Can't get OS X to boot. .
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…
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- @jscurlock Published 2009-06-06
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- Leopard 10.5
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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
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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.
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Keep the AHCI switched to Compatibility and try installing without graphics drivers, this should allow to to get to the desktop in VESA mode.
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| Username | Dossier Contribution | Dispatches | Active Window |
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| @jscurlock | Primary Author | 2 | 2009-06-06 |
| @Voyn1x | Contributor | 1 | 2009-06-06 |