Problem installing Leopard on AMD CPU
I have a computer with an Asus M2N Motherboard, a AMD Athlon 64*2 CPU, a 200gb SATA Hard Disk Drive, a DVD Drive, 4gb DDR2, so I downloaded Leopard-10.5.2-AMD-EFI Rev.2 and burned it, but when the installation is finished, after the…
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- @instantcrassic Published 2009-04-25
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- OSx86 Core & 10.X
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- 4,890 historical reads · 2 curated field notes (from 5 dispatches) · 2009-04-25 – 2009-07-08
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I have a computer with an Asus M2N Motherboard, a AMD Athlon 64*2 CPU, a 200gb SATA Hard Disk Drive, a DVD Drive, 4gb DDR2, so I downloaded Leopard-10.5.2-AMD-EFI Rev.2 and burned it, but when the installation is finished, after the reboot, there is a black screen with a white cursor, and I can't do anything. Can you help me for the correct installation please ?
Thanks a lot,
Alexandre
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I tried that, and now, when the computer starts, there is the Apple logo, my hard disk is busy and a few moment after, a message appear with "You must restart your computer..." wrote...
Excuse me for being away, but I cancelled the fact I want to install Mac OS X on my computer. Today I will retry.
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Sounds like a bum video driver. Leave out any video drivers you checked and reinstall that way. Good luck.
@instantcrassicI tried that, and now, when the computer starts, there is the Apple logo, my hard disk is busy and a few moment after, a message appear with "You must restart your computer..." wrote...
What does it show when you boot with -v?
Would love to help you out but I need more info...
Sources & Contributor Provenance (3 credited usernames · Thread #2689)
| Username | Dossier Contribution | Dispatches | Active Window |
|---|---|---|---|
| @instantcrassic | Primary Author | 3 | 2009-04-25 → 2009-07-08 |
| @Ali C. | Contributor | 1 | 2009-04-25 |
| @andyvand | Contributor | 1 | 2009-04-27 |