Zetsu Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 well i have a friend an he is deciding to install mac and im trying to help him. he knows a fair amount of computers yet doesn't know much about osx86. hes having a similar problem i had and because of that I am definitely sure that it has something to do with the bios and the cpu not supporting the installation. what we are looking for is a bios or a solution to start the installation without it rebooting all the time we try to start the disc boot. his specs are Motherboard: Ga-ma785gm-us2h Chipset: AMD chipset 785g RAM: 4 gigs ( didnt tell me much more than that but im sure it probably DDR2 ) CPU: AMD Athlon X2 240 (2.8Ghz) GPU: ATI Radeon HD 5750 The disc we are trying to use is 10.6.2 by hazard. we would have tried to use a normal mac disc but since he has AMD and mac doesn't like AMD and such Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/218250-friend-installing-mac-os-x-amd/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
f00fSteR Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 It doesnt. But should work. Any updates on this install. I'm getting this board and am wondering in it's success with Snow Leopard. Specifically the Hazard release. -the f00f Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/218250-friend-installing-mac-os-x-amd/#findComment-1467332 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdnz01 Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 Just to add - the GPU is not supported. None of the HD 5xxx cards are supported by Snow Leopard at this moment. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/218250-friend-installing-mac-os-x-amd/#findComment-1467351 Share on other sites More sharing options...
epicvengeance Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 Did you get it working? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/218250-friend-installing-mac-os-x-amd/#findComment-1467592 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetsu Posted May 13, 2010 Author Share Posted May 13, 2010 It doesnt. But should work. Any updates on this install. I'm getting this board and am wondering in it's success with Snow Leopard. Specifically the Hazard release. -the f00f well actually my install was doing the same when i was installing it on mine and all i had to do is update my bios into a hacked one and it wouldn't reboot no more. Just to add - the GPU is not supported. None of the HD 5xxx cards are supported by Snow Leopard at this moment. i just add this little dash thing ( - )? or is there something to go with it? Edit: lol never mind XD i know what you meant Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/218250-friend-installing-mac-os-x-amd/#findComment-1467692 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetsu Posted May 16, 2010 Author Share Posted May 16, 2010 so its the gpu thats causing this? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/218250-friend-installing-mac-os-x-amd/#findComment-1469612 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdnz01 Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 so its the gpu thats causing this? No it's probably that you need a different kernel like the Chocolate kernel. Search around the forums or Google a bit and I'm sure you'll find it. But I'll tell you now though, unless you replace that GPU with a different one it ain't gonna work. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/218250-friend-installing-mac-os-x-amd/#findComment-1470115 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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