Success on a ASRocks P55 Extreme

[RayMacx64]

Just follow http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2009/12/ ... -from.html

Still need a fix for my video card ( ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro (PCI-e, 512MB)) it only shows one resoulution. Shows the correct card but nothing under display.

Still do not have sound onboard but have it with my Audigy 2 card.



Intel Core i7 860
ASrock P55 Extreme
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 2000
VisionTek ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro (PCI-e, 512MB)
Soundblaster Audigy 2
WD Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB,WD1001FALS 1TB
Thermaltake WO121RU
Thermaltake SopranoRS 101
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2
Samsung 2343BWX

 

[RayMacx64]

Update:
I now have my VisionTek ATI HD2600 Pro 512mb PCIe video card & Samsung 2343BWX Display with all the resolutions working in 10.6.2.

 

[tonymacx86]

Good work! Glad it worked out for you- not too many with the Asrock boards here- maybe you could post some of your steps if there were any differences.

 

[HankFranK]

@RayMacx64 Yes please post how you did it! I am building a new computer using that motherboard.

ASRock P55 Extreme
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157172

Intel Core i5-750
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115215

GeForce 9800 GT 512MB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150316

Western Digital 500GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136073

LG GH24NS50 CD/DVD burner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136177

some RAM and a media card reader if I can find one.

 

[RayMacx64]

First of all, thank you tonymacx86 for creating such a detailed installation guide and providing us with all the necessary tools that we need. I followed your guide to the letter.

( http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2009/12/ ... -from.html )

My video card worked it just did not have all the resolutions available for my display until I added my card id to the ati controller kext. I am looking to upgrade my video card also at the moment because QE/CI is not supported with it. Still have not got around to trying to fix the on-board sound since i have my Audigy 2 card working. I currently have a triple boot at the moment of 10.6.2, 10.5.8, Windows 7.

HankFranK I did change the bios to AHCI from IDE and enabled the HPET table. Be aware if you use the same cooler & ram combination that I did, it will block the 1st ram slot. The G.SKILL Ripjaws are just to tall, you would need a lower profile ram. If you run into any problems post them and I will see if I can help, I check this board every couple of days.

 

[HankFranK]

RayMacx64 thanks for the reply. Here are some more questions

What Chameleon Boot CD did you use?

What source disk did you use? I was thinking about getting the Mac Box Set http://store.apple.com/us/product/MACBO ... TM3NDc5NjQ

Are you dual booting? did that create any extra problems?

thanks.

 

[RayMacx64]

What Chameleon Boot CD did you use?

I used tonymacx86-P55BootCD.iso
Just follow the link in my last post.



What source disk did you use?
I already have a older Mac so I bought the upgrade version.

Are you dual booting?
Yes I have Windows 7 and Snow Leopard on one hard drive and 10.5.8 on another drive

did that create any extra problems?
Yes quite a few, I would make sure you have Snow leopard the way you want it before you install Windows. I tried to install Chameleon on the EFI partition and never could get it to work. When I went and reinstalled Snow Leopard it hosed my Windows 7 installation.

 

[RayMacx64]

I just purchased a Sapphire 4850 ati graphics card and will be installing it soon. I will let you know if i have any problems later on in the week.

 

[HankFranK]

@RayMacx64
Hey can you give a detailed explanation of how you got the install to fully work? The CD you used didn't work for me. I have a post on the ASRock P55 Extreme over here viewtopic.php?f=7&t=328

 

[tonymacx86]

The reboot is caused by your system not being able to load the Vanilla kernel in 10.6. Reboot using the Boot CD, choose your drive. When you get to the desktop, run MultiBeast and choose EasyBeast 10.6 + Disk Utilites. Then reboot and report back.