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Hello to everybody.

 

Finally I've my Perfect Desktop System :

 

Motherboad: AS Rock 775i945GZ

BIOS: P1.40 (American Megatrends Inc.) - 1.40 IMPORTANT For Dual Core !!!

CPU: Intel Pendium D 805 - 2 x 2.67 Ghz (not yet overclocked!)

Cache: L2 - 2MB (one per core)

CPU Info: FPU VME DE PSE TSC MSR PAE MCE CX8 APIC SEP MTRR PGE MCA CMOV PAT PSE36 CLFSH DS ACPI MMX FXSR SSE SSE2 SSE3 SS HTT TM EST

Bus: 533 Mhz

RAM: 2 x 512MB (no brand)

HD: Maxtor 320GB

CDROM: DVD+RW DL NEC (_NEC DVD_RW ND-4551A - Rev 1.07)

LAN: en0 100 Mbit - Integrated

Firewire: PCI Open HCI IEEE 1394

Audio: 2 stereo channel - Integrated

Video: Intel 950GZ Video 1600x1200 - Integrated (Quartz Express and Core Image 100% Working)

SATA: Working

 

USB:

 

C-Media USB Headphone Set: Mic and 2ch Out - Sound Blaster USB kext driver (from 10.4.6 or new 10.4.8) - For Skype (tested!) ando other apps

Apple Pro Keyboard: Perfect

Trust 2012 SoundForce: USB Audio (loudspeakers USB)

 

Software:

Mac OS X 10.4.8 8L2127 (From 10.4.7) - 8.4.1

All software works great

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armus2112
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Your HD is SATA or IDE?

 

And how can your Pentium D processor not be SSE3 capable??!? Are you sure?

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel...microprocessors

http://balusc.xs4all.nl/srv/har-cpu-int-pd.php

http://www.intel.com/products/processor/pe...rodbrief800.pdf

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LOL. Well, MY 805 is SSE3 compatible at least ;-p

 

They are SSE3 capable, but it never seems to show up in the system profiler. This has been the case since the beginning for me. Even making sure not to install SSE3 patches. Back to 10.4.1 it's never shown SSE3 capable, it's very odd. But it works, you can even use the mifki kernel, works fine so I'm sure it has it.

really_guest
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All works in these motherboard, sleep too !! (Yes, you press "Stop" and it "stop" really :))

Audio integrated works with a little hack (just modify 2 number in a plist file)

My PCI Firewire works great (I've already imported my MiniDV film from camera)

Sata works great.

The VGA integrated works really good (I've played "Tony hawks pro skaters 2" ) and some other game...

Buy it !!! :)

 

But remember, upgrade the bios to 1.4 for the dual core!

armus2112
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really_guest: I really want to build a system similar to yours. I hope you can answer these questions...

 

1- detail what steps you took to install the OS and any subsequent tweaks which were necessary. What custom patches did you select?

 

2- I have downloaded '10.4.6.install.dvd.iso', 'Mac-OS-X-10.4.7-AMD.Intel-(JaS)-ISO-Repack' and 'JaS.10.4.8.SSE3.Intel.Only.iso'. Which one did you start with?

 

3- You installed straight away to unformatted SATA HD? I am going to stick with IDE I'm pretty sure. Do I have to do any partitioning? I read something about using Fdisk extended from Hiren's boot CD to set the partition as active. Did you have to do this? Also read some stuff at http://www.osxx86.info/installguide/installguide.htm ... Any other disc prep I need to know about?

 

Anything you can detail will be very helpful. Here is hardware I'm considering. Fairly low budget... I look forward to your reply, thank you.

 

 

CASE

IN WIN IW-Z589T.J350FU2AD White Best Performed SECC Japanese Steel metal MicroATX Mini Tower Computer Case 350W Power Supply - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16811108038

44.99

 

MOTHERBOARD

ASRock 775i945GZ Socket T (LGA 775) Intel 945GZ Micro ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16813157095

http://www.asrock.com/product/775i945GZ.htm

59.99

 

CPU

Intel Celeron D 356 Cedar Mill 3.33GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80552356 - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16819112213

65.99

 

MEMORY

2 x Kingston Technologies 512MB DDR2 ValueRAM Desktop Memory [533MHz]

 

HARD DRIVE (not using SATA)

Western Digital 160GB Internal Hard Drive (ATA100)

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Western-Dig...roductDetail.do

79.99 web ($20 off web special) [i have Circuit City gift card to cover this]

(set explicitly to MASTER! on IDE0)

 

DVD BURNER - _NEC DVD_RW ND-3550A

(set explicitly to SLAVE! on IDE0)

 

AUDIO

Native on motherboard (tweak necessary (?))

"Realtek ALC888 7.1channel CODEC with High Definition Audio"

 

VIDEO

Native on motherboard

"Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950" (GMA950)

 

LAN

Native on motherboard

"Realtek PCI LAN 8101L"

really_guest
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I've select:

 

1- USB

2 - Azalia (for sound)

3 - GMA 900 (in 10.4.7 or GMA 950 in 10.4.8)

 

Use JaS.10.4.8.SSE3.Intel.Only.iso with the patch for usb and for the system profile. Works great.

I've installed on IDE Hard Drive, not yet tested on sata :sorcerer: Buy a little HD (20GB for 30$) and use it for master/slave solution :offtopic:

 

For your hardware, is ok, execpt for CPU: buy a dual core, not a celeron: works very well in multithreading process.

For the RAM remember the dual channel mode. If you tell 2 GB in dual channel, yor system will fly :help: (OSX need MOOORE RAM)

It's all!

 

Tell me if you need more support!

Bye

armus2112
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I thought you started from 10.4.7. You think I should install from the 10.4.8 Jas DVD?

 

For audio did you use this to get it to work? http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=18642

 

Are the USB and GMA patches part of the 10.4.8 patches, so I can just select them during install? Can you comment about the drive preparation (partitioning etc?)

 

Thanks very much. I'm building a budget system here so I'm going with Celeron D 3.33Gz.

really_guest
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10.4.7 + jas 10.4.8 patch = perfect

10.4.8 = I'm just testing it (network wont start..today I'll try the new kernel)

 

For audio output the howto is great, but the microphone not work. If you like skype, you need to buy the usb c-media for 9$. I've it and it's perfect!

armus2112
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10.4.8 = I'm just testing it (network wont start..today I'll try the new kernel)

 

Hmm okay. Please update the thread on your progress. Anything you learn to get it working would be very useful. Thank you.

 

p.s. why are you bothering to do this? why not stick with 10.4.7 + 10.4.8 upgrade?

armus2112
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progress on my PC

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I've assembled my PC (hardware: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=32683#) & installed 10.4.7 JaS DVD. Disc prep was easy, simply used Disk Utility to partition and prepare the drive during the pre-install DVD setup. I chose 'Customize' & selected just 3 patches during install (the "Intel.10.4.7.Combo.Update", "Intel.SSE3" and "10.4.7.GMA.Support". Installed and booted okay.

 

After install, I setup my user account. Video (with QE), USB, network, sleep, everything worked except for audio, as expected. I did 'passwd root' to reset the root password. I applied the audio fix described at http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=18642. Selected "reboot" after this procedure and the PC locked up looping a sound on the PC internal speaker :)

 

after hard boot, audio came up! After 5 minutes, when running iTunes & listening to an mp3, I clicked on the Spotlight on upper right for 1st time and PC immediately gave me the "You need to restart your computer. Hold down the Power button for several seconds......". :construction:

 

Rebooted, and the PC has been stable since. Used for maybe 2 hours with no hangs. Audio works, Spotlight doesn't cause hang, About this Mac works, System profiler works, Quartz Extreme is enabled, my Xbench score was 879 or something. I haven't tried microphone but pretty sure it's not going to work. Otherwise all my hardware seems to work pretty nicely. Haven't done any other upgrades or other tweaks as of yet. Will continue to bang on it. :) uname -a shows 'Darwin Kernel version 8.4.1'. System Profiler: Mac OS X 10.4.7 (8J2135)

 

One more thing: DVD playback from DVD drive is a bit choppy. solved by installing _NEC DVD_RW ND-3550A

really_guest
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ok, with 10.4.8 dvd I've got finally my perfect system. Installed the apple's patch named: IOUSBFamily-261.4.2(Intel)-log.dmg (don't click the -log.pkg file): USB work back. Addedd the network with the 10.4.7 kext driver (AppleRTL8139Ethernet): Network work back. Finally I've copied the AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer.kext from 10.4.7, repaired permission, restarted with -s -x and then regenerate my kext with:

 

kextcache -k /system/library/extensions -z -a i386

kextcache -e -z -a i386

 

Quartz and CoreImage work back !

Ah, remember to put last mach_kernel in / with correct permission. After that, the system fly !

That's all. Super.

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