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AMD Problem

I'm trying to figure out what i'm doing wrong here. I used the modcd 0.3 to get 10.6.3 disk to boot and everythings fine but around the 17-18 minute mark i get this. What am i doing wrong? thanks. AMD Athlon x2 +6000 4GB ddr2 Ram 40GB IDE…

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@shakthi124 Published 2011-08-27
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Snow Leopard 10.6
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11,616 historical reads · 6 curated field notes (from 11 dispatches) · 2011-08-27 – 2011-09-07
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@shakthi124 (5)@Imkantus (3)@akimoa (2)@anonymusvins

I'm trying to figure out what i'm doing wrong here.
I used the modcd 0.3 to get 10.6.3 disk to boot and everythings fine but around the 17-18 minute mark i get this.

What am i doing wrong?
thanks.

AMD Athlon x2 +6000
4GB ddr2 Ram
40GB IDE drive (Install)
M2a-vm HDMI sb600
ATI HD 4550

Author Updates & Technical Revisions

Follow-up dispatches by @shakthi124

Author Update #1 @shakthi124 2011-08-27

okay, ill try that but what does that kernel panic mean anyways?

Author Update #2 @shakthi124 2011-08-27 ↳ Re: @akimoa
@akimoa1. Load Optimized Defaults (Reboot) 2. Bios enable Sata Mode AHCI 3. AMD C1E (Disabled) 4. ACPI Suspend Mode -> S3 5. AMD Cool&Quite Disabled But i hardly doubt u will get success out of your Graphicscard ! if u even get in to the system with it And Try again !

That did not work.
but i have a hunch. It kps around the time when all the installation files are copied to the HD and it starts extracting. Maybe there is something off about the driver. another thing, the atiati kext only detects my SATA dvd drive and the ATA hd is detected by something called AppleServerWorksATA maybe its the driver.

Author Update #3 @shakthi124 2011-08-28

really? can you teach me how exactly to do that? i have no idea sorry for sounding like a n00b

as for the booting i got it to work by making my own bootcd and adding disabler.kext all thats missing is the graphics..

Author Update #4 @shakthi124 2011-09-07

so i did as you said and the following things happened.

1) on the bootloader it says "Graphics Card not supported!"

2) no resolution change and this is whats shown on system profiler.

Display: Type: GPU Bus: PCIe PCIe Lane Width: x16 VRAM (Total): 3 MB Vendor: ATI (0x1002) Device ID: 0x954f Revision ID: 0x0000 Kernel Extension Info: No Kext Loaded Displays: Display: Resolution: 1024 x 768 Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888) Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes

did i do something wrong? thanks
also i would like to note that i have 512mb of vram :S

Synthesized Community Field Notes

6 technical responses curated from 11 original dispatches

Field Note #1 @akimoa 2011-08-27

1. Load Optimized Defaults (Reboot)
2. Bios enable Sata Mode AHCI
3. AMD C1E (Disabled)
4. ACPI Suspend Mode -> S3
5. AMD Cool&Quite Disabled

But i hardly doubt u will get success out of your Graphicscard ! if u even get in to the system with it

And Try again !

Field Note #2 @Imkantus 2011-08-27 ↳ Re: @akimoa
@akimoaBut i hardly doubt u will get success out of your Graphicscard !

HD4550 works absolutely fine by adding 0x95401002 to ATI4600Controller.kext on 10.6.8 & 10.7

@akimoaif u even get in to the system with it

Missing Framebuffer will cause X2000 kext to panic on first boot - move it to some other folder from Single User mode or via Terminal from the installation system.

But this is not the problem here.

shakthi124, try some different Boot CD - I always had problems with the installation system running the latest legacy kernel builds, while using the old quoopz patch works best for installation.
My fav is still some pretty old Release of prasys's EmpireEFI: media fire.com/?m5wzzwyfg4m - give it a try.

Field Note #3 @akimoa 2011-08-28 ↳ Re: @Imkantus
@ImkantusHD4550 works absolutely fine by adding 0x95401002 to ATI4600Controller.kext on 10.6.8 & 10.7

SAAAweet didnt know that...Noticed

Field Note #4 @anonymusvins 2011-08-28

Even I am facing a problem during the main installation process.After the main installation process starts,the screen looks like this

And suddenly after this it throws me this kernel panic error

out as I guess i'm in the last stages of the installation.I selected no additional kernels except the default main 6 gb one.
My specs are as follows:
Amd phenom x3 8650 2.3ghz
Asus M2n68 amplus
transcend 2gb ddr2 800 mhz
dynet 2gb ddr2 800 mhz
seagate 1tb sata internal
seagate 500 gb sata internal
450w odyssey smps
Windows 7 Ultimate

Field Note #5 @Imkantus 2011-09-01 ↳ Re: @shakthi124
@shakthi124really? can you teach me how exactly to do that? i have no idea sorry for sounding like a n00b

Well after Install of OSx86 you should upgrade to 10.6.8 first, then you need to make your system bootable without the EmpireEFI CD, Upgrade your version of the Chameleon bootloader to an up-to-date build, and be sure to have GraphicsEnabler=Yes in your com.apple.Boot.plist

In case ATIRadeonX2000.kext causes a Kernel Panic add -s bootflag and move that Kernel Extension to some different folder - be sure to place it back later in order to have proper working gfx acceraltion.

Your graphic cards device ID needs to be added into Info.plist of ATI4600Controller.kext - this will make the framebuffer driver work (resolution change), what will prevent X2000 kext from causing a panic.

Maybe read through some of the Radeon HD topics like thise one: osx 86.co/f36/support-for-some-hd5000-series-gfx-cards-emerged-t6326/
(I know it is not about your device, but it will help you getting an idea, how to handle this stuff...)

@anonymusvinsout as I guess i'm in the last stages of the installation.I selected no additional kernels except the default main 6 gb one.

In case of using a SATA DVD drive, get an IDE one instead & be sure to have a proper Master / Slave configuration, no Cable Select - should fix your chipset driver problem.

Sources & Contributor Provenance (4 credited usernames · Thread #7394)
UsernameDossier ContributionDispatchesActive Window
@shakthi124Primary Author52011-08-27 → 2011-09-07
@ImkantusCore Contributor32011-08-27 → 2011-09-07
@akimoaContributor22011-08-27 → 2011-08-28
@anonymusvinsContributor12011-08-28