fingerr Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 ******Anyone have a fix for about this mac crashing? After 5.2 update.******* Try different AppleSMBIOS.kext Regards, Mariusz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
equilibriumuk Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 I got it installed ok followed netkas' guide from his site on about this mac, it says core2duo 3.8Ghz but nvm lol I didn't even need to copy any extensions or anything. I backed them up just in case, but it all seems ok on stock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FabricioGS Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 I can confirm another successful update here. Just had to backup nvinject and 4 more extentions, reboot once and after about 30 seconds it rebooted again on the graphical desktop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daskog Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Any performance increase after the update/graphics driver? hows Game, 3D, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozzo Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Almost successful! When I tried to replace kexts as instructed from my backup, nowt seemed to work, even safe mode. Fix, boot into my XP install, access the drive with MacDrive, and replace ACPIPPlatform and SMBIOS from there. Reboot into safe mode, all was well. Boot normally, PANIC! My initial panic upon reboot appeared to be caused by PS2Nub within ACPIPPlatform.kext. Boot in safe mode (-x), remove PS2Nub and all is well. SMBIOS.kext appears to fix the "About this MAC/More Info" crash, with all being reported as usual there. Well, except for my PS/2 keyboard. Currently typing this in Safe Mode as my keyboard works here.... NVInject tested and all working well, just need to do the graphic update now, and splash out on a USB keyboard! (Or USB-PS/2 adaptor, as I quite like this keyboard of mine....), or fiddle further later today to see if I can persuade PS/2 to work. Funky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smorf Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 "I know you are already in "sudo" from cd.. so let me rewrite it.. Booting off the Leopard DVD to terminal, doesn't understand "nano"" the terminal in the cd-booted environment is very limited. try "sudo chroot /Volumes/YOUROSXVOLUME" this means that termial uses your osx volume as the root directory. all commands will work then, but be sure to use the right paths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Pistil Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Thank you very very very very very much =-Devin-= ! your tutorial is very simple and everything works to perfection !! You are the man !!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rschultz101 Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 sudo su ; passwd root ; yeah, took me a while too, and I grew up on unix,.... for backup, still like tar ,... but you non, if it don't boot, so on second partition have a carbon copy installed,... Couple of questions. Whats the best way to backup and restore that /System/Library/Extensions/ folder? and how do we change the root password? I never set it. I set my own password. When I did the update, I saved the Extensions folder to a USB flash memory. But I had trouble putting it back. And so I crashed out my setup. No biggie since I just put it together today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iSynic Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Any performance increase after the update/graphics driver? hows Game, 3D, etc I get huge performance increases on my 8800 GTS 640MB. Notably in WoW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fingerr Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Hi =-Devin-=, thanks for this quide man, it worked like a charm!! I had to restore those kexts: - ATINDRV (10.4.5 ver. for x1600 mobile), - AppleHDA (Tarugas mod for ALC861), - AppleSMBIOS (detect correct FSB speed), - AppleACPIPlafrom (internal touchpad and keyboard - ACPIPS2Nub.kext does not work with 10.5.2). Thanks and regards, Mariusz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geez Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 I just ran through the update process on a clean 10.5.1 Kalyway install... after installing the update and restarting, the system seems to hang at the startup screen (Apple logo and spinning wheel)... anyone else getting this? I'm experiencing this exact same problem too. After botching the 10.5.2 upgrade this morning (I just went ahead with the install and got the kernel panic), I did a fresh reinstall from Kalyway, then ran through the instructions list by this thread's OP. I did the trick of creating a new user, deleting their user folder and copying back in the backed-up user folder from my hosed 10.5.1 install this morning. Rebooted, and now I'm stuck at an Apple logo with the grey background and the spinning progress wheel. Booting with -v tells me that the last thing it does before doing nothing else is: MAC Framework successfully initialized using 16384 buffer headers and 4096 clusters IO buffer headers So, not really sure what to do. I'll leave it for a while, in case its doing something important, then maybe try repairing permissions next, after booting from the install DVD? Anyone have any bright ideas? EDIT: Repairing the disk permissions doesn't fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattD Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Almost there, I think! I can only boot into safe mode without a kernel panic though. Single user mode will also only work with safe mode. "Unable to find driver for this platform: \"ACPI\".\n"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1228.3.13/iokit/Kernel/IOPlatformExpert.cpp:1407" Any ideas? Installation was from ToH RC2, manual upgrade to EFI/vanilla, 10.5.1 via software update (Core 2 E4400, Gigabyte 965P-DS3, 7800GT if that's relevant.) UPDATE: Booting with the -f flag seems to work, so all is well! Thank you very much Devin/netkas/everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clamshell Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Yes, following the instructions worked as expected. I backed up the whole Extensions folder but not sure however what to replace after the install (I didn't add any kext manually - only went through johnnie carcinogen's installer for beta 10.5.2 kexts - nvidia 8600gts and azalia audio patch). I ran the script, installed and it worked. After, I noticed that the NVinject.kext was still there so I did not actually replace any file from the updated Extensions folder. Also, after booting I installed the Graphics Update without any issues. Currently, the only problem is incorrect processor frequency and memory frequency detection and I also need to re-patch the audio driver. Before the installation I used a P5L-1394 board, a Core 2 Duo E6400 Processor, 2.5GB of RAM and a GeForce 8600 GTS. I ran the vanilla kernel with pc-efi from the Kalyway disk. The partitions were GUID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santitf Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 I update my kalyway 10.5.1 mbr+vanilla without problems I don't change any kext (i need a apple azalia and the nvinject for my 8600gt) but all works fine. I update the graphics too. Thanks for all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smorf Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 hi there, i think about upgrading when i´m at home from work. i use kalyways 10.5.1 with efi in mbr... i read about trouble with ps2 after upgrading. i got my machine on a kvm, this means i´m tied to ps2. are there solutions yet? thanks in advance! smorf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s10011 Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 up for that reboot thing. Any help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finetuned Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 i read about trouble with ps2 after upgrading. i got my machine on a kvm, this means i´m tied to ps2.are there solutions yet? The solution is to restore your old AppleACPIPlatform.kext, worked for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comatron Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 anyone else got probs with trackpad and internal keyboard on notebook? i cant get it back to work after 10.5.2 ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scannerfm77 Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 My "About This Mac" incorrectly shows 4GHz. Clicking more info say that there was an error while gathering this information. -David Same thing to my rig. System profiler hardware say "There was an error while gathering this information.". Any fix yet? Need to reinstall Sound. Kalyway 10.5.1, update to 10.5.2 System Version: Mac OS X 10.5.2 (9C31) Kernel Version: Darwin 9.2.0 (Vanilla kernel) Mobo: ECS 950G-M3 Processor: Intel E2140 RAM: Kingston Value 2x1GB PC5300 Hard Drive: Seagate 160GB Sata II Video Card: Pixelview 7600 GS Ultimate 256MB Sound: onboard Realtek 883 LAN: onboard Lan Realtek RTL8110SC Xbench: 106.89 w/ HD and 130.37 w/o HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnjmarlboro Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Same thing to my rig.System profiler hardware say "There was an error while gathering this information.". Need to reinstall sound. Did you restore AppleSMBIOS.kext? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comatron Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 so i did. replaced smbios, acpi, hda and natit. so all the kexts i needed to fix for 10.5.1 where exactly the same. there must be another kext overwritten or sth. wich have drivers for the input interfaces or sth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igotjshoe Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 everything working fine but what extension do i replace for the system profiler cause it keep saying error gathering system info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foureyes Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 For all Kalyway-users: think it was not mentioned here in this thread already - there is a hack from Kalyway with 10.5.2 already! Just search for ComboUpdate on the bay... kalyway_hack_10.5.2 ... it will update your 10.5.1 leopard hackintosh your current video sound and network would work after update !!! good luck haven't been test on 10.5.0 ! report your sucess! Sadly I am at work and cannot try out... What I am wondering: has anybody a GeForce 8800 GT running with the drivers from here: http://scottdangel.com/blog/?p=15 ? Is the Hackintosh still running fine after the graphics update? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnjmarlboro Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 everything working fine but what extension do i replace for the system profiler cause it keep saying error gathering system info Did you restore AppleSMBIOS.kext? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MjP99 Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Did you restore AppleSMBIOS.kext? Can we noobs get a quick "How To" on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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