Originally posted by: Zaap
It might be time to retire the P35-DS3L- it's still a great board but eventually the remaining supply is going to dry up.
Just did an install with the GA-EP45-UD3P + Q6600, 16GB, 7600GT (temp until replacement)
Prepped board
Built system (pre rat's nest wiring cleanup)
Booted/installed with Grub-dfe and retail 10.5.4
Right after install, LAN worked OOB, direct System Updated to 10.5.6 without issue.
Rebooted (-v -f) ran UInstaller and selected:
Boot timeout to 5
Nothing for native Boot Res (I've had even a 'correct' setting put my monitor out of range during boot)
PC_EFI v9 Chameleon 1.0.12
Applied the Ethernet EFI String.
Applied the EFI string for my video card.
Installed 4 kext files.
Voila! Done, and it runs perfectly! Using USB audio (better anyway) rather than the onboard, so I didn't futz with onboard. My friend who owns it is already editing a show with this beast.
I highly recommend this board and install method added to the guide if it isn't already- it's fairly cheap/newer-gen, and fully working.
Works: LAN (board has dual LAN, both worked) Sleep/Shutdown/Restart (After installing Chameleon- before that had to force a restart after first update), onboard Firewire, USB, update to 10.5.6
Not working: About this Mac reports 2.4 GHz Unknown (easy fix, haven't bothered), Orange HD icons- system must be set to AHCI. Haven't looked for the AHCI fix yet for the orange drives.
Not yet tried: onboard audio (reported working) eSata (2 purple ports + powered bracket), ATA
This is similar to my system - except I have only 8gb RAM and the 9800GTX.
GA-EP45-UD3P + Q6600 + 9800GTX + 8GB
My install was like this:
0. BIOS settings: http://www.scribd.com/doc/7618939/BIOS-Settings
1. iDeneb 10.5.5
2. Rip Retail 10.5 to drive, download standalone 10.5.6 upgrade
3. Used UInstaller OSx86 Installer to install retail 10.5 and 10.5.6 upgrade
4. Ran UInstaller again and applied all the options.
5. Downloaded and installed the KEXT package for the UD3R (not sure this is even necessary)
http://forum.insanelymac.com/i...&start=100#entry996755
6. Boot with -f -v
7. Apply audio patch: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=129449
8. For 10.5.6, need to install new AppleSMSBios from here: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=108606 in build/development --> use kext helper
9. Deleted AppleIntelCPUPowermanagement
10. I booted into an XP install and used the gigabyte utility to overclock to 3.2Ghz.
Always reboot with -f -v after any changes, or you will get a kernel panic.
Everything runs great - I've not had any problems so far after two weeks. The machine runs cool and fast.