[help needed] installing 10.5.5 on Dell Vostro 200

[ljuk]

Completely new to Mac OS so be gentle

 

I have a Dell Vostro 200 PC with the following spec:

 

North Bridge-Intel P35/G33/G31 Revision A2

South Bridge-Intel 82801IR (ICH9R) Revision A2

CPU Intel® Core2 Duo CPU E6550 @ 2.33GHz

256MB ATI Radeon X1300PRO

HDD - 2x WDC WD2500JS-75NCB3 ATA

 

(not sure what other info is relevant - please ask if more is needed

 

PROBLEM:

I have run an install of iDeneb 10.5.5 (yesterday) and Kalway 10.5.2 (several months ago) and on both installs the following happens:

• Install completes perfectly, seemingly no errors
  
• Newly installed OS X 10.5.x then requires reboot
  
• Upon 1st run I get the grey Apple logo and all appears fine until I receive a light blue screen, no mouse pointer, no audio, nothing
  

Can someone please help here? I am completely new to Macs so any recommendations will require some explanation.

 

(after reading numerous articles I cannot find anything relevant to help, one post suggested starting in safe mode but for me this still results in a blue screen)

 

Thanks

LJ