Gigabyte P55 BIOS Updates - 2010-02

[tonymacx86]

Re: Latest Gigabyte P55 BIOS Updates - 2010-02

I noticed that a DSDT has not been submitted for the GA-P55-USB3 yet.
I've attached one using the directions. Bios version is F4.
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GA-P55-USB3 Core i5 750 4GB 4850(1GB VGA/DVI/HDMI)

So funny- I just got one yesterday and haven't done it up yet. Will do later today.

 

[tonymacx86]

Re: Latest Gigabyte P55 BIOS Updates - 2010-02

I noticed that a DSDT has not been submitted for the GA-P55-USB3 yet.
I've attached one using the directions. Bios version is F4.
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GA-P55-USB3 Core i5 750 4GB 4850(1GB VGA/DVI/HDMI)

So funny- I just got one yesterday and haven't done it up yet. Will do later today.

Public/DSDT-GA-P55-USB3-F4.aml

Happy testing!

 

[gpfeiffer]

Re: Latest Gigabyte P55 BIOS Updates - 2010-02

The SATA reporting as ESB2 is correct. Hopefully once 10.6.3 is released we can get it to be reported as "5 Series Chipset" which is what an iMac i5/i7 reports.

Did you remember to remove the unnecessary kexts in /Extra/Extensions and in "System Preferences" "Energy Saver" check "Start up automatically after a power failure"?

I get KP at boot as soon as I remove NullCPUPowerManagement (removing IOAHCIBlockStorageInjector works fine).

 

[tonymacx86]

Re: Latest Gigabyte P55 BIOS Updates - 2010-02

The SATA reporting as ESB2 is correct. Hopefully once 10.6.3 is released we can get it to be reported as "5 Series Chipset" which is what an iMac i5/i7 reports.

Did you remember to remove the unnecessary kexts in /Extra/Extensions and in "System Preferences" "Energy Saver" check "Start up automatically after a power failure"?

I get KP at boot as soon as I remove NullCPUPowerManagement (removing IOAHCIBlockStorageInjector works fine).

You must not have the DSDT in the right spot, or it's not named correctly- you must name it DSDT.aml, and if you have RC4, it belongs in /Extra. Good luck!

 

[gpfeiffer]

Re: Latest Gigabyte P55 BIOS Updates - 2010-02

The SATA reporting as ESB2 is correct. Hopefully once 10.6.3 is released we can get it to be reported as "5 Series Chipset" which is what an iMac i5/i7 reports.

Did you remember to remove the unnecessary kexts in /Extra/Extensions and in "System Preferences" "Energy Saver" check "Start up automatically after a power failure"?

I get KP at boot as soon as I remove NullCPUPowerManagement (removing IOAHCIBlockStorageInjector works fine).

You must not have the DSDT in the right spot, or it's not named correctly- you must name it DSDT.aml, and if you have RC4, it belongs in /Extra. Good luck!

I don't think that is it. DSDT file name and location are fine.
BTW, I am using the AsereBLN 1.19 boot file.

 

[tonymacx86]

Re: Latest Gigabyte P55 BIOS Updates - 2010-02

Hmm, you'll need a Theme in /Extra to get the Chameleon GUI, but that wouldn't cause KP, also, your signature says GA-P55M-UD3P - there is no such board- are you sure you used the correct DSDT? They are motherboard specific.

 

[gpfeiffer]

Re: Latest Gigabyte P55 BIOS Updates - 2010-02

Hmm, you'll need a Theme in /Extra to get the Chameleon GUI, but that wouldn't cause KP, also, your signature says GA-P55M-UD3P - there is no such board- are you sure you used the correct DSDT? They are motherboard specific.

Sorry about the typo. My board is GA-P55A-UD3P.
I booted in verbose mode and the message for KP is:
'No HPETs available...CPU(s) configured incorrectly....'
Thx

 

[thelostswede]

Re: Latest Gigabyte P55 BIOS Updates - 2010-02

You've turned off HPET, or put in 32-bit mode, check the BIOS under Power Management Setup

 

[helioMac]

Re: Latest Gigabyte P55 BIOS Updates - 2010-02

Hi Tony,
Here's my DSDT per your instructions for my GA-P55A-UD4P. Bios F8 After a lot of trial and error I got my machine up and running in January thanks to your guides. It doesn't recognize a PCI Express card that connects to an external video capture/playback box. I'm trying Multibeast to see if I missed anything. Thanks in advance for updating the DSDT.

David

 

[gpfeiffer]

Re: Latest Gigabyte P55 BIOS Updates - 2010-02

You've turned off HPET, or put in 32-bit mode, check the BIOS under Power Management Setup

Checked the BIOS, HPET is turned on and set to 64-bit mode.
I found with kextstat that AppleHPET.kext does not load. According to http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=196771
not loading AppleHPET and removing NullCPUPowerManagement causes KP.
Looks like my DSDT needs to be tweaked so that AppleHPET will load.