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[Guide & Software] Complete Intel Bad Axe 2 Walkthrough with Software

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teknojunkie
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i just bought this motherboard any one know how to choose which hard drive to boot from. like F8 or something thanks

lemon
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I was about to say - sounds like a stick of flakey RAM to me, but you've already discovered that...

 

Patrick

 

could bew but if I swap the 2 sticks with the other 2 it works also.

but as sooon as I put in 4 sticks it goes nuts.

 

what was weird is that the mobo peeped after I put in the second pair the first time.

bofors
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could bew but if I swap the 2 sticks with the other 2 it works also.

but as sooon as I put in 4 sticks it goes nuts.

 

what was weird is that the mobo peeped after I put in the second pair the first time.

 

I have had problems running Bad Axe 1 boards with 4 sticks of RAM too: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...mp;#entry245610

 

This problem was caused by using the 1333 strap, so you fight want to see if lowering your reference FSB speed solves the problem for you.

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lindmar
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I;'ve noticed a few things my badaxe hackintosh doesnt like.

 

1) Image heavy PDF'ss. For some reason will bring the machine to its knees.

2) The ebay usb plug. Bought a microphone headset but this bridge sucks, the sound recording sounds terrible. Same mic on my macbook sounds perfect.

3) Shortcuts in firefox. No control-c or control v-

 

Any ideas?

apooo
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I;'ve noticed a few things my badaxe hackintosh doesnt like.

 

1) Image heavy PDF'ss. For some reason will bring the machine to its knees.

2) The ebay usb plug. Bought a microphone headset but this bridge sucks, the sound recording sounds terrible. Same mic on my macbook sounds perfect.

3) Shortcuts in firefox. No control-c or control v-

 

Any ideas?

 

1) this is a problem of pdf itself! you will notice the same problem on every platform

3) try instead (if you don´t have a mac keyboard) windows-key+c or -v, else it´works with apple-key+c, -v

 

apoo

Leoopardoo
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Hi all,

Yes, my BX2KR is working fine w GFX+soud+TM fix (only line out, line in and mic not, and digital is not tested 4 me) all w EFI strings,

 

Can you post your audio .plist please ? Thanx.

Maconvert
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Has anyone tried the new Kalyway 10.5.2 DVD with their Badaxe2 board?

 

Hello,

 

I'm also interested in hearing others Bad Axe 2 user's results using this latest Kalyway package.

I just downloaded "Kalyway_10.5.2_DVD_Intel_Amd".

 

Anyway, if you've used this, please let us know how it went.

 

Cheers.

gu3d3s
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Hi guys,

 

Plese sone one can check if FSB and Porcessor speed is showed correct in BX2, a good way is use a x-infoaqua.py in x-chat (/macinfo).

 

I quest, becouse mine bomo all time show FSB=266 (now MY FSB is 300).

 

thx for help

Nano07
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Hi all

 

weaksauce12

 

 

Here a new installer for no vanilla kernel marvell, i try send 4 u im pm but i dont ADD files...

 

[]'s

 

 

Hi Guedes,

 

I got a new SATA drive and I tried installing both Vanilla and no Vanilla Versions with no luck.

 

I have Vanilla version installed now and it shows up as "Marvell 788SE61XX SATA/RAID controller AHCI Controller" in profiler -as long as the disk is unplugged.

 

When I plug in the disk, I get "There was an error while scanning for Serial-ATA devices." in profiler.

 

Of course, the disk doesnt show up in disk utility.

 

I just tried pluging the disk in the main controller and the disk works fine.

 

My Install is: Kalyway 10.5.1 + EFI v8 + 10.5.2 combo update

 

Any hints on how to make it work???

weaksauce12
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Just popping my head in, I'm still alive :)

 

School lets out in a couple weeks for me. Currently I'm going to college full-time plus working weekends, so I have zero time for play at the moment. Once summer hits I'll rock the Hackintosh scene again :D My Bad Axe 2 has been exceptionally reliable for the past 6 months (!!!), I couldn't be happier. The next update will fix a lot of niggling little problems; the only thing I'm still really struggling with is onboard Audio, so I'd recommend still getting a good USB sound card for now (and for the foreseeable future). Again I got the $30 Griffin iMic and it works great, plus has Audio Input for a standard 3.5mm Mic.

 

Stay tuned!

Maconvert
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Just popping my head in, I'm still alive :(

 

School lets out in a couple weeks for me. Currently I'm going to college full-time plus working weekends, so I have zero time for play at the moment. Once summer hits I'll rock the Hackintosh scene again :D My Bad Axe 2 has been exceptionally reliable for the past 6 months (!!!), I couldn't be happier. The next update will fix a lot of niggling little problems; the only thing I'm still really struggling with is onboard Audio, so I'd recommend still getting a good USB sound card for now (and for the foreseeable future). Again I got the $30 Griffin iMic and it works great, plus has Audio Input for a standard 3.5mm Mic.

 

Stay tuned!

 

Hey Weaksauce,

 

Are you going to release a new and improved install guide for Leopard 10.5.2 on the Bad Axe 2?

I'm just started to get time freed up to do my first Hackinstosh install and I'm stoked.

 

:)

 

Thanks again for yours (and everybody's) hard work!

 

Cheers,

gu3d3s
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Hi Guedes,

 

I got a new SATA drive and I tried installing both Vanilla and no Vanilla Versions with no luck.

 

I have Vanilla version installed now and it shows up as "Marvell 788SE61XX SATA/RAID controller AHCI Controller" in profiler -as long as the disk is unplugged.

 

When I plug in the disk, I get "There was an error while scanning for Serial-ATA devices." in profiler.

 

Of course, the disk doesnt show up in disk utility.

 

I just tried pluging the disk in the main controller and the disk works fine.

 

My Install is: Kalyway 10.5.1 + EFI v8 + 10.5.2 combo update

 

Any hints on how to make it work???

 

 

Hi,

 

Well i not use hot-plug for test, only boot w Hd pluged, and all works fine, i will test hot plug and report here. But maybe difer BIos Vs. can meke diference or not...

 

my BIOS is BX97520J.86A.2813.2008.0114.2256 (Intel Corp.)

 

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TomTom1
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Is any Bad Axe 2 users having problem using "KalywayIntelCombo10.5.2.zip"?

 

My original setting was Kalyway 10.5.1 without any other tweek except pc_efi and Audio. System was great and fast. But after I install "KalywayIntelCombo10.5.2.zip", it takes forever to boot up.

 

It stock when the white apple screen switch into the blue destop login screen. It was only a flash of second before I upgraded. And now, it take more than 5 minutes of "No signal to the Monitor"(Black) and then finally on. The Hard-drive Led didn't flash during the black out. I thought it was crash the first time I saw it. But it wasn't! After 5 mins waiting it finally turn it self back on.

 

Wired, hum? Anyone have the same problem?

I Also happen to be able to re-install the OsX anyway. I did it again(upgrade to 10.5.2), the problem happen again.

But it doesn't happen when I upgrade from iATKOS. But iATKOS crash all the time in my computer.

 

Any suggestion?

weaksauce12
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Hey Weaksauce,

 

Are you going to release a new and improved install guide for Leopard 10.5.2 on the Bad Axe 2?

I'm just started to get time freed up to do my first Hackinstosh install and I'm stoked.

 

:)

 

Thanks again for yours (and everybody's) hard work!

 

Cheers,

 

Absolutely! It will be my big summer project. Currently I am planning on a video tutorial, step-by-step, along with an easier software package. I will also be releasing a non-video guide for the DFI Lanparty board (applies to the BloodIron as well), for those who want Penryn support. Originally I had planned on releasing this stuff months ago, but the projects have taken much longer than expected and I've had a time shortage between my new job and school, so once college lets out for the summer I'll be hacking away :)

ozhanlion
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hey guys, can anyone recommend me a wireless network card for my badaxe2. I have been using asus-138g v2 until now but even if this card was working out of the box, after a certain time it starts to reduce my connection speed down until 2kb/s. I tried lots of things found temporary solutions but I think I am going to get rid of it for good. Anyone can tell me what network card they are using for their badaxe? I am going to need a wirelless card.

 

best,

oz

Nano07
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hey guys, can anyone recommend me a wireless network card for my badaxe2. I have been using asus-138g v2 until now but even if this card was working out of the box, after a certain time it starts to reduce my connection speed down until 2kb/s. I tried lots of things found temporary solutions but I think I am going to get rid of it for good. Anyone can tell me what network card they are using for their badaxe? I am going to need a wirelless card.

 

best,

oz

 

Hi ozhanlion,

 

I have the "DWA-547 Rangebooster N 650" and it rocks! :-)

 

Out of the box recognised as Airport Extreme. I've been using it for months now without a single problem.

 

The Router is upstairs and the desktop is downstairs, and I'm getting full strenght (all bars).

 

I hope this helps.

 

Cheers

Nano07
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Hi,

 

Well i not use hot-plug for test, only boot w Hd pluged, and all works fine, i will test hot plug and report here. But maybe difer BIos Vs. can meke diference or not...

 

my BIOS is BX97520J.86A.2813.2008.0114.2256 (Intel Corp.)

 

[]'s

 

 

Thanks Guedes,

 

I was not using hot-plug, what I meant was when I start the machine with the disk plugged in, in profiler shows ""There was an error while scanning for Serial-ATA devices."

 

I'll try installing everythign from scratch again...(with the latest BIOS)

ozhanlion
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thanks nano. I ordered one of those. Strangely enough, I printed something from the printer on the network and now I am back to having full speed of internet connection again. There's something wrong somewhere for sure. I hope the card you recommended solves things. By the way it was not cheap! :thumbsup_anim:

 

thanks

Nano07
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thanks nano. I ordered one of those. Strangely enough, I printed something from the printer on the network and now I am back to having full speed of internet connection again. There's something wrong somewhere for sure. I hope the card you recommended solves things. By the way it was not cheap! :)

 

thanks

 

 

yeh, it's not cheap! The cost of this one was the same as all the other problematic cheap USB solutions I bought altogether :D

 

I hope this solves all the problems for you. Let me know how it goes.

 

Cheers

 

Nano

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