Nach0 Stallion Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Hi everyone, I hope someone can help or advise, im quite perplexed with all these releases, EFI version, BIOS requirements etc. Basically I have found that one of the most recommended budget boards around is no longer available GA-945GCMX-S2, there is a GA-945GCM-S2L that replaces it but no reports on the Wiki. so the only budget board available to me is the Asrock Conroe 1333, I would love to know what the best setup for this it to run Leopard Server and get Apple Updates. the Wiki shows EFI 5.1 working, what about 8.0? would that be a newer and better version?. im currently downloading the 10.5 TOH release, should I rather get Kalyway or iAtkos, im not new to macs but am rather confused about these various setups, i realise ill need to downgrade the firmware to 1.2 or 1.3 and no sound is not an issue (as a server its not needed) any help would be greatly appreciated. Nach0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoerk Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Hi everyone, I hope someone can help or advise, im quite perplexed with all these releases, EFI version, BIOS requirements etc. Basically I have found that one of the most recommended budget boards around is no longer available GA-945GCMX-S2, there is a GA-945GCM-S2L that replaces it but no reports on the Wiki. I ordered the GA-945GCM-S2L and will receive it in the next days. i'll report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulicat Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 The Asrock Conroe 1333 board is VERY osx compatible. Any version of EFI will work because EFI version isn't tied in any way to the motherboard you use. Paulicat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoerk Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Basically I have found that one of the most recommended budget boards around is no longer available GA-945GCMX-S2, there is a GA-945GCM-S2L that replaces it but no reports on the Wiki. so the only budget board available to me is the Asrock Conroe 1333, I would love to know what the best setup for this it to run Leopard Server and get Apple Updates. The Gigabyte GA-945GCM-S2L boots a Kalways installation fine (which I had installed on an the Asrock Conroe 1333, but replaced the board with the Gigabyte). I haven't tested audio and ethernet, but i guess it should work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozzo Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 With my own limited experience, I can say that Kalyway 10.5.1 works *great* with the Conroe1333-667 board, the only thing that does not work straight away being the ALC888-based onboard audio. Not sure on the onboard video (GMA 950, I believe) as I'm using a PCIE 8600GT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nach0 Stallion Posted January 22, 2008 Author Share Posted January 22, 2008 Thanks for the replies! I now have had a chance to test Kalyway 10.5.1 on a Conroe 1333 board, and after tweaking the BIOS setting i managed to get it to work, you are right, everything except Audio works as default, however the network is strange, I can send from the hackintosh at 9megs a second to my server, however going from the server to the hack has fluctuating results, it will start at 7-9, then drop to 2, then nothing, then 2, then 8 etc.. i know my server can sustain a 30meg a second transfer without issue, so it must be the network driver installed.. also i cannot get system profiler to load (it just crashes) anyone else had those issues? Nach0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tman26 Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 what were the bios settings that you tweaked? I had leopard running fine from the kaly install for like 3 months, then i tried to update to 5.2 and killed it, so i figured no big deal ill reinstall.. .but every single patch or combo i select just keeps restarting and restarting.. i dont see how it worked right out of the box on the very first install then never again. I was getting a b0 error but found out it was from the GUID/MBR settings but now i just get rebooting right when apple is suppose to load. eh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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