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16,166 reads · 2009-10-27 – 2009-10-28
Report 10.X Core DSDT Chameleon / Boot-132 NVIDIA GeForce Retail DVD / USB

Why doesn't my EFI load my DSDT.aml at all

I create my DSDT.aml by Create a .bin file with Everest's DSDT tool in windowsxp (same computer with my Leopard) >> Create a .dsl file with ACPI patcher02beta5 >> Create DSDT.aml with fixes and patches. After that, I put my DSDT.aml to my…

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@tmitim Published 2009-10-27
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OSx86 Core & 10.X
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16,166 historical reads · 4 curated field notes (from 5 dispatches) · 2009-10-27 – 2009-10-28
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@00010 (2)@tmitim@thorazine74@Imkantus

I create my DSDT.aml by

Create a .bin file with Everest's DSDT tool in windowsxp (same computer with my Leopard) >> Create a .dsl file with ACPI patcher02beta5 >> Create DSDT.aml with fixes and patches.

After that, I put my DSDT.aml to my EFI root, or /Extra/. It seems that the DSDT.aml does not work at all. The MacOS still boots as before, same boot message with -v flag. And still USB, Video card, Sleep not work well.

I don't see any difference.

What's my problem?

My spec:

MSI K8N Nforce4 motherboard
AMD64 x2 4600+
Nvidia 6800GT 256MB PCIE
Chameleon V2 RC2.0
Retail Leopard 10.5.6

kexts in my /EFI/Extra/Extensions :
AppleACPIPS2Nub.kext
AppleNForceATA.kext
ApplePS2Controller.kext
dsmos.kext
IOATAFamily.kext
SMBIOSEnabler.kext
System.kext

I can't figure it out, please help. Sorry for my English.

Synthesized Community Field Notes

4 technical responses curated from 5 original dispatches

Field Note #1 @thorazine74 2009-10-27

Type Wait=y in chameleon menu to check if chameleon is loading your dsdt or not.

Field Note #2 @00010 2009-10-27

I am also having USB problems could someone tell me if this is related to not having this "DSDT.aml? file

Field Note #3 @00010 2009-10-27

And if so how would one patch this dsdt.aml file in SL?

Field Note #4 @Imkantus 2009-10-28 ↳ Re: @00010
@00010And if so how would one patch this dsdt.aml file in SL?

Place it in /Extra if you're running Chameleon 2 or PC_Efi.

Sources & Contributor Provenance (4 credited usernames · Thread #4536)
UsernameDossier ContributionDispatchesActive Window
@00010Contributor22009-10-27
@tmitimPrimary Author12009-10-27
@thorazine74Contributor12009-10-27
@ImkantusContributor12009-10-28