Can anyone help me?

[Christian]

Please, someone help me! I get leopard to load, and the i go to disk utilities to try and partition my harddrive, but ti doesnt work! it gives me the error :

Partition Failed

Partition Failed with the error:

Input/output error


Can anyone tell me how to fix this? or has anyone had this problem?


Thanks alot :D

[Christian]

I tried using UBCD, but it still doesnt work, i really need some help here :s

[cgsheen]

We need a LOT more information. Listing all your hardware specs is always a good idea. Generally speaking, that's an error you can expect when your system chipset or IDE / SATA hardware isn't fully supported. That's probably not all...

[sh0td0wn]

Are you using an nForce MB?

It's not in the DVD and you need to include MeDevil's newer SATA controllers for nForce in it. (Go to the wiki and look for how to add kexts to DVD)

[Christian]

Computer Manufacturer : HP-Pavilion GN556AA-ABA A6200N, Family : 103C_53316J
http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/store_access.do?template_type=product_detail&product_code=GN556AA%23ABA&jumpid=oc_R1002_USENC-001_HP%20Pavilion%20a6200n%20Desktop%20PC&lang=en&cc=us

Mainboard:

Platform Compliance : AMD LIVE!
MB Manufacturer : ECS MCP61PM-HM HP/Compac MB Name: Nettle2
Multi-Processor (MP) Support : 1 Processor(s), MPS Version : 1.40
System BIOS : 09/05/2007-MCP61P-6A61KE11C-00 Version : 1.0

On-board Devices: Video, Ethernet, Sound (all disabled)

Chipset 1:

Model : AMD Athlon 64 / Opteron HyperTransport Technology Configuration
Revision : A1, Bus : HyperTransport, Version : 1.02
Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 1.00GHz (2.01GHz), Maximum FSB Speed : 2x 1GHz (2GHz)
In/Out Width : 16-bit / 16-bit, I/O Queue Depth : 4 request(s)
Maximum Bus Bandwidth : 7.85GB/s

Chipset 1 Hub Interface: Type : HyperTransport, Version : 1.02, In/Out Width : 16-bit / 16-bit, Speed : 2x 1.00GHz (2.01GHz)

Logical/Chipset 1 Memory Banks, Bank 2 : 1GB DDR2 5.0-5-5-15 CR1, Bank 3 : 1GB DDR2 5.0-5-5-15 CR1
Supported Memory Types : ECC Registered DDR2, Dual-Channel, Bank Interleave : 2-way
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 327MHz (654MHz), Maximum Memory Speed : 2x 400MHz (800MHz), Multiplier : 1/8x, Width : 64-bit

LPC Hub Controller 1: Model : HP MCP61 LPC Bridge, Revision : K3
LPC Hub Controller 2: Model : HP MCP61 SMBus, Revision : K3

USB Controller 1 & 2
Model : HP MCP61 USB Controller, Revision : K4, Version : 1.00
Interface : OHCI, Channels : 10
Supported Speed(s) : Low (1.5Mbps) Full (12Mbps), Controller 2: High (480Mbps)
Legacy Emulation Enabled : No

FireWire/1394 Controller 1: HP VT6306 VIA Fire II IEEE-1394 OHCI Link Layer Controller, Revision: I1, Interface : OHCI

System SMBus Controller 1 & 2: nVidia MCP5+ SMBus 1, Version : 0A.02
Advanced TCO Mode Enabled : No, Slave Device Enabled : No, PEC Support : No

Performance Tips

Notice 224 : SMBIOS/DMI information may be inaccurate.
Warning 100 : Large memory sizes should be made of Registered/Buffered memory.
Tip 2546 : Large memory modules should be ECC/Parity.

[naquaada]

How about the number of transistors in the northbrigde? The capacity of the electrolytic condensators near the cpu socket is also very important.
And of course the SATA data rate temperature at 62,5% air humidity. Is it a 4-layer or a 5-layer mainboard?

[roisoft]

lol :D

[naquaada]

You don't told the configurations of your harddisks. Are you using a single HD for OS X or a combined Win/OS X HD? Iis it SATA or IDE?
The most compatiblest version is IDE on Primrary Master, DVD on Secondary Master and during installation disconnect all other HDs.

[Christian]

I'm not sure of my harddrive conditions, it is SATA, and it's just for osx, however windows was installed on it at one point, I will try putting it in master mode tho and see if that works

[naquaada]

SATA is always master. If there's a jumper it's for SATA150 or 300 mode.

[Christian]

Allright, I wispered to you, I think I need to do something to my bios, because I don't have alot of the options to change that the screenshots i've seen have..