Quad Core Anyone? - Page 5

crimsonredmk · #41 07-02-2009, 09:56 PM

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 working.

crimsonredmk · #42 07-02-2009, 10:16 PM

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?

crimsonredmk · #43 07-02-2009, 10:24 PM

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 card working perfectly.

Everything except the Radeon 3450 works - stuck in 1024x768.

SportsGuy · #44 07-03-2009, 02:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by krillinballz

When you in stall Chameleon it makes a Extray folder on the drive you installed mac on when u double click the harddrive symble the folder is on that main page man. Let me know if this helps i know it did for me

I try to reinstall it, but I already have it, so it won't let me... And I don't think it will do it if I just make a folder...

uofamis22 · #45 07-03-2009, 04:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SportsGuy

I tried it but I couldn't find the Extra directory

I think it has something to do with iAtkos. I check it for it to be there, but it wasn't there...
is there any way I can add it?

SportsGuy, if you hare trying to find the DSDT file within the root directory, you will need to unhide files. Search in Google how to enable this as it takes a few commands. From here you will need to modify the DSDT file (don't ask me how. Someone did it for me but if you figure out how post back). This thread apparently shows how to modify the DSDT file so you get the full four cores: http://uphuck.ggrn.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2987

Again, I have not tried it yet. I am still struggling with installing the correct kexts for the sound.

uofamis22 · #46 07-03-2009, 04:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crimsonredmk

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 card working perfectly.

Everything except the Radeon 3450 works - stuck in 1024x768.

Crimsonredmk, I thought we decided the VoodooHDA was causing kernel panics? Is this not correct? Or was it the fact that SpeedStep was enabled in the bios? Below is what you originally posted to install. What have you added to this with luck?

--iAtkos V7 Main System
--Chameleon v2
--/Extra directory
--DSDT
--Disabler
--AppleDecrypt
--AppleSMBIOS netkas
--APIC driver
--Intel SATA/IDE
--Realtek R1000
--Post-Install Actions

Thanks,

Louis

SportsGuy · #47 07-03-2009, 08:53 PM

okay, I finally got to view all the files. I put in: killall Finder, in terminal.

so simple... ha

SportsGuy · #48 07-03-2009, 09:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by krillinballz

You need to boot into OS X (which works currently with only 1 core active) and run fassl's DSDT Patcher to generate a patched dsdt.aml file....

A Terminal window will open......press any key to continue.....when you see

CODE
Which OS to emulate? [0=Darwin,1=WinXP, 2=WinVista]

choose 0 to emulate Darwin......

The dsdt.aml file you generate will be placed in the DSDT_Patcher1.0.1e directory/folder and should be renamed to DSDT.aml and then copied to the /Extra directory that you will see after installing Chameleon 2.0RC1 using the Chameleon 2.0 RC1 installer......

There is no risk to your BIOS AFAIK because the Chameleon bootloader loads the modded DSDT.aml file in the boot directory i.e. / directory over the DSDT file loaded from the BIOS.....

go in to the extray folder created by chameleon bootloader and the com.apple.Boot.plist open it with textmate and where you see make it say 4 if it does not cpus=4 this should fix every thing

so... I did that with cpus=4 and it didn't work... the last thing it said when trying to boot up was up time in nanoseconds

random numbers)

uofamis22 · #49 07-04-2009, 04:24 AM

Did you see the uphuck forum regarding this procedure? You are trying to modify the DSDT to reconize four cores so you don't have to boot with the cpus=1 -v command, right? Let me know if you figure this out, like I mentioned, I had someone do it for me but I would like to learn myself.

oo3rex · #50 07-04-2009, 07:07 PM

Hello uofamis22,

I noticed in another thread that you were having issues with this kernel panic when you tried to restart..

Debugger called: <panic>
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x7f2176d8 : 0x12b4c6 *0x45ec20 0x7f21770c 0x13355c 0x0)
0x7f217728 : 0x1ab0fe (0x468ecc 0x79243832 0xe 0x468678)
0x7f217808 : 0x1a1703 (0x7f217820 0xb9f4000 0x7f2178f8 0x79243832)
0x7f217818 : 0x79243832 (0xe 0xb920048 0x7f210010 0x10)
0x7f2178f8 : 0x7924030c (0x0 0xcffa08e1 0x0 0x8)
0x7f217958 : 0x7924e933 (0xac43b08 0x0 0xcffa08e1 0x0)
0x7f2179d8 : 0x7924c959 (0xac43b08 0xaa881e8 0xab9ec08 0x0)
0x7f2179f8 : 0x7924bce1 (0xab9ec08 0xab9edc4 0xab9ec08 0x0)
0x7f217a48 : 0x79249ddc (0xab9ec08 0xac93548 0xc 0x7f217a88)
0x7f217aa8 : 0x79245b36 (0xab9ec08 0xad7a408 0x0 0x79245563)
0x7f217af8 : 0x79242605 (0xad7a408 0x3 0xaa88328 0x7926618f)
0x7f217b38 : 0x7924271d (0x6 0x0 0x0 0x7923a53f)
0x7f217b68 : 0x7924ab36 (0x7f217c08 0xac8e9c8 0x7f217b98 0x7923b79a)
0x7f217b98 : 0x7924ad25 (0x7f217c08 0xb8eb698 0x0 0xe)
0x7f217be8 : 0x7924577e (0x7917a3dc 0x7f217c08 0x7924ef18 0x11d)
0x7f217c38 : 0x7924c6a6 (0xab31028 0x7917a3dc 0x7f217c74 0x0)
Backtrace continues...
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform(9.98.)@0x792230 00->0x79259fff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6)@0x791c5000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(9.9.9)@0x791dc000

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task

Mac OS version:
9J61

I'm having that same kernel panic, the install goes fine and all hardware works perfectly until I try to restart, and i get it wether i have voodoohda checked or not, and speedstep is disabled. Did you get the problem sorted or do you still have problems with it? Btw im also using a Studio 540, mine has a core 2 duo rather than a quad but other than that the hardware is identical.