djanim8 Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 I've been trying to get OSX86 installed for a while now, and have done all I think I can do with all the internet searches I've done. So I'm hoping to get some help here.. was hoping I wouldn't have to bug everyone with questions... but.... OK I've gotten iPc X-DL 10.5.6 Live DVD and installed it to a separate IDE drive (Vista on a SATA, OSX86 on the IDE drive). Its installed, and I've tried serveral kexts to get it to run, but it ALWAYS tells me that I have to reboot by holding down the power button.... I'm totally unsure of how this works or what to do and have been trying to figure it out on my own. Can someone help me? see if I'm doing something wrong? Let me know what kexts I need to use? Here is my system info (posted a bunch because I have NO idea what is needed to figure what I need or what might be causing the issues): Dell XPS720 running Windows Vista Home Premium SATA holds the Windows OS 400 GB IDE is the destination for the MacOSX86 Video: NVIDIA 512mb GeForce 8800 GT 2 22" widescreen Westinghouse montors On-board Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller On-board Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Controller On-board HD Audio Device AND Creative SB X-Fi (using the onboard HD audio controller) Using a Logitech wireless keyboard and mouse set (USB) Use a WACOM tablet (but isn't always hooked up, and never while trying to install or run OSX86) Have an Epson Photo R300 attached Canon Canoscan N670U scanner attached Internal DVD+- RW (PBDS) Internal CDRW/DVD TS-H493B Processors Information ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Processor 1 (ID = 0) Number of cores 4 (max 4) Number of threads 4 (max 4) Name Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Codename Kentsfield Specification Intel® Core2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz Package Socket 775 LGA (platform ID = 4h) CPUID 6.F.B Extended CPUID 6.F Core Stepping G0 Technology 65 nm Core Speed 1600.4 MHz (6.0 x 266.7 MHz) Rated Bus speed 1066.9 MHz Stock frequency 2400 MHz Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, EM64T L1 Data cache 4 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size L1 Instruction cache 4 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size L2 cache 2 x 4096 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64-byte line size FID/VID Control yes FID range 6.0x - 9.0x max VID 1.300 V Features XD, VT Chipset ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Northbridge NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI SPP rev. A2 Southbridge NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI MCP rev. A3 Graphic Interface PCI-Express PCI-E Link Width x16 PCI-E Max Link Width x16 Memory Type DDR2 Memory Size 2048 MBytes Channels Dual Memory Frequency 400.1 MHz (2:3) CAS# 6.0 RAS# to CAS# 6 RAS# Precharge 6 Cycle Time (tRAS) 18 Bank Cycle Time (tRC) 24 Command Rate 2T Memory SPD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DIMM #1 General Memory type DDR2 Module format Regular UDIMM Manufacturer (ID) Elpida (7F7FFE0000000000) Size 1024 MBytes Max bandwidth PC2-6400 (400 MHz) Part number EBE10UE8ACFA-8G-E Serial number 61EC34B9 Manufacturing date Week 06/Year 08 Attributes Number of banks 1 Data width 64 bits Correction None Nominal Voltage 1.80 Volts EPP no XMP no Timings table Frequency (MHz) 266 333 400 CAS# 4.0 5.0 6.0 RAS# to CAS# delay 4 5 6 RAS# Precharge 4 5 6 TRAS 12 15 18 TRC 16 20 24 DIMM #2 General Memory type DDR2 Module format Regular UDIMM Manufacturer (ID) Elpida (7F7FFE0000000000) Size 1024 MBytes Max bandwidth PC2-6400 (400 MHz) Part number EBE10UE8ACFA-8G-E Serial number 61FC34B9 Manufacturing date Week 06/Year 08 Attributes Number of banks 1 Data width 64 bits Correction None Nominal Voltage 1.80 Volts EPP no XMP no Timings table Frequency (MHz) 266 333 400 CAS# 4.0 5.0 6.0 RAS# to CAS# delay 4 5 6 RAS# Precharge 4 5 6 TRAS 12 15 18 TRC 16 20 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djanim8 Posted April 13, 2009 Author Share Posted April 13, 2009 anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djanim8 Posted April 14, 2009 Author Share Posted April 14, 2009 any reason why it won't let me boot into it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Tap F8 while booting to get to the boot prompt. Then type cpus=1 -v -f there and press return. If it crashes take a photo of the screen and attach it here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djanim8 Posted April 14, 2009 Author Share Posted April 14, 2009 Thanks for the response. I didn't get the "You need to reboot" message again, but all I got was a blue screen, and nothing else... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Plug your monitor into the other output. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djanim8 Posted April 14, 2009 Author Share Posted April 14, 2009 Plug your monitor into the other output. I don't really get that... the 8800 GT is a dual monitor card, but I have 2 monitors hooked up, so switching them I don't think will do anything will it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 I didn't see you have two monitors. Try with only one monitor plugged in - try both outputs, but only one at a time. If you have anything plugged in to the TV-Out, unplug it. --- If that doesn't work, only then try: cpus=1 -v -x with a little luck that should boot into safe mode. From there you can work on getting your video card correctly installed - I'm pretty sure that's your problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djanim8 Posted April 14, 2009 Author Share Posted April 14, 2009 I didn't see you have two monitors. Try with only one monitor plugged in - try both outputs, but only one at a time. If you have anything plugged in to the TV-Out, unplug it. --- If that doesn't work, only then try: cpus=1 -v -x with a little luck that should boot into safe mode. From there you can work on getting your video card correctly installed - I'm pretty sure that's your problem. great thanks I'll try that and get back to here... well I tried one monitor, in either of the DVI outputs... and just black screens. I ran the cpus=1 -v -x with both monitors plugged in, and got a GREY screen this time, and the mouse, but nothing else.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Except trying another video card - or the iPC 10.5.6 final DVD - I'm out of ideas on this one. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djanim8 Posted April 14, 2009 Author Share Posted April 14, 2009 well... I decided to just go ahead and try to install it again, did it, picked some kexts that were different and it worked. but I guess I didn't pick the right ethernet and sound kexts... so how can I change them now that I'm in OSX86? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 You can search for them on the forum - or you can extract them from your install DVD with a program called Pacifist. It's probably better to do some searching first and see what others with similar hardware have done. Or go browse the genius bar: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showforum=45 Then install them with kexthelper or OSX86Tools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djanim8 Posted April 15, 2009 Author Share Posted April 15, 2009 well its up and running, but no matter what I try for the audio and network card, I can't get ANY kext to work... anyone have any suggestions for these: On-board Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Controller On-board HD Audio Device Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lafinn Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 well its up and running, but no matter what I try for the audio and network card, I can't get ANY kext to work... anyone have any suggestions for these: On-board Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Controller On-board HD Audio Device djanim8 I feel your pain!! i have a dell xps710 and i have i.p.c 10.5.6 installed works really well except.. no audio , no ethernet and no firewire. No matter what I try nothing works.. However for Audio check out this http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=34075 the USB Turtle beach audio advantage looks promising! ... Does your firewire work if so what did you do to get it working? I want to use the computer for video editing and I desperately need the firewire for this Many thanks! lafinn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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