ASUS A6Km/Z9200Km Problems

[zombidik]

First I tried famous deadmoo.

Applied kernel and coregraphics SSE3 patches.

Works great. But no chance to use new software on it.

Problems: No sound, No PATA, Geforce go 7300 (1024x768 vesa3) thus No QE/CI, No wireless.

CPU: Speed: 1800MHz FSB:200MHz

Fan triggers when the load gets high and becomes silent after cooling down.

 

Then JAS 1048 with SSE3.

It is installed from DVD easily.

Problems: No sound, No PATA, Geforce go 7300 (1024x768 vesa3) thus No QE/CI.

Wireless works after a small change in IO802.

CPU: Speed: 1800MHz FSB:400MHz

Fan never stops. Always highest RPM. It looks like CPU is burning !!!

 

I read many pages in the forum thus tried many kexts.

But none was working.

 

My details: (Sisoft Sandra)

 

System

Manufacturer : ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

Model : A6Km

 

System Chassis

Manufacturer : ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

Type : Notebook

 

Mainboard

Manufacturer : ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

MP Support : No

Model : A6Km

System BIOS : 63-0100-000001-00101111-050806-SiS756

 

Chipset 1

Model : ASUSTeK Computer Inc SiS755FX CPU to PCI Bridge

Bus(es) : ISA PCI PCIe IMB PCMCIA CardBus USB FireWire/1394 i2c/SMBus

Version : 1.05

Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 712MHz (1424MHz data rate)

In/Out Width : 16-bit / 16-bit

IO Queue Depth : 4 request(s)

 

Chipset 2

Model : Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Athlon 64 / Opteron HyperTransport Technology Configuration

Bus(es) : ISA PCI PCIe IMB PCMCIA CardBus USB FireWire/1394 i2c/SMBus

Version : 1.02

Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 712MHz (1424MHz data rate)

Maximum FSB Speed / Max Memory Speed : 2x 1000MHz / 2x 200MHz

In/Out Width : 16-bit / 16-bit

IO Queue Depth : 8 request(s)

 

APIC 1

Version : 1.04

Multiplier : 1/2x

Maximum Interrupts : 24

IRQ Handler Engaged : Yes

Enhanced Support : Yes

 

Environment Monitor 1 --- Not Working on OSX

Model : AD ADM1027 SMB

Version : 0.10

Mainboard Specific Support : No

 

USB Controller --- If anything plugged into USB, OSX doesn't boot. Can connect mouse or Ext. Drives after booted.

Model : ASUSTeK Computer Inc SiS5597/8 Universal Serial Bus Controller

Version : 1.00

Interface : OHCI

 

USB Controller --- If anything plugged into USB, OSX doesn't boot. Can connect mouse or Ext.Drives after booted.

Model : ASUSTeK Computer Inc SiS7002 USB 2.0 Enhanced Controller

Version : 2.00

Specification : 1.00

Interface : EHCI

 

FireWire/1394 Controller 1 ---OSX says it is working. Have no firewire peripherals. So don't know.

Model : ASUSTeK Computer Inc RL5c552 IEEE-1394 Controller

Version : 1.00

Interface : OHCI

Enhanced Support : Yes

Channels : 64

Speed : 400MHz

 

CardBus/PCMCIA Controller 1 ---Not working

Model : Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 CardBus Controller

 

System SMBus Controller 1 ---Don't know what this is

Model : SiS 964 Int SMBus

Specification : 1.00

Advanced TCO Mode Enabled : No

Slave Device Enabled : No

PEC Support : Yes

Speed : 55kHz

 

Device Type : VGA Video Adapter ---Works max 1024x768 Vesa 3. No QE/CI.

Device ID : bus 1, device 0, function 0

OEM Device Name : Nvidia Corp Quadro NVS 110M / GeForce Go 7300

OEM Hardware ID : FUN_0, VEN_10DE, DEV_01D7, REV_A1

Device Name : ASUSTeK Computer Inc Quadro NVS 110M / GeForce Go 7300

Product ID : VEN_1043, DEV_1101

Revision : K / 2 (161)

PS: Downloaded and installed 10.4.9 Nvidia Installer and Mobility.kext Installer from Diabolik's site.

I am getting some flickers on the startup screen. But then screen comes up with full CI/QE !!!

 

Device Type : Host Processor Bridge ---Don't know what this is

Device ID : bus 0, device 0, function 0

OEM Device Name : Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) SiS755FX CPU to PCI Bridge

OEM Hardware ID : FUN_0, VEN_1039, DEV_0756, REV_02

Device Name : ASUSTeK Computer Inc SiS755FX CPU to PCI Bridge

Product ID : VEN_1043, DEV_1977

Revision : A / 3 (2)

 

Device Type : PCI to ISA Bridge ---Don't know what this is

Device ID : bus 0, device 2, function 0

Windows Device Name : PCI standart ISA köprüsü

OEM Device Name : Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) PCI to ISA Bridge

OEM Hardware ID : FUN_0, VEN_1039, DEV_0964, REV_36

Revision : D / 7 (54)

 

Device Type : ATA Disk Controller ---Couldn't get ATA working fast. Sooo Slow.

Device ID : bus 0, device 2, function 5

OEM Device Name : Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) SiS5513 EIDE Controller (A,B step)

OEM Hardware ID : FUN_5, VEN_1039, DEV_5513, REV_01

Device Name : ASUSTeK Computer Inc SiS5513 EIDE Controller (A,B step)

Product ID : VEN_1043, DEV_1107

Revision : A / 2 (1)

PS: Downloaded from the Dox' link and installed. Works as SATA!!!

 

Device Type : Audio Multimedia Device ---Couldn't get any sound from the device.

Device ID : bus 0, device 2, function 7

Windows Device Name : Realtek AC'97 Audio

OEM Device Name : Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) SiS7012 Audio Codec

OEM Hardware ID : FUN_7, VEN_1039, DEV_7012, REV_A0

Device Name : ASUSTeK Computer Inc SiS7012 Audio Codec

Product ID : VEN_1043, DEV_1103

Revision : K / 1 (160)

PS: Followed the link Dox provided. Got the Sis7012 package. Executed install.sh script. There is some output on Line-Out but not clear enough to listen to a song.

 

Device Type : Ethernet Network ---Works nicely.

Device ID : bus 0, device B, function 0

Windows Device Name : Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family Gigabit Ethernet NIC

OEM Device Name : Realtek Semiconductor RTL8169 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter

OEM Hardware ID : FUN_0, VEN_10EC, DEV_8169, REV_10

Device Name : ASUSTeK Computer Inc RTL8169 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter

Product ID : VEN_1043, DEV_10A6

Revision : B / 1 (16)

 

Device Type : Other Network ---Wireless WL120G ---Works with airport utility after editing IO802...

Device ID : bus 0, device 9, function 0

Windows Device Name : ASUS 802.11g A? Ba?da?t?r?c?

OEM Device Name : Broadcom Corp BCM4309 802.11a/b/g

OEM Hardware ID : FUN_0, VEN_14E4, DEV_4318, REV_02

Device Name : ASUSTeK Computer Inc BCM4309 802.11a/b/g

Product ID : VEN_1043, DEV_120F

Revision : A / 3 (2)

 

 

I need help on non-working devices.

Is there anybody who has same-similar configuration and had those problematic devices working ?

Thanks...

[dox]

Hi zombidik, try this for audio driver http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...16404&st=40, and this for pata problem AppleVIAATA.kext.zip and:

• delete AppleVIAATA.kext in MacOS->System->Library->Extensions (pwd required)
  
• unzip the AppleVIAATA.kext.zip and put the new file in extensions folder (pwd required)
  
• open the terminal
  
• sudo -s
  
• chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/AppleVIAATA.kext
  
• chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/AppleVIAATA.kext
  
• rm /System/Library/Extensions.mkext
  
• rm /System/Library/Extensions.kextcache
  

then reboot.

Now osx will be faster, but on my a6km the kext causes some error so after the first reboot osx creates kextcache and disables the new one.

You can set "-f" on darwin bootloader and osx won't load kextcache.

 

I read somewhere that linux hangs up too plugging usb devices during boot, and I don't know any fix.

Nvidia natit patch should be on jas 10.4.8 dvd.

Read this for fan speed http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=44216 and take a look here http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showforum=75. Unfortunately this doesn't fix for me.

[zombidik]

Hey Dox,

Thanks for your reply.

I will try those kexts as soon as I have my JAS installation boot up.

 

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For the fan problem, have you tried passing fsb=200 on darwin bootloader? I saw that somewhere while googling for solutions for my A6Km.

On 1041, when I check system profile I see fsb 200(so everything works fine, fan triggers on and off depending on the CPU temperature) and on 1048 I see fsb 400 (so fan is always active because cpu works full speed).

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I just deleted HFS+ partition, where there was deadmoo and made a clean install using AMD jas1408 DVD.

There it seems that I cannot boot up anymore.

 

I use GRUB for booting.

I tried different methods(I think I tried everything on forums);

 

1.rootnoverify (hd0,3)

makeactive

chainloader (hd0,3)+1 ---that works with deadmoo but not with JAS1048

2.chain0 file from NTFS partition ---copied chain0 from DVD to NTFS, which works with deadmoo too but not with JAS1048

3.chain0 file from reiserfs partition. ---copied all boot files from DVD to boot directory

chainloader (hd0,6)/boot/chain0

4.also tried vmware where deadmoo and JAS are mounted and booting up deadmoo partition(image file) then passing

rd=disk1s4 (where JAS is mounted as phsycal partition) to darwin boot loader then I got /sbin/launchd error

if I directly boot to deadmoo it works and I also can see JAS partition mounted RW when deadmoo starts.

I also can mount JAS partition under linux and can read it.

5.dd'ed deadmoo image boot sector to JAS partition. When deadmoo booted up, from terminal dd if=/dev/rdisk0 of=boot_file bs=512 count=1 then copy that file to linux then dd if=boot_file of=/dev/hda4 ..When I boot up and select osx in GRUB, harddisk led keeps blinking as if there is a action but then nothing happens.

 

conclusion:

--I could boot deadmoo partition with any method up in the list. (directly from grub or chain0 in NTFS or reiserfs)

But JAS1048 doesn't boot with any.

--I can use JAS DVD passing rd=disk0s4 to darwin bootloader then boot JAS partition up easily.

But when I pass this from deadmoo darwin bootloader I got /sbin/launchd error.

--case of chain0 I got 'chain booting error' where it worked flawlessly with deadmoo.

 

Ideas:

--I started deadmoo in vmware. Using diskutility erased disk1s4(/dev/hda4 or (hd0,3) on real disk). I got a HFS+ partition.

Then started vmware deadmoo as IDE 0:0, phsycal partition (dev/hda4) as IDE 0:1 and a linux boot cd, and booted up with CD. Then from linux terminal I dd'ed hda to hdb4. I got a working physical copy of deadmoo which I could boot in vmware or from grub when the computer started.

So I got a 1:1 copy of deadmoo image in phsycal disk with its booting sector etc...therefore I could boot it up whenever I wanted.

But it looks like JAS DVD has some problems creating that boot sector on /dev/hda4. So when I try to boot it up it cannot find boot sector or other bootfiles in /dev/hda4.

When I boot up to darwin bootloader with JAS DVD and pass rd=disk0s4 it boots it up nicely.

 

I tried almost all kexts in the forum to get sound and graphics to work etc but since I have to boot from JAS DVD it looks like those kexts don't load correctly. I am trying to boot from my harddisk as my first priority.

 

Questions:

--So what is the difference ???

--How am I not getting /sbin/launchd error from JAS DVD but getting that error from deadmoo's darwin bootloader ?

It seems that when I boot from DVD it reads some essential files from DVD and then passing the control to mach_kernel in /dev/hda4.

--Is there a way to copy those essential files from DVD to physical partition to have 1048 boot up?

--Where does 1048 bootloader mess up and 1041 bootloader doesn't mess up?

 

PS: I am low on space in my harddisk so I cannot move any partition using partition software.

Hda partition table in MBR:

hd0,0 resiferfs --PRIMARY-- grub is here

hd0,1 ntfs --PRIMARY

hd0,2 EXTENDED --extended

hd0,3 AF/HFS+ --PROMOTED TO PRIMARY from EXTENDED partition --deadmoo doesn't complain anything !

hd0,4 NTFS --EXTENDED

hd0,5 SWAP --EXTENDED

hd0,6 reiserfs main --EXTENDED

hd0,7 fat32

 

any ideas?

[zombidik]

After changing partitions booting is OK now.

Trying the kexts you mentioned above.

Will inform about them later.

Thanks.

[zombidik]

VIAATA is working nicely as SATA. But it is disabled after every reboot.

Thanks for your info ''-f''. That makes it working.

Also got Sis 7012.

But the sound is not clear.

I have updated Itunes. Maybe becuase of that.

I saw an advice to upgrade to the latest kernel.

I will try that..

 

Got Nvidia 10.4.9 installer from Diabolik's site.

Works great with GeForce Go 7300 QE/CI.

But NVRAM is 64MB instead of 256MB which is not a problem for me.

[dox]

My sis7012 plays great. Maybe your trouble is due to itunes...

Or the driver. I don't know which one you installed (there are 2 different drivers on page 3 of the thread) but try this http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?act...ost&id=3399

[zombidik]

My sis7012 plays great. Maybe your trouble is due to itunes...

Or the driver. I don't know which one you installed (there are 2 different drivers on page 3 of the thread) but try this http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?act...ost&id=3399

 

Thanks again,

Don't know what is wrong with mine.

I got the file from your link. I think it is the same file with mine. Uninstalled the old one and installed this one.

Rebooted.But it is still same. I can just hear the loud sounds of the song.

I mean where the sound level gets highest in the song, possibly bass sounds(low frequency).

Looking for a kernel update to 10.4.9

 

Maybe an update can help.

[zombidik]

Hi !

Updated to 10.4.9/8.9.1 still no luck with the sound output.

I can get a crackling sound when I turn on the volume all the way up in VLC(400%) and all the way up in sound control panel. On normal volume conditions sound is not coming out.

 

Dox can you please confirm if you have the same sound chip with mine ?

I just want to make sure that there is nothing wrong with the hardware but there is a setup problem in the OSX.

I am thinking of a clean reinstall without any update.

 

1-What is your OSX version ?

2-Are chipset details same with mine ?

 

OEM Device Name : Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) SiS7012 Audio Codec

OEM Hardware ID : FUN_7, VEN_1039, DEV_7012, REV_A0

Device Name : ASUSTeK Computer Inc SiS7012 Audio Codec

Product ID : VEN_1043, DEV_1103

Revision : K / 1 (160)

[dox]

Mine are jas 10.4.8 and sis7012 with same id.

Sounds are good, imho you should try a clean installation of osx and drivers.

 

Updates aren't safe on hackintosh, till someone have tested them and found a fix (if needed).

 

[zombidik]

Thx again Dox.

I will do a clean reinstall.

[dox]

sorry for my late reply but actually I'm quite busy installing and configuring ubuntu!

[ssego]

sorry to ressurect an old thread, but you guys are the closest I've come to making my Z92Km into a fully functional hackintosh. All that I am missing is the Video, and DiaboliK's site seems to be down. Can anyone PLEASE point me to a place that has the files or possibly email them to me? Thanks

[boombari]

USB Controller --- If anything plugged into USB, OSX doesn't boot. Can connect mouse or Ext. Drives after booted.

Model : ASUSTeK Computer Inc SiS5597/8 Universal Serial Bus Controller

Version : 1.00

Interface : OHCI

 

USB Controller --- If anything plugged into USB, OSX doesn't boot. Can connect mouse or Ext.Drives after booted.

Model : ASUSTeK Computer Inc SiS7002 USB 2.0 Enhanced Controller

Version : 2.00

Specification : 1.00

Interface : EHCI

 

is there a fix for this ? ...i think to recompile the kernel, is it possibile ?

[m4t7e0]

is there a fix for this ? ...i think to recompile the kernel, is it possibile ?

Hello, i have Asus A6Kt and i have the same Problem...

The problem is that there are errors in the DSDT table .. I for my laptop I did a mod the bios and now I no longer have this problem!

But my problem is the shutdown-restart-sleep.

Can anyone help me?