Sorry no, don;'t use HDMI so can't help.

Rob.

I dont think video cards output sound through their hdmi. I have a 9800gt and I used both hdmi and vga. I didn't have any sound, just get a headphone out to rca from radio shack.

Also, I followed this guide and I have noticed my usb speeds being slow. According to this . It takes about 42 secounds to transfer 1 gig of information to a usb drive (connected directly to my board). Any Ideas?

You;re confusing USB speeds with disk speeds. USB might be 480mbps (it isn't really), your disks can't output data at those speeds.

A chain is only as strong as it's weakest link, you could have 800mbps Firewire but no disk can work at those speeds.

Oddly enough I'm transferring 69.93GB off a Mac Mini disk to a larger disk via a USB 2.0 connection as we speak.

It has 66GB to go and is estimated to take two hours. Lets assume it does it in two hours, that works out at 550MB per minute which equals 9Mb per second. Which is about right for a 2.5" laptop disk. I could have USB 3.0 but it still wouldn't be quicker.

I have no issues with 9Mb/second, a faster disk would help but for you to get to 1GB in 17 seconds you can't do it off a single disk. Perhaps a disk array with stuff in parallel would help :)

Thanks for explaining that to me. I'm setting up a media center and I decided to use a 30gb usb stick as a go between from WD TV and computer. Great explanation of how it really works.

Thanks rwillett

Any one using the old school PATA (IDE?) HD's I have a few I tried to throw in my machine I got one recognized but it hasnt been recognized again. not really sure what the deal is just wondering. ive toyed with the bios too but again im not sure what I can do, the bios doesn't seam to recognize them. I might need pin covers for the drive. I thought the bios chose which drive was being used so i threw the master slave covers out... Hope I don't need em. Also here are my kexts if anyone sees any tweaks I could make let me know
Sn0ws-iMac:~ sn0w$ kextstat
Index Refs Address Size Wired Name (Version) <Linked Against>
1 57 0 0 0 com.apple.kpi.bsd (10.0.0)
2 4 0 0 0 com.apple.kpi.dsep (10.0.0)
3 78 0 0 0 com.apple.kpi.iokit (10.0.0)
4 84 0 0 0 com.apple.kpi.libkern (10.0.0)
5 63 0 0 0 com.apple.kpi.mach (10.0.0)
6 24 0 0 0 com.apple.kpi.private (10.0.0)
7 39 0 0 0 com.apple.kpi.unsupported (10.0.0)
8 0 0 0 0 com.apple.kernel.6.0 (7.9.9)
9 0 0 0 0 com.apple.kernel.bsd (7.9.9)
10 1 0 0 0 com.apple.kernel.iokit (7.9.9)
11 2 0 0 0 com.apple.kernel.libkern (7.9.9)
12 1 0 0 0 com.apple.kernel.mach (7.9.9)
13 8 0x54f19000 0x4000 0x3000 com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily (1.3.0) <7 6 4 3>
14 14 0x5510b000 0x11000 0x10000 com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily (2.6) <7 5 4 3>
15 1 0x551ab000 0x41000 0x40000 com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform (1.3) <14 13 7 6 5 4 3>
16 0 0x4ecdd000 0x2000 0x1000 com.psystar.driver.OpenHaltRestart (1.0.3) <4 3>
17 0 0x54d1d000 0x2000 0x1000 org.tgwbd.driver.NullCPUPowerManagement (1.0.0d2) <7 4 3>
18 0 0x54d29000 0x2000 0x1000 net.osrom.kext.Disabler (1.0.1) <4 3>
19 0 0x54f5c000 0x2000 0x1000 com.superhai.driver.PlatformUUID (1.0.0) <4 3>
20 0 0x55208000 0x18000 0x17000 com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement (90.0.0) <7 6 5 4 3 1>
21 5 0x55232000 0x18000 0x17000 com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily (1.6) <7 6 5 4 3 1>
22 0 0x5518a000 0x11000 0x10000 com.apple.driver.DiskImages (281) <21 7 6 5 4 3 1>
23 0 0x552aa000 0x8000 0x7000 com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall (2.0.11) <7 6 5 4 3 1>
24 2 0x5512c000 0x3000 0x2000 com.apple.kext.AppleMatch (1.0.0d1) <4 1>
25 0 0x55185000 0x5000 0x4000 com.apple.security.quarantine (0) <24 7 6 5 4 2 1>
26 0 0x552a0000 0x8000 0x7000 com.apple.security.sandbox (0) <24 7 6 5 4 2 1>
27 0 0x551a5000 0x3000 0x2000 com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet (6) <7 6 5 4 2 1>
28 0 0x5519b000 0x3000 0x2000 com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC (1.4) <4 3>
29 0 0x552b2000 0x4000 0x3000 com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS (1.4) <7 4 3>
30 3 0x553c5000 0x3b000 0x3a000 com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily (1.6.0) <7 6 5 4 3 1>
31 0 0x5522b000 0x4000 0x3000 com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons (1.3) <30 15 13 7 6 5 4 3 1>
32 0 0x55220000 0x5000 0x4000 com.apple.driver.AppleRTC (9.9) <13 5 4 3 1>
33 0 0x55225000 0x4000 0x3000 org.netkas.fakesmc (2) <13 7 4 3>
34 1 0x551a8000 0x3000 0x2000 com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime (1.3.0) <7 5 4 3>
35 12 0x5afc4000 0x2f000 0x2e000 com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily (3.7.8) <7 5 4 3 1>
36 0 0x5af89000 0x10000 0xf000 com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI (3.7.5) <35 14 7 5 4 3 1>
37 2 0x5b16e000 0x43000 0x42000 com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily (4.1.7) <5 4 3 1>
38 0 0x5af99000 0x26000 0x25000 com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI (4.3.4) <37 14 7 6 5 4 3 1>
39 0 0x5af69000 0x14000 0x13000 com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI (3.7.5) <35 14 7 5 4 3 1>
40 0 0x55395000 0x6000 0x5000 com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM (1.3.0) <34 7 5 4 3>
41 2 0x5b12f000 0xd000 0xc000 com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily (2.5.0) <5 4 3 1>
42 0 0x5af7d000 0x9000 0x8000 com.apple.driver.AppleIntelPIIXATA (2.5.0) <41 14 5 4 3>
43 1 0x55229000 0x2000 0x1000 com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient (3.7.5) <35 5 4 3 1>
44 0 0x5b151000 0xf000 0xe000 com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub (3.7.8) <35 5 4 3 1>
46 0 0x5b160000 0x6000 0x5000 com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTyp eZlib (1.0.0d1) <6 4 3 2 1>
47 0 0x5b28a000 0x5000 0x4000 com.apple.BootCache (31) <7 6 5 4 3 1>
48 0 0x5b2bf000 0xe000 0xd000 com.apple.iokit.IOATABlockStorage (2.5.0) <41 21 5 4 3 1>
49 0 0x5539b000 0x3000 0x2000 com.apple.driver.XsanFilter (402.1) <21 5 4 3 1>
50 1 0x5b2b3000 0x4000 0x3000 com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite (3.7.5) <35 4 3 1>
51 2 0x5b397000 0x1a000 0x19000 com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily (2.5.0) <5 4 3 1>
52 0 0x5b37a000 0xb000 0xa000 com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass (2.5.0) <51 35 21 5 4 3 1>
53 0 0x5b3fd000 0x18000 0x17000 com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice (2.5.0) <51 21 5 4 3 1>
55 0 0x5b3e3000 0x6000 0x5000 com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver (3.7.5) <35 30 5 4 3 1>
56 0 0x5b593000 0xa000 0x9000 com.apple.filesystems.autofs (2.1.0) <7 6 5 4 3 1>
57 1 0x5b585000 0xb000 0xa000 com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily (3.4.0a20) <6 5 4 3>
58 2 0x5b59d000 0xa000 0x9000 com.apple.driver.AppleSMC (3.0.1d2) <13 7 5 4 3>
59 0 0x5b603000 0xf000 0xe000 com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin (3.4.0a20) <58 57 14 13 7 6 5 4 3>
60 2 0x5b84c000 0x9000 0x8000 com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily (10.0.2) <7 6 5 4 3 1>
61 1 0x5b861000 0x9000 0x8000 com.apple.driver.Apple16X50Serial (3.0) <60 14 5 4 3>
62 0 0x5b29d000 0x2000 0x1000 com.apple.driver.Apple16X50ACPI (3.0) <61 13 4 3>
63 1 0x5b541000 0x4000 0x3000 com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib (1.3) <5 4>
64 2 0x5b81d000 0x17000 0x16000 com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily (1.7.0fc16) <63 5 4 3 1>
65 0 0x5b98e000 0x34000 0x33000 com.apple.driver.AppleUSBAudio (2.6.4b15) <64 35 5 4 3>
68 7 0x5b8d7000 0x2c000 0x2b000 com.apple.iokit.AppleProfileFamily (40) <14 7 6 5 4 3 1>
70 3 0x5b963000 0x16000 0x15000 com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily (1.8) <7 6 5 4 3 1>
71 0 0x5b979000 0x9000 0x8000 com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP (2.0.3) <70 37 5 4 3 1>
72 0 0x5b982000 0x6000 0x5000 com.apple.driver.AppleRTL8169Ethernet (1.1) <70 14 5 4 3 1>
73 0 0x5b9fd000 0xb000 0xa000 com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEthernet (2.0.9) <70 35 7 5 4 3 1>
74 4 0x5ba08000 0x1e000 0x1d000 com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily (2.0) <14 7 5 4 3>
75 2 0x5b9e6000 0xe000 0xd000 com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport (2.0) <74 14 7 5 4 3>
76 2 0x5c6a0000 0x294000 0x293000 com.apple.NVDAResman (6.0.0) <75 74 14 5 4 3 1>
77 0 0x5cdfd000 0x473000 0x472000 com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal (6.0.0) <76 4 3>
78 0 0x55100000 0x4000 0x3000 com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver (1.1.0) <64 5 4 3 1>
80 0 0x5bc73000 0xa7000 0xa6000 com.apple.GeForce (6.0.0) <76 75 74 14 7 6 5 4 3 1>
81 0 0x5b988000 0x6000 0x5000 com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X (7.0.0) <58 7 4 3 1>
82 0 0x5b9f4000 0x7000 0x6000 com.apple.driver.AppleIntelPenrynProfile (17) <68 6 4 3>
83 0 0x5b612000 0x5000 0x4000 com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient (3.0.5) <74 14 13 7 5 4 3 1>
84 0 0x5ba74000 0x9000 0x8000 com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager (2.2f18) <60 7 5 4 3 1>
86 0 0x5ba5e000 0xb000 0xa000 com.apple.iokit.IOSurface (73.0) <7 5 4 3 1>
87 0 0x5b394000 0x3000 0x2000 com.evosx86.driver.lspcidrv (1.0) <4 3>
88 0 0x5b549000 0x3000 0x2000 com.apple.driver.AppleProfileCallstackAction (20) <68 5 4 3 1>
89 0 0x5b55e000 0x3000 0x2000 com.apple.driver.AppleProfileKEventAction (10) <68 4 3 1>
90 0 0x5b535000 0x3000 0x2000 com.apple.driver.AppleProfileRegisterStateAction (10) <68 4 3 1>
91 0 0x5b565000 0x3000 0x2000 com.apple.driver.AppleProfileThreadInfoAction (14) <68 6 4 3 1>
92 0 0x5b56d000 0x3000 0x2000 com.apple.driver.AppleProfileTimestampAction (10) <68 5 4 3 1>
93 0 0x5b57d000 0x3000 0x2000 com.apple.driver.AppleProfileReadCounterAction (17) <68 6 4 3>
94 0 0x5bd1a000 0xd4000 0xd3000 com.vmware.kext.vmx86 (3.0.0) <11 5 4 3 1>
95 0 0x5bbc6000 0xc000 0xb000 com.vmware.kext.vmci (3.0.0) <5 4 3 1>
96 0 0x5bbd2000 0x6000 0x5000 com.vmware.kext.vmioplug (3.0.0) <35 30 5 4 3 1>
97 0 0x5bc2d000 0xa000 0x9000 com.vmware.kext.vmnet (3.0.0) <5 4 3 1>
99 0 0x54df1000 0x3000 0x2000 com.bresink.driver.BRESINKx86Monitoring (5.0) <12 11 10>
100 3 0x5be08000 0x21000 0x20000 org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (3.0.8) <7 5 4 3 1>
101 0 0x54ddc000 0x7000 0x6000 org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (3.0.8) <100 43 35 7 5 4 3 1>
102 0 0x54dc1000 0x4000 0x3000 org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (3.0.8) <100 7 5 4 3 1>
103 0 0x54da7000 0x3000 0x2000 org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp (3.0.8) <100 5 4 1>
104 0 0x54db9000 0x5000 0x4000 com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor (1.9.2d0) <5 4 3>
105 0 0x5b3dc000 0x3000 0x2000 com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub (3.7.5) <50 35 4 3 1>
Sn0ws-iMac:~ sn0w$

Thanks again

I tried to do this yesterday and never got it to work. The BIOS recognised the disks (as it should) but SL failed to see them. I suspect a new Kext is needed but I put mine in a Firewire enclosure and it worked fine.

I had one working, I'll let you know if I can get it working again. I switched a few kexts around I have to figure out what was working. I

Regarding IDE drives.
My backup clone is on a IDE drive and boots fine, also the dvd drive I sometimes connect is IDE.
I don't use any special kexts. It's just a hassle to get the little jumpers right on the drives, the master/slave thing. And then the connector on the IDE cable matters too, middle or end. One time I couldn't get it to work no matter what I did, but then I discovered that a cable had got lose at the molex connector, so no power...

" I thought the bios chose which drive was being used so i threw the master slave covers out"

I assume you mean jumpers? To some extent you're right, but you really do need them. Unless you do cable select, which can be a bit flaky and then where on the cable they are matters more, and you need the right sort of cable for it.

IDE drives also work fine for me here.

As above, make sure you have it cabled up right.

That means master *should* be on the end of the IDE cable (and make sure it's the correct sort, should be an 80 not 40 wire one for HDs), the slave nearer the mobo. Also be sure to set master/slave jumpers correctly.

Hi, I am working on my second hackintosh (last one was like a year ago, and the whole ideneb thing was allot easier for me :p)

Anyway I have a G31M-ES2L with a 2.33ghz c2d, 4gb of ram, ati 4550 card.

I was able to make it through 90% of the instructions in the OP, when I got to the part about finding "_WAK" and coping DTDG I did not understand what it wanted me to do.


- on your keyboard press "command F (Find)" and look for "_WAK", right above it copy paste "DTGP" located on your dsdtfix file
- again "command F (Find)" and enter RTC, look for "0x04" below RTC and changed them to "0x02" - this fix is for CMOS Reset
- command F (Find) and enter Azalia, go to dsdtfix file and copy paste "HDEF" to your dsl replacing azalia.. again check my included dsl for reference - this is for ALC883 Audio
- when done and sure everything is correct, hit save or (command S) to save your dsdt.dsl
- to compile it to .aml, drag and drop it (dsdt.dsl) to iAslMe, you'll get 1 warning (PARM under IGD0) but hopefully you have 0 error
- look for Sessions folder and copy dsdt.aml to /Extra of your Snow Leopard

What DTGP is it talking about? In the authors file it has those letters mixed in with a whole bunch of other stuff 2 lines above _WAK.

I also did the search for RTC on my file, and I did not see a 0x04, I even tried a search for 0x04, with no results.

I tried doing pfix with the authors .aml file, yet all i get is premission denied on ever line (no I don't have a pass or anything that would limit it).

Can some explain to me how I am doing this wrong? I would really like to get this thing to work.