I've always been a Gigabyte fan. When looking at last year's ASUS specs for 1156, standard Realtek ALC HDEF audio made Gigabyte the best choice. However, we recently picked up the ASUS P7H55-M LE. We figured it would be an important board to test, as many people buy ASUS, and would like them better supported.
I was astounded that when booting without a DSDT, most of everything just worked! No kernel panic on power management, built in USB hubs, SATA recognized- and best of all sleep worked!
As far as buying advice goes, because of the Sandy Bridge onslaught, there are some amazing deals on both Gigabyte and Asus 1156 stuff right now, and they're 100% supported. Here are 2 methods you can use for Post-Installation on most ASUS 1156 motherboards.
ASUS 1156: DSDT-FREE METHOD
Using a DSDT is not necessary for most ASUS Socket 1156 boards using a recent BIOS. Most implement RMH (Rate Matching Hubs) for USB, use VIA audio, and initiate Power Management on their own with no further tweaks. This means sleep works, even without DSDT edits! Please note that you'll still have to install audio, graphics, and network support separately.
- Backup and delete your /Extra folder
- Run MultiBeast
- Install choices below and reboot.
ASUS 1156: UserDSDT METHOD
In general, a DSDT is a helpful thing to have if you are planning on tweaking and optimizing. If you want to configure 2 graphics cards via DSDT graphics edit, or if you want to add support for HDMI (HDAU edit) you need a DSDT. To utilize AppleHDA instead of VoodooHDA for Realtek ALC8xx audio, you need a DSDT. Please note that you'll still have to install audio, graphics, and network support separately.
- Backup and delete your /Extra folder
- Download your motherboard's DSDT from the DSDT Database
- Place the .aml file on Desktop
- Run MultiBeast
- Select UserDSDT + System Utilities
- Reboot
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Please report back in comments if the DSDT-Free method works for you! Thanks!
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28 comments:
Does the Asus P8P67 LE or the P7H55-M Pro support DTST free?
I would assume they do too. Thanks.
Is the Asus P8P67 also DSDT free?
I think I see the perfect start to a HTPC - Asus P7H55-M PRO paired with i5 CPU and a GT240.
is the ASUS P8P67-M LE LGA or ASUS P8P67-M PRO also DSDT free?
Can I just do easy beast to get this going or should I just do this
Nice! Can't wait until we've got the 1155s onboard!
dsdt free method works. on fresh install i think it will stop becouse of audio. i will post my dsdt and full set up on forum.
I am with Anonymous since I am running a P8P67-M PRO... I'll try giving it a swing!
ASUS P7H55-M with i5 760, frequent freeze..
Anonymous said, "ASUS P7H55-M with i5 760, frequent freeze.."
What is your graphics card?
Thanks!
This means we should we follow the iboot method and then go for the multibeast config showed here?
how would I add graphics, audio and network separately?
sorry for the noob questions!
'how would I add graphics, audio and network separately?'
audio- voodoohda
network- lnx2mac ethernet kext
graphics- graphics enabler should be enabled automatically, but some need kabyls bootloader for ati, or the latest ati drivers.
all available through multibeast
Are Asus boards equal or even better for a hackintosh then?
thanks for all the hard work!
is evea geforce 8400 gs suported on a Asus p57h55-mpro matherboard i have a intel i3 3.06 G
and 4G of memory im assembling a new pc
PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i have a xclio tower with asus p7h55-m le motherboard,6gb ram,1gb nivida geforce gt 220 graphics card,2x 1tb hdd and core is cpu 661 at 3.33ghz.
i am running windows 7 64 bit ultimate.
i got mac os x 10.5 retail dvd and i have the iboot cd.
the motherboard bios settings is where im stuck as the setting are not as straight forward as other motherboard bios.
i get the iboot screen up and then insert the mac dvd and press enter and i get a mac white backround and alot of writing the a pop-up says i need to restart my computer and im then back to square on.
i have attached the screenshot of my error page.
i try the install with the 4gb ram and the bios set wrong somewhere. if somebody has successfully installed mac on this motherboard please help me.im goin crazy with this.the last 4 days iv been hours at it.
thanks in advance.brendan.
The DSDT free solution is working great on my P7P55D LE mobo. Fake smc+plugins in extra. Voodoo HDA powercable for audio, Lnx2mac kext for network and hd 5770 OOTB. Sleep working. Uing EFI partiton. Raid x 3 250Gb HD,s. 8GB Memory. Not using a com.apple bootplist. So far so good. Thanx.
P7H55M Pro running DSDTfree on RAID10. ethernet not working but wireless is. I haven't installed the Lnx2Mac's RealTek kext but I'm sure it will run like a champ.
thanks a ton tonymac and team!
I have a ASUS p7p55d pro, but SPDIF is not working.
the sound chipset is a VIA VT1828S.
Can someone help me?
Thanks
can i use my ASUS P7P55D Deluxe with hackintosh???
MY PC INTEL CORE2QUAD PROCESSOR, MOTHERBOARD GIGABYTE GA-G31M-ES2C, INTEL G31+1CH7 CHIP SET
MAC OSX86 SNOW LEOPARD INSTALLATION IS POSSIBLE ? PLS HELP ME
JONAM PERUMBAVOOR
i have GIGABYTE GA-G31M-ES2C MOTHER BOARD,INTEL
Core2Quad 1CH7 Chip set Processor, DDR2 4gB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 9500GT Graphics Card, Mac OSX86
snow leopard insllation is possible to my System?
mhhhm im a little bit sad....when startetd allt his osx86 shit everyone said ausu p5 family.... but i won't find any dsdt or dsdt free help for a full running p5k system...plz help got ram and internet issues otherwise everything smoothly on 10.6.0 ... (was scared to update, should I?)
THANKS FO THE GREAT WORK
Hello, sorry but I am using a google translator to communicate with you more than anything if it is poorly translated and not understood.
I have an Asus motherboard P7P55D-e lx with an Intel core i5 760 and an Nvidia 9400GT video card. I'm not sure if it's by dvs I have or if there are any settings in bios but only load until the apple of apple and restarts. I ask for help with the tools they should use, thank you very much.
I had an h61m-usb3-b3, i download the DSDT file and works nice, I'm still having problems with the wireless network card, and sound, but I'm happy at this point, :) can anybody suggest me a solution with sound and network?..... thanks anyway to the tonymac team!
Hi, I'd need a DSDT for y P6X58D-E (701 bios)
thanks
PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DSDT for ASUS p7h55-M/br
Hi would this work for the Asus P7H55-M SI, I am led to believe the SI stands for (system integrator board) please reply asap as if the mobo i currently have (P7H55-M SI) is not very useful i may sell it whilst it is fairly new and replace it with a p7h55-m pro, however, i don;t want to replace it unless i have to really. I should say that i have installed SL and successfully upgraded to lion with this motherboard but i do get a lot of kernel panics that need to be addressed. Thanks :)
Asus P7P55D PRO i5 750
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What is the selection was done in MultiBest Lion ?
Thank you in advance
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