P5Q + retail MAC Snow Automatically updated to 10.6.7! (was installation problem)

[pusillus]

Hallo,

I'm new user so I say sorry if I'll ask something of obvious...

I read P5Q is one of most compatible board but I've some problems installing snow from original retail Snow 10.6 DVD:

 

My HW config:

 

P5Q

intel quad CPU Q8200

8G ram (Adata)

Nvidia 8600GT 256

 

I used a clean HD in sata1 and a pionier DVD in sata2 following the Italian guide :

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=234196

 

The boot cd boot-123 UB_P5Q_Family_v1.4.iso.zip : don't work, it goes in text mode

The alternative BootCD.iso.zip works wit some errors:

"

ERROR PARSING PLIST FILE:

EBIOS read error : error 0x01

Block 0x102C Sectors 0

.....

......

"

after many of those errors I get in Chamelon boot manager,

Changed the bootCD with Snow DVD and installation starts

Seem to works but when it show the choice of languages mouse and keyboard are hanged, I cant proceed with install.

I'm using a PS/2 mouse and keyboard, all others usb devices are disconnected

 

Any suggestion or a better guide for P5Q?

 

Thank's in advance,

Massimo

[Gringo Vermelho]

Seem to works but when it show the choice of languages mouse and keyboard are hanged, I cant proceed with install.

I'm using a PS/2 mouse and keyboard

 

Borrow a USB mouse/keyboard from someone so you can finish the install. Then install a PS2 mouse/keyboard driver.

[pusillus]

Borrow a USB mouse/keyboard from someone so you can finish the install. Then install a PS2 mouse/keyboard driver.

 

thanks! I'll try

[pusillus]

ok I tried with a usb mouse and keyboard, after laguage selection it say " you can't install on this machine" ...truly sorry, should I try with Iatkos or any advice?

[dothacker]

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[BPMb]

Hi there!

 

I have a similar board and a similar problem:

 

ASUS P5Q-E (BIOS 2001 modded by Juzzi)

8GB DDR2 800 RAM (tested all with 4GB though)

Gigabyte ATI HD5770 1GB

SATA 1: Samsung 160GB (my intended SL drive)

SATA2: Samsung DVDRW

SATA3: Seagate 500GB

SATA4: Seagate 500GB

SATA5: Seagate 1.5TB

 

I tried the following:

 

Boot discs:

[url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url]

Empire EFI

Dell Inspirion (found in a P5Q-E guide)

132 boot Mars by Ian T

 

Install discs:

Snow Leopard Retail on USB thumbdrive (tried 2)

2nd partition on GUID partitioned Samsung 160GB with SL Retail

Snow Leopard Universal 3.6 on DVD

 

AHCI has been enabled along with ACPI 2.0 in the BIOS, DVDRW is set as 1st boot device

 

Each and everytime I tried I get a Kernel Panic after loading of the KEXTS, see screenshots. It also says each time "64 bit enabled" eventhough I set the 'arch=i386' flag on boot (tried -x32 as well) ?

 

Also tried boot flags:

-x

-v

GraphicsEnabler=No

 

Still I get a Kernel Panic each time? I don't know what to try next?

 

To the OP:

Here's a guide a lot of people seem to be able to follow quite succesfully:

 

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=189414

[Gringo Vermelho]

You don't need a modded BIOS to install or run Snow Leopard on the P5Q-E.

You should reflash your board with the latest 2101 BIOS from ASUS.

 

If you have a Core 2 Duo or Quad CPU you're good to run in 64-bit kernel and drivers mode, so don't worry about that.

 

Make sure the ICH10R is set to AHCI mode and that ACPI 2.0 and all advanced CPU features (except CPUID Limit) are enabled in the BIOS. Everything else you can leave at the default settings. I like to disable stuff that I don't use like Floppy Controller, Serial Port, Drive Xpert etc etc.

 

During installation, use a SATA DVD drive and a SATA hard drive, connected to the ICH10R (red SATA ports).

 

Looks like the problem is with dsmos? I've never seen that on my P5Q-E. Make sure your boot CD has fakesmc.kext on it.

 

(...)

 

I put this together for you, it's like my own P5Q-E boot CD except there are no ACPI tables on it, GraphicsEnabler is not active and sound will not work. There is nothing "special" on it that you can't get anywhere else. It uses the latest Chameleon 2.0 RC5 trunk version of cdboot fresh out of the compiler.

BPMb00t.iso.zip

I don't have any experience with ATI cards so if something needs to be added for that to work, you're going to have to add it yourself.

Reading my guide here: http://forum.voodooprojects.org/index.php/...31.html#msg2131

..and you will soon have a general idea about the elements a Chameleon boot CD is made of, and you can take this one apart and rebuild it if you need to.

Use a CD-RW, you will thank me for that suggestion later.

 

Like all other boot CDs, this one will only work for booting retail (install DVD or restored to HDD partition) so don't waste your time trying to boot your hacked DVDs with it.

 

Good luck.

[Atom Charger]

Yes try the [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] method i used this board and managed to install a treat.

[pusillus]

Same problem with [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url]

[pusillus]

I read this thread :

http://tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=12041

 

My snow DVD is a GRAY disk and came with a real Mac.

[Gringo Vermelho]

Then you can't use it, it will only work with the Mac it was sold with.

[pusillus]

Wow!!!! I have found a retail copy of snow, installed and now I'm writing from Mac OS X updated to 10.6.6!!!!

PS/2 mouse an Keyboard not working ...simple to solve?

[Gringo Vermelho]

Yes, you need something like VoodooPS2.kext, there is also another one AFAIK but I can't remember what it's called.

 

Be careful and don't install several PS2 kernel extensions at the same time, try one at a time until you find one that works for you, you can test this while you still have the USB keyboard and mouse.

 

I think there's a recent version of VoodooPS2.kext by Andy Vandijk somewhere in the "new releases and updates" section.

 

Better still, forget PS2 and buy USB/Mouse and keyboard. One less thing to worry about, believe me there is enough.

[pusillus]

I bought a Logitech USB mouse and Keyboard... My OS X seem works perfectly!!! ...but I must test deeply

Many thanks to all. hope to learn more about this system and helping someone else as you did!

[pusillus]

Dear friends,

I forgot to disable automatic updates on my machine, so yesterday it installed automatically 10.6.7 and rebooted.

...few seconds of fear and the system booted with no errors.

Hope this can help someone.