SSE2/SSE3 - 32/64 Bit Kernel for Snow Leopard by qoopz! [Intel/AMD] - Page 5

needs_help · #41 03-06-2010, 08:56 AM

OMG!
I have a really nice couple year old Sony Vaio with Pentium 4 that has SSE2 but no SSE3. A different kernel I found hung at the splash screen. With this awesome kernel I got to the installer. Looks good but have not gotten to try snow leopard on this pc because right after language selection I got a memory warning because I only have 512mb and it would not let me install..

I will see if it works once my 1 gig stick of ram comes! Hope it works...sounds really cool and I like what I have seen from the amount my machine was able to do.

kocoman · #42 03-09-2010, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by needs_help

OMG!
I have a really nice couple year old Sony Vaio with Pentium 4 that has SSE2 but no SSE3. A different kernel I found hung at the splash screen. With this awesome kernel I got to the installer. Looks good but have not gotten to try snow leopard on this pc because right after language selection I got a memory warning because I only have 512mb and it would not let me install..

I will see if it works once my 1 gig stick of ram comes! Hope it works...sounds really cool and I like what I have seen from the amount my machine was able to do.

The Disk Utility will keep freezing (and also the Checking Available disks in the installer, or stuck at 0%-x% during install) in the SL installer because of lack of sse3. It seems the sse3 emulation is missing something/loop/hangs when a certain instruction is used.

My only way to install it was from other Leopard system.. but then after boot it gives the 100% cpu, md5/quickloop worker stuck, safari crash, xcode freezes.. system not usable..

If xcode did work I could disable the spotlight stuff, forgo safari with firefox/chrome... but I need xcode

jtillwick · #43 09-14-2010, 01:11 AM

This topic is a bit misleading as the SSE3 emulator for SSE2 CPUs is simply broken. I have tried this an many other legacy kernels with no success. On SSE2 CPUs, when you boot into SL with this or other kernels you will see that your background is pinkish, icons look over saturated, time will be negative, date will be all screwy and many many other instabilities.

Would be nice if someone would correct the title of this topic to Legacy SSE3 kernel instead of misleading people into thinking Snow Leopard will work on their SSE2 CPU.

davisin666 · #44 09-14-2010, 01:25 AM

This kernel... it's new???

chitchit · #45 02-01-2011, 03:13 AM

Is the sse3emu for CPUs like most pentium m and pentium d's going to be fixed soon? I would love to have SL boot on my Hackbook, but the best I can get because of no sse3emu working is leopard.

Imkantus · #46 02-01-2011, 10:44 AM

Maybe check out amd_insn_patcher by andyvand, there is an extended version, that is capable of patching SSE3 instructions...

chitchit · #47 02-01-2011, 12:23 PM

Does that work for Pentium M's as well? Just by the name it sounds like its for amd.

chitchit · #48 02-01-2011, 09:52 PM

Hey guys look at the 10.6.6 legacy kernel thread if you need it.

It is in testing, so help out if you have a cpu without sse3