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- Jul 12, 2012
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- Motherboard
- Asus Sabertooth P67 Rev 3.0
- CPU
- i5-3750
- Graphics
- Nvidia GTX960
Just want to report a success with ASUS Sabertooth P67 mobo, on two machines. And to say thanks.
I actually downgraded the BIOS to the 2103 from 3306, the process is really not that complex and scary as some make is sound.
What you need:
Mint Linux MATE 64bit boot DVD (I think Ubuntu will be ok too)
Original and Patched ASUS 2103 image for Mobo on USB stick
Hex Editor
Some UNIX Command prompt know how
What you do:
Edit the original BIOS file with HEX editor and replace default MAC ID with your existing one (You can also set it to some Apple MAC ID for fun as well). See here: http://www.flashrom.org/pipermail/flash ... 09004.html
Reason being that Flashrom will wipe your flash hard, so hard that things which usually stay between updates are lost. Mac ID is one of those things. When system boots for the first time and finds no MAC ID definition, it takes default from Bios file.
Boot LiveDVD, open terminal and install flashrom:
sudo apt-get flashrom
Test that you can read your mobo's flash
sudo flashrom -r test.rom
If OK (no errors), erase your current rom
sudo flashrom -E
Flash stock ASUS 2103 rom with MAC patched in
sudo flashrom -w <ROM FILE TO FLASH>
Done, reboot and use ASUS BIOS Flash utility to put a samisnake patched BIOS on the board.
I think one can also flash patched version directly but I prefer to use original first. Too many deltas with original IMHO for flashrom work.
My Hackintoshes run 10.6.8 perfectly now, sleep, lan, audio, video, speedstep, all works.
I actually downgraded the BIOS to the 2103 from 3306, the process is really not that complex and scary as some make is sound.
What you need:
Mint Linux MATE 64bit boot DVD (I think Ubuntu will be ok too)
Original and Patched ASUS 2103 image for Mobo on USB stick
Hex Editor
Some UNIX Command prompt know how
What you do:
Edit the original BIOS file with HEX editor and replace default MAC ID with your existing one (You can also set it to some Apple MAC ID for fun as well). See here: http://www.flashrom.org/pipermail/flash ... 09004.html
Reason being that Flashrom will wipe your flash hard, so hard that things which usually stay between updates are lost. Mac ID is one of those things. When system boots for the first time and finds no MAC ID definition, it takes default from Bios file.
Boot LiveDVD, open terminal and install flashrom:
sudo apt-get flashrom
Test that you can read your mobo's flash
sudo flashrom -r test.rom
If OK (no errors), erase your current rom
sudo flashrom -E
Flash stock ASUS 2103 rom with MAC patched in
sudo flashrom -w <ROM FILE TO FLASH>
Done, reboot and use ASUS BIOS Flash utility to put a samisnake patched BIOS on the board.
I think one can also flash patched version directly but I prefer to use original first. Too many deltas with original IMHO for flashrom work.
My Hackintoshes run 10.6.8 perfectly now, sleep, lan, audio, video, speedstep, all works.