Mountain Lion 10.8.2 on ASUS G74sx from start to finish.

[RehabMan]

The only small problem I find is that sometimes cpu goes a bit up with temperature, and fans start to run faster. Apart of that, system is quite stable.

Your heat/fan issue is maybe related to power management. Have you implemented it? (ie. patched AICPM, correct SSDT for your CPU, correct System Def, etc.) Or are you using NullCPUPowerManagement.kext?

 

[Baoren]

Your heat/fan issue is maybe related to power management. Have you implemented it? (ie. patched AICPM, correct SSDT for your CPU, correct System Def, etc.) Or are you using NullCPUPowerManagement.kext?

I tryed your new kext. Backlight works, but I lost the keys for volume. Also, if I try some other combination (like fn+f6, but others as well) I get black screen, or sometimes freezes. what am I doing wrong?

 

[RehabMan]

I tryed your new kext. Backlight works, but I lost the keys for volume. Also, if I try some other combination (like fn+f6, but others as well) I get black screen, or sometimes freezes. what am I doing wrong?

Like I said before, your keyboard map probably needs work. Almost all laptops have unique keys for the (Fn)F1-F12 keys. It is not possible for me to provide a mapping that works for all laptops, so I've implemented a powerful remap capability just by editing the Info.plist. In order to support these keys properly (for volume, screen brightness, etc). You have to map them to the appropriate OS X "ADB" codes. Before using the generic kext, you were using the Probook specific key mappings and by chance some keys mapped to volume up/down.

The right thing to do:
- determine what keys you want to use for what...
- find out the scan codes of those keys (run the debug version of the kext, press the keys, while looking at kernel.log output in Console)
- edit the keyboard driver's Info.plist "Custom ADB Map" section as necessary (VoodooPS2Controller.kext/Contents/PlugIns/VoodooPS2Keyboard.kext/Contents/Info.plist)
- see the wiki for full instructions: https://github.com/RehabMan/OS-X-Voodoo-PS2-Controller/wiki/How-to-Use-Custom-Keyboard-Mapping

Note: ADB codes are listed in one of the header files for the keyboard kext: https://github.com/RehabMan/OS-X-Vo...b/master/VoodooPS2Keyboard/ApplePS2ToADBMap.h (ADB codes are the values in the table)

 

[Baoren]

Your heat/fan issue is maybe related to power management. Have you implemented it? (ie. patched AICPM, correct SSDT for your CPU, correct System Def, etc.) Or are you using NullCPUPowerManagement.kext?

I have an edited bios, which should allow me to avoid aicpm, if I understood well. I should also use a proper ssdt, but I'll look around if I can get a better onw (2670qm). About remapping keyboard, i supposed something like what you said. I'll need time to do this, since I mainly experiment hackintoshes when have time :S.
I'll let you know when I will be able to try some remapping.

Anyway, thanks for all tips! Much appreciated

 

[RehabMan]

I have an edited bios, which should allow me to avoid aicpm, if I understood well. I should also use a proper ssdt, but I'll look around if I can get a better onw (2670qm). About remapping keyboard, i supposed something like what you said. I'll need time to do this, since I mainly experiment hackintoshes when have time :S.
I'll let you know when I will be able to try some remapping.

Anyway, thanks for all tips! Much appreciated

For mobile Sandy Bridge chips, best place to get SSDT is from the package I created: http://www.tonymacx86.com/hp-probook-4530s/56622-ssdts-all-i3-i5-i7-please-test-give-feedback.html

 

[osxfr33k]

For mobile Sandy Bridge chips, best place to get SSDT is from the package I created: http://www.tonymacx86.com/hp-probook-4530s/56622-ssdts-all-i3-i5-i7-please-test-give-feedback.html

I used the ssdt from the latest multibeast. Would your ssdt be customized for the G74SX? WHere you able to compare the ones from mulitbeast with yours?

I forgot to add to the org.chameleon.plist the dropssdt. I thought you could not have dropssdt and enable GenerateCStates and GeneratePStates at the same time?

Thanks

 

[RehabMan]

I used the ssdt from the latest multibeast. Would your ssdt be customized for the G74SX? WHere you able to compare the ones from mulitbeast with yours?

SSDTs are specific to each CPU. The ones in Multibeast are for desktop chips...

I forgot to add to the org.chameleon.plist the dropssdt. I thought you could not have dropssdt and enable the other two?

Not the case for both of my hacks.

My laptop: DropSSDT=Yes, GeneratePStates=No, GenerateCStates=No (works with DropSSDT=No too)
My desktop: DropSSDT=Yes, GeneratePStates=No, GenerateCStates=No (does not boot with DropSSDT=No)

 

[osxfr33k]

So modify the org.chameleon.boot.plist from the installtion.zip files to generate c and p states to no? They are defaulted to yes and DropSSDT is Yes.

 

[RehabMan]

So modify the org.chameleon.boot.plist from the installtion.zip files to generate c and p states to no? They are defaulted to yes and DropSSDT is Yes.

It is something to try. I think on my desktop I ran into issues (KP on boot) without GenerateCStates=No and GeneratePStates=No. Important part is that you have the proper SSDT and System Definition.

BTW, after you get things setup, you should also use MSRdumper.kext to verify your pstates are working: http://www.tonymacx86.com/lion-desk...peedstep-sandy-bridge-cpus-using-msrdump.html

 

[osxfr33k]

Yes with the Desktop ssdt from Multibeast and Generate p and c states = yes Dropssdt=yes I have 7 states starting with the value 8. I don't need the patched AICPM kext because I did the Bios patch which I mentioned on my first post here.

I have not added any of the kexts in the installation files at all. My system seems rock solid except the complaint on wake from sleep black screen which never did this in 10.8.

Also in Luxmark I get a black screen but in OpenCL Oceanwave I get a score around 315fps. Unigine Heaven works fine but only a score for about 25 fps with default settings.

Only did the OpenCL fix for vram greater than 2gb and the Open CL fix for the one Lib file all from Mulitbeast. Updated to the latest hwmonitors thread including fakesmc.

I have not installed the Nvidia drivers yet and not sure if I do if it will fix the OpenCL issue in Luxmark and the wake from sleep issue?