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Can't get OSX working on my AMD

i've probably tried 5 or 6 different leopard distro's and nothing has worked. this is my setup: Mboard: Manufacturer ASUSTeK Computer INC. Model A8N-E Version 2.XX Serial Number 123456789000 Chipset Vendor Nvidia Corp Chipset Model nForce4…

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@Meister Published 2009-08-01
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Leopard 10.5
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3,526 historical reads · 1 curated field notes (from 2 dispatches) · 2009-08-01
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@Meister@maya77

i've probably tried 5 or 6 different leopard distro's and nothing has worked. this is my setup:

Mboard: Manufacturer ASUSTeK Computer INC. Model A8N-E Version 2.XX Serial Number 123456789000 Chipset Vendor Nvidia Corp Chipset Model nForce4 Memory Controller South Bridge nForce4 PCI to ISA Bridge SMBus Nvidia Corp nForce4 SMBus @4C00h SMBus Nvidia Corp nForce4 SMBus @B000h CPU AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Cpu Socket Socket 939 Processor…

Anyone know what I can do?

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1 technical responses curated from 2 original dispatches

Field Note #1 @maya77 2009-08-01

-Download Leopard (retail, not hacked distributions).
-Install using BOOT-132 method [details ↗]
-Use Voodoo kernel and Chameleon 2 bootloader

-You'll need nForce chipset and AC97 audio drivers/extensions.
-Use EFIStudio version 1.0 to enable graphic card acceleration.

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