Bestinc Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 Can I put leopard on my homebuilt computer? I have an asrock 4coreDX90-VSTA http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=4CoreDX90-VSTA Pentium D socket 775 3.0ghz 1 gb ddr ram 164gb hard drive Nvidia 8800 gt I currently have windows seven installed on a partition and I have another partition set up for Iatkos v7 leopard, which I attempted to install leopard on but I got still waiting for root device error. I'm not sure of which drivers or if I can even install leopard on the computer. I have not found my hardware while searching. Thank you, Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189595-iatkos-v7-on-a-homebuilt/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bestinc Posted September 30, 2009 Author Share Posted September 30, 2009 Well I managed to get Iatkos to boot. It was just a matter of customizing the drivers better than I had. I've got two other questions now: 1. the darwin Chameleon boot loader automatically boots Leopard if I don't press any buttions(windows seven installed as well). Is there a way that I can get it to not load Leopard automattically and go directly to the selection screen? 2. I would assume I had a video driver issue (I'm not entirely sure). When ever I scroll down for example Safari, the text seems to jumble on top of other text making everything not readable and when I have, say iChat open and I want to move it. When I click and drag the program it almost all dissapears but a thin outside ring. I have not installed any video drivers as a read it can get confusing if you mess it up. I believe the video card I have is an nVidia 8200 gt not a 8800. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189595-iatkos-v7-on-a-homebuilt/#findComment-1285496 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vilpostus Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 The issue #2 is about the VGA driver. Install the correct VGA driver or EFI string. I'd suggest an EFI string to be the first to test. As for the drivers... Try CoreVidia or ATI init. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189595-iatkos-v7-on-a-homebuilt/#findComment-1285529 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bestinc Posted September 30, 2009 Author Share Posted September 30, 2009 The EFI strings worked thank you, Would there be a benefit for downloading other nVidia drivers? Now all i need to fix is the boot loader........ well so far. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189595-iatkos-v7-on-a-homebuilt/#findComment-1285968 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vilpostus Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 The EFI strings worked thank you, Would there be a benefit for downloading other nVidia drivers?If you have full QE/CI support and have no graphics artifacts, then there is no need to use an additional driver. EFI string is always better. For the boot laoder try this http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=160689 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189595-iatkos-v7-on-a-homebuilt/#findComment-1286069 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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