nforce 730a no sata drives detected

[gully666uk]

has anybody got any kexts so i can use my sata drives in os x the chipset is nforce 730a and the motherboard is asus men79-eh my music is on a windows partion and id like to use it, iv got everything else working including the ide drive osx is on.

any ideas?

[Voyn1x]

First thing to do is check and see if your sata's device & vendor id is in the AppleNForceATA.kext. If it isn't then thats your problem, you can work out your drives ID by using PCIUtils (http://www.x86dev.org/forum/index.php?topic=307.0).

[gully666uk]

ok i used pci utils and it came up with this

00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0754 (rev a2)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 075c (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0752 (rev a1)
00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0751 (rev a1)
00:01.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0753 (rev a2)
00:01.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0568 (rev a1)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 077b (rev a1)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 077c (rev a1)
00:04.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 077d (rev a1)
00:04.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 077e (rev a1)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0759 (rev a1)
00:07.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0774 (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 075a (rev a1)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0ad0 (rev a2)
00:10.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0778 (rev a1)
00:12.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 075b (rev a1)
00:13.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 077a (rev a1)
01:07.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G70 [GeForce 7600 GS] (rev a1)


and now im lost what else to do

[Voyn1x]

Ok scrap that, i've found an easier app to get your vendor and device ids:

http://v4.kazzuya.com/dpcimanager

When running it, the first column is your device and vendor id (in that order).

Let me know how you get on :)

[gully666uk]

ok here is a link for a snapshot http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3244/2828609804_2223a62ca7_o.png

[milanca]

I am unsure which one is your sata/ide controller from this listing.
To make sure you can also try with ioregistryexplorer for mac
http://www.mediafire.com/?4b2ap1lagzh

Also here are the tips for finding device and vendor ids:
http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=36764

As you said you have also windows installed, you can boot into windows and go to device manager. Find your device, Sata/Ide controller, under properties go to Details tab for your sata controller and change to Hardware ID's. Its all explained there, the link at insanelymac forum. Then you should be able to find it and add it to your applenforceata.kext. Let us know the progress.

[gully666uk]

i added it to the plist of that kext and it didnt work

[milanca]

will you post device and vendor id and i'll try to add to that kext and upload for you to see if its gonna work.

[gully666uk]

10de-0ad0 and 10de-0759 for ide channels vendor id and hardware ids

[milanca]

here you go:
http://www.mediafire.com/?i0leu0rncs2

i'd suggest using KextHelper to install the kext. Let know how it is.

[gully666uk]

thanks for your help il try that and let you know.

[gully666uk]

it works fine and now i got my music back thanks alot for your help.

[Voyn1x]

glad you got it sorted :D

[milanca]

welcome dude, glad you did it all. now you're ready to rock'n'roll ;-) cheers!

[gully666uk]

I installed xxx 10.5.6 works fine part from sata drives again, the link no longer works any help please?

[gully666uk]

Its such a frustration to be so close to getting a fully working Osx86 on my setup without having access to any of the sata drives and for it to be running so slowly.

[milanca]

Sorry gully666uk i was away on business for some short time. I will re-submit it for you tomorrow. I removed the links for no particular reason, just too many files laying around. I'll add the ids and give you the link again.

[gully666uk]

Thanks for your help, i apreciate it.

[milanca]

You're welcome.

Here you go:

http://www.mediafire.com/?nu2fymqmemo

Unpack and use KextHelper to install.

[gully666uk]

Iv tried installing the kexts with kext helper, and they dont work.It causes my usb keyboard not to repsond for some reason aswell.