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03-25-2010, 01:24 AM
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Jaguar
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 95
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Originally Posted by Stephen.Eidson
As others have said, great thread. I've got the ASRock X58 Extreme / i7 920 combo like the rest of you.
I've been messing with this for a couple of weeks and have learned a lot, but I still don't have a working rig. Taking all of what I've just read into mind, though, I think I should be able to use adriangb's dsdt file with myHack to give it another shot today.
With the dsdt file, I've looked at it with DSDTE but I really have no idea what I'm looking at. It should basically work me, but I'm wondering about my Graphics card. How can I insert the EFI string for it? The graphics card is a BFG 8800 GTS.
Right now I'm running 1.8 BIOS because I simply cannot update using InstantFlash. I've formatted my thumbdrive with FAT32 like ASRock recommends, but InstantFlash refuses to recognize the 1.9 update file. I'll try to send a problem report to ASRock to see if they can suggest anything.
What has been decided are the best BIOS settings? Adriangb, would you mind taking photos of each BIOS page? That would be really beneficial.
And, Joeboxer, you might be able to use the Lifehacker Snow Leopard Guide as an idea for booting without Empire. Specifically, the last paragraph: |
Hey Stephen, I'm really sorry I never responded to this post -I think. I guess I just missed it.
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How can I insert the EFI string for it? The graphics card is a BFG 8800 GTS.
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Put GraphicsEnabler=yes into the com.apple.boot.plist. If that doesn't work I'll give you a EFI string, but I need to know if you have the G80 640MB model, the G80 320 or the G92 512MB.
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Right now I'm running 1.8 BIOS
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Have you tried the Windows updater, if you have windows? That should be easier than the DOS based one. BIOS 2 is out, try that.
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What has been decided are the best BIOS settings? Adriangb, would you mind taking photos of each BIOS page? That would be really beneficial.
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I would love to! It's easy for me, and great for you, but unfortunately I can't use my rig now (I got back, but my crappy CoolMax PSU burnt it out! I got replacements, but I still need a new PSU, and living in South America and all I cant just stroll out to MicroCenter and buy one (if I even had the cash, donations accepted gladly  ).
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