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Two Problems Away From Having A Perfect Snow Hackintosh

Hi, I am just just two noticeable problems from building a perfect snow hackintosh for myself. Firstly, I am having problems with kernel panic generated by "com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform(1.3)", after much experimentation i found out…

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@st_7 Published 2009-12-13
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Snow Leopard 10.6
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29,598 historical reads · 6 curated field notes (from 10 dispatches) · 2009-12-13 – 2012-03-09
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@st_7 (3)@Sweaty@Imkantus@Ianxxx@KaLPo@jaxdvd@kamalkkk987@richdurhm

Hi, I am just just two noticeable problems from building a perfect snow hackintosh for myself.

Firstly, I am having problems with kernel panic generated by "com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform(1.3)", after much experimentation i found out that the GMA950 hack in my modified dsdt that causing the 'AppleACPIPlatform' kernel panic. I have modified my dsdt for snow leopard using DSDTSE v1.3.3, the dsdt was modified successfully with 0 errors, 0 warnings. But the 'GMA950' hack in the modified dsdt gives "com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform(1.3)" kernel panic when i try to boot snow leopard in 64-bit mode only, no such problems in 32-bit mode. If i remove the 'GMA950' hack(leaving other hacks same as it is) in my modified dsdt, i am able to boot into snow leopard in 64-bit mode. I guess this may be because the 'GMA950' kexts in SL 10.6.0 are 32-bit only(i have read this on the internet), so yesterday i updated to 10.6.2 as i read that it includes 64-bit kexts for GMA950. But the problem still persists. But if i remove the 'GMA950' hack from dsdt, i am only getting only one resolution(both in 32-bit & 64-bit) & sleep is not working. If some one knows the fix for this problem or any 'GMA950' kexts for 64-bit, please let me know.

And this is the kernel panic I am getting when I try to boot into snow leopard in 64-bit mode with 'GMA950' hack in dsdt.

MAC Framework Successfully Initialized Using 7864 buffer header and 4096 cluster IO buffer header IOAPIC: Version 0×20 Vectors 64:87 ACPI: System State [S0 S3 S4 S5] (S3) Panic (CPU 0 caller 0xffffff80002cbf74): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7f80600ee9, type 13=general protection, registers: CR0: 0×000000008001003b, CR2: 0xffffff7f806c6000,…

Secondly, a distorted or blurry sound after waking up from sleep. The sound works quite good with vodoohda put in S/L/E, but after waking up from sleep a blurry or distorted sound comes even for the regular system sounds(deleting files, emptying trash). Can u please tell me how to fix this?.

I hope i get some suggestions from the members.

My system specs are: Intel Core2Duo 2Ghz, Intel 945GCNL motheroard with Onboard GMA 950 graphics, onboard realtek HDA(alc888 codec), onboard realtek 8111/8168 family ethernet, 1.5 GB DDR2 RAM, two 160 GB SATA HDD, One LG IDE DVD RAM drive.

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Follow-up dispatches by @st_7

Author Update #1 @st_7 2009-12-13 ↳ Re: @Imkantus

First of all thank you very much for your answers.

@ImkantusCan you got to SystemProfiler and look up your GMA950's Device-ID? Maybe there is a working EFI-String or Natit based solution for it?

Intel GMA 950:

Chipset Model: GMA 950
Type: GPU
Bus: Built-In
VRAM (Total): 64 MB of Shared System Memory
Vendor: Intel (0x8086)
Device ID: 0x2772
Revision ID: 0x0002
Displays:
Display Connector:
Status: No Display Connected
SyncMaster:
Resolution: 1024 x 768 @ 75 Hz
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Rotation: Supported

I tried booting into snow leopard in 64-bit mode with dsdt(without gma950 hack) & efi string that i used in iatkos v7 10.5.7, i was albe to boot into 64-bit but GMA950 was not detected & i got only one resolution.

If u can help me in this matter, i will be very greatful to you.

Synthesized Community Field Notes

6 technical responses curated from 10 original dispatches

Field Note #2 @Imkantus 2009-12-13

Can you got to SystemProfiler and look up your GMA950's Device-ID?
Maybe there is a working EFI-String or Natit based solution for it?

Field Note #3 @Ianxxx 2009-12-21

Might be an idea to post the solution for other people.

Field Note #4 @KaLPo 2010-02-05

I have the same problem

I am just trying to install Snow Leopard and I have got the same problem described above, more or less. I attach a picture of my screen -->

I followed the guid by lifehacker http://lifehacker.com/5351485/how-to-build-a-hackintosh… ↗ and it apparently worked for my laptop but when I try to install it in my desktop it just gives me a panic kernel death screen. :S

Any clue?

Field Note #5 @jaxdvd 2011-02-17

Yeah How it was solved would be great

I am having The issue of the ACPIPLATFORM Kernel panic and would really love some help fixing the issue... Have been looking through forums for a few hours now with no working fix yet… It happened to me after updating my hackintosh from 10.6.3 to 10.6.6… Thanks for any help at all...Is greatly appreciated!

Field Note #6 @kamalkkk987 2012-03-04 ↳ Re: @st_7
@st_7Hi, I am just just two noticeable problems from building a perfect snow hackintosh for myself. Firstly, I am having problems with kernel panic generated by "com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform(1.3)", after much experimentation i found out that the GMA950 hack in my modified dsdt that causing the 'AppleACPIPlatform' kernel panic. I have…

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Sources & Contributor Provenance (8 credited usernames · Thread #4924)
UsernameDossier ContributionDispatchesActive Window
@st_7Primary Author32009-12-13 → 2009-12-21
@SweatyContributor12009-12-13
@ImkantusContributor12009-12-13
@IanxxxContributor12009-12-21
@KaLPoContributor12010-02-05
@jaxdvdContributor12011-02-17
@kamalkkk987Contributor12012-03-04
@richdurhmContributor12012-03-09