troisd Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 After finally upgrading my trusty ADP 10.4.6 box (see sig below) to 10.4.10, I've decided to test out Leopard! Bad move... now I've caught that hacking bug once again! I went shopping and this is what my new setup will be: Desktop: Apple MacPro MoBo: Intel D945GCCR S775 CPU: Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2160 1.80GHz FSB800 1MB Cache Cooler: Intel Box Cooler RAM: 2GB (2x1GB) Corsair Value Select DDR2 667MHz DVD: LG GSA 4167B Dual Layer HD: SATA2 300GB Samsung HD300LJ 8MB Cache UDMA/100 7200RPM Video: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 Video2: Silicon Image Orion PCI-Express x16 ADD2 DVI Audio: Intel HD Audio Azalia 883 Speakers: Creative Inspire 2.1 2400 Case: Goldship Cool Case (Silver) with 500W PSU Monitor: DELL FP2001 LCD 20.1" @ 1600x1200x32 Monitor2: Apple 23" Cinema HD Display @ 1920x1440x32 using DVI-D Webcam: Apple iSight Firewire: Orange Micro OrangeLink Firewire PCI Board I will be installing BrazilMac's 10.5 Oct31 DVD using the built-in GMA950 video. The new MoBo now gives access to EFI and a PCI-e 16x slot for further video card upgrading if I need to and a Leopard friendly GMA950 to start on (Yea, I gave up on GMA900). A nice cool (literally) Dual-Core will lower the temperature, lower the noise, and run blazingly fast! Faster memory will also help my XBench score! And finally, Apple's 23" Cinema HD Display is orgasmically hot! EFI, normal updates is good! The fun begins tonight! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troisd Posted November 24, 2007 Author Share Posted November 24, 2007 Created 3 partitions: 80GB for Tiger, 80GB for Leopard, and 120GB for Data. Installed mac.nub's 10.4.10 v1r5. GMA950 packaged worked fine but audio and network did not. I searched the forum and found working packages. Solved the audio problem using a the generic AzaliaAudio.pkg which provides 2-ch stereo audio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troisd Posted November 24, 2007 Author Share Posted November 24, 2007 Solved the network problem using the AppleIntel8255x.kext Xbench 1.3 yields 117.09 (10.4.10) System Profiler does not display the correct amount of RAM installed (says only 1GB), but 'top' says there is 2GB. I thought System Profiler was fixed...Will install Leopard now... stay tuned! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troisd Posted November 26, 2007 Author Share Posted November 26, 2007 Installed Leopard successfully using Onetrack's tutorial! Leopard 10.5.1 running with vanilla kernel and pc_efi v5. Network and Audio patch above worked just the same. GMA950 detected with QE/CI enabled but only 1024x768 resolution. System Profiler correctly identified both memory sticks and 2GB total. Detects my machine as a MacPro :censored2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicklas Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 D945GCCR = 945chipset =32bits 3.2gb ram MAX (even on X64 O.S) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troisd Posted November 26, 2007 Author Share Posted November 26, 2007 Fixed graphics mode by adding: <key>Kernel Flags</key> <string>"Graphics Mode"="1600x1200x32"</string> to /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist Obviously I have overridden the detection of my DELL LCD and may have implications on the monitor's energy saver sleep function. Xbench 1.3 yields 117.90 (10.5.1) Too bad I can't overclock on this MoBo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troisd Posted November 26, 2007 Author Share Posted November 26, 2007 I can't seem to reboot normally (it hangs), but shutdown works fine. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troisd Posted November 28, 2007 Author Share Posted November 28, 2007 Just found out my external firewire HDD doesn't work in Leopard but works fine in Tiger. Will let you know when a solution is found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shyam42 Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 hello everyone installed leopard successfully,everything thing works fine except Ethernet,can anybody tell the solution for that. how to solve the network problem using the AppleIntel8255x.kext plz reply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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