snow leopard for amd

[gedna]

hello all.

i have used leopard since 10.5.4 in amd phenom,. it was kinda ok, not worked perfectly, got some panics after quick time updates. then when new kernels showed up, and it was good. (but after i tried Ubuntu, Ubuntu was much more faster, but thats different story) anyways, i just wondering is it worth to install snow on amd? things got better since Leopard? or worse? if so any good distros you can recomend? please feel free to discuss this with me :)

[lemn]

snow works very well for me on amd (except usb2). i use hazard leo, but i tried the install method from this post: http://www.infinitemac.com/f57/amd-snow-leopard-10a432-install-t3727/ and it worked very well. still no usb 2 though :) overall, snow is a big improvement over leo, so you should try it.

[Gurqn]

Its useless unless kernel released with the on the fly cpuid patch support ,i hope voodoo team still working on it :-)

[Imkantus]

Its useless unless kernel released with the on the fly cpuid patch support ,i hope voodoo team still working on it :-)
I patched complete /System/Library using Marvin's AMD Utility on my recently build AMD configuration and everything feels just fine.

Installed it using Empire EFI for AMD Processors (Experimental/V1.08 by nawcom) (http://www.mediafire.com/?m5wzzwyfg4m) - applied PC_EFI, fakesmc 2.0, "chocolate" Kernel, NullCPUPM & PS2 drivers using myHack installer, and installed AppleNForceATA 1.0.4 by Andyvand manually & everything was ready to be updated to 10.6.2 and beeing adjusted to work allmost properly.
I wouldn't have expected it to be that easy and satistifyable in the result on that configuration. :)

[Gurqn]

I patched complete /System/Library using Marvin's AMD Utility on my recently build AMD configuration and everything feels just fine.

Installed it using Empire EFI for AMD Processors (Experimental/V1.08 by nawcom) (http://www.mediafire.com/?m5wzzwyfg4m) - applied PC_EFI, fakesmc 2.0, "chocolate" Kernel, NullCPUPM & PS2 drivers using myHack installer, and installed AppleNForceATA 1.0.4 by Andyvand manually & everything was ready to be updated to 10.6.2 and beeing adjusted to work allmost properly.
I wouldn't have expected it to be that easy and satistifyable in the result on that configuration. :)


Yes i agreed with you but what about when you install new apps ? Everytime you gonna fix cpuids ? That's the what i mean ,but gratz for you enjoy with snow kitty it's really awesome :)

[gipo]

With hardware in my signature i run SL from Hazard client/server 10.6.2 release perfectly.
I patched library for itunes with Marvin's app... but all the others runs without any problem.
I installed aperture3, iLife09, fusion3, toast10.6 and something else, i must try adobe apps but i don't think will be problems... usb works well too.

[LORENZOGA87]

With hardware in my signature i run SL from Hazard client/server 10.6.2 release perfectly.
I patched library for itunes with Marvin's app... but all the others runs without any problem.
I installed aperture3, iLife09, fusion3, toast10.6 and something else, i must try adobe apps but i don't think will be problems... usb works well too.

OT: What's your configuration Gipo for SL Hazard client/server 10.6.2?
Thanks

[gipo]

I selected these options, i think... because when you try and try sometimes you forget what you did before... then reboot with maxmem=4096 from chameleon cmd.
Was great... the first time from the start of my hackmacs (and i started a pair of osx ago) that i could see install presentation in full resolution with sound...
After i had to patch some cpuid's with Marvin's app...
Thanks to Hazard..

[LORENZOGA87]

I selected these options, i think... because when you try and try sometimes you forget what you did before... then reboot with maxmem=4096 from chameleon cmd.
Was great... the first time from the start of my hackmacs (and i started a pair of osx ago) that i could see install presentation in full resolution with sound...
After i had to patch some cpuid's with Marvin's app...
Thanks to Hazard..

i tryed your configuration but it doesn't works it give me double panic
http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/1484/pic100310001.th.jpg (http://img691.imageshack.us/i/pic100310001.jpg/)
i use your config without graphics enabler
Can u help me?
Thanks
Lorenzo

[gipo]

Which is the chipset of your motherboard? if is a sb700 and your hard disk is in ahci mode must start..

[LORENZOGA87]

Which is the chipset of your motherboard? if is a sb700 and your hard disk is in ahci mode must start..

my chipset is AMD 770/SB710...
edit for AHCI everything ok . today I 'll set a new HD in ahci i'll try to install again...

[gipo]

So, with ahci enabled it's ok? or i misunderstood?
I'm italian too, but on an international forum it's better write in (poor in my case) english...

[gedna]

ok just wanted to share my thoughts on snow leopard on my Amd phenom 9600, 4gb of ram, geforce 8600 gt system.
i used hazard server, choose phenom kernel, amd fix, atiata kext and bootloader.
system booted up. at first iv got crashes on itunes and stuff, like we all did, then pached all system folder with marvins utility and boom :) everything works,
i was surprised how good everything is working, did all the updates, got NO panics at all. what can i say, its defiantly worth it, works BETTER than my previous system leopard 10.5.8. its amazing, just one thing, it wont boot on -force64, and there are no 64bit app support on 32bit boot :) like real mac. (shame, it would run even more faster then) but anyways im happy to tried to install snow leo on amd, have red a lot of forums like its useless and so on... well :) its brilliant.

[LORENZOGA87]

no way. it try to set a new hard disk sata in ahci and nothing same problems.
double panic.
i don't know if the problems are in CPU or in the motherboard.
i try other kernel and amd patch but the double panic is always in my screen....
with amd patch some times it give me a "restart or power off the system" screen.
someone have my same problem?

my snow installation config
blacknight kernel
charmelon rc4
ati ata
ati 43x0 45x0 46x0
elliottforcelegacy rtc
smbiosresolver evoreboot UUID
appleazaliaaudio

[LORENZOGA87]

Now my snow leopard works
my config

blacknight kernel
Chameleon RC3 CPEFI 10.5
AMD Patch
ATI 43X0 45X0 46X0
VoodooHDA v2.5.3
ElliotForceLegacyRTC
ATI ATA
AHCI SATA FiX
Legacy AHCI SATA Fix
IOATAFamily SATA Fix
About This Mac Fix
EvoReboot
IOATAFamily Fix
OpenHaltRestart
OrangeIcon Fix
SMBiosResolver
UUID

Audio doesn't works and video it see my graphics card but my max resolution is 1136*868 and not 1440x900

[scififan68]

For a Higher res use the Callisto framebuffer for snow leopard (http://www.infinitemac.com/f36/callisto-framebuffer-for-snow-leopard-t4443/) and for Sound this (http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=194874#entry1317979). (Only the front headphones port works from what i read, but that's far better than nothing.)