume with -v -f and see what happens........now you can try the various ways of setting up your nVidia graphics card on the clone OS X volume.........and if it is messed up, you can just boot up into the OS X system to "clean up" the clone OS X volume.........

N.B. If you want to bypass com.apple.Boot.plist after having used the GraphicsEnabler and/or pci1 option, boot the clone OS X volume with

-v -F arch=i386 mach_kernel

Master MarK · August 31, 2010

1. Boot the iATKOS S3 v2 Install DVD with
-v arch=i386 cpus=1 maxmem=2048
2. Use Disk Utility to set up 2 equal size GPT/Mac OS Extended (Journaled) partitions

3. Once you have used Disk Utility to set up the 2 equal size partitions, run the installer to set up OS X on the first partition but only choose what is in BOLD in the Customise Menu, as follows:

> iATKOS S3 Main System [Pre-selected Default]

> Bootloader

>> AsereBLN v1.19 [Default]

>> PC_EFI v10.6

>> Slice

>> AnVAL Loader

>> Chameleon v2 RC5

>> Chameleon v2 RC4

> Bootloader Options

>> 32-bit boot

>> Graphics Enabler

>> -pci1

>> Ethernet

>> USB (USBBusFix; EHCIacquire; UHCIreset)

>> Quiet Boot

>> Legacy Logo

>> UUID [selecting this breaks HDD multiboot options]

> Patches

>> /Extra directory [Default]

>> fakesmc [Default] V2.5 [MUST BE SELECTED]

>> Disabler [Default]

>> RTC (RTC [Default]; RTC(32bit))

>> Modified Kernels (qoopz 10.3.0; qoopz 10.2.0; PCJ kernel; Atom Kernel)

>> EVO Reboot [Default]

>> Sleep Enabler

>> USB

>> UUID

> Drivers

>> Main Hardware

>>> SATA/IDE (AHCI SATA; Intel SATA/IDE; JMicron SATA/IDE; VIA SATA/IDE (support for VIA, SiS, SI, ULI, Marvell and some nForce chipsets); nForce SATA/IDE)

>>> Sound (Voodoo HDA [Default]; Apple HDA 10.6.2 [Default])

>>> PS/2 (Apple PS/2; Voodoo PS/2)

"Only choose one of these if you are using a PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse"

>>> CPU Power Management (Voodoo P-State; Voodoo Power; EvO Speedstep)

>>> Laptop Hardware (Battery; Card Reader; TSC Sync; ACPI Thermal (32bit)

>>> NTFS-3G (Mac FUSE Core; NTFS-3G [automatic sub-selection])

>> VGA

>>> nVidia

>>>> EFI String (DVI/DVI; DVI/VGA; VGA/DVI)

>>>> Enablers (NVEnabler; Natit)

>>> ATI

>>>> Enablers (EVO enabler; ATY-Init (32bit)

>>>> ATI 48xx

>>>> ATI Framebuffer

>>> Intel

>>>> EFI String

>>>> Natit (32bit)

>>>> GMA 950 (GMA 950 27A2 (32bit); GMA 950 27AE (32bit))

>>>> GMA X3100 (Framebuffer (32bit)

>> Network

>>> Wireless

>>>> Atheros

>>>> Atheros Corei7 fix

>>>> Broadcom

>>>> Ralink (RT257x; RT2500 (32bit); RT2870; RT2860 (32bit); RT256x (32bit))

>>>> Realtek (RTL8187 (32bit); RTL8187B (32bit); RTL8187L (32bit); RTL8187SE (32bit))

>>>> Zydas (32bit)

>>> Wired

>>>> Realtek (RTL8168; RTL8139)

>>>> Marvell (Yukon 88E8001; Yukon 88E8056)

>>>> Atheros (Attansic L1; Attansic L1E; Attansic L2 (32bit)

>>>> Intel (Intel Pro V100; Intel Gigabit)

>>>> Broadcom (BCM440x; BCM5755M (32bit); BCM5787M (32bit))

>>>> nForce

>>>> Via Rhine (32bit)

> Language Translations "Your choice"

4. If, when booting the PC OS X HDD volume with -v -f from the bootloader boot menu, you get a black screen and music playing on bootup, then boot the PC into single user mode using -s from the bootloader boot menu, and at the ":/ root#" prompt (and at each ":/ root#" prompt), type the following commands:
mount -uw /
mkdir /GFXKext/
cp -p -r /System/Library/Extensions/GeForce.kext /GFXKext/
cp -p -r /System/Library/Extensions/Ge*.kext /GFXKext/
cp -p -r /System/Library/Extensions/NV*.kext /GFXKext/
cd /GFXKext/
ls
If all the NV* and GeForce* files are in /GFXKext/, then type in a Terminal Windo
rm -r -f /System/Library/Extensions/GeForce*.kext
rm -r -f /System/Library/Extensions/Ge*.kext
rm -r -f /System/Library/Extensions/NV*.kext
cd /System/Library/Extensions/
ls
exit
boot
"If all the the NV*, Ge* and GeForce* kexts are gone, then re-boot with -v -f.......and if you boot into the OS X Welcome Screen and subsequently the Desktop (with a fixed 1024 x 768 resolution), you will be using the inbuilt VESA mode, i.e. not your graphics card CI/QE functions......"

At this point you will have a basic working OS X system (also check that your Ethernet internet connection works too).........

5. Now use Disk Utility or Carbon Copy Cloner to clone this volume onto the other target OS X volume.......and then copy the files from /GFXKext/ on the original OS X volume that you cloned into

/System/Library/Extensions/ of the clone OS X volume.........

6. Then in Terminal, type
sudo touch /Volumes/"name of your clone OS X volume"/System/Library/Extensions/
exit
7. Now reboot the PC into the clone OS X volume with -v -f and see what happens........now you can try the various ways of setting up your nVidia graphics card on the clone OS X volume.........and if it is messed up, you can just boot up into the OS X system to "clean up" the clone OS X volume.........

N.B. If you want to bypass com.apple.Boot.plist after having used the GraphicsEnabler and/or pci1 option, boot the clone OS X volume with
-v -F arch=i386 mach_kernel

Ok first of all thankyou for the walk through

i ended up using single mode to sort out the GFXkext and ive now got a up and running os YAY

ive managed to get the ethernet working and sound , Only prob i got is the gfx card as you know.

Also im not sure whats going on but my system seems to be running very slow aswell as you know i have a Q6600 its showing up as a macpro 3,1 but its a little laggy as from using the iatkos v7..

I had to use cloner to clone my drive into mac_backup as i didnt see it on disk utilities.

got a prob with the cloner ill paste the error be warned its long

08/31 20:57:40 Launched Carbon Copy Cloner [3.3.3] on Version 10.6.3 (Build 10D573)

08/31 20:57:49 Verifying route to "help.bombich.com"

08/31 20:57:49 Route to host established (help.bombich.com) [-r-----].

==================== Carbon Copy Cloner (v. 3.3.3): 2010-08-31 20:58:09 +0100 ====================

Operating System: Version 10.6.3 (Build 10D573)

Hardware:

hw.machine: i386

hw.model: MacPro3,1

hw.logicalcpu: 4

hw.memsize: 2147483648

vm.loadavg: { 0.08 0.07 0.02 }

Task: Disk-to-disk clone (-psn_0_131104)

Source: OSX_MAIN (/dev/disk0s2, 1A756B38-5920-32D2-83D2-8F36B6746C6A)

Mount point: /

Filesystem: hfs

Capacity: 80.02 GB

Used: 7.18 GB

Available: 72.84 GB

Mac OS X version: 10.6.3

Device vendor: Unidentified Vendor

Device model: SAMSUNG SP1614C

Device interface: SATA

Target: OSX_BACKUP (/Volumes/OSX_BACKUP/ [/dev/disk0s3, 8833329A-140E-3A08-B8FC-E82617A56224])

Mount point: /Volumes/OSX_BACKUP

Filesystem: hfs

Capacity: 79.54 GB

Used: 212.66 MB

Available: 79.33 GB

Mac OS X version: Mac OS not installed

Device vendor: Unidentified Vendor

Device model: SAMSUNG SP1614C

Device interface: SATA

Bootability: This volume will be bootable.

Cloning method: Backup everything

Delete items on target that aren't on the source: No

08/31 20:58:10 The target volume has ownership enabled.

08/31 20:58:10 The target volume has Access Control Lists enabled.

08/31 20:58:10 Authenticating...

08/31 20:58:14 Initiating synchronization engine...

08/31 20:58:20 Detected input/output error

08/31 20:58:20 rsync: readdir("/Applications/Address Book.app/Contents/Resources/AddressBook.help/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/pgs"): Input/output error (5)

08/31 20:58:20 Cloning...

08/31 20:58:27 Detected input/output error

08/31 20:58:27 rsync: readdir("/Applications/Address Book.app/Contents/Resources/Japanese.lproj/ABLargeTypeWindow.nib"): Input/output error (5)

08/31 20:58:32 Detected input/output error

08/31 20:58:32 rsync: readdir("/Applications/Address Book.app/Contents/Resources/Japanese.lproj/ABNewCardWindow.nib"): Input/output error (5)

08/31 20:58:37 Detected input/output error

08/31 20:58:37 rsync: readdir("/Applications/Address Book.app/Contents/Resources/Japanese.lproj/ABPrintAccessoryView.nib"): Input/output error (5)

08/31 20:58:42 Detected input/output error

08/31 20:58:42 rsync: readdir("/Applications/Address Book.app/Contents/Resources/Japanese.lproj/ABSelectEncodingsPanel.nib"): Input/output error (5)

08/31 20:58:47 Detected input/output error

08/31 20:58:47 rsync: readdir("/Applications/Address Book.app/Contents/Resources/Japanese.lproj/ABSubscriptionPanel.nib"): Input/output error (5)

08/31 20:58:52 Detected input/output error

08/31 20:58:52 rsync: readdir("/Applications/Address Book.app/Contents/Resources/Japanese.lproj/AddressView.nib"): Input/output error (5)

08/31 20:58:57 Detected input/output error

08/31 20:58:57 rsync: readdir("/Applications/Address Book.app/Contents/Resources/Japanese.lproj/BirthdayView.nib"): Input/output error (5)

08/31 20:59:02 Detected input/output error

08/31 20:59:02 rsync: readdir("/Applications/Address Book.app/Contents/Resources/Japanese.lproj/CustomLabelEditor.nib"): Input/output error (5)

08/31 20:59:07 Detected input/output error

08/31 20:59:07 rsync: readdir("/Applications/Address Book.app/Contents/Resources/Japanese.lproj/DateView.nib"): Input/output error (5)

08/31 20:59:12 Detected input/output error

08/31 20:59:12 rsync: readdir("/Applications/Address Book.app/Contents/Resources/Japanese.lproj/DatumView.nib"): Input/output error (5)

08/31 20:59:23 Detected input/output error

08/31 20:59:23 rsync: readdir("/Applications/Address Book.app/Contents/Resources/Japanese.lproj/DebugPanel.nib"): Input/output error (5)

08/31 20:59:23 Detected input/output error

08/31 20:59:23 rsync: readdir("/Applications/Address Book.app/Contents/Resources/Japanese.lproj/InstantMessageAddressView.nib"): Input/output error (5)

08/31 20:59:28 Detected input/output error

08/31 20:59:28 rsync: readdir("/Applications/Address Book.app/Contents/Resources/Japanese.lproj/MainMenu.nib"): Input/output error (5)

08/31 20:59:33 Detected input/output error

08/31 20:59:33 rsync: readdir("/Applications/Address Book.app/Contents/Resources/Japanese.lproj/MainWindow.nib"): Input/output error (5)