Originally posted by: Kaido
Yah; the reason I don't do the whole DSDT bit is that it can vary so much between boards. For 10.5.8 & Snow, I might do a basic DSDT, but for example I use a PCI NIC, so the DSDT compiled for the onboard NIC wouldn't work for me. I'm thinking about adding an "Advanced" section to the Wiki for such projects
I don't like the DSDT stuff either. It's very poorly documented, and making changes basically comes down to "do this and hope it works." Unfortunately SL likes to erase CMOSes if it accesses the Real Time Clock the wrong way, which makes DSDTs necessary on a lot of boards. And in my own case, Asus saw it fit to insert a bunch of ALIAS entries in the CPU section, which Mac OS X can't handle. So I must have a DSDT file with those entries scrubbed just to boot.Originally posted by: Kaido
Originally posted by: Gymnae
Regarding the R1000.kext for SL - It's not needed if you have your DSDT straight. I can give you guys mine for the P35-DS3L with the newest Bios (F9 I think) - LAN works perfectly out of the box, using the vanilla com.apple.driver.AppleRTL8169Ethernet kext.
For SL I also don't use the Disabler.kext and AppleDecrypt.kext.
Currently I use: fakesmc, platformuuid (fitted for my UUID), openhaltrestart, sleepenabler and legacyhda. works really nice.
Sleep works top, wake from sleep too and LAN is there immediately. When I find time I will play more with my DSDT to get onboard sound working without and altered Apple kexts.
Yah; the reason I don't do the whole DSDT bit is that it can vary so much between boards. For 10.5.8 & Snow, I might do a basic DSDT, but for example I use a PCI NIC, so the DSDT compiled for the onboard NIC wouldn't work for me. I'm thinking about adding an "Advanced" section to the Wiki for such projects
Originally posted by: umrigar
This motherboard appears to support OS X, no?
http://www.tigerdirect.com/app...ails.asp?EdpNo=5214111
Will the Pentium work? obviously a Core 2 Duo or Quad is preferable...
Originally posted by: mosslack
Originally posted by: Kaido
Yah; the reason I don't do the whole DSDT bit is that it can vary so much between boards. For 10.5.8 & Snow, I might do a basic DSDT, but for example I use a PCI NIC, so the DSDT compiled for the onboard NIC wouldn't work for me. I'm thinking about adding an "Advanced" section to the Wiki for such projects
Is this basic DSDT the same as in the past? The one created by the PCWiz program? If so I assume you just edit the file to fit your config then. Sounds easy enough, but I'm like you, I think I like the one size fits all concept better.
Edit: I've been so busy lately with this 3 monitor setup that I haven't been keeping up with the latest stuff. Looks like I need to do some more reading.
Originally posted by: Gymnae
Regarding the R1000.kext for SL - It's not needed if you have your DSDT straight. I can give you guys mine for the P35-DS3L with the newest Bios (F9 I think) - LAN works perfectly out of the box, using the vanilla com.apple.driver.AppleRTL8169Ethernet kext.
For SL I also don't use the Disabler.kext and AppleDecrypt.kext.
Currently I use: fakesmc, platformuuid (fitted for my UUID), openhaltrestart, sleepenabler and legacyhda. works really nice.
Sleep works top, wake from sleep too and LAN is there immediately. When I find time I will play more with my DSDT to get onboard sound working without and altered Apple kexts.
Originally posted by: Jack Flash
Going crazy tonight. Going to attempt to install Snow Leopard and Vista on a single HDD.
If it doesn't work out I'm coming back to 10.5.8 until 10.6.2.
Originally posted by: muzo178
Lifehacker just posted Snow Leopard a guide based on UD3P: http://lifehacker.com/5351485/...eopard-start-to-finish
Originally posted by: Gymnae
There are really good tutorials on DSDT on insanelymac by now.
Here is mine in the decompiled .dsl code: http://pastebin.com/m3c5e90be
You can take that and use it, but I don't know if the machine specifics like my Q6660 or the GPU code cold mess you up, but it's worth a try.
It's for the GA-P35-DS3L Rev. 1 F9 Bios with the RTC Patch.
Originally posted by: leglez
I am getting ready to try to install snow leopard using the lifehacker article. Is there anyway to do it without an 8GB+ flash? Biggest I have is 4GB.
Originally posted by: machinist
May I suggest you peruse Prasys' guide? http://prasys.co.cc/2009/08/in...now-leopard-for-osx86/
Prasys is knowledgeable and shares.