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Hi there!

 

This is to write a success story in setting up a Hackintosh using the said motherboard (detailed specs are in the sig):

200609050852270687_945G7MD-8EKRS2H.jpg

FYI: I am using the 12/15/2006 BIOS on the motherboard

Using also a USB keyboard and a USB mouse

 

My setup is a triple-boot OS using XP bootloader (via boot.ini)

- MS-DOS of Win98 (first primary - active)

- Mac OSX (second primary)

- WinXP (third primary)

 

Setup

- PATA Optical drives are hooked to the ICH7 IDE

- PATA 320gb HDD is hooked to the JMB IDE

- Not using any SATA (but this setup may apply)

 

What is solved

Stability!

 

Not working still:

- x1950Pro - no QE/CI but with resolution/refresh change (use drivers from this link -- Many thanks to jccool for this

 

Working:

- Audio -- attached in this link

- Firewire -- supported by the installer

- onboard video (supported by the installer i suppose - haven't tested it yet because my primary montor is the x1950pro)

- Network -- attached in this link

 

The tools I used in this setup is a DOS bootable thumbdrive containing Partition Magic for DOS (this will be used to correct boot info after the installation of JAS OSX). A DOS bootable CD will suffice.

 

Here are the steps

1.) From WinXP I reserved and made a partition to be used by OSX using diskpart. Make sure the partition type is of ID=AF

2.) Copy the CHAIN0 file from the Jas DVD to the root of drive C

3.) Edit boot.ini in drive c via notepad and add the following line at the end:

C:\CHAIN0="Mac OSX"

4.) Restart and boot using the JaS.10.4.8.AMD.Intel.SSE2.SSE3 PPF1 DVD

5.) Erase the partition to be used for OSX

6.) Install OSX on the said partition with the following parameters enabled on the Jas Customization part

- used Intel SSE

- enabled 10.4.4 about this mac crash fix

Note: you can customize the other parameters, like installing language packs, printer drivers, x11, etc.

7.) Once installed, reboot from the thumbdrive

8.) It will boot to DOS. From there run partition magic and from there

- correct any partition-related errors

- Set the DOS Partition to be active

- Set the XP Partition to be 'NOT' hidden

9.) Reboot. Go to the BIOS and make sure that C1E setting is disabled from the CPU options under the Advanced BIOS menu. Once done, save settings and reboot.

10.) The boot menu will show OSX as an option. Choose it. But as soon as you have chosen it, quickly tap on F8 key to bring the Darwin boot menu

11.) From the Darwin boot menu, highlight the OSX partition by using the arrow keys

12.) Before pressing enter, on the space provided, make sure to enter the following

-legacy -f

13.) OSX should boot and fill the necessary info until it will go to the finder and will show the desktop.

14.) From the finder, copy the driver files (attached in this post) to the desktop.

15.) Decompress all the ZIP files

16.) Drag & Drop the following files to the Desktop

'AppleAzaliaAudio.kext'

'ApplePS2Controller.kext'

'RealtekR1000.kext'

17.) Open 'Terminal' and type the following inside it. It will ask for a password, just enter the root password you're using. Clue: that is the password of the 1st account.

sudo -s

18.) Copy and paste the 3 lines to the terminal

sudo cp -R ~/Desktop/AppleAzaliaAudio.kext  /System/Library/Extensions
sudo cp -R ~/Desktop/ApplePS2Controller.kext  /System/Library/Extensions
sudo cp -R ~/Desktop/RealtekR1000.kext  /System/Library/Extensions

19.) Copy and paste the 3 lines to the terminal

sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/AppleAzaliaAudio.kext
sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/ApplePS2Controller.kext
sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/RealtekR1000.kext

20.) Copy ang paste the 3 lines to the terminal

sudo chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/AppleAzaliaAudio.kext
sudo chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/ApplePS2Controller.kext
sudo chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/RealtekR1000.kext

21.) Delete the files: Extensions.kextcache , Extensions.mkext from /System/Library

22.) Delete the file: AppleHDA.kext from /System/Library/Extensions

23.) Under terminal, type the following

sudo -s
nano /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist

24.) It should open up a word-processor like environment that let's you edit the startup options.

25.) Navigate to edit the entries and make sure that after this line

<key>Kernel Flags</key>

The following is added

<string>-f</string>
<key>Timeout</key>
<string>5</string>

From there, press ctrl-X and it will prompt you to save the file. Save it. It will go back to the terminal prompt.

26.) Close 'Terminal'

27.) Open 'Disk Utility' and repair permissions

28.) Reboot computer and go to the BIOS so you may re-enable C1E

29.) Repeat steps 10-12. From here, everything should be working.

30.) From here, you can install the x1950Pro video driver if applicable on your setup.

31.) All succeeding reboots will not require any switches anymore

 

Followup: will post links to where i got the resources (aside from jccool's).

AppleAzaliaAudio.kext.zip

ApplePS2Controller.kext.zip

RealtekR1000.kext.zip

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edmoncu
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Notes:

 

-Please do not enable C1E again on the BIOS. It should stay disabled.

I have noticed that re-enabling it makes OSX unstable again.

 

-Make sure that the PATA IDE on the JMB is set to IDE and not RAID.

It will run on RAID but have encountered kernel panic.

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  • 6 months later...
DeQuevedem
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Hi

 

How the hell did you make working the jmb361 ide controller on the mobbo?

 

I have just bought this mobbo and im desperate!

 

Also managed to get sound output with the alc861 onboard but no volume control available on the system ( minor issue, i dont care at all )

 

 

Hi there!

 

This is to write a success story in setting up a Hackintosh using the said motherboard (detailed specs are in the sig):

FYI: I am using the 12/15/2006 BIOS on the motherboard

Using also a USB keyboard and a USB mouse

 

My setup is a triple-boot OS using XP bootloader (via boot.ini)

- MS-DOS of Win98 (first primary - active)

- Mac OSX (second primary)

- WinXP (third primary)

 

Setup

- PATA Optical drives are hooked to the ICH7 IDE

- PATA 320gb HDD is hooked to the JMB IDE

- Not using any SATA (but this setup may apply)

 

What is solved

Stability!

 

Not working still:

- x1950Pro - no QE/CI but with resolution/refresh change (use drivers from this link -- Many thanks to jccool for this

 

Working:

- Audio -- attached in this link

- Firewire -- supported by the installer

- onboard video (supported by the installer i suppose - haven't tested it yet because my primary montor is the x1950pro)

- Network -- attached in this link

 

The tools I used in this setup is a DOS bootable thumbdrive containing Partition Magic for DOS (this will be used to correct boot info after the installation of JAS OSX). A DOS bootable CD will suffice.

 

Here are the steps

1.) From WinXP I reserved and made a partition to be used by OSX using diskpart. Make sure the partition type is of ID=AF

2.) Copy the CHAIN0 file from the Jas DVD to the root of drive C

3.) Edit boot.ini in drive c via notepad and add the following line at the end:

C:\CHAIN0="Mac OSX"

4.) Restart and boot using the JaS.10.4.8.AMD.Intel.SSE2.SSE3 PPF1 DVD

5.) Erase the partition to be used for OSX

6.) Install OSX on the said partition with the following parameters enabled on the Jas Customization part

- used Intel SSE

- enabled 10.4.4 about this mac crash fix

Note: you can customize the other parameters, like installing language packs, printer drivers, x11, etc.

7.) Once installed, reboot from the thumbdrive

8.) It will boot to DOS. From there run partition magic and from there

- correct any partition-related errors

- Set the DOS Partition to be active

- Set the XP Partition to be 'NOT' hidden

9.) Reboot. Go to the BIOS and make sure that C1E setting is disabled from the CPU options under the Advanced BIOS menu. Once done, save settings and reboot.

10.) The boot menu will show OSX as an option. Choose it. But as soon as you have chosen it, quickly tap on F8 key to bring the Darwin boot menu

11.) From the Darwin boot menu, highlight the OSX partition by using the arrow keys

12.) Before pressing enter, on the space provided, make sure to enter the following

-legacy -f

13.) OSX should boot and fill the necessary info until it will go to the finder and will show the desktop.

14.) From the finder, copy the driver files (attached in this post) to the desktop.

15.) Decompress all the ZIP files

16.) Drag & Drop the following files to the Desktop

'AppleAzaliaAudio.kext'

'ApplePS2Controller.kext'

'RealtekR1000.kext'

17.) Open 'Terminal' and type the following inside it. It will ask for a password, just enter the root password you're using. Clue: that is the password of the 1st account.

sudo -s

18.) Copy and paste the 3 lines to the terminal

sudo cp -R ~/Desktop/AppleAzaliaAudio.kext  /System/Library/Extensions
sudo cp -R ~/Desktop/ApplePS2Controller.kext  /System/Library/Extensions
sudo cp -R ~/Desktop/RealtekR1000.kext  /System/Library/Extensions

19.) Copy and paste the 3 lines to the terminal

sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/AppleAzaliaAudio.kext
sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/ApplePS2Controller.kext
sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/RealtekR1000.kext

20.) Copy ang paste the 3 lines to the terminal

sudo chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/AppleAzaliaAudio.kext
sudo chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/ApplePS2Controller.kext
sudo chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/RealtekR1000.kext

21.) Delete the files: Extensions.kextcache , Extensions.mkext from /System/Library

22.) Delete the file: AppleHDA.kext from /System/Library/Extensions

23.) Under terminal, type the following

sudo -s
nano /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist

24.) It should open up a word-processor like environment that let's you edit the startup options.

25.) Navigate to edit the entries and make sure that after this line

<key>Kernel Flags</key>

The following is added

<string>-f</string>
<key>Timeout</key>
<string>5</string>

From there, press ctrl-X and it will prompt you to save the file. Save it. It will go back to the terminal prompt.

26.) Close 'Terminal'

27.) Open 'Disk Utility' and repair permissions

28.) Reboot computer and go to the BIOS so you may re-enable C1E

29.) Repeat steps 10-12. From here, everything should be working.

30.) From here, you can install the x1950Pro video driver if applicable on your setup.

31.) All succeeding reboots will not require any switches anymore

 

Followup: will post links to where i got the resources (aside from jccool's).

DeQuevedem
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Using Uphuck 1.3, during the installation phase, i can see ALL the units on the computer, even, the unit´s jmicron controller, but once installed the system keeps the jmicron units totally unseen.

 

There is anyway to find out what kexts are loaded off the dvd fpr the installation process in order to use it on the installed system?

 

Thank you

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edmoncu
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trying my luck with leopard using the flat-image since i was unable to install it via the patched disc (yet)...

picture1om6.png

 

stability isn't 100% yet as i still encounter occasional kernel panics, but compared to tiger, this is more stable... hope i could pinpoint the cause of this longtime grrr, stability problem.

 

the good thing is that almost all of the hardware on this pc (see specs on sig) is supported... 8800gts 320mb has hardware QI/CE enabled as well as resolution change. that is without any driver mods! ;)

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