HojoojoH Posted November 10, 2007 Share Posted November 10, 2007 Im good to go, LAN and Sata are great!!! BUT Video, it seems many of the "working" patches for my 6800 HATE either the 680i or 10.4.10 giving me huge troubles... grrr the battle continues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solotitan Posted November 10, 2007 Share Posted November 10, 2007 Performance isn't that bad for me on leopard, with one core on an E6600. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claud3 Posted November 10, 2007 Share Posted November 10, 2007 has anybody tried the new bootloader by netkas with their nforce chipset? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsalok4u Posted November 10, 2007 Share Posted November 10, 2007 i've tried this: 1) install tiger and update to 10.4.10 and install the mac.nub drivers for 8x00 video cards. 2) use the ToH RC2 release to install Leopard, but the installation doesn't start... 3) now, i'm sad TOH RC2 leopard installed fine for me after disabling a core and all SATA drive. But still it would not boot. Btw, I directly installed leopard on an IDE drive without installing Tiger. I hope somebody makes a nice tutorial about 680i and 8800 series card or better someone makes a special Leopard installation Image or DVD for us poor souls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaE-V Posted November 10, 2007 Author Share Posted November 10, 2007 TOH RC2 leopard installed fine for me after disabling a core and all SATA drive. But still it would not boot. Btw, I directly installed leopard on an IDE drive without installing Tiger. I hope somebody makes a nice tutorial about 680i and 8800 series card or better someone makes a special Leopard installation Image or DVD for us poor souls.what version of tiger did you install over??And i can now confirm that leo works very well with my 8800 on 680i, it is now my default os...very good xbench scores other than the hard-drive speedPerformance isn't that bad for me on leopard, with one core on an E6600.your correct, had a bad install corrected it now..it works very well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsalok4u Posted November 10, 2007 Share Posted November 10, 2007 what version of tiger did you install over?? And i can now confirm that leo works very well with my 8800 on 680i, it is now my default os...very good xbench scores other than the hard-drive speed As I said, It was fresh install. No tiger isntalled. Installation completed without any errors. Just had to disable one core and SATA controller. Also had to boot with -x and platform=OSX86 flags. But somehow darwin does not come up when I try to boot from that IDE drive. Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaE-V Posted November 10, 2007 Author Share Posted November 10, 2007 As I said, It was fresh install. No tiger isntalled. Installation completed without any errors. Just had to disable one core and SATA controller. Also had to boot with -x and platform=OSX86 flags. But somehow darwin does not come up when I try to boot from that IDE drive. Any suggestions? sorry if you read my comment back on page 3 but you must install over a previous installation due to the fact that the leo install doesnt contain the darwin bootloader needed to boot the installation....so you either have to do some research on manually installing the bootloader or re-install a tiger installation that boots, then leopard over that then-after and you'll b set, no need to disable sata! It automatically worked with my ToH install, just make sure you disable a core and on the first boot after the install of leo, flag it with -x -v...which will boot you into safe mode install the 0.1.3 installer for your 8800 from the macnub site and you'll b able to reboot after that into normal mode and your all set...audio works right off the back, but you'll need a network card as of right now thats compatible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsalok4u Posted November 10, 2007 Share Posted November 10, 2007 sorry if you read my comment back on page 3 but you must install over a previous installation due to the fact that the leo install doesnt contain the darwin bootloader needed to boot the installation....so you either have to do some research on manually installing the bootloader or re-install a tiger installation that boots, then leopard over that then-after and you'll b set, no need to disable sata! It automatically worked with my ToH install, just make sure you disable a core and on the first boot after the install of leo, flag it with -x -v...which will boot you into safe mode install the 0.1.3 installer for your 8800 from the macnub site and you'll b able to reboot after that into normal mode and your all set...audio works right off the back, but you'll need a network card as of right now thats compatible thanks...let me take the long route then...i will report my success or failure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaE-V Posted November 10, 2007 Author Share Posted November 10, 2007 thanks...let me take the long route then...i will report my success or failure. No prob! lol and thats what i had to do, couldnt get that darn bootloader installed but now im up and running well....good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claud3 Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 so you guys are onliy running with 1 core under leopard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaE-V Posted November 11, 2007 Author Share Posted November 11, 2007 so you guys are onliy running with 1 core under leopard? yup, the performance is really great too, leopard really comes close to utilizing the full potential of my intel hardware....i cant wait to run this with both cores Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HojoojoH Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 yup, the performance is really great too, leopard really comes close to utilizing the full potential of my intel hardware....i cant wait to run this with both cores It really sucks having this 6800 but the card Im gonna upgrade to is the 512 GT and it doesnt work at all with osx. lawl wut do i du? lmao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claud3 Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 do you get any diskarb issues? how about sound is it still only 2 channel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nforcemac Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 Hi, could someone please report weather snes9x 1.51 works in fullscreen mode with Leopard on these chipsets with an 8800 series graphics cards. Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaE-V Posted November 11, 2007 Author Share Posted November 11, 2007 Just booted with both cores It really sucks having this 6800but the card Im gonna upgrade to is the 512 GTand it doesnt work at all with osx.lawl wut do i du?lmaolol i'd choose a card that works maybe a 7900, they're at a reasonable price....i was using a 7300 before i got my 8800 workingdo you get any diskarb issues? how about sound is it still only 2 channel?no and yes only two channelHi, could someone please report weather snes9x 1.51 works in fullscreen mode with Leopard on these chipsets with an 8800 series graphics cards. Many thanks Works great man! I tested nba hangtime *in full screen mode as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claud3 Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 that's great! could you write up a tutorial or something? yayyy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaE-V Posted November 11, 2007 Author Share Posted November 11, 2007 its easy, you just have to make sure you have two things most importantly... working tiger install to run the post installation and an existing tiger installation to install over for the bootloader... i found it better to install over a fresh 10.4.8 install with no extra tiger kexts added... boot the ToH image, with core disabled if needed in -x -v mode, install directly over 10.4.8 with only essentials, uncheck everything else... then after boot into for-mentioned working tiger install and run the post-patch....*there are alternate routes to run the post-patch, i just didnt use them, therefore cant help there* -make sure PostPatch.sh is on your desktop and your username is correctly added to the file (in XXX spot) *verify with text edit.. -sudo -s and enter password -"cd desktop" -"./PostPatch.sh" -watch it work, hit no when it asks you to remove the powermanagement kext -hit y to reboot -boot into leopard with -x -v complete the setup...run the 0.1.3 installer for your 8800 if ya have one...or install other means of graphics drivers *so that you can boot into leo upon reboot -after install, reboot and you should be working with no flags needed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nforcemac Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 Sweet, Thanks JaE-V. Apple trashed OpenGL support in 10.4.10 WIll build to Leopard soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Objection Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 Ok, nevermind, I went ahead and installed uphuck 10.4.9 and its working except for network (as expected). I have what I figured was a generic, driverless network card but it says "There are no PCI cards installed on this computer" in System Profiler and it doesn't work. Am I missing something that I need to have installed for it to detect this card? Just wanna know so that when my TOH download finishes I'll have network in leopard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaE-V Posted November 11, 2007 Author Share Posted November 11, 2007 Ok, nevermind, I went ahead and installed uphuck 10.4.9 and its working except for network (as expected). I have what I figured was a generic, driverless network card but it says "There are no PCI cards installed on this computer" in System Profiler and it doesn't work. Am I missing something that I need to have installed for it to detect this card? Just wanna know so that when my TOH download finishes I'll have network in leopard. cant really give you a direct answer for that, im not sure! Mine kinda just works, and my roomate went out and bought one and his did as well. Just hold off on installing anything until you get leopard booted so you dont run into any kext issues...Leopard has better intel compatibility so it might just work. Im still looking into getting the onboard to work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Objection Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 Sounds good, thanks for a reply at all. What ethernet card are you using, just incase I do run into trouble with mine down the road I may as well get one that I know works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaE-V Posted November 11, 2007 Author Share Posted November 11, 2007 Sounds good, thanks for a reply at all. What ethernet card are you using, just incase I do run into trouble with mine down the road I may as well get one that I know works.hey found a tutorial i havent tried yet...give it a shot http://forum.osx86scene.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=2397 lol and this card has absolutely nothing on it... the p/n is 143127-411 rev. 01b serial number ACC000060846 i also have a belkin usb wireless adapter that works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HojoojoH Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 Just booted with both cores lol i'd choose a card that works maybe a 7900, they're at a reasonable price....i was using a 7300 before i got my 8800 workingno and yes only two channelWorks great man! I tested nba hangtime *in full screen mode as well How did you get the 2 cores? or did I miss reading something... Ill re read.. LOL and the reason I want the 8800GT 512 is for my windows games!!!! Crysis CSS LOTRO and such.... this card is INCREDIBLE for its price.... Ah decisions decisions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaE-V Posted November 11, 2007 Author Share Posted November 11, 2007 How did you get the 2 cores? or did I miss reading something... Ill re read.. LOL and the reason I want the 8800GT 512 is for my windows games!!!! Crysis CSS LOTRO and such.... this card is INCREDIBLE for its price.... Ah decisions decisions... loll yeah im actually a huge pc gamer...basically what i did was install it on one core then enabled the core after my installation got stable and lookie there, it freakin booted up and has been working quite well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HojoojoH Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 loll yeah im actually a huge pc gamer...basically what i did was install it on one core then enabled the core after my installation got stable and lookie there, it freakin booted up and has been working quite well Thats so awesome. I really really want leopard!!! Will I be able to follow your guide and do everything but video I wonder. Will leopard boot like my Tiger does, with no video drivers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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