thinkbrown Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 Ok, so i have a brand new compaq presario f700. it is running windows vista(BOO!!!). i patched a copy of leopard(with the brazilmac patch), and burnt it to a DVD. when it boots, it loads darwin x86, and then is shows the apple boot screen for a sec. then reboots. I already checked it with CPUz and it is SSE3 compatible Specs: AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK53 Mobile Technology • , Level 2 cache 512 KB, Up to 1600 MHz system bus running at AC/DC mode 35 Watt memory: 1.5 gb Internal drives Internal hard disk drive 120 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive Hard disk drive speed 5400 rpm Optical drive type Super Multi DVD Writer (+/-R +/-RW) with Double Layer support System features Modem High speed 56K modem Network interface Ethernet 10/100BT integrated network interface Wireless technologies 802.11b/g WLAN External I/O ports 3 USB 2.0, 1 VGA port, 1 RJ11 modem connector, 1 RJ45 ethernet connector, S-video TV out, 1 headphones-out, 1 mic-in Display size 15.4” WXGA High Definition BrightView Widescreen Display resolution 1280 x 800 Video adapter NVIDIA® GeForce™ 7000M Webcam Webcam with integrated microphone Internal audio 3D Sound Blaster Pro compatible sound 16 bit integrated Speakers and microphone Altec Lansing® speakers Keyboard 101 key compatible keyboard Pointing device Touch Pad with On/Off button and dedicated vertical Scroll Up/Down pad, volume control, mute button Help!!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/107802-brazil-mac-compaq-f700/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_c Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 Hi, A Reboot usually means that your machines processor (AMD) cannot run the kernel. To be sure press F8 and boot with '-v' to see the errors. Also take a look at this. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/107802-brazil-mac-compaq-f700/#findComment-764901 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdf1 Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 Hi thinkbrown, Did you patch Leopard on your Compaq machine, or on a Mac? Rob Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/107802-brazil-mac-compaq-f700/#findComment-765179 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinkbrown Posted May 31, 2008 Author Share Posted May 31, 2008 rdf: i patched it on a mac. c_c: i will try a SSe2/amd kernel and see if that works Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/107802-brazil-mac-compaq-f700/#findComment-765409 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdf1 Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Thanks again thinkbrown. I thought you might have done so. Although I've probably missed details of the early posts on this whole business of getting Leopard running on a PC, I don't think I've actually seen it said that one of the things you need in addition to all the software, patches etc is an Intel Mac. I guess if you can download a copy of a patched DVD you don't need a Mac, but somehow that also seems to miss the point. BTW I bought a retail version of Leopard 10.5 as my starting point, so I'll have to find someone prepared to let me use their machine to do the patching. I hope you work out how to proceed with getting OSX on to your Presario F700. I've just bought a Presario C700 laptop also with Vista, and I'm delighted with it. All the best Rob Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/107802-brazil-mac-compaq-f700/#findComment-766145 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinkbrown Posted July 31, 2008 Author Share Posted July 31, 2008 Ok, so its been a while, and i've kept working on this, but, no luck Does anyone have a method of installation, that does not require me to use a torrent (ftp, http, Mediafire, fine)? I have an image of an original leopard 10.5 install disc, and i prefer to patch that than to download. Thank You, TB Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/107802-brazil-mac-compaq-f700/#findComment-840395 Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddy87 Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Hi! I have your same computer and in these days i try to install OSX without success. Can you install osx? If yes, you can tell my the procedure? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/107802-brazil-mac-compaq-f700/#findComment-1089930 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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