Yosemite on Gigabyte GA--G41M-ES2L - working

Yosemite on Gigabyte GA-G41M-ES2L - working

Just to pass on to others who might be trying the same...

I've got Yosemite on my old-school Gigabyte GA-G41M-ES2L - working pretty nicely. It has a pretty blah Core 2 Duo running at 1.9GHz, 4 GB RAM and an nVIDIA 8400 GS w/ 256MB video RAM. Very basic, but runs well enough for word processing, web/email stuff, a bit of very basic video editing and other mundane tasks.

Unibeast and MultiBeast

boot flags for Chimera:
-x -v GraphicsEnabler=Yes PCIRootUID=1

Graphic/tiff of the settings on Multibeast below, and DSDT zipped is also attached.

Working:
Sleep/Wake/Restart/Shutdown
iCloud/BackToMyMac
AppStore
Sound
AirDrop (to other Macs)

Not tested/Probably Not Working:
iMessage/HandOff/AirDrop (to iOS devices)

I'm aware that I'd have to switch to Clover to get some of those higher functionalities... or kludge some stuff... for me it works very nicely and I'm satisfied w/ what I've got now.

Hey thanks for the update. I've been debating whether or not to upgrade my rig running Mavericks to Yosemite. I pretty much just use it for the same tasks as you stated. Do you think it's worth it to upgrade?

I'd like to be on the latest and greatest but if the tradeoff is a slower system due to older hardware then I'd probably pass. Mine is a C2Q at 2.66 GHz, 4 GB ram, nVidia 9600 GSO 512 video card running dual monitors.

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hello,

nice job. i have a problem with the same motherboards for booting on my usb boot.

what bios version uses you and what motherboard revision also?

thank you for your answer.

for my part I have a 1.1 revision and bios F8 and F9 causes the same problem.

thank you for your response.

I too am trying to load Yosemite on the same motherboard with a core 2 duo processor. I've tried those arguments for the boot, but it still panics at the kernel load.

I got the same board to boot and install Snow Leopard..

Go into bios:
use optimized defaults
disable virtualization
change HPET to 64 bit (It's 32 bit by default)

boot using Iboot Legacy CD/DVD
I used retail dvd. Swap the iboot legacy with Retail DVD.
Press f5. Wait for it to tell you its reading the correct DVD.
Press tab and type in GraphicsEnabler=No.
Partition the hard drive and install.

This worked for me.. I'm now trying to find the kexts.

@SoundBytes, please update your profile (personal details) with your Motherboard or Make/Model, CPU and Graphics Card.

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