p5b-vm

[hixatchi]

I have an asus p5b-vm and was wondering if this motherboard works with osx and if it does what patches do i need? thanks.

[edmoncu]

I have an asus p5b-vm and was wondering if this motherboard works with osx and if it does what patches do i need? thanks.

 

yes. you have 2 options on installing OSX where one requires you to have a SATA Optical disc. Another way is to install via VMWare and write directly to OSX partition. once you've installed OSX via vmware, you can directly boot from that partition without the need for vmware.

 

I used the latest 10.4.8 ppf patched ISO. will be updating later to 10.4.9 and see the results.

[hixatchi]

so if i have a sata optical drive i just install like normal don't need to set any flags when installing or any patches? lmk cheers

 

how to get sound/networking working or does it work out of the box? lmk cheers

[Oracle67]

You can use Ide HD and Drive to have a succesfull installation from the early beggining.

[edmoncu]

i have a PM from breakbot regarding steps at properly installing OSX on this motherboard. i will be trying it soon.

 

Try this:

 

I used a 10.4.8 iso which I downloaded from demonoid:

 

JaS.Mac.OS.X.10.4.8.AMD.Intel.SSE2.SSE3.PPF.1.Defiant.diskutil.biker880.ich7-R.patch.Integrated.iso

 

I had to do it in VMWare, becuase I did not have a sata dvd drive and the dvd drive connected to the JMicron Pata controller is not recognised during install.

 

If you do it in VMWare there are plenty of guides on the forum.

 

After installation I used the following:

 

http://www.sabrsoft.com/randomstuff/ds3-4pack.1.2.dmg

 

and selected the following to install:

 

Azalia Audio fix

Jmicro SATA/IDE fix

10.4.8 USB driver (IOUSBFamily-261.4.2)

Jas 10.4.8 ICH8

 

Make the following changes to the files below:

 

In AppleAzaliaAudio.kext/Contents/info.plist

 

<key>Realtek ALC880/ALC860 Codec Driver</key>

<dict>

<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>

<string>com.apple.driver.AppleAzaliaAudio</string>

<key>IOClass</key>

<string>AppleAzaliaAudioCodecALC880</string>

<key>IOHDAudioCodecVendorID</key>

<string>0x11d41988</string>

<key>IOProbeScore</key>

<integer>10000</integer>

<key>IOProviderClass</key>

<string>IOHDAudioCodecDevice</string>

</dict>

 

In AppleAzaliaAudio.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleAzaliaController.kext/Contents/info.plist

 

<key>Intel ICH6 Azalia Audio</key>

<dict>

<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>

<string>com.apple.driver.AppleAzaliaController</string>

<key>IOClass</key>

<string>AppleAzaliaController</string>

<key>IOPCIPrimaryMatch</key>

<string>0x284b8086 0x26688086</string>

<key>IOProviderClass</key>

<string>IOPCIDevice</string>

</dict>

 

For Sata disk to be recognised:

 

Modify AppleAHCIPort.kext/Contents/info.plist

 

<key>ICH8 AHCI</key>

<dict>

<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>

<string>com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort</string>

<key>Chipset Name</key>

<string>ICH8 AHCI</string>

<key>IOClass</key>

<string>AppleAHCI</string>

<key>IOPCIPrimaryMatch</key>

<string>0x28248086 0x28208086 0x28258086</string>

<key>IOProbeScore</key>

<integer>2000</integer>

<key>IOProviderClass</key>

<string>IOPCIDevice</string>

<key>Vendor Name</key>

<string>Intel</string>

</dict>

 

Modify AppleVIAATA.kext/Contents/info.plist

 

<key>VIA SATA Controller</key>

<dict>

<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>

<string>com.apple.driver.AppleVIAATA</string>

<key>Hardware Name</key>

<string>8237 SATA</string>

<key>IOClass</key>

<string>AppleVIAATARoot</string>

<key>IOPCIPrimaryMatch</key>

<string>0x2363197B 0x28208086 0x28258086</string>

<key>IOProbeScore</key>

<string>1000</string>

<key>IOProviderClass</key>

<string>IOPCIDevice</string>

<key>Serial ATA</key>

<true/>

</dict>

 

Copy AppleVIAATA.kext and AppleAHCIPort.kext to IOATAFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/

 

Repair all permissions and reboot.

[Hughes]

Hi, I'm trying to edit these files but the text editor inside OS X can't edit them how can I do this?

Thanks in advance

[kieste]

Hi, I'm trying to edit these files but the text editor inside OS X can't edit them how can I do this?

Thanks in advance

 

There is a plist editor as far as i remember. Maybe you have to install the developer kit from apple first. Plist editor should be part of the developer kit.