RelmarBoys

Just finished a clean install... T.G.I.F&B - BEER ! I punch this is the boot prompt: DSDT=/Extra/xps420_dsdt.aml PciRoot=4 -f UseKernelCache=No GraphicsEnabler=Yes -v. and get the dreaded "waiting for root drive" or his pretty twin, the STOP SIGN. WHAT AM I DOING WRONNNGGGGGG (Inside Voice)

So, step 1 on the road to a solution: With your dsdt is located in the USB Stick's /Extra, the internal drives are not visible on the installer / disk utility. Only when I take it out I can see them and format. Is this helping ?

Will try over the weekend... I had to step back for a while. thanks for all your help chef !

Still not working.. PciRoot=4. You think wiping the HD and starting from scratch will help ?

When I boot with -v ? The output runs very fast for me to decipher. I'll try to video-record it and pause to see

Placed - the machine booted to the dreaded Stop Sign that's started this ... -v DSDT=/Extra/XPS420_dsdt.aml shows that:

So... the card is identified... yet still 1024 ! ASSSUUUUUUUS !!!!!!

Boss, thanks for everything. I replaced org.chameleon.Boot.plist.zip with yours = didn't work Tried typing PciRoot=4 in Chameleon Boot - nothing. I tried adding your code to DSDT but can't seem to compile it. I added my Freshly extracted DSDT (Via DSDT Editor) to my DropBox under DSDT Extract. See if you can assist. Thanks ! one more thing - On my DELL BIOS options, I can choose for Video Card PCI or PEG. I tried both, neither works. Does it matter ?

OK - removed the dsdt.aml that I had in /Extra, rebooted, re-extracted IOSReg. Also, there's an smbios.plist file I'm using - mainly to give my machine a serial number so I can use TeamView. This file is also in Dropbox. thanks !

Noted on the PCI vs Pci. Fixed - yet still not working. Upped the new IOSRegistry output to the Dropbox folder BTW, can I expect the HDMI output to work with audio ? thanks

<?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>GraphicsEnabler</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>EthernetBuiltIn</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>Kernel</key> <string>mach_kernel</string> <key>Kernel Flags</key> <string></string> <key>PCIRoot</key> <string>4</string> <key>Timeout</key> <string>5</string> <key>UseKernelCache</key> <string>Yes</string> </dict> </plist> Yep = as shown

eggfactorys-Mac-Pro:~ eggfactory$ ioreg -l | grep -15 "AppleACPIPCI\ " | grep UID | | | "_UID" = "4"

Chef, thanks for the tips and help. I tried changing PCIRootUIT=1-4 in org.chameleon.Boot.plist. To no avail Here's a link to a swamp of riddles - all my hackintoshly goods: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/bif0d9p118g1ulq/RSl3gg2VWG Folder Contents: • dsdt.aml / dstdt.dsl - Extracts with DSDT Editor • EggFactory Mac Pro - IORegistryExplorer output • Extra Folder Screen Shot • org.chameleon.Boot.plist • TXT doc of S/L/E - I noticed there are some GeForce + NV kexts. Should they stay ? • Last, dsdt folder which contains the CURRENT dsdt - I got it online. I'm sure it's not 100% compatible. Another question - Is it necessary to install CUDA / Nvidia drivers ? thanks ! RB

Here you go chef Last login: Tue Jan 7 12:43:15 on console eggfactorys-Mac-Pro:~ eggfactory$ lspci -nn pcilib: 0000:01:00.0 64-bit device address ignored. pcilib: 0000:01:00.0 64-bit device address ignored. 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82X38/X48 Express DRAM Controller [8086:29e0] 00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82X38/X48 Express Host-Primary PCI Express Bridge [8086:29e1] 00:06.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82X38/X48 Express Host-Secondary PCI Express Bridge [8086:29e9] 00:1a.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2937] (rev 02) 00:1a.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2938] (rev 02) 00:1a.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 [8086:2939] (rev 02) 00:1a.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:293c] (rev 02) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:2940] (rev 02) 00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2934] (rev 02) 00:1d.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2935] (rev 02) 00:1d.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2936] (rev 02) 00:1d.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:293a] (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev 92) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801IR (ICH9R) LPC Interface Controller [8086:2916] (rev 02) 00:1f.2 RAID bus controller [0104]: Intel Corporation 82801 SATA Controller [RAID mode] [8086:2822] (rev 02) 00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:2930] (rev 02) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [GeForce 210] [10de:0a65] (rev a2) 01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: NVIDIA Corporation High Definition Audio Controller [10de:0be3] (rev a1) 04:0a.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Texas Instruments TSB43AB22A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) [iOHCI-Lynx] [104c:8023] eggfactorys-Mac-Pro:~ eggfactory$

Looks like an Asus EN210 / DI / 512mb