Having a problem with an Asus P5N-E SLI motherboard.

[Shifty102]

Hi, sorry for bothering y'all, but I have a problem with installing Mac OS X leopard on my home system.

There is already a specific thread about my motherboard (Asus p5n-e SLI), but this guide is only for installing OS X on a non-sata hard drive, and seeing as I only have Sata drives, this doesn't really work out for me.

This is the guide I mentioned above: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=83092

 

Even though the guide says it doesn't work on a Sata drvie, I did try it to be sure, and I followed all the steps, using the mentioned BIOS settings, booting the dvd with -v cpus=1 etc.

The guide mentions that the iAtkos 1.0i R2 dvd should work, but I'm not able to even get to the installation screen with it.

When the dvd loads up, it stops loading after a while, and stops at the following 'error' message:

Extension "Com.Apple.Driver.itunesphonedriver" Has no explicit kernel Dependency

This message is followed by this: 'Waiting for root device'.

Obviously this where it stops, and I havent been able to resolve this error.

I already tried different boot flags like: -v,-x, -f, cpus=1 and maxmem=2048 (my system has 4gb memory), but I still get the error message.

 

I Also tried a Kalyway 10.5.1 dvd, and with this I am able to get to the install screen.

But the problem with this dvd is that when I go to the Disk Utility, and select the second partition on my second harddrive (I created this partition for OS X), and I click it, the screen locks up, and I'm left with a spinning cursor.

Sometimes it doesn't immediatly locks up (don't know why), and when I go to the 'erase' tab, and I select to erase the partition, it starts calculating etc., and than the system completely locks up, no spinning cursor, no nothing.

With the Kalyway dvd I also tried different boot flags as I also mentioned above, but it doesn't make any difference.

 

My system specs are the following:

 

Motherboard: Asus P5N-E SLI (Nvidia 650i chipset)

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2,66Ghz (OC'ed at 3,4 Ghz running stable)

Memory: 4096 MB Kingston DDR2 667Mhz

Video card: MSI Geforce 8800 GT (factory overclocked)

DVD Drive (Sata): Optiarc/Sony DVD RW AD-7173S

Windows HDD: Western Digital 320 GB Sata2

Other HDD: Seagate 750 GB Sata2

Sound: Realtek 883 (onboard)

Network: Nvidia Nforce network controller

 

BIOS settings as set according to the P5N-E SLi guide:

 

HPET: enabled

Jmicron SATA controller: disabled

IEEE1394: disabled

 

I also have the following motherboard CPU settings set (don't know if it makes any difference though):

 

Intel Speedstep: disabled

Virtualization Technology: Enabled

Execute Disable Bit: enabled

Enhanced C1E: enabled

Plug & Play OS: disabled

All serial ports are disabled

USB 2.0: enabled

USB Legacy: enabled

 

I'm using BIOS version 0803. (just downgraded form 1301, just to try if it made any difference, but it didn't)

 

I hope someone can help me out with this, and point me in the right direction, or tell me what to do to get OS X working on this motherboard.

Many thanks in advance.

 

Regards, Shifty

[verdant]

Hi, sorry for bothering y'all, but I have a problem with installing Mac OS X leopard on my home system.

There is already a specific thread about my motherboard (Asus p5n-e SLI), but this guide is only for installing OS X on a non-sata hard drive, and seeing as I only have Sata drives, this doesn't really work out for me.

This is the guide I mentioned above: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=83092

 

Even though the guide says it doesn't work on a Sata drvie, I did try it to be sure, and I followed all the steps, using the mentioned BIOS settings, booting the dvd with -v cpus=1 etc.

The guide mentions that the iAtkos 1.0i R2 dvd should work, but I'm not able to even get to the installation screen with it.

When the dvd loads up, it stops loading after a while, and stops at the following 'error' message:

Extension "Com.Apple.Driver.itunesphonedriver" Has no explicit kernel Dependency

This message is followed by this: 'Waiting for root device'.

Obviously this where it stops, and I havent been able to resolve this error.

I already tried different boot flags like: -v,-x, -f, cpus=1 and maxmem=2048 (my system has 4gb memory), but I still get the error message.

 

I Also tried a Kalyway 10.5.1 dvd, and with this I am able to get to the install screen.

But the problem with this dvd is that when I go to the Disk Utility, and select the second partition on my second harddrive (I created this partition for OS X), and I click it, the screen locks up, and I'm left with a spinning cursor.

Sometimes it doesn't immediatly locks up (don't know why), and when I go to the 'erase' tab, and I select to erase the partition, it starts calculating etc., and than the system completely locks up, no spinning cursor, no nothing.

With the Kalyway dvd I also tried different boot flags as I also mentioned above, but it doesn't make any difference.

 

My system specs are the following:

 

Motherboard: Asus P5N-E SLI (Nvidia 650i chipset)

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2,66Ghz (OC'ed at 3,4 Ghz running stable)

Memory: 4096 MB Kingston DDR2 667Mhz

Video card: MSI Geforce 8800 GT (factory overclocked)

DVD Drive (Sata): Optiarc/Sony DVD RW AD-7173S

Windows HDD: Western Digital 320 GB Sata2

Other HDD: Seagate 750 GB Sata2

Sound: Realtek 883 (onboard)

Network: Nvidia Nforce network controller

 

BIOS settings as set according to the P5N-E SLi guide:

 

HPET: enabled

Jmicron SATA controller: disabled

IEEE1394: disabled

 

I also have the following motherboard CPU settings set (don't know if it makes any difference though):

 

Intel Speedstep: disabled

Virtualization Technology: Enabled

Execute Disable Bit: enabled

Enhanced C1E: enabled Incorrect, should disable

Plug & Play OS: disabled

All serial ports are disabled

USB 2.0: enabled

USB Legacy: enabled

 

I'm using BIOS version 0803. (just downgraded form 1301, just to try if it made any difference, but it didn't)

 

I hope someone can help me out with this, and point me in the right direction, or tell me what to do to get OS X working on this motherboard.

Many thanks in advance.

 

Regards, Shifty

 

Check out your BIOS settings against the 650i recommended settings in the template in my Pre-Series 7 nForce chipset thread as your starting point......

[Shifty102]

Thank you very much for the reply, I set my BIOS settings according to the template and retried the iAtkos 1.0i R2 dvd, and it still doesn't get past the 'Waiting for root device' message.

Any other ideas what might be causing this error?

 

EDIT: I also retried Kalyway's 10.5.1 ISO, and I was able to click on erase disk, and after a while the install completely froze again forcing me to reset my pc.

 

Regards, Shifty

[verdant]

Thank you very much for the reply, I set my BIOS settings according to the template and retried the iAtkos 1.0i R2 dvd, and it still doesn't get past the 'Waiting for root device' message.

Any other ideas what might be causing this error?

 

Regards, Shifty

 

 

If you do not have any more up to date distro DVDs to hand, then you need to patch the R2 DVD using the EqUaTe patch......see here......

[Shifty102]

Alright, I patched the dvd, and finally there's no more 'waiting for root device' error, but I do get a Sam Multimedia Read or Write fail after a while.

I read this might be because of the DVD drive, so I replaced my drive with another dvd drive (also sata), but it gives me the exact same error.

I didn't have access to my brothers pc which does have an IDE dvd drive, I'll try it in the morning, and see how it goes.

[verdant]

Alright, I patched the dvd, and finally there's no more 'waiting for root device' error, but I do get a Sam Multimedia Read or Write fail after a while.

I read this might be because of the DVD drive, so I replaced my drive with another dvd drive (also sata), but it gives me the exact same error.

I didn't have access to my brothers pc which does have an IDE dvd drive, I'll try it in the morning, and see how it goes.

 

This may well be a DVD "burn" problem.......try reburning the DVD at the slowest possible speed you can but definitely ≤ x4 speed......then try again on the SATA DVDRW.....if no joy then try on PATA (IDE) DVDRW.......it sounds wierd but also try gently moving the mouse every few minutes while installing from the DVD, as sometimes some DVDRWs go to "sleep" after about 5 to 10 minutes and then cannot "wake" up (something to do with nForce chipset)......

[Shifty102]

Re-burning the ISO didn't make any difference, but when I connected my IDE dvd drive it instantly worked.

I installed mac os x without any problems, but I can't get it to boot.

 

As I previously mentioned, I have two HDD's, a 320GB for Windows Vista, and a 750GB for data and mac os x.

Before I started installing OS X, I disconnected my Windows disk just to be sure the bootloader or any other information didn't get erased.

When the installation of OS X was completed, I reconnected my Windows drive, and booted into Windows Vista.

I opened up BCDedit, and added OS X to the bootloader (as described in the guide).

Now, when I select Mac OS X in the Vista bootloader I get a Chain booting error, any idea how to fix this?

 

Regards, Shifty

[verdant]

Re-burning the ISO didn't make any difference, but when I connected my IDE dvd drive it instantly worked.

I installed mac os x without any problems, but I can't get it to boot.

 

As I previously mentioned, I have two HDD's, a 320GB for Windows Vista, and a 750GB for data and mac os x.

Before I started installing OS X, I disconnected my Windows disk just to be sure the bootloader or any other information didn't get erased.

When the installation of OS X was completed, I reconnected my Windows drive, and booted into Windows Vista.

I opened up BCDedit, and added OS X to the bootloader (as described in the guide).

Now, when I select Mac OS X in the Vista bootloader I get a Chain booting error, any idea how to fix this?

 

Regards, Shifty

 

See here about making OS X active.......and for dual booting try EasyBCD 1.7.2

......

 

1. Boot into Vista....go to EasyBCD.....then to Bootloader Management....and choose to "Reinstall Vista Bootloader"

2. In EasyBCD add a new OS X entry

 

Or, try Easy BCD 2.0 Beta......

[Shifty102]

Thanks a lot, EasyBCD 1.7.2 didn't work, but with EasyBCD 2.0 beta I managed to get the bootloader working and I'm now able to select Mac OS X, and boot it.

But now I get another error, when I boot OS X with the -v flag, loading halts at the following error:

USBF:   31.235  ApleUSBOHCI[ox5f55000]::CheckSleepCapability - OHCI controller will be unloaded across sleep

The values after USBF, ie: 31.235 and the 0x5f55000 numbers differ with every reboot, they're never the same, which is also fairly strange.

After a while the above error is followed by a Waiting for root device message.

I searched the forums, but I couldn't find anything that could help me out.

 

Regards

[verdant]

Thanks a lot, EasyBCD 1.7.2 didn't work, but with EasyBCD 2.0 beta I managed to get the bootloader working and I'm now able to select Mac OS X, and boot it.

But now I get another error, when I boot OS X with the -v flag, loading halts at the following error:

USBF:   31.235  ApleUSBOHCI[ox5f55000]::CheckSleepCapability - OHCI controller will be unloaded across sleep

The values after USBF, ie: 31.235 and the 0x5f55000 numbers differ with every reboot, they're never the same, which is also fairly strange.

After a while the above error is followed by a Waiting for root device message.

I searched the forums, but I couldn't find anything that could help me out.

 

Regards

 

You have a SATA HDD and a SATA DVDRW.......assuming your BIOS settings are OK.......first, what happens when you boot OS X on the HDD with "-v cpus=1 maxmem=2048"......?

[Shifty102]

Thanks for the reply, but I managed to get OS X working, by selecting another kernel to install.

All I have to do now is install the video drivers etc., and I've got a working system.

You really helped me out here, and I really appreciate it, thanks.

 

Regards, Shifty

[verdant]

Thanks for the reply, but I managed to get OS X working, by selecting another kernel to install.

All I have to do now is install the video drivers etc., and I've got a working system.

You really helped me out here, and I really appreciate it, thanks.

 

Regards, Shifty

 

Glad to be of help........not always easy or quick when not sitting in front of the PC of the person you are helping......