foxelement Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 I've tried to install leopard with leo4all, kalyway and iatkos 1.0iR2 and 2.0i and none of them even start the installation. What I've tried so far: - Used SATA DVD and SATA HDD (Not Working) - Used PATA DVD and SATA HDD (Not Working) - Used PATA DVD and PATA HDD (Not Working) I've also tried those configs with pretty much all the boot up flags (nforcekernel, kabylkernel, (all the possible kernels..)(in kaly), -x -v -s -f platform=acpi|x86pc) but they don't help at all. I've tried burning all the distros in 4x and also full speed and that hasn't changed anything either. I've got no extra PCI cards other than a linksys WMP54G(W-Lan) This is the error I'm getting right after I try to start the installation DVD. After this it restarts, so it was quite hard to get an image of it(had to videotape it >_>..) My rig is in my forum sig. Any ideas? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/116950-msi-p6ngm-problem/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugo Guerreiro Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 there must be something on your bios wrong.... have tou checked it? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/116950-msi-p6ngm-problem/#findComment-828331 Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxelement Posted July 21, 2008 Author Share Posted July 21, 2008 Yeah, I've played with many settings... Turned HPET On/Off Disabled/enabled sata Disabled/Enabled IDE controller with No Execute ON/OFF Hyper Threading On/Off EIST On/Off IOAPIC Table 1.1 and 1.4 and also ioapic off tried underclocking the fsb to 700mhz and also overclocking to 810mhz changed date forward one hour, then one day, then one week Disabled USB/Enabled USB Disabled USB Legacy/Enabled I also tried disabling the "ACPI function" in bios but when I do that it starts rebooting right after POST so that didnt work either. None of this worked tho... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/116950-msi-p6ngm-problem/#findComment-828348 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugo Guerreiro Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 have yo tryed with "-legacy" flag? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/116950-msi-p6ngm-problem/#findComment-828451 Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxelement Posted July 22, 2008 Author Share Posted July 22, 2008 Yeah, that too.(forgot to put it on the first post, so many stuff...) After puting -x it loads many kexts and then dies(restarts), but it does not show the last two lines. (It dies at the "Using ACPI RSDP Revision 0" line.). It goes too fast for me to see, but I taped it :censored2: Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/116950-msi-p6ngm-problem/#findComment-829418 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jchpdv6835 Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Unfortunatly I was conned into buying this board too. It's workable, but a pain the ass. I saw your post on it and thought for sure it was a no go, but indeed, it does work. please don't take the tone of this post as being condescending. Im not sure how much you know about what and also for anybody else stuck with this board, I just want to be as clear as possible Ready? Ok, so lets start in the Bios Load optimized defaults and then Arrow over to integrated peripherals and then select On-Chip ATA Devices change the Raid mode from IDE to AHCI Hold down F11 on Reboot to go do disk selection Select your DVD drive and press enter. that should get you booted up and installing. you can add the -v boot flag but it'll load fine w/o it. for install i used Kalyway 10.5.2. and haven't updated, i don't trust it enough yet. Now after about 3 or 4 minutes it should load up to the installer screen Go to utilities, select disk utility Partition as MBR (GUID Does not work)Format your Mac disk to mac os extended journaled continue continue agree blah blah blah Select the disk you're installing on next CUSTOMIZE I selected the the following in each category additional fonts: not selected language translations:none kernels: Kernel_92_nforce graphics: im running a Radeon 2600XT 256 So I selected the appropriate Natit for that. I haven't tried the onboard video Mobo Chipsets: SELECT ALL Thirds applications: Select em all, cuz why not? they're all super useful Patches: Hardcoded_SMBIOS:Lastnetkassmbios Boot with cpus=1 flag (im runing a 1.8 celeron d 430 core solo so that doesn't really matter.) PCGenUSB_Fix (doesn't allow hotplugging of Ipod so i don't know what good it really does) francais_pc_keyboard_layout (not sure if this is what allows you to use "alt" button on pc keyboard as the "command" key in mac) and that's it. you may want to try other combinations depending on your other hardware. I haven't been able to get the network workin on it or the sound. I've tried editing every ALC888 audio kext I could find to no avail. Booting up If you're planning on dual booting I suggest you save yourself the trouble of installing on the same HD and use two separate SATA drives. With your windows disk on SATA 1 and your Mac disk on SATA 2 If you want to use your windows HD you'll have to go back into BIOS and change the SATA back from AHCI to IDE. If you're still in AHCI mode, hold down F11 on startup until you hear it tick a bunch of times. That allows you to go to a Harddrive selection menu again. Select your MAC disk and it should start loading. It'll probably get stuck at "getting uuid" or something to that effect but ignore it, you'll only notice if you boot with the -v flag. It might take up to 10 minutes to load. Mine does and im not sure if that's just cuz of my slow single core processor or what Just be patient. The blue screen will come on and it'll hang for a bit and just before you're about ready to hit the power button and storm off cursing...it'll load. and there you have it. hope it helps let me know how it works for you. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/116950-msi-p6ngm-problem/#findComment-884312 Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxelement Posted September 14, 2008 Author Share Posted September 14, 2008 I followed your guide and I got the same error, just that it happened twice and it says "calibration error 2 failed attempts". I tried with an USB DVD and same thing happened. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/116950-msi-p6ngm-problem/#findComment-890974 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac08dyn Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Can anybody figure out this problem ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhzKzzP8wE8&feature=user It does that over and over and over after the OSx86 10.4.6 installation on Dell Dimensioin 1100. There is only 1 20GB Partation FAT32 Logical and it is active. I don't know what the problem is I have tried everything ... ______________________ This is what happened during installation ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q5iabftvmM&feature=user The screen was all black and white and the text and graphics were hardly viewable. Let me know if it is the problem with my graphics card. I will be very thankful if anybody can help me ... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/116950-msi-p6ngm-problem/#findComment-890981 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jchpdv6835 Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Maybe try "Fail Safe" Defualts on your bios, and then change the Sata to AHCI. Don't confuse AHCI with ACPI. I was able to install just fine on to my Sata Drives using the above mentioned method. I have an IDE DVD Drive, and installed on the sata. At first they weren't visible until I changed the Sata Raid from IDE to AHCI. How Far are you getting exactly? does the installer even load all the way? Another thing you might want to try is pick up a cheap PCI-E graphics card. That may have had something to do with my installation success. unfortunately the Lan and Sound wouldn't work for anything so I had to take that board back to the store so I can't help you with anymore testing on my end. Honestly, if you can grab a cheap Intel based gigabyte board off of ebay or something, pop your processor in that you should be up and running in no time. that's what im doing. cuz that board will probably end up giving you more headaches than it's worth Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/116950-msi-p6ngm-problem/#findComment-891163 Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxelement Posted September 15, 2008 Author Share Posted September 15, 2008 I've got a 8600GT vid card and an audigy 2 for sound (and wlan) so LAN sound and video aren't a problem. The thing is that it doesn't even boot up the installer. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/116950-msi-p6ngm-problem/#findComment-892047 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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