ichiuk Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 Hi, I've just got my Kalyway system working a treat, so I thought I'd share a few experiences since I worked it all out from this forum... First my system specs... Intel DP965LT Intel E6600 CPU 4 GB Corsair XMS2 1 x 74GB WD Raptor SATA 1 x 500GB WD Caviar SATA 1 x 200 GB WD Caviar SATA 1 x Optiarc DVD-RW AD-7191S Sapphire HD 3850 ATI PCI-Express GFX Card M-Audio Delta 2496 Sound Card I had an IDE DVD-RW, which I couldn't get Kalyway 10.5.1 to install from. It kept hanging and saying Still waiting for root device over and over. After changing my cable, port, BIOS settings, etc. I read on here that a SATA drive would work, so I bought the Optiarc one (Sony and Toshiba) and I finally got it installed using vanilla -v. Then I had a nightmare getting the graphics card working. I tried the Netkas ones and kept getting a black screen or a fuzzy screen. Also tried just using the Apple Graphics update (after updating to Kalyway 10.5.2) but to no avail. I was about to give up when I tried one last time using the driver listed below after installing the Apple Graphics Update and not restarting (I think, but it's def that driver that worked). http://rapidshare.com/files/100461472/ATI-3850.zip.html (found on this forum, in some topic I can't find now may have been this post... http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=92989 ) After that I realised my onboard NIC wouldn't work (Intel 82566DC) and read there simply aren't drivers for that chip. So I plugged a firewire cable into my MacBook Pro and shared the Wifi connection to get it on the internet until I can get a PCI NIC that will work. After I got my screen running at 1920x1200 I tried the Apple Software Updates (since I knew I could get it all back how it was again and had read only kernal updates will screw a Hackintosh system). I installed all of them... (rebooted and crossed my fingers; it worked) "AirPort Utility" (5.3.1) "Security Update 2008-002" (1.1) "iLife Support" (8.2) "QuickTime" (7.4.5) "iTunes" (7.6.2) "Time Machine and AirPort Updates" (1.0) "Front Row Update" (2.1.3) "Remote Desktop Admin Update" (3.2) "Safari" (3.1) The last thing was my sound card which I won't ever get to work in OSX as I read that M-Audio won't make Intel drivers as Mac Pros don't have PCI ports so they won't ever make them, but that's OK, as I have Core Audio now and my onboard sound chips works OK. Plus I can just buy a firewire or USB version of it or use it in Vista. I hope all that helps someone. Good luck. :-) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/99089-success-story-dp965lt/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ichiuk Posted April 15, 2008 Author Share Posted April 15, 2008 Also, I found NTFS-3G slow, it gave me permission errors and didn't like the way it mounted so I tried this http://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac/ and it works a treat. Install it and forget. Reads and writes NTFS drives without any problem. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/99089-success-story-dp965lt/#findComment-708970 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ichiuk Posted April 16, 2008 Author Share Posted April 16, 2008 Also used these kexts to get OSX working with AHCI enabled in my BIOS so that I could use 4GB of memory. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/99089-success-story-dp965lt/#findComment-711637 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yestertech Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 I just tried this board with Snow Leopard, good results so far. Intel DP965LT Celeron 2.4GHz 800MHz FSB 2x2Gb Patriot DDR2 GeForce 8400 GS, cheapie 160GB SATA drive USB external USB case with 20GB IDE drive for install external firewire drive to test port Restored 10.6 to external drive on a working Mac used MacLoader_SL_0.4, followed instructions used included KEXTs: fakesmc.kext NullCPUPowerManagement.kext OpenHaltRestart.kext PlatformUUID.kext SleepEnabler.kext Ran MacLoader installer (use a 1 sec delay, script has a bug if you choose no delay) saved a copy of /mach_kernel from 10.6.0 just in case installed 10.6.3 combo Replaced included with newer for 10.6.3 kernel: SleepEnabler.kext Added these for fun AppleACPIPS2Nub.kext AppleIntelPIIXATA.kext IOATAFamily.kext VoodooHDA.kext VoodooPS2Controller.kext Found a 32bit copy of this an placed in /System/Library/Extensions Intel82566MM.kext You may not need this, was experimenting: Found Booter_AsereBLN_v1.1.9 replaced files in MacLoader_SL_0.4/ScriptFiles/i386 boot boot0 boot1h edit: MacLoader_SL_0.4/ScriptFiles/Boot.plist add <key>GraphicsEnabler</key> <string>Yes</string> under mach_kernel line for nVidia card Run MacLoader Update on EFI, again avoid no delay script bug All go! Problems: Board locks up in BIOS once in a while, seems fine after boot No IDE yet kernel in 32bit mode, but seems fine so far have not tested SPDIF sound resources: http://www.insanelymac.com/2009/09/downloa...pard-3264-bits/ this Intel82566MM.kext is 64bit only so use the following: http://www.kexts.com/view/13-intel82566mm_(32--64-bit).html Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/99089-success-story-dp965lt/#findComment-1474000 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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