What OSX Version can work with my hardware?

xmath279 · #1 08-27-2009, 02:50 AM

Hello everybody!
I'm wondering what version of os X can work with my pc because I already tried a lot of version and everytime, I get an error!

Here is my PC's Config:
Gateway DX4640 UB101A
Intel Pentium Dual Core @ 2.20GHZ - CPU (64Bits)
4 GB - Memory
nForce 630i - Motherboard
Geforce 7100 - Graphics
Serial Ata 320GB HDD - Storage

george205 · #2 08-28-2009, 01:02 AM

I believe that your system can run all the newest leopard versions (10.5.6, 10.5.7, 10.5.8) but you have to:
1)Adjust your bios correctly
2)Select the appropriate patches from the installation dvd

I think that you have to be more specific if you want to receive more help and not some general tips. You can also make some research through the net in order to find some people who have a working leopard installation in a system close to yours. As you can see my setup is entirely different than yours,so I cannot provide you more specific information for the time being

About my system:
Motherboard: Supermicro H8DAE-2 with nVidia MCP55 Pro chipset which supports up to two Six-Core AMD Opteron 2000/8000 processors
Super Micro Computer, Inc. - Aplus Products | Motherboards | H8DAE-2
Processor: 1x Opteron 8214 (for the time being) :-)
Ram: 4 GB Samsung DDR2 667 Registered ECC Unbuffered
Graphics Card: Nvidia 9400 GT
I also have two SATA hard disks, 120 GB and 640GB , a Sony IDE DVD reader and an Optiarc DVD Recorder.

xmath279 · #3 08-28-2009, 01:25 AM

Someone said that there was a big problem with the nForce motherboards so I really want to know if the nForce 630i is compatible or not!

DudeLove · #4 08-28-2009, 01:37 AM

I know this xD

no other version runs, al thow errors.. but i tried LEO4ALL (MacOSX 10.5.4) and it worked for me and my nForce Chipset (MCP 61 or something)

george205 · #5 08-28-2009, 01:53 AM

My chipset is nvidia MCP55Pro(=nForce professional 3600) :-) Right now I'm using leopard 10.5.8 which is rock-stable on my system. Some nForce SATA controllers are supporting AHCI mode, and some others(like mine) don't. I'm using AppleNforceATA.kext and a slightly modified IOATAFAMILY.kext and everything is fine.If your controller supports AHCI mode I think that you will not need AppleNForceATA.kext. I'm also using NForceLAN.kext which is also working perfect with my dual on-board lan.
You have to find the right kexts for your system in order to make a succesful leopard installation. I had to install leopard many times in order to find the most appropriate installation options,as I hadn't found any info provided by someone who had successfully installed leopard on an opteron serverboard.

george205 · #6 08-28-2009, 02:01 AM

Oh,by the way, my favourite distro for PC is XXX 10.5.6! I think that this was the last one that the xxx team made.Anyway,it's easy to update it to 10.5.8. I had also managed to install iAtkos v7, but the AppleNforceATA test kext was responsible for some kernel panics during installation.
I still believe that you have to make a research to collect informations from people who are having similar systems with yours in order to make leopard run without too much effort! :-)

xmath279 · #7 08-28-2009, 03:45 AM

Ok but I dont understand how to integrate a driver before installing the system! Thats something I cant understand. Can someone explain it to me it would be nice!

george205 · #8 09-02-2009, 12:36 AM

It's not that hard! Kext=kernel extension=driver, so forget about what you may already know about drivers for windows.This is a totally different approach!
If you create an installation dvd with the proper kexts for your system inside it, you will be fine! But the easiest way is to get a pc-based distribution like iatkos,ideneb,xxx,iPC e.t.c. and install leopard from it. And that's because many kexts/patches are included on such dvds.

About my system:
Motherboard: Supermicro H8DAE-2 with nVidia MCP55 Pro chipset which supports up to two Six-Core AMD Opteron 2000/8000 processors
Super Micro Computer, Inc. - Aplus Products | Motherboards | H8DAE-2
Processor: 1x Opteron 8214 (for the time being) :-)
Ram: 4 GB Samsung DDR2 667 Registered ECC Unbuffered
Graphics Card: Nvidia 9400 GT
I also have two SATA hard disks, 120 GB and 640GB , a Sony IDE DVD reader and an Optiarc DVD Recorder.

xmath279 · #9 09-05-2009, 02:24 PM

Oh... Then Fine, but how to integrate a driver in the cd?

Imkantus · #10 09-06-2009, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by xmath279

Oh... Then Fine, but how to integrate a driver in the cd?

Why to do so if you can d/l some prepatched distribution, which has them already integrated & install-ready, like the ones mentioned above?

If you don't want to pirate OS X, you can also create a custom 132 bootloader cd for your system, that makes you able to make use of a retail DVD, but that's a bit more pretentious...