gfxl Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 I managed to install OS X and set up a dual boot with windows 7 without any problems but I get stuck at the apple logo. Nothing happens and it doesn't seem like the hard drives are loading anything. Don't know if that's the AHCI. Any ideas on what I can do from here? Also, I didn't select any video drivers during the install since I didn't see any for my card (HD4870) was that a good choice? And I installed the soundblaster drivers. I thought that my soundcard was a soundblaster but I just realiezed it's not. My PC: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 Asus P5Q P45+ICH10R ATI HD4870 512MB 2x2GB G.Skill PC-6400 500GB + 640GB WD Cavier SE 7200rpm Creative X-fi Xtreme Music Any help would be greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infiniter Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 It can't be the AHCI, else you would have been able to install the OS. I can only imagine something must be patched. I used the IPC release which has some patches for some errors that also made my installation stuck. Use -v in the boot loader and find out at which line the boot up sequence is stopping. About video card: I got the 4850, so far no drivers. Means, you can only use 1024x768. They said here it will still be some month to wait for a driver since none of the others seems to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cFoo Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 Boot with -v and tell us what it says. or try booting in single user mode. -x -v and see if it'll load. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfxl Posted April 24, 2009 Author Share Posted April 24, 2009 When I try booting with -v the last line reads Apple decrypt: Starting... It just stays like the for as long as I could bother to wait. If I run with -x -v the last line reads Using 16384 buffer headers and 4096 cluster 10 buffer headers. And it just stays like that. I went through the lines and I couldn't see any "errors" showing up. I noticed 4 lines which suggested all my 4 cores where being enabled. There was this one line I don't know what it means but it doesn't sound good. hi tramps at 0x0FFF That's not the exact address. I don't remember it and I didn't write it down. Does this tell you guys anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfxl Posted April 24, 2009 Author Share Posted April 24, 2009 Hi again. I tried reinstalling Leopard with nothing but necessary drivers for audio and ethernet etc etc. This is what I get when I try to boot with -v Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cFoo Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 You have a bad ACPIPlatform.kext - which distribution are you using? make sure you apply the ACPI fix. The fix is available in this thread http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=144020 Your motherboard is capable of retail. I suggest you try retail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfxl Posted April 26, 2009 Author Share Posted April 26, 2009 I'll give it a shot. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfxl Posted April 26, 2009 Author Share Posted April 26, 2009 Hi again, I tried reinstalling the iDeneb version with the ACPI patch and it hasn't changed anything. I thought I'd try to get iDeneb running before I try retail since I do have to get it running to eventually install the retail version. I did notice there was this other ACPI fix in the iDeneb installer. Something with ACPISm I think. Do I need that as well? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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