TechWiz Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Ok guys I need some here here because I cannot for the life of me figure out what the hell is causing this issue. I've done installed of OS X on many different hardware setups but I've never come across this issue before. When I boot my install DVD (Ive tried XxX, JaS and iPC and probably another one but I don't remember which) and all of them except JaS cause my computer to reboot even in verbose mode just after the dsmos starts or after the MAC framework thing does its.... thing. I've tried running with all kinda of flags like -x -v -legacy cpus=1 and nothing seems to help. However when I used cpus=1 darwin at least didn't reboot automatically and allowed verbose to show me something before halting completely (DVD was not locked in the drive or being accessed) JaS will just plain hang at the same place as the others with or without the cpus=1 flag. I'm thinking its lack of SATA drivers for my rig thats causing the hang but I have no clue what could be causing the reboot other than a kernel panic or a halt.reboot from one of Apple's kexts My setup is as follows Biostar G31E-M7 - Intel 82801GB/GR/GH SATA I/O controller -- 320GB Seagate Barracuda - Intel G31/G33/G35 chipset - Realtek RTL8168D/8111D Gb Ethernet Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 2.93 OC'd to 3.3GHz 4GB RAM DDR2-800 Any help would be appreciated; thanks in advance guys! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/190176-dvd-setup-wont-even-start/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
vilpostus Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Could you boot with the -v flag and take a picture of the screen? It can be helpful to determine the problem. Also be extra careful then selecting drivers in customize. It is better to select as less drivers as possible and do not select any VGA drivers. In some cases ACIP related patches may help. Chipset drivers only help with disc controller issues (though you need some for ICH7). I'm gunna try throwing the entire extentions folder from the DVD into the HDD using win7 in hopes that it will at least boot long enough for me to get the correct drivers singled out.I would that. Won't help - only screw everything up. Sad to say that, but even if you manage to install OS X on it, there are no VGA drivers for the on-board VGA device (I assume you have GMA 3100 and no other PCI card). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/190176-dvd-setup-wont-even-start/#findComment-1289043 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechWiz Posted October 4, 2009 Author Share Posted October 4, 2009 Could you boot with the -v flag and take a picture of the screen? It can be helpful to determine the problem. Also be extra careful then selecting drivers in customize. It is better to select as less drivers as possible and do not select any VGA drivers. In some cases ACIP related patches may help. Chipset drivers only help with disc controller issues (though you need some for ICH7). I would that. Won't help - only screw everything up. Sad to say that, but even if you manage to install OS X on it, there are no VGA drivers for the on-board VGA device (I assume you have GMA 3100 and no other PCI card). Sorry you seem to have misunderstood my issue here. Its not a VGA issue because my ATI Radeon 2600 HD PRO PCI-E works without any additional drivers. The problem is that when I try booting OS X it just halts completely for no apparent reason. It seems to be stopping around the time where it should be loading up the root device but it never even says "Still waiting on root device" or never even shows the initialization of the driver for the root device. Its as though OS X doesn't even know the drives/controller exists. Ive also tried booting with rd=rdisk0s2 from the DVD but it shows up "Still waiting for root device" and using rd=rdisk1s2 (the dvd drive) from the hard drive gives the same issue meaning that the problem is between the initialization of the controller drivers and w/e comes before that. However unlike last time with the DVD, I don't get reboot kernel panics and I actually get to see the verbose message this time without even using the CPUS=1 flag. Ill try and get an image tomorrow. I've also tried individual drivers one at a time from various install ditros and still nothing special from any of them.... And yes I am making sure its compatible with ICH7 or atleast compatible with legacy controller instructions because thats the only mode I can set my controller in the BIOS that wont cause halt/reboot panics with the installation DVD, which for some reason will only read the SATA drive AFTER installer has been fully loaded so single user mode cannot mount the SATA drive. Another thing I noticed is that when I boot without verbose there is no spinning circle under rthe grey apple..... If I'm not mistaken this means the issue is before the root device even gets accessed... Hopefully that was enough information to help clarify my issue a bit more. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/190176-dvd-setup-wont-even-start/#findComment-1289084 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vilpostus Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Sorry! My English could be better... Need some practice For VGA, there were no VGA card mentioned in the specification provided. So I thought you need to know about the on-board VGA. On the issue... May suggest disabling some devices (in BIOS) that are not needed for the system to install and function. e.g. LAN/WLAN, on-board VGA (if it's not already disabled), bluetooth, PCMCI, Firewire and other you may have (sorry don't know the exact hardware list). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/190176-dvd-setup-wont-even-start/#findComment-1289450 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechWiz Posted October 4, 2009 Author Share Posted October 4, 2009 Sorry! My English could be better... Need some practice For VGA, there were no VGA card mentioned in the specification provided. So I thought you need to know about the on-board VGA. On the issue... May suggest disabling some devices (in BIOS) that are not needed for the system to install and function. e.g. LAN/WLAN, on-board VGA (if it's not already disabled), bluetooth, PCMCI, Firewire and other you may have (sorry don't know the exact hardware list). Oh my apologies I didn't think my gfx card would really matter so I left it out intentionally. I'll try disabling all those unnecessary devices however my BIOS is rather awkward and limited compared to the one on my older board (ironic isn't it...) As for the problem itself, I managed to get myself a screenshot of the problem at the point where it just stops completely. Sorry for the quality, my hands were a bit shaky this morning and I had to compress the image to get it under 2MB Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/190176-dvd-setup-wont-even-start/#findComment-1289553 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vilpostus Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Check these two links: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...=189851&hl= http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=86298 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/190176-dvd-setup-wont-even-start/#findComment-1289980 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechWiz Posted October 7, 2009 Author Share Posted October 7, 2009 Check these two links:http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...=189851&hl= http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=86298 I tried these fixes and I still get the same issue.... Ive tried using the ACPI patches from all the DVDs... nothing. Also this AppleACPIPlatform.kext is a real pain to find.... I can't seem to get my hands on anything other than one from 10.5.5 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/190176-dvd-setup-wont-even-start/#findComment-1292748 Share on other sites More sharing options...
imacken Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 I have the exact same issue. After several successful installs of 10.5 and 10.6, I am stumped on this problem. I bought new kit yesterday, and I wish I hadn't! i7 920, P6T Deluxe, 6Gb DDR3-1600 and GTX 285. All my Idenebs and IATKOS DVDs just reboot almost immediately. I am going mad with this - never had the issue before!!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/190176-dvd-setup-wont-even-start/#findComment-1293171 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechWiz Posted October 9, 2009 Author Share Posted October 9, 2009 I have the exact same issue. After several successful installs of 10.5 and 10.6, I am stumped on this problem. I bought new kit yesterday, and I wish I hadn't! i7 920, P6T Deluxe, 6Gb DDR3-1600 and GTX 285. All my Idenebs and IATKOS DVDs just reboot almost immediately. I am going mad with this - never had the issue before!!! Well setting your SATA to "Legacy" or "Compatable" in the bios will allow you to at least get the DVD to boot but after you install..... may the gods be with you LOL Honestly I don't know what it is but I found BrazilMac's 9a581 patch so I'm gunna reinstall later and try using this one. I'll post results if I get any Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/190176-dvd-setup-wont-even-start/#findComment-1294753 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechWiz Posted October 10, 2009 Author Share Posted October 10, 2009 Well I managed to somehow fix it. There was a kext set that was just slightly out of my sight the last few times I tried installing OS X in the XxX Leo installer DVD. The kext set is in the Others category called "Old ACPI/APIC kexts". This along with the DSDT and Chameleon bootloader allows me to boot into OS X without the cpus=1 flag AND I no longer get the mac framework error. Now the only downside is that Sys. Profiler is not registering my OC'd processor with the correct clock speed. Hopefully its just cosmetic, or at least easy to solve. Anyway for those who don't have the XxX Leo installer DVD here are the kexts my system is running on atm AppleACPIPlatform.kext.zip AppleAPIC.kext.zip Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/190176-dvd-setup-wont-even-start/#findComment-1295499 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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