EP45T-USB3P + MacBIOS Snow Leopard Post Install Guide

[skinlayers]

Hmmm... I'd post this in Post Install or Drivers, but apparently I'm still a "New User" ;P

 

Cartri has closed down his MacBIOS project, and I'm starting to get questions about my EP45T-USB3P setup, so I figured I'd repost the instructions I just wrote up. This is not a how-to-install-from-scratch guide. It assumes you have already flashed Cartri's MacBIOS for this model (check here: http://maniac4macs.com/cartri/), and installed Snow Leopard.

 

Audio: Follow the instructions I wrote up:

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...p;#entry1589560

 

Ethernet (works OOTB, but these drives are newer and more full-featured): http://lnx2mac.blogspot.com/p/realtekrtl81xx-osx-driver.html

 

IDE/ATA: These go in /Extra/Extensions

http://www.tonymacx86.com/Public/JMicron36xATA.kext.zip

&

IOAHCIBlockStorageInjector.kext (you can find this everywhere. It just fixes the hard drive icons for internal drives).

 

USB3:

First install the LaCie driver:

http://www.lacie.com/download/drivers/LaCi....0%20Driver.dmg

 

Then replace the binary with the patched one. Check the instructions that come with the file:

http://cartri.net/blog/Modbin%20PXHCD%20Patched.zip

 

Here's my /Extra/SMBIOS.plist (with serial numbers removed). RAM speed isn't correctly reported in About This Mac or System Profiler otherwise:

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>SMmemtype</key>
<string>24</string>
<key>SMmemspeed</key>
<string>1333</string>
<key>SMmemmanufacter_1</key>
<string>Crucial</string>
<key>SMmemmanufacter_3</key>
<string>Crucial</string>
<key>SMmempart_1</key>
<string>BL25664BN1337.Z16F63</string>
<key>SMmempart_3</key>
<string>BL25664BN1337.Z16F63</string>
<key>SMmemserial_1</key>
<string>0xXXXXXXX.XX</string>
<key>SMmemserial_3</key>
<string>0xXXXXXXX.XX</string>
</dict>
</plist>

 

You should be fine without an /Extra/com.apple.Boot.plist as long as you use the cartri build of Chameleon: http://cartri.net/downloads/MacBIOS%20Bootloader%20v0.5b.zip . I did have an issue where an older graphics card (GeForce 7800 GTX 256MB) wouldn't work on 10.6 in 64-bit mode, but I fixed it by using /Extra/com.apple.Boot.plist to boot the kernel in 32-bit mode. I didn't have this problem once I upgraded the graphics card to a GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB. There's really no benefit in booting a 64-bit vs 32-bit kernel as all apps will run as 64-bit regardless of which mode the kernel is booted in. Currently, only Mac OS X 10.6 Server and hackintoshes using Chameleon with 10.6 boot the 64-bit kernel by default anyways. Here's the file in case you need it:

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Kernel</key>
<string>mach_kernel</string>
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string>arch=i386 DSDT=cartri</string>
</dict>
</plist>

 

skinlayers

[terramir]

Strangely enough the lan has been giving me issues but what is more serious is that I cannot get the audio to work. I followed your instructions to the letter but no dice

terramir

[Wanna Hack]

Strangely enough the lan has been giving me issues but what is more serious is that I cannot get the audio to work. I followed your instructions to the letter but no dice

terramir

 

 

Go here (http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=140941) and look for ALC888_AppleHDA_199f12_LayoutID_888.zip under the heading "Others: 10.6.5 & 10.6.6 (same version)".

 

There will be two kexts inside the attachment, but I believe you'll only need the patched AppleHDA.kext.

Save and then remove the original AppleHDA from S/L/E by placing it in the trash. Then, follow steps 2-6 from Cartri's blog here (http://cartri.net/blog/835).

 

Good luck and let us know how it turned out for you.