Asrock 775Dual VSTA

m.muller · September 22, 2006

Scope666 could you please tell me if, when you boot in verbose mode, you see 2 lines telling

UNKNOWN VIA ...... etc

and eventually dump here kextstat result (open terminal and type kextstat).

I still having issue with my user interface speed xbench score 7 where you score 262.61

complete xbench result HERE

Many thanks

Mathias

C.W. Moss · September 23, 2006

Try and disable S.M.A.R.T. on all drives (in the BIOS settings). This prevented the UI delays for me.

Does anyone know how to use SSE3 with this board?

m.muller · September 23, 2006

Try and disable S.M.A.R.T. on all drives (in the BIOS settings). This prevented the UI delays for me.

Does anyone know how to use SSE3 with this board?

Hi,

Seems to not solve my problem but thanks for tips. (Bios check are faster without smart its a good things)

For SSE3 what is you cpu ?? the first install i do if i remember well i only chek SSE3 patch and it works with my pentium D820.

Mathias

Scope666 · September 24, 2006

Scope666 could you please tell me if, when you boot in verbose mode, you see 2 lines telling
UNKNOWN VIA ...... etc

and eventually dump here kextstat result (open terminal and type kextstat).

I still having issue with my user interface speed xbench score 7 where you score 262.61

complete xbench result HERE

Many thanks

Mathias

Here's my kextstat:

Index Refs Address Size Wired Name (Version) <Linked Against>

1 1 0x0 0x0 0x0 com.apple.kernel (8.4.1)

2 14 0x0 0x0 0x0 com.apple.kpi.bsd (8.4.1)

3 17 0x0 0x0 0x0 com.apple.kpi.iokit (8.4.1)

4 19 0x0 0x0 0x0 com.apple.kpi.libkern (8.4.1)

5 17 0x0 0x0 0x0 com.apple.kpi.mach (8.4.1)

6 10 0x0 0x0 0x0 com.apple.kpi.unsupported (8.4.1)

7 1 0x0 0x0 0x0 com.apple.iokit.IONVRAMFamily (8.4.1)

8 1 0x0 0x0 0x0 com.apple.driver.AppleNMI (8.4.1)

9 1 0x0 0x0 0x0 com.apple.iokit.IOSystemManagementFamily (8.4.1)

10 1 0x0 0x0 0x0 com.apple.iokit.ApplePlatformFamily (8.4.1)

11 28 0x0 0x0 0x0 com.apple.kernel.6.0 (7.9.9)

12 1 0x0 0x0 0x0 com.apple.kernel.bsd (7.9.9)

13 1 0x0 0x0 0x0 com.apple.kernel.iokit (7.9.9)

14 1 0x0 0x0 0x0 com.apple.kernel.libkern (7.9.9)

15 1 0x0 0x0 0x0 com.apple.kernel.mach (7.9.9)

16 10 0x34b90000 0xf000 0xe000 com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily (2.0) <11>

17 5 0x34ba2000 0x4000 0x3000 com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily (1.2.0) <11>

18 2 0x34bdd000 0x37000 0x36000 com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform (1.0.3) <17 16 11>

19 0 0x34c63000 0x5000 0x4000 com.apple.BootCache (25.1) <6 5 4 3 2>

20 3 0x34d26000 0x32000 0x31000 com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily (1.4.7) <6 5 4 3 2>

21 0 0x34d8d000 0x4000 0x3000 com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC (1.1.0) <11>

22 0 0x34da2000 0x4000 0x3000 com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS (1.0.6) <11>

24 0 0x3a7da000 0x5000 0x4000 com.apple.driver.AppleRTC (1.0.2) <17 5 4 3 2>

25 0 0x3a8bc000 0x3000 0x2000 com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPCI (1.0.3) <18 17 16 11>

27 2 0x3a9b3000 0x5000 0x4000 com.apple.driver.ApplePS2Controller (1.1.0) <11>

28 0 0x3aaf7000 0x4000 0x3000 com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons (1.0.3) <20 18 17 6 5 4 3 2>

29 3 0x3abd6000 0xd000 0xc000 com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily (1.6.0f2) <11>

30 0 0x3abe8000 0x6000 0x5000 com.apple.driver.AppleVIAATA (1.0.2) <29 16 11>

31 0 0x3ad83000 0x3000 0x2000 com.apple.driver.ApplePS2Keyboard (1.1.0) <27 20 11>

32 6 0x3adef000 0x19000 0x18000 com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily (2.5.6) <11>

33 0 0x3ae21000 0xc000 0xb000 com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI (2.5.6) <32 16 11>

35 0 0x3af37000 0x10000 0xf000 com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI (2.5.6) <32 16 11>

36 0 0x3af7c000 0x9000 0x8000 com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub (2.5.6) <32 11>

37 4 0x3afe7000 0x15000 0x14000 com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily (1.4.7) <11>

38 0 0x3af8b000 0x4000 0x3000 com.apple.iokit.IOATAPIProtocolTransport (1.4.3) <37 29 11>

39 6 0x3b0d8000 0x16000 0x15000 com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily (1.5) <6 5 4 3 2>

40 0 0x3b123000 0xa000 0x9000 com.apple.iokit.IOATABlockStorage (1.4.3) <39 29 11>

41 2 0x3b27e000 0x8000 0x7000 com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily (1.4) <39 5 4 3>

42 1 0x3b2ae000 0x13000 0x12000 com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice (1.4.7) <39 37 11>

43 1 0x3b2d9000 0x5000 0x4000 com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily (1.4) <41 39 5 4 3>

44 0 0x3b30e000 0x12000 0x11000 com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice (1.4.7) <43 42 41 39 37 11>

46 0 0x3b40f000 0x6000 0x5000 com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient (1.4.7) <39 37 11>

47 0 0x3b45a000 0x3000 0x2000 com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite (2.5.0) <32 11>

48 0 0x34cbb000 0x9000 0x8000 com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient (2.5.0) <32 11>

49 3 0x3aafb000 0x1b000 0x1a000 com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily (1.4.3) <16 6 5 4 3>

50 2 0x3ab16000 0xf000 0xe000 com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport (1.4.3) <49 16 6 5 4 3>

51 0 0x3ab25000 0x32000 0x31000 com.apple.kext.ATINDRV (4.3.4) <50 49 11>

53 1 0x3ab57000 0x16000 0x15000 com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily (1.5.0) <6 5 4 3 2>

54 0 0x34d83000 0x5000 0x4000 net.pinxue.driver.ViaRhine (1.0.0d1) <53 16 11 5 4 3 2>

56 2 0x3ae2d000 0x5000 0x4000 com.apple.iokit.IOHDAudioFamily (1.0.0d1) <5 4 3 2>

57 0 0x3ae32000 0x6000 0x5000 com.apple.driver.AppleAzaliaController (1.0.0d1) <56 16 5 4 3 2>

58 0 0x3ae3c000 0x49000 0x48000 com.apple.ATIRadeonX1000 (4.3.2) <50 49 16 11>

59 0 0x3af49000 0x3000 0x2000 com.apple.driver.ApplePS2Mouse (1.2.0) <27 20 11>

60 1 0x3afa1000 0x17000 0x16000 com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily (1.5.6b1) <32 11>

61 0 0x3af91000 0xc000 0xb000 com.apple.driver.AppleAzaliaAudio (1.0.0d1) <60 56 5 4 3 2>

62 1 0x3afb8000 0xa000 0x9000 com.apple.driver.AppleSMC (1.0.1d9) <17 5 4 3>

64 0 0x3b4e7000 0xb000 0xa000 com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs (1.4.5) <6 5 4 2>

65 0 0x3b4f2000 0x8000 0x7000 com.apple.filesystems.ntfs (1.2) <4 2>

and log:

Sep 24 20:41:09 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=4 LocalApicId=131 Disabled

Sep 24 20:41:09 localhost kernel[0]: using 5242 buffer headers and 4096 cluster IO buffer headers

Sep 24 20:41:09 localhost kernel[0]: Enabling XMM register save/restore and SSE/SSE2 opcodes

Sep 24 20:41:09 localhost kernel[0]: IOAPIC: Version 0x03 Vectors 0:23

Sep 24 20:41:09 localhost kernel[0]: IOAPIC: Version 0x03 Vectors 24:47

Sep 24 20:41:09 localhost kernel[0]: Started CPU 01

Sep 24 20:41:09 localhost kernel[0]: ACPI: System State [s0 S3 S4 S5] (S3)

Sep 24 20:41:09 localhost kernel[0]: Security auditing service present

Sep 24 20:41:09 localhost kernel[0]: BSM auditing present

Sep 24 20:41:09 localhost kernel[0]: disabled

Sep 24 20:41:09 localhost kernel[0]: Waiting on <dict ID="0"><key>IOProviderClass</key><string ID="1">IOService</string><key>BSD Name</key><string ID="2">disk1s2</string></dict>

Sep 24 20:41:09 localhost kernel[0]: USB caused wake event (EHCI)

Sep 24 20:41:09 localhost kernel[0]: AppleVIAATADriver: VIA UNKNOWN (CMD 0x170, CTR 0x374, IRQ 15, BM 0xfc08)

Sep 24 20:41:09 localhost kernel[0]: AppleVIAATADriver: VIA UNKNOWN (CMD 0x1f0, CTR 0x3f4, IRQ 14, BM 0xfc00)

Sep 24 20:41:09 localhost kernel[0]: AppleVIAATADriver: VIA 8237 SATA (CMD 0xd880, CTR 0xd800, IRQ 21, BM 0xd488)

Sep 24 20:41:09 localhost kernel[0]: Got boot device = IOService:/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/SATA@F/AppleVIAATARoot/CHN1@1/AppleVIAATADriver/ATADeviceNub@0/IOATABlockStorageDriver/IOATABlockStorageDevice/IOBlockStorageDriver/ST3320620AS Media/IOFDiskPartitionScheme/Untitled 2@2

Sep 24 20:41:09 localhost kernel[0]: BSD root: disk1s2, major 14, minor 5

Sep 24 20:41:09 localhost kernel[0]: Extension "com.apple.driver.PioneerSuperDrive" has no kernel dependency.

Sep 24 20:41:09 localhost kernel[0]: Jettisoning kernel linker.

Sep 24 20:41:09 localhost kernel[0]: Resetting IOCatalogue.

Sep 24 20:41:09 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 4

Sep 24 20:41:09 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 5

Sep 24 20:41:09 localhost kernel[0]: net_pinxue_driver_ViaRhine: found Rhine II.

Sep 24 20:41:09 localhost kernel[0]: net_pinxue_driver_ViaRhine: PCI_REV 0x7c, PHY ID 0x1.

Sep 24 20:41:09 localhost kernel[0]: net_pinxue_driver_ViaRhine: Ethernet address 00:13:8f:a7:ce:8a

Sep 24 20:41:06 localhost memberd[54]: memberd starting up

Sep 24 20:41:06 localhost mDNSResponder-108 (Dec 25 2005 11: 57:53)[47]: starting

Hope this helps...

xBench_Stats.txt

marcian · September 25, 2006

Hi,

i'm currently running an i915p-based Mainboard. And it works like a charm for OsX86. But Single-Core P4-3.0 isn't exactly what i want. Additionally i have originally planned to build this i915p-based computer as a birthday-gift. When it didn't work, i ordered a 775Dual VSTA as spare part. Just afterwards i found out, that the graphics-adapter was the faulty component. Now i have the Dual VSTA right here by my side, unused and with 10-days left on the chance of returning the board to amazon.

After reading that this board works quite well, i consider on keeping it for myself. A nice Conroe CPU and ATI graphics adapter would make a fine system over my aged A64-3000+.

There are three points which i need to know before deciding:

a) Will the SSE3-kernel run? SSE3 emulation is major pain... One says SSE3-kernel runs, the next says it gives you a kernel panic...

Why disable extended flags? (stated on page 2)

c) Why did "m muller" disable one of his Pentium D8xx cores?

Greets Marcian

m.muller · September 25, 2006

Hi,

i'm currently running an i915p-based Mainboard. And it works like a charm for OsX86. But Single-Core P4-3.0 isn't exactly what i want. Additionally i have originally planned to build this i915p-based computer as a birthday-gift. When it didn't work, i ordered a 775Dual VSTA as spare part. Just afterwards i found out, that the graphics-adapter was the faulty component. Now i have the Dual VSTA right here by my side, unused and with 10-days left on the chance of returning the board to amazon.

After reading that this board works quite well, i consider on keeping it for myself. A nice Conroe CPU and ATI graphics adapter would make a fine system over my aged A64-3000+.

There are three points which i need to know before deciding:

a) Will the SSE3-kernel run? SSE3 emulation is major pain... One says SSE3-kernel runs, the next says it gives you a kernel panic...

Why disable extended flags? (stated on page 2)

c) Why did "m muller" disable one of his Pentium D8xx cores?

Greets Marcian

Hi Marcian,

Well if your are looking for the best conroe mobo for macosx i do not think that dual vsta is this one.

(Even if integrated part like sound, ntic, sata works)

Scope666 has a nice working config but without QE/CI (since he has nvidia card) and without SSE3.

I do have QE/CI but i score 7 on xbench / user interface score with my 9600 pro agp.

System is working but ui is slow. i think that via chipset that handle both pcie/agp is the cause.

I also have to disabled a core since my cpu has the dual core problem like most of the amd dual core. they called that strutering or something like that.

As Scope666 saids best budget mobo is srock Conroe945G-DVI board.

But if you still want to try to install osx on this board we will try to help you as much as we can.

I also plan to replace my D805 for a conroe cpu and buy a radeon 1600 XT/PRO PCIE and see if i have more luck . If you do so please come here to report succes/failure/pain.

Mathias

Ps : Sorry for bad english i am french

Scope666 · September 25, 2006

Hi Marcian,
Well if your are looking for the best conroe mobo for macosx i do not think that dual vsta is this one.

(Even if integrated part like sound, ntic, sata works)

Scope666 has a nice working config but without QE/CI (since he has nvidia card) and without SSE3.

I do have QE/CI but i score 7 on xbench / user interface score with my 9600 pro agp.

System is working but ui is slow. i think that via chipset that handle both pcie/agp is the cause.

I also have to disabled a core since my cpu has the dual core problem like most of the amd dual core. they called that strutering or something like that.

As Scope666 saids best budget mobo is srock Conroe945G-DVI board.

But if you still want to try to install osx on this board we will try to help you as much as we can.

I also plan to replace my D805 for a conroe cpu and buy a radeon 1600 XT/PRO PCIE and see if i have more luck . If you do so please come here to report succes/failure/pain.

Mathias

Ps : Sorry for bad english i am french

Well spoken, I agree that the Conroe945G-DVI is the best choice if OS X is your main drive behind the decision.

I broke down and purchased an x1900 XT card (Sapphire) so I do have QE / CI now... I have the new stats attached to this post.

I tried a reinstall with the Jas 10.4.7 DVD and only chose the SSE3 kernel patch and sure enough I got Kernel Panic, so I had to re-install and select SSE2 instead. From my understanding even with the SSE2 kernel you do end up using the SSE3 features most of the time, regardless of what the OS shows.

My CPU stats are well over 100 in xBench so it must be using most of the Conroe's horse power...

xBench_Stats.txt

m.muller · September 25, 2006

I broke down and purchased an x1900 XT card (Sapphire) so I do have QE / CI now... I have the new stats attached to this post.

Wow nice stats. I wish i had the same.

So perhaps this mobo is not a so bad choice for hackintosh

Just have to found some bucks to buy more DDR2, a conroe proc and x1900XT !!! :ninja:

Good job scope666 !!

Mathias

Edit: Do you have pain to make your X1900XT working ?

Scope666 · September 25, 2006

Wow nice stats. I wish i had the same.
So perhaps this mobo is not a so bad choice for hackintosh

Just have to found some bucks to buy more DDR2, a conroe proc and x1900XT !!!

Good job scope666 !!

Mathias

Edit: Do you have pain to make your X1900XT working ?

actually, it was quite easy, I used the option in the Jas 10.4.7 DVD for ATI x1600 / x1800 / x1900 and it worked right away, no modification necessary...

:-)

marcian · September 25, 2006

Well. Seems that i need to send theBoard back.

The main reason for keeping the 775Dual-VSTA would be that i have enough DDR1 Ram right here. DDR2-prices are climbing in the last few weeks....

Thank you for the quick answers.

marcian · September 26, 2006

Well i was so curious that i needed to try the board.

It doesn't like my Sapphire X300SE-Card. I get no picture. With my old Radeon 7500 the board will boot. So i think the AsrockBoard doesn't like the graphics card...

m.muller · September 26, 2006

Well i was so curious that i needed to try the board.

It doesn't like my Sapphire X300SE-Card. I get no picture. With my old Radeon 7500 the board will boot. So i think the AsrockBoard doesn't like the graphics card...

Yes this board has some limitation with graphics cards.

Agp must be 1.5v card (should be careful with that 3V card can destroy mobo they said)

PCIE is only 4x and the list of supported card can be found on asrock website . use link in the first post.

nightwalker · October 7, 2006

does anyone know if the asus nvidia fx5200 works with this mobo?

marcian · October 7, 2006

FX 5200 is AGP. I don't think that should be a problem.

As a (preliminary) final message from me to this Thread: I've sent the Board back to the supplier coz i didn't have the time to mess around in the last week. Perhaps i'mgonna try it sometime in the near future.

samtruman · October 14, 2006

Hi, someone can post me a worked AppleVIAATA.kext for 775dual vsta.

I've tried the mod but i have wrong something and now when i try to load it, the system say that it can't load it because not bundle found, i've searched for this error, maybe the kext is damaged, so I ned a good new one.

who can help me?

Here come an extract of my AppleVIAATA.kext look at bold ID

<key>VIA PATA Controller</key>

<dict>

<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>

<string>com.apple.driver.AppleVIAATA</string>

<key>Hardware Name</key>

<string>82C571</string>

<key>IOClass</key>

<string>AppleVIAATARoot</string>

<key>IOPCIPrimaryMatch</key>

<string>0x05711106</string>

<key>IOProbeScore</key>

<integer>1000</integer>

<key>IOProviderClass</key>

<string>IOPCIDevice</string>

<key>ISA Bridge Matching</key>

<dict>

<key>IOPCIClassMatch</key>

<string>0x06010000&0xffff0000</string>

<key>IOProviderClass</key>

<string>IOPCIDevice</string>

</dict>

<key>Serial ATA</key>

<false/>

</dict>

<key>VIA SATA Controller</key>

<dict>

<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>

<string>com.apple.driver.AppleVIAATA</string>

<key>Hardware Name</key>

<string>8237 SATA</string>

<key>IOClass</key>

<string>AppleVIAATARoot</string>

<key>IOPCIPrimaryMatch</key>

<string>0x05911106 0x31491106 0x00e310de 0x005410de 0x005510de</string>

<key>IOProbeScore</key>

<string>1000</string>

<key>IOProviderClass</key>

<string>IOPCIDevice</string>

<key>Serial ATA</key>

<true/>

</dict>

bsiple · October 22, 2006

After tinkering with the bios options, i am still unable to get the 10.4.7 install dvd to boot. I get the "press enter now to install", but after i press enter the computer reboots. I've disabled all options under the cpu page. I've got the latest 1.9 bios and im using the hotiso 10.4.7 release. Can someone tell me what im doing wrong?

m.muller · October 24, 2006

After tinkering with the bios options, i am still unable to get the 10.4.7 install dvd to boot. I get the "press enter now to install", but after i press enter the computer reboots. I've disabled all options under the cpu page. I've got the latest 1.9 bios and im using the hotiso 10.4.7 release. Can someone tell me what im doing wrong?

Hi,

I do not face this kind of problem but you may try to change IDE ctrl allocated to drive and dvd reader.

You may try also to disable all bios extra feature such as usb, sound, etc ..

Use only ps/2 keyboard and mouse.

You also can try to press F8 key at boot and type: -v as osx boot parameter (this help sometime).

Good luck and came back here to report succes !!

Regards

Mathias

bsiple · October 28, 2006

No, still same thing happens... Did you use an IDE drive as the target drive? Im running only sata, and 2 dvd IDE drives. Looks like i'll have to settle for vmware. :compress:

m.muller · October 28, 2006

No, still same thing happens... Did you use an IDE drive as the target drive? Im running only sata, and 2 dvd IDE drives. Looks like i'll have to settle for vmware.

As far as know there is no solution to install directly on SATA. You have to install one ATA then make a disk copy from ATA to SATA

Mathias

bsiple · October 29, 2006

After playing with some of the options in the bios, I finally got osx to install. However after i install the x1600 drivers (Boris method) i no longer get the login window after boot. I know this video card worked with osx on my previous motherboard flawlessly after installing the drivers. For some reason though i just get a blank screen, but the computer continues to load the os. I uninstalled the drivers and got my desktop back @ 1024x768. Did i forget to do something?

henry.oswald · November 1, 2006

Well ive got it to install on my machine but i cant work out how to get sound and lan working, does anyone have an idiots guide to how to install drivers etc? What about this new 10.4.8 jas version ive got it comming hoping it will help maybe

m.muller · November 1, 2006

Well ive got it to install on my machine but i cant work out how to get sound and lan working, does anyone have an idiots guide to how to install drivers etc? What about this new 10.4.8 jas version ive got it comming hoping it will help maybe

Hi,

it's normal that is do not work from scratch.

HAve a look here for sound and search from viarhine for ethernet driver

i've installed 10.4.8 with no probs but no major improvement too.

t-squared · November 2, 2006

Well ive got it to install on my machine but i cant work out how to get sound and lan working, does anyone have an idiots guide to how to install drivers etc? What about this new 10.4.8 jas version ive got it comming hoping it will help maybe

I used an installer JaS made.. You can find it here:

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...hine&st=60#

Worked like a charm for me.

ASROCK 775Dual-VSTA

ATI Radeon 9600 SE

1 GB Corsair ValueSelect DDR

Intel Core 2 Duo 6300

noded · November 2, 2006

Hi, i'm trying to install with JaS 10.4.7 but when i "press enter to install" the pc reboots, i disabled usb, ethernet, audio and the cpu flags but still reboots. I tried again with JaS 10.4.8 i booted the dvd but the kernel stops saying "still waiting for root device". What should i do next ?

my specs are:

Core 2 Duo E6300

775Dual-VSTA

2gb DDR Twinmos

XFX 6800GS AGP8x

have both IDE and SATA HDD

Thanks!

henry.oswald · November 2, 2006

I thought this was a dead thread and no one would reply thanks! Ive got lan up and running along with full resoultion on my 7800 (although the performance is extreamly poor)

sound ive not got it going yet, im using

and

Think they are right what is everyone else using?

Asrock 775Dual VSTA

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