iPC installation

[McZimi]

Hey i have iPC and i need to know what options to choose for my system, because not matter what i do, i always get a kernal panic.

 

my specs:

emachines t3642

AMD Athlon 64 Processor 4000+

Single core- 2.61 ghz

2 GB of ram

200 MHz bus speed

 

graphics:

on board- nvidia geforce 6100

pciE- nvidia geforce 8400 GS

 

 

help would be greatly appreciated!!!!

[srs5694]

I don't know the exact specs of your system; however, if the similar model numbers indicate similar underlying hardware (a big if), you might want to check out my HCL entry for my eMachines T3646:

 

http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.ph.../Desktops#T3646

 

It's been a while since I installed OSx86 on that system, though, so my memory of precisely what I did is limited.

 

On a more general note, try using the "-v" and/or "-x" boot options. These will display the boot messages and boot in a way that disables some of the more problematic subsystems, respectively, so you'll get some diagnostic messages and/or possibly work around a buggy driver.

[McZimi]

I don't know the exact specs of your system; however, if the similar model numbers indicate similar underlying hardware (a big if), you might want to check out my HCL entry for my eMachines T3646:

 

http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.ph.../Desktops#T3646

 

It's been a while since I installed OSx86 on that system, though, so my memory of precisely what I did is limited.

 

On a more general note, try using the "-v" and/or "-x" boot options. These will display the boot messages and boot in a way that disables some of the more problematic subsystems, respectively, so you'll get some diagnostic messages and/or possibly work around a buggy driver.

 

 

thanks for the help. yeah using no video drivers worked... but how do i enable my nvidia geforce 8400 gs? it has 512 vram. every driver i use wont let my mac load and it hangs on some message. i am now using iDeneb 1.6 and im having the same issue.

 

any ideas?

[srs5694]

thanks for the help. yeah using no video drivers worked... but how do i enable my nvidia geforce 8400 gs? it has 512 vram. every driver i use wont let my mac load and it hangs on some message. i am now using iDeneb 1.6 and im having the same issue.

 

any ideas?

 

Not for that board specifically. Unfortunately, getting video drivers working optimally can be a hair-pulling experience. You should probably do a search on that model number in the forums, and if that fails, post a query about it specifically.