Dell Inspiron 13 Install hangs or kernel panic

[bkohler81]

Pretty much the same stuff that I read everybody else has problems with... except no matter what boot flags I try, I can't seem to get this thing past the white screen with apple logo (honestly, I'm lucky if it gets that far). I've been reading forums and wikis for a week now trying to figure this thing out.

 

I've given up now on Leopard (ipc, iatkos, etc.) and moving on to Snow Leopard. The wiki says to use snowosx v3.5 universal and it should boot right up. While it's downloading, I want to get a head start on setting the machine up to accept the install.

 

Here's the specs:

 

Dell Inspiron 13

 

Intel Core 2 Duo T5850 2.16GHz

 

4.00 GB RAM 667MHz

 

Display Adapter: Mobile Intel® 965 Express Chipset Family

 

Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN

Broadcom NetLink Fast Ethernet

 

It currently has a 180+ GB partition with Windows 7 Ultimate RC

 

and a 65GB partition of unallocated space on a 250GB internal HDD

 

I used Gparted to format the partition

 

 

 

any assistance would be appreciated... I am a NOOB! THANKS!