Video Guide - Snow Leopard on an ASUS P7P55D - [10.6.8]

(NEW) Update - 06/28/2011

Video demonstration of how I was able to install a retail purchase of Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6 and update to version 10.6.8 on an ASUS P7P55D. I used iBoot 3.1.0 for the boot loader and MultiBeast 3.7.3 in order to patch the installation.

Graphics - The update will replace your NVIDIA drivers. If you're using a NVIDIA 4xx "Fermi" card, you will have to update to the latest official drivers BEFORE rebooting.

Download the latest QUADRO driver update here:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/quadro-macosx-256.02.25f01-driver.html

I installed an ASUS ENGTX470 graphics card using the Official NVIDIA Quadro 4000 driver pkg version Retail_256.02.25f1v1.

This is my final video on Mac OS X Snow Leopard installations which prepares OS X for the next major release dubbed "Lion".

This video demonstration is tailored specifically to installing on my ASUS P7P55D, however it may act as a guide for anyone installing a retail purchase of Mac OS X Snow Leopard on any of the P7P55D series motherboards.

I have included ONLY the essential steps and installation choices to get OS X Snow Leopard running.

Thanks and Enjoy!!!

[VIDEO]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbG-718d6yQ[/VIDEO]

(OLD) Update - 01/17/2011

I've uploaded a new video installation demonstration using iBoot 2.6, MultiBeast 3.0.3, and the NVIDIA Quadro 256 driver pkg to install an ASUS ENGTX470 on my ASUS P7P55D.

If you plan on using this video as a guide, make sure you have read http://www.tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9541 before you attempt this.

[VIDEO]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqEXCCLSIlQ[/VIDEO]

NOTE: Disregard when I install Graphics / NVEnabler as this option is not necessary for my graphics card acceleration.

Thanks and Enjoy!

(OLD) Update - 07/31/2010

Howdy:

I've added another video installation guide for OS X. The flow starts with a brief intro, followed by installing 10.6, installing combo update 10.6.4, and patching the install with MultiBeast as well as a few other functions like sleep and usb (in case that the usb kext in MultiBeast doesn't give you full support which version 2.1.0 didn't for some reason, for example my usb keyboard worked but my web cam didn't work correctly. Unfortunately, MultiBeast 2.1.1 was released the same day that I finished recording this and I think it provides better overall support).

This guide should be pretty simple to follow. The most important tip is to make sure that your video card is known to work with OS X if you plan on installing it on your PC. This is one of the biggest problems people run into.

The 10.6 - 10.6.3 guide is still up for those that wish to stick with 10.6.3, however I suggest that if you plan on using one of the newer compatible video cards out on the market that you install up to 10.6.4. Especially if you plan on doing any type of gaming!

Thanks again for the continued support from all contributors and good luck!

(OLD) 10.6 - 10.6.4 Video Guide

[VIDEO]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI8NnFFuDiY[/VIDEO]

[VIDEO]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ug1TFmVZiE[/VIDEO]

[VIDEO]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLWUG7ambks[/VIDEO]

[VIDEO]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2jb3WUIDis[/VIDEO]

[VIDEO]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1cjLoiU3UY[/VIDEO]

[VIDEO]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz9lPo6MXik[/VIDEO]

MuliBeast 2.1.1 - Quick Installation Guide.

[VIDEO]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lr7B-ry7RQ[/VIDEO]

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Greetings!

Since there is already an excellent video guide on the forum for installing on a Gigabyte P55, I put together a video guide showing how to install OSX on an ASUS P7P55D board for all the ASUS people out there.

The flow is set so that you can see how to use iBoot and MultiBeast to install 10.6.0 and update to 10.6.3 and finally how you can also dual boot with Chameleon; what works, what doesn't work, and what does get fixed.

It's a little rough around edges but it should definitely help anyone with a PC running an ASUS P55 board!!!

I wasn't aware that youtube has 10 minute limits on clips so that is why some of the steps are divided into two parts; this was the first time that I uploaded videos to youtube.

(OLD) 10.6 - 10.6.3 Video Guide

[VIDEO]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38pvzcaPRFc[/VIDEO]

[VIDEO]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FB8wJsIzFU[/VIDEO]

[VIDEO]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzSsppXnsJI[/VIDEO]

[VIDEO]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wE38RFyJlk[/VIDEO]

[VIDEO]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDT79jsGyxk[/VIDEO]

[VIDEO]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS8Zhmyn4Mo[/VIDEO]

[VIDEO]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zFdrvrLIAg[/VIDEO]

[VIDEO]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0RnzrEaAmo[/VIDEO]

[VIDEO]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuW4N67CPWM[/VIDEO]

Thanks to everyone for their continued support!

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Nice job- this will surely help all the Asus people out there. Stickied.

Re: Video Guide - Installing Snow Leopard on an ASUS P7P55D.

good job

lucky, my mother board and cpu is same as you. i follow your video to setup. now, i can use mac system in my PC. thank so much.

but i don't understand how you can make mulit boot in your last video? just plug the harddisk which contain window, so you can select window or mac?

also, do you know how to set the mac system to 64 bit?

Re: Video Guide - Installing Snow Leopard on an ASUS P7P55D.

kwm488 said:

good job

lucky, my mother board and cpu is same as you. i follow your video to setup. now, i can use mac system in my PC. thank so much.

but i don't understand how you can make mulit boot in your last video? just plug the harddisk which contain window, so you can select window or mac?

also, do you know how to set the mac system to 64 bit?

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Once you're confident your OSX install is working how you want it, reconnect your hard drive where Win7 is already installed on to your motherboard.

You might need to rearrange your hard drive boot priority in the BIOS in order to get to Chameleon. I had it where it would go straight into Win7 without doing this or you might even see an EBIOS read error or something like that until I changed my hard drive order correctly.

As you can see in the video, my PC will always boots straight into OSX. You can interrupt Chameleon by pressing a key on your keyboard and it will then display all of your drives.

The last video explains how to select which OS you want to boot into with this method.

Re: Video Guide - Installing Snow Leopard on an ASUS P7P55D.

hi
beside run 10.6.3 update. have you run other mac update? is the system still stable and bootable?

Re: Video Guide - Installing Snow Leopard on an ASUS P7P55D.

also. what bios version of your P7P55D?

Re: Video Guide - Installing Snow Leopard on an ASUS P7P55D.

i find out problem. if you run muiltbeast and setup same select again after update to 10.6.3. you will loss usb function even do the copy usb.kent to extenion folder

Re: Video Guide - Installing Snow Leopard on an ASUS P7P55D.

This is perfect!

Thank You!!!!!!

Re: Video Guide - Installing Snow Leopard on an ASUS P7P55D.

Try the new iBoot Supported, it adds native support for most Core i processors.

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austinf said:

Does the built in audio on the p7p55d work with osx? I have tried every voodooHDA kext i can find and nothing works. I have searched high and low and cannot find a solution that works. Please Help.

I installed a retail snow leopard 10.6.1, then updated to 10.6.3

Intel CORE i7 860
P7P55D MOBO
Nvidia GTX280 Graphics

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when you have voodoohda installed, permissions repaired, you should reboot your computer. Do you see the volume control on the menu bar? If you do, but do not actually have audio, turn your computer off, and pull the power plug out for a minute. Plug it back in, and boot.