Aries326 Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Ok, I've had my Kalyway 10.5.2 Hackintosh now for about 2 weeks running on the Vanilla Kernel on a SHuttle SG33G5 with 4GB or RAM, x1950GT Pro, Samsung 20x DVD SATA burner, and 2 Seagate Drives. Everything used to boot up in a bout a minute from the time the Shuttle logo shows to the desktop shows up. After several software and system updates, it now takes maybe 3 times longer for the boot to occur. There's a gray screen that it gets stucks at, then it turns blue, stay there for about a minute then the desktop shows up again. Other than that, everything seems to be working fine. Is there anyway to get my system to load up where I can see what is loading up so I get an idea where it is getting stuck? Anyone else with this problem after software and system updates? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikelikespie Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 I had this problem too. Then I upgraded my cpu to a q6600. Somehow it stopped being an issue. It might have been doing a software update too. Try checking for updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aries326 Posted May 23, 2008 Author Share Posted May 23, 2008 I've been checking for updates but nothing so far... I just tested iMovie and the firewire port and they don't seem to work although the firewire port shows up on the system profiler. iMovie starts but the window where you start importing doesn't show up. I'm going to try re-installing everything again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abiffmaster Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 boot in verbose mode and let us know what messages you get (i.e. when the harddrive stops) Also tell us what system you are running. More details equals better help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aries326 Posted May 26, 2008 Author Share Posted May 26, 2008 How do I boot up in verbise mode? Here's my system Model Name: Mac Model Identifier: SG33 Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor Speed: 2.52 GHz Number Of Processors: 1 Total Number Of Cores: 2 L2 Cache: 4 MB Memory: 4 GB Bus Speed: 1.44 GHz Boot ROM Version: BOOT.EFI.V80 Serial Number: CK157KMHK5B Firmware Revision: SB02 Interconnect: ATAPI Burn Support: Yes (Generic Drive Support) Profile Path: None Cache: 2048 KB Reads DVD: Yes CD-Write: -R, -RW DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RAM, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO Media: Insert media and refresh to show available burn speeds FireWire Bus: Maximum Speed: Up to 400 Mb/sec ATI Radeon X1950 Series: Chipset Model: ATI Radeon X1950 Series Type: Display Bus: PCIe Slot: Slot-1 PCIe Lane Width: x16 VRAM (Total): 256 MB Vendor: ATI (0x1002) Device ID: 0x7280 Revision ID: 0x009a EFI Driver Version: "01.00.140" Displays: DisplayConfigX - Digital: Resolution: 1360 x 768 @ 59 Hz Depth: 32-bit Color Core Image: Hardware Accelerated Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Supported Rotation: Supported Display Connector: Status: No display connected ATI Radeon X1950 Series: Name: ATY,Prionace Type: display Driver Installed: Yes Bus: PCI Slot: Slot-1 Vendor ID: 0x1002 Device ID: 0x7280 Subsystem Vendor ID: 0x174b Subsystem ID: 0xe190 Revision ID: 0x009a Link Width: x16 System Power Settings: AC Power: System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 0 Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10 Display Sleep Timer (Minutes): 25 Sleep On Power Button: Yes Wake On LAN: Yes Hardware Configuration: UPS Installed: No HP Photosmart C4100 series: Status: Idle Print Server: Local Driver Version: 1.3.1 Default: Yes URI: usb://HP/Photosmart%20C4100%20series?serial=MY674C20J804J7 PPD: HP Photosmart C4100 series PPD File Version: 1.3.1 PostScript Version: (3011.104) 0 Serial-ATA Bus: ST3320620AS: Capacity: 298.09 GB Model: ST3320620AS Revision: 3.AAD Serial Number: 5QF0NYW1 Removable Media: No Detachable Drive: No BSD Name: disk0 Protocol: ata Unit Number: 0 Socket Type: Serial-ATA Mac OS 9 Drivers: No Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table) S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified Volumes: Macintosh: Capacity: 297.77 GB Available: 235.47 GB Writable: Yes File System: Journaled HFS+ BSD Name: disk0s2 Mount Point: / ST3750330AS: Capacity: 698.64 GB Model: ST3750330AS Revision: SD04 Serial Number: 5QK00SVY Removable Media: No Detachable Drive: No BSD Name: disk1 Protocol: ata Unit Number: 1 Socket Type: Serial-ATA Mac OS 9 Drivers: No Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table) S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified Volumes: Macintosh2: Capacity: 698.32 GB Available: 172.58 GB Writable: Yes File System: Journaled HFS+ BSD Name: disk1s2 Mount Point: /Volumes/Macintosh2 Microsoft Wireless Desktop Receiver 3.1: Version: 0.02 Bus Power (mA): 500 Speed: Up to 1.5 Mb/sec Manufacturer: Microsft Product ID: 0x00f9 Vendor ID: 0x045e Logitech Camera: Version: 0.05 Bus Power (mA): 500 Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec Product ID: 0x08c9 Serial Number: 8F5692BE Vendor ID: 0x046d Photosmart C4100 series: Version: 1.00 Bus Power (mA): 500 Speed: Up to 480 Mb/sec Manufacturer: HP Product ID: 0x5711 Serial Number: MY674C20J804J7 Vendor ID: 0x03f0 iPhone: Version: 0.01 Bus Power (mA): 500 Speed: Up to 480 Mb/sec Manufacturer: Apple Inc. Product ID: 0x1290 Serial Number: 6543a0b97af1a0ee7ef5cd2ffb83594981efcbda Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Computer, Inc.) My Book: Capacity: 465.76 GB Removable Media: Yes Detachable Drive: Yes BSD Name: disk2 Version: 1.65 Bus Power (mA): 500 Speed: Up to 480 Mb/sec Manufacturer: Western Digital Mac OS 9 Drivers: No Partition Map Type: MBR (Master Boot Record) Product ID: 0x1100 Serial Number: 57442D574D41535530383434383536 S.M.A.R.T. status: Not Supported Vendor ID: 0x1058 Volumes: MY BOOK: Capacity: 465.76 GB Available: 126.11 GB Writable: Yes File System: MS-DOS FAT32 BSD Name: disk2s1 Mount Point: /Volumes/MY BOOK Here's some more info on the SG33G5 Specs: General Brand Shuttle Model SG33G5 PRO CPU Supported CPU Type Intel Core 2 Quad / Core 2 Duo / P4 / Celeron 400 CPU Socket Intel Socket T(LGA775) FSB 800/1066/1333MHz Chipset North Bridge Intel G33 South Bridge ICH9DH Memory Supported Memory slot 2 x 240Pin Memory Type Supported DDR2 667/800 Max Memory Supported 4GB Dual Channel Memory Supported Yes Expansion Slots PCI Express 1 x PCI Express x16 PCI 1 Storage IDE ATA 1 x ATA 100 Serial ATA 3 x SATA II 300 2 x eSATA II 300 Graphics Onboard Video Intel GMA 3100 Audio Onboard Audio Realtek ALC888DD Channel 8-CH Communications First LAN Marvell 88E8056(10/100/1000Mbps) Max LAN Speed 10/100/1000Mbps Extension Bays 3.5" Internal bays 2 5.25" External bays 1 Front Panel Ports Front USB 2 Front IEEE 1394 1 Front Audio Ports 2 jacks Back Panel Ports VGA 1 x D-Sub Rear USB 4 Rear IEEE 1394 1 RJ45 1 Rear S/PDIF Out Yes Rear Audio Ports 5 jacks Other Rear Ports 2 x eSATA port 1 x HDMI port Power Supply Input 100-240V AC Power Supply 250W Physical SPEC System profiler can't seem to get the info on my 2 GB 800mhz RAM from Patriot. The only thing I can ever recall not working perfectly from the Kalyway install CD was firewire. Something about not recognizing firewire and setting protection to full. As far as I can tell, my firewire port does not work since my cousin's camera was not recognized when I attached his sony video cam. But I'm not sure if it is a software issue with iMovie since the window to import clips never pops up. I've read about people just installing right over an old install without reformatting and that seems to make things work. Any thoughts on this? I've always done clean installs whenever Windows ever acted up on me. Does OSX ever corrupt itself? I find it strange that everything was working fine until I did the software updates which shouldn't even involve boot time. Thanks for the help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac1305 Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Hey this really doesn't have any thing to do wtih your booting p[problem but i have the sam audio codec as you and everything I've tried to make it work doesn't can you tell me what you did to get it to work Please? Thank you in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToGaR Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 Did you ever get your system to boot faster? I'm having the same issue and looking for a fix. To boot in verbose mode, hit F8 at the Darwin prompt and type -v [enter] This will show you everything that is loading while Leopard is booting. Hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aries326 Posted November 8, 2008 Author Share Posted November 8, 2008 Hey this really doesn't have any thing to do wtih your booting p[problem but i have the sam audio codec as you and everything I've tried to make it work doesn't can you tell me what you did to get it to work Please?Thank you in advance. I didn't do anything special. I just used Kalyway 10.5.2 install disc, picked vanilla kernel and the TimeMachine fix. That's it. I've got my system up to 10.5.4 I haven't been able to successfully get 10.5.5 to run yet. I think I will just wait until Snow Leopard to mess with the OS. Right now I'm having fun using OS X. My next computer will definitely be a Mac. Did you ever get your system to boot faster? I'm having the same issue and looking for a fix. To boot in verbose mode, hit F8 at the Darwin prompt and type -v [enter] This will show you everything that is loading while Leopard is booting. Hope this helps I'm not sure what I did to get my system to boot faster. I think it was the upgrade to 10.5.3 that did it for me. Everything is working perfectly now except for shutting orperly which I don't really mind since my computer is running almost 24/7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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