Abercrombi3 Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 hey guys just got myself a shiny new system that looks alittle something like this: e8400 cpu Gigabyte N650SLI-DS4L 4gb Ram 2x 9600GT graphics cards in SLI and the rest is pritty irrelevent. now. ive tryed installing leopard 10.5.1 that i had here and all installs fine etc. but then on the first boot every time, before it gets to the grey apple screen and after darwin bootloader about 4 lines come up (something about HFS+ partition if i can recall) these lines apear for about a second and then the computer reboots and it does this in a endless cycle, obviously being the idiot i am, i didn't check if the system would be OS X compatible but is their any chance i can get os x up and running? (ive tryed -v -x to no avail.) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/108459-new-system-help-me-get-hackintosh/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abercrombi3 Posted June 4, 2008 Author Share Posted June 4, 2008 this is the text i get before the computer restarts again: Darwin/x86 boot v5.0.132 4095MB memory VESA v3.0 14MB (NVIDIA) Loading Darwin/x86 EFI enhanced booyloader build: ToH Using SMBIOS table found at 0x000f0ce0 Using ACPI RSDP revision 0 found at 0x000f65c0 Starting Darwin/x86 then it restarts.. please can ANYONE help? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/108459-new-system-help-me-get-hackintosh/#findComment-770601 Share on other sites More sharing options...
marliwahoo Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Try booting with "-x" (safe mode) & "-v" (verbose). Then install one of the video injectors (nvkush works for me) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/108459-new-system-help-me-get-hackintosh/#findComment-770641 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 i didn't check if the system would be OS X compatibleIt's not very compatible. The nForce series of motherboards have never worked well in OS X and the 9600GT isn't supported. Check the HCL's on the wiki for working components (8-series geforce + intel motherboard work well) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/108459-new-system-help-me-get-hackintosh/#findComment-770736 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abercrombi3 Posted June 11, 2008 Author Share Posted June 11, 2008 so whats the chance i will get hackingtosh working? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/108459-new-system-help-me-get-hackintosh/#findComment-779146 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LonelyTV Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 so whats the chance i will get hackingtosh working? Very slim chance you'll get it to work. As Synaesthesia has pointed out already the nForce chip set and the Geforce Series 9 cards have little to no compatibility with the Os X86 project. So, if you really want Os X to work your best bet would be to buy a new motherboard and a Geforce Series 8 video card. Check the Hardware Compatibility List for boards and cards that work. My suggestion for a board would be the Abit IP35-Pro. It works perfectly with your CPU and is near future proof. Plus, everything works on it aside from the sound which needs a patch. Good luck! EDIT: Actually, after doing some research I found that some boards with the nForce 650i chip set worked on 10.5.1 and 10.5.2 so you might be in luck. They all reported that 'everything' worked with a few patches needed for audio and such. However, I think your culprit might be your SLI'd cards. Last time I checked Os X86 didn't support SLI'd cards. So try removing your second Video card and see if it installs/boots. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/108459-new-system-help-me-get-hackintosh/#findComment-780171 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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