10.6.6 update - blue screen

[AVO-Electronics]

I've applied 10.6.6 update, for the most part it seems okay with no 'serious' errors.
But I'm getting a blue screen just before the system brings up the desktop.

It boots in safe mode fine.

I'm using darwin kernel 10.6.0 in 64bit mode, all kexts are 64 bit.
Was working fine at 10.6.3, in fact it was very a very fast system too.

Graphics are basic 7300LE, I didn't have it working quite right using efi string. It works but QE isn't enabled and changing resolutions from 1024 -> crashed the system.

Nothing significant in the error logs.

Any ideas? I know there have been others with this problem with 10.6.6, even proper maccers.

Asus P5B-Deluxe (ICH8/P965)
Core 2 Duo E7200
GeForce 7300LE
Velociraptor WD150

Cheers
Danny

[scififan68]

boot with arch=i386. You can't run in full 64bit using any GeForce 7 series card.

[AVO-Electronics]

boot with arch=i386. You can't run in full 64bit using any GeForce 7 series card.

Hi,

It works on 32bit.
So does this mean my gfx isn't supported on 64-bit?

[scififan68]

Yeah, sadly, Apple did away with that.

[davisin666]

I've applied 10.6.6 update, for the most part it seems okay with no 'serious' errors.
But I'm getting a blue screen just before the system brings up the desktop.

It boots in safe mode fine.

I'm using darwin kernel 10.6.0 in 64bit mode, all kexts are 64 bit.
Was working fine at 10.6.3, in fact it was very a very fast system too.

Graphics are basic 7300LE, I didn't have it working quite right using efi string. It works but QE isn't enabled and changing resolutions from 1024 -> crashed the system.

Nothing significant in the error logs.

Any ideas? I know there have been others with this problem with 10.6.6, even proper maccers.

Asus P5B-Deluxe (ICH8/P965)
Core 2 Duo E7200
GeForce 7300LE
Velociraptor WD150

Cheers
Danny

Are you using the VGA port???

[d4vinder]

Hi

Im using a p5b deluxe installing using iAtkos s3 v2 then upgraded to 10.6.6 - successfully fully installed (execpt my Broadcom Wifi - which I lost doing the Combo update, but that is something I need not worry about just yet).

My problem is that I cannot use 2 nVidia 7200gs cards together, it always gives me a blank screen just after the initial grey apple boot logo if both cards are installed at the same time. It works, of course, if I remove one of the GFX cards.

Also I would like to ask you; You state all your kexts are 64bit, can you send me links or the kexts you are using please? As after I run "myHack" it always reverts back to arch=i386 otherwise my GFX do not display at 1920x1200.

I have tried to apply various DSDT patches using "DSDT Patcher GUI" to "retail 10.6" and the iAtkos s3 v2 installation - but I simply cannot get it working after many attempts.

Any help is much appreciated. please ask if you need more clarification understanding the issues.

[AVO-Electronics]

Hi

Im using a p5b deluxe installing using iAtkos s3 v2 then upgraded to 10.6.6 - successfully fully installed (execpt my Broadcom Wifi - which I lost doing the Combo update, but that is something I need not worry about just yet).

My problem is that I cannot use 2 nVidia 7200gs cards together, it always gives me a blank screen just after the initial grey apple boot logo if both cards are installed at the same time. It works, of course, if I remove one of the GFX cards.

Also I would like to ask you; You state all your kexts are 64bit, can you send me links or the kexts you are using please? As after I run "myHack" it always reverts back to arch=i386 otherwise my GFX do not display at 1920x1200.

I have tried to apply various DSDT patches using "DSDT Patcher GUI" to "retail 10.6" and the iAtkos s3 v2 installation - but I simply cannot get it working after many attempts.

Any help is much appreciated. please ask if you need more clarification understanding the issues.

Hi,

I've since purchased a GeForce GT220 to get around my problem and all is well.
I'm using HDMI to my Sony Bravia which I use as a monitor and it looks fine.
The VGA port also works, the DVI not.

I'm simply using the GraphicsEnabler=yes option on boot to enabler my graphics.
I've also upgraded to Chameleon 2 RC4.

As far as kexts are concerned, I haven't anything special nor did I have to do anything to get 64 bit working.
I installed my system from scratch to retail dvd using EFI 1.08 for intel, then simply updated to 10.6.6.
For marvel lan 88E8056 I used appleyukon2.kext modified to contain the device id.
I haven't tried to get the other lan 88E8001 working yet.
Nor have I attempted to get my onboard sound working because I use an external sound card from Roland which works natively.

Tell me which kexts you have that aren't 64 bit and I can upload them.

[d4vinder]

Hey,

Thanks for getting back so quickly!

Which kexts are you using for power management? shut down, restart and sleep? Also are ALL your USB ports working? I'm having issues with my front two, they work sometimes and stop at others! Very random! Do you use wifi or just Ethernet?

myHack fixes many of these issues any but my main issue is having 2 GFX acrds working at the same time as I have 3 displays, 1 for arrangement and 2 for my mixer (just makes it easier viewing).

Thanks for your help.

[AVO-Electronics]

Hey,

Thanks for getting back so quickly!

Which kexts are you using for power management? shut down, restart and sleep? Also are ALL your USB ports working? I'm having issues with my front two, they work sometimes and stop at others! Very random! Do you use wifi or just Ethernet?

myHack fixes many of these issues any but my main issue is having 2 GFX acrds working at the same time as I have 3 displays, 1 for arrangement and 2 for my mixer (just makes it easier viewing).

Thanks for your help.

Hi,

To be honest I don't use sleep.
In my extra folder I have;

sleepenabler
ElliotForceLegacyRTC
EvOreboot
NullCPUPowerManagement

However, some of these aren't needed now, but I haven't been brave enough to start removing them yet. Importantly, I also used Auto DSDT Patcher to create my DSDT.aml file which I dumped in root.

It had the patches for the exact P5B-Deluxe WIFI model, though I don't use WiFi.
So with that DSDT and if you get the very latest Chameleon I think you can remove NullCPUPowerManagement, EvOreboot, Sleepenabler and with the DSDT possibly the ElliotForceLegacyRTC too.

With that said I haven't moved to that stage yet because I got my system running sweet as is and although new updates might break it, I have every intention of getting everything into the DSDT that I can. Because the system has been running so good I started using it and frankly haven't had any interest in playing around anymore at present. It was definitely worth the time it took to get it working to this point, I'm loving this hack.

Sounds like you are making a DAW, well thats something I'm interested in too so that I can rig up my mics and guitars etc.

My usb ports seem fine. Well at least I know the back ones are 100% and I've connected the front two ports up to the motherboard USB headers but I can't remember which set, I believe there are two usb headers on this board from memory. Regardless, the transfer rate when transferring data from usb/external hard drives to the system and back is incredibly fast compared with that shit from Microsoft. I ran Windows XP Pro x64 previously and the usb transfer rates are in a class of their own :)

So if not already, get your DSDT.aml from Auto DSDT patcher and use the P5B-Deluxe premade dsdt, then dump it in your root of the drive. This may be why you usbs are not working 100%.

I'm tempted to have a play around again since you got me replying here so I might try and get some stuff improved over the weekend. I'll keep you posted on that.

Danny

[AVO-Electronics]

Furthermore, here is what the DSDT fixes.
You may have to look up what each one does.

DTGP
HID/CID
INTEL AHCI ICH8
IRQs
RENAMED DEVICES
SBUS
SHUTDOWN
LPC
REMOVED DEVICES
FIX WARNINGS

[d4vinder]

Cheers Danny, that's a lot of help, Yes I am making a DAW and I had a brilliant install that I have been using for the past two years with Leopard 10.5.8 - flawless. I'm just getting ahead of myself and trying my hand at Snow Leopard.

I use a MOTU 828 mkII which has Apple Mac drivers so works like a charm, you get plenty of inputs and outputs to record live and 2 dedicated guitar inputs. Works beautifully and a very reliable piece of kit,

I haven't tried the Auto Patcher yet I was using DSDT Patcher GUI which I downloaded from another website. I couldn't really see the difference that it was doing as nothing much changed except that it was booting and shutting down without errors. but then all the drives would change to orange like they were external HDDs - I thought I was close a few times but with the issue of 2 nVidia GFX cards i kept getting knocked down!

I'm really thinking about going back to 10.5.8 as I had everything working the way it should. Plus the fact that Logic running in 64 bit has a few issues when I was using 32bit plugins (Logic uses a 32bit bridge when in 64 bit mode) so they totally went nutty.

Im going to try Snow once more, and if your methods work I owe you a drink!

Cheers for the help bud, much appreciated

D.

[AVO-Electronics]

Cheers Danny, that's a lot of help, Yes I am making a DAW and I had a brilliant install that I have been using for the past two years with Leopard 10.5.8 - flawless. I'm just getting ahead of myself and trying my hand at Snow Leopard.

I use a MOTU 828 mkII which has Apple Mac drivers so works like a charm, you get plenty of inputs and outputs to record live and 2 dedicated guitar inputs. Works beautifully and a very reliable piece of kit,

I haven't tried the Auto Patcher yet I was using DSDT Patcher GUI which I downloaded from another website. I couldn't really see the difference that it was doing as nothing much changed except that it was booting and shutting down without errors. but then all the drives would change to orange like they were external HDDs - I thought I was close a few times but with the issue of 2 nVidia GFX cards i kept getting knocked down!

I'm really thinking about going back to 10.5.8 as I had everything working the way it should. Plus the fact that Logic running in 64 bit has a few issues when I was using 32bit plugins (Logic uses a 32bit bridge when in 64 bit mode) so they totally went nutty.

Im going to try Snow once more, and if your methods work I owe you a drink!

Cheers for the help bud, much appreciated

D.

Hey,

Well I don't think you're missing much on snow.
Reliability is key so whatever works for you.

That MOTU 828 mkII looks sweet. I'm stuck using a basic Roland FA-66 at present. It worked reasonably well on mac but get a few pops here and there but on windows I fixed them with a firewire card change. Sounds is adequate for what I need at present.

Anyway, your orange drives can be fixed by using this kext; IOAHCIBlockStorageInjector.

Not sure what DSDT patcher patches but I think I tried it with little success.
I forget now, I tried so much to get here. There were a few different versions of EFI 1.08 and it got confusing as the devs website is a little unorganized.
I forgot, once I installed the retail dvd I then used myHack 1.1 to get pc_efi and chameleon installed. I later updated my chameleon to latest version.

Regarding DSDT, yes I know there is nothing to really suggest when the DSDT is actually working, unfortunately it seems that removal of a certain kexts, running kext utility, fixing permissions then seeing if it still boots and works okay - is the only way to verify some of the dsdt patching.... It's a long road and frankly my hack was in the workshop for so long I missed it back at home. As soon as it was working okay I took it back.

With that said, I'll never go back to windows now and I'm a systems admin working with microsoft all day lol. Though Bill 'more money than sense' Gates software has it's uses.

Good Luck anyway, but definitely try Auto Patcher with preset P5B-Deluxe Wifi dsdt.

Danny