The Demise of Common Sense

OUTDATED (12/5/09)

Apple has released the seventh update to Leopard OS (10.5.7) a few days ago. I decided to wait until the dust settled, but realized that the method is no different from the last update so I went ahead and applied the update. Everything worked out well. My Hackintosh is composed of many outdated components so I hope someone out there that’s using similar hardware can use this post as a gentle push from behind. Muster that courage up, if you’ve done this before it’s really no different than the last 5 updates with one exception of a new kext you have to “while sleep 1″, called “AppleTyMCEDriver.kext”. Read on for details.

Stat:
MB : P5LD2-VM rev 1 = BIOS ver 1303
CPU : Intel Pentium D 940 @ 3.2 GHZ
GPU : ASUS Geforce 8600 GT Silent
Kernel : Voodoo XNU 9.5.0
Boot loader : Chameleon 2.0 Release Candidate 1

Everything is bone stock and everything on the board works fine. Many people are claiming that they had to reinstall certain kexts, audio/network being the most common, but fortunately this wasn’t the case for me.

Make sure you have Voodoo XNU 9.5.0 installed with the correct Seatbelt.kext (mount a DMG to test if you do. If it mounts without a problem, you’re good. If not, look for the kext in the Voodoo installer) before you proceed. I don’t know if Chameleon 2.0 RC1 had any partaking in this flawless update procedure, but you might as well install it if you’re using the older version….? If you have 10.5.6 working, chances are, updating it won’t break anything essential. Apparently you can revert back to the older boot loader pretty easily too, since it automagically creates a backup.

Here’s the link for Chameleon 2.0 RC 1

Now, the basics. If you’re on a system that’s UNDER (older than) 10.5.5, you HAVE to update using the combo update package, which can be found here on Apple’s website. If you’re on 10.5.6, you use what’s called the Delta update, which can be found here. Many people stick with the combo update even if they’re one behind for precaution. For your info, I used the Delta update and everything was fine. You might want to remember this since it’s pretty much common knowledge.

*For this instance, I really didn’t care if my Hackintosh went kaputs so I didn’t back anything up, but if you’re at all the slightest bit worried I recommend you do so before you start. Once again, common sense =)

Once you have the correct DMG file, open up your terminal. Spotlight it if you don’t know where it is, or go open it manually : /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app. Now type this in the terminal

sudo while sleep 1 ; do rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/AppleTyMCEDriver.kext ; done

This deletes AppleTyMCEDriver.kext right when it installs. It looks like this specific kext is causing problems for many and I’ve yet to see any consequences for getting rid of it.

Install, reboot.

That’s it. The machine rebooted at 1 min and 27 seconds (like it’s suppose to) and I was back on my Desktop at 3 min 20 seconds. Simple as simple can be.

Just to reiterate, if you’re using the Vanilla Kernel this method probably won’t work for you. I’m 99% sure you’ll end up with a broken machine, so if you’re Vanilla-ing, go to netkas’s site for more info. For all the rest of us with older hardware (or AMD users) can take a break and update without worrying about dsmos, applecrypt, appleintelcpupm disable etc =)

Good luck!

Tags: 10.5.7 update, Chameleon 2.0 RC 1, Hackingtosh, Hackintosh, P5LD2 rev 1, P5LD2-VM rev 1, Pentium D