UglyLittleSpud Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Hi, I've just spent the last 2 days trying to install Snow Leopard on the following: Asus P5QL Pro Q6600 4GB 1066mhz SD RAM 500GB SATA Hard Drive DVDRW (Sata) I've tried the Lifehacker guide, Boot132, iDeneb 10.5.6 until I finally stumbled upon SnowOSX Universal. Now, I downloaded the SnowOSX distro, burnt it, and tried to boot but it just hangs on the gray Apple screen with the spinning cursor. It does not load the installer at all. I've been through my BIOS settings and everything is set as it should be as far as I know. I really really would love to get SL onto this machine (preferably using the SnowOSX distro as it seems to be the simplest method). Can someone please please PLEEEEASE help me? I at a total loss as to what could be going wrong. PS - I am new to this, you probably guessed. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/202167-urgently-need-help-snow-leopard-on-p5ql-pro/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
UglyLittleSpud Posted December 14, 2009 Author Share Posted December 14, 2009 Hi, I've just spent the last 2 days trying to install Snow Leopard on the following: Asus P5QL Pro Q6600 4GB 1066mhz SD RAM 500GB SATA Hard Drive DVDRW (Sata) I've tried the Lifehacker guide, Boot132, iDeneb 10.5.6 until I finally stumbled upon SnowOSX Universal. Now, I downloaded the SnowOSX distro, burnt it, and tried to boot but it just hangs on the gray Apple screen with the spinning cursor. It does not load the installer at all. I've been through my BIOS settings and everything is set as it should be as far as I know. I really really would love to get SL onto this machine (preferably using the SnowOSX distro as it seems to be the simplest method). Can someone please please PLEEEEASE help me? I at a total loss as to what could be going wrong. PS - I am new to this, you probably guessed. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/202167-urgently-need-help-snow-leopard-on-p5ql-pro/#findComment-1358937 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurto2021 Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 go grab rebel efi and see if that will install it.....try all methods for the first install....don't pay for it though.....you should be able to install without paying. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/202167-urgently-need-help-snow-leopard-on-p5ql-pro/#findComment-1359017 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bchemist Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 Search for the 132 MARS bootloader by Ian T. That will get you up and running, or at least it should since the P5Q series are all very similar. The most glaring thing that you are doing wrong is that you are using that rediculous SnowOSX distro. The bandwidth that has been wasted on that monstrosity is shameful to say the least. The fact that you got even that far is nearly a miracle since I've only heard of one person out of probably thousands that actually got it to work...but it was riddled with errors. We are at a point where the need for a distro is more or less dead and to even consider them is to do yourself a disservice to say the least. I'm positive that 2 days of wasted time is worth far more to you than the $30 for the retail SL disk. Buy it so you don't waste another 2-20 days...or longer since I've never been able to get a distro to work without bugs sooner or later, and that's coming from someone who is very experienced in coding DSDT files. While I've made dozens of improvements to my own P5Q since the Marsbooter install, it was still one of the cleanest and fastest installations I've ever done where 90% of your system will work right away. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/202167-urgently-need-help-snow-leopard-on-p5ql-pro/#findComment-1359091 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddiesGames Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 I get stuck on: IOAPIC: Version 0x20 Vectors 64:87 Anyone knows the answer? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/202167-urgently-need-help-snow-leopard-on-p5ql-pro/#findComment-1422712 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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