Nazfera2 Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Hello i have a computer with these Spec. Motherboard: MSI X58 Platinum Sli CPU: i7 920 Hard Drive: 1.5TB SATA SAMSUNG, 250GB SATA WesternDigital. ROMS: DVD Burner SATA, Bluray Sata. Display: ATI Radeon HD5750 Network:Realtek RTL8187 Wireless 802.11b/g 54Mbps USB 2.0 Network Adapter I Reasently bought Lion and my question is have anyone run lion on the MSI X58 Platinum Sli MOBO ???? how did you install it and what should i do to do the same. or if anyone know where to point me to the right place i will appreciate it, i dont think i am alone with this motherboard because it is a i7. also what bootloader would be a good deal for my mobo, its been a while sence i been here so correct me if im wrong on this question.... "does Empire Efi still work and is it up to date for the use of Lion?" i would like to start a post for this motherboard only so please dont comment if you have a similar board. "only X58 Platinum Sli" Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/263389-mac-os-x-lion-on-msi-x58-platinum-sli/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
InteliMac Pro Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 I'm running Lion on this motherboard now. If you've got 10.6.8 installed now, google XMove, follow those instructions, but before you go to reboot into the installer partition, download and install the chimera bootloader from tonymac. That should get you into the installer. If you're wondering about a fresh install, I'm currently looking into that myself. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/263389-mac-os-x-lion-on-msi-x58-platinum-sli/#findComment-1733001 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nazfera2 Posted August 15, 2011 Author Share Posted August 15, 2011 hey how did you installed and update snow leopard on this motherboard. the old tutorial has its links down. http://osx86.co/f57/guide-retail-msi-x58-p...tures-64-t4084/ i have installed it but im having trouble with my usb keyboard and mouse being detected. also how do you update snowleopard. and better yet, have you found out any info on a direct install for lion? I'm running Lion on this motherboard now. If you've got 10.6.8 installed now, google XMove, follow those instructions, but before you go to reboot into the installer partition, download and install the chimera bootloader from tonymac. That should get you into the installer. If you're wondering about a fresh install, I'm currently looking into that myself. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/263389-mac-os-x-lion-on-msi-x58-platinum-sli/#findComment-1735317 Share on other sites More sharing options...
InteliMac Pro Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Download and burn [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] from tonymac. That should get you into the SL installer no prob. Then download [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] from tonymac also. If you don't have a modified DSDT, try the [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] install. You'll need VoodooHDA for audio ( Use the third oldest one that doesn't include the prefpane. All the ones with the prefpane give me a horrible hiss in my speakers). I just updated SL via software update. You may need the update helper before doing the 10.6.8 combo update. I'm not sure if it's necessary for this board. You can also find that on tonymac's site. Right now I'm in the process of trying to do a fresh SL install and then update to Lion, however for some reason I can't get the Lion installer to boot now. It keeps hanging on boot with a bug of some kind. I have no idea why it's doing it now. When I upgraded to Lion the first time it worked no prob. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/263389-mac-os-x-lion-on-msi-x58-platinum-sli/#findComment-1735340 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nazfera2 Posted August 20, 2011 Author Share Posted August 20, 2011 i have tied it before and i have tried agein to verify. i tried the latest [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] and SL retail. and it hangs on "Loading VoodooHDA" which i dont really need becouse i run my computer on HDMI i depend on my video cards audio. ATI Radeon HD5750 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/263389-mac-os-x-lion-on-msi-x58-platinum-sli/#findComment-1737573 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nazfera2 Posted August 21, 2011 Author Share Posted August 21, 2011 http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=265900 gona give this a try.... i dont seem to have IATKOS S3 i thought i did. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/263389-mac-os-x-lion-on-msi-x58-platinum-sli/#findComment-1737833 Share on other sites More sharing options...
InteliMac Pro Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 boot with -x and remove voodoohda from S/L/E. Did you install any other audio fixes for the ALC888 codec? If you did voodoohda will conflict with them. That link is essentially the same method as tonymac, but using an SL Distro install rather than the retail disc install. I had Lion working once, so I know it works, I just can't figure out why i keep getting this Bug: launcherctl.c: 2408... error every time I try booting from the installer partition after a clean install. I don't think the two kexts needed for that tutorial are needed on the X58 Platinum, but I may be wrong. The first time I did the upgrade, I was running on a system that had updated to 10.6.8 with no problems. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/263389-mac-os-x-lion-on-msi-x58-platinum-sli/#findComment-1738686 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nazfera2 Posted October 9, 2011 Author Share Posted October 9, 2011 boot with -x and remove voodoohda from S/L/E. Did you install any other audio fixes for the ALC888 codec? If you did voodoohda will conflict with them. That link is essentially the same method as tonymac, but using an SL Distro install rather than the retail disc install. I had Lion working once, so I know it works, I just can't figure out why i keep getting this Bug: launcherctl.c: 2408... error every time I try booting from the installer partition after a clean install. I don't think the two kexts needed for that tutorial are needed on the X58 Platinum, but I may be wrong. The first time I did the upgrade, I was running on a system that had updated to 10.6.8 with no problems. did you manage to actually install lion without any problem ? sorry i took soo long to reply, im actually about to install lion right now that i have time. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/263389-mac-os-x-lion-on-msi-x58-platinum-sli/#findComment-1757753 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nazfera2 Posted October 9, 2011 Author Share Posted October 9, 2011 i just tried to use [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] with -x and goes to kernel panic. i remember when SL came out i used chamaleon. but i haven't tried it because i am going to need a hard drive to install it, for some reason i cant copy it to a disk. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/263389-mac-os-x-lion-on-msi-x58-platinum-sli/#findComment-1757791 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nazfera2 Posted October 10, 2011 Author Share Posted October 10, 2011 OK looks like chameleon is the ONLY one that works with snow leopard retail. chimera is not working at all. the only way i manage to make chameleon to work is by typing. -v cpus=1 for installation only. my alfa network awus036h is having issues and i just scrapped my installed snow leopard so ill try a fresh install tomorrow. hopefully my alfa network awus036h will work..... oh yea i just knowtest that only 4 or my usb's are working on snow leopard.... that might be why my alfa is not working. also i will not have sound. my video card is pure HDMI until i find a working kext for ATI Radeon HD5750 i guess i wont have audio. oh well.... i guess i dont have to upgrade snow leopard and install lion. iatkos L1 is just out. @_@ i guess its better to have a distro for lion... because this is hella breaking my head. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/263389-mac-os-x-lion-on-msi-x58-platinum-sli/#findComment-1757996 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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