Is it impossible
With the release of Snow Leopard i would love to install it on my HP desktop, I have been able to get Leo. Installed using Lawless 10.5 AMD/Intel Distro No sound, Ethernet or wifi though. Is it possible for me with my machine? PC: HP…
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- @_J_ Published 2009-09-06
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With the release of Snow Leopard i would love to install it on my HP desktop,
I have been able to get Leo. Installed using Lawless 10.5 AMD/Intel Distro No sound, Ethernet or wifi though. Is it possible for me with my machine?
PC: HP Pavilion a6530f Desktop :
AMD Phenom Triple Core processor:
Socket AM2+
Nvidia Graphics :
GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 Chipset
Asus Mother-Board:
M2N68-LA AKA Narra3-GL8E
RAM :
4 GB DDR2 SDRAM
Western Digital Hard Disk Drive + Maxtor Hard Disk Drive
640 GB WD Sata + 12 GB Maxtor Ata
Dual Layer CD/DVD Optical Drive
Sata: 16X DVD(+/-)R/RW 12X RAM (+/-)R DL with LightScribe
Modem :
Removed
Audio :
ALC 888S chipset 8 Channel HD
+ Atheros wireless B/G Mimo network Adapter from TrendNet
, Thanks for any and all help
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4 technical responses curated from 5 original dispatches
You could probably get it running, just expect the same issues with sound, ethernet and wifi, don't know what you'd do with it with such limitations
I see, well i probably could find the drivers/kexts if someone could help me,
is there a program that scans your hardware and tells you what your options are?
then again that sounds too n00b friendly (may not exist)
Just need to find a working ata driver that allows 4GB of ram and replace the video card(with like a GeForce 7200 or 7300) and snow leopard would run great I got Snow Leopard on my Dell Inspiron 531(AMD 5600+, 2GB ram, 8600GT)
Any idea where i may find a good workable driver? Thanks
Though the ram issue for me is nothing much, as i will just run boot camp and install a windows 7 build
Is there any possible way for me to get my rig running without the video card, if not its going to be a while before i can dish out some cash for it lol. I thank you anyway.
Sources & Contributor Provenance (3 credited usernames · Thread #3953)
| Username | Dossier Contribution | Dispatches | Active Window |
|---|---|---|---|
| @_J_ | Primary Author | 3 | 2009-09-06 |
| @SquidLord | Contributor | 1 | 2009-09-06 |
| @scififan68 | Contributor | 1 | 2009-09-06 |