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Problem with a new install
I'm posting for a friend, he only has one computer and he is on the phone with me trying to get his setup going.
He has just install Mac OS X through the Leo4all4.1 method. -AMD Athlon X2 -SATA hard drive -IDE DVD drive -ATI 2600HD PCIe. -a33g motherboard from pcchips I apologise if this isn't sufficient info, I can get more from him if needed to help any further. His problem is when Mac OS X begins to bootup it shows the regular gray screen with an Apple and shows that it's loading. But there is an additional symbol of a cancel sign. A circle with a slash going through it and no matter how long the wait, it still doesn't boot. Here is what it looks like http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3056/...85a96d3420.jpg Sometimes it doesn't even go that far and it would just show the Apple and the gray screen frozen and the cancel sign doesn't show up. We have attempted changing the BIOS settings to defaults and going further modifying the settings as recommended on an insanelymac post. Didn't help at all. PS: I am reading the forums now to see if there is any previous posts on this issue. |
I don't know enough regarding that motherboard model, but my Spidey Sense is telling me he should try installing onto an IDE drive instead.
I'll see if I can dig up some mobo info later on. ATM I'm fixing a fuss with Time Machine. |
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No offense, dude, but I can't read squat on most of those pictures. Can you write for us in text what it stops at in Verbose mode? And does it say anything about "still waiting for root device"?
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Well I can't say for sure that's what it is, but if you're getting "still waiting for root device" perchance, an unsupported southbridge is likely the cause.
I can't find anything on that mobo's southbridge, either. It's an SiS 965L. *continues Googling for an answer* |
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Me, I have an iBook and my PC has Windows XP MCE/Debian Etch. |
ok guys my friend gave me his pass and im sry for crappy pics i got some new ones i can email or send over a im to you guys so u have high quality i am runing a pc chips mother board its a33g it has realtech 97 audio runs ddr2 ram and a 80 gig sata hard drive and a 2600xt video card from ati i have a option in bios to make it ware the sata hard drives show up as ide i have no waiting for root device i use to on old version of mac and i tryed the fixes none of them worked and i have 2 ide dvd drives
aim is xxhollowichigoxx i went ahead and added some pics on photobucket http://s375.photobucket.com/albums/o...ollowichigoxx/ |
well i found some info on my mother board
PCCHIPS uses SiS761GX / SiS965L thats the chip set it uses well i went and did a fresh install now i get a defernt problem maybe i am installing this shit wrong or some thing a detailed guide or help on install would be nice first time i installed every chip set al the nforce and i saw on this install it said not to and i didn't select any no effi or what ever it is called and i chose every network driver my video card driver and my audio so any help would be nice |
Help with what?
"a different problem" I don't see how anyone could even guess at what's wrong with that amount of info. |