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I begin by saying I am a total novice to Macs and while I have built many a PC this is my first go round with Macs and the OS is new to me as well. I am having trouble getting the retail OS to load. I am using bootloader 132 and can get to the starburst screen and get a spinning pinwheel but never get to the screen to install the OS. I am not well versed in kexts so would definitely appreciate any help or suggestions. The following is what the system consists of:

 

 

 

Gigabyte EP45-UD3L motherboard

 

Intel Core 2 Duo processor

 

4 GB RAM

 

1 TB SATA hard drive

 

Gigabyte GEforce 7200GS video card

 

Thanks in advance!

what kexts are u using? enlist them :) and what retail leo u r trying to install? give the version :)

 

 

Well I think part of my problem is I'm not sure what kext to be using but I am trying to install OS X 10.5.6 purchased from Apple direct. Sorry for not having a better answer to the kext question.

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Well I think part of my problem is I'm not sure what kext to be using but I am trying to install OS X 10.5.6 purchased from Apple direct. Sorry for not having a better answer to the kext question.

 

Hi, I CAN HELP YOU OUT. I have the same board with E8400 C2D and just installed 10.5.7 from iATKOSv7 and then you need to install various other drivers. If you are still expecting help reply and I can guide you through. But for your eduction I would suggest see the following video

 

 

Just to mention, I can update the OSX just like normal Mac, so I am now running 10.5.8. The only issue is 2 channel sound. Here are the settings which I used to get this thing working

 

System Summary:

Gigabye Motherboard GA-EP45-UD3L

Intel Core 2 Due E8400

OCZ 2+2GB RAM 1066

ATI Radeon HD 3650

IDE DVD RW: Set as IDE Primary Master

IDE HD 40GB: Set as IDE Primary Slave

SATA 1TB with AHCI Mode and Native Mode Disabled

1TB does not show up in normal bios, but when u press F12 and wana boot in HD it shows the HD also availble in installation

 

Installation Settings:

Main iATKOS System

Bootloader : Xiezhy

Apple Decryptor

Kernel Voodoo 9.7.0

Disabler

OHR

AHCI

Card Bus

USB

 

Booted with -v -x and got the system partially working , see below:

No VGA Kext loaded basic graphics no QE/CI

Internet working (although no kext was selected)

No sound (although VoodooHDA kext was selected)

 

I then updated OSX from the menu using Mac Software update. System rebooted, used -v -x to see the outcome, it rebooted itself before coming to login screen. Again used -v -x -f to see and fix new things. You know what.....................

 

Got 10.5.8 working in basic mode without graphics kext and sound

 

Cheerz

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