gkrangers Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 I've been doing some research and trying to determine which board would be most compatible with Leopard. Both of these seem like winners. Is one more compatible than the other? The HCL seems to confirm both are good choices. But naturally, I've read posts where problems are reported. Also, will OS X recognize all 4 cores with my Q6600, or only 1? I've seen the cpus=1 stuff all over, but don't know if it would affect the mobo/proc I'm planning to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuietOC Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 I've been doing some research and trying to determine which board would be most compatible with Leopard. Both of these seem like winners. I don't think the parallel and serial ports on the GA-P35-DS3L are supported by Leopard. Does that count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkrangers Posted March 6, 2008 Author Share Posted March 6, 2008 I don't think the parallel and serial ports on the GA-P35-DS3L are supported by Leopard. Does that count?I think I can live without them. So how's the IP35-E working for you? Was your install process and getting the networking, audio, etc working relatively simple? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuietOC Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 So how's the IP35-E working for you? Was your install process and getting the networking, audio, etc working relatively simple? Well, I really want 10.4.11 on it, and that is more work, and I haven't gotten the 8GB situation working. Kalyway 10.5.1 was pretty simple--networking works immediately. Audio use AppleHDA Patcher with ALC888.txt. SATA use DuNe's IOATAFamily.kext. It was also very painless to overclock my E2140 100%, and the BIOS has nice fan control. Really I only wish it was a micro ATX motherboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkrangers Posted March 7, 2008 Author Share Posted March 7, 2008 Well, I really want 10.4.11 on it, and that is more work, and I haven't gotten the 8GB situation working. Kalyway 10.5.1 was pretty simple--networking works immediately. Audio use AppleHDA Patcher with ALC888.txt. SATA use DuNe's IOATAFamily.kext. It was also very painless to overclock my E2140 100%, and the BIOS has nice fan control. Really I only wish it was a micro ATX motherboard. Does SATA work out of the box? Or do I need to inject that kext to my ISO to get it working? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuietOC Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 Does SATA work out of the box? Or do I need to inject that kext to my ISO to get it working? The SATA situation would be the same on both boards. The first two SATA ports work using Kalyway, DuNe's kext enables all 4 ports and fixes the kernel panics with 4GB or more memory. Reinstalled XxX 10.4.11 today with DuNe's IOATAFamily.kext. No kernel panics. Memtest 4.2 allocated 7.5GB and passed all its tests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masoudt Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 I have the GA-P35-DS3L with the Q6600, it recognizes all 4 cores, didn't have to make any mods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nirvanaguy19 Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 does IDE work on the ip35-e, either ide hdd or ide dvd burner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heatpeep Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 I've got a GA-eP35-DS3R and the kalyway install was a walk in the park. With pcwiz's new install pack on the horizon, I'd say it's the one to go with hands down. Literally about as easy as it gets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuietOC Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 does IDE work on the ip35-e, either ide hdd or ide dvd burner Intel's chipsets no longer have IDE(PATA) support. Seems like all P35 boards use a JMicron IDE controller, but the kext for the JMicron limits you to using 3GB or less memory in OSX. So you get to choose either lots of memory or IDE support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NW Putra Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 I just finished installing iATKOS v1.r2 into GA-P35-DS3L I use SATA HD (Seagate) and DVD (LiteOn). SATA devices are working out of the box. Sound card (ALC888) needs Taruga's patch to work. The graphics card was Gigabyte Geforce 8600GT. It needs NVinstaller and then it can give a good resolution (mine was 1650x1050 on ASUS 198T monitor). LAN is working out of the box. I dont know Pararel/Serial ports status. But since I dont use them, may be I can live without it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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