@crimsonredmk

“Alright, here are kexts I use on Snow Leopard. I used the 10.5 ICH8 (SATA) chipset driver because it was the only one that worked. If anyone finds a Snow Leopard 64-bit driver, please let me know. I uploaded to more places this time around.…”

“Try this URL: EDIT, not all files included actually work...making a new package and uploading it soon.”

“Nope...still no luck and I don't think it'll ever be supported. I'm still running my crappy Nvidia 8600GT (crappy with a 23" display)...”

“Writing a Snow Leopard install guide right now. I decided to try out Windows 7 but it's just not right...so I'm writing as I go along. This guide will install the 32-bit, regular ole' mainstream retail Snow Leopard. You'll need to have 2 ha…”

“10.6.1 installed from Software Update, no problems whatsoever. Still using 32-bit kernel because I need MacFUSE for my work. Hurry up Logitech, release updated mouse drivers for 10.6!”

“Yep, Snow Leopard 100% working using retail DVD, installed onto 2nd partition as a clean install using OSInstall.mpkg from Leopard. Grab a couple of Kexts from that Windows Skydrive site and such, drop in your DSDT.aml and boot.plist and it…”

“10.5.8 upgraded here as well, no problems at all, nothing broke, no kexts to back up, nothing.”

“Remove all of this: device-properties 420200000100000001000000360200000d00000002 010c00d041030a000000000101060000010101060000007fff 04000e0000004e00560050004d000000200000000100000000 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002200 000056…”

“No, after logging in and everything. I didn't install any video drivers at Mac OS X Install - you can check for Quartz Extreme in the System Profiler under Graphics.”

“Majority were in graphics since the NVInstaller drivers enabled Quartz Extreme on my 8600GT, not my Radeon HD 3450. In case you do have an Nvidia card and can't get Quartz Extreme through EFIStudio or OSXTools, download NVInstaller and remo…”

“Xbench score jumped to 166.16 after installing NVInstaller (vanilla) and removing the Device ID from Boot.plist - of course, this is for the Nvidia 8600GT. I had the same problem with the Radeon 3450 (blue screen) and no one seems to have i…”

“uofamis22, I love you. All 4 cores working! I remember a while ago BIOSes used to be patched like this and rereleased, this is the same exact thing and it works 100% to the letter. Thanks a million dude. So I guess that ends my experience w…”

“SportsGuy, how do you generate a DSDT.aml file? All 4 cores work? Voodoo HDA is known to hang on boot, no workarounds that I know of. As for the Radeon 3450, I chickened out and got an NVidia 8600GT for $40 on Newegg. Works flawlessly.”

“Having installed OS X too many times now, I've fine-tuned the guide I posted earlier a bit, so here it is: System is obviously a Dell Studio 540, Intel C2Q 2.33GHz, 8GB RAM. Here's what I did: Disable SpeedStep and make sure SATA operation …”

“Hey HappyQuadCore, I've got an iPC 10.5.6 DVD too, what did you check to install? I can't find any combination that works. I'll try it though...”

“Yeah, VoodooHDA sometimes causes kernel panics on boot, but a restart fixes those. They're random for me. As for everyone trying to figure out the DSDT, rock on. Enabling all 4 cores would be killer. I've seen some modded BIOSes - the point…”

“Yay, so here's what does and doesn't work: Works: Sound - I left VoodooHDA checked, hopefully this won't kill the kernel as some have reported it has... Works: USB - all of the ports work 100% Works: Ethernet. Even got a $30 Ralink Wifi-N c…”

“Hey, everyone with a Studio 540 and using iAtkos v7 - SOUND OUT OF BOX using my method above. If you don't select any ATI drivers, you'll get a crappy resolution - but it's a start eh?”

“Expanding on that iAtkos v7 install procedure I posted above, yeah, you need to disable Speedstep in your BIOS - the kernel panics if it's enabled. I've been away for a few days but I'm ready to get hacking on getting the ATI Radeon 3450 wo…”

“I've also been able to boot with cpus=2 -- anything higher won't boot. I've found a Radeon 3450 kext, and you need to add "Graphics Mode"=***** for it to work, but it won't use my monitor's actual resolution, but instead I'm stuck at 1152x8…”

“I'm new here but have pored through this thread for the last 6 hours and have finally come up with an ALMOST perfect install for myself. System is obviously a Dell Studio 540, Intel C2Q 2.33GHz, 8GB RAM. Here's what I did: Disable SpeedStep…”

“Hey, same system, only with an ATI Radeon 3450 HD, just came in today, using the same exact iAtkos v7 - with some luck so far. I did notice that you had VoodooHDA installed. I've had this same error, not only in iAtkos, but sometimes in iPC…”

“Anyone try Snow Leopard yet? I'll give it a go tonight...”