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hubba · 09-04-2009, 06:28 PM

This is how I seemed to fix the issue for a Dell Precision T3400 X48 ICH9 based SL install. You'll need to install from the USB method... ***copy latest kextutility to the root of your USB flash drive... you'll need to copy it to the new SL drive once install is complete
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PREPARATION
1- From any working Leopard hard drive install Chameleon RC-1 to the GUID formatted target SL drive. (preferably on SATA0)
2- Copy PCefi 10.1 boot file to the root level target SL drive
3- Copy your version of dsdt.aml to both the root AND the EXTRA folder
3- Delete pre-existing files from within EXTRA\EXTENSIONS
4- Copy latest SL files RTC, Disabler, IOACHI, Sleep, fakesmc, OHR, Platform into EXTRA\EXTENSIONS (remember to update UUID info for Platform)

*** limiting to just these file and the clean USB install fixed all SATA issues.

5- Copy modified com.boot.apple.Boot.plist AND smbios.plist to Extra (remember to update UUID section of smbios.plist)
6- Reboot into BIOS and turn off all SATA 1-5 leaving your target SL install drive on SATA0 active

INSTALL
1- Reboot again and select your USB as the target for boot.
2- Install to target SL drive on SATA0
3- Reboot into BIOS and turn all SATA back on and select SL drive as boot drive
4- During Chameleon boot press space until Boot appears near bottom left and type -x -x32
5- you should get the welcome screen and eventually the desktop
6- IMMEDIATELY copy the kextutility from the root of your install USB drive to your desktop & let it rebuild all mkext

That's it... you can now reboot without the -x32 argument and hopefully have stable SATA respose.