The Jack of Clubs Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 im making an attempt to build a cheap, stable, and powerful hackintosh. i have both the iatkos 5i 10.5.5 and kalyway 10.5.2 amd/intel discs downloaded. when i try to boot to either it comes up with the error "unable to convert memory map into proper format". any ideas? i can also download that ipc disc if needed. specs: intel core 2 quad q9300 2.5ghz info biostar G31-M7 OC socket 755 info corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 2x2gb (4gb) info pny geforce 9500gt 512mb info or asus geforce 6600gt 256mb to get the above working or even the integrated intel GMA 3100 256mb sata and ide hd mix to about 1tb 600watt psu and shmancy case all a couple hundred dollars Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151126-unable-to-convert-memory-map-into-proper-format/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jack of Clubs Posted February 4, 2009 Author Share Posted February 4, 2009 bah! why is it so difficult to find help on this? doesnt this happen to other people? come on, dont let vista be installed on another computer. friends dont let friends install vista! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151126-unable-to-convert-memory-map-into-proper-format/#findComment-1068388 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywulf99 Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 I've had that problem with at least three other distros of Leopard, iatkos and Leo4All are the ones I can remember... I also just got done trying the iPC distro which gave the same error. it just seems my PC is not meant to run Leopard unfortunately. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151126-unable-to-convert-memory-map-into-proper-format/#findComment-1071047 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jack of Clubs Posted February 7, 2009 Author Share Posted February 7, 2009 i guess ill never know what caused this. its getting vista anyways. but i might try this ipc version on the acer aspire one since it has the atheros drivers. hopefully itll work. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151126-unable-to-convert-memory-map-into-proper-format/#findComment-1072181 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobishop@gmail.com Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 im making an attempt to build a cheap, stable, and powerful hackintosh. i have both the iatkos 5i 10.5.5 and kalyway 10.5.2 amd/intel discs downloaded. when i try to boot to either it comes up with the error "unable to convert memory map into proper format". any ideas? i can also download that ipc disc if needed. specs: intel core 2 quad q9300 2.5ghz info biostar G31-M7 OC socket 755 info corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 2x2gb (4gb) info pny geforce 9500gt 512mb info or asus geforce 6600gt 256mb to get the above working or even the integrated intel GMA 3100 256mb sata and ide hd mix to about 1tb 600watt psu and shmancy case all a couple hundred dollars I feel your pain. We have nearly the same setup...only difference is our power sources. I get the same errors regardless of bios twiddling. If anyone has an idea please email me. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151126-unable-to-convert-memory-map-into-proper-format/#findComment-1149713 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KahKah! Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 the error "unable to convert memory map into proper format". Try to swith "ACPI version" parameter in BIOS Power-setting page from "3(optimal default)" to "2 or 1" then the problem will gone. (G31-M7G has that parameter, I hope your board has one.) I am still stucking with other problem described in this thread. http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...p;#entry1117942 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151126-unable-to-convert-memory-map-into-proper-format/#findComment-1175698 Share on other sites More sharing options...
emohelsing Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 hey guys, got around that problem - don't touch the ACPI. the solution is to change these settings in BIOS: 1.Disable EHCI (set it to disabled, it's right down under USB Legacy support)2.Disable Speedstep its under CPU settings. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151126-unable-to-convert-memory-map-into-proper-format/#findComment-2152384 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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