dra6onfire Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 I was able to successfully install several different flavors of OSx86 but once I reboot the computer the apple logo comes up and the circling thingy goes on for a minute and then stops. After that I can hear the initial boot music but the frozen apple logo screen remains. If I turn on the text reader with alt+F5 I can get through the initial startup phase and still the frozen apple screen remains. Its rather disappointing. When I boot with -v, the last line that comes up is the one that mentions the startup dialog. As far as I can see, this should be working aside from the video issue. I need help! My computer is an Compaq V2030US. I installed "JaS.Mac.OS.X.10.4.8.AMD.Intel.SSE2.SSE3.PPF.1.Defiant.diskutil.biker880.ich 7-R.patch.Integrated" (I ripped this description from a different post but it matches my computer exactly) Product Name Compaq Presario V2030US Microprocessor 1.4 GHz Intel Centrino Mobile Technology featuring Intel Pentium M Processor 710 Microprocessor Cache 1MB L2 Cache Memory 512MB DDR SDRAM (2 x 256MB) at 266MHz (mine actually has 1.25 GB) Memory Max 2048MB DDR SDRAM (2 x 1024MB) Video Graphics Intel Extreme Graphics 2 Hard Drive 60GB (4200RPM) Hard Drive Multimedia Drive DVD+R/RW and CD-RW Combo Drive Display 14.0-inches WXGA High-Definition BrightView Widescreen (1280 x 768) Display Fax/Modem High Speed 56KB modem Network Card Integrated 10/100BASE-T Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector) Wireless Connectivity Intel� Pro/Wireless 2200 802.11B/G WLAN Sound Internal speakers; JBL Pro Performance; AC audio link; volume control button and mute button Keyboard 101-key compatible Pointing Device Touch Pad with On/Off button and dedicated vertical and horizontal Scroll Up/Downpad PC Card Slots * One Type I/II 32-bit card bus (also supports 16-bit) External Ports * Three Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0 * One headphone-out * One microphone-in * One VGA (15-pin) * One TV-Out (S-video) * One RJ-11 (modem) * One RJ -45 (LAN) * One notebook expansion port * One IEEE1394 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/181768-successful-install-but-apple-screen-stays-after-os-boot/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
dra6onfire Posted August 28, 2009 Author Share Posted August 28, 2009 No one has seen this issue before? I imagine that it has to do with the video driver but I am a PC tech and Mac is not my forte. If someone knows of the correct video driver to install and some method by which I can install it without video I would appreciate it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/181768-successful-install-but-apple-screen-stays-after-os-boot/#findComment-1238710 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikki732 Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 I may be able to offer a little advice, but also i am acustomed to PC's but had a similar issue as you. My suggestions would be to install without selecting any graphics drivers at installation you can always add the appropriate kext later. If that still does not work, at bootup type cpus=1 when you reach startup options. I hope this will help because it helped me but i was running leopard, i dont know if it would make a diffrence but just give it a try. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/181768-successful-install-but-apple-screen-stays-after-os-boot/#findComment-1239407 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dra6onfire Posted August 28, 2009 Author Share Posted August 28, 2009 Thanks for the reply. I'll try that and then get back with how that goes. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/181768-successful-install-but-apple-screen-stays-after-os-boot/#findComment-1239823 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dra6onfire Posted August 29, 2009 Author Share Posted August 29, 2009 Thanks for the "no video driver", that seems to have done the trick as far as booting into the GUI. How would I go about injecting the correct driver for it at this point? and does one even exist for this particular hardware? (I'll edit later with the exact model of my graphics hardware) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/181768-successful-install-but-apple-screen-stays-after-os-boot/#findComment-1240244 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dra6onfire Posted September 1, 2009 Author Share Posted September 1, 2009 I have been able to get everything but power management working on this machine with the above mentioned version of 10.4.8 ... My question is this; Is this laptop capable of running 10.5.x? All of the mac software that I have available to me is not compatible with anything below 10.4.11. Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/181768-successful-install-but-apple-screen-stays-after-os-boot/#findComment-1246524 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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