[GUIDE] Retail MSI X58 Platinum SLI + Pictures 64 BIT [Archive]

x986123

09-14-2009, 11:51 PM

Hello, I got a request by email to show those people with MSI x58 motherboards.
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/4914/81547085.jpg

I have the Core i7 920, but the whole i7 range should work.

First off, I would recommend an install of Leopard 10.5.7 or 10.5.8 (iPC works best)

Once you have it basically installed, you should get the Snow Leopard DVD or DMG.
Mount the DMG/Disk and type this into terminal:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder

Go to /System/Installation/Packages.
Find and run OSInstall.mpkg.
Install it on a separate partition or hard drive.
If you installed it and received an error, it's ok. (To avoid error, just restore the DMG to another partition or a USB stick, and mount from there.)

Next, install Chameleon RC3 onto the "SnowHDD" or whatever you called it.
You should get an Extra/Extensions folder on the main root of you Snow Hard Drive. Copy the Kext's there.

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/9977/screenshot20090914at345.png

Find the Kexts you need, which are listed here:
http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/2298/screenshot20090914at335.png

Kexts can be found HERE! (http://cid-8b65993ef55cf014.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/.Public/OSx86/Snow%20Leopard?view=details)

Alternatively, I uploaded my kext pack, HERE. (http://www.fileden.com/getfile.php?file_path=http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/5/11/1070532/Extensions.zip)

The kext are:

FakeSMC.kext (v2 at Netkas' site.)
PlatformUUID.kext (http://heliacal.net/~solar/mac/PlatformUUID.kext_for_snow_64.tar)
IOAHCIBlockStorageInjector.kext (http://cid-8b65993ef55cf014.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/.Public/OSx86/Snow%20Leopard/Drivers%20kext%20^5Sterowniki^6/==%20Other%20Peripheral%20Devices%20^5Inne^6%20==/IOAHCIBlockStorageInjector.kext.zip)
Jmircon.kext (http://cid-8b65993ef55cf014.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/.Public/OSx86/Snow%20Leopard/Drivers%20kext%20^5Sterowniki^6/==%20Chipset%20-%20%20SATA%20^0%20IDE%20Controllers%20==/JMicronATA.kext.zip)
OpenHaltRestart.kext (http://cid-8b65993ef55cf014.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/.Public/OSx86/Snow%20Leopard/Fixy%20^5naprawiacze%20bledow^6/OpenHaltRestart.kext^_for^_snow^_64.tar)
NullCPUPM (I see no effect, Just increases boot time by 10 seconds... REMOVE IT.)

Get EFI strings (best results) for your Graphics Card.

The Ethernet should be working out of the box! (for x58 platinum SLI) If not, get the Realtekr1000.kext from that site listed above!

Create a DSDT.aml file and put it in your root! http://pcwizcomputer.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=150&Itemid=48

Change your Main Hard drive to the snow leopard one in the BIOS. Boot into Snow, and boot with -v. If this fails, boot with the -x32 and -v.

As soon as you get in, it might fail and you might get a Kernel Panic. DON'T PANIC! Log on as FAST as you can, and either run Kext Utility, or run the BSD.pkg from the /System/Installation/Packages. After its done, reboot, and use Disk Utility. If you choose, Kext Utility, go as FAST as you can, and drop S/L/E into the Kext Utility icon and let it finish. It might panic, but after reboot, run it on E/E and reboot. No more panics!

Thank you for reading!

christopherl

09-15-2009, 03:55 AM

After having a bit of trouble initially from having the dmg on the same partition as the active running Leopard install I'm stuck after it installed successfully. I installed Chameleon and am now not able to get that install to successfully boot.

When running -x32 -v I notice a few lines of interest:

Error - kext net.osrom.kext.Disabler declares com.apple.kernel dependencies. Only com.apple.kpi.* dependencies are supported for 64-bit kexts.
Can't load kext net.osrom.kext.Disabler - failed to resolve library dependencies.
Kext net.osrom.kext.Disabler failed to load (0xdc00800e).
kxld[com.apple.driver.decrypt]: The Mach-0 file is malformed: Invalid magic numbeR: 0xfeedface.

and then later on the last line, at which it freezes, is:
JMicronATA

When running -v I notice the same lines, and it ends here:

netkas presents fakesmc, a kext which emulates smc device
in6_ifattach_linklocal: nd6_prelist_add failed 12
in6_ifattach: lo0 failed to attach a linklocal address.
Fire

christopherl

09-15-2009, 04:00 AM

Just tried with -x32 -v busratio=20 cpus=1 and I received this:

JMicronATA: JMB363 (CMD 0xcc00, CTR 0xc880, IRQ 17, BM 0xc400)
panic(cpu0 called 0xffffff80002cbf74): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7f80776ae1, type 14=page fault, registers:
[...]
Error code: 0x0000000000000000
[...]
Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily(2.6.0)
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task

x986123

09-15-2009, 04:15 AM

Hmm. What are the BIOS settings? DO you have the latest BIOS? Did you recieve that last panic in snow leopard or during boot?

In snow, you do not need Busratio=20 or CPUS=1 with a DSDT Patch

christopherl

09-15-2009, 04:17 AM

Received all of those during boot, the last was trying with -x.

BIOS settings are: HPET enabled, AHCI, Bit Execute disabled, Hyperthreading Enabled

christopherl

09-15-2009, 04:30 AM

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/5805/img0040p.jpg

x986123

09-15-2009, 04:39 AM

I have bit execute enabled, try that? BTW, do you have the Platinum Pro, Platinumx58 or Platinum SLI?

christopherl

09-15-2009, 04:43 AM

Fantastic news! I just tried removing the JMicronATA kext and I'm able to boot into Snow Leopard, which is where I'm writing this post from. Things are running a bit slow, but I think that's because I haven't configured the graphics card (9800 GTX+) yet. Well, this is a great start, at least!

christopherl

09-15-2009, 05:22 AM

Latest update:

After figuring out how to use OSX86Tools to update the EFI strings for 9800 GTX+, I checked the Hardware Overview and noticed this:

Model Name: Mac Pro
Model Identifier: MacPro2,1
Processor Speed: 2.71 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 8 MB
Memory: 6 GB
Bus Speed: 533 MHz

I'm running the i7 920, so that information seems like it's completely wrong. Am I missing something, or did that get screwed up somehow?

x986123

09-15-2009, 06:09 AM

Its all right... Whats wrong?

christopherl

09-15-2009, 07:39 PM

Ah, just the speed is off. Things seem to be running great now, better than ever, thanks so much for the guide!

How were you able to get your audio up and running?

x986123

09-15-2009, 11:48 PM

I am using the XMOD external USB sound.

gapple

09-20-2009, 01:35 PM

Does Sleep work on your board?

Everything else that I have tested works so far except sleep and mic/line in on sound (using voodooHDA.kext). I used a different install method using a retail install and Digital Dreamer's guide for Gigabyte:

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=185097

Thanks!

x986123

09-20-2009, 06:55 PM

Sleep shuts down my computer, do you have shutdown working though? Mine just reboots. Can you please send me your VoodooHDA and whatever you used to get integrated sound working?

gapple

09-20-2009, 11:56 PM

Shutdown works fine on my board. If your board is rebooting after shutdown then you need to change your "wake up events by" power settings in your bios from "Bios" to "OS" or fix the bios wake up event that is causing it to wake up on its own.

My sleep powers down USB and drives but does nothing else. Might be my video card or DSDT.

Attached is the voodoohda kext. Seems that 5.1 is not working nor is mic/line in on my board. Audio is broadcast the same on all channels rather than in surround mode after testing a movie trailer I have in surround. DSDT mods might be necessary to get this working past stereo.

Report back if you make any progress.

x986123

09-21-2009, 02:25 AM

Thanks for the the Voodoo kext! Works great!

gapple

09-21-2009, 03:14 AM

Does Mic or Line in work? How about 5.1 and 7.1 channels? Let me know if it is different for you since I only get 2 channels..

Thanks.

mrlampshade

09-27-2009, 11:32 PM

x986123, how did you make SL recogniz your Corei7? I successfully installed 10.6.1 on MSI X58, everything is fine, except my CPU is recognized as an unknown 4-core cpu...
Thanks,
-lampshade

x986123

09-27-2009, 11:43 PM

It is recognizing your CPU, you just need to mod one file...

Go to /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/AboutThisMac.strings

"ABOUT_BOX_SINGLE_PROCESSOR_FIELD_FORMAT" = "2.67 GHz Intel Core i7";

mrlampshade

09-28-2009, 11:34 AM

Thanks for the lightspeed hint, dude. I'm still trying to improve audio and then we can consider it done. It's a long learning process. One step at a time ;)

Vetters

09-29-2009, 05:26 AM

Hey guys,
I've been following the thread and had a quick question. I have a x58 MSI board and have everything working on it besides sleep. I've noticed that like myself, others have reported that when they go into sleep everything just completely shuts down. Has anybody found a solution for this? I appreciate you help.

Thanks
Vetters

x986123

09-29-2009, 06:52 AM

I found it, In the BIOS, set the sleep to S3 instead of S1. Wake from sleep by pressing the POWER button.

madclown

10-01-2009, 02:38 PM

hey guys! Do you know if this tutorial works for MSI x58 PRO-E board as well? Or are they maybe too different?

x986123

10-01-2009, 11:51 PM

I don't know, you can try. Should work though. I am using *Generic* drivers. They are not made for the MSI x58 Platinum specificly, so they should work on yours too.

jacoweb

10-02-2009, 10:24 AM

what is your score in benchmark @ 3.6 ghz?

yanksrule421

10-03-2009, 05:17 PM

x986123

10-03-2009, 05:23 PM

what is your score in benchmark @ 3.6 ghz?

In geekbench it is 10,343

x986123

10-03-2009, 05:24 PM

hey what kernels and drivers did u select when u used ipc.
how did you get your graphics card to work because i have the same one
msi nvidia gts 250
i have the same motherboard n everything. i just need sound and the graphics card to work i dont need internet

I selected the Voodoo kernel, with ACPI fix, 10.5.5 Seatbelt fix, Realtekr1000, and Jmicron & ICH9/10 chipset

Graphic card = EFI String, Sound is VoodooHDA

yanksrule421

10-04-2009, 04:17 AM

what do you mean by efi string
thx for all your help

x986123

10-04-2009, 09:06 AM

Search for them on google, theres an app called EFI Strings too.

Daviel

10-12-2009, 06:51 PM

Hello!
My english is not good, I'm not american.

I have new computer, is similar to yours, but I have a problem.

I installed OSx86, when installing iATKOS v7 use this busratio=20 cpus=1 -v and the installer will start, but after reboot the system is loaded, but no progress...

Computer caracteristics:

i7 920 2.6
MSI X58 PLATINUM
ATI 4870 1g
6 gb ddr3

This is the CUSTOM:

- Kernel --> Voodoo 9.7.0 o vanilla
- SMBIOS' for x86 --> iMac
- ACPI --> X86 ACPI
- Drivers --> VGA --> ATI --> ATI HD
- Drivers --> system --> sata/ide --> AHCI
- Drivers –> Network –> wired –> Realtek –> RTL8201

I need one idea...

hys17

10-15-2009, 12:45 AM

I found it, In the BIOS, set the sleep to S3 instead of S1. Wake from sleep by pressing the POWER button.

Hi,thank you so much for your thread which truly helped me a lot.

So far I got most things working,except the SLEEP. I placed the kext as the same as you did (with sleepenabler.kext). But no matter how I change the BIOS settings, when I click SLEEP,it just totally shuts down.

So if you could share your BIOS setting specifically, I'd really appreciate.

Also,how to test if the OpenCL is working? Because I install EFI strings for my GPU, but sometimes it still slows.

Thank you very much

hys17

10-15-2009, 03:55 AM

Just updated the boot loader to PC EFI v10.4. SLEEP is perfect now.

Thanks any way.If you could answer the other question, I'd so appreciate.

x986123

10-15-2009, 04:17 AM

For sleep, change the mode to S3 and change the controller for sleep to OS not bios.

Btw, did you copy my sig!? =P

hys17

10-15-2009, 09:32 PM

For sleep, change the mode to S3 and change the controller for sleep to OS not bios.

Btw, did you copy my sig!? =P

Busted:-/

As my last post, I fixed the sleep thing by using the newest boot loader.

But how do I test the OpenCL? Because sometimes the graphic slows and I got the EFI strings working.

Thank you very much

x986123

10-16-2009, 02:35 AM

Search "OpenCL Galaxy" in google.

hys17

10-16-2009, 05:29 AM

Search "OpenCL Galaxy" in google.

Thanks a lot. I'll do a test later.

hys17

10-16-2009, 06:34 AM

I passed all the test except the VolumeRender.Here's the content of the txt file:

/Users/xxx/Downloads/OpenCL_Bench_SET_V2/from Nvidia Sources/VolumeRender_OpenCL/oclVolumeRender Starting...

Press '=' and '-' to change density
']' and '[' to change brightness
';' and ''' to modify transfer function offset
'.' and ',' to modify transfer function scale

CL_DEVICE_VENDOR: NVIDIA
CL_DEVICE_NAME: GeForce GTX 280
CL_DRIVER_VERSION: CLH 1.0
CL_DEVICE_TYPE: CL_DEVICE_TYPE_GPU
CL_DEVICE_MAX_COMPUTE_UNITS: 240
CL_DEVICE_MAX_WORK_ITEM_DIMENSIONS: 3
CL_DEVICE_MAX_WORK_ITEM_SIZES: 512 / 512 / 64
CL_DEVICE_MAX_WORK_GROUP_SIZE: 512
CL_DEVICE_MAX_CLOCK_FREQUENCY: 1350 MHz
CL_DEVICE_ADDRESS_BITS: 32
CL_DEVICE_IMAGE_SUPPORT: 1
CL_DEVICE_MAX_READ_IMAGE_ARGS: 128
CL_DEVICE_MAX_WRITE_IMAGE_ARGS: 8
CL_DEVICE_IMAGE_MAX_WIDTH: 2d width 8192, 2d height 8192, 3d width 2048, 3d height 2048, 3d depth 2048
CL_DEVICE_MAX_MEM_ALLOC_SIZE: 256 MByte
CL_DEVICE_GLOBAL_MEM_SIZE: 1024 MByte
CL_DEVICE_ERROR_CORRECTION_SUPPORT: no
CL_DEVICE_LOCAL_MEM_TYPE: local
CL_DEVICE_LOCAL_MEM_SIZE: 16 KByte
CL_DEVICE_MAX_CONSTANT_BUFFER_SIZE: 64 KByte
CL_DEVICE_QUEUE_PROPERTIES: CL_QUEUE_PROFILING_ENABLE
CL_DEVICE_EXTENSIONS:
cl_khr_byte_addressable_store
cl_khr_global_int32_base_atomics
cl_khr_global_int32_extended_atomics
cl_APPLE_gl_sharing
cl_APPLE_SetMemObjectDestructor
cl_APPLE_ContextLoggingFunctions
cl_khr_local_int32_base_atomics
cl_khr_local_int32_extended_atomics
CL_DEVICE_PREFERRED_VECTOR_WIDTH: char 1, short 1, int 1, long 1, float 1, double 0

!!! Error # 0 at line 161 , in file oclVolumeRender.cpp !!!

Starting Cleanup...

TEST FAILED !!!...

oclVolumeRender.exe Exiting...
Press <Enter> to Quit
-----------------------------------------------------------

Is it because it's [from Nvidia Sources]?so the test doesn't work with unofficially supported GPU.
What about yours?

mg100796

10-18-2009, 04:13 AM

I have successfully installed Snow Leopard but it won't let me boot in to normal mode. I can boot into safe mode, but when I try to do anything with the system I get the infamous "You must restart" in like 50 languages. I haven't ever be able to successfully boot iDeneb v1.3 10.5.5 into normal mode, just safe mode...:'( Any ideas on fixing either of these problems?

Specs:
MSI x58 Platinium SLI
Core i7 920
1TB WD HD SATA
80 GB Samsung HD SATA
CD-RW/DVD-DL-RW Lighscribe IDE
nVidia GeForce GTS 250 1GB

x986123

10-18-2009, 10:00 AM

I dont think 10.5.5 is supported. Atleast 10.5.6 or .7

hys17

10-19-2009, 01:05 AM

x986123,could you answer my last posted question?(about OpenCL test error) Thank you.

x986123

10-19-2009, 03:07 AM

I don't know, i don't get that, sorry! Plus this is a windows test... since it has the .exe error. So it isn't your PC.

hys17

10-19-2009, 03:43 AM

I don't know, i don't get that, sorry! Plus this is a windows test... since it has the .exe error. So it isn't your PC.

windows test?
No,I ran that on SL absolutely.Used the Guildline within the package that you suggested and typed the command in Terminal.

Yours is different?

x986123

10-19-2009, 06:17 AM

No, no! this test is emulated apparently since you received the file ending with .exe. don't worry!

hys17

10-20-2009, 06:21 AM

thank you very much

Samuroth1349

11-02-2009, 08:46 AM

Hey I have Msi x58 platinium sli board with a core 17 920 and I tired to install both iatkos 7 and ipc 10.6 and they both do the same thing.

I put the cd in

computer comes on it says press f8 for options. I do so then type -v so I can see whats happening. the mach kernals go and it when it goes to long the darwin/x86 bootloader the thing immediatly restarts the computer and then I'm back to where I started.

I updated my bios.

I tried fidgeting with settings in the bios.

I tired the retail install approach from the beginning. that was no luck.

Any idea's would be greatly appreciated

Daviel

11-03-2009, 01:11 AM

computer comes on it says press f8 for options. I do so then type -v so I can see whats happening. the mach kernals go and it when it goes to long the darwin/x86 bootloader the thing immediatly restarts the computer ...

After f8, type busratio=20 cpus=1 for load iAtkos 7 or iPc 10.6

Samuroth1349

11-03-2009, 02:36 AM

After f8, type busratio=20 cpus=1 for load iAtkos 7 or iPc 10.6

I tried this...No luck either. X_X

Samuroth1349

11-03-2009, 03:04 AM

I tried this...No luck either. X_X

if I ad -x for safe mode to those it gets a bit further...but still resets

Samuroth1349

11-03-2009, 03:22 AM

ok after -v -x -f busratio=20 cpu=1 failed with Iatkos 7 I tried with ipc and it worked....so I don't know why the heck it did but it did...now to install if I can

Samuroth1349

11-03-2009, 04:01 AM

damn it the install failed and now I can't get the damn dvd to boot again

Samuroth1349

11-03-2009, 04:16 AM

ok now if I just let the counter go it says systerm config file '/com.apple.boot.s/library/preferences/systemconfiguration/com.apple.boot.plist' not found

Samuroth1349

11-03-2009, 08:32 AM

ok I got it work finally...

I installed sucessfully...but after I restarted I got

Boot:0 MBR
Boot:0 fine
Boot:1 error

So I put the disk in and booted

With... -v -s rd=diskXsY␣

it took a long time to boot...I was just about to restart and give up for the night when I saw the cursor pop up...Now its going through the welcome sequence...slowly. Does any one know how to to fix the bootloader?

InteliMacPro

11-07-2009, 11:14 PM

Heya x986123. I sold my old rig and now i'm in the process of building one similar to what you've got going on here. I'm a little curious on your GPU in your sig where it says SLI dual GTX 260. Do you actually have two of them? If so just curious on how you got them working. My impression from searching around is that you can't actually get an SLI setup to boost graphics performance in OS X, but you can get dual cards recognized and running dual monitors.

jomar111

11-15-2009, 05:56 AM

Hi x986123!

I went to the Apple Store to buy 10.6 (not bad at $29!) and followed your tutorial. It's been about a week and a half since I got the same mobo and i7 but can't get Snow10.6 to boot up after the install. I've followed your instructions and nothing. I checked the BIOS settings... Set to S3 Execute Bit Support = enabled, HPET = enabled.

So when I do your install (I can't get iPC 10.5.8 its nowhere to be found ) iAtkos v7 does not boot up after install and seems to panic at kernel loading on startup. I had much more success w/ XxX osx 10.5.6 I installed onto a SATA 2.5" It startsup but is very unstable, I'm using it as a platform to do my installs as you describe in the turtorial for 10.6 to ultimately have 10.6 on a SATA 3.5" 1.5Tb. (the 3.5" is in SATA1 and the 2.5" in the SATA2). I put into the com.apple.Boot.plist flags for

This is my setup:

Mobo: MSI x58 Platinum SLI
Processor: Core i7 920 2.6ghz
RAM: 6 Gb A DATA 1333mhz
Optical Drive: removable USB DVDROM
HD1: Seagate 1.5Tb SATA
HD2: Hitachi 160Gb SATA (2.5")
Video Card: Visiontek Radeon HD 4890 OC 1Gb

I sometimes get (and its seems random) that the BIOS doesn't want to load and the whole machine gets stuck before the hardware test... but, when I move the SATA cables from SATA1&2 to SATA7&8 BIOS starts up again... I switch back and it operates normally again! Don't know what that may mean... Is there something I'm installing that I shouldn't in iAtkos v7? what were you exact selections with iAtkos 7? Am I installing Chameleon wrong?

Any help will be appreciated!

Thanx

PS: some pics this is as far as I've gotten

x986123

11-15-2009, 06:19 AM

x986123

11-15-2009, 06:19 AM

jomar111

11-15-2009, 10:14 AM

I installed iPC 10.5.6, this is what I get when I place flags:

cpus=1 busratio=20 fsb=133 idehalt=0 -v -x -f

x986123

11-15-2009, 11:19 PM

Just try Cpus=1 Busratio=20 -v
That should work. Also if you missed these during install, reinstall:

ICH10 Chipset
Jmicron Chipset
APIC Fix
Seatbelt 10.5.5
Voodoo kernel
RealtekR1000

That should cover most

jomar111

11-16-2009, 02:19 AM

I'll be working on it on my end and see where I go. The list also helps a lot and I will give it a go again.

Thanx a bunch! =^)

x986123

11-16-2009, 03:57 AM

I'll be working on it on my end and see where I go. The list also helps a lot and I will give it a go again.

Thanx a bunch! =^)

No problem! If you need more help, I'd be glad to do so.

jomar111

11-16-2009, 09:25 PM

Well youl'll be happy to know that I got Mac OS Snow working on my MSI X58 Platinum board! Sweeeet! =^)
You were probably telling yourself "Its gotta work", and it does! I installed it using your method, however, I modified it slightly. I utilized my AMD Athlon 64 w/ 10.5.6 (which was iPC, by the by, jeje) and I followed your steps of installing the OSInstall, Bootloader, DSDT (msi-mobo), kexts, to the Tee (I also added the HDAAudio). It was much faster than installing a distro and restarting et al. sort of like installing off of a HardDrive! Once everything was installed I plugged the SATA into ICH10SATA1 and it booted up! no Panics, no Boot Strings, just beautiful!
Everything worked except for Video, so I installed QE_CI_for_Exotic_cards_10.6.1.pkg (for my ATi 4890 OC) and I Enabled QuartzExtreme and GL w/ OSX86Tools and rebooted, voila, brand new Mac w/ Full QE/CI on an overclocked Radeon and - perhaps, soon to be overclocked motherboard. =^) I could not be happier!
I know you could call my method of installation a "cheat" and I realize that some people might not have the option of installing off of another Mac but this is what I guess I had to do to get my motherboard working with Snow Leopard. Thanks a bunch for the help x986123, now I am up and running! Awesomeness.

x986123

11-17-2009, 01:35 AM

Actually I do have another mac, I use it incase this install fails and I need to fix or backup files. Also, I make a second small (20gb) partition and have snow there, incase I need to fix something.

Have fun with your Hackintosh! Glad my guide worked for you!

jomar111

11-18-2009, 05:13 AM

x986123

11-18-2009, 05:34 AM

Exactly thats what I was thinking to have as a fail-safe. Once I had my running install I would "dd" it to another partition.

I was also wondering -since I just got this mobo recently- How does it run at 3.6 Ghz? Is it stable? Any suggestions for a newbie OCer? I don't really want to push it. Do you usually have it fully OCed or do you switch according to how you use it?

Again, Thanks for the tips,

Happily Maccin' away =^)

I fully OC it to 3.6, stable, and its fast, at 34 degrees C.

I enabled power management and the "Core boost" or whatever it called so it can lower the CPU speed and increase it at will. Runs great, no issues.

fr0z

11-28-2009, 11:22 PM

Hey mate, I've read through your guide, and all the following comments, but try as I might, just can't get OSX to install. I've downloaded iPC, and followed your instructions as closely as I could, but it still didn't work. I can't seem to find that APIC (ACIP?) fix you mentioned anywhere. I've also tried XxX_X86, iDeneb v1.3, iDeneb v1.6 lite, and some varios Boot 132 methods; but alas, nothing. Think you could lend a hand?

x986123

11-29-2009, 11:32 PM

The Apic/ACPI fix is in the "Fixes" or something part of the install DVD of iPC. It is located next to the Seatbelt.kext fix needed for the VooDoo kernel.

fetoman

12-10-2009, 12:02 AM

hi i need help, i�ve follow the steps and i got this error

http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs002.snc3/10963_228177011062_726241062_4747169_1914974_n.jpg

x986123

12-10-2009, 03:29 AM

I think you didn't repair permissions.

Hove201

12-10-2009, 05:56 AM

Hey man, this is an awesome guide that you laid out for the fellow X58 platinum users.
I'm only having one issue. The damn EFI string for my graphics card... i have an Nvidia GTX 275 (896MB VRAM) Dual DVI. I seriously can't figure out how to inject the hex code into com.apple.Boot.plist. if thats even where it goes. I saw on OSx86 wiki that the video card is supported, so i decided to give the hackintosh a try. I got as far as the screen when u select install OSX then the apple logo shows up and then the screen loads and goes Effing BLANK!!! .. ; ; Help me plz lol

Hove201

12-10-2009, 05:59 AM

Forgot to add what parts i got.

MSI Platinum X58 SLI
Nvidia GTX275
6GB DDR3 1600Mhz Memory
Creative Labs Fatality1 Sound Card.
Intel I7 920 Processor.
850W Corsair Power Supply.

fetoman

12-10-2009, 09:13 AM

I think you didn't repair permissions.

yes i did..! i ussed

sudo chown -R root:wheel *
sudo chmod -R 755 *

on "extra/extensions" and "system/library/estensions/" directory. One of the errors says something like this:
launchctl: please convert the folllowing to launchd: /etc/mach_init.d/dashboardadvidsoryd.plist

and the another says:

**AppleSMBusPCI::start failed to get acpi path for provider

ACPI_SMC_PlatformPluggin::pushCPU_CSTData - _CST evaluation failed

fetoman

12-10-2009, 10:15 AM

the error i think it is, is this!!

**AppleSMBusPCI::start failed to get acpi path for provider

pd. the disk im installing its ide

x986123

12-11-2009, 01:05 AM

the error i think it is, is this!!

pd. the disk im installing its ide

I don't know, try a SATA drive then. I never got this error, are you using the kext's I listed?

fetoman

12-11-2009, 06:01 AM

Ups... i think it was permissions!! i ussed kext helper to repair...! and remake extenssions.mkext but still stuck, i think its

launchctl: Please convert the following to launchd: /etc/mach_init.d/ dashboardadvisoryd.plist...

.. :s ...
in other mather, i updated to 10.5.8 the other partition with ideneb patch.. everything works fine.. but i want SN :(

im ussing your kext, and i tried this to

http://www.ihackintosh.com/2009/08/how-to-install-snow-leopard-10a432-on-pc-hackintosh

but i had to put jmicronATA to the kext of that link, because of the ide disk... but rigth now i have yours,,,

Im installing on an ide disk because the sata doesnt have gpt partition table, and i cant format, because i have vista, seven and leopard there

x986123

12-11-2009, 06:21 AM

Install Snow... I think you messed up somewhere... Just redo it, and use all the kexts listed on the first page and repair permissions with kext utility.

fetoman

12-11-2009, 08:29 AM

im doing that---- hey i have an msi x58 pro not platinium

InteliMacPro

12-12-2009, 06:00 AM

Hey there X. So I got my x58/i7920/gtx260 up and running. Thing runs SUHWEET. I actually didn't use your guide. I went with Empire EFI and was able to get as close to retail as I could. The only thing I'm still having trouble with is sleep. I've changed the bios settings to S3 and OS controlled, but my machine still shuts down when i try to sleep it. Someone mentioned sleepenabler kext somewhere in this thread. Are you using it in conjunction with the bios settings? I haven't tried it since updating to 10.6.2, but it didn't work before when I had it.

Also, you mentioned you had your 920 OC'd to 3.6 at upper 30's C. I've also got mine OC'd to 3.6 but it stays in the mid 40's. What are you using to cool it? I know 40's are fine, but the cooler the better right? Anyhow, kudos on this guide and also thanks for your help in the gtx 260 guide. Later!

x986123

12-12-2009, 06:36 AM

Thanks InteliMacPro! It does run very nice. The cooler I use is the V8. It runs great in my HAF932 (very vented case) But after a while of use, the temp stays at 43 degrees. I under-clocked (still overclocked) to 3.3ghz for now because I don't need that much horsepower yet. My sleep seems to work fine, no sleep kexts needed.

Also, im quite surprised people have the same specs as me, some EXACTLY the same. And all of us doing Hackintosh installs. Haha. Hows Empire EFI going? Is it better than Chameleon/PC EFI? Does it have EFI64?

Also, with PC-EFI 10.5 and FakeSMC 2.5, I get as close to retail as possible too. With FakeSMC, your Hac thinks it has an SMC chip.
Check this out: http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/5082/screenshot20091211at945.png

InteliMacPro

12-12-2009, 07:10 AM

Nice. Mine thinks it's a Mac Mini though. I really like Empire EFI. I may have to try PC EFI though. I think I read somewhere in this thread that their bootloader made their sleep work. I just like that Empire EFI lets me install from the SL DVD so no need for iPC base. Is your RAM really running at 1600MHz? Can't seem to get mine above 1333 and then i read that the X58 Platinum only goes up to 1333.

You set your processor speed in system profiler manually, right?

x986123

12-12-2009, 08:17 AM

Yea, I can push it there, but then CPU doesn't go to 3.6ghz... I just put that their because they are rated at 1600mhz, but right now their at 1333mhz, there is like no performance change though, I tested.

No, system profiler found it auto.

InteliMacPro

12-12-2009, 08:05 PM

Hmmm. My system profiler just says 2.69. Then again about this mac sees my ram and system profiler doesn't... I just don't like entering the info. I want it to be auto detected like it should be.
I looked at the V8 but ended up going with a Cooler Master hyper N520. It was like 40 bucks and got good reviews. I'd love to eventually go to water cooling though.
I'm honestly wondering why your CPU speed is detected and mine isn't. We've got practically identical specs.

x986123

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.

http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/5890/screenshot20091212at110.png

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

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

12-15-2009, 01:08 AM

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

fetoman

12-15-2009, 04:48 AM

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

rpdmatt

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

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

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/index.php?showtopic=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

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

01-08-2010, 04:23 AM

barrsurf

01-08-2010, 04:53 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?

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

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

02-11-2010, 05:57 PM

good thread

x986123

02-12-2010, 01:18 AM

Thanks! Did it help you in any way?

barrsurf

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

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

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. (http://prasys.co.cc/2010/01/empire-efi-v-1-085-is-out/) 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

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

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!

wetzelskid

04-11-2010, 06:23 AM

Changing resolutions or refresh rate causes an instant meltdown...

This includes when an application tries to make itself full-screen, which is how I discovered this. Inteli- can you change your refresh rate/run full screen apps with NV?

InteliMacPro

04-11-2010, 07:03 AM

hmmm i don't do a lot of this, but I got burning monkey solitaire in the macheist bundle and it goes full screen when you launch it. No problems there. Same thing with that Monkey Island game from the MH bundle. I don't seem to have any issues with NVEnabler. Make sure you repair permissions.

wetzelskid

04-11-2010, 08:17 PM

Removed GraphicsEnabler and installed NVEnabler, put my device/vendor ID in NVDAN50HAL.kext on the IOPCIMatch key, boots fine, openCL benchmark is even a little higher. Still no full screen or resolution changing!

I am afraid to change resolution in the system prefs, because that bricked my install the only other time I did it as I couldn't change it back... I could probably figure out a way but it seems like a hassle. My test is to run Halo, actually.

The game will start, go full screen, and then the whole screen will go white/red static. I will see a small line of graphics at the very top edge of the screen and the game appears to load fine other than the graphics. When I force quit the game, I go right back to desktop and everything is fine again.

I'm sure this is related to my fancy 120hz monitor and changing the refresh rate but I have no idea where to start to fix this! The graphics drivers and acceleration are working fine- playing Halo in a window gives me like 150 fps.

I am repairing extensions with these commands-

sudo -s
chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/
chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions
touch /System/Library/Extensions

... I think that's right... I've also used osx86 tools to do it for me, and clear caches and such, so I don't think it's a permissions issue.

InteliMacPro

04-12-2010, 06:20 AM

You may want to consider another fresh install. Then install nvenabler and do nothing else for graphics. after reboot os x should detect your optimum resolution. I occasionally get static on boot or after waking the display from sleep but a reboot takes care of it.

Have you tried power cycling your monitor when it gets all wonky? maybe it has something to do with the settings on the monitor and not OS X. I would think your monitor would work just fine at 60hz.

ltooz_audis

05-20-2010, 05:49 PM

Hello all,
I'm a late comer for my hackintosh. I didn't know about this thread until I was referred by the owner from the other thread. It would save me lots of nights trying to install retail snow leopard 10.6.3 on my hackintosh. None working out there and none supported with the new 10.6.3.
Anywho, thanks to this thread, I got mine working in 5 hours.

1. My system is MSI X58 Platinum (non SLI), i7 920 OC @ 3.6Ghz (180Mhz base) 6Gb triple channels Cosair 1066, ATI PCIe XT2600 HD, Airlink101 AWLH6070 wireless 150N, Brother MFC-665CW, ACER P244W, all SATA drives and DVD, no ATA connected.
2. Installed on 1 drive 400GB Leopard 10.5.8 using iDeneb 1.6 & iAtkos v7 combo.
3. Bought a retail Snow Leopard 10.6.3 on Amazon for $28.8.

Now the installation using this guide.

1. Installed on 500Gb drive clean using the hacked way . Yes, finished installing with errors. Ignored it.
2. The downloaded Chameleon install package rc3 doesn't boot. Use myHacker1.0.1 to install in the new installed (with errors) "snow leopard 10.6.3".
3. Edit "Extra/Extensions" folder in the new installed drive "snow leopard 10.6.3", add all the kext files from this guide + ATY_init (for my XT2600 ATI) and dragged the DSDT.aml from the working root folder 10.5.8 to the root of the new "snow leopard 10.6.3".
4. Remove AppleATIX2000.kext from the new system Extensions, this one caused kernel panic.
5. Set bios to boot from the new "snow leopard 10.6.3"
6. So what's in the myHack1.0.1 com.apple.boot.plist?
a. Kernel Flags = "arch=i386" (runs default at -x32).
b. Graphics Mode = 1024x768x32
c. GraphicsEnabler = Y, Pcie=1
7. The board doesn't display, just a blue screen and sit there for 15 minutes. Something is wrong, the graphic card doesn't work now even with low resolution force. Luckily, I had an extra ATI HD3450 ($19) from NewEgg last year, swapped XT2600 out with this one. I booted up to the welcome screen in less than 2 minutes. I was so happy to see the registration page. Reboot and set "Graphics Mode"="1920x1080x32@60", and the display came up with 1440x1050 with this ATI HD3450. Well this not important for now.
8. Use Kext Helper 7 to install ATY_init.kext and VoodooHDA.kext.
9. Reboot, but the ATY_init.kext didn't do anything for ATI HD3450, still at max 1440x1050. Well, swapped this out and back with ATI HD 2600XT card. Edit the com.apple.boot.plist in the Extra folder and replaced 1024x768x32 with 1920x1080x32 and Pcie=1 to Pcie=0. Reboot.
10. Beautiful screen @ 1920x1080x32 came up... it even has all the screen resolutions option for me to choose.
11. Remove the "arch=i386" from the com.apple.boot.plist and it didn't boot at all... Need help on this please.
12. PS2 keyboards and mouse didn't work either, it worked before with 10.5.8 even installing the ApplePS2.kext from the 10.5.8 system... Need help on this one too please.
13. Preview doesn't work, open a picture and it's blank. Help on this please.
14. Screen capture to file, I can hear the clicks but NO pictures appear on the desktop. Help on this please.

The snow leopard 10.6.3 seems to be faster but until I get all the kinks out, I like the 10.5.8 better with all printers, ps2 devices working and especially the print screen.

Thanks again X986123 for a real working guide,

Louis

PS: I'm writing this up with screen shots here (http://www.ltooz.com/ltooz341/blog/HTPC?itemid=192)when I get everything working.

ltooz_audis

05-30-2010, 11:26 PM

After reading on the net, 10.5.8 has qe/ci working with ATI HD2600 XT but NOT Snow Leopard. Went out to buy a $33.00 Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS, everything is working right out of the box, QE/CI/CL. The preview, quicktime screen recording, Screenshots, Front Row didn't work because of the Graphic card. Now everything works, iMovie HD warning is gone. Wonderful system now. Full write up in details and videos are on the way. Just got everything working last night. Even my new Laptop Gateway id5822U.

Cheers,

Louis:D

rpdmatt

01-09-2011, 07:19 PM

Anyone know how to get SL to recognize dual 280 cards? I don't expect to get them in SLI mode because I guess SL doesn't support that, but I just want to be able to boot without having to physically unplug one of the cards first. If I do that, everything works fine. I have tried various EFI strings to no avail. Anyone have any ideas?

robles06

03-01-2011, 04:58 AM

bigpoppa

03-10-2011, 03:37 AM

Hello, ive been trying and trying now 10 days trying to install, downloaded arround 6 different mac softwares, etc, now im not being able to install it, allway i try frezzes when starting after installed and pc restarts:

Here my pc specs:

MSI X58 platinum SLI motherboard
GTX460 Nvidia 1gb DDR5 video card
24gb ddr3 ram
i7-950 intel processor
800 watt power supply

im trying to install system on a IDE hard drive, but i keep thinking that final problem can be video card, because when im installing system i dont know which items to select when customizing instalation of system(drivers, fixes, etc) im very new on this so if you can help i would be very happy bro, thanks again.

Actually that could be your problem right there. You need to use a SATA drive. Here is what the OSX86 database says needs to be done to make this board work:

USB works with Multibeast Rollback installed
For audio use VoodooHDA installed in /Extra/Extensions and /System/Library/Extensions
Network works OOB
SATA works OOB with myHack installer v1.1
RAID works using Chameleon RC4 files and Aquamac's Bootable RAID instructions, requires dabbling with the two "Boot OSX" partitions
Used the Retail Snow Leopard DVD to install 10.6, updated to 10.6.6, used the Multibeast to install USB Rollback
Can use system in 64-bit only which is a plus, just add "arch=x86_64" to the boot strings
Make sure you make a DSDT.aml, after which you can remove NullCPUPowerManagement.kext.
Refer to this link for help: [46] (http://osx86.co/f57/guide-retail-msi-x58-platinum-sli-pictures-64-t4084/)

Good luck!