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[GUIDE] ASRock AM2NF6G-VSTA - Snow Leopard Retail
ASRock AM2NF6G-VSTA (R.2.0) Snow Leopard "all-round-comfortable-package" This is an english repost of my recently write down - you can find german language version here. I know this mainboard is a very cheap & not very far spreaded one, but it's working very great with OSx86 and has my absolute recommendation, for everyone who's looking for a good AM2-Snowboard. This guide requieres an Snow Leopard 10.6.0 Retail DVD - go and buy one from your local Apple (re)seller. My current configuration: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ ASRock AM2NF6G-VSTA 2GB DDR2-800 ATI Radeon HD 4650 BCM4318 PCI NIC Mac OS X 10.6.3 lspci: Quote:
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System Installation: Grab this version of EmpireEFI http://www.mediafire.com/?m5wzzwyfg4m Use it to boot the Retail DVD & to install your system. Keep on using it to boot OS X for the first time & apply the 10.6.3 Combo Update. Making the System working standalone: Extract pack.dmg, mount it and copy all it's content directly to your Desktop. Installation of the Bootloader: Open the Disk-Utility let it display detailed informations about your Snow Leopard Partition and memorize the diskXsY value. Open a Terminal Window and use the following syntax: Code:
sudo -s # Enter your Password cd Desktop/Tools/Bootloader fdisk -f boot0 -u -y /dev/rdiskX dd if=boot1h of=/dev/rdiskXsY cp boot / Go to the Extra folder and addjust the following values in the smbios.plist file to match your configuration: Code:
<key>SMexternalclock</key> <string>200</string> <key>SMmaximalclock</key> <string>2200</string> <key>SMmemspeed</key> <string>533</string> Adding SLE Kernel Extensions: Go to /System/Library/Extensions and delete AppleHDA.kext Grab the 4 SLE kexts from my package and drop them into /System/Library/Extensions folder by Finder (AppleACPIPS2Nub & ApplePS2Controller only if you need PS2 support - if you are using USB input devices, you won't need those) Ignore upcoming error messages and open the Terminal again. Use the following Syntax to fix the file permissions & to delete the Kernel Extension Cache: Code:
sudo -s # Enter your Password cd /System/Library/Extenions chown -R root:wheel AppleHDA.kext chmod -R 755 AppleHDA.kext chown -R root:wheel AppleACPIPS2Nub.kext [...] rm -rf /System/Library/Chaches/com.apple.kext.chaches Open Marvin's AMD Utility and create a "Patcher Package" for the /System/Library folder. The Patcher Package will apear on your Desktop - copy patches folder to your Snow Leopard partition and reboot into Single User mode using -s bootflag. Use "mount -uw /" to get write access on your partition, move to patches folder using "cd /patches", run the replace script to replace encrypted binaries with the decrypted ones using "./replace.sh" and patch CPUIDs using "./patcher -v ./cpuid.txt" Allmost done. If Sleep doesn't work yet, be sure to have the boxes present at Energy Saver Prefpane beeing enabled, if that doesn't help, open the Terminal again and enter: Quote:
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* This will cause your computer to turn on automatically after power-loss, even if your PC wasn't powered at that time! If you don't like it to be that way go ahead and install "LegacyAppleLPC.kext" by cVad to /S/L/E like descryped above. You will now get a fourth option at Energy Saver Prepane called "Restart automatically after power failure" enable that one, too. Now you can disable the BIOS option without losing Sleep capability. Last edited by Imkantus; 08-09-2010 at 07:13 PM. Reason: orthographic mistakes |
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hi mate.. i have the same mobo and tried this method but it always hangs before i can install snow leopard.. says "still waiting for root device" and just doesn't move from there.. any ideas what would cause that
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If you are using IDE & you are connecting two devices, be sure to set the device connected next to the Mainboard to be "Slave" and the outter one to be "Master" - having a wrong setup or using Cable Select mode caused my devices not to be identified by NForceATA driver in my case... AMD Phenom II X4 955 - ASRock AM3A770DE - 8GB DDR3-1333 - Radeon HD 5570 1GB passiv - BCM4318 802.11b/g - Snow Leopard Retail
+++ AMD Phenom X3 8450 - ASRock AM2NF6G-VSTA (BIOS L2.39) - 4GB DDR2-800 - Radeon HD 4650 512MB - Snow Leopard Retail (retired) / OpenBSD |
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fixed it mate turned out to be the wrong disc.. 2 discs for amd. the legacy one worked best for me. but now i can't get the ethernet to work. had it working once then i restarted and got a double panic error. so i installed snow leopard again and can't get it working again.
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Maybe try to boot using -f Flag once to rebuild the Kext Cache. You can check if it has been loaded by using "kextstat | grep com.nvidia.driver.nForceLAN" on Terminal. AMD Phenom II X4 955 - ASRock AM3A770DE - 8GB DDR3-1333 - Radeon HD 5570 1GB passiv - BCM4318 802.11b/g - Snow Leopard Retail
+++ AMD Phenom X3 8450 - ASRock AM2NF6G-VSTA (BIOS L2.39) - 4GB DDR2-800 - Radeon HD 4650 512MB - Snow Leopard Retail (retired) / OpenBSD |
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all working now. thanks for your help but i have another question tho. i have a geforce 8800gtx graphics card. is it impossible to get full use of it using mac os. as i would like to play games on the mac if possible. haven't seen any drivers or anything for mac tho
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Are you using the "/Extra/com.apple.Boot.plist" from my Package?
Maybe the HDEF EFI String is in conflict with GraphicsEnabler - might be my fault as I am injecting my ATI Card via DSDT, and haven't tried it this way. Try to remove <key>device-properties</key> <string>hex-data</string> from /Extra/com.apple.Boot.plist and be sure to have <key>GraphicsEnabler</key> <string>y</string> Beeing added to the same file, afterwards your GeForce normaly should work. If your Graphics will work afterwards, but you lost sound, just try to add HDAEnabler.kext by Kabyl. AMD Phenom II X4 955 - ASRock AM3A770DE - 8GB DDR3-1333 - Radeon HD 5570 1GB passiv - BCM4318 802.11b/g - Snow Leopard Retail
+++ AMD Phenom X3 8450 - ASRock AM2NF6G-VSTA (BIOS L2.39) - 4GB DDR2-800 - Radeon HD 4650 512MB - Snow Leopard Retail (retired) / OpenBSD |
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I try all jumper position, all ide position, but nothing works ... In this topic they suggest go to the bios, but I don't have the ATA/IDE Mode and Configure SATA as Any idea ? Thanks. |
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Do you have same Mainboard / Chipset? The MCP61 Chipset doesn't have support for AHCI. You need to have AppleNForceATA.kext as chipset driver, are you sure it is getting loaded?
AMD Phenom II X4 955 - ASRock AM3A770DE - 8GB DDR3-1333 - Radeon HD 5570 1GB passiv - BCM4318 802.11b/g - Snow Leopard Retail
+++ AMD Phenom X3 8450 - ASRock AM2NF6G-VSTA (BIOS L2.39) - 4GB DDR2-800 - Radeon HD 4650 512MB - Snow Leopard Retail (retired) / OpenBSD |
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Yes I have the same motherboard.
But I don't have AppleNforceATA.kext. I have a original Snow leopard DVD. So I have to create a iso of my dvd, add AppleNforceATA.kext and burn it ? Configuration : AM2NF6G-VSTA (upgraded BIOS) Athlon 64 3200+ 2 Go Ram Geforce 9400 GT HDDs : HD161HJ / HD103UJ DVD-ROM : LiteOn LTD-165H 💡 Deploy cloud instances seamlessly on DigitalOcean. Free credits ($100) for InfMac readers. |