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UPDATED 26 July 2011 All Working 100% 
Hi All I am starting this for those who have a G41M-Combo Mother Board from Gigabyte in the hopes we can work together to get our system running Rock Solid.
So Far I now have Stable system with the following Specs:
Mother Board - G41M-Combo
Processor - Core Duo E6500 (Actually a core 2 duo just not marketed as such)
GPU- Gigabyte GT430
Ram - 2x4GB 1066 DDR3
I don't think there is a need to rewrite the base guide I used so I will link and then outline the changes I made.
I used this guide to get me started
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index. ... pic=256729
Basically Followed the above guide up till post install then I made some changes for this particular M-B and I have uploaded the files you will need to get to where I am.
Required Files Available at: UPDATED 25 July 2011
http://www.mediafire.com/?6q38vdk0tfz5bh5
This above link includes:
Chameleon-2.0-RC5-r1083.pkg
Chameleon 2 rc5 r755
DTDT for G41M-Combo Bios Rev F3
Extra Folder with Required Kext for this MB and smbios for macro 3.1
Note within the Extra/Extensions folder is NVEnabler you unless you require this for your graphics card just delete it.
Kexts for Network, audio and IOPCIFamily.kext (Fixes pci configuration hang) to be installed in S/L/E with the help of Kext Wizard
Kext Wizard and Chameleon Wizard
Follow the Guide above then once you are up to post install you will need to:
Step 1:
copy the Extra folder and the dsdt.aml file provided in the Required Files to the New Installation Hard Drive Root.
Step 2:
You will need to modify the com.apple.Boot.plist provided in the Extra folder for you particular Graphics Card under:
<key>device-properties</key>
<string>***Your Combined Graphics and Ethernet String goes Here</string>
Unless of course you have the same graphics card as me
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/produc ... id=3611#ov
Note: if using a Graphic string you must remove NVEnabler.kext from /Extra/Extensions folder, and set
<key>Graphics Enabler</key>
<string>Yes</string>
to
<key>Graphics Enabler</key>
<string>No</string>
The Reason I needed to have both the Graphics and Ethernet combined strings was because without the Ethernet String I was unable to log into the Mac App Store. Once I added the Ethernet String I was Good To Go.
For More info on generating EFI Strings see here
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/lofive ... 14349.html
Step 3:
Open Kext Wizard (Application folder in Required Files) then switch to the install tab and drag in the 3 .kext files (S/L/E Folder in Required Files) make sure to select your new installation HDD and System/Library/Extentions as the destination. Then Click install
Step 4:
If you know how to manually install Chameleon install Chameleon RC5 r755
if not just install Chameleon-2.0-RC5-r1083.pkg by double clicking (Ensure you point to the New Install HDD)
Then open Chameleon Wizard (Application folder in Required Files) Select the "Folder on disk tab. Then click the Select Button and browse to where you have downloaded and unzipped the required files ->Chameleon -> Chameleon RC5 r755 Lion Folder and click open. This will grey out the first 2 Install Method options leaving you with update selected click Update boot1h. Then ensure your new install partition is selected as Target Partition and click install.
The Reason you need to have 755 installed is this will repair the FaceTime Registration error everyone is complaining about.
As I said if you can install manually go for it, I just put these instructions in to make it as easy as possible for noobs like myself.
Step 5:
Reboot with -v -f and your good to go.
OK You still with me lets discuss some of the issues in no particular order:
Issue 1:When booting I must use the kernel flags -v -f or it just reboots itself
I realise I could add these to the boot flags in com.apple.Boot.plist however would prefer to wait until I have figured out how to boot normally.
RESOLVED
This issue was caused by me being a noob my apologies to anyone who followed this guide earlier.
Basically if you are using graphics string in com.apple.Boot.plist you don't need a Enabler for Graphics such as NVEnabler. You also don't need
<key>Graphics Enabler</key>
<string>Yes</string>
it should be
<key>Graphics Enabler</key>
<string>No</string>
Graphics Enabler Yes is used if you have a DSTD file that has been patched for your graphics card.
Conclusion
Anyway Guys I have been running lion since DP2 with the same issue and is stable enough to use for my main computer. No Kernel panics or dramas apart from what the one I have listed.
I have also noticed a massive speed improvement due to now having 64bit kernel and extensions, I assume because the 8gb of ram is now being used. It is also worth noting on the performance side I use The Adobe Suite for my business (Graphic and web design with a little motion graphics and flash) and have adjusted performance setting to utilise the available RAM this is also true for VMWare Fusion.
Anyway I hope you guys can help me and other noobs to get this system running even better, I look forward to your responses.
Hi All I am starting this for those who have a G41M-Combo Mother Board from Gigabyte in the hopes we can work together to get our system running Rock Solid.
So Far I now have Stable system with the following Specs:
Mother Board - G41M-Combo
Processor - Core Duo E6500 (Actually a core 2 duo just not marketed as such)
GPU- Gigabyte GT430
Ram - 2x4GB 1066 DDR3
I don't think there is a need to rewrite the base guide I used so I will link and then outline the changes I made.
I used this guide to get me started
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index. ... pic=256729
Basically Followed the above guide up till post install then I made some changes for this particular M-B and I have uploaded the files you will need to get to where I am.
Required Files Available at: UPDATED 25 July 2011
http://www.mediafire.com/?6q38vdk0tfz5bh5
This above link includes:
Chameleon-2.0-RC5-r1083.pkg
Chameleon 2 rc5 r755
DTDT for G41M-Combo Bios Rev F3
Extra Folder with Required Kext for this MB and smbios for macro 3.1
Note within the Extra/Extensions folder is NVEnabler you unless you require this for your graphics card just delete it.
Kexts for Network, audio and IOPCIFamily.kext (Fixes pci configuration hang) to be installed in S/L/E with the help of Kext Wizard
Kext Wizard and Chameleon Wizard
Follow the Guide above then once you are up to post install you will need to:
Step 1:
copy the Extra folder and the dsdt.aml file provided in the Required Files to the New Installation Hard Drive Root.
Step 2:
You will need to modify the com.apple.Boot.plist provided in the Extra folder for you particular Graphics Card under:
<key>device-properties</key>
<string>***Your Combined Graphics and Ethernet String goes Here</string>
Unless of course you have the same graphics card as me
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/produc ... id=3611#ov
Note: if using a Graphic string you must remove NVEnabler.kext from /Extra/Extensions folder, and set
<key>Graphics Enabler</key>
<string>Yes</string>
to
<key>Graphics Enabler</key>
<string>No</string>
The Reason I needed to have both the Graphics and Ethernet combined strings was because without the Ethernet String I was unable to log into the Mac App Store. Once I added the Ethernet String I was Good To Go.
For More info on generating EFI Strings see here
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/lofive ... 14349.html
Step 3:
Open Kext Wizard (Application folder in Required Files) then switch to the install tab and drag in the 3 .kext files (S/L/E Folder in Required Files) make sure to select your new installation HDD and System/Library/Extentions as the destination. Then Click install
Step 4:
If you know how to manually install Chameleon install Chameleon RC5 r755
if not just install Chameleon-2.0-RC5-r1083.pkg by double clicking (Ensure you point to the New Install HDD)
Then open Chameleon Wizard (Application folder in Required Files) Select the "Folder on disk tab. Then click the Select Button and browse to where you have downloaded and unzipped the required files ->Chameleon -> Chameleon RC5 r755 Lion Folder and click open. This will grey out the first 2 Install Method options leaving you with update selected click Update boot1h. Then ensure your new install partition is selected as Target Partition and click install.
The Reason you need to have 755 installed is this will repair the FaceTime Registration error everyone is complaining about.
As I said if you can install manually go for it, I just put these instructions in to make it as easy as possible for noobs like myself.
Step 5:
Reboot with -v -f and your good to go.
OK You still with me lets discuss some of the issues in no particular order:
Issue 1:When booting I must use the kernel flags -v -f or it just reboots itself
I realise I could add these to the boot flags in com.apple.Boot.plist however would prefer to wait until I have figured out how to boot normally.
RESOLVED
This issue was caused by me being a noob my apologies to anyone who followed this guide earlier.
Basically if you are using graphics string in com.apple.Boot.plist you don't need a Enabler for Graphics such as NVEnabler. You also don't need
<key>Graphics Enabler</key>
<string>Yes</string>
it should be
<key>Graphics Enabler</key>
<string>No</string>
Graphics Enabler Yes is used if you have a DSTD file that has been patched for your graphics card.
Conclusion
Anyway Guys I have been running lion since DP2 with the same issue and is stable enough to use for my main computer. No Kernel panics or dramas apart from what the one I have listed.
I have also noticed a massive speed improvement due to now having 64bit kernel and extensions, I assume because the 8gb of ram is now being used. It is also worth noting on the performance side I use The Adobe Suite for my business (Graphic and web design with a little motion graphics and flash) and have adjusted performance setting to utilise the available RAM this is also true for VMWare Fusion.
Anyway I hope you guys can help me and other noobs to get this system running even better, I look forward to your responses.
