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Hi all, this is what I came up with, thinking about something already available at the national online store...

I'v read that the mobo should work out of the box, what do you think about this config ?

Asus P5b-Vm 97,20 €

Intel Core2 Duo E6420 Box2.13GHZ, 178,90 €

Corsair 2x1gb Ddr2 DDR2 PC5300, 667MHz, CAS5, 70,90 €

Hitachi 160gb S-Ata2 7200RPM, 8MB CACHE, ROHS 48,90 €

Sapphire X1650pro 512mb RADEON X1650 PRO, PCI-EXPRESS 16X, DVI, TV-OUT 63,60 €

Dvdrw Pioneer Dvr-212 BkDvdrw +/- PIONEER DVR-212 BLACK SATA

 

Will it work ??

If so, I'm gonna order it and let you know.

 

Thank you guys.

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OK the hardware is on his way to me :censored2:

 

Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 2.13ghz

Asus P5B-VM (Intel G965)

Nvidia Geforce 7300GT, PCI-E, 256MB

RAM, Kingston PC 5300 DDR2/667 1GB X 2

HD, Hitachi Deskstar 160GB S-ATA2

DVD +/- Pioneer DVR-212 SATA

 

Now I'm on the software side, searching and reading this forum all the way around :)

 

I'll let you know how the thing is going to evolve.

 

See ya people.

  • 3 weeks later...

Yeah ! Got the Hardware and Leopard working with it !! I'm actually writing this from Leopard !

Crazy, I can't belive it's working that well. :)

 

I used the Leopard flat image that I dd'ed from Linux ubuntu to a SATA disk. No DVD, since I'm still downloading Kalyway's.

 

First thing is that I had to set SATA/ATA to compatible mode, (with the enanched mode, I was getting the "still waiting for root message") also the hard disk must be connected to the first sata port (1 or 2, 3 and 4 are not working).

Second I had to mount the Leopard partition from Linux (forcing the hfplus mount, as non journaled) and then deleting the AppleIntelCPU extension (since I was getting the HPET message..., preventing Leo to boot).

 

Now I'm looking for a partitioning tool to grow up my leopard partition...

Any hints on that ? GParted (in ubuntu linux) can only shrink the partition, haven't tried partition magic yet.

 

Hardware:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 2.13ghz

Asus P5B-VM (Intel G965)

Nvidia Geforce 7300GT, PCI-E, 256MB

RAM, Kingston PC 5300 DDR2/667 1GB X 2

HD, Hitachi Deskstar 160GB S-ATA2

DVD +/- Pioneer DVR-212 SATA

Update:

 

Microphone input is not working.

Time machine cannot find the IDE disk when it starts its scheduled backup. (I can, by the way select the IDE disk while choosing for the target device...) So the IDE disk is seen by the OS but Time Machine cannot find it when it start the scheduled backup oparation.

 

Networking OK

Audio OK (no mic input)

USB OK

DVD OK (burning OK, using toast)

Firewire, not tested yet

I installed Leopard with Kalaway 10.5.1 using following configuration:

 

Asus P5b-Vm

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600

Corsair 2 x (2x1G 6400) = 4G

XFX GeForce 7600GT 256M 570MHz

WD 500G 7200 RPM 16MB SATA

LiteOn DVD-RW DL LightScribe SATA

 

Almost everything is working, including LAN & Audio. I used Azalia patch for Audio. Restart & Shut down don't always work properly from Apple menu, monitor is rippling after waking up from sleep.

my spec:

m/b : Asus P5B-VM DO

vga : GeCube ATI Radeon 2600XT 256 DDR4

ram : 2Gb Corsair Twin2x

HDD : 500Gb SATA-II Seagate

DVD-RW : IDE Teac DVD-RW DV516

OS : ToH RC2 10.5

 

installed using usb lite-on dvd-rw with Format and Make leopard bootable.iso and ToH RC2 iso.

Got dual display working @ 1680x1050 and 1920x1080.

sound only output. no input. (using AppleAzaliaAudio) AppleHDA 1.2 patcher said it needs more research when drop with codec dump from ubuntu 7.10 (Soundcard is AD1988B)

 

 

downloading Kalyway now, still got long way to finish (-.-)

 

do u guys having problem with Toast? Toast only burn w/ 1x speed for dvd. but Burn and VisualHub amazingly fast.

do u guys having problem with Toast? Toast only burn w/ 1x speed for dvd. but Burn and VisualHub amazingly fast.
I'm using Toast Titanium 7 and everything is working too damn well. DVD writing and CD writing. I've just burned a DVD-RW at 4x.
Thanks gabrigee! I will test KALYWAY 10.5.1 later and I will post if it solves my problem.
You're welcome. ;)
my spec:

m/b : Asus P5B-VM DO

vga : GeCube ATI Radeon 2600XT 256 DDR4

ram : 2Gb Corsair Twin2x

HDD : 500Gb SATA-II Seagate

DVD-RW : IDE Teac DVD-RW DV516

OS : ToH RC2 10.5

 

installed using usb lite-on dvd-rw with Format and Make leopard bootable.iso and ToH RC2 iso.

Got dual display working @ 1680x1050 and 1920x1080.

 

That sounds very very sweet indeed.

 

We're on

ASUS P5B-VM DO

QX6600 stock clock

OCZ cheap vista upgrade RAM

2x 250GB Seagate Barracuda drives

Pioneer DVR-212 Optical

 

And it has been a nightmare getting it to boot the installer, we've had a bunch of images, and it hasn't been fun.

 

We've been experiencing a few vague almost boots using SATA Pioneer Drive, and Kalyway. Hangs on boot from installer, "can't find boot disc on UUID address" bizness, occasionally some baud rate (very low) comms issues. We suspect that the issue is the southbridge controller being incompatible with the insaller boot. Going to try patching the installer with ICH8 kext.

 

We're going to try using a USB external drive to boot, and perhaps mounting the hard disk over USB too to install onto. Apparently there is a Patch for ICH8 southbridge, PM for link, haven't got it handy on this mac.

 

We're also going to give BrazilMac a go, since he used a P5K mobo to develop on. Any ideas about whether this is a good way to go?

 

We are also planning on giving it a UNIX attack, using a DD command writing to the drive from an image to get the installer alive on a drive rather than a DVD, skipping the first 63 sectors of the image, and using GRUB as a bootloader rather than whatever is already on Kalyway. I get the feeling that a NIX approach might be favourable. Also, the EFI thing is clearly a good 'un, since that's true to the apple spec. Any help on this matter? We've got a partition on our drive which is 200MB, and comes up as EFI. What's it doing there?

 

Any help most appreciated!! Feeling a bit Noob'd out.

anyone got mic working?

 

currently posting from kalyway 10.5.1, done security update from Software Update and reboot without problem (not sure if non efi result the same thing).

 

btw, i'm using wireless USB WUSB54G v4 (resources available in this forum)

 

in tiger i use logitech webcam for webcam and mic through macam, can be use w/ skype and yahoo messenger (but in YM still buggy), haven't tried macam on leopard

 

btw, how to get Q6600 recognised as Intel Core TM 2 Quad? currently unknown

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Hello all.

 

I've got an asus P5B-VM with a asus EN7300GS video driver. I've instaled IATKOS v1.0r2 and almost worked perfectly.

 

Working

Video with natit drivers.

Sound out of the box

 

Not working

Microfone

SATA 3 e 4

Boot without dvd on the driver

 

I don't need microfone, but can anyone help-me with the rest? Also i wans't able to install the ECI boot .

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