[GUIDE] Retail Snow Leopard DVD install for G31M-ES2L

[sk1nhd33t]

Originally Posted by dooododoo @sk1nhd33t Do you fee like being even more generous and sharing your menu-hilite.gif, menu-off.gif, and menu-on.gif? Right now I use a 22x22 pixel transparent gif.

google iAnderw's menubar icons (should be in devianart) to download the icons there coz my hack is currently stuck on the 3rd floor of our house.. my country (Philippines) was recently hit by typhoon ondoy and some areas (including ours) are still are flooded. Internet is still not restored in my area so im typing this on my MBP on 3G. Thank god though it's just the flood and my family, me and my gadgets are safe

Originally Posted by altoidboy Where do I find instructions on how to edit the boot.plist? I don't know how to find my EFI strings, timeout, or graphics mode. I searched the forum but can't easily find the answer.

EFI strings can be obtain by using an app called OSX86tools or EFIStudio. fro the graphics mode, it's the max resolution of your monitor. You can also try skipping efi strings and use " GraphicsEnabler=Yes" on your boot.plist (RC3 or PCEFI10.3 required)

Originally Posted by altoidboy Also, would you consider updating those attached files to the latest? I tried doing it myself but got confused. (e.g. Chameleon RC3, PC-EFI 10.3, etc.)

maybe sometime but i dont see the point because all of the new files are either linked or can easily be found like netkas fakesmc V2 n 10.3.

Originally Posted by altoidboy I've tried a SL install several times on my G31M-ES2L with the VGA PNY VCG85512GXXB 8500GT 512MB graphics card. I've gotten it up and running almost perfectly, except no matter what I try, audio doesn't work (no audio devices show up). I've tried LegacyALC883.kext, I've tried LegacyAppleHDAHardwareConfigDriver and LegacyHDAPlatformDriver, I've tried both, I've tried Voodoo, but nothing works.

for audio, voodooHDA in S/L/E works flawlessly except after waking from sleep but the quoted kext above wont work alone without an HDEF patch in your DSDT (thanks to coconup). clear your cache after replacing the kext and create and mkext.

also be sure to check System Preference then go to Sound and choose Internal Speakers/Built-In Speaker for both Sound Effects and Output Tab.

here's how the setup goes, any of the 3 combination will do:

- LegacyAppleHDAHardwareConfigDriver + LegacyHDAPlatformDriver + HDEF = audio
- LegacyALC883.kext + HDEF = audio
- VoodooHDA (S/L/E) + untouch dsdt = audio

if all fails then i dont know what to suggest anymore

Originally Posted by checkitout This is my situation exactly. I have everything working, except for audio. None of the kexts seem to work, no matter where I place them. I have tried everything and have a G31M-ES2l Rev 1.1 (F8 bios) board.

check above, you must be doing something wrong coz i have the same F8 bios.

[sk1nhd33t]

you can also check this automated installer created by Conti, this will install RC3 + PC EFI 10.3 including the kext needed except for our alc883 audio, for permission and creating Extensions.mkext check this too (again created by Conti), it's an automated and manual command to fix and create your mkext, just edit it before running since conti uses CustomExtension on his script or rename your extensions folder.

HTH

[checkitout]

Sound is working. I did a fresh install on another drive, copied over my settings manually, and then used carbon copy cloner to get it all back on my original disk.

[Stoerte]

Hi,

(i thought my installation went well, but now i have the following problem. Every time i boot my computer, Spotlight is trying to index my harddrive and my hackintosh gets a KP and i have to reboot...booting....Spotlight trying to index...KP...reboot...etc. Someone has a fix for me?)

O.K. it's not (only) a Spotlight problem. I stopped running spotlight and deleted the index. (hostconfig SPOTLIGHT=-NO- and mdutil -i off /, mdutil -E /) Now i get every few minutes a KP...Grrrr. Any suggestions?

Another point is that i can't suspend, i have to shutdown the computer every time. Smartsleep didn't help.


HW: G31M-ES2L, E5200, 4GB RAM
SW: see install-instructions (except installing Chameleon RC1 manually), SnowLeopard 10.6.1

[russianbandit]

I'm a bit confused about the PleaseSleep appliation... I don't have PleaseSleep and my sleep seems to work fine, as in my computer turns itself off in, say 20 minutes. It turns on my fast after this, thus I assume it went to sleep. Am I missing something here?

P.S I have the same board as sk1nhd33t.

[mecanoiz]

Originally Posted by [email protected] I've followed the instructions and cannot get the USB to boot. I have tried many. many things. but, no luck. Need help. I posted the verbose message screen. The screenshot attached is right before the machine reboots. I Leopard 10.5.6 installed (ideneb), and had no problems with that install. Here is what the screen reads: efi_inject_get_devprop_string NULL stringdata Loaded HFS+ file (Extra/smbios.plist) 943 bytes free from 4237430 Patched DMI Table Loaded HFS+ file (DSDT.aml) 15508 bytes from 4237430 Patched ACPI version 1 DSDT Then the machine re-boots. I am using Chameleon 2 RC2 with EFIv10 boot file.

I recommend the dr. hurt bootloader linked some where in this topic.
I couldn't get my usb to boot with the standard RC1/2/3 or EFI boot files either.
So just restore your SL iso to the USB drive, install the dr. hurts bootloader and put the extensions(USB) folder and others in the extra folder.

[rmn87]

I've followed your guide, installed from USB successfully, booted into fresh SL partition (-v x32), installed Chameleon RC2 package for EFI HFS, copied boot to root, copied Extras to root with com.apple.boot.plist with EFI String for 8600GT 256MB from OSX86 Tools, renamed extensions.

When I then try to boot into the drive with -v x32, it kernel panics. I don't understand, this has happened twice on me after another fresh install and then isntalling chameleon.

any help/suggestions?

http://plaza.ufl.edu/rmn87/KP.jpg

G31M-ES2L rev2.0
4gb DDR2800
C2D E8400
eVGA 8600gt 256mb

[sk1nhd33t]

Originally Posted by russianbandit I'm a bit confused about the PleaseSleep appliation... I don't have PleaseSleep and my sleep seems to work fine, as in my computer turns itself off in, say 20 minutes. It turns on my fast after this, thus I assume it went to sleep. Am I missing something here? P.S I have the same board as sk1nhd33t.

you dont need PleaseSleep because manual and automatic sleep is working for you.. lucky you

care to share the rest of your specs?

Originally Posted by rmn87 I've followed your guide, installed from USB successfully, booted into fresh SL partition (-v x32), installed Chameleon RC2 package for EFI HFS, copied boot to root, copied Extras to root with com.apple.boot.plist with EFI String for 8600GT 256MB from OSX86 Tools, renamed extensions. When I then try to boot into the drive with -v x32, it kernel panics. I don't understand, this has happened twice on me after another fresh install and then isntalling chameleon. any help/suggestions? http://plaza.ufl.edu/rmn87/KP.jpg G31M-ES2L rev2.0 4gb DDR2800 C2D E8400 eVGA 8600gt 256mb

recreate an Extensions.mkext and boot in 32bit, looking at your pic it's booting in 64bit. to boot in 32bit use "-x32" for PC-efi or "arch=i386" for RC2/3

[eLPhi]

i have successfully installed 10.5.6 on my G31M-ES2L, can someone tell me if the BIOS settings for 10.5.6 and 10.6 be the same? or someone please post the BIOS settings for 10.6

[Bartounet]

Originally Posted by eLPhi i have successfully installed 10.5.6 on my G31M-ES2L, can someone tell me if the BIOS settings for 10.5.6 and 10.6 be the same? or someone please post the BIOS settings for 10.6

I haven't had anything to change.