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Old 12-10-2009, 12:14 AM
Josh2022 Josh2022 is offline
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Hey all,

I am having an issue I hope you can assist me with.

I followed the instructions and installed Snow Leopard on to an external USB drive (old 80gb IDE HDD inside). The install went fine, within an hour I was successfully booted into Snow Leopard on my PC. Everything worked so well in fact I decided to do the same install on an internal SATA drive. I cleared out one storage hard drive and followed the instructions again.

Originally I was getting a black screen, the error was either SMC related, or "Device in Slot 1" related. Today I happen to have my USB headset plugged in, and when I booted up to test - I heard the welcome music (the music the first time you turn on OSX and go to the registration page) coming through my speakers, but again no video other then the black screen in -v mode. (I also tried -pci0/-pci1 and -x -- none were sucessful).

Anyways, I took out my Video Card ( I have a Sapphire 4870 1GB card ) and switched to onboard video in BIOS. The system booted up fine with no flags. I entered the system with no issues at all and it is working fine as we speak. I turned off the computer and put the 4870 in again and tried to boot, but it went right back to the black screen.

What confuses me is I had to do absolutely nothing reguarding my Video Card when installing to the external USB drive, but for some reason, while installing to my internal SATA drive, my video card will not operate correctly.

(Note: during one of my many tests I copied over the boot file, kernel, /Extras/ folder to my internal sata drive from my working external drive install (i rebuilt the mkext file and changed the UUIDs to the internal.. but that did not work either.)).

Any suggestions on what I can try to do to be able to use my 4870?


Summary:

-- Can boot into OSX with internal graphics.
-- Black screen when attempting to boot with Radeon 4870.
-- External USB drive works fine WITH the 4870 in.

Mobo and GPU:

Motherboard: Gigabit MA-790GP-UD4H
VC: Sapphire 4870 1GB
Processor: Phenom II x4 920 (4x 3.0GHz)

Thanks very much!
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Old 12-19-2009, 09:17 AM
biird biird is offline
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I finally upgraded my AMD box to SL. Everything appears to be working except About This Mac; it's crashing, logging out and logging back in like it would back on 10.5.2...I can't seem to find a fix for this on SL (tried the old patches, nothing). Anyone heard of this or have a fix for it? Thanks!

EDIT: JK, finding a bunch of issues with volume slider and such. Either way, I haven't found anything regarding the About This Mac crash

Last edited by biird; 12-19-2009 at 09:56 AM.
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Old 12-21-2009, 06:24 PM
ushpiy ushpiy is offline
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Update: Used Apple Azalia Audio kext for sound and it works great.
Thank you everyone for helping me setup SL on my system.
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thanks (everyone in the osx86 community)
SL is working fine.
though had some very tough KPs and issues but managed to resolve them and am thinking of publishing my own guide
now only audio is left
i used the apple azalia audio kext in leopard and everything worked fine
what should i use in sl, anyone has any idea? how they got their audio working
when i use voodoohda.kext the sound is very garbled
so please help me on this part

@biird
read the entire thread for solutions to ur problems

@indy1298
i am sorry i cant help u
maybe u should try a re-install?
or use qoopz kernel

Last edited by ushpiy; 12-22-2009 at 07:15 AM.
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Old 12-23-2009, 10:31 AM
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K guys I got it booted via maxmem=4096 but still have a few problems plz help.

1) The only way i can get to the bootloader is by selecting boot device via the bios and then booting to harddrive. If i just let the computer do its thing the screen goes blank and it does not change even if i turn the computer on and off. The only way i can get it to boot back to the bios is by turning the power supply off for 10 seconds and then on.

2) How do i integrate maxmem=4096 into the bootloader so i dont have to type it in everytime.

3)Half the time i boot into sl none of the applications work... the other half only safari and itunes dont work.

4) it only shows one core working.. i used AppleSMBios-AnV-MacPro to get all the cores show on ipc but it does not work with sl. Anyway i can get it to work?

After a week of trying i finally got some kind of SL booted but please help me get these issues sorted and make the the happiest hackintosh SL user on the planet.

thanks in advance!
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Old 01-18-2010, 04:54 AM
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I think I understand now what's happening to my Nvidia 7300GT on SL. QE/CI apparently works, but the problem is OpenCL which (according to Nvidia) is not OpenCL compatible.

Could this be the cause why my SL is so sluggish? Please somebody answer.


Mac OS X Leopard 10.6.2
Intel Core i5 650 3.20 GHz (Threads: 4 Cache: 4MB Socket 1156)
ASUS P7P55D-LE
Seagate 80 GB SATA 7200rpm HDD (OS Drive)
Seagate 320 GB SATA 7200rpm HDD (Data Drive)
Built-in Via VT1828S HD Audio 8 channel
Built-in Ethernet
Palit Nvidia GeForce GT 240 512MB 128bit HDMI PCIE
2GB Kingston DDR3 RAM 1333
Monitor: Viewsonic VG1930wm 19" Widescreen
Lite-On DVD-R/RW IDE Drive

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Old 03-13-2010, 02:22 PM
erineos erineos is offline
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Hello to everyone! I am glad to be here!

I am trying to install Mac OS X 10.6 to an AMD PC. My motherboard is the ASUS M4A79T Deluxe. While the Mac OS X 10.6 DVD is loading (with the help of the latest Empire EFI boot cd), i am getting a message that there is no DSDT found and i am getting a kernel panic. What i must do?

Thank you very much!
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Old 03-15-2010, 11:46 PM
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Hello to everyone! I am glad to be here!

I am trying to install Mac OS X 10.6 to an AMD PC. My motherboard is the ASUS M4A79T Deluxe. While the Mac OS X 10.6 DVD is loading (with the help of the latest Empire EFI boot cd), i am getting a message that there is no DSDT found and i am getting a kernel panic. What i must do?

Thank you very much!
I have the same motherboard and got the same problem. Using the Empire EFI for AMD Processors no problem booting up on the empire cd works great.
I can also change to the osx cd and start it.. it starts to load alot of files and then after a while i get a kernel panic. so i tried cpus=1 -f -v -x -s and could see it loaded alot of file http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3346837/PICT1847.AVI <-- little video of what it is doing.

After a while it stops with this screen http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3346837/PICT1850.JPG and when i hit return i get this http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3346837/PICT1861.JPG

Sorry for shitty pictures

Anyone how has an ide of what is wrong and who can put me in the right direction or maybe to site where i can find more info. maybe i am looking in the wrong places coz. can't find any info.

Your can get more info in my signature

mobo : Asus M4A79T Deluxe AMD 790FX/SB750
Cpu: Amd Phenom II X3 720 bt
Ram: 4 gb ddr3 pc3-10666 (2x2)
Grafik: Asus EAH4870 1gb (ati4870)
Lan: onboard Realtek 8112 Gigabit
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Old 03-16-2010, 12:27 AM
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I am getting exactly the same things.
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Old 04-07-2010, 10:35 AM
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Before we begin to install Snow leopard On AMD system we need to prepare some file :

1. Kernel : Because AMD cant boot with vanila kernel..
for me the most success kernel is mach_kernel.test7 from modbin.
test7 its because its kernel number 7 i have test from modbin (all other kernel get me a KP)
you can get the kernel : here
2. Chameleon rc 2.640 pkg... you can get it from their website or : here
3. boot file to replace chameleon 2 boot file : here
4. DSDT.aml for your system. Google it to find out how
you will need a cmos reset fix in your DSDT.aml, DSDT patch also can be use to make your HDA sound working with vanilla AppleHDA.kext
5. Some kext like:

dsmos.kext - required to decrypt encrypted binaries
NullCPUPowerManagement.kext - attaches in place of the real AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement which doesn't work right on PCs (kernel panic, cpu running hot)
OpenHaltRestart.kext - very simple kext that makes reboot and shutdown work on PCs
PlatformUUID.kext - sets the platform UUID so that you have a uniform UUID from the very start of the boot.. this UUID is used in your preferences files (among other things) and I think it is important for a clean install to have this right from the first boot.

you can get it here

Next Step Installing Snow...
(install from a working leopard)
1. prepare an empty volume with disk utilities n get the uuid of the volume in this sample name it "snow''

Make sure that the new volume's root directory is owned by the root user.
Code:
chown 0:0 /Volumes/Snow
2. Mount the installer
a. if you have a GPT (GUUID Partition Table)
mount the snow leopard installation dmg/iso
Code:
open /Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Install\ DVD/System/Installation/Packages/OSInstall.mpkg
b if you have an MBR partition u need to edit the OSInstall.mpkg or you can download : here
u can restore the dmg/iso to an empty partition and change the Osinstall.mpkg its located on /Volume/"some volume name"/System/Installation/Packages/
run the Os install.mpkg

3. Install Snow leopard to targeted volume
4. Install Chameleon Rc 2.640 to targeted volume.
5. Replace the boot file
5. Place the new kernel in the root of volume
6. create an smbios.plist and place in to /Extra (in the targeted volume)
this is the dummy:
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>SMbiosvendor</key>
	<string>Apple Inc.</string>
	<key>SMbiosversion</key>
	<string>MP21.88Z.005C.B01.0608221120</string>
	<key>SMbiosdate</key>
	<string>04/01/2008</string>
	<key>SMboardmanufacturer</key>
	<string>Apple Computer, Inc.</string>
	<key>SMboardproduct</key>
	<string>Mac-F4208DC8</string>
	<key>SMfamily</key>
	<string>MacPro</string>
	<key>SMmanufacturer</key>
	<string>Apple Inc.</string>
	<key>SMproductname</key>
	<string>MacPro2,1</string>
	<key>SMserial</key>
	<string>W88033AKY51</string>
	<key>SMsystemversion</key>
	<string>1.0</string>
	<key>SMUUID</key>
	<string>00000000-0000-1000-8000-000000000000</string>
	<key>SMmemtype</key>
	<string>24</string>
	<key>SMmemspeed</key>
	<string>1600</string>
	<key>SMmemmanufacter</key>
	<string>Apple Computer Inc.</string>
	<key>SMmemserial</key>
	<string>100000000</string>
	<key>SMmempart</key>
	<string>1</string>
<!--
	<key>SMexternalclock</key>
	<string></string>
	<key>SMmaximalclock</key>
	<string></string>
-->
</dict>
</plist>
change the UUID with volume UUID that u have before (point 1)
also place the UUID in the PlatformUUID.kext its located on PlatformUUID.kext/content/info.plist

7. Place dmos.kext, PlatformUUID.kext, Openhaltrestart.kext, NullCPUPowerManagement.kext in /Extra/Extensions/
8. Edit your /extra/com.apple.Boot.plist
this is just a sample with EfiString for my nVidia Geforce 9600 GT
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>Kernel</key>
	<string>mach_kernel.test7</string>
	<key>Kernel Flags</key>
	<string></string>
	<key>Timeout</key>
	<string>5</string>
	<key>device-properties</key>
	<string>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</string>
</dict>
</plist>
9. Place your fixed DSDT.aml in the root of targeted volume
10. if you have other kext like voodooHDA or sumthing you can also install it (i use dsdt to get my sound working)

11. Reboot your PC and boot from targeted volume

Good Luck....

Update:
P.S Please Check Post #3 for some fix.....
I can not create DSDT.aml It always error (many errors). How to solve it? Can I boot to SL without DSDT.aml????
Thank you
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Old 04-19-2010, 03:18 PM
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Chameleon not booting

I am a noob at hackintosh. I followed the steps to install snow leopard on amd pc. Restored image to thumb drive.
Installed chameleon rc2, but failed.
I only succeded after changing the additional options to chameleon efi hfs and not the standard.
As a result, the bootloader boots but is unable to boot from my os x install usb.
Can any one help me with this? By the way, the usb is not in GUID partition.
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