Mountain Lion Update 10.8.3 Released

[phillconnor]

I followed Rehabman's guide from the 1st page and everything worked except 3 USBs (2 from the left and the back one from the right). I reinstalled PXHCD.kext from ProBook 6.1 Installer, repaired permissions and rebuilt cache, rebooted and they work now.

 

[philip_petev]

Another successful update: initially I updated all RehabMan kexts to their latest version (kozlek's FakeSMC mod and VoodooPS2Controller), then followed the guide from post 3 and updated to 10.8.3 without problems. I lost the bluetooth after the first boot, but it appeared again on the next cold boot and it works fine now. So far everything works like it should and the big news is I don't need the AHCI patch anymore, the system boots fine with vanilla 10.8.3 IOAHCIFamily.kext I haven't tested the VGA port yet, but I'll do it tomorrow.

 

[blaraka]

I have tested VGA today, works ok.

 

[Joyfult]

Another successful update: initially I updated all RehabMan kexts to their latest version (FakeSCM and VoodooPS2Controller), then followed the guide from post 3 and updated to 10.8.3 without problems. I lost the bluetooth after the first boot, but it appeared again on the next cold boot and it works fine now. So far everything works like it should and the big news is I don't need the AHCI patch anymore, the system boots fine with vanilla 10.8.3 IOAHCIFamily.kext I haven't tested the VGA port yet, but I'll do it tomorrow.

Glad to hear that philip! I'm in the same situation. Fortunally I don't need anymore the AHCI patch and the AHCI_3rdParty_SATA too.
BTW, any news about next probook installer version?

Thanks!

 

[philip_petev]

Glad to hear that philip! I'm in the same situation. Fortunally I don't need anymore the AHCI patch and the AHCI_3rdParty_SATA too.
BTW, any news about next probook installer version?

Thanks!

The support is almost ready but there are two things to be discussed:

1. Do I have to replace PXHCD.kext with the new GenericUSBXHCI.kext? The problem is there are two OS specific builds of this kext (one for 10.7 and one for 10.8).
2. There is still no patched 10.8.3 AppleHDA.kext.

 

[BigDonkey]

2. There is still no patched 10.8.3 AppleHDA.kext.

We had people releasing patched AppleHDA.kext in the past. I will attempt tomorrow if nobody else will.
Would also be nice if v.6.0 was retired and v.6.1 with Ivy support become the mainstream installer.

 

[RehabMan]

The support is almost ready but there are two things to be discussed:

1. Do I have to replace PXHCD.kext with the new GenericUSBXHCI.kext? The problem is there are two OS specific builds of this kext (one for 10.7 and one for 10.8).

I wonder if a version could be built that targets down to 10.6... I looked through the code and I can't find any #ifdef for 10.8 vs. 10.7. There is a couple of checks for 10.7.2

// V1Overrides.cpp
#if __ENVIRONMENT_MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED__ >= 1072
	if (getProperty("IOPCITunnelled", gIOServicePlane) == kOSBooleanTrue) {
		_v3ExpansionData->_onThunderbolt = true;
		requireMaxBusStall(25000U);
	}
#endif
// V1Pure.cpp
#if __ENVIRONMENT_MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED__ >= 1072
	if (!_v3ExpansionData->_onThunderbolt)
		_expansionData->_isochMaxBusStall = 25000U;
#endif

I plan to try this on my desktop which has the Nec/Intel/Renasas controller... just haven't had time (we had powder snow this morning)...

 

[philip_petev]

We had people releasing patched AppleHDA.kext in the past. I will attempt tomorrow if nobody else will.
Would also be nice if v.6.0 was retired and v.6.1 with Ivy support become the mainstream installer.

The next version will be 6.1 based, even with this (currently) limited Ivy bridge support.

 

[blaraka]

The support is almost ready but there are two things to be discussed:

1. Do I have to replace PXHCD.kext with the new GenericUSBXHCI.kext? The problem is there are two OS specific builds of this kext (one for 10.7 and one for 10.8).

I've already taken a stand but once again I would like to express that even if not perfect GenericUSBXHCI is way better than PXHCD.
I have not encountered any serious problems with GenericUSBXHCI but based on what 'appleiscool' described I think PXHCD is causing same problems + many more.

Maybe nguynemac will summarize his experience with both kexts, as I recall he's using USB3.

 

[poached]

I just want to report that this did not work for me. It wasn't a total disaster but graphics started screwing up, I lost sleep and shutdown abilities, and USB3 stopped working. The trackpad was also much more sensitive. I think I will stick with 10.8.2 for now as it is almost flawless for me.

Everything went well here. Both on my desktop and the Probook:

- Before I ran the update, I took a look at the update in Pacifist.
- Saved a backup of AppleHDA.kext, and AppleSmartBatteryManager.kext to a folder on my desktop.
- Installed the update.
- After the update finished, but before restarting, I installed the two saved kexts above using Kext Wizard.
- Reboot.
- Ran Trim Enabler to re-enable Trim for my SSD.
- Reboot again.
- Repair Permissions & Rebuild Caches in Kext Wizard.
- Reboot again.

For my desktop it was the same scenario, but without AppleSmartBatteryManager.kext.

AppleIntelSNBGraphicsFB.kext was updated, but I don't use the patched version anyway, so it makes no difference to me. Those of you who do use the patched version for HDMI audio and/or VGA will want to keep a copy of the old one (until BigDonkey has a chance to provide patched versions of AppleHDA and AppleIntelSNBGraphicsFB).

There was no update to AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext, so there is no risk of KP problems should you forget to restore patched kexts before restarting (or even if you applied the update via Mac AppStore Software Update).

BTW, they improved mouse response, greatly reducing the noticeable lag in previous versions. I notice this more on the desktop using my Logitech USB/wireless mouse than with the HP trackpad.