iATKOS v5.0i 10.5.5 and Dell Inspiron 530 -- Help?

shadesofjoe · #1 12-04-2008, 06:00 PM

Okay, I should offer up here at the beginning that this is the first time I've ever tried anything like this, so I'm pretty much an utter noob. That being said, does anyone have any advice for custom packages and boot options I should be selecting during the installation process? I've tried it a couple times and keep getting stuck at the grey apple loading screen after first boot.

I'm running:
- Intel Q6600 Dual Core 2.4 Ghz processor
- ATI Radeon Sapphire x1950 512MB Video Card
- FoxConn G33m03 motherboard (I think, anyway. This is what I read comes stock on this model)

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

erick2red · #2 12-22-2008, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by shadesofjoe

Okay, I should offer up here at the beginning that this is the first time I've ever tried anything like this, so I'm pretty much an utter noob. That being said, does anyone have any advice for custom packages and boot options I should be selecting during the installation process? I've tried it a couple times and keep getting stuck at the grey apple loading screen after first boot.

I'm running:
- Intel Q6600 Dual Core 2.4 Ghz processor
- ATI Radeon Sapphire x1950 512MB Video Card
- FoxConn G33m03 motherboard (I think, anyway. This is what I read comes stock on this model)

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

try without selecting any graphic options

nfoav8or · #3 12-22-2008, 10:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shadesofjoe

Okay, I should offer up here at the beginning that this is the first time I've ever tried anything like this, so I'm pretty much an utter noob. That being said, does anyone have any advice for custom packages and boot options I should be selecting during the installation process? I've tried it a couple times and keep getting stuck at the grey apple loading screen after first boot.

I'm running:
- Intel Q6600 Dual Core 2.4 Ghz processor
- ATI Radeon Sapphire x1950 512MB Video Card
- FoxConn G33m03 motherboard (I think, anyway. This is what I read comes stock on this model)

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

the FoxConn G33m03 has the Intel G33 + ICH9 chipsets so a Kalyway 10.5.2 install should do the trick... otherwise iAtkos should still offer the proper chipset kexts...

If you want.... boot using the boot flag "-s" and then remove the problem (video) kexts with

Code:

/sbin/mount -uw /
cd /System/Library/Extensions/
rm -Rf GeForce*
rm -Rf ATI*
rm -Rf NVDA*
cd ..
rm -Rf Extensions.mkext
reboot

reboot using the boot flags "-v debug=0x100" and let me know how it goes.

we'll need to reinstall video again later but this should get you into the system.