February 4, 2010
PC EFI V 10.6
New in this release:
- Support for desktop Radeons 4300/4500/4600 in GraphicsEnabler
- Added system-id fix, system doesn’t forget your keyboard settings anymore
- Added fix for lynnfield cpus
2nd and 3rd are 3rd party fixes.
So it’s ready for snow leopard finaly 
Enjoy.
booter (unbzip first)
sources
FIXED LINKS
Comments(160)
congratulations
Great! Now it would be nice to have Intel graphics support, specialy for the GMA4500
Mobility cards? Is there no push for these anymore?
Your are the best !
[...] la gente de la Hackintosh interesadas en el Snow Leopard, el hacker ruso Netkas acaba de lanzar PC EFI V 10.6. abatiendo SL por completo. Ahora apoya Radeons 4300//4500 y 4600. [...]
Nice one!!
Is this based on Chameleon RC4 or Pre-RC5??
and nvidia gt200/gt200b with graphics enabler
and an audio enabler
for alc888 and alc889a
would be cool
Thanks! Is this all 4300/4500/4600 Raedons? I am considering one due to their price advantage in the UK!
Thanks again!
PSFree
///it very much depends on model and luck, GraphicsEnabler supports enjecting for most tho.
Great job netkas- just tested it out. If anyone wants to use an installer, I put together an unofficial one here:
http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2010/02/pc-efi-106-released-p55-supported-by.html
Thanks again for the great bootloader netkas!
Is this working only with DVI?
great… nice… work good.
Блин, что ж он у тебя все толще и толще…
whats about mobility radeon cards?
**pietje89** chameleon is a boot loader. PC EFi is a EFI for PC
what is your meaning about that:
http://www.efixusers.com/showthread.php?t=644
Hey Great Job !!!!
Thx for your Work
Is there any possibility to get a Radeon Hd4850×2 work in 10.6.2 ???
hi netkas, we must use the platformuuid.kext?
Please tell, how to inject my old UUID to boot 10.6? (Add a key in PlatformUUID.kext & SMBIOS.plist do not give solutions, returned version 10.5)
1.lis
February 4th, 2010 | 9:10 pm
Great! Now it would be nice to have Intel graphics support, specialy for the GMA4500
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DITTO what he said!!!
[...] ?PC_EFI 10.6 + some goodies As we all do know that netkas has recently released his version of PC_EFI 10.6 (its basically Chameleon RC3 + netkas’ modifications). But then it lacked of some of the key [...]
Perfect replace my boot 10.3 and proves that it works .. thanks!
pietje89:
Nice one!!
Is this based on Chameleon RC4 or Pre-RC5??
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RC3 …
Any solution for nvidia fx5200 to work on snow leopard?
@ netkas
Is the Bug fixed, which prevents the loading of the Sleepimage if one has >=4GB RAM?
Nicely done! The community is appreciative
How to upgrade from 10.5 to 10.6, or how to install from a scratch to USB, CD or to the HDD, please ?!
I feels a n00b, But I i googled the web and couldn’t find how to.
please help.
cheers
I got black screen with this version.
using ATI HD 4670
I can boot fine with v10.5
Am I missing something here because it says
“Support for desktop Radeons 4300/4500/4600 in GraphicsEnabler”
Hey i agree that GMA 950 being like the only desktop onboard Adaptor that works is kinda strange. they are not having the best of luck with the the nvidia ion.
who wants to buy a graphics card anyways, games in mac suck.
What is up with the x1350 or x3100 or 4500, or what ever pos graphics comes in the packaged with the intel i3.
is this a apple not including drivers thing? it took some real balls to remove the atom support from .2 , BTW – if you are having issues with snow being shitty, boot in safe mode, do a permission repair, uncheck file sharing re boot and then recheck if you need it. LIttle trucks to make snow work right. sounds weird but its what makes it work. right.
Hi, is there a way to change my SMUUID/Hardware UUID back to the one I had with PlatformUUID.kext? because now I have some random one and I don’t know how random it’s, for example if it will be the same on a fresh install, if so, how is it created. Thanks in advance
Tried:
RandomID
No
but it doesn’t work
I tried setting
“SystemID”
“xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx”
with my own SMUUID on com.apple.boot.plist but doesn’t work either.
ive been out of the scene for too long, can someone tell me how to install this, last distro of mac i touched was like 10.4.1 or something
I need support for intel gma4500 cards QE/CI enabled. I will pay any developer that can get it working on a Dell 1545. Write on this post or write to ventas@soul-t.com for more info on payment and conditions
Must I upgrade to Chameleon RC4 before installing this? Now I’m using Chameleon RC3 + PC EFI v10.5.
Sorry, I don’t really know how the Chameleon PC EFI relation is.
Is this bootloader better than Chameleon RC4?
Tried this boot file and unfortunately, it gives black screen for my EAH4650. I’ve tried all ports and port combinations (dual connection at one monitor at the same time) and still nogo.
It’s ok though since 10.5 PC_EFI or rc4 (mod by asere 1.1.7) works but it only in VGA.
I was hoping that DVI or HDMI>DVI will work. I guess I’ll be waiting for the next release or X2000 (10.6.3) kext.
Thanks netkas for your great work!
A guy modified this bootloader to get native resolution with Intel GMA4500 graphics card, here: http://deviato.wordpress.com/2010/01/28/chameleon-2-rc4-patched-with-915resolution-for-snow-leopard/
It would be nice to continue his work and get full support for that device.
I’m sorry, I meant Chameleon RC4 bootloader, but I think that his patch is abordable from to PC_EFI
With pc efi 10.6 my geekbench score dropped from 4900 to 3300, went back to 10.4 and the scores are back up. I’ll take performance over temperature gauges and model identification.
- Intel DP35DP nvidia 9800gtx /w GraphicsEnabler OSX 10.6.1
can i try it on my laptop ?
@ MonkeyDLuffy – Same scenario here with Sapphire hd4670: black screen on all combinations (Chamaleon RC3, PC EFI 10.6). I downgraded to 10.5.
Thanks netkas for your great work!
[...] The widely used PC-EFI boot-loader has been updated today to version 10.6 by netkas himself. In case anybody needs a reminder, PC-EFI is a boot-loader which allows vanilla Mac OS X kernel to be run on not Apple hardware. This update adds support for desktop Radeon 4300/4500/4600 graphics cards via the GraphicsEnabler feature. It also adds a system-id fix which resolves the issue of your keyboard settings being forgotten, and finally, a fix for Lynnfield Intel CPUs has been added. As said by netkas, “So it’s ready for snow leopard finally.” You can download the latest update for PC-EFI here. [...]
“system doesn’t forget your keyboard settings anymore”
Thank you thank you thank you !!! This bug’s been driving me crazy!
DDDDD
So are an angel !!!
Thank you for the amazing work you keep doing!
and what about radeon 2400 HD 256Mb?
can i install snow leopard with this device?
Hello,
7900GS with PC_EFI 10.6 still cause KP in OS X 10.6.2 in 64bit :/ in 10.6 is OK. Any chance to fix it without files swap from 10.6 ?
Of course. Look in here: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?s=118a73c62871b1fcfaa647ca46332ffe&showtopic=129744&st=860
How it can help me ?? I have 7900GS (PCI-e, no integrated with motheboard), topic is about GMA4500
what about HD 5770 support?
Thanks for all the hard work Netkas! Does PC EFI V 10.6 support multiple Radeon Cards? I have 4 displays (3x DVI + 1x VGA) connected with dual 7300GTs and a hacked NVDarwin injector for Snow Leopard to support it. One of the Cards is dead now, so I only have one DVI or one VGA, but no dual monitor support.
Dual GIGABYTE GV-R455D3-512I would be a solution for my budget, but only if GraphicsEnabler will detect multiple 4550 cards. Do you have any recommendations for multiple card solutions for under $100 USD?
@lis i don’t get it i have ati video card no intel here :s anyway i tried the boot file (using rc4 manually) and nothing changed no QE so no mobility support here
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Netkas, you do amazing work and your contribution to the OS X community is legendary, thank you!
I was very excited to see this posting as I have an almost vanilla new system with a P55 chipset, Intel Core i5 and ATI 4670 graphics. Your ATI “beta booter” completely recognized my 4670 graphics card and allowed me to use it without modification to any kernel extensions but the system ran at 1.5x normal speed, a known issue with the P55 board.
With your new PC EFI V 10.6, I end up with a black screen but I can tell by the hard disk activity that the system is loading.
Interestingly enough, my ATI X1600 Pro works beautifully by simply adding the device id to the ATI1600Controller kext and the ATIRadeonX1000 kext.
And yes, the device id of my card is already included in the relevant kernel extensions.
Once again, thank you for all you do!
mac_n_cheeze
Thx for your work
So we install as with previous versions ? After the last Chameleon, we just change the boot file on root ?
For the 4350, don’t we need extra kexts ?
What do you think Which ones are mandatory for this card ?
Thx again !
What are the fixes for Lynnfield? I have a Core i7 860, installed this booter and everything works great.
Also, where can I disable the “Quad Core Intel Xeon” identifier so that it displays the Core i7 860 information? These processors are in the new 27″ iMacs, so I believe it would be recognized out of the box. Right?
Thanks.
keep getting a black screen on boot with 10.6.2 and ATI4670. Reverting to PC_EFI 10.5
Netkas, you do amazing work and your contribution to the OS X community is legendary, thank you!
I was very excited to see this posting as I have an almost vanilla system with a P55 chipset, Intel Core i5 and ATI 4670 graphics.
Your ATI “beta booter” completely recognized my 4670 graphics card and allowed me to use it without modification to any kernel extensions but the system ran at 1.5x normal speed, a known issue with the P55 board.
With your new PC EFI V 10.6, I end up with a black screen but I can tell by the hard disk activity that the system is loading.
The device id of my 4670 card is already included in the relevant kernel extensions and as mentioned, it was completely recognized by the “beta booter” without any modifications.
Interestingly enough, my ATI X1600 Pro works beautifully by simply adding the device id to the ATI1600Controller kext and the ATIRadeonX1000 kept, I was never able to get that to work in Leopard using PCEFI or any of the injectors, ATIinject or NATIT.
So, I have a working system but I’d really like to put the ATI 4670 into service, anyone have any thoughts?
Once again Ntkas, thank you for all you do!
mac_n_cheeze
Thanks for your work Netkas, you saved me trouble many many times.
Added fix for lynnfield cpus – where is it?
With netkas 10.6 bootloader my Core i7 860@3.62GHz detected as Unknown 3.73GHz
I have almost succeeded with my 4350… I deleted all graphics extensions in the extra folder except the “ATY_Init.kext” and I have the native resolution but no QE-CI compatibility.
I’m very happy, at least i can use my fan-less card, but it would be great to have the full potential…
Do you think it would be useful to install “QE_CI_Exotic patch 10.6.2″ ? If somebody had a suggestion about what i could do now, i’d appreciate. TIA.
And thx again Netkas for your work !
Sorry i forgot to give my config : Gigabyte EX58UD5 with i7 920 2.6 and radeon 4350
Upgraded from pcefi v10.3 and first lost a proper resolution for my 30incher.
Inserting -pci1 boot flag cured the symptom and got all those resolutions back.
(Jetway xblue p43 mobo + 8800GT)
Excellent work, as usual, netkas
Dear netkas,
Thanks a lot for work
Some info:
H/W: Dell studio 16 laptop.
Graphics: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670 1GB
OS: Snow leopard, updated to 10.6.2
Symptom with Chameleon rc4:
= Black screen wit “GraphicsEnabler=y” (1920×1080)
= complete bootup in safe mode(resolution 1024×768) -x.
Symptom with new PCEFI 10.6
- “pink” screen (nothing is seen) also flickers.
- I’ll try -x on reboot.
Please suggest some options. And Thanks again for the great work you are doing.
- Prem
i ahve the GA-EP45-Extreme Intel® P45 + ICH10R Chipset which hasthe ALC889A HD audio which is not recognized! is there something i can do to make it work?
@netkas i have tried Chameleon RC4 few days ago and DVI on my Radeon HD 4550 stopped working (as expected) but i have tried my LCD TV connected to VGA port and it worked! so maybe there is something in RC4 you incorporate in PC EFI to get DVI+VGA working
Support for ATI Radeon HD 3850 would be nice
THANK YOU! I now get DVI output from my HIS ATI HD 4670 Ice-Q Turbo(dual-DVI out)- no dual-display support though. But I lost ALL output from my HIS ATI HD 4650 (HDMI, DVI & VGA out)- the system says that the monitor is connected and I can move the mouse there but I get no signal…
I downloaded the sources and changed the framebuffer for the 4650 from “Peregrine” back to “Motmot” which fixed the problem
The system mixes up which monitor is which- even though they are connected to different gfx cards and utilize different framebuffers! Strange!!
I’ve been trying to get OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard, and 10.5.8 Leopard to work with VMWare Workstation 7 on my ThinkPad W700 laptop.
It has a T9900 Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz, which has that VT-d feature that can be enabled in the BIOS. It also has 8GB of DDR3 RAM, 512MB of NVIDIA GDDR3 VRAM (Quadro FX 2700M), and my WiFi card is the Intel 5300 802.11n. I run Windows 7 64-bit.
I keep getting front side bus errors.
Is my hardware to blame? Please help!
Hi Netkas!
Could you please fix the following problems I reported earlier:
1. libsaio/hfs.c: line 440: (long)SWAP_BE64 – should be: (uint64_t)SWAP_BE64
(this fixes hibernation issues with more than 3Gb of memory)
2. libsaio/nvidia.c: line 307: add: { 0×10DE087D, “NVIDIA ION 9400M” },
(this is for ION graphics card)
3. libsaio/platform.c: line 45: should be: cpuid_reg[2]=0; (not =1;) – see above: “set ECX register to 0″, not 1. remove second call to do_cpuid() – it is no longer necessary after you fix ECX value.
Thank you.
Eugene
Update: Ignore my post 28. It’s working great now.
Hi Netkas,
Do you know if there is gonna be any ATI 3xxx support for Snowleopard 10.6 with GraphicsEnabler?
Cause I heard that this is already implanted if you run Leopard 10.5…
how can I compile this src ?
thanks
@netkas: Can you add to the bootloader the “915 resolution patch” for intel graphics card GMA4500?
Hey Netkas,
Any chance of QE/CI on an HD4350? Or, should this allow QE/CI automatically?
Thanks!
Hi, i have a tiger dvd for intel processors (from mi macbook)
can u tell me where to find TIGER kext to install on my pc?
i want a retail install.
thanks
my pc:
ich 10 intel
acl 888
nvidia 8400gs
sata dvd
sata hard drives
(i have leopard but i want tiger)
Ok I am Using 10.5.8 iPC And Using PC EFI 10.6 Do I Have To Do Anything Extra To Get Ati Hd Radeon 4350 To Work Or Do I Just Install And It Should Automatically Work Please I Need My Graphics
please help I have an ATI 4830 512MB OC Edition card which is detected fine in 10.6.2 with the system profiler showing the card and 512MB of VRAM. However when i try to start final cut it says my vram is 0 and i need a QE/CI enabled card?
I am using the old efi 9 with 10.5.6 and a 4850 radeon card, thanks to you! full qeci and the voodoo 9.7 kernel is getting great speed on this 2x Quadcore opteron dell. Thanks for breathing new life in to crap pc hardware!
where do we donate?
Hey Netkas, I have a quick question, I was wondering if the GraphicsEnable option will autodetect dual GPUS the same as it does for one. Otherwise I’ll have to use EFI strings which would be less than ideal. Thanks in advance and thanks for all your work you’ve done with OSX.
Hi Netkas, I installed Snow Leopard Hazard 10.6.2 but I have 2 Problems:
1- my 4850 fan rpm has a problem, fan speed goes low and sometimes stop!
2- just can boot SL with arch=i386 and otherwise my screen becomes BLACK!
what should I do?
I Forgot to say that I select this options before install:
ATY_init
EVOenabler for Extra / Extensions
EVOenabler for System / Library / Extensions
Legacy ATI 4800
How do I “install” this? Just overwrite the “boot” file in the root of my Snow partition? Then my HD4670 will work?
EFI qe/CI Question:
I have no clue how to install EFI. I input the graphics enable string without it and I got options for resolutions etc but still no qe/ci support.
I downloaded PC EFI but have no clue how to install it/if it will actually help.
Any input (*maybe a guide to installing EFI and getting QE running) would be greatly appreciated!
Also, VRAM? The virtual machine says it has 128VRAM, but programs aren’t detecting it.
Great guide!!
Hey guys, is it possible to install a GTX 260 216 55nm <–(PC BIOS) under a normal Mac OS (not Hack0ntish)?
Any hope for QE support for ATI HD2600?
I have SL 10a432 GM and can boot only with “-x” switch. My configurarion is:
- P5QL-e
- C2Q 8200
- Sapphire Radeon 4670 (512mb)
How i can install efi??? what is procedure step by step?
The 4350 is recognized and thx for that Netkas, but it is without QE/CI support on a Gigabyte EX58 and i7 920.
Would you have a tip for me to try to work this out ?
I searched and tried many many things without success yet. but since i know it is possible to get it, i’m still trying.
What do you think i should search ? Just give me a hint, a direction (even in the code, i know C langage), and i’ll carry on
TIA
Hi,
Intel X4500
Drivers from Intel:
http://intellinuxgraphics.org
FreeBSD:
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/xorg/driver/
I have Xcode so please tell me what procedures to take
Ruy
why i cant download the files?
Your new work loads the 9442 rom image, and it is detected in the about this computer dialog, when I use my DSDT file. But now qe/ci on 4850 radeon visiontek 512mb dual dl dvi w/ svideo.
Will changing kexts affect anything, or are your bootloader and dsdt going to overide my changes?
thx-
hi netkas , great job and sorry for my english, can you read my request here?: http://netkas.org/?p=58&cpage=1#comment-62138
Thanks
Неткас,приветствую.Чего пофиксил для Линфилда?,можно подробнее?
Netkas, can you please shed some light on where this new Platform UUID comes from? Why PlatformUUID.kext doesn’t works anymore?
Howdy Netkas.
Due to the lack of Quartz Extreme on the Radeon HD 3450, I would like to become a tester if you start to make a kext for it. I own a Club3D HD 3450 256MB, my monitor is plugged trought DVI.
Send me a mail if you’re interested. Thank you.
Greetings.
Hi,
Driver – KEXT – Intel X4500
I and many others are trying to compile this, if someone can help.
Drivers from Intel:
http://intellinuxgraphics.org
FreeBSD:
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/xorg/driver/
I have Xcode so please tell me what procedures to take.
Ruy
Have a problem when installing Snow Leopard with PC EFI 10.6.
My system is the following:
MSI X58 Pro-E – 1366 chipset
I7-920
6GB of Ram
Sapphire ATI Radeon 4850 1024Mb
When i try to install it seems to install well, but after the install succes message and my first boot after a while i get a blue screen with mouse pointer, and then nothing happens anymore. What can cause this blue screen, and what can i do about it? As it seems strange to me, as the install ran succesful.
ATi Radeon HD 4870, PC EFI 10.6, GraphicsEnabler=Yes
I have two displays, using DVI-VGA adapters.
the display is mirrored on both screens, my second monitor isn’t even detected in system properties.
Any advice? How do I get two different displays?
Ok I have a 4350 video card in my machine do anyone know how to do the graphicsenabler thing so i can get Full QE/CI through VGA please i’ve been trying but i need the right method
hi netkas great work.
i have a radeon hd 5470. when will this be supported?
thx
Hello netkas,
Could I please get a copy of the source for nullcpupowermanagement.kext? I’m very curious to see how it works. I’ve noticed that it can keep cpu temps lower than if I try to enable p-states in the dsdt.aml file.
Thanks.
Does it support ATI 4870?
Hi Netkas,
if you read this, please contact me. You can use the email from the “Leave a reply” form.
Thanks
Hi netkas, sorry for my english. Is there in future the possibility to have a full support for HD2600 Pro PCIE in GE?
Thanks
Hello,
I´m having a lot of problems installing snow leopard with Empire Efi, but just with my grapic GMA950 and someone tell me that PC Efi can resolve my problem.
But… Can Someone telme how to do? becouse I see just to files (booter and source) and I´m not sure how it´s work.
I´ll be gratefull if someone can help me.
Sorry about my English but I´m spanish.
Thanks for your job.
Hi Netkas! Thanks a lot for your injector my Dell Studio 1557 will soon have is ATI 4570 Mobility functional i think!
It inject properly the card, the only problem is that the LCD panel is not recognized. Did you think it is possible to make it work ? Currently i connect by VNC so i can hack it further but i have not too much ideas on what i can do to activate the LCD (which is a full hd, 1920×1080).
Here is that i see in system profiler (it is a french system):
ATI Radeon 4500 Mobility Series :
Jeu de composants : ATI Radeon 4500 Mobility Series
Type : Processeur graphique (GPU)
Bus : PCIe
Logement : Slot-1
Longueur de la voie PCIe : x16
VRAM (totale) : 512 Mo
Fournisseur : ATI (0×1002)
Identifiant du périphérique : 0×9553
Identifiant de révision : 0×0000
Révision de la ROM : 113-B7710C-176
Version du gestionnaire EFI : 01.00.318
Moniteurs :
Connecteur pour le moniteur :
Connecteur pour le moniteur :
While on my MacBook Pro rev A i see:
Jeu de composants : ATY,RadeonX1600
Type : Processeur graphique (GPU)
Bus : PCIe
Longueur de la voie PCIe : x16
VRAM (totale) : 256 Mo
Fournisseur : ATI (0×1002)
Identifiant du périphérique : 0×71c5
Identifiant de révision : 0×0000
Version du gestionnaire EFI : 01.00.068
Moniteurs :
LCD couleur :
Résolution : 1440 x 900
Profondeur de pixels : Couleurs 32 bits (ARGB8888)
Moniteur principal : Oui
Miroir : Désactivé
Connecté : Oui
Intégré : Oui
Connecteur pour le moniteur :
État : Aucun moniteur branché
I was thinking that i should add a profile in /System/Library/Displays/Override, did you think it could be a good idea ? As my mobility is recognized i would think your injector work also for mobility series, i am wrong or not ?
But so, many thanks for your patches and your time! Have a good day!
I need ati radeon hd3650 512mb help
dont work with snow leopard 10.6.2
I install ati_init and atix2600 and stop
in white screen HELP ME
but VGA onboard works fine
its GA945GCM-S2C my motherboard
Although PC EFI V 10.6 has support for the ATI HD4350 I haven’t been able to get it to work. I have spent many hours trying various methods without any success. Would someone, anyone, please post exactly what the steps are to enable the HD4350 (ASUS EAH4350 0×954f1002) to work.
How do I use a beta booter? I get a panic every time on the ATI 4670.
so how can i use this?
36 is a beautiful thing… AsereBLN and Netkas … boooyakasha
Hey Netkas, can you explain how/where to install this boot file?
I’ve never done it before
Hey Netkas, can you explain how/where to install this boot file?
I’ve never done it before
I have an ATI Sapphire Radeon HD 4650 1GB DDR2 PCI-e
Sorry,Still a little bit nooby on this subject but how do i boot from this new bootloader.do i just throw it on disk with disk utilty
Hey Netkas,
I need help with my Sapphire Radeon HD 4650 1gb DDR2 PCI-e
I only have VGA Adapter and all I am getting booting Snow is Blank Screen(monitor sleeps), I do not have any DVI or HDM adapters to test if they work…
Any idea to get VGA only working?
Email me if you can: sendblink23@gmail.com
I’ve joined in IRC hdradeon… hopefully i can contact you through there for help on this matter
What low budget ATI card would you recommend for a dual card setup?
Wo muss ich Chameleon installieren ?
Where do I install Chameleon?
Uh… next PCEFI
Nice… but what about FakeSMC Extension bulitin? or injection dsmos key?
Still Reboot/shutdown problem exist and with loadead applelpc problem with sleep without checked new option in power saving.
Peace!
Hi, what command should I use to compile the “cdboot” folder? I need that file to create a boot-132 cd. Thanks!
Don’t know what to do and how to install this.
Got the Hazard 10.6.2 (so i guess that’s okay?)
Feel like such a noob.
Could someone help me out and answer 2 questions?
I’m a former apple user who never cared about UUIDs and such things, so I don’t really know what it’s good for. For Snow Leopard it was recommended to install PlatformUUID.kext and enter the UUID of the system partition in smbios.plist and the Info.plist within PlatformUUID.kext.
Is it correct that the kext and the entry in smbios.plist are obsolete now?
Some people seem to prefer the old method – why?
The disadvantage of the old method is that if you have different Snow Leopards on different partitions the UUID entry can be correct for only one of them (if I’m not wrong). But what is the disadvantage of the “new auto generated” UUID? Is there a problem with certain applications maybe?
hey…
can i use it for an asus 1005ha?
will everything work?
thanks
bye
Hi,What puzzled me is whether it can make nvs 140m work can anyone help me ?
Hey, nice work on PC EFI.
I’m having some problems. Trying hard to get it work on my GeForce6100SM-M (nForce 430 chipset, MCP61, Sempron 3000+).
I think I had an earlier version of PC-EFI show the kernel and kext’s load before rebooting (argh). So I thought I’d try the latest.
It doesn’t even get that far. I thought I’d grab the sources, add some verbose()’s and track down where it died. It makes it through loading boot.plist, partition scan.
However, in scanHardware() -> scan_platform() -> calculate_freq(), the line:
msr = rdmsr64(K8_FIDVID_STATUS);
Seems to cause the reboot. (A verbose() before it shows up, one after doesn’t, and she reboots.)
Any ideas?
-d
Further to my K8_FIDVID_STATUS problem, some googling turned up a bug fix/patch for a similar problem in the “coreboot” project:
http://www.mail-archive.com/coreboot@coreboot.org/msg10636.html
Might be relevant/useful.
Hi folks,
maybe someone here can help me. I’m using Chameleon 2/PC EFI 10.6, and the Chameleon gui (where you choose the partition you want to boot from) is VERY slow, almost unusable. takes 4,5 seconds to move from partition to partition. any ideas?
My config:
MB: Gigabyte EP35-DS4 rev. 2.1. Bios F6
video: GeForce GTX 260
CPU: 3 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
Snow Leopard 10.6.2
anyone else with this problem?
Привет Неткас ! Спасибо за твой труд ! Есть вопрос , как приучить твой загрузчик загружать Тигра с теми же возможностями в экстре (smbios.plist DSDT ) ?
Очень много заинтересованных в этом.
Благодарю за внимание.
Netkas! Как сделать бут на pciroot=0? Спасибо!
hello netkas! after
GraphicsEnabler
Yes
and intalled QE_CI_Exotic patch 10.6.2.pkg
I have full artefacs monitor
My video is Sapphire HD 4830
Sorry for my english. Im russian. My question: nVidia GT 240 1Gb work with yo boot or no. If i boot with yo efi and graphic enabler i have just black screen and mouse cursor with artefacts. What i need to do? And thanks for yo work.
hi netkas,
do you have a step-by-step guide for installing Mac OS X on PC using your very own PC EFI?
if you can provide us some links, that would be great.
thanks in advance.
I’d like to do this, but have tried to locate the latest download with success. Hints please (thought it was supposed to be on this page.)
Hi netKas I was following the guide from Taranfx to install Snow Leopard under VMWARE, at the point where I ‘ve to install the boot loader for improving graphics and have acceleration, the file on mediafire doens’t appear to be a valid one so I downloaded the latest Chameleon and followed the Readme in this path /doc/Readme and so:
I run this commands under Terminal:
sudo fdisk -f boot0 -u -y /dev/rdisk0 (Why rdisk0, should be this rdisk0s2 ??)
sudo dd if=boot1h of=/dev/rdisk0s2
sudo cp boot /
All commands seem to have executed nicely.
Now when I reset the computer (having removed smc indication under .vmx file to avoid Kernel Panics.
I do get a “Operative System not found” error, which is easy to bypass by mounting darwin_snow.iso.
Anyway I modified the boot.plist but didn’t get any result or any hardware acceleration (I’ve a Geforce Nvidia 9600 GT). Am I missing something ?
1)Is com.apple.Boot.plist the right file to edit or Boot.plist is another file for hardware acceleration?
2)What’s the difference between the latest Chameleon RC and PC EFI 10.6 ?
3) Do I have to modify other files, please state the right paths to those.
3) How do I get this hardware Acceleration ?
I’m new to UNIX and MAC world so I want to learn about it and test it.
I post a few images of what I’ve done.
The boot.plist
http://i50.tinypic.com/200zp0w.jpg
The result in system profiler for Graphics Card:
http://i46.tinypic.com/r94ub7.jpg
Profiler list the graphics card ad before, so I think there is no acceleration.
I’ve Vmware Tools Running pretty well and audio works.
But graphics acceleration seems to be missing.
Thanks in advance any help is welcome.
Mayorc.
changing
{ 0×10029540, “Peregrine”}
to
{ 0×10029540, “Motmot”}
in ati.c disabled DVI and made VGA working on 4550. any idea how to combine those?
Do you know when is the release date of 10.6.3 update? And can someone tell me, is the OpenCL somehow connected with the Quartz Extreme support, because my GPU is not Quartz Extreme Supported (stupid GMA 4500)
Thank You Netkas!
10.6.2 with working ATI Radeon 4500 using DVI. YOU ROCK!
How about 5750 support for 10.6.x ?
Thank you.
Will this add any extra functionality or performance gain to Final Cut Studio?
I have terribly slow Motion 4 working on my hackintosh on core i7 with gtx 260. Especially when using particle emitters.
Hi netkas
I am unable to use GraphicsEnabler with my GeForce 7900 GT (actually GTO, but same ID). When booting I am presented with a screen that flashes 2 shades of blue.
I am now trying your ATY_Init injector, and it detects the card, and I now get my screens native resolution, but there seems to be no acceleration.
I would be interested in trying to debug this… How can I find the issue? AFAICT the system logs say little of interest – the NVDANV40HAL kext loads and registers, but I see no errors. An equivalent to Xorg.0.log would be useful here :-p
Thanks for your efforts and thanks for your help.
/drdaz
I have the same issue as ZOleg. Using PC-EFI 10.6 and Chameleon RC4 but I still do not see my Core i7 920 recognized. Still shows up as 2.7 Ghz unknown. I had the fix: SMcputype
1281 and it would show up as Xeon but I removed that line from SMBIOS.
Any help? Thanks.
Hey Netkas! Thanks alot for your work on OSX, PC EFI and ATI support! Just got a Vanilla 10.6.2 fully working with ATI 4850 using pcefi 10.6, ATY_init.kext and LegacyATI4800Controller.kext! Running on an intel core2duo E8200, Gigabyte Ga-P35-DS3L with 4gigs OZC Ram.
Again Immense Thanks Netkas!
Will.
Hi! Netkas
I would love to enjoy this forum about all information PC EFI
but really i need to know how can i manage this files, then how can i create the boot cd with chameleon and any other changes….
Great work Netkas, but still there’s no way my Ati Mobility HD4570 card will work. Is there any hope this card will work some day. It’s the only thing thats not working on my laptop. And without a working display driver or patch, Snow is just a lame leopard.
Hey Netkas:
Check out these patches regarding suspend-from-disk bug:
http://forum.voodooprojects.org/index.php?topic=743
I’ve found a sleepenabler.kext that works on every version of snow leopard (10.6.3 INCLUDED). This sleepenabler.kext is made by several people through a google code project, so ALL credit goes to them , I’m only here to bring you the good news xD.
I have a Ga-EX58-UD5 motherboard and have already tested this sleepenabler myself and it works! Don’t forget to turn on the option “Start up automatically after a power failure” in the Energy Saver preference pane!
Link: http://code.google.com/p/xnu-sleep-enabler/
On the right side you will see a sleepenabler for every version of snow leopard or a “universal” sleepenabler that works on any version. I have already tried the universal sleepenabler.
Enjoy sleep and enjoy 10.6.3!
Hi.
I dont have a clue on how to install a bootloader… I can do it with the bootloader install pagage but that dont work. There is only a file. Boot… What do I do with that? I do not know anything. So is there a step by step guide for a totaly noob?
I have a snow leopard 10.6.3 installed on my system, but I am using a boot cd. That is rebel efi. Nothing else works.
My system:
asus p5q deluxe
ati 4850
intel core 2 duo cpu
Please help. I dont wont to use rebel efi boot cd.
My system:
Hiya all. Straight to business–> Has anobody got their Ati Radeon Hd4670 1gb ddr3 fully working?For my sapphire 4670 there is still no rez change, no qe, only 256mb ram and this kind of crap. Nothing kinda works. With all of these kexts I only get the image to my monitor! After a LOT of panics, ofcourse. I have modified the kexts iopcimatches and all. 0×94901002 for me. So, I hope that somebody could make a simple guide: How to make Ati Radeon Hd 46XX work on Hackintosh. Please, this is getting hopeless. My specs: Sapphire mobo 790gx/sb750, Amd 64×2 6000+, Sapphire 4670 1gb gddr3, 6gb ddr2/800mhz ram, 670W psu. And greetings from Finland!
anyone have a pkg installer of verion 10.6 that can post it here thanks
any ATi Radeon HD 4350 owners go to :
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?s=&showtopic=153495&view=findpost&p=1446959
for a how-to
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netkas,
thanks for the source code, i added teateam kernel patching function and now i am able to boot vanilla kernel in Mini 311 (with Atom processor).
now i have a stupid question, the generated boot file lost the GUI, do you know where should I look in order to enable it?
thx
got it finally:
make clean
make embedtheme
I’m one of the people who are now seeing their UUID changed to something “random”.
Well, looking at the source code it turns out that the UUID is not random but it’s actually hardcoded. The value is in line 78 in libsaio/fake_efi.c and it’s set in line 373 of the same file. There’s the following comment just above it:
// unable to determine UUID for host. Error: 35 fix
So, it seems that the system-id fix contributed by IntVar doesn’t always work as intended. At least, there are circumstances in which it overrides a perfectly good UUID derived from the system hardware with the hard-coded one that’s now part of PC EFI.
Now, all we need to figure out is how we can make that test better. How do we know when we have to insert a hard-coded UUID or whether the system actually found a good one based on its hardware?
Can i use the gigabyte EP35-DS3L and the gtx 260?
Thanks
I’m trying to download PC EFI V 10.6, but I get an error message every time. Can i get some help retrieving the file?
Looks like your file server is down. I’ve tried downloading the bootloader using my ISP’s DNS and OpenDNS’s DNS, and I’m getting a 404 error after a while with both.
I am desesperatly trying to download this bootloader, but all links on the net point to this article.
Some mirror would be good, I would gladly provide one on my hosting.
cannot download source link…
always time out…
mirror link please…
Link to download is dead.
Can someone post the links (booter (unbzip first)) please ?
Thank you
Link to download is dead!!!
Help!! please!!!
link is dead and I can’t find this anywhere on the net
Thak