gravicle Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 Hey there! Mac osX has now become an obsession for me.... I 've had a really hard time trying to make ANY osX work. Here are my Specs: Mobo: ASUS P5N-MX (CHIPSET: NVIDIA GeForce 7050 /Southbridge: nForce 610i) Intel CELERON-D 347 CPU 3.0 GHz with instructions: MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 EM64T phoenix ACPI BIOS 802 128MB onboard gfx 2gig DDR-2 400MHz Hynix RAM PATA 160GB + 40GB HDD PATA DVD/RW..... i've just one ATA cable...thus the HDD & DVD/RW are on the same cable I don't know if I have a jmicron controller or not... I have tried the following distros, with their respective problems: iATKOS V5i : installed OK but then STILL WAITING FOR ROOT DEVICE iATKOS V7 : installed OK but then STILL WAITING FOR ROOT DEVICE iDeneb v1.5 10.5.7 : installed OK but then STILL WAITING FOR ROOT DEVICE (during install i got error SAM MULTIMEDIA READ OR WRITE ERROR but the installer proceeded) iPC_OSx86_10_5_6_Universal_PPF5_Final : cannot even boot the CD due to STILL WAITING FOR ROOT DEVICE Kalyway 10.5.2 : cannot update system uuid To solve the "STILL WAITING FOR ROOT DEVICE " I tried this: 1. played a LOT with jumpers and cables (u understand that....ryt).. no result 2. Tried configuring the BIOS in ways listed here as well as according to the guide http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=167180, did a LOT of tinkering.. HUH...to no avail 2. tried a plethora of flags in all imaginable combinations: -v -f -x -s platform=x86PC platform=ACPI rd=diskXsY (with all values of X & Y) rd=diskX idehalt=0 3. tried patching the iPC iso with iPC_v1.1_PPF patch... but the DVD din't boot = AS USUAL 4. tried various kernels but not all : AppleNforceATA, AppleNforceATA_TEST, Vanilla, SleepKernel, Voodo I've spent countless hours trying to resolve it and went through numerous guides... none to much avail. The mobo is compatible as detailed here but its all on SATA/SATA. As far as I know IDE is rather more compatible. What's wrong with my rig? Please help. I'll not let it go until I'm done with it. I've installed MANY times but never saw an APPLE screen beyond the grey one ...with a CROSS on it Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vipuljam Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 try SATA/SATA.....! @aly369 i'm planning t buy a graphic card,. can u suggest which one will work best with our mobo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravicle Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 try SATA/SATA.....! @aly369 i'm planning t buy a graphic card,. can u suggest which one will work best with our mobo. Thanks for the quick reply dude. FiNALLLLLy I got past the ERROR.... I played with the IDE/SATA drivers in the iATKos v7 customization & Selected INTEL SATA/IDE driver.... And lo! it went past the "still waiting for Root device" But then the boot stopped at a blank BLACK SCREEN... GoDDD Damn.... I booted with -V flag... also tried -x (safe mode) but it never reaches anywhere. Any ideas. please... P.S.: I tried to delete NVIDIA drivers but I cannot even reach the -s mode. Black screen Everywhere. Vipuljam can you lemme kno your customisation settings... all of em... Bro... I'm a big time Newbie to OSx86... but can atleast suggest to follow the HCL... that's the most reliable piece of info relating with the hardware. Our mobo doesn't seem to be listed but other 610i are and graphics cards depend largely on that. Here is the wiki: http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page browse according to your version. Hope thats worth something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vipuljam Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Thanks for the quick reply dude. FiNALLLLLy I got past the ERROR.... I played with the IDE/SATA drivers in the iATKos v7 customization & Selected INTEL SATA/IDE driver.... And lo! it went past the "still waiting for Root device" But then the boot stopped at a blank BLACK SCREEN... GoDDD Damn.... I booted with -V flag... also tried -x (safe mode) but it never reaches anywhere. Any ideas. please... P.S.: I tried to delete NVIDIA drivers but I cannot even reach the -s mode. Black screen Everywhere. Vipuljam can you lemme kno your customisation settings... all of em... Bro... I'm a big time Newbie to OSx86... but can atleast suggest to follow the HCL... that's the most reliable piece of info relating with the hardware. Our mobo doesn't seem to be listed but other 610i are and graphics cards depend largely on that. Here is the wiki: http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page browse according to your version. Hope thats worth something. NO .... you try SATA HDD & SATA DVD Drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aly369 Posted September 7, 2009 Author Share Posted September 7, 2009 @vipuljam Most of them work fine i would recommend the 8600GT Because im using that one right now and its fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravicle Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 @vipuljam I have just borrowed an NVIDIA GS8400 512MB card and it works just fine... with full QE/CI support... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aly369 Posted September 7, 2009 Author Share Posted September 7, 2009 @gravicle How did you get your pata working... because i install the same same driver but my pata hard drive didnt work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vipuljam Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 hey aly369 can u just give me the description of your 8600GT model? or is there any new model with high graphics is available and working with our MoBo or not? please suggest me.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravicle Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 @gravicle How did you get your pata working... because i install the same same driver but my pata hard drive didnt work sorry for the delay.. I selected this DRIVERS SYSTEM SATA/IDE Intel SATA/IDE Generic IDE p5n-mx is only marginally ACPI and thus the nForceACPI kexts don't work for our 610i on p5n-mx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aly369 Posted September 13, 2009 Author Share Posted September 13, 2009 @vipuljam http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...3-115-_-Product basicly any graphics card that is supported by mac osx and it uses pci-e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L14M333 Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Hi has anyone got anywhere on making the on board graphics working???? Thanks in advance Liam. MOBO: Asus P5N MX RAM: 3GB PROCESSOR: 2.00ghZ Intel Pentium Dual Core HDD: 80GB SATA DVD: HP dvd1070 SATA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athletics29 Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 who would i do this on my computer a dell inspiron 530, straight out of box http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Dell%20Inspiro...2A6jKvhuTagn7sF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aly369 Posted September 15, 2009 Author Share Posted September 15, 2009 @L14M333 it looks like the onboard graphics will never be supported by yourself a pci-e graphicscard.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L14M333 Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 @L14M333 it looks like the onboard graphics will never be supported by yourself a pci-e graphicscard.... ok nevermind. I have a pci e one but the fans broke but I'm sure I'll figure out something... Also my dads a genius. I has an error while booting what I mentioned on your vid... He was joking around and typed kill and it loads!!!! I love him lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L14M333 Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Right for future cases in case i didn't make it clear... if you get unable to probe or mount errors... wait till you get the last error then about 10 seconds after type kill and press enter... the timing has to be slightly precise i believe so good luck also P5N MX (610i Chipset)'s onboard graphics seem to have problems... try a PCI-E one and thanks alot for your help... id never have mac if it wernt for this post Liam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vipuljam Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Ya I successfully installed 8500 GT geforce on my PC using EFI studio. Now, I have ZTE EVDO AC8700 USB modem, can any budy suggest how can I use it on mac? Thanks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aly369 Posted September 26, 2009 Author Share Posted September 26, 2009 Sorry for the late reply the website where i got the from was down for a couple of days.... http://bsnlevdoclub.com/forum/using-zte-ac...-mac-t-127.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walssin Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Hi.. I am trying to install jas 10.4.8 in my pc which has Asus P5N-MX motherboard.. I read many of your posts and flashed the bios, changed "sata controller" to AHCI.. But still its showing "still waiting for the root device.. Can you help me please.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walssin Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 try SATA/SATA.....! @aly369 i'm planning t buy a graphic card,. can u suggest which one will work best with our mobo. Hi. Even I have asus P5N-MX mob.. I'm trying to install 10.4.8 in my pc... I flashed the bios and changed "sata controller" to AHCI.. But what do you mean by SATA/SATA and where can I do this setting?? Please reply.. Thanks a ton in advance.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aly369 Posted September 29, 2009 Author Share Posted September 29, 2009 Try Ipc 10.5.6 or Iatkos v7 Because tiger is now getting out of date and i will never support it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walssin Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 Try Ipc 10.5.6 or Iatkos v7 Because tiger is now getting out of date and i will never support it Hi.. And thanks a lot for a quick reply.. I will try and get back to you.. Thanks.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walssin Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Hi.. I have installed iatkos v7 in my hard disk.. Installation took very long time. And latter the pc got restarted and then their was this white screen with Mac logo on it, which never seemed to change.. I am seeing only the same screen and i am not able to do anything.. I have not installed any os at present.. I chose IDE in sata controller.. At present using Ubuntu live cd.. Please guide me.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aly369 Posted October 3, 2009 Author Share Posted October 3, 2009 Ypu need to change the sata controller to AHCI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walssin Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 Ypu need to change the sata controller to AHCI I tried Ipc 10.5.6.. But the evil "still finding root device" came up.. I have changed the sata controller to AHCI.. Please help.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aly369 Posted October 7, 2009 Author Share Posted October 7, 2009 Have you flashed your bios to 0802 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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