[AMD] Snow Leopard 10A432 Install - Page 21

ah.micky · #**201** 12-02-2009, 07:41 PM

Can anyone tell me if it can install on my laptop? i've been searching for weeks.

HP Pavilion Tx2000 (Touch Screen PC)
CPU: 2.2 GHz AMD Turion 64 x2 Dual-Core .....
Ram: 3072 mb
VGA: NVIDIA Geforce Go 6150M

Pls give me some comments on Where to download and How to install Snow Leopard 10A432.

Thanks in advance....

RetroRen · #**202** 12-02-2009, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by blacknight

There are two things keeping you from a working system. One is that the Phenom II X2 550 runs at 3.1 GHz. OS X has a problem with running with a higher multiplier than 15 on AMD systems and will instantly reboot after choosing the OS in Chameleon. Set the multiplier to 15 (3.0GHz) and you should be good. The other thing is having more than 4GB of RAM. Use the switch "maxmem=4096 -v" without quotes in your com.apple.Boot.plist or at Chameleon when choosing the OS. It isn't in the graphical options, but if you just start typing you'll see it at the bottom of the screen. Also make sure that you're using AHCI mode for all SATA controllers until you get the system going.

I personally have a Phenom II 550 and a GA-MA790FX-DS5 (nearly the same chipset) and used these methods to successfully boot Snow Leopard.

Good luck.

Actually I have multi at 15, my Phenom works at 3.0 Ghz all the time, all drives are set to AHCI, and I tried booting with maxmem=2048 on Chameleon but it didnt help

I envy you, you have a working SL

What guide did you follow?

blackknight · #**203** 12-03-2009, 12:29 AM

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Originally Posted by RetroRen

Actually I have multi at 15, my Phenom works at 3.0 Ghz all the time, all drives are set to AHCI, and I tried booting with maxmem=2048 on Chameleon but it didnt help

I envy you, you have a working SL

What guide did you follow?

Actually, I used this guide. What kernel are you using? Are you trying to run with -force64? You shouldn't have to go to 2048MB of RAM, just 4096. What other kexts are you using? The only kexts that I'm using that are needed are fakesmc 2.5Are you using PC_EFIv10.3+? Also, I notice you're using a Radeon 3850. I'm pretty sure that you won't have working QE/CI with SL, but I haven't checked lately so I could be wrong.

RetroRen · #**204** 12-03-2009, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by blackknight

Actually, I used this guide. What kernel are you using? Are you trying to run with -force64? You shouldn't have to go to 2048MB of RAM, just 4096. What other kexts are you using? The only kexts that I'm using that are needed are fakesmc 2.5Are you using PC_EFIv10.3+? Also, I notice you're using a Radeon 3850. I'm pretty sure that you won't have working QE/CI with SL, but I haven't checked lately so I could be wrong.

I didnt try -force64 so far, I thought that 64 bit doesnt work for AMD?
anyway, I tried now with maxmem=4096, it didnt help.
I used the latest chameleon version.
I tried with bunch of kext in Extra/Extensions folder:
AHCIPortinjector, AppleRTC, ATAPortInjector, Disabler, Fakesmc, IOAHCIBlockStorageInjector, JMicronATAInjector, NullCPUPowerManagement, OpenHaltRestart, PlatformUUID

You think it would work with only fakesmc?

I'm not sure about radeon 3850, but for start it would be good to even boot SL without QE/CI. I'll worry about that when I get into SL

blackknight · #**205** 12-03-2009, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by RetroRen

I didnt try -force64 so far, I thought that 64 bit doesnt work for AMD?
anyway, I tried now with maxmem=4096, it didnt help.
I used the latest chameleon version.
I tried with bunch of kext in Extra/Extensions folder:
AHCIPortinjector, AppleRTC, ATAPortInjector, Disabler, Fakesmc, IOAHCIBlockStorageInjector, JMicronATAInjector, NullCPUPowerManagement, OpenHaltRestart, PlatformUUID

You think it would work with only fakesmc?

I'm not sure about radeon 3850, but for start it would be good to even boot SL without QE/CI. I'll worry about that when I get into SL

Are you using Qoopz new kernel? If not, you should. That would get rid of AppleRTC.kext, Disabler, NullCPUPM, PlatformUUID and OpenHaltRestart. You should use the latest Fakesmc from netkas.org and your AHCI/ATA kexts (those shouldn't cause a problem) and Qoopz 10.6.0 or 10.6.2 kernel. I also recommend updating to PC_EFIv10.5 from netkas.org as well.

RetroRen · #**206** 12-03-2009, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by blackknight

Are you using Qoopz new kernel? If not, you should. That would get rid of AppleRTC.kext, Disabler, NullCPUPM, PlatformUUID and OpenHaltRestart. You should use the latest Fakesmc from netkas.org and your AHCI/ATA kexts (those shouldn't cause a problem) and Qoopz 10.6.0 or 10.6.2 kernel. I also recommend updating to PC_EFIv10.5 from netkas.org as well.

Will try that.
I didnt find any SL kext for my chipset (790x)? Where did You find them?

blackknight · #**207** 12-03-2009, 10:46 PM

There is no such thing as a kext for a chipset. There are kexts for the ethernet, sound, ATA/SATA and such that are part of a chipset, but nothing for the chipset itself.

RetroRen · #**208** 12-04-2009, 06:51 AM

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Originally Posted by blackknight

There is no such thing as a kext for a chipset. There are kexts for the ethernet, sound, ATA/SATA and such that are part of a chipset, but nothing for the chipset itself.

I know, I ment SB750 SATA/ATA kext.
I have that kext for 10.5 but it didnt work well, so I use Leopard without that kext.

dagger · #**209** 12-04-2009, 07:02 AM

I've managed to follow the instructions here and in iHackintosh and successfully installed SL on my AMD machine (which has a running 10.5.8 Leopard) on an extra 40GB IDE drive (using AppleNforceATA.kext), using GUID partition. I run it with -x32 flag for 32-bit mode.

There was no sound at first, but managed to use the AppleAC97Audio.kext in 32-bit mode (64-bit won't accept any of the 32-bit driver obviously). The issue now is how to make my graphics card work. Whenever I set the EFI string (Nvidia 7300GT 256 DDR2) on com.apple.Boot.plist inside the /Extra folder and reboot to the disk, the mouse is screwed up (going everywhere) and the interface is just sluggish (imagine a slow motion effect on your monitor).

Wondering if the SL NVDANV40Hal.kext has something to do with it or if there's already a solution for this issue. I've searched for days now on all forums and have yet to find a problem similar to mine.

Any help to resolve this would be great, so I may go to the next problem which is the Disk Utility repair issue (that I've already seen a solution to but requires me to have another running SL).

EDIT: Suddenly dawned on me that this is a QE/CI issue, so now I know what to look for particularly and hoping that there's a solution out there.

blackknight · #**210** 12-04-2009, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by RetroRen

I know, I ment SB750 SATA/ATA kext.
I have that kext for 10.5 but it didnt work well, so I use Leopard without that kext.

You need to use the AppleATIATA.kext for SL. I can't remember where I saw it, but I think it was on insanelymac.com forums in the hardware section. I personally just use AHCI as it always works in OS X, but I have it just in case. I also have a modified AppleOnboardPCATA.kext that is modified the same way as the leopard version as it seems to enable the 5th and 6th SATA ports when set to IDE mode for DVD-Roms. It was also found on insanelymac.com, but like I said, I usually use AHCI as it works the easiest.