aT te Lie DSDT “The Differentiated System Description Table sthe main table nthe ACP! pat of a computer's BIOS, ‘Te Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) defies a large numberof tables that provide the interface between an ACPI-complant operating system ana system fmware, These allow description of sytem hardware na platorm-independent manner in ACP! Machine Language (RML) “Tne problem is that OS X/has an incomplete ACP implementation which suppers only @ subset of DSDT. Messing tha DSDT allows the user to beter support thei hardware. For example, fing Time Machine andthe UUID 25 enor & possible ater moving the OSOT. Topatch your DSDT. you must ether use a new table fe that someone eles has provided, or extract and mod your ‘un. Then tel your bootioade to use the new DSDT he nstea of he BIOS. On afew motherboards ts also possible to replace the BIOS with an updated BIOS with a patched DSOT. Contents prise 1 Extracting DSOT from 8103 20ST Patches 4 Soures for patched DSOTS Extracting DSDT from BIOS teat (One ofthe simplest ways o extact your DSDT trom your BIOS is by using DSOT Exitr. Once you have downloaded DSOT Eator, open it and press File -> Extract DSOT.AMfer 2-5 seconds, your DSOT should appear on the sore, DSDT Patches teat Having a patch for your motherboards essential o create your wn DSOT, you could find one onine. A large calection of patches are avatable here: OSDT motherboard patches Assuming You foowed the steps above to exact the DSDT fram your BIOS, now we are going o apply the patch. Navigate to Palch —> Open, and choose the patch tat you downloaded for your motherbaard, nee the patch window pops up, ress Apply. tera few seconde, navigate to IASL-> Compile. Once the window pops up there may be a few eror.I'30, pressFlx Eros! Once its fried, you have your OSOT. Navigate to IASL > Save AMLAS.. and save tas DSOT am! Weblinks teat ACPI Specieations #DSOT simple extor V1.4. 3 -EvOsx86 = DSDT editor El Congo *DSOT Auto-Patcher- Maton ‘= DSOT Patcher, ool to your DSDT - InsanelyMac + lasine DragIDrop GUI for decompiler isl - InsanelyAtae ‘MaciASL Native ACPI Machine Language IDE for OS X @ - Sourceforge ‘Using and Debugging ACPI @ Sources for patched DSDTs teat «= Cart rom Braz! provides "Mae Eton’ B1OSes for Gigabite PASIPAS motherboards with a patched OSOTI1] ‘List ef BSOT patches for he Asus PSES Premium (should work for most ASUS PS* motherbcards) [2