Hackintosh 10.5.5 Retail Rig - Starting at $305

[SpandexAssasin]

Anyone get any issues with LAN not working? I just put together a media center with the g31m-es2l board and LAN is the only thing giving me issues. I've reinstalled kaido's g31m kit a few times and even verified to make sure the realtekr1000 kext was installed in the right location. I've rebooted with -f -v and nothing either.

Looking at the network preference pane, it seems my router is not feeding it the right ip address (192.168.0.5). It has a 169.xxx.xxx.xxx IP address. I've turned off the router and that didn't help either.

Any clues or ideas?

 

[Zaap]

Originally posted by: sindows
I saw a thread showing that some versions of torrented Windows 7 RC1 had a built in trojan/backdoor, what are the chances for it to happen with modified ktexts? How long would it take people to find out?

What exactly is the relationship to a Windows trojan, and 'modified kexts?'

 

[Zaap]

Originally posted by: SpandexAssasin
Anyone get any issues with LAN not working? I just put together a media center with the g31m-es2l board and LAN is the only thing giving me issues. I've reinstalled kaido's g31m kit a few times and even verified to make sure the realtekr1000 kext was installed in the right location. I've rebooted with -f -v and nothing either.

Looking at the network preference pane, it seems my router is not feeding it the right ip address (192.168.0.5). It has a 169.xxx.xxx.xxx IP address. I've turned off the router and that didn't help either.

Any clues or ideas?

Did you apply the 'ethernet fix' if there is one with Kaido's guide?

My own ES2L system doesn't have any realtek kext, but Ethernet works great. (I added it to the boot.plist using EFI strings.)

 

[SpandexAssasin]

Originally posted by: Zaap

Did you apply the 'ethernet fix' if there is one with Kaido's guide?

My own ES2L system doesn't have any realtek kext, but Ethernet works great. (I added it to the boot.plist using EFI strings.)

Yup, I did the Uinstaller and checked off the "Ethernet fix".

Are there BIOS settings we have to set for this board? Was something posted? I didn't see anything.

 

[cgates]

Somewhat off topic: for those who want USB sound, here's a deal for $2.26 including shipping...

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.22475

 

[swong8]

Hi Kaido,

Great job on the UD3P kit. I was wondering what is the best way to properly migrate from 10.5.6 -> 10.5.7? Are there any instructions somewhere? I don't want to reinstall my entire system. If it means changing out some kexts. Thanks!

 

[cgates]

The ES2L kit is great! Aside from the hum in the audio, this thing rocks!

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: cgates
Somewhat off topic: for those who want USB sound, here's a deal for $2.26 including shipping...

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.22475

Be careful with the non-Syba USB models, I have one that looks just like that $2.26 model and it's only Line Out, it doesn't let you adjust volume at all!

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: wicktron
I'd like to know how to upgrade from 10.5.5 (USB stick method) to 10.5.7. I don't want to brick my system. Booo

1. Make a full, working backup
2. Install 10.5.7 (from Software Update or else download the Combo Update)
3. If it works, yay...if it fails, just restore your backup!

You can also install the bootloader & drivers to your hard drive and ditch the USB method if you'd like

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: cgates
The ES2L kit is great! Aside from the hum in the audio, this thing rocks!

I think your speakers or something else is causing the hum...I tried onboard sound & USB sound on my ES2L on 3 different sets of speakers and it's nice and clean-sounding on all of them! At the very least, the USB should give you clean sound if something is amuck with your board, so I'd check groundings, wiring, etc. to see exactly where the problem lies.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: swong8
Hi Kaido,

Great job on the UD3P kit. I was wondering what is the best way to properly migrate from 10.5.6 -> 10.5.7? Are there any instructions somewhere? I don't want to reinstall my entire system. If it means changing out some kexts. Thanks!

Make a backup (that you can restore from), then install the 10.5.7 update - if it fails, then just pop your update back on. I've read that 10.5.7 screws up if audio kexts are bundled in the Mkext (not 100% sure of that though), so I put them in SLE instead. You can run the latest Uinstaller plugin and then update to 10.5.7 if you'd like, just be sure to make a working system backup first!

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: SpandexAssasin
Anyone get any issues with LAN not working? I just put together a media center with the g31m-es2l board and LAN is the only thing giving me issues. I've reinstalled kaido's g31m kit a few times and even verified to make sure the realtekr1000 kext was installed in the right location. I've rebooted with -f -v and nothing either.

Looking at the network preference pane, it seems my router is not feeding it the right ip address (192.168.0.5). It has a 169.xxx.xxx.xxx IP address. I've turned off the router and that didn't help either.

Any clues or ideas?

Is onboard Ethernet enabled in BIOS? It's under "Integrated Peripherals" as "Onboard H/W LAN: [Enabled]". You might also try deleting the Ethernet entry in System Preferences, then adding it back in again, and also try disabling DHCP and then enabling it again (also in Sys Prefs).

 

[Kaido]

ES2L 10.5.7 Kit Released:

http://leopardsoup.pbworks.com/es2l_v10

 

[Kaido]

DS3L 10.5.7 Kit Released:

http://leopardsoup.pbworks.com/ds3l_v10

 

[xavifm]

thanks for the kit for UD3P Thanks

 

[SpandexAssasin]

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: SpandexAssasin
Anyone get any issues with LAN not working? I just put together a media center with the g31m-es2l board and LAN is the only thing giving me issues. I've reinstalled kaido's g31m kit a few times and even verified to make sure the realtekr1000 kext was installed in the right location. I've rebooted with -f -v and nothing either.

Looking at the network preference pane, it seems my router is not feeding it the right ip address (192.168.0.5). It has a 169.xxx.xxx.xxx IP address. I've turned off the router and that didn't help either.

Any clues or ideas?

Is onboard Ethernet enabled in BIOS? It's under "Integrated Peripherals" as "Onboard H/W LAN: [Enabled]". You might also try deleting the Ethernet entry in System Preferences, then adding it back in again, and also try disabling DHCP and then enabling it again (also in Sys Prefs).

So this morning I turned it on and I received an error message stating the RealtekR1000 kext was improperly installed. I pressed ok and then opened up safari and voila, it worked! I'm able to connect to it as well. Not sure what the problem was since I restarted a ton of times last night and nothing changed this morning....

I'll just let this become one of those unexplained mysteries of the world.

 

[Zaap]

Sounds like the permissions may not have been properly set on the kext. If you keep getting the same error, you could try reinstalling the kext again with kexthelper, which will set the correct permissions. Also repair your permissions with disk utility. It sounds like it's actually working without the kext- because, you know, it does. ( As I recall, like with other boards, after setup I was online downloading the system updates before installing a single kext for anything.)

 

[Dalorin]

Originally posted by: SpandexAssasin

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: SpandexAssasin
Anyone get any issues with LAN not working? I just put together a media center with the g31m-es2l board and LAN is the only thing giving me issues. I've reinstalled kaido's g31m kit a few times and even verified to make sure the realtekr1000 kext was installed in the right location. I've rebooted with -f -v and nothing either.

Looking at the network preference pane, it seems my router is not feeding it the right ip address (192.168.0.5). It has a 169.xxx.xxx.xxx IP address. I've turned off the router and that didn't help either.

Any clues or ideas?

Is onboard Ethernet enabled in BIOS? It's under "Integrated Peripherals" as "Onboard H/W LAN: [Enabled]". You might also try deleting the Ethernet entry in System Preferences, then adding it back in again, and also try disabling DHCP and then enabling it again (also in Sys Prefs).

So this morning I turned it on and I received an error message stating the RealtekR1000 kext was improperly installed. I pressed ok and then opened up safari and voila, it worked! I'm able to connect to it as well. Not sure what the problem was since I restarted a ton of times last night and nothing changed this morning....

I'll just let this become one of those unexplained mysteries of the world.

I can't offer much advice except to say that I set up a system with that board last night and Ethernet worked OOTB. Weird.

 

[SpandexAssasin]

Thanks for the replies guys. For now I'll leave it as it is since it's decided to start working now. I'll keep my fingers crossed and hope it stays that way. I'll end up picking up a PCI ethernet card anyway one of these days.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: SpandexAssasin

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: SpandexAssasin
Anyone get any issues with LAN not working? I just put together a media center with the g31m-es2l board and LAN is the only thing giving me issues. I've reinstalled kaido's g31m kit a few times and even verified to make sure the realtekr1000 kext was installed in the right location. I've rebooted with -f -v and nothing either.

Looking at the network preference pane, it seems my router is not feeding it the right ip address (192.168.0.5). It has a 169.xxx.xxx.xxx IP address. I've turned off the router and that didn't help either.

Any clues or ideas?

Is onboard Ethernet enabled in BIOS? It's under "Integrated Peripherals" as "Onboard H/W LAN: [Enabled]". You might also try deleting the Ethernet entry in System Preferences, then adding it back in again, and also try disabling DHCP and then enabling it again (also in Sys Prefs).

So this morning I turned it on and I received an error message stating the RealtekR1000 kext was improperly installed. I pressed ok and then opened up safari and voila, it worked! I'm able to connect to it as well. Not sure what the problem was since I restarted a ton of times last night and nothing changed this morning....

I'll just let this become one of those unexplained mysteries of the world.

Did you install the drivers using the Hard Drive method? Or install the drivers and then run updates? i.e. what was your installation method?

To fix it, just re-install the R1000 driver using Kext Helper (or Uinstaller).

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: Dalorin

Originally posted by: SpandexAssasin

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: SpandexAssasin
Anyone get any issues with LAN not working? I just put together a media center with the g31m-es2l board and LAN is the only thing giving me issues. I've reinstalled kaido's g31m kit a few times and even verified to make sure the realtekr1000 kext was installed in the right location. I've rebooted with -f -v and nothing either.

Looking at the network preference pane, it seems my router is not feeding it the right ip address (192.168.0.5). It has a 169.xxx.xxx.xxx IP address. I've turned off the router and that didn't help either.

Any clues or ideas?

Is onboard Ethernet enabled in BIOS? It's under "Integrated Peripherals" as "Onboard H/W LAN: [Enabled]". You might also try deleting the Ethernet entry in System Preferences, then adding it back in again, and also try disabling DHCP and then enabling it again (also in Sys Prefs).

So this morning I turned it on and I received an error message stating the RealtekR1000 kext was improperly installed. I pressed ok and then opened up safari and voila, it worked! I'm able to connect to it as well. Not sure what the problem was since I restarted a ton of times last night and nothing changed this morning....

I'll just let this become one of those unexplained mysteries of the world.

I can't offer much advice except to say that I set up a system with that board last night and Ethernet worked OOTB. Weird.

It only partially works OOTB. Bonjour/AFP (stuff like iTunes shares) don't work without the R1000 kext. But you can get online without the driver.

 

[SpandexAssasin]

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: SpandexAssasin

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: SpandexAssasin
Anyone get any issues with LAN not working? I just put together a media center with the g31m-es2l board and LAN is the only thing giving me issues. I've reinstalled kaido's g31m kit a few times and even verified to make sure the realtekr1000 kext was installed in the right location. I've rebooted with -f -v and nothing either.

Looking at the network preference pane, it seems my router is not feeding it the right ip address (192.168.0.5). It has a 169.xxx.xxx.xxx IP address. I've turned off the router and that didn't help either.

Any clues or ideas?

Is onboard Ethernet enabled in BIOS? It's under "Integrated Peripherals" as "Onboard H/W LAN: [Enabled]". You might also try deleting the Ethernet entry in System Preferences, then adding it back in again, and also try disabling DHCP and then enabling it again (also in Sys Prefs).

So this morning I turned it on and I received an error message stating the RealtekR1000 kext was improperly installed. I pressed ok and then opened up safari and voila, it worked! I'm able to connect to it as well. Not sure what the problem was since I restarted a ton of times last night and nothing changed this morning....

I'll just let this become one of those unexplained mysteries of the world.

Did you install the drivers using the Hard Drive method? Or install the drivers and then run updates? i.e. what was your installation method?

To fix it, just re-install the R1000 driver using Kext Helper (or Uinstaller).

I used the Hard Drive method. I was having problems screen sharing as well but after re-installing the r1000 driver w/uinstaller, everything is working perfectly! Thanks a bunch!

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: SpandexAssasin

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: SpandexAssasin

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: SpandexAssasin
Anyone get any issues with LAN not working? I just put together a media center with the g31m-es2l board and LAN is the only thing giving me issues. I've reinstalled kaido's g31m kit a few times and even verified to make sure the realtekr1000 kext was installed in the right location. I've rebooted with -f -v and nothing either.

Looking at the network preference pane, it seems my router is not feeding it the right ip address (192.168.0.5). It has a 169.xxx.xxx.xxx IP address. I've turned off the router and that didn't help either.

Any clues or ideas?

Is onboard Ethernet enabled in BIOS? It's under "Integrated Peripherals" as "Onboard H/W LAN: [Enabled]". You might also try deleting the Ethernet entry in System Preferences, then adding it back in again, and also try disabling DHCP and then enabling it again (also in Sys Prefs).

So this morning I turned it on and I received an error message stating the RealtekR1000 kext was improperly installed. I pressed ok and then opened up safari and voila, it worked! I'm able to connect to it as well. Not sure what the problem was since I restarted a ton of times last night and nothing changed this morning....

I'll just let this become one of those unexplained mysteries of the world.

Did you install the drivers using the Hard Drive method? Or install the drivers and then run updates? i.e. what was your installation method?

To fix it, just re-install the R1000 driver using Kext Helper (or Uinstaller).

I used the Hard Drive method. I was having problems screen sharing as well but after re-installing the r1000 driver w/uinstaller, everything is working perfectly! Thanks a bunch!

Yah, I switched the Hard Drive install method from Leopard, Latest Point Update, and Drivers to just Leopard - that way it doesn't screw up the installation of the drivers and whatnot.

 

[davidy123]

Originally posted by: Zaap

At the owner's request, I added this LG Blu-Ray, HD-DVD, drive. This drive works fine with OSX: installed fine, reads/plays DVDs, writes DVDs and CDs (Toast 10 no problems at all- Toast 9 crapped out) and reads Blu-Rays and HD-DVDs, but of course, can't play HD movies. (Thanks a lot Jobs!) On the Windows side, everything works great- Blu-ray via DVI/HDMI to a 56" screen looks fan-freakin'-tastic!

And now for my question...

Was the Windows side running in a VM or was it a dual boot? I'm getting ready to pull the trigger on my first hackintosh HTPC and was thinking about doing the same thing.

P.S. - Thanks to all who have contributed to this thread, especially Kaido. It has been a great read the last few months.

 

[mosslack]

Originally posted by: davidy123

Originally posted by: Zaap

At the owner's request, I added this LG Blu-Ray, HD-DVD, drive. This drive works fine with OSX: installed fine, reads/plays DVDs, writes DVDs and CDs (Toast 10 no problems at all- Toast 9 crapped out) and reads Blu-Rays and HD-DVDs, but of course, can't play HD movies. (Thanks a lot Jobs!) On the Windows side, everything works great- Blu-ray via DVI/HDMI to a 56" screen looks fan-freakin'-tastic!

Not only is he shy, he doesn't have a lot to say either!