kaibest Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 i read that it has to be formated into FAT32 or Shag OS Swap from windows. i used Acronis Disk Suite, first formated HDD into FAT32, tried to run setup from DVD, on the left side of disk utility is only DVD, none of a hard drives. acronis disk suite don't have Shag OS Swap file system, nither Apple HFS+. it only has: NTFS, FAT32, FAT16, Ext2, Ext3, RaiserFS, Linux Swap. and i've got version 10 of acronis disk suite. so how do i format my HDD from windows for the setup? i've got windows on one HDD, and i've got separate HDD for mac. now it has 3 partitions on it, all for mac, and they're all FAT32. will i be able to start windows and mac just by selecting (F8) appropriate HDD? or do i need OS selector..? ... both HDDs are SATA ok, i've tried MacDrive 7 just now... testing. ok, i did formated HDD into mac's file system. the problem is with my BIOS settings. if anyone know how to tweak BIOS on P4M900T-M2 motherboard, please help here. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/140183-leopard-setup-cant-find-any-hdd/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
imPaTT Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 I had the same problem. What's your system specs maybe i can help you out. I have an ASUS p5qc Core 2 Quad Q6600 4 Gig Ram DDR2 1333 ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB On my motherboard i has to put all of my sata drives on in the red slots and not on the orange or white one. for some reason, OSX wont detect it unless there in the red slots. If your DVD is SATA you just have to put it in the same area ( in my case the red slots ) and you should detect it. Also check your bios settings make sure you put your Drive in AHCI mode and not IDE or anything else. That worked for me. Hope I could help you out. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/140183-leopard-setup-cant-find-any-hdd/#findComment-992897 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaibest Posted December 9, 2008 Author Share Posted December 9, 2008 my specs: mobo: P4M900T-M2 pros: Pentium 4 3Ghz (SSE3) 2Gb DDR2 there are only 2 red slots for SATA HDDs. i'll try what u sugested, let you know in few minutes ps: i worry about my BIOS, many settings that i've seen on screenshots are not there... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/140183-leopard-setup-cant-find-any-hdd/#findComment-992905 Share on other sites More sharing options...
imPaTT Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 that happens. alot of settings are just in different places on different bios. usually the AHCI should work... but if it doesnt.. idk... :S Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/140183-leopard-setup-cant-find-any-hdd/#findComment-992918 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaibest Posted December 9, 2008 Author Share Posted December 9, 2008 i don't see AHCI option in my BIOS what can i do? http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/3/12...g&srv=img26 http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/3/12...g&srv=img34 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/140183-leopard-setup-cant-find-any-hdd/#findComment-992927 Share on other sites More sharing options...
imPaTT Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 you can always try to put your HDD in compatibility mode Check where its written SATA Mode Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/140183-leopard-setup-cant-find-any-hdd/#findComment-992931 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaibest Posted December 9, 2008 Author Share Posted December 9, 2008 em... you mean "SATA Controller"? there are two options: IDE and RAID. IDE is currently selected... Serial Port2 Mode has two options: Normal and IrDA... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/140183-leopard-setup-cant-find-any-hdd/#findComment-992938 Share on other sites More sharing options...
imPaTT Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 damn thats what i hate about different bios. why cant the make them all the same. i'll check up some stuff. Just let me know if youve found it... you can always try it though youve got nothing to loose.... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/140183-leopard-setup-cant-find-any-hdd/#findComment-992944 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaibest Posted December 9, 2008 Author Share Posted December 9, 2008 well i've looked everywhere... i mean in my BIOS. nothing. i can screenshot every page if you like... i've updated my BIOS with drivers from ECS site (offitial), so it's up to date i think... is it possible that this motherboard can't support MacOS..? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/140183-leopard-setup-cant-find-any-hdd/#findComment-992949 Share on other sites More sharing options...
imPaTT Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 It could be very possible. I have heard of some MB that don't work with osx86 but usually i dont even think that it would get you to the installation area... That's whats confusing about your issue. i really dont know! Have a quick look around the site or google to check if your Mobo is actually compatible. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/140183-leopard-setup-cant-find-any-hdd/#findComment-992959 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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