Nealasdad Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 After about 10 tries....this is what works for me -- rock steady. have fun. ps -- I bought a copy of Leopard cuz I liked it so much ! When I become a millionaire...I'll buy a Mac ! :-) Tools to get first: Time - if this is your first try - plan on an hour or two. The actual work takes about an hour with practice. Kalyway 10.5.1 SSE3 DVD .... Thumb drive with Fat32 format Any packages for video or device drivers --I used simple wired USB Keyboard and mouse --very imprtant == use Analog VGA adaptor on DVI port ! This PC config -- ATI HD 2600XT 256 DDR3 -- 250gb WD hd -- ATA100 on IDE -- Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 -- 2 GB DDR2 6400 ram -- Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3l mainboard Packages for drivers: -- radeon_hd_2600_2900.pkg -- HDA_ICH9_ALC888.pkg Steps: --boot to Kalyway dvd --Open Diskutility to repartition drive --erase any partitions before re-partition, select 1 partition --full disk - customize-- guid --customize with with 3 options - first two(vanilla), boot guid --after install finishes, take DVD out, reboot --After bios startup, hit F8 to get OSX options, then enter -x to safe boot -- Ethernet should be working for Internet access at this point. -- Any device not recognised with need the appropriate patches added -- usd Fa32 thumb disk to transfer patches -- installed the radeon_hd_2600_2900.pkg -- installed the HDA_ICH9_ALC888.pkg -- If you need to add a kext package, use the included "kext" app under applications --Open console in admin mode (sudo), run "diskutil repairPermissions /" -- reboot -- ATI 2600XT --1680x1050, 60hz -- all options available ! -- Sound OK -- all USB OK -- update software through OSX updater -- DO NOT apply the 10.5.2 OSX update....screws up install. -- XBench score 195 -- voila ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
121fred Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 Have you had any problems with Apple DVD Player? I have same mobo cpu but 8600 Gt video using nvinject and I am unable to play dvd from hard drive works fine from disk but not from drive Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtotho Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 i like my guide more it is written for this motherboard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nealasdad Posted February 25, 2008 Author Share Posted February 25, 2008 i like my guide more it is written for this motherboard I like yours too..... I used it to get started. thanks ! :-) Mine is just a condensed version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 yeah, and what's this: -- DO NOT apply the 10.5.2 OSX update....screws up install. you can condense the fact that with a modded update or a link to propper update method it can be done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyJAT Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Can't find these exact files anywhere, can we get some links please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyJAT Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 I have this exact setup, but i have 512MB 2600 xt. Same board, same processor. I have upgraded to 10.5.5 and for some reason now, my core 2 duo is seen as a core 2 solo in About this mac, system profiler and the processors pref pane. Anyone know how to fix this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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