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Snow Leopard 10.6.1-10.6.2 Intel AMD made by Hazard

Snow Leopard 10.6.1-10.6.2 Intel AMD made by Hazard Snow Leopard for Intel and AMD. This distro include retail 10.6 with 10.6.1 and 10.6.2 update. It's include many fixes and drivers and fell free to experiment. Working perfectly 100% on…

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Snow Leopard 10.6.1-10.6.2 Intel AMD made by Hazard

Snow Leopard for Intel and AMD. This distro include retail 10.6 with 10.6.1 and 10.6.2 update. It's include many fixes and drivers and fell free to experiment. Working perfectly 100% on my spec: GAEX58 UD5, i7, eVGA GTX 260 and OCZ 6GB 1600 MHz. This Snow Leopard is made from Retail Mac OS X 10.6 with update's 10.6.1 and 10.6.2.…

Has been released on saturday...

I am in kind of twisted mind about the release of fully prepatched Snow Leopard, but I thought some of you might be interested in this...

Use Google if you are looking for Download!

Author Updates & Technical Revisions

Follow-up dispatches by @Imkantus

Author Update #1 @Imkantus 2010-01-03 ↳ Re: @heartsurfer008
@heartsurfer008I tried to boot & then pressed F8 & tried entering both [-v arch=i386 & arch=i386], after doing that my PC reboots again doin nothin..!

Tried booting the DVD or the installed system?
Tried to boot with busratio=20 on boot prompt?

Author Update #2 @Imkantus 2010-03-17

You've got nForce chipset mobo - you need to select an according driver to make your southbridge work properly - if you did so it might be the "more than 2GB RAM issue" - try maxmem=2000 bootflag.

Synthesized Community Field Notes

100 technical responses curated from 106 original dispatches

Field Note #1 @Fduch29 2009-12-23

кто то пробовал?

заработает на asus maximus extreame ?

Field Note #2 @spalek83 2009-12-23

fakesmc1.0? azalia kexts? some of the things in there are pretty ancient.

Field Note #3 @crops 2009-12-24 ↳ Re: @spalek83

Big Question: I have a new netbook (small notebook without DVD).

How to install this distro from USB?:-/

Is it the full DVD or does it have something ripped like extra voices?

@spalek83fakesmc1.0? azalia kexts? some of the things in there are pretty ancient.

Old (or stable) doesn't mean bad. Do you mean that snow leopard SHOULD use newer hacks?

TIA (this is the first Snow Leopard distro that I see)

Field Note #4 @agg23 2009-12-31

Can't wait for this to finish downloading! Finally I'll have Snow Leo for AMD

I would suppose that by patching cupids you mean after I install it?

Thanks for the tip,
agg23

Field Note #5 @Hack3r 2009-12-31

I tried this, I didn't get past boot.

Guess it doesn't have my chipset drivers, a SATA nVidia MCP61

Field Note #6 @agg23 2009-12-31 ↳ Re: @Hack3r
@Hack3rI tried this, I didn't get past boot. Guess it doesn't have my chipset drivers, a SATA nVidia MCP61

You couldn't get past the DVD boot, or the installed (on HDD) boot?

Also, do you have an AMD or Intel processor (I would assume AMD).

Field Note #7 @bhokuto 2009-12-31

I tried it, could not get it to boot the DVD, it is really picky. Best to have a pure Intel.

Use the manual leopard to snow leopard method I believe is the best choice for 'Legacy' systems, because you can customize your own DVD, you would edit, the dmg using DiskUtility good feature to burn your own DVD having pre-made kexts and patches. this way you can still keep leopard running and do tests for Snow Leopard.

I ran across a guide which I have here on this pc, it is very good.

I haven't tried it yet.

The other is EmpireEFIamd with sb600 support.iso .. burn this to a CD and the use that to install Retail DVD. Then once up you can hunt around for proper kexts.

If you know how to inject into PCEFI 10.x then copy this to another boot file into your pre-made DVD of snow.

happy new year

Field Note #8 @heartsurfer008 2010-01-03 ↳ Re: @Imkantus
@ImkantusSnow Leopard 10.6.1-10.6.2 Intel AMD made by Hazard Has been released on saturday... I am in kind of twisted mind about the release of fully prepatched Snow Leopard, but I thought some of you might be interested in this... Use Google if you are looking for Download!

Bro I have downloaded it but can you with the installation process as I am new to this

My PC config is
Gigabyte S series motherboard
AMD Phenom Processor [Quad Core]

I am now running Windows 7 x64 [7600 Build]

I tried to boot & then pressed F8 & tried entering both [-v arch=i386 & arch=i386], after doing that my PC reboots again doin nothin..!

Field Note #9 @heartsurfer008 2010-01-03 ↳ Re: @Imkantus
@ImkantusTried booting the DVD or the installed system? Tried to boot with busratio=20 on boot prompt?

I didn't get you bro, can you please be more elaborate..!

After the 2nd page as shown below my PC just reboots doin nothin..!

Field Note #10 @Hack3r 2010-01-03 ↳ Re: @agg23
@agg23You couldn't get past the DVD boot, or the installed (on HDD) boot? Also, do you have an AMD or Intel processor (I would assume AMD).

Yes, it would automatically reboot my system. I've tried a plethora of boot flags.

Yes, I have a AMD Athlon II 215 system

Field Note #11 @hardknoxni69a 2010-01-04

too plz

I do currently have snowed installed on my amd turion x2 ultra but i did it thru leo and used my guide thru tekmodz (tekmodz.we bs.com/apps/forums/topics/show/1741171-guide-how-to-install-snow-leopard-retail-on-amd-pc-osx86) to get it running but i would like a distro to use i get the same problems as surfer any help would be apprecciated thanks

Field Note #12 @agg23 2010-01-04

I tried your suggestions Imkantus and instead of rebooting, I get a kernel panic.

Any help appreciated,
agg23

Field Note #14 @Mohsenmehrvarz 2010-01-09

Just USB keyboard & mouse is working

I have Intel DP45SG and ATI 4870 HD 1G every thing is installed good but just usb keyboard and mouse is working. When attaching any usb device nothing happen.

Field Note #15 @hecke92 2010-01-14

when I want to boot from the disc in verbose-mode it stucks in:
"SIGSEGV code 0"

Can anybody help me with this?

My system:
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-MA770 DS3 v2 (with SB700)
RAM: 4GB MDT DDR2 800 Ram
GPU: GeForce 8800GTS

Field Note #16 @HardRom 2010-01-15

Other issues with the release

First off; AWESOME release. See sig for test rig.

But, how about the "Hey we are going backwards!" error... anyone have a fix for that? (Trying on my other system).
Specs:
M4A78 Plus
AMD Phenom 9650 Quad Core ~2.3GHZ
6G DDR2 800mhz
4- 1.5TB Seagate 7200rpm HD (SATA)
NVIDIA GeForce 9800GT 1G

Newest Bios, running with AHCI - but ACPI is also on, win7 wont boot without it.

Field Note #17 @samm5506 2010-01-15

Thanks a lot for the release Hazard! Snow Leopard runs almost perfectly on my PC. My specs are listed in my signature. I haven't used Marvin's AMD Utility yet since the system actually worked and I don't even know how to use that utility. I had used the Chameleon v2 RC2 from an earlier install of 10.5.8 that didn't work with my graphics card, but this distro did work with the NVEnabler kext.

Desktop
Hardware
Graphics

Here are the customized kexts I had used:
- Kernel = Legacy Kernel 10.2.0 Intel AMD
- Chipset = AppleNForceATA
- Audio = VoodooHDA
- Graphics = NVEnabler
- Network = nForceLAN (included in default kexts)
- Misc = AMD patch, Mac OS X 10.6.1 Update, Mac OS X 10.6.2 Update Combo

Problems:
- iTunes crashes when importing songs FIXED ↗
- FakeSMC: key info not found MSDS, length " -6 (Error appears in verbose mode on startup)
- Snow Leopard runs poorly unless I first boot into my Windows HDD and then restart back into Snow Leopard
- Clock sets itself forward in time when I boot back into Windows.

Field Note #18 @draculaus 2010-01-17

who can help me?

It was still 2 minutes to go, and tht instellation would be done. But then i become the follow Message

Field Note #19 @Vico63 2010-01-17

I have downloaded this version but...

When I decompress the .rar, I have just 8 files (132 ko) so the iso file is 4.33Go

I have decompressed with Winrar and 7Zip but is the same result.

I have tried on Windows 7 and Windows XP

Please, Help me.

Field Note #20 @HardRom 2010-01-18 ↳ Re: @draculaus
@draculauswho can help me? It was still 2 minutes to go, and tht instellation would be done. But then i become the follow Message

It lloks like your kernel crashed. If you have an AMD system, try the other kernel, modbin *restart setup.

Field Note #21 @draculaus 2010-01-18

But how can i change the Kernel?
Must I do something for an Intel System? Because I only put the DVD in (first a Boot CD then this Leopard) and just click on "install".

Field Note #22 @mishootka 2010-01-21 ↳ Re: @heartsurfer008
@heartsurfer008Guys too..!

Do you have any progress there? I have exactly the same problem.
My system reboots al the time during installation after a few startup strings.
None of the keys helps (tried -f, -x, -s, cpus=1, platform=x86, arch=i386, force64 in lots of combinations - nothing).

I've got AMD Phenom II 945, 4Gigs of 667MHz [800MHz unstable] RAM, HD 5770 and a SB700 mobo.

Couple of days ago i had this pretty distro working perfectly on my mobo with Geforce 9800 GT and with Athlon 6000+, without any kexts or anything. But after a small upgrade it won't boot any more. Even from install DVD. Even in single user mode.

I also had working iAtkos 7 distro, but without videocard support.

Question to pros: are there any keys (kernel=... maybe) that i should try to get install process working?

Field Note #23 @dagger 2010-01-21

Tried this distro and got SL succesfully installed on my AMD machine, but having trouble getting my NVidia Geforce 7300GT PCIe 256mb DDR2 card to work. I already tried EFI strings, Natit, CoreVidia 1.1.

I get the resolution right and it does look good, but the graphics are sluggish, the mouse pointer is everywhere even with the slightest touch. Is there a way to fix this? This is the only one that doesn't work for me right now.

Field Note #24 @srs5694 2010-01-21 ↳ Re: @dagger
@daggerTried this distro and got SL succesfully installed on my AMD machine, but having trouble getting my NVidia Geforce 7300GT PCIe 256mb DDR2 card to work. I already tried EFI strings, Natit, CoreVidia 1.1.

FWIW, I've got the same problem with Hazard and an nVidia 7300SE/7200GS card on an AMD-based system. Once every few days I put in an hour or two trying drivers, settings, etc., to no avail. The same card works fine under OS X 10.5 (an iPC installation).

Field Note #25 @HardRom 2010-01-21

dagger → I think you'd have to post in the "mouse sluggish" topic, and go from there. Whatever the issue is, its obviously system-based and a different kext may solve it for you.
Mouse out of control after install NVEnabler → or iAtkos Install Problem-Mouse is Sketch- No Answers on google?? → maybe?

srs5694 → Did you have the same problem with a different version of SL? i.e. one that you manually installed from Leo 10.5.8? Its hard to say otherwise that its the distro causing this issue or whether your video card is just not (currently) supported. Let me know what comes of it, because I am curious.

Field Note #27 @waveshocker2 2010-01-22

have u tried lmkantus's solution?
...when it boots
-press f8
-then type busratio=20
-press enter?
works for me

Field Note #28 @dooby 2010-01-25

I have tried to install this on two Pcs however i am having the same issue on both of the,.

I boot up from disc i use -v arch=i386 ,(the other pc was a intel quad core so i didnt use the -v arch=i386) go to disc utility and then partition select 1 partition then put in a partition name make it a mac os extended (cause-sensative, journaled) i then go to options ans make it a guid partition then hit apply. close of disc utils and then select the hard drive to install and of it goes.

after about 15-20 mins it comes up install complete with a huge tick.. no errors or anything strange straight forward install.

However after it reboots it just sits there at verifying DMI pool data… it wont even load the OS. It hasent locked up as i can hit ctrl alt delete to reboot.

Have i missed a step or done something worng?

cheers for the help in adance..

Field Note #29 @snakeo2 2010-01-26

I hope someone can help me. I downloaded the snow leopard torrent by hazzard and unzip it with winrar. I then burned the iso image using nero. The size of the iso image is 4,37GB, however when I burn it onto a dvd, I end up with 8 files totaling 192KB in size. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

Field Note #30 @samm5506 2010-01-26 ↳ Re: @snakeo2
@snakeo2I hope someone can help me. I downloaded the snow leopard torrent by hazzard and unzip it with winrar. I then burned the iso image using nero. The size of the iso image is 4,37GB, however when I burn it onto a dvd, I end up with 8 files totaling 192KB in size. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

Windows can't detect some of the files on the disc, just try booting from it anyways.

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Field Note #31 @snakeo2 2010-01-26

Thanks for the reply. I went ahead and booted off the dvd i created by burning the snow leopard iso and my maching just kept rebooting. I should mentioned that I tried a few times and that I also changed my bios to "AHCI" with no success.

Field Note #32 @snakeo2 2010-01-27

I should post my specs:

AMD Phenom II X4 940
Gigabyte MA790X-UD4P
4GB Corsair DDR2
ATI Radeon HD4650
1TB Hitachi Sata drive.

I currently have a triple boot:
XP (has its own drive)
Windows 7 (installed on the Hitachi Drive)
Gentoo ( has its own drive)

I plan to install Snow Leopard on the Hitachi Drive. I'm using Grub to boot all three Operating systems.

Field Note #33 @HardRom 2010-01-29

My disc reads at 192KB, but I have successfully booted from it on my dual core system.

Sometimes the distros just dont work for certain systems. i.e. back in the day, iDeneb and (something, cant remember which) would do the same thing... reboot. The only one that worked for me was Leo4all. You may have a similiar issue. Sorry guy.

Field Note #34 @G-Force 2010-01-29

Hazard also reboots instantly on my AMD pc. What I did was create two MBR/HFS+ partitions. On the first one I installed iDeneb 10.5.7. From within iDeneb I've installed Hazard onto the second partition. The iDeneb partition is now being used for Windows 7.

To start the install in iDeneb, open Terminal and open Volumes/Hazard_install_dvd_name/System/Installation/Packages/OSInstall.mpkg if I remember correctly.

Field Note #35 @icezar 2010-02-05

I'm pretty sure this will work on my laptop but.. Intel X4500 driver?
That doesn't even exist...
Did anyone tried it on that type of video card?

Field Note #36 @bgeo11 2010-02-05

what i need to install (kext, options from costumize) this snow to my pc : gigabyte 945 gm s2, pentium d 920, nvidia g force 8500gt and 3gb ram ddr2. Ιf you know someone please tell me. I have kernel panic after installation.

Field Note #37 @AeroKuragari 2010-02-05

I was just wondering if my PC would be able to run this. And I would need help with the kext I need.

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800-
Brisbane

ECS Motherboard Iris8
Chipset is Nvdia MCP61

Graphics are Nvidia GeForce 6150SE nForce 430

Field Note #38 @cottage1909 2010-02-07 ↳ Re: @snakeo2
@snakeo2Anyone? Any suggestions

I have same system as you and had the same problem with the first hazard distro which worked fine on my other system with athlon x2 and sb600. I got sl installed om the phenom 2 x4 sb750 system using the hazard client server distro. try that. Make sure you are installing from a sata optical drive and ahci in bios AND reduce your ram to 2g for the install.

After I install on phenom/sb750 system and boot sl. It fails with "mis-match between kernel and cpu pm". This distro needs the null cpu management kext. Anyone know how to add this to the distro from windows? I have the kext.

Field Note #39 @andyvand 2010-02-08 ↳ Re: @cottage1909
@cottage1909I have same system as you and had the same problem with the first hazard distro which worked fine on my other system with athlon x2 and sb600. I got sl installed om the phenom 2 x4 sb750 system using the hazard client server distro. try that. Make sure you are installing from a sata optical drive and ahci in bios AND reduce your ram…

From Windows?
Not a chance... you need Mac running to edit an SL distro...

Field Note #40 @snakeo2 2010-02-08

"After I install on phenom/sb750 system and boot sl. It fails with "mis-match between kernel and cpu pm". This distro needs the null cpu management kext. Anyone know how to add this to the distro from windows? I have the kext."

I've had success with ideneb 10.5.8 lite. You could install ideneb 10.5.8 and then make edits to SL from 10.5.8. I'm having problems with diskutility letting me create a partition, but I suspect that I after I get past that issue, it should install. I will report back. where can i find the hazard client server distro? thanks.

Field Note #41 @casual21 2010-02-09

trouble booting dvd

I just got a gateway sx2802 intel duo core, i had an old dell desktop and it booted the dvds fine, but with the new computer it attempts to boot but then immediatly restarts, im using the hazard dvd which worked fine on old desktop why not the new one?

Field Note #42 @cottage1909 2010-02-09 ↳ Re: @snakeo2
@snakeo2"After I install on phenom/sb750 system and boot sl. It fails with "mis-match between kernel and cpu pm". This distro needs the null cpu management kext. Anyone know how to add this to the distro from windows? I have the kext." I've had success with ideneb 10.5.8 lite. You could install ideneb 10.5.8 and then make edits to SL from…

I attached the torrent.

Field Note #43 @cottage1909 2010-02-09 ↳ Re: @andyvand

edit distro

@andyvandFrom Windows? Not a chance... you need Mac running to edit an SL distro...

I have an sl 10.6.2 system running on my other pc. I can access the installed partition that fails as it is on the same disk. Is there a way i can add the kext from the running sl? Where would i find how to do this. I am new to Mac.

Field Note #44 @cottage1909 2010-02-09 ↳ Re: @snakeo2
@snakeo2"After I install on phenom/sb750 system and boot sl. It fails with "mis-match between kernel and cpu pm". This distro needs the null cpu management kext. Anyone know how to add this to the distro from windows? I have the kext." I've had success with ideneb 10.5.8 lite. You could install ideneb 10.5.8 and then make edits to SL from…

Can you describe how you edit the distro?

Field Note #45 @cottage1909 2010-02-09 ↳ Re: @casual21

re-boot on install

@casual21I just got a gateway sx2802 intel duo core, i had an old dell desktop and it booted the dvds fine, but with the new computer it attempts to boot but then immediatly restarts, im using the hazard dvd which worked fine on old desktop why not the new one?

The hardware will be different on your new system and incompatible with the install. Try the hazard client/server install, download from the attached torrent file. This worked for me. If this does not work you should check that your bios is set to ahci for the hdd and optical drive you are installing from which must be sata, you may need to reduce your memory to 2gb for the install. If none of this works then i would suspect your graphics chip is not supported.

Field Note #46 @snakeo2 2010-02-10

Maybe someone can help me here. I went ahead and downloaded hazard snow leopard client server 10.6.2 and it booted with no problem. However, I'm running into partition problems. I have a 1TB drive which currently holds windows 7. During the windows 7 installation i allocated 350GB to windows 7 and left the remainder of the drive unallocated. After booting the hazard dvd and when I get to the point of creating a partition to install snow leopard, I cant. If i leave my volume scheme as "current", I cant create a new partition. It's simply grayed out. If I select 1 or 2 or 3 partition, it divides my drive into 1, 2 or 3 partition respectively which makes me feel uneasy since it doesnt recognize my two existing partition for windows 7.

I downloaded gparted and tried creating a partition that route, but gparted did not see the two existing partitions where windows resides. I went ahead and created a separate 250GB partition via storage management in windows 7. I went ahead and booted off the hazard dvd thinking I would be able to select the newly created partition ( which I did not format) and to my surprise it was grayed out. What am I missing? Or will I have to buy a separate drive which will bring my total to 4 which im not too crazy about.

Field Note #47 @cottage1909 2010-02-10 ↳ Re: @snakeo2
@snakeo2Maybe someone can help me here. I went ahead and downloaded hazard snow leopard client server 10.6.2 and it booted with no problem. However, I'm running into partition problems. I have a 1TB drive which currently holds windows 7. During the windows 7 installation i allocated 350GB to windows 7 and left the remainder of the drive…

I too had partitioning problems. I gave up and have a separate mac drive. Did you try letting osx partition the drive, deleting partition(s) in osx and then installing windows in the free space?

In my opinion its best to use a separate drive but i agree 4 discs is too much in a pc. It got too much and i had 5 drives in one pc. Now I only have 1 windows boot drive in a pc and use the hot swap dock ICY DOCK MB877SK-B Tray-less Alumin, then you manage your drives easily - as many disks as you like, great for backup too.

Field Note #48 @snakeo2 2010-02-11

I went out and bought a new drive in order to try installing snow leopard. Everything went fine, except when I reboot and I get the exact message as someone posted below

" "mis-match between kernel and cpu pm". This distro needs the null cpu management kext' ? anyone has any suggestion as to fix this? I will try to install ideneb 10.5.8 and see if that works.However I dont want to have 10 distros, I would like to simply install snow leopard, so I'm open to suggestions.

Field Note #49 @mr.s4ndm4n 2010-02-11

I'm just curious, would it be to long of a list to post if someone were to post a list of most of the best hardware to use for this distro? I'm pretty new to this, but i'm also pretty desperate to get this distro running on my amd-based PC. So desperate in fact, that i would buy some new hardware to get this working.

I don't know, im just curious about this…

Field Note #50 @snakeo2 2010-02-11

Look at my specs which I listed somewhere on this thread. I was able to install snow leopard client server 10.6.2 by hazard, but now im having problems registering the damn thing. After searching, I found that some people suggest booting in 32bit mode in order to register, but I'm not quite sure how to boot in 32 bit as everytime I restart, it automatically boots and I dont see the option to press f8 as I did when i was booting off the dvd. Any suggestions?

Field Note #51 @snakeo2 2010-02-11

can anyone provide a valid serial number for snow leopard server 10.6.2? the one i tried using is not working:

XSVR-106-000-R-LN2-VLQ-PRW-H6C-44L-XH2-P

Field Note #52 @stereomac23 2010-02-11

to boot into 32 bit mode try holding down 3 and 2 while booting.

Field Note #53 @snakeo2 2010-02-11

I tried your suggestion but it didnt work. I simply pressed the 3 & 2 together and powered on the computer but didnt work. If it doesnt work, I think I'll do the install again, excpet this time I wont install the server

Field Note #54 @cottage1909 2010-02-11 ↳ Re: @snakeo2
@snakeo2I tried your suggestion but it didnt work. I simply pressed the 3 & 2 together and powered on the computer but didnt work. If it doesnt work, I think I'll do the install again, excpet this time I wont install the server

If you dont select the server option in the hazard customisation you wont be asked for a serial number, i wasnt. Not needed for a client install.

If you find a resolution to the mismatch please post it. i am stuck in the same place.

Field Note #55 @snakeo2 2010-02-11

Thanks for the suggestion, I was aware of that, but wanted to install the server distro. If I cant find a fix, I may just reinstall the client only. So are you able to get to the registration screen? Prior to installation, these are the options I selected, which I found on leohazard website:

Snow_Leopard_Server_10.6.2
AnV_10.2.0_Kernel
Chamelon_RC3_PCEFI_10.5
AMD_Patch
NVEnabler
VoodooHDA_v2.5.3
ATIATA
Realtek_8169
ElliotForceLegacyRTC
IOATAFamily_Fix
OpenHaltRestart

this thread was helpful. Good luck.
leoh azard.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=155&start=0

Field Note #56 @snakeo2 2010-02-12

For those following, I did a reinstall this time without selecting snow leopard server and everything seemed to have gone ok. My network is working, "about this mac" is working and recognizes my amd cuad core and my 4gb ram, etc. I just tried to restart and it froze, so not sure what I did wrong. I will keep testing to see the how stable the OS is on my hardware and report back. Good luck

Field Note #57 @machinecity 2010-02-12

KP at first boot, legacy kernel

KP at first boot. SL10.6.1-10.6.2_SSE2_SSE3_IntelAMDbyHazard, legacy kernel
i have PeintiumD and Asus P5LD2 Deluxe
and ideas?

machinecity

Field Note #58 @snakeo2 2010-02-12

Did you change your BIOS settings to "AHCI"? Maybe try booting with the following flags busratio=20 cpus=1. If that doesnt work, I would probably look at the HCL and see where you fit with your hardware. After further testing, my sata dvd drive is not recognized, my audio doesnt work, shutdown & restart dont work , and I'm only allowed to select one screensaver. For now, I would be happy with fixing reboot, shutdown & audio. Any suggestions are welcome.

Field Note #59 @mr.s4ndm4n 2010-02-12

I have a Foxconn A7GM-S mobo, which is an AMD mobo w/ 780G chipset and SB700 southbridge. Does any know what kexts i would need for that chipset in order to run the Hazzard distro?

Field Note #60 @machinecity 2010-02-12 ↳ Re: @snakeo2
@snakeo2Did you change your BIOS settings to "AHCI"? Maybe try booting with the following flags busratio=20 cpus=1. If that doesnt work, I would probably look at the HCL and see where you fit with your hardware. After further testing, my sata dvd drive is not recognized, my audio doesnt work, shutdown & restart dont work , and I'm only…

ahci enabled, all thermal functions disabled... still the same KP, what about DSDT? will it help?

Field Note #61 @cottage1909 2010-02-12 ↳ Re: @snakeo2
@snakeo2For those following, I did a reinstall this time without selecting snow leopard server and everything seemed to have gone ok. My network is working, "about this mac" is working and recognizes my amd cuad core and my 4gb ram, etc. I just tried to restart and it froze, so not sure what I did wrong. I will keep testing to see the how…

finally works on my gigabyte phenom 2 x4 790x/sb750 chipset. Installed from hazard client/server distro selected only kernels and cmos fix from hazards customize screen. Then rebooted hazard dvd f8 to get hazard bootloader then selected my install disk then enter and soon in sl ok.

Field Note #62 @snakeo2 2010-02-12

Congrats! Are you having issues with restart/shutdown? How about audio?

Field Note #63 @gipo 2010-02-12 ↳ Re: @cottage1909
@cottage1909finally works on my gigabyte phenom 2 x4 790x/sb750 chipset. Installed from hazard client/server distro selected only kernels and cmos fix from hazards customize screen. Then rebooted hazard dvd f8 to get hazard bootloader then selected my install disk then enter and soon in sl ok.

Which kernel and cmos did you selected? anyone can drive me to install this release?

Field Note #64 @cottage1909 2010-02-12 ↳ Re: @snakeo2
@snakeo2Congrats! Are you having issues with restart/shutdown? How about audio?

I can restart and shutdown lan/internet works. Runs really stable. No audio devices so i re-installed and thistime selected audio drivers in addition to cmos fix and kernels. The install went fine but when i booted sl got double kp so it does not like my onboard audio (ati rv770/790) with these drivers. Any ideas to get audio working?

Where did you get all those options/features from? They were not on my hazard customization screen at start of install. Are you using the customization screen that you can select after you select your installation drive?

I also managed to apply the final hazard update to the original install using ppf omatic for windows but it did not seem to make any difference on my hardware. I suppose i need to know how to build a ppf file with the appropriate drivers or how to add them from sl

I only just realised if you press f8 when the aliens appear it puts you into a manual bootloader where you can slect your installed sl drive. Prior to this i was using efi bootloader and this gave me the mismatch problem.

Field Note #65 @snakeo2 2010-02-12

I have the same chipset as you and these settings worked for me:

AnV_10.2.0_Kernel
Chamelon_RC3_PCEFI_10.5
AMD_Patch
NVEnabler
VoodooHDA_v2.5.3
ATIATA
Realtek_8169
ElliotForceLegacyRTC
IOATAFamily_Fix
OpenHaltRestart

i should point out that my audio is not working. I also cant restart/shutdown. Try those settings.

Field Note #66 @snakeo2 2010-02-12 ↳ Re: @cottage1909
@cottage1909I can restart and shutdown lan/internet works. Runs really stable. No audio devices so i re-installed and thistime selected audio drivers in addition to cmos fix and kernels. The install went fine but when i booted sl got double kp so it does not like my onboard audio (ati rv770/790) with these drivers. Any ideas to get audio working?…

I got most of the information from leo hazard web site. I just found my audio chip from my mobo's user manual (ALC889a) which is one of the options. In case you are wondering my mobo is a Gibabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P. Which kext did you use to be able to reboot/shutdown? Yes I am using the customization screen after I select my destination drive.

Field Note #67 @cottage1909 2010-02-13 ↳ Re: @gipo
@gipoWhich kernel and cmos did you selected? anyone can drive me to install this release?

I will tell you how i did it. Straight out of the box with no black magic.

First you must set your bios southbridge to ahci, ide wont work. The n you need to boot the hazard client server disk from a sata dvd drive that is in ahci mode.It MUST be the client/server distro. make sure you have no usb devices plugged in other than a vanilla keyboard and mouse if you dont have serial ones. You dont need to select anything. Just let it go and if you are lucky you will see the grey osx install screen. After you select your language you will see utilities in the top line. Select disk utilities then select your drive and partition it for mac journalled. close this then select continue and select the install drive you have just initialised. You will see a screen with a customize option select customise then select kernels and cmos fix. then continue. When the install completes reboot and when you see the aliens press f8 and select your installed sl drive. If you are lucky you will end up running snow leopard or you will get kernel panic. Your hardware is different to mine so it may not run - Then you need to play around with the customisation options i mentioned.

Maybe you can work through it with this. Its a lot more than i had. I used the process of elimination and googling which took days. This only takes about 1/2 hour to try.

I used the same approach for my athlon x2/sb600 system using the original hazard distro.

The toorrent for the client/server was posted earlier. Download this with utorrent a burn to dvd with the appropriate utility - i use poweriso.

Field Note #68 @cottage1909 2010-02-13 ↳ Re: @snakeo2
@snakeo2I got most of the information from leo hazard web site. I just found my audio chip from my mobo's user manual (ALC889a) which is one of the options. In case you are wondering my mobo is a Gibabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P. Which kext did you use to be able to reboot/shutdown? Yes I am using the customization screen after I select my destination…

I am not seeing the same settings in the customize screen. How did you get that set?

My installed system is vanilla hazard. i have installed no kexts. Thats my next challenge.
Can you explain how you did it?

Field Note #69 @snakeo2 2010-02-13 ↳ Re: @cottage1909
@cottage1909I am not seeing the same settings in the customize screen. How did you get that set? My installed system is vanilla hazard. i have installed no kexts. Thats my next challenge. Can you explain how you did it?

I wonder if we have different versions of hazar's snow leopard? I'm using snow leopard server client 10.6.2. After formatting the drive, I go to the screen where you are ready to install. On the left bottom of the screen, there is a "customize" button, I click on it and all the options are there. You have click on the little arrow to open the subfolders under each category. I got this screenshot from leo hazard's site, but it's the same one I used.

leoh azard.com/images/Final10.6.1-2.jpg

I think i will do a fresh install and hopefully my audio and reboot/shutdown will work. After that, my next challenge is how to add an entry to my grub bootloader to boot snow leopard. Let me know if it helps.

Field Note #70 @cottage1909 2010-02-13 ↳ Re: @snakeo2
@snakeo2my sata dvd drive is not recognized. Are you having the same issue?

You have same bios as me. You need to set ahci in southbridge if you set combined mode you sata dvd drive mist be in one of first 4 ports, otherwise disable combined mode. but you also need to select 1st boot device as sata/dvd. in my bios it showed both ide and sata cd/dvd boot drive options. i had one of each and it was set to ide/cd-dvd so it ignored my sata dvd drive. perhpas you have the same issue - its set to ide cd/dvd.

I didnt see the sub-menus in the settings. Good spot - my stupidty i will check.

Field Note #71 @snakeo2 2010-02-13

I just did another re-install and still having audio issues despite the fact that I chose the audio patch which matched my audio chipset. I'm still having issues with restart/shutdown, which is frustrating. I will keep trying and report back.

Field Note #72 @cottage1909 2010-02-13 ↳ Re: @snakeo2
@snakeo2I just did another re-install and still having audio issues despite the fact that I chose the audio patch which matched my audio chipset. I'm still having issues with restart/shutdown, which is frustrating. I will keep trying and report back.

With my new understanding of the settings what i was selecting that worked was all kernels and all cmos fixes. To this i added ati drivers and alc889a audio.

No difference when booted up. Still no audio output device. Restart worked fine. I still only have 1280x1024 resolution offered - i have a 2560x1600 monitor. It identifies my graphics adapter as radeon 4890. I think it is xfx 4830 or 50 definitely not 90.

main problem seems to be just no audio seems stable and reliable

i am booting sl from the hazard boot loader. I would like to dual boot with windows 7 but without more research i dont know how to. Whether its as simple using easybcd to add and entry for osx to the windows MBR? etc. any ideas?

Field Note #73 @snakeo2 2010-02-13

I will try your suggestion. As far as multiboot, I've read a few tutorial about dual booting windows 7 & mac and it seems pretty easy. Actually during the install, I think you can select to install cameleon which will let you boot both operating systems. I havent read much about cameleon, so cant really offer more concrete information. I also noticed that it didnt recognize my video card (radeon 4650). Instead it shows as radeon 2600 series, and it only shows it has 256mb of memory when my card has 1gb.

Field Note #74 @snakeo2 2010-02-13

cottage1909,

By any chance did you run "Marvin's AMD Utility" to patch your system? I tried running it but it keeps freezing? So you installed all kernels and all cmos patches? I wonder if that wouldnt cause a kernel panic since you are installing all of them?

Field Note #75 @markolo25 2010-02-14

uhm my specs are
phenom 9950
m3a78-em
sb600
780g
alc1200
hd4850
sata hard drive.

what do i need to select after i click custom install.

Field Note #76 @JoesMorgue 2010-02-14 ↳ Re: @crops

I would recommend an external DVD drive. Get an ATA to USB device and an ATA DVD drive (Burner would be of more use) You have something to fall back on if you need it.

@cropsBig Question: I have a new netbook (small notebook without DVD). How to install this distro from USB?:-/ Is it the full DVD or does it have something ripped like extra voices? Old (or stable) doesn't mean bad. Do you mean that snow leopard SHOULD use newer hacks? TIA (this is the first Snow Leopard distro that I see)
Field Note #77 @hlbomfim 2010-02-16 ↳ Re: @Hack3r
@Hack3rYes, it would automatically reboot my system. I've tried a plethora of boot flags. Yes, I have a AMD Athlon II 215 system

I've the same problem and the same mobo.
What did U do?

Field Note #78 @JoesMorgue 2010-02-18

I did a Torrent DL of this from <Website> and burned it to a DVD.

The disk won't boot! Should it have? I also noticed that it fit on a single layer DVD, which also seems strange.

Must this be installed as an update? Did I get a bad image?

I'm planning on installing this on: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01… ↗

It has 3 Gigs of RAM, and an AMD 4450e dual core

I'm VERY green still when it comes to Macs

Field Note #79 @skullster 2010-02-18

Boot fails on Dell Vostro

Hi I am using Snow Leopard 10.6.1-10.6.2 Intel AMD made by Hazard iso dl'ed via Bit torrent. My machine is a Dell Vostro 1400 that's with T7500 cpu (2.2 Dualcore) 4gb ram and the Intel GM965 chipset. SATA hdd (250gb) and DVD drives and NVidia GS8400m 128mb

The dvd seems to boot fine and use F8 to add in the - v parameter and it continues to boot. Darwin starts and the resolution of the screen changes. Then I get a panic with the following detail:-

panic(cpu 0 caller 0x00407075): "ACPI: AcpiOsFree"@/VoodooKernel/xnu-1228.7.58/iokit/Kernel/IOLib.cpp:724
Debugger called: <panic>

backtrace (cpu 0), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)

** lots of 0x5a793xxxx lines ****

Backtrace continues
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform(1.0.3)@0x5489a000->0x548d0fff
dependancy: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily (2.4.1)@0x5483d0000
dependancy: com.apple.iokit.IOAPIFamily (1.2.8 )@0x5483d0000

Phew
Any one got any idea whats going on or how to get the install working? I managed to do a vanilla install of 10.6.1 on an MSI wind - but on the Vostro I cannot get anything to boot -s- similar errors trying boot123 OSX86 boot disks.

Is the Vostro just a no go for OSX?

Field Note #80 @xXrkidXx 2010-02-20

Has anybody figured out how to bypass the RAM checks yet? It's really the only thing stopping me..

Field Note #81 @zoand 2010-02-23

Working perfectly! Very good.

PC Intel D685PERL + Pentium 4 (3.0), MacOS 10.6.2 (Hazard)

Field Note #82 @sekelsek 2010-02-26

Cann some one help me with Snow leopard.

My configuration:
asus p5k premium
ati 4670 512 Mb
2 HD WD sata drives
sata Dvd drive

I install Snow Leopard 10.6.1-10.6.2 Intel AMD made by Hazard and then after the first restart friz the comp. and an screen says

You need to restard your computer.Hold down the power button until unit it turns of.

Where is the problem?

Field Note #83 @CMB75 2010-02-26

someone could help me?
I tried many times to install Snow Leopard on my notebook Hazard DV5245ea HP and Acer netbooks AAO D250, but without success.
At startup always go into kernel panic.
I successfull install it on AMD processor and I can not get it to work with Intel … crazy!
for your help.

Field Note #84 @elkhal 2010-02-26 ↳ Re: @heartsurfer008

cpus=1 busratio=20

@heartsurfer008Bro I have downloaded it but can you with the installation process as I am new to this My PC config is Gigabyte S series motherboard AMD Phenom Processor [Quad Core] I am now running Windows 7 x64 [7600 Build] I tried to boot & then pressed F8 & tried entering both [-v arch=i386 & arch=i386], after doing that my PC reboots again doin…

Try this:

cpus=1 busratio=20

Field Note #85 @LORENZOGA87 2010-03-04

this is my first post here.
I'm trying to install this Distro into my PC.
Firstly sorry for my bad english
Secondly my problem is the double panic when i'm booting Snow Leopard
My hardware is the seguent:
Motherboard: Asus M4a77TD Pro
Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 3.0Ghz 945
Ram: 2x2Gb DDR3 1333Mhz
HD IDE 160 GB maxtor; HD SATA 250 GB Maxtor
Video Card: Sapphire HD 4670 1 GB DDR3
DVD ROM - LG SATA

I fully tryed a iDeneb Distro and everything work (exception to Audio and low graphics)

I tryed this configuration for SL

Legacy 10.2 kernel
Amd Patch
ATI 45xx-46xx
AppleATIATA
Chameleon RC3 PCEFI 10.5
LegacyAppleRTC

and it give me double panic for CPU
Someone can give me help?
LorenzoGa ITA

Field Note #86 @sammy001 2010-03-16

SL gets stuck in boot after install

I'm new here and need some help...

I had a successful installation and now after reboot i got stuck in the grey screen where the apple logo appears.
When I take the options "-v busratio=20" i get still waiting for root device.
Thank you for your help, sorry for my english (I'm german)
Sammy

My system:
Fatality FP-IN9 SLI - Mainboard
Nvidia Geforce 8800GT - Graphic
8GB Ram OCZ
Intel Core2Quad Q6600 CPU (x64)

Field Note #87 @ismar23 2010-03-21

I'm with a problem, I downloaded the MAC, but in time to boot it restarts the computer.

My Settings:
AMD Phenom 750
GTX 260
320GB SATA HD
ASUS SATA DVD
NForce 790th / CROSSHAIR II FORMULA

And the images here:

Field Note #88 @ufo_all 2010-03-23

i think iam very close.. can you gues tell me what error is this..i get kernel pani.. says.. mac os version is not yet install..

Field Note #89 @granitkw 2010-04-05

Need help

Please could anyone tell me that to do with my AMD it is show me this error:
System config file '/com.apple.Boot.plist' not found
This error show m during installation Snow Leopard for AMD by Hazard and nothing wrong?

Field Note #90 @vz90954 2010-04-09

please help

i tried to nstall it on a hp pavilion dv6-1350ej about 20 times.
just one time i came all the way to the finish configuration of the installed osx. (user name, passsword and etc.) but i forgot to check th ps2 support and didn't have keyboard or mouse recoginition.
as i'm new at this i tried to install it another time but without success. i forogt wich boxes i checked and unchecked on setup.
could someone please advice?

my laptop is:
hp pavilion dv6-1350-ej:
t4300 cpu, 2gb ddr3, ati radeon hd 4530, 250GB,
WIFI - intel wifi link 1000 bgn
EHTERNET - realtek pci

Field Note #91 @DEADLY360 2010-04-09

I have 2 SATA II hard disk and 1 IDE hard disk
one with 500GB and another with 1 TB
it doesn't detect 500GB SATA II
but it can detect another 1 TB SATA II (Windows Installed in it)
i plan to use 500GB SATA II for Hackintosh. B4 iATKOS V7 can detect but now it can't
it's same for all distros, none can detect 500GB SATA II
In bios i set it to ACHI>IDE too, but still cannot detect.
need help

Field Note #92 @Mauzao OS X 2010-04-12

This distro is supposed to be intala directly from DVD without the need to have a version already running on Mac OS pc?

Field Note #93 @rex1825 2010-04-15

re

...well, I'm wondering if this could work on:
AMD Phenom II 955 BE
2x 1GB DDRII 800MHz
4870 512MB
DFI LanParty DK 790FXB-M2RS
2x 320GB SATAII
1x 750GB SATAII
PS/2 keyboard
USB mouse

Field Note #94 @yogibear7 2010-04-18 ↳ Re: @ufo_all
@ufo_alli think iam very close.. can you gues tell me what error is this..i get kernel pani.. says.. mac os version is not yet install..

Good news or bad news. If you have leopard installed on another partition (like I did) all you have to do is replace a file in the snow leopard partition.

SO, go into Leopard and access the Snow Leopard partition. Then go to System/Library/Extensions. Take the kext from the attached zip file and drop it into the Extensions directory and replace. Then reboot into Snow Leopard and all SHOULD work correctly.

Edit: For those who don't have Leopard on another partition - when installing from the disk, custimize the install and find the "IOATAFAMILY Fix" and make sure it is selected. This will make sure you don't get a kernel panic becuase of the kext.

Field Note #95 @barry matharoo 2010-04-29

my specs are
toshiba satellite l515 s4925
intel c2d 2.1 ghz
intel motherboard
intel based onboard graphics

the setup installs correctly
but when i start it gives me error and says me to restart my pc
i am using Snow_Leopard_10.6.1-10.6.2_SSE2_SSE3_Intel_AMD_by_Hazard

what should i do:-/

Field Note #96 @hbdwais 2010-07-21

Hello, i would like to know if this distro is working with my system, i tried to boot Snow_Leopard_10.6.1-10.6.2_SSE2_SSE3_Intel_AMD_by_Hazard from DVD with -v option but i can't continue with the installation because it will just restart immediately...My system specs below

System : Asus K40AD
Processor : AMD Athlon 64 X2 M300
Chipset : 780G + SB700
Video : ATI Radeon HD4570 512MB
HDD : 320GB SATA
Memory : 2GB

i'm planning to dualboot my laptop with windows 7 & snow leopard on the same harddisk..i'm currently running windows 7.. thnks in advance

Field Note #97 @timberwolf5 2010-07-21 ↳ Re: @hbdwais
@hbdwaisi tried to boot Snow_Leopard_10.6.1-10.6.2_SSE2_SSE3_Intel_AMD_by_Hazard from DVD with -v option but i can't continue with the installation because it will just restart immediately

It doesnt like your video card. Boot also with -x.

Let us know if that works.

Field Note #98 @hbdwais 2010-07-21 ↳ Re: @timberwolf5
@timberwolf5It doesnt like your video card. Boot also with -x. Let us know if that works.

i've tried booting also with arch=i386 together with the -v option, still no luck.. same thing happens restart immediately..

ok let me try this -x option and i'll let you if it works or not..wish me luck! i hope this will work..anyway, thnks for quick reply

ooops! still no luck, i'm stuck with (look picture below)

left side of my screen

right side of my screen

sorry for the low quality of my screenshots..

Field Note #99 @XCalvin 2010-07-28

is it possible to get my graphics card working should i use nv enabler or something else

Field Note #100 @raze5115 2011-06-09

help installing this distro on my Biostar a780l mobo

Here are my pc specs:

Biostar a780l motherboard
Amd athlon 64 x2 4450e dual core processor
3GB DDR2 PC6400 800MHz ram
Galaxy geforce 240GT
80GB PATA HDD
160GB PATA HDD
500GB SATA HDD
2TB SATA HDD
Memorex SATA DVD Burner
NZXT newegg exclusive full tower case

I need help installing mac os x snow leopard 10.6.1 10.6.2 Intel/amd made by hazard on my mobo. I get a cpu panic on cpu 0. I am still a newbie on installing mac os x on an amd hackintosh pc. Any help would be most appreciated.

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