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jscurlock
06-06-2009, 04:39 AM
I installed OS X and it would go to the apple boot screen but it flashed to a blue screen then the screen went blank. This was after I changed from AHCI to Compatibility in BIOS settings. When it was set to AHCI it would only go to the boot screen and then a little picture similar to a no smoking sign would appear in the middle of the apple logo. Could somebody please help? I'm using a Gateway P-6825. Processor Intel® Pentium® Core™ 2 Duo processor T5250
1.5 GHz | 2 MB L2 cache | 667 MHz FSB Chipset Intel® GM965 Display panel 17-inch Ultrabright™ WXGA+ TFT (1440 × 900) Memory 2048 MB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM (2 × 1024)
Operates at 667 MHz|Video controller Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
384 MB of Dynamic Video Memory

Voyn1x
06-06-2009, 10:30 AM
Keep the AHCI switched to Compatibility and try installing without graphics drivers, this should allow to to get to the desktop in VESA mode.

jscurlock
06-06-2009, 11:24 PM
I did a complete reinstall minus the graphics drivers and booted up in Compatibility and it is still doing the same thing. Goes to blue screen then straight to blank.