ImagineActuality Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Has anyone successfully installed a retail copy of Leopard using an Asus P5Q motherboard? Not P5Q-PRO, P5Q-E or P5Q Deluxe -- just the regular P5Q. I've looked at several topics in the forum regarding the P45 chipset and similar Asus mobos, but I haven't had any luck with a retail install. (However, I was able to get Kalyway installed after modding my BIOS to ver. 1501 or 1611). I've tried several bootloaders and even a EFI-X unit (not sure it's compatible with this mobo, but I thought I'd give it a shot), but I think I'm stuck with the infamous "Waiting for root device" error. If anyone has already had any luck with installing retail on this board, I'd love to get some details or advice on how to proceed. My Specifications: Asus P5Q (Intel P45 Chipset) motherboard Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 Yorkfield 2.5GhZ EVGA GeForce 9800GT 512MB 8GB OCZ Reaper DDR2 SDRAM 3 WD Caviar SATA drives Currently running Vista (64-bit) Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Check out these two threads, if you haven't already: Mac OSX on ASUS P5Q and ASUS P5Q PRO AND OTHER SOME OTHER P5Q MAC OS X LEOPARD RETAIL ON ASUS P5Q / ASUS P5Q PRO / ASUS P5Q-EM AND OTHERS Both started by this guy, RoberT_XeS. He says: I HAVE SUCCESSFULLY INSTALLED MAC OSX LEOPARD RETAIL ON ASUS P5Q MOBO Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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