[GUIDE] Retail MSI X58 Platinum SLI + Pictures 64 BIT - Page 10

x986123 · #91 01-08-2010, 04:23 AM

I don't know, it should work. You need a password to install or edit things in terminal, so i suggest you get one, a really short one, if it is easier to memorize. Is the keyboard working? Is caps lock on?

barrsurf · #92 01-08-2010, 04:53 AM

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Originally Posted by x986123

I don't know, it should work. You need a password to install or edit things in terminal, so i suggest you get one, a really short one, if it is easier to memorize. Is the keyboard working? Is caps lock on?

I've tried multiple passwords, all easy to remember. Keyboard working, caps lock off, although after setup I get keyboard assistant. I've tried both setting up the keyboard and using it as is. No difference. From the install disk/utilities/reset password there is only a system administrator (root) user, so it seems the setup is not completing. Do you have to login after setup one time to finish setup? I also can't seem to boot into safe mode. Do you know what to look for in terminal to reset a password?

x986123 · #93 01-08-2010, 05:29 AM

I'm not sure, but in terminal you type "Sudo passwd"
I think thats it, then type old password, and new one twice.

I have no idea whats happening to yours to be honest.

JaE-V · #94 02-11-2010, 05:57 PM

good thread

x986123 · #95 02-12-2010, 01:18 AM

Thanks! Did it help you in any way?

barrsurf · #96 03-13-2010, 02:54 AM

Has anyone gotten sleep to work with an MSI mobo? I have an X58M and an X58PRO E, and neither one sleeps correctly. I have sleepenabler kext, I believe by Netkas. Just wondered if there was some trick for MSI's.

wetzelskid · #97 04-07-2010, 05:53 AM

I have almost the same setup as many of you here,

x58 Platinum / i7 920 / GTX260 / DDR3 1600mhz RAM.

I seem to see lots of ways to go about installing mac os X, and I have a retail Snow Leopard (10.6) installation DVD, but I have NO ACCESS to a real mac whatsoever, so I can't even start any of these installations.

Help!? I'd like to use PC EFI. I may be able to get access to a mac for a short time but I need to know EXACTLY what I need to do. I'd like to install vanilla 10.6.

Thanks

InteliMacPro · #98 04-08-2010, 12:35 AM

check out empire efi. you don't need a real mac with it. it's basically a boot 132 cd with some drivers added. I've never gotten it to boot into the retail installer with video on the 260 though, so you may have trouble there. I haven't tried the latest release though, so maybe you'll have better luck. I think you need to type something in before you actually try to boot using the 260. Check it out here. Look for the R2 download for nvidia laptops and desktop 2xx graphics cards and follow the instructions. Post back if it gives you video in the installer. I just always swapped in a 8800gs and it got me into the installer.

wetzelskid · #99 04-09-2010, 03:52 AM

Alright fully operational, I think.

I had to go back and wipe out and reinstall mac os after trying to change the refresh rate- no amount of graphics mode command lines on boot caused it to do anything other than go static booting without -x. Later on I will create a separate booter on a USB or something and try to see if I can get 120hz, but for now 60hz is fine. It works!

So, I can give you my steps.

1)downloaded and burned empire efi
2)booted to SL retail dvd with empire efi (GraphicsEnabler=Y PciRoot=0) and installed (only making sure to not select printer option)
3)booted to HD with empire efi (GraphicsEnabler=Y PciRoot=0)
4)used apple update to get combo 10.6.3 update and installed it
5)rebooted again with empire efi to HD (GraphicsEnabler=Y PciRoot=0)
6)ran myhack installer, choosing sensible options, leaving graphics enabler checked, afterwards updating the com apple boot list to include PciRoot=0 as it booted with PciRoot=1 and failed to give me video, and set "Graphics Mode"="1680x1050x32" (defaults 1024x768)
7)configured kexts with kext utility, added extra kexts from this forum first page, and VoodooHDA kext from this forum 2nd page. FakeSMC from netkas' site.
8)Ran osx86 tools just in case to repair permissions and touch extensions folder. Yay GUI!
8)booted from HD adding nothing to command line, everything seems to be working fine!!!

graphics are detected and seem to work 100% (other than I'm not sure about the refresh rate, I'm scared to try to change it). Any idea how I can test to see if it's working well or just working? any program suggestions with benchmarks I can relate to? I didn't use an EFI string as graphics enabler states that with option Y it will do its best to make up a good EFI string to use... so until I find a better option I'm using it. System profiler sees it as a gtx260 so...

USB is working, it even auto-detected drivers for my logitech pro 9000 that I forgot was still plugged in during install, firewire is active, ethernet is active, I don't have a wireless adapter so it's just a cable (idk if it is working in gigabit capacity like it could though, but that's not a big deal), audio is working in stereo with the voodoohda kext, the smc makes it think I am running a mac pro with a Xeon processor instead of an i7 but reads the clock speed right...

The only things I can't seem to make sense of are that the system profiler shows the ram as being DDR2 when it is DDR3, and it shows the i7 as having 4 cores (which I guess technically it does, but it should be able to use hyperthreading to show 8 cores?).

Thanks for the easy extensions list, i986123, and thanks intelimacpro for the empire efi tip... saved me from hours of pulling my hair out.

InteliMacPro · #**100** 04-09-2010, 06:08 AM

Nice. 4 cores is technically correct. Hardware-wise, hyperthreading doesn't count. Mine doesn't even read memory in system profiler. Says 6gb 1333 in about this mac, which is as high as this mobo supports last i checked. I did away with graphics enabler and am using NVEnabler. I don't boot with anything special in the boot.plist. Glad to hear it's working for ya!