[GUIDE] Retail MSI X58 Platinum SLI + Pictures 64 BIT - Page 9

x986123 · #1 12-12-2009, 08:11 PM

Maybe Chameleon/PC_EFI have some kind of fixes for this? I dunno, you might want to try if your up to it.

Thing is, I had to set "About this mac" CPU to Intel Core i7 manually, but with that, I had to enter speed manually. But It used to change auto, and System Profiler still changes it auto.

As you can see, my ram was auto detected, All I did was add a SMBIOS.plist to make sure it says DDR3, thats it.

rpdmatt · #2 12-14-2009, 06:20 AM

I stumbled across this guide a few days ago and just got around to trying it out, however, I'm running into a slight problem and was wondering if anyone could help out. I currently have 10.5.7 installed on my system but wanted to try out 10.6 but when I try the posted installation method I get a warning and am unable to install on the partition I want. The warning says i must repartition the disk as 'GUID Partition Table' before I can continue. I realize that I could do this using the diskutil tool, however I have been using that particular hard drive for some other things and don't want to fully repartition the drive. I'm curious to know if there is some clever way around this or if reformatting is my only option. I've tried a poking around in a GParted live cd, with no luck.

x986123 · #3 12-15-2009, 01:08 AM

Theres is a fix for MBR OSInstall.mpkg, search it on google, it exists.

fetoman · #4 12-15-2009, 04:48 AM

im still having problems.. i think its because my graphic card--- ati 3870

rpdmatt · #5 12-27-2009, 09:37 PM

Thanks for the intel on the cracked OSInstall.mpkg, x. I'm still having some considerable trouble getting this install to work. I have followed your instructions pretty rigidly but no luck, I keep getting kernel panics right when I boot up. I've tried to install all of the kexts in the /Extra/Extensions folder and I've also tried to install them in the S/L/E folder, repairing permissions whenever I do it. Really, I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong :/

barrsurf · #6 12-30-2009, 06:32 PM

X, do you know of any reason this wouldn't work on x58m? Seems to be same components for the most part. I'm planning on starting in the next week or so. I've built pc's, but never a hack. So I'm a flat out noob. I'll be starting with non-formatted drives and going from there. I'm sure I'll have lots of questions.

Thanks for all your hard work.

hys17 · #7 01-07-2010, 11:25 AM

Hi,x986123. Good to see you again.
I'm still working on to get my Snow Leopard more perfect since I followed your guild to get it installed a few months ago.

The biggest problem I'm having is I can't get the vanilla AppleHDA.kext working since there's no Built-in Audio info in System Profile with VoodooHDA.kext which would stop Avid Media Composer from launching.

Is there anyway to fix that by modifying the DSDT?
I posted my full question here.
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/ind...owtopic=205748
If you could take a look,I'd so appreciate.

Thank you again for your wonderful guild which at least got my Hac in the first place

barrsurf · #8 01-07-2010, 05:16 PM

I was able to load SL, but after I go through the setup I am unable to log in. It doesn't recognize username or password. I re-setup and tried without a password, but no luck. Any thoughts?

MSI X58M
I7 920
BFG GTS 250 1gb
4gb DDR3
Retail Snow Leopard

x986123 · #9 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 · #10 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?