Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #11,345 · 2009-09-07 → 2009-09-12
#544 by Dispatches #621 by Author Reads #141 by Thread Reach Member #11,345 Retail DVD / USB Gigabyte G31M / P35 Chameleon / Boot-132

@bzen

InfiniteMac community contributor with 14 recorded dispatches, 2 lead technical dossiers (17,828 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 1,774,629 historical readers.

Dispatches 14 Ranked #544 of 6,691
Author Reads 17,828 Ranked #621 · 2 dossiers
Thread Reach 1,774,629 Ranked #141 in reach
Lead Dossiers 2 8,914 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #11,345 Joined 2009-09-02
Active Window 2009 2009-09-07 → 2009-09-12
Archive Standing
#544 of 6,691 by Dispatches (14 notes) · #621 of 3,454 by Author Readership (17,828 reads across 2 dossiers) · #141 by Thread Reach (1,774,629 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #11,345 · Joined 2009-09-02
Hardware & Kernel Topics
Retail DVD / USB (4) · Gigabyte G31M / P35 (4) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (3) · DSDT (2) · ALC889a / Audio (2)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 2 technical boards

10.X Core
1 (7%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @bzen (2)

17,828 cumulative reads on threads started by @bzen

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
SMB Share Issues + NTFS Write Support - 10.6 (64 Bit)
SMB ISSUES Have problems with accessing SMB share on NAS in snow leopard. This seems to be well documented problem across the net. Appears that there are 2 Problem: 1) Authentication with SMB - only works with numeric only passwords (this…
Snow Leopard 10.612,374 reads
2009-09-12 · 7 notes
64Bit kernel compatible Ethernet Card (PCI or PCIE or USB)
PCI or PCI-E Ethernet Card for 64 Bit Kernel Snow Leopard cant seem to get older DGE-530T that I had lying around working. Any suggestions to replace? That are working with 64 Bit Kernel As I have rev 2.0 board with Atheros AR8131 built in…
Snow Leopard 10.65,454 reads
2009-09-07 · 3 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (12)

Direct links into threads where @bzen contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Retail Snow Leopard DVD install for G31M-ES2L
“I can report successful update to 10.6.1 as well... but still no audio. bzen... you report no issues with legacy883? I tried that kext, ( put in extensions, rebuild mkext file, repaired permissions ), but still no audio. I have no device to…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-12
1,741,402 dossier reads
Retail Snow Leopard DVD install for G31M-ES2L
“i've got snow leopard installed using the same motherboard...i've even got sound working by manually installing the ALC883 kext with the Kext Utility. i have a lot of experience with windows pc's so please excuse me but i've got a some ques…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-12
1,741,402 dossier reads
Retail Snow Leopard DVD install for G31M-ES2L
“Thanks for your response. So I went to BIOS and saw that i already had "Legacy USB storage detect" enabled. A picture of my BIOS is attached below. I've found no solution yet... What BIOS Version looks different then mine as no secondary ID…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-12
1,741,402 dossier reads
Retail Snow Leopard DVD install for G31M-ES2L
“Installed RC3 of Chameleon on USB and right on top of SATA drive and works. Also getting some faults/panic/restarts during installs etc.. so tried the IOAHCIBlockStorageInjector.kext (found 64 bit compatible one) and seems to have fixed alo…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-11
1,741,402 dossier reads
Retail Snow Leopard DVD install for G31M-ES2L
“Have to turn on legacy storage support in USB, then should see in boot menu when hit F12 or in BIOS under boot drives before saving change.”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-10
1,741,402 dossier reads
Retail Snow Leopard DVD install for G31M-ES2L
“Got a PCI NIC for GA-G31M-E2SL (Dynex DX-PCIGB at bestbuy for $22) it has Realtek8169 chip on it. It has built in support under IONetworkingFamily.kext under Plugins and RTL8169 DeviceID 10EC8169. So after a bit of digging around and trial …”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-10
1,741,402 dossier reads
Retail Snow Leopard DVD install for G31M-ES2L
“cant seem to get older DGE-530T that I had lying around working. Any suggestions to replace? As I have rev 2.0 board with Atheros AR8131 built in and non working DGE-530T Will Try in 32 Bit mode.”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-07
1,741,402 dossier reads
Retail Snow Leopard DVD install for G31M-ES2L
“Thx for help am now running. : Have some notes to add about complete manual install without any other OSX. 3 Guides Snow Leopard New Retail - Retail Snow Leopard DVD install for G31M-ES2L Snow Leopard Old (for Reference OnlY) Retail Snow Le…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-07
1,741,402 dossier reads
Retail Snow Leopard DVD install for G31M-ES2L
“Thanks for Email i had USB Key UUID as part of the boot.plist. So tried to remove as suggested. I tried exact same install off USB this time without UUID String in boot.plist and this time with 32 bit mode no kernel panics. Completed instal…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-07
1,741,402 dossier reads
Retail Snow Leopard DVD install for G31M-ES2L
“Have Rev 2.0 of Board so no Realtek. Have old Dlink DGE-530T, which will use (may try to use SKGE.kext v0.2d or 0.2e but unsure if working in 64 bit mode) later after get to complete actual install. For Video just using onboard GMA3100 for …”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-07
1,741,402 dossier reads
Dual Boot SL / Win7 on a g31m-e2sl
“Retail Snow Leopard DVD install for G31M-ES2L Had to do some digging to find out how to install from scratch on same board without leopard. See post on the above link for how to install on 2nd drive.”
10.X Core2009-09-08
15,399 dossier reads
64Bit kernel compatible Ethernet Card (PCI or PCIE or USB)
“Check this post Retail Snow Leopard DVD install for G31M-ES2L”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-10
5,454 dossier reads