[Solved] Asus P5K Help (Flash to P5KR + Multibeast solution)

[cunning plan]

After a bit of help here chaps.

 

I installed Leopard 10.5.6 awhile ago with no problems and it's been fine, but I want to upgrade to Snow for the updates.

 

I bought a retail install DVD of Snow Leopard and followed this guide as it seemed one of the better ones out there:

 

http://osx86sv.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/ho...asus-p5-series/

 

Followed instructions, installed fine, but it gets panics on boot.

 

 

 

 

There are loads of 'please help threads' on here and just 'paying' someone to help doesn't exactly help the community I know - but like I said, I would rather pay someone else to do what they are good at so I can get on with what I'm good at. Anyway, we can post the fix up on here to help other PK5 owners.

 

Rig spec in-case it helps someone figure it out:

 

 

Monitor

Samsung 22" Widescreen 2ms 3000:1 Monitor

 

 

Peripherals

Apple USB Ultra-thin Aluminium Keyboard

Apple USB MightyMouse

 

 

Case

Antec Nine Hundred 900

- Gaming Case with 200mm Top Fan

 

1000W Black Modular 13.5cm Fan PSU

- 4x PCI-E, 20+4pin, 6x SATA

 

Enlight Black 26-in-1 Internal 3.5" Card Reader

 

Samsung SATA 22X DVD-RW Drive (SH-S223F)

 

 

Motherboard

ASUS P5K AiLifestyle Series iP35 Socket 775 eSATA

- 8channel Audio ATX Motherboard

 

 

CPU

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 Stepping 2.4GHz 1066MHz

- Socket 775 L2 8MB Cache (2x4MB (4MB per core pair)

- Installed using Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver Thermal Compound Thermal paste

 

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Socket 775 Processor Cooler (AC-FRZ-7P)

- Running in Silent Mode

 

 

Memory

4GB OCZ EL DDR2 PC2-6400 800MHz - Gold Gamer eXtreme - XTC

- 2 x 2GB

 

 

Graphics Card

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS BFG Tech OC 512MB

- GDDR3

- PCI Express 2.0

- Dual-Link DVI-I, HDTV + TV Out

 

Hard Drives

Seagate 500GB HDD SATA II 7200rpm 32MB Cache (ST3500320AS)

- Running Apple OSX Leopard 10.XX.X - Leo4all on 250GB Partition

- Store / files on 250GB Partition

 

Seagate 500GB HDD SATA II 7200rpm 16MB Cache (ST3500630AS)

- Time Machine Backup

 

Maxtor 80GB HDD SATA

- SNOW LEOPARD RETAIL INSTALLATION TEST DRIVE (GOING TO CARBON CLONE THIS ONTO ONE OF THE SEAGATES WHEN IT IS WORKING OKAY)

[scrax]

Hi

check my sign,

if it works make a donation to insanely instead of me so everybody will be happy

[J.B]

did you look at the updated entry that that entry was pointing to regarding how to install sucessfully on a P5K board?

 

The updated link: http://osx86sv.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/os...sal-on-pc-news/

[cunning plan]

Hi

check my sign,

if it works make a donation to insanely instead of me so everybody will be happy

 

Thanks, but tried it and it didn't work.

 

did you look at the updated entry that that entry was pointing to regarding how to install sucessfully on a P5K board?

 

The updated link: http://osx86sv.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/os...sal-on-pc-news/

 

Yes, i had tried that also.

 

I ended up making a bootable USB as per on osx86sv.com and installed the retail DVD.

 

IT BOOTED!! 10.6 was running! No sound though

 

Anyway, I did an official system update and it now panics on boot with this error:

 

 

Any help guys?

 

I am still offering some beer money for a quick easy reply that gets Snow Leopard running with sound at 10.6.4!

[Onixs]

cunning plan

 

 

This is all about using the right arch of the kexts and permission, nothing else.

[cunning plan]

cunning plan

 

 

This is all about using the right arch of the kexts and permission, nothing else.

 

Ok?

 

Not quite sure what you are trying to say there - ?

[Time2Retire]

Snow Leopard required different kernel extensions, and the panic you got in dsmos is one of them, being famesmc.kext Get the right version for SL and try again. That should do the trick.

 

Cheers,

 

Sam.

[cunning plan]

Snow Leopard required different kernel extensions, and the panic you got in dsmos is one of them, being famesmc.kext Get the right version for SL and try again. That should do the trick.

 

Cheers,

 

Sam.

 

Hey Sam, thanks for the reply and the clear answer -

 

• So I need to get the 10.6 fakesmc.kext.
  
• How is best to install the kext? - Can I do it from 10.5 and just drop it into system/library/extensions?
  
• Do I need to delete any of the other kexts?
  

 

Cheers!

[cunning plan]

Hey Sam, thanks for the reply and the clear answer -

 

• So I need to get the 10.6 fakesmc.kext.
  
• How is best to install the kext? - Can I do it from 10.5 and just drop it into system/library/extensions?
  
• Do I need to delete any of the other kexts?
  

 

Cheers!

 

I dragged and dropped:

 

"My latest version (based on FakeSMC V2):

Kext 10.6 fakesmc.kext.zip ( 30.96K ) Number of downloads: 1040"

 

Into system/library/extensions on the Snow Leopard disk from normal Leopard, but it still won't boot.

 

What am I doing wrong?

 

Any other ideas?

[cunning plan]

I dragged and dropped:

 

"My latest version (based on FakeSMC V2):

Kext 10.6 fakesmc.kext.zip ( 30.96K ) Number of downloads: 1040"

 

Into system/library/extensions on the Snow Leopard disk from normal Leopard, but it still won't boot.

 

What am I doing wrong?

 

Any other ideas?

 

Bump!

[cunning plan]

[Time2Retire]

Hey Sam, thanks for the reply and the clear answer -

 

• So I need to get the 10.6 fakesmc.kext.
  
• How is best to install the kext? - Can I do it from 10.5 and just drop it into system/library/extensions?
  
• Do I need to delete any of the other kexts?
  

 

Cheers!

Copy the kext file to USB stick and boot into the installation disc. Open a terminal window (Configure option) and copy the kext into: /Volumes/volume-name/Extra/ and recreate Extensions.mkext with a similar script:

#!/bin/sh
sudo chmod -R 755 /Volumes/volume-name/Extra/Extensions/
sudo chown -R root:wheel /Volumes/volume-name/Extra/Extensions/
sudo kextcache -v 1 -t -l -mkext2 /Volumes/volume-name/Extra/Extensions.mkext /Volumes/volume-name/Extra/Extensions/

Or hit your keyboard with it.

 

And yes, rm -r unwanted.kext (like disabler.kext)

[J.B]

whats mentioned above will work, but if you really prefer a GUI over command line you can do a similar thing by booting to a e.g. linux distro, going to system/library/extensions and moving kexts around manually (drag, drop and delete etc.), you can then try rebooting, but make ure you use the flag -f as well as the ones you normally use

 

on a successful boot, use something like the pfix utility (google it) to repair the cache, you will then no longer need the -f flag

[cunning plan]

whats mentioned above will work, but if you really prefer a GUI over command line you can do a similar thing by booting to a e.g. linux distro, going to system/library/extensions and moving kexts around manually (drag, drop and delete etc.), you can then try rebooting, but make ure you use the flag -f as well as the ones you normally use

 

on a successful boot, use something like the pfix utility (google it) to repair the cache, you will then no longer need the -f flag

 

I tried your way using dutchhockypro's instructions as I'm not that confident with command line, but it still panics!

 

There isn't a disabler.kext to delete! I've just put the AppleHDADisabler.kext on there to see if that works.

 

Here are all of the kexts on the Snow drive:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for your help so far guys, but anymore ideas?

[cunning plan]

Up for the day just in-case any new-comers have ideas!

[J.B]

i believe (though not entirely sure as i can't check right now) that you don't need the dont steal mac OSX.kext as you already have fakesmc.kext, so make a copy of it somewhere and delete it using my above mentioned method to boot and see if it makes a difference, check around to make sure you also have/need the correct version of fakesmc (i believe it again depends on your hardware and version), i assume since you said you used it already you know how to use linux discs etc.

 

appleHDAdisabler will probably not help you in booting because it relates to sound

 

also, might i suggest that if you continue to have problem with the current guides you are using to try something newer and more generic (only after looking for the latest guides on the forum here for your motherboard), i recommend looking at the myHack installer here: http://osx86.sojugarden.com/installer/

however its up to you

 

also, you said you briefly had it running, if it is easy for you to do and not too time consuming you might alternatively want to considering getting back to that working point, making a back up, then searching around for specific upgrade guides and problem fixes for your hardware, say searching something like "OSx86 P5K 10.6.0 update"?

[cunning plan]

Thanks for your reply J.B.

 

I'll try taking out 'don't steal mac osx.kext' and see if that makes a difference.

 

Otherwise, I'll install fakesmc 2.5 from http://netkas.org/?cat=15 and see if that makes a difference.

 

i assume since you said you used it already you know how to use linux discs etc.

 

Not quite sure what you mean here? I've just been booting into a working copy of 10.5 and dragging and dropping kexts in and out of the Snow Leopard drive - I haven't / can't use command line stuff

 

also, might i suggest that if you continue to have problem with the current guides you are using to try something newer and more generic (only after looking for the latest guides on the forum here for your motherboard), i recommend looking at the myHack installer here: http://osx86.sojugarden.com/installer/

however its up to you

 

Thanks for the link, I think if I can't get it running I will have to try something new I guess. It is just frustrating seeing 10.6.0 boot and run fine - then breaking when I updated to 10.6.4 - understandable, but I can't work out what to take out / put in to get it working

 

also, you said you briefly had it running, if it is easy for you to do and not too time consuming you might alternatively want to considering getting back to that working point, making a back up, then searching around for specific upgrade guides and problem fixes for your hardware, say searching something like "OSx86 P5K 10.6.0 update"?

 

Yah, I just installed the retail onto a 8gb USB stick using this method. So technically, I should be able to format the drive, and reinstall from the USB again to be back to a running 10.6.0. I like video tutorials - nice and easy!

 

:censored2:

[BlackCH]

Use the boot cd from my signature (includes install instructions). Its for the P5K-VM but I guess it will be good for yours too. You will need to edit the DSDT table a bit to have your board fully working thou.

[Gringo Vermelho]

I'll try taking out 'don't steal mac osx.kext' and see if that makes a difference.

 

Don't do that, that kext is from Apple, it's part of OS X and it will not run without it.

 

The other poster was thinking of DSMOS.kext, which you don't have.

 

Going by the filenames your extensions folder is all vanilla, except printer drivers, AppleHDADisabler and fakesmc.kext. This is good.

 

Of course there can be modified kernel extensions there with the same name as the originals. Those are impossible to identify by looking at the list you posted.

[cunning plan]

I'm looking at using [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] again. I think I might try reinstalling back to 10.6.0, then running updates, then running [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] before reboot.

 

Worth a try right?

 

Use the boot cd from my signature (includes install instructions). Its for the P5K-VM but I guess it will be good for yours too. You will need to edit the DSDT table a bit to have your board fully working thou.

 

Any chance of a good easy-to-follow guide of how to get to the DSDT information? Looking at the [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] option, it looks like I can just paste in the DSDT table and [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] will patch the system before reboot.

[J.B]

if you mean a DSDT editor, DSDTSE is the way to go, it also helps you implement a few custom modifications etc.

 

Don't do that, that kext is from Apple, it's part of OS X and it will not run without it.

 

The other poster was thinking of DSMOS.kext, which you don't have.

 

sorry about that, i was under the impression after reading another post somewhere that fakesmc and dsmos had a similar function

[Gringo Vermelho]

That correct, but dsmos.kext and DontStealMacOS.kext is not the same thing.

[cunning plan]

I'm looking at using [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] again. I think I might try reinstalling back to 10.6.0, then running updates, then running [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] before reboot.

 

Worth a try right?

 

I DID THIS!!!!

 

and i got to this:

 

 

BAM!! :D :D :D

 

Had to play around with sound a bit, finally got it by deleting AppleHDA and installing VoodooHDA. I am guessing every time there is an update I will have to do the same.

 

However, after a little bit more help please guys.

 

I had to install to an external USB HDD again as the installer wouldn't recognize my harddrives

 

I thought it was just a quirky issue with the P5K and the installer. Anyway, once I got it updated and the sound working, I noticed that I still can't see my harddrives!!

 

 

 

I thought it maybe because the motherboard needed a firmware update - but looking on the Asus site, it appears I already have the latest version of the P5K BIOS firmware - 1201.

 

So - stuck again

 

Also, sleep and shutdown are not working - any suggestions?

[Gringo Vermelho]

once I got it updated and the sound working, I noticed that I still can't see my harddrives!!

 

Connect your drives to the Intel ICH9. Use the AHCI injectors that come with Chameleon, and set ICH9 to AHCI mode in the BIOS.

[cunning plan]

Connect your drives to the Intel ICH9.

 

Okay, thanks, but how?

 

 

Use the AHCI injectors that come with Chameleon

 

Okay, thanks, but how?

 

and set ICH9 to AHCI mode in the BIOS.

 

I've set everything I can see in the BIOS that refers to AHCI to AHCI - BUT the SATA controller ONLY has the option for IDE - there is NO AHCI option?

 

Thanks for your reply, please keep it coming.