mrbocao Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Reporting sucess using this driver on my p5n-e-sli on Tiger JAS 10.4.8, only need to add the DeviceID (0269) on the plist. Tks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyph666 Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 anyone here experiencing freezes with this driver? I can move the mouse when I get into the login window but when i type in my password sometimes my mouse wont work. When I copy something it usually just freezes. iStat menu still goes on and shows core activity and the dock icons change I cant use the keyboard and mouse. No error or nothing . This didn't happen with my wireless atheros, Ive taken out my airport atheros and deleted everythign related to it. When I remove the nForcekext, it works fine. No freezes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiamo Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 I'm trying to get this working, but I have a strange problem. I have the evga 680i SLI board. I enabled both NICs in BIOS, but when I restart, System Profiler shows en0 and fw0. When I try to go to Network in System Prefs, it just hangs and I have to kill prefs. I tried disabling firewire (which doesn't seem to work) but that didn't fix it. Disabling the NICs and Firewire and it still shows en0 and fw0 and Network pref still hangs. Any ideas? Its been doing this since Leo install, with or without this driver. EDIT: I have resolved this issue. The BrazilMac post-patch renamed my IONetworkingFamily kext and didn't replace it with anything. Naming it back solved the hang and I now have firewire and both network adaptors showing (but ethernet still not working.) EDIT 2: I have it sort of working... I have en0 working with DCHP, en1 requires me manually entering the IP. However, on either connection, it will kernel panic after a bit of use. I have no forcedeth or any other networking drivers installed but this one. I tried unplugging but it didn't help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrijj Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Another working system here , I can report that it does work on my ASUS STRIKER EXTREME motherboard, as it uses the same ethernet chipset. just followed the guide, no problems at all. Thank you for your great work on this driver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weekender Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Did you turn off the PHY's in BIOS Maybe? Oh yeah, I forgot I disabled it a long time ago lol. My bad, I'm gonna retry it right away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiamo Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Ok, it seems to stop kernel panics if I disable a core in my BIOS, but then the OS is all stuttery. Hrm. EDIT: Stuttering was PATA driver not being used; fixed now, but still using one core due to this networking issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Objection Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Ok, it seems to stop kernel panics if I disable a core in my BIOS, but then the OS is all stuttery. Hrm. I had one kernel panic once when I tried to play an iTunes store preview but haven't had one since. I sorta just dealt with it under the "It's a hackintosh, it'll happen every once and a while" file. That said, if it recurs I'll be sure to let you guys know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiamo Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 I had one kernel panic once when I tried to play an iTunes store preview but haven't had one since. I sorta just dealt with it under the "It's a hackintosh, it'll happen every once and a while" file. That said, if it recurs I'll be sure to let you guys know. If I have both cores enabled, it will kernel panic almost immediately after trying to download anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeInNs Posted November 26, 2007 Author Share Posted November 26, 2007 Thanks for all your guys input! This really helps in getting a 'stable' driver. Reading through the topic it seems in general the driver works although some have issue's with kernel panic's and 'stuttering' etc. I will take a closer look at this. For example the driver kinda cheats with error detection and how it deals with timeout's which could cause stutters and perhaps kernel panics as well. If I have both cores enabled, it will kernel panic almost immediately after trying to download anything. @Kiamo: Do both your ports have a cable connected? I think things might go horribly wrong if both PHY's are active. Didn't really test that scenario...) So if you do, try just using one port and let me know how it goes. I am running dual core (both cores active), although Tiger, but I haven't got a kernel panic yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyph666 Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 My system knew that one port was connected and the other had a cable unplugged. But when I log in and do something that strains the processor, it freezes although the istat menus monitor still detects cpu usage. I can't use the keyboard or mouse then when using the driver. When I remove the driver, its normal again for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micr0mega Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Thank you for this driver. Installing worked like a charm, did it incluiding unplugging the power cable (well flipping the switch). Great job, having no ethernet was one of the major drawbacks of osx86 for my setup, this sheds another light on things! I'll report if any problems occur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiamo Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Thanks for all your guys input! This really helps in getting a 'stable' driver.Reading through the topic it seems in general the driver works although some have issue's with kernel panic's and 'stuttering' etc. I will take a closer look at this. For example the driver kinda cheats with error detection and how it deals with timeout's which could cause stutters and perhaps kernel panics as well. @Kiamo: Do both your ports have a cable connected? I think things might go horribly wrong if both PHY's are active. Didn't really test that scenario...) So if you do, try just using one port and let me know how it goes. I am running dual core (both cores active), although Tiger, but I haven't got a kernel panic yet. I have one disabled in BIOS, and the other is enabled and is the only one with a cable plugged in. Having both active doesn't help. By the way, I just got a kernel panic with only one core enabled when I tried to download something, but that's the first one from that EDIT: My mistake, I had the 2nd core on after a restart, sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaE-V Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 it works! haha confirming with Leopard! Just do the unplug thing! Thanks alot Mike! Your the man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyph666 Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 time to reinstall again bah lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaE-V Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 speed is really great too, make sure to post this over at osx86scene.com Mike or pull it and sell the driver from here on haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Objection Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 I'm having issues like andyph666, actually. On some things my keyboard and mouse freeze up (though I think its more than that freezing - iTunes continues to play though). Strange response to the drivers... hmm... I tried to load a live cam feed in safari and it happened. Large downloads may do it as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyph666 Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 yea it freezes, but other things still respond like istat and the dock. But cannot move mouse or type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeInNs Posted November 27, 2007 Author Share Posted November 27, 2007 I'm having issues like andyph666, actually. On some things my keyboard and mouse freeze up (though I think its more than that freezing - iTunes continues to play though). Strange response to the drivers... hmm... I tried to load a live cam feed in safari and it happened. Large downloads may do it as well. yea it freezes, but other things still respond like istat and the dock. But cannot move mouse or type. Can you tell me how often this happens and what you are doing at the time, and do have usb or ps2 keyboards. I am thinking this has to do with the PCI bus not being released properly, I will take a look.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsalok4u Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 I am also experiencing frequent mouse and keyboard freezes. Anytime I open iTunes while downloading with Azureus, it happens. Sometimes as soon as the computer starts, it freezes the mouse and keyboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyph666 Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 well sometimes it happens straight away after logging into the computer. Then when I copy a large file it starts to freeze. The transfer bar says its doing something but the bar never increases. Then the keyboard and mouse just doesnt respond and I have to reboot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaE-V Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 mine isnt giving me any freezing but i do get a grey screen after a few min saying please restart... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiamo Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 mine isnt giving me any freezing but i do get a grey screen after a few min saying please restart... That is a kernel panic. Do you think you could turn a core off and see if that fixes it? I have that problem, but disabling a core resolves it. I don't mean it as a permanent solution, more to narrow down the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaE-V Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 That is a kernel panic. Do you think you could turn a core off and see if that fixes it? I have that problem, but disabling a core resolves it. I don't mean it as a permanent solution, more to narrow down the problem. i prefer not to turn a core off due to sluggish performance lol but it does run quite well and has only paniced on me twice now.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Objection Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 USB mouse and keyboard. Crashed for me opening a webcam on desertbus.org. I'll be doing some more testing tonight for you, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyph666 Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 I'm using a usb keyboard and mouse. At the moment im reinstalling everything. But before I got the stops sometimes when I just log into the computer without starting anything at all. Then sometimes it would work fine until I copy a large file from an external harddrive. I can get online fine. It freezes and I can't move anything, Ive tried different ports too for the mouse etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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