RANDUMBNAME Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 HI ALL ok so.... i have an hp dv7-3085dx (i7 intel pm55 chipset laptop), i had ideneb 1.6 10.5.8 combo update running fine but only with 1 cpu and it ran with the small caveat that i had to install natinit and efi strings from aitkos v7 (10.5.6) after finishing the ideneb install, no other method seemed to load the drivers.. Once the new distro came out i had tried to install hazard's 10.6.2 combo update to get all cores running, heres what i found, IT WOULDNT BOOT WITHOUT CPUS=1 BUSRATIO=12 FSB=133 OK FIRST I WAS LIKE YA RIGHT SNOW ON A LAPTOP WITH H20INSYDE BIOS THEN I WAS LIKE IS THIS THING REALLY INSTALLING? THEN I WAS LIKE AHAHA SO LONG SUCKERS I GOT SNOW WITH MULTI CORE SUPPORT AND EVERYTHING THEN ONCE I TRIED TO RUN ANY GRAPHICS APPLICATIONS I WAS LIKE OSX REPORTS 0 NVRAM ON MY NVIDIA GT 230M (I HAD TO USE EFI FOR 285 couldnt find 230) I have tried installing nvinject from other distros and all the options from the hazrd distro but they all result in the "your computer needs to be restarted screen" ok so heres the question... how do i install the correct efi strings and/or packages or drivers for this card on this board for this os? its a pm55 board with i7 720 chip and nvidia gt 230m... free internet tokens for the guy or girl who can help me out pls pls pls ! just missing video thats it... OMG!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apple31415 Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 I am a total noob but am getting a dv7-3085dx delivered next week. So, if I am reading you correctly, ideneb 1.6 10.5.8 + natinit and efi strings from aitkos v7 (10.5.6) = 1 cores running with graphics ideneb 1.6 10.5.8 + natinit and efi strings from aitkos v7 (10.5.6) + hazard's 10.6.2 combo update = all 4 cores running but no graphics Forget free internet tokens, I'd pay to have a working system! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InsanelyMAG Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Ok, so I gave it a try on my DV7t-3000 but I went with a different mothod. I used the Empire EFI boot disk for i7s to install a real MAC OSX snow leopard upgrade DVD (The one you buy for $30). I was able to install snow leopard without a problem. Once inside OSX I browsed the Empire EFI CD and I installed myhack so I could get a self booting system, it didn't work but it did get my sound working. I next tried getting the video card to work but the drivers I tried didnt work for me. Do you mind sharing in detail how you got your video card to work using the Aitkos DVD so I can try is on my snow leopard install. In the hardware profiles it showed a 1.6 ghz CPU and under cores it was 4 so im assuming that snow leopard recognized all 4 cores HI ALL ok so.... i have an hp dv7-3085dx (i7 intel pm55 chipset laptop), i had ideneb 1.6 10.5.8 combo update running fine but only with 1 cpu and it ran with the small caveat that i had to install natinit and efi strings from aitkos v7 (10.5.6) after finishing the ideneb install, no other method seemed to load the drivers.. Once the new distro came out i had tried to install hazard's 10.6.2 combo update to get all cores running, heres what i found, IT WOULDNT BOOT WITHOUT CPUS=1 BUSRATIO=12 FSB=133 OK FIRST I WAS LIKE YA RIGHT SNOW ON A LAPTOP WITH H20INSYDE BIOS THEN I WAS LIKE IS THIS THING REALLY INSTALLING? THEN I WAS LIKE AHAHA SO LONG SUCKERS I GOT SNOW WITH MULTI CORE SUPPORT AND EVERYTHING THEN ONCE I TRIED TO RUN ANY GRAPHICS APPLICATIONS I WAS LIKE :censored2: OSX REPORTS 0 NVRAM ON MY NVIDIA GT 230M (I HAD TO USE EFI FOR 285 couldnt find 230) I have tried installing nvinject from other distros and all the options from the hazrd distro but they all result in the "your computer needs to be restarted screen" ok so heres the question... how do i install the correct efi strings and/or packages or drivers for this card on this board for this os? its a pm55 board with i7 720 chip and nvidia gt 230m... free internet tokens for the guy or girl who can help me out pls pls pls ! just missing video thats it... OMG!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m3at Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 Did you ever get this working? I have the same exact system and bought the retail/upgrade version of snow leopard. It installs fine on my system, but only sees 1 core and 1Gb of ram. Also, not seeing any vid card support for it. I am a total noob but am getting a dv7-3085dx delivered next week. So, if I am reading you correctly, ideneb 1.6 10.5.8 + natinit and efi strings from aitkos v7 (10.5.6) = 1 cores running with graphics ideneb 1.6 10.5.8 + natinit and efi strings from aitkos v7 (10.5.6) + hazard's 10.6.2 combo update = all 4 cores running but no graphics Forget free internet tokens, I'd pay to have a working system! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Softland Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Hi Randumbname! I've got same specs as you: DV7 3085dx i7 720QM. Did you ever sort out the boot issue? I've noticed throughout forums that there's a few people with same specs and I've been trying for a fex days now to install a osx iAtkos v7 on my laptop. The issue is that I can only boot with flags like: ("cpus=1 busratio=12 -y -u -x") (in safemode) I've tried to install some patches and kext's but nothing seem to solve the reboot issue!!! Anyone who can help me? Pleeeeeeease!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jy371 Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 Hi! every DV7-3085DX owners, I have the same laptop and am researching on the topic. Is there anyone get this laptop working with Snow Leopard? How? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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