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Is this during the update or on the first boot following the update?

 

Try booting with CPUS=1 -v after updating. If there's a KP post a photo again.

 

What model identifier are you using?

 

Just to confirm, this is on a laptop with i3 CPU and not the hardware in your signature, right?

Is this during the update or on the first boot following the update?

 

Try booting with CPUS=1 -v after updating. If there's a KP post a photo again.

 

What model identifier are you using?

 

Just to confirm, this is on a laptop with i3 CPU and not the hardware in your signature, right?

 

Yes, I'm using the i3 Laptop (Gateway NV7915u) and what do you mean by model identifier

 

and I tried that and got this

 

CIMG0198.jpg

Yeah that didn't work...now it just panics on CPU 0 instead of CPU 3.

Yes, I'm using the i3 Laptop (Gateway NV7915u) and what do you mean by model identifier

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=model+identifier&n=1

 

Try using a model identifier from a macbook with nehalem CPU.

 

Use the forum search/google to find out which model identifier other people with similar hardware are using.

 

Model identifier and other DMI data goes in /Extra/smbios.plist.

It doesn't matter what year it came out. Try to find a mac laptop with nehalem CPU.

It's important for power management to work correctly that you use a laptop model identifier.

 

Once you have it, google "macmodelx,y DMI" (without the quotes) to find the info you need for smbios.plist.

 

As an example (don't use this!) from googling "macbook6,1 DMI" among the hits would be this page:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/g...ger/+bug/615812

Where you would find the DMI data (useless info stripped) for /Extra/smbios.plist:

 

dmi.bios.date: 03/15/10
dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.bios.version: MB61.88Z.00C8.B02.1003151501
dmi.board.name: Mac-F22C8AC8
dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.product.name: MacBook6,1
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Inc.

 

As I said this is just an example, find one that matches well with your CPU, if it matches other stuff like your video card it's a bonus.

The only nehalem is the desktops no laptops that i see

 

http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_...alem-specs.html

 

It also says mid 2010 they came out but i only see http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macb...body-specs.html

Right so that means MacBookPro6,2 - of which there are three vaguely different models:

http://www.everymac.com/ultimate-mac-looku...s=MacBookPro6,2

Now google 'MacBookPro6,2 DMI', find a linux bug report site like in my example above and pull your smbios.plist info from there.

ok so i would use

 

dmi.bios.date: 07/26/10
dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.bios.version: MBP61.88Z.0057.B0C.1007261552
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag#
dmi.board.name: Mac-F22586C8
dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.board.version: MacBookPro6,2
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: Mac-F22586C8
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAppleInc.:bvrMBP61.88Z.0057.B0C.1007261552:bd07/26/10:svnAppleInc.:pnMacBookPro6,2:pvr1.0:rvnAppleInc.:rnMac-F22586C8:rvrMacBookPro6,2:cvnAppleInc.:ct10:cvrMac-F22586C8:
dmi.product.name: MacBookPro6,2
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Inc.

Yes, exactly. Except you can't just paste that into a text file and name it smbios.plist.

 

google/forum search smbios.plist to learn what a proper one should look like.

 

Also refer to the example I posted earlier, those particular parts are all you need from the DMI data.

 

Then you can use Lizard to make a "real" fake serial number, or follow the guide at Prasys' blog, google 'Prasys serial number' to find it.

 

Note that I'm not promising that this will fix your issues but whatever happens it's certainly worth trying.

The thing is that OS X loads a power management profile based on model identifier, so loading one for the best possible matching hardware will surely help with *something*.

plist files are .xml formatted files, so you can use an xml editor.

 

Be careful not to mess up the formatting, this can cause "unexpected behavior" such as the .plist not being read at all.

 

I am on Windows right now with no access to my OS X partition, otherwise I would attach an smbios.plist for you to edit.

 

I'm sure you can find one in no time using the forum search, then just edit that with the information you have. Depending on your install method, maybe you have one in your /Extra folder already.

 

EDIT

 

Here's one: MacPro3_1smbios.plist.zip

Once you're done post your smbios.plist here and I'll check for you if everything looks okay.

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