Does anyone know if it would be possible to install os x on the Toshiba L450D ?

it has 4gb ram , amd x2 dual core processor, ati radeon hd 3200 graphics

I have no idea what motherboard it uses

it's fairly new and I've heard no talk what so ever about os x running on it so any help would be appreciate.

I would try the iPC V7, with the latest PPF udate applied, or the AMD version of SnowOSX universal, Or the AMD version of Empire EFI, I haven't heard of that model before, but it sounds like OSx86 would run great on it, If you can get it installed, the graphics sound like they would work, and the processor, but I am not sure about the USB or WiFi or LAN, I would go for the iPC distro though, because it has the Voodoo kernel with automatic cpuid patching, it will save you time in the long run.

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thanks for your help

i tried all those options to no avail, but then tried with empire efi and after using an external hard drive, restored the my mbr friendly snow leopard to it and then to a hfs partition on my laptop.

It worked!

only things is i have no drivers installed so no sound, wifi or webcam

anyone got any ideas ?

I would install VoodooHDA.kext for the sound ( I am assuming it's a Realtek Card).


I would need more info on your machine to help you any futher.


Info needed: Graphics card, LAN and WiFi card Model number and maker.

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Here goes

CPU
AMD Athlon X2 QL-64

Motherboard
Manufacturer TOSHIBA
Model NBWAE
Version PSLY5E-01301LEN
Chipset Vendor AMD

Graphis
ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics

Hitachi HTS543232L9SA00 ATA Device
Manufacturer Hitachi
Product Family Travelstar
Model capacity for this specific drive 320GB
Interface IDE
Capacity 312.57GB

Audio
Sound Cards
ATI HDMI Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio (ALC272)

Network
Realtek RTL8191SE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC

Hopefully that covers everything lol

Dear Friend Please help me with this laptop

Satellite A505-S6031 Laptop Specifications


Performance

Processor* Intel® Core™ i7-720QM processorOperating System* Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)Graphics Engine* NVIDIA® GeForce® 310MGraphics Memory* 2267MB total: 512MB GDDR3 discrete memory + up to 1755MB shared memory w/NVIDIA® TurboCache™ technology Memory and Storage

Memory* 4GB DDR3 1066MHz memoryHard Drive* 500GB HDD (5400rpm)Optical Drive* DVD-SuperMulti (+/-R double layer) with Labelflash™ drive Audio and Video

Display Size* 16.0" widescreenDisplay Type* HD TruBrite® LCD DisplayDisplay Resolution* 1366x768, Supports 720p content, 16:9 aspect ratioAudio Microphone jack (mono), harman/kardon® stereo speakers, Headphone jack (stereo), S/P DIF output port (shared with headphone port) Communication

Webcam Webcam and microphone built into LCD bezelWireless LAN* Wi-Fi® Wireless networking (802.11b/g/n)Bluetooth No Bluetooth (No Antenna)Modem ModemLAN 10/100 Ethernet LAN Power

AC Adapter 90W (19V 4.74A) 100-240V AC Adapter (For discrete graphics models)Battery Li-Ion (4000mAh, 6-Cell)Battery Life* Up to 2.58 hours
Expansion

PC Express Slot 1-ExpressCard™ SlotMedia S/P DIF output port (shared with headphone port), Memory Card ReaderUSB Ports* 3-USB (2.0), 1-eSATA/USB (2.0) combo port with Sleep and ChargeiLINK i.LINK™ IEEE-1394HDMI HDMI-CEC (Regza Link™)THE PROBLEM :

I have to try with iboot and empire efi with retail osx 10.6, the problem the installer seems stuck in language section, mouse trackpad cannot move. i have to try with -v busratio=12 with legacy empire efi and the problem stuck with waiting for root device look like thisThe IOUSBFamily is having trouble enumerating a USB device that has been plugged in. It will keep retrying. (Port 1 of hub @ location: 0x4000000

Please someone help with this problem

tks

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i've been trying for ages to install osx on this machine....without any luck.
i'm stuck at this: ioapic: version 0x21 vectors 0:23, no matter what distro i try.
i tried all the flags, cpu=1, cpu-2, etc, even tried the "plug usb stick when ioapic error happenes", nothing
the one thing that got me further was io=0x21, but this gave another error after.
i tried jas 10.4.8 distro, just because i still had the disc, and it worked! got past ioapic: version 0x21 vectors 0:23 just fine, and i was in the setup screen. which led me to the conclusion that it can be done, i just don't know how.
this laptop has a crippled bios (thanks, toshiba). it came with vista preinstalled. since i can't install snow or leo, i installed win7, hated it (i used snow on my desktop and hate using anything else), so i installed ubuntu 10.4, which is not that bad, but still it's not osx...
any ideas, people? thanks.

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CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+
RAM: 2 x 1 Gb
2xSATA HDD
ATA DVDRW
MB Asus M2N Nvidia MCP61
Video: GeForce 8600 GT 256 Mb RAM
ADI 1988 onboard audio
Audigy soundcard
Realtek lan

Hi,
I was away from Osx86 project. I wonder if there is any chance of making Radeon HD3400 work?

Thank you.

Hello:
I have been running into the above error accompanied by a kernel panic when trying to install. I have retail DVD's for 10.5.1 (Leo) and 10.6.3 (Snow Leo) and have tried the following methods:

- iBoot (nVidia,ATI,Supported) using the 10.5.1 Retail DVD
- Empire EFI using the 10.6.3 DVD
- Boot-132 Generic using the 10.5.1 Retail DVD
- Snow Leopard by Hazard ISO

Somehow I was able to install Kalyway 10.5.2 by running in safe mode (-v -x boot options) and with a couple BIOS tweaks. But with the same BIOS settings and boot options the other methods fail. Most just reset the comp, but on a couple I was able to actually see the kernel panic logs nicely.

I've searched through google and it seems to be a fairly common error, but I haven't been able to get past it with anything I've found.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!
Z

System specs:
Toshiba Qosmio X505-Q860
4 GB DDR3 RAM
NIC: Atheros AR8131 PCIe GigE Controller
Sound: Contextant Pebble High Def Sound
Wireless: Realtek RTL8191SE 802.1n PCIe
Optical: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GT20F (DVD-RW Multi Drive)