The "Unofficial" Empire EFI Support Thread

[t0ad99]

this is what I'm running

MB: M2N68-LA
AMD 64 x2 dual core 4400+ 2.3GHZ
PCI Gforce 8600 GTS
3gig Memory
need more just ask...

I loaded Empire EFI 10.6.3
I'm using a retail snowleo 10.6.3 usb flash install image

I get all the way up to the Language selection, my mouse moves but nothing happens when I click the next button, or enter.. it just sits there.

The mouse is using USB and keyboard is ps2. I am going to try another run today replacing my keyboard with a usb one.

[XCalvin]

i already have retail snow leopard and the amd empire efi.
when i choose install osx its goes to the loading screen and just keeps loading i left it on all night and it was the same.
how can i fix this?

[t0ad99]

Recently with a legacy empire efi I have been able to get to the install screen but my hard drive is not present for install, nor is it present in disk utilitiy.

I think my mb/proc combo isn't a great candidate for this. So I'm thinking of replacing the motherboard/proc.

any suggestions on a hardware combo I can pick up from pricewatch ?

thanks!

[toml_12953]

I haven't been able to get on the EmpireEFI site for a few days. Is it going to reopen soon?

Tom L

[toml_12953]

I installed a retail OS X 10.6.3 disk using EmpireEFI when my Dell Studio XPS 9000 had a Core i7 920 in it and everything worked perfectly. I upgraded the computer to a Core i7 980X and then my TOD clock was running way too fast and MP4 videos weren't synced with the audio. I figured a reinstall would fix the problem. Well I backed up all my data, reformatted the hard drive and tried to reinstall but now I can't boot from the retail disk. Is there any way to do it? I'm using Empire EFI 1.085 R2 and I can't seem to get to your site to download any other version now.

Thanks

Tom Lake

[derfman24]

I'm hackintoshing a Intel DM510 motherboard. Whenever I load my 10.6.0 retail disc, I get a memory allocation error. I'm using a 1.085 Empire Efi.

[Predatux]

First of all, I come ... and then congratulate prasys for their excellent work.
I'd like to ask some questions. I have an Asus motherboard P5KPL/EPU with 2x2 GB Ram. Once loaded the operating system, I see that you are only using 1GB of memory. If I look advanced, I can see that the system recognizes the two memory modules and gives as correct, but still only uses one. Asking in various forums, have told me that is a common problem, but have not found way to solve it. I would be grateful if you could guide me a little to solve the problem.

On the other hand, I would like to consider a couple of suggestions to include new versions of empire.

The first is that aside from being able to download iso format, were to put a special version to install on USB devices that were compatible with software to create bootable USB devices, style unetbootin, usBuntu, etc.

The reason for the request, it is much more practical to start the operating system from a USB memory from an optical drive, other than that there are many computers that do not have it. It would also be very useful to be able to customize the behavior of the application, because users may make various changes to the program that would be recorded on the USB drive.

The second request is that you include a small application to install on Mac, Linux or Windows that simply check online updates of Empire, myHack, etc, and download them automatically. I think it would be very useful to keep up with people who do not have much time to make these checks.

Thanks in advance.

[toml_12953]

I can't wait for the nVidia version! I tried the Generic and ATI versions. They both let me choose the language and partition and format a drive but when I get to the actual install screen, it shows 33 min. remaining then down to 30 min and an error occurs every time (both Generic and ATI). I'm using a Retail 10.6.3 Box Set DVD.

Intel Core i7 X980 CPU 3.33 GHz, nVidia GTX 470, 24 GB DDR3 RAM, three 2 GB WD SATA HDs

[bluntknife]

Hi,
I have installed vanilla SL on my laptop using the EE v1.85 (chameleon) CD and as far as I can tell 90% of what should work is working. This includes the battery charging status and the icon in the menu bar.

However, I want to boot from my hard disk not from the EE boot CD so I used myHack 1.1.4 to install the boot loader. This works up to a point but now the battery isn't recognised and a few other nice bits are now gone.

How do I install the EXACT settings that the EE boot CD uses to my hard disk please?

I hope someone can help. I have searched lots of forums but have not found a conclusive answer which is why I am now asking.

Many thanks.