Nah, it didn't work That was the first thing that I did after adding the NIC. dsmeg doesn't even supply a mac address for the newly added pci nic. Even system profiler doesn't detect it. I'm quite puzzled. However, I haven't tried adding the realtek1000 kext. Maybe I'll try as soon as I got home.

Thanks for the suggestion.

I am having issues getting this guide to work for me. i have the usb disk setup correctly. i have my com.apple.Boot.plist setup per the guide, minus the GraphicsMode as I am unsure what it needs to be set too. My video card is a ASUS EN9400GT with 1 VGA, 1 HDMI, and 1 DVI. I attempted to follow this guide using a DVI2HDMI adapter and when the setup would launch I'd have a blank blue screen. I attempted this passing "-v" and "-v -pci1" as chameleon boot options. I then tried using the HDMI output on the card. Now I am, getting the install background picture and nothing else. I get the spinner but it freezes and just sits there. Again, I've tried with "-v" and "-v -pci1" with same results. What else can I try to get this working?

I just wanted to say thank you for your guide. This was the first time I tried to build such a machine and once you understand the whole system it is really easy to get a successful install thanks to your guide : )
The only thing that was a little difficult for me was the video, I think I will try your updated guide with the RC3 Nvidia auto detect (I have a 9600GT).

(Right now I have just added the efi string in the boot plist because I did not understand what kext and so I need. Resolution and average use seem to work fine but cpu load on 720p video for example is very high (50-100%))

So my actual question would just be if I did understand it right that with the RC3 Nvidia auto detect you dont have to do anything more or do I still have to do all that kext and efi string stuff?
Thanks a lot
greetings from germany : )

GA-G31M-ES2L Rev.2
Q8200
NVidia 9500GT 512 (Dual DVI)

Followed this guide in late September and got a stable install - great work!

Decided to update to 10.6.2 (combo) and missed the SleepEnabler fix - Kernel Panic following "successful update" reboot.

Followed steps 1 and 2 as quoted above for the following files from netkas.org:

NullCPUPowerManagement.kext
SleepEnabler.kext

Rebuilt Extensions.mkext, repaired permissions on SL drive and kextcache on com.apple.kext.caches

After doing this I was able to boot, however to a black screen with no pointer. Press space key on the keyboard and get blue screen. Tried swapping DVI ports - no change.

Can boot into safe mode. Thoughts on a plan of attack?

EDIT: I just decided it was quicker to reinstall then develop a laundry list of potential fixes after sifting through the various threads.

Followed this guide but had trouble with the latest ES2L Kit - could not get sound to work nor was my ASUS WL-138g wireless PCI card recognized.

Went back to the kit with files dated 10/10/09 and all was well. Installed as per guide with the exception of SleepEnabler.kext. Upgraded to 10.6.2 flawlessly and then add the latest SleepEnabler.kext from netkas.org. Sleep works fine.

All is well in 32-bit anyways.

OK, I get about 3/4 of the way through the install, then I get the spinning wheel (not the colored one), and the computer reboots. Weird

Oh, I have the board with v2 bios

important

I've a rev 1 board, and was using the RTGMac_v203 realtek drivers.

they cause failures to wake from sleep

I finally tracked down black-screen on wake issues. It was a repeatable error whenever I was using more than 2 gig ram and network activity.

Specifically opening 20 avi off a server, and loading 80 tabs in safari would cause the failure every time.

I reverted to the built in snow leopard drivers* and no problems now (except no bonjour). If you do a bit of googling you'll find other people mentioning power management issues with the realtek drivers and SL, as the drivers were built for 10.4.


* the realtek installer/uninstall script has a serious problem! when it installs, it deletes the apple realtek driver kext, and when it uninstalls it removes the realtek one. So you're left with no driver at all.

So to restore, you need /system/library/extensions/IONetworkingFamily.kext from an untouched SL install/disk. Replace it, repair disk permissions, "sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions" wait a bit for the kexts to rebuild, and then reboot.

Try this http://www.infinitemac.com/f57/rtl81...n-64bit-t3917/ ... it works great w/ me ...

verified on 2 hard drives, i simply went to the chameleon site, downloaded the latest version and followed the instructions.

Amazing! Works for me too. Secondary NIC is now detected working fine

I just have to find a solution for my 4650 Black screen problem and I'm set!

Thanks BlaSTiwi

I am having trouble with the DSDT on 10.6.2. I have a GA-G31M-ES2L v1.x and a C2D E6600. When I use your DSDT, everything works except my TI PCI Firewire card isn't recognized (it works fine in 10.5.6). When I use a DSDT for the same MB posted by swhay, Firewire works but Ethernet doesn't. When I diff your DSDT and swhay's, there are a lot of differences, but I can't figure out which one(s) might be relevant to Firewire. Could you be explicit about the changes you made in your DSDT, and post your DSDT file before you modified it too?

It would be great if you would not skip or generalize any details in the section I quote below.

[quote=sk1nhd33t;31269]UPDATE:


● copy dsdt.aml to /Extra of your Snow Leopard drive or create your own by following this short guide below, AGAIN it's always recommended to create and use your own dsdt, included my dsdt.aml and .dsl for comparison purposes only.

- open ES2L kit Tools then double click the included DSDT SE.app
- click DSDTSE Tools then Extract DSDT
- under ACPI search choose RTC
- rename 0x04 to 0x02
- under ACPI search choose Sound Azalia
- check the included dsdt.dsl and copy the HDEF section there, alternatively - you can use it if you have a quad
- add Method DTGP under DSDT Hacks
- look under Credits and DSDT Hacks for more dsdt fixes.
- when done editing click DSDTSE Tools -> Compile DSDT, click DSDT Files Folder and you will see your newly compiled dsdt.aml
- copy it to /Extra of your Snow Leopard drive