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I also had a difficult time installing on a AMD Athlon™ 64 X2. I was installing on a Dell Optiplex 740, different board but same processor. Anyway the only boot CD that I was able to get to work was the Empire EFI V.1085 (Experimental for AMD Phenom and Athlon X2 , X3 , X4 and for Intel Core i3/Pentium D/Pentiu m 4 6xx series). That and a retail 10.6.3 install disk.

I don't know about other people but cost is a real concern for me. Just a few years ago I could buy a used PC for under $100 and it would have good enough specs to be a fast hackintosh. I was much more active on the board when I could pick up a cheap PC and try to hackintosh it. I didn't mind failing occasionally because I could always try another cheap old computer. I would have to spend around $300 today to buy a used PC that would run Mountain Lion. That kind of takes the sport right out of it. I am encouraged that some of the new kernals will work on older machines.

rlf, on , said:You still speak of com.apple.Boot.plist. More recent versions of Chameleon changed the name of this file to org.chameleon.Boot.plist. This would indicate you are using an older version of Chameleon. I would suggest updating to a recent version of Chameleon and set GraphicsEnabler = Yes. The reason is that more recent versions of Chameleon inject for the following subset of cards: { 0x10DE0240, "GeForce 6150" },{ 0x10DE0241, "GeForce 6150 LE" },{ 0x10DE0242, "GeForce 6100" },{ 0x10DE0244, "GeForce Go 6150" },{ 0x10DE0245, "Quadro NVS 210S / GeForce 6150LE" } I would also check your device id to see if it matches one of those in the list. Maybe you'll get lucky. Thank you, I gave a newer chameleon a try and unfortunately it didn't fix the problem. The same thing happens, it gets to the gray apple screen and re-boots. I have been googling and reading and have come across several posts that say that the built in...

when you are starting up try using "graphicsenabler=no" as a boot flag

This is a fast, easy way to install 10.6.8 on a Dell Optiplex GX620. You don't need to have an already functioning Mac to do this installation. It uses a retail Snow Leopard disk. It is not a vanilla kernel install :( When you are done everything will work, full QE/CL, sleep, sound and ethernet. Follow along with this video to see the installation step by step. ************************Specs*************************** Optiplex GX620 Desktop Computer BIOS Version A07 Intel ® Pentium ® D 820 Dual Core 2.80GHz 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ/P/PL Memory Controller Hub (rev 02) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ/P/PL PCI Express Root Port (rev 02) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02) 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01) 00:1c.1 PCI bridg...