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P4 3GHz, P4C800E-Deluxe, nVidia 6600GT


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Pentium 4, 3Ghz

P4C800E-Deluxe (no AHCI in BiOS)

RAM Adata 2GB

nVidia XFX GeForce 6600GT

ethernet VIA 6307

(hottest build of 2004)

 

OSx86: iDeneb 10.5.8 v.1.6 Lite Edition

 

Everything works, except for Sleep mode, have to shut it down every time.

 

I installed with default customization, installation was a success, but didn't boot.

 

Started adding, one by one:

 

- kernel: 9.5.0 kernel Voodoo

 

- boot HD: Drivers/Chipset/ICHx fix (no AHCI in mobo BiOS (only IDE and RAID - set to IDE); without AHCI it will forever be "Still waiting for root device" or the grey crossed Apple logo). If still doesn't work, try adding Drivers/Chipset/AHCI SATA-IDE

 

The rest, deal with it after system installs and boots OK:

 

- graphics card - NVDarwin 128MB <instead of 128 type your graphic card RAM size> (by default, it's 1024x768). Best use nVidia, as Apple has some feud with ATI drivers. ATI All-In-Wonder 9600 was leaving trails and artefacts after the cursor.

 

- audio - AppleAC97Audio.kext - not included in the build, look for it online

 

- DVD, USB, FireWire - worked out of the box

 

- ethernet - should work by itself; if not, unplug the cord and plug it back in. Either that, or it starts working on its own a couple of minutes after the boot, hard to say.

 

I tried AppleIntel8255x.kext for ethernet - caused kernel panic.

 

To remove a bad kext manually, enter -s at the loader prompt to enter single mode.

Once in text console, enter:

 

mount -uw /

sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/<Bad Kext Name>.kext

 

and reboot.

 

Good luck!

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