Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #19,958 · 2009-12-11 → 2009-12-24
#361 by Dispatches #361 by Author Reads #2,241 by Thread Reach Member #19,958 📍 Bjelovar, Croatia/Hrvatska DSDT AHCI / SATA ALC889a / Audio

@catevs

InfiniteMac community contributor with 21 recorded dispatches, 2 lead technical dossiers (29,887 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 98,866 historical readers.

Dispatches 21 Ranked #361 of 6,691
Author Reads 29,887 Ranked #361 · 2 dossiers
Thread Reach 98,866 Ranked #2,241 in reach
Lead Dossiers 2 14,944 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #19,958 Joined 2009-12-11
Active Window 2009 2009-12-11 → 2009-12-24
Preserved Forum Signature & OSx86 Rig
MBO: Gigabyte P35-DS3R BIOS F6
CPU: Core2Duo 2GHz E4400
GFX: nVidia 8500 GT 512MB (working Leo, working Snow Leo)

MEM: 4GB DDR2
HDD1:
Segate 160 GB SATA2 - Leopard 10.5.8
HDD2: WD 20GB IDE - Win 7
HDD3: WD 320GB SATA2 - Snow Leopard 10.6
DVD RW: LG DVDRW DL 18x IDE
Archive Standing
#361 of 6,691 by Dispatches (21 notes) · #361 of 3,454 by Author Readership (29,887 reads across 2 dossiers) · #2,241 by Thread Reach (98,866 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #19,958 · Joined 2009-12-11
Location
Bjelovar, Croatia/Hrvatska
Hardware & Kernel Topics
DSDT (7) · AHCI / SATA (4) · ALC889a / Audio (2) · Gigabyte G31M / P35 (2) · NVIDIA GeForce (2) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (1)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
@Ianxxx (5) @benjmole @ronoverdrive @dantan @spalek83 @scififan68 @milanca

Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 2 technical boards

Lead Dossiers Authored by @catevs (2)

29,887 cumulative reads on threads started by @catevs

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
10.6 retail problem with 8500GT, ALC889a & CMOS reset
After some troubels I finaly managed to install retail 10.6. I used DSDT patcher and Chameleon 2RC3. I've put gfx hex (made by OSx86 tools) in com.apple.Boot.plist 1. After next boot I've tryed to change resolution in Display settings…
Snow Leopard 10.619,682 reads
2009-12-11 · 35 notes
Ako nekome treba pomoć
Ako nekome treba pomoć sa 10.6 a ima sličnu ili istu ploču kao ja, neka se javi. Nakon dosta muka sam uspio složiti da sve radi kako treba
International10,205 reads
2009-12-24 · 1 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (19)

Direct links into threads where @catevs contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
8500GT Problem Snow.
“I have same problem. I tryed EFI string in com.apple.Boot.plist, and editing DSDT with code from this forum and nothing is working for me. If you find solution please post here.”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-12-12
63,406 dossier reads
10.6 retail problem with 8500GT, ALC889a & CMOS reset
“I dont know if I'm stupid or what? I downloaded alot kexts from internet and they didnt work or give me kernel panic. But i finaly found solution. I just copied JMicron.kext from 10.5.8 to my S/L/E folder and it is working. Now finaly I hav…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-12-18
19,682 dossier reads
10.6 retail problem with 8500GT, ALC889a & CMOS reset
“Tryed that one but no luck i still have no access to IDE drives.”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-12-18
19,682 dossier reads
10.6 retail problem with 8500GT, ALC889a & CMOS reset
“I will remove 20GB HDD but I have DVD RW that is IDE. Problem is that I had working ATA devices, but I can not remember wich one kext I used. I've downloaded 10”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-12-18
19,682 dossier reads
10.6 retail problem with 8500GT, ALC889a & CMOS reset
“I am booting in 32 bit bicause drivers for Netgear WG111v3 only work in 32 bit. Im booting with "arch=i386"”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-12-18
19,682 dossier reads
10.6 retail problem with 8500GT, ALC889a & CMOS reset
“I put a jmicron kext here for you osx-stuff.talk talk.net/JMicronATA.kext.zip didn't it work? Sorry for late reply. No it does not work it gives me kernel panic. I'll try to find some other JmicronATA. Maybe I should delete JMicronATA.kext …”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-12-17
19,682 dossier reads
10.6 retail problem with 8500GT, ALC889a & CMOS reset
“TY for sharing kexts I managed to install (again ) retail and installed 10.6.2 combo update. I'm running in 32bit mode so my USB WiFi can work. I still need to find working Jmicron and HDA (tryed patching dsds & AppleHDA.kext but it does no…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-12-17
19,682 dossier reads
10.6 retail problem with 8500GT, ALC889a & CMOS reset
“Yes I use custom dsdt with gfx, audio & CMOS reset fix. TX for .kexts I'll try them and give feedback”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-12-16
19,682 dossier reads
10.6 retail problem with 8500GT, ALC889a & CMOS reset
“You really shouldn't have any problems running 10.6.2 on that mobo with nvidia graphics. I have similar system ga-p35-ds3l nvidia 8800gs Everything is spot on. It took a while but now I'm down to minimal extra kexts and a system that softwa…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-12-16
19,682 dossier reads
10.6 retail problem with 8500GT, ALC889a & CMOS reset
“That is the problem I never had it instalded. I'm so pissed of myselfe for breaking workong 10.6.0 (except screen capture). Like Wile E. Coyote said: "Back to the drawing board" I'll install 10.6.0 again and leave it at that.”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-12-16
19,682 dossier reads
10.6 retail problem with 8500GT, ALC889a & CMOS reset
“Now I would like to shoot myselfe. I tryed to update to 10.6.2 with combo update and that broke my SL. I tryed everything I know but I cant boot it. Here is my screenshot. Maybe someone knows solution After that last line there is no HDD ac…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-12-16
19,682 dossier reads
10.6 retail problem with 8500GT, ALC889a & CMOS reset
“OK thank you for helping. I'll try Jmicron for ATA. Do You know what is wrong why cannt I take screenshots?”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-12-15
19,682 dossier reads
10.6 retail problem with 8500GT, ALC889a & CMOS reset
“I'm back again. After lot of trouble I reinstalled Snow I have fixed issue with blue screen after resolution change (using VGA port, not DVI with VGA adapter - HD2600XT olnly works like that) and audio is workong. Now I have new problems. M…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-12-15
19,682 dossier reads
10.6 retail problem with 8500GT, ALC889a & CMOS reset
“Here is my DSDT.dsl try to look at it, maybe You figure it out why gfx doesn't work”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-12-14
19,682 dossier reads
10.6 retail problem with 8500GT, ALC889a & CMOS reset
“I got audio & CMOS reset working, but I still dont have QE/CI. I followed tutorial on this forum but nothing works i allso have strange problem with WG111v3 USB WiFi. After install Realtek client util shows that is connected to router, but …”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-12-12
19,682 dossier reads
10.6 retail problem with 8500GT, ALC889a & CMOS reset
“I have put code for 8500GT in DSDT & remove dsmos.kext but if dsmos is not in extensions folder boot stops after "waiting for dsmos"”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-12-12
19,682 dossier reads
10.6 retail problem with 8500GT, ALC889a & CMOS reset
“Tx for replay. I'll try edit DSDT and I'll remove ALCinject and dsmos. What about gfx card? Why do I get blue screen after resolution change?”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-12-11
19,682 dossier reads
nvidia 8xxx mouse & system lag - a new bug
“@spalek83 Does that method work for You? I allso have 8500GT 512MB, I have option for resolution change, but when I change resolution, my screen goes blue, and I have to restart with -x to remove blue screen”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-12-11
5,573 dossier reads
8500GT Problem Snow.
“With dsdt or efi string?”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-12-12
63,406 dossier reads