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Old 04-20-2009, 11:07 PM
wackyx wackyx is offline
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Question XFX Mobo w/ Phenom Crash

Hello, im very new to the OSX86 scene.. have had a ibook for awhile and wanted to use OSX as a primary OS.. but im running into issues

Currently trying distro -> iDeneb 10.5.6

Mobo ~ XFX nForce 750a AM2+ 1066 Mhz DDR2 8GB SLI - MDA72P7509

Processor ~ AMD Phenom X4 9550

Ram ~ 4GB DDR2 800

HDD ~ 1x 700 GB SATA (Win XP 64) 1x 80 GB (Primary) IDE (Mac OSX) 1x DVD Burner (Secondary) IDE

Grphx - Evga e-Geforce 9800 GTX

Bios - American MegaTrends

Sound - Azalia

Network - Something nForce?

Well ive gone through the grueling process of installing several times, before I tried
just straight through without customizeing and all I got was a grey screen that went no where.. Second time around I searched around forums over the web, and found something about the kernel for sse3 and the amd patch, aswell as something for the ram.. but now I get "Still waiting for root device" when I use -v (Without -v it just shows a cross on the grey screen above the loading icon).. Atm im trying from scratch again.. thinking it may be something wrong with the partition, I havent tried the cable select thing yet.. but I doubt its that because ive toyed with that already.. (Also ive disabled lan and audio in the bios)

Any help would be appreciated, the installs are long and grueling and its driveing me insane

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Old 04-21-2009, 03:33 AM
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*BUMP* Still havent figured how to get past the Grey Cross on the Loading screen
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Old 04-21-2009, 01:34 PM
gully666uk gully666uk is offline
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Try changing the Hardrive setup to ahci in the bios then install thats how i got past that problem myself.Also i used xxx 10.5.6 and that is working great.
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Old 04-22-2009, 03:43 AM
wackyx wackyx is offline
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givin it a try

*bump* thanks, im givin it a try.. hopefully that solves it!
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Old 04-23-2009, 02:20 AM
wackyx wackyx is offline
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*bump*

still having issues, downloading xxx distro.. but do you mind me asking what kernel, chipset,etc you use? I think I may be picking the wrong ones
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Old 04-23-2009, 05:18 PM
wackyx wackyx is offline
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well im still having alot of issues, this would be like the million'ith time ive tried.. any suggestions on any kernels,chipsets I should use?
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Old 05-18-2009, 03:30 AM
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I have the same setup!

I'm using an XFX nForce 750a with Phenom Quad and I had to install it on my wife's machine, add my IDE DEV's numbers, cos all's I would get was still waiting for root device. . .

Once I did that, it was a breeze.

Using iPC 10.5.6 and installed the following drivers:
Video: (using GeForce 7300GS) and NVinject for dual monitors
Sound: Realtek ALC1200 (AppleAzaliaAudio) here (if insanelymac isn't down)
LAN: Onboard Yukon Marvell 88E8056 driver

for IDE to work I had to manually add 0x075910de to AppleVIAATA.kext (Because nforce driver says it didn't like it) after fixing permissions. For the SATA drives you just have to change the setting in CMOS from SATA to AHCI.

I still need the sound driver if you got one, I'd really appricate it!
InsanelyMac has been down now for a while, that's where I got it before. . .
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