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Hi Hervé,

 

Tried the New DSDT but no internet on reboot unfortunately :(

 

Steps I took:

 

- Removed old DSDT to desktop

- Inserted new DSDT in /Extra

- Ran myFix full

- Reboot

 

The machine rebooted fine but no traffic going in or out (I use iStat) and also confirmed with the Ethernet device showing unplugged in System Prefs / Network. I removed the old device and tried to add new but no go. It did show up as 'Ethernet' and not Ethernet Adaptor en0 if that is any help...

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Hi Guys,   Apologies for the delay in responding - I have attached my Extra folder used on my machine perfectly (including power management)   I will write up a detailed install procedure but for

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You should avoid installing kexts in /S/L/E as much as possible.   In the case of Voodoo audio, install the VoodooHDA kext in /E/E and do not forget to add the AppleHDADisabler or audio won't work.

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Hi Dan,   I seem to have the similar same setup as you, except I'm running a Q6700 and my 8400GS is a 512M version. I'm looking to install Mavericks since I'm currently running Lion. (I'll skip 10.8

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Hi Hervé,

 

Done as you advised and rebooted fine with internet this time using your DSDT:

 

ifconfig output:

Home-Servers-Mac-Pro$ ifconfig
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
        options=3<RXCSUM,TXCSUM>
        inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 
        inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 
        inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 
gif0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
stf0: flags=0<> mtu 1280
en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        options=3<RXCSUM,TXCSUM>
        ether 00:19:b9:16:fb:f1 
        inet6 fe80::219:b9ff:fe16:fbf1%en0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4 
        inet 192.168.0.47 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
        media: autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
        status: active
Home-Servers-Mac-Pro$ 

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Also to confirm - I removed the device properties from the Chameleon boot.plist file and boots fine with working internet on 'Ethernet'

 

Chameleon boot.plist file:

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>DSDT</key>
<string>/Extra/DSDT.aml</string>
<key>EthernetBuiltIn</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>ForceHPET</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>GenerateCStates</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>GeneratePStates</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string>npci=0x2000 darkwake=0</string>
<key>SMBIOS</key>
<string>/Extra/smbios.plist</string>
<key>SystemType</key>
<string>1</string>
<key>Theme</key>
<string>LoginToLion</string>
<key>Timeout</key>
<string>2</string>
<key>USBBusFix</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>UseKernelCache</key>
<string>Yes</string>
</dict>
</plist>
 
No device properties at the end like the original before the LAN patch on the DSDT!
 
Hervé you rock mate - many many thanks!!!
 
Oh and the BCM5722D kext is version 2.3.5 (in my extra folder a few posts back)
 
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Ok, good, that's the one to use (at least with ML or Mav). You're all set then! You can now rename the patched DSDT file into dsdt.aml and place that in /Extra to reboot normally without the manual Chameleon option.

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Hi from Italy. First of all, many thanks for the tutorial: now I have two 745s running 10.9.2 Mavericks. Everything works pretty fine, yet I have a strange behaviour coming from BIOS messages at boot:
 
'Performing automatic IDE configuration… [snip]
Floppy diskette seek failure
Invalid configuration information - Please run SETUP program
Strike F1 to continue, F2 to run the setup utility'.
 
Basically, the BIOS can't keep the settings (Floppy - internal and SATA - legacy) needed. Each time I power a 745 off, I have to enter the bios and select the correct settings: it's really a pain in the neck!  :oops:
The rough workaround I was able to guess was to disable KernelCache, so that the PC can boot by pressing F1 to continue and avoid to enter the BIOS (I'm lazy or, as you like it, I'm a time-saver :mrgreen: ). Yet, I'd like to know if there's something more useful to do.
BTW, both machines (DT and SFF) have a E6420 CPU, 4 GB Ram, SSD disk. Save for the form factor, they look like twins. The BIOS is 2.6.6 for both. I can say it's not a matter of capacitors or battery (both are new), because the boot with a Windows XP disk is clean and the settings are correctly stored. Same thing for a Linux installation on another disk.
TIA for your kind help.
Grazie :)
Guido

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sounds like a cmos reset are you using the Patched_10.7_AppleRTC supplied by the generic myhack extra?

Thank you for your kind reply. I'm using Dan's kexts, which I downloaded from this thread. Now I've added 

EliottForceLegacyRTC.kext and sounds good. I got it from a kext packet I found here:

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/292748-guide-mavericks-109x-dell-optiplex-780-760/

(Sorry if crossposting: I don't know if it's allowed here. In case, remove. TY)

BTW I must say that installing ML on 755s is pretty easy in comparison with Mavericks on 745s  :-o 

Cheers,

Guido

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