Grey Curtain (Restart) issue P5Q3 Deluxe @ a/n

[mark3p]

Hey guys, kinda new to osx86 and been using RoberT_XeS P5Q thread (got me into install)

 

Having problems with iDeneb 1.4, iPC and Iatkos 5.1, I can do an install, but every time it does the reboot I get the grey curtain / you must restart your computer error.

 

My hardware is as follows:

 

mobo: Asus P5Q3 Deluxe WifiAP /n

chip: Intel Q9400

Ram: OCZ Platinum DDR3

Graphics: Nvidia GTX 280

HD: Maxtor Sata 250gig'

DVD-RW: LG GCW-20L

 

I have installed the juzzi bios update for 2004 for my mobo and enabled AHCI. I can get into all the installation options on the above three distros.

 

On iDeneb I click customize and have tried each nvidia kext individually (took all day) however stull have the error. I saw that there are no specific kexts on install for the gtx 280 and I have tried both the 1gb ram options. I also noticed that no matter what kext I select the chameleon loader still only says 14meg when it boots. I select to install all applications and the X11. I have tried with cpu=1 enabled and disabled too but still get the grey curtain.

 

I tried a similar approach with the other two distros however iAtkos seems to hang halfway through installation. I get the same errors on iPC as I do with iDeneb.

 

So now I'm kinda stuck, hope someone else has had similar issues with a similar setup and has succesfully installed a distro!

[mark3p]

OK, I have managed to get iPC to install and run, have gone through the lovely movie saying welcome in different languages and now have a desktop, WOOHOO!

 

I have a bunch of kexts from the P5Q thread for audio NEW_AD2000B_ROOOOOB_XES and lan skge_for_P5Q_Deluxe.

 

As I have finally got it to a desktop I am kinda loathe to start tinkering inside, this is the first time I've ever used a Mac OS, basically I wanna give it a go and see how I like it then gonna go buy one if it's any good.

 

So what now? I currently have a screen rez of 1024x768 which is incorrect for my monitor (1440x900), how do I go about getting that changed, also is there anything like Device Manager in windows where I can see what hardware I need to find kext files for?

 

Cheers for helping this noob!

[deyanuz]

OK, I have managed to get iPC to install and run, have gone through the lovely movie saying welcome in different languages and now have a desktop, WOOHOO!

 

I have a bunch of kexts from the P5Q thread for audio NEW_AD2000B_ROOOOOB_XES and lan skge_for_P5Q_Deluxe.

 

As I have finally got it to a desktop I am kinda loathe to start tinkering inside, this is the first time I've ever used a Mac OS, basically I wanna give it a go and see how I like it then gonna go buy one if it's any good.

 

So what now? I currently have a screen rez of 1024x768 which is incorrect for my monitor (1440x900), how do I go about getting that changed, also is there anything like Device Manager in windows where I can see what hardware I need to find kext files for?

 

Cheers for helping this noob!

 

google uinstaller and that has a bunch of built in ones. I don't think there is one for your card so you'll have to manually edit it by scrolling down and doing custom nvidia and following the steps. This is what I had to do for my 9400GT

 

Good luck and congrats.

[mark3p]

Hhhmmm... Uinstaller has just killed my distro back to grey curtain. Think I'm not gonna have much luck with the gfx card as the GTX280 is based on a different chipset to the other nvidia cards. The 9400 is a re-badged 840 with a few extra pixel shaders, same goes for a gtx250 which is a re-badged 9800 (which is a re-badged 8800 GT, stupid nvidia)

 

Back to the drawing board on that one then! Is there any way for me to force the resolution change without knackering the OS? Also I get a wierd effect when moving windows the contents dont move they kinda dissapear and the edge of the window stays drawn wherever I move the window on the screen. It all goes back to normal if I right click on desktop, just a wierd bug!