VagueDustin Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 Thanks for the info but after I press f5 and then enter, I get the previous error that I first posted with 5 pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elalan5 Posted July 18, 2010 Author Share Posted July 18, 2010 HiI had the same probs as you burning numerous different iso's Heres my solution after 3 days of trying everything Find snow leopard 10.6.3 retail iso burn and boot up efi boot disk for amd remove disk and insert retail iso and wait then f5 and wait then if no boot hit enter and installation starts. Partition hard drive and pick guid (only this way worked) when installation finishes it says failed installation just ignore and reboot with efi select the mac os u just installed. copy patches as per elan's instructions, you have to enable files visible first then reboot again. copy files from efi extras folder as per elans guide again and you should have a fully working snow leopard. i tried every version of patched iso's but the only one that worked was the retail iso untouched. Hope this helps you and thanks to elan for working with me on this. Regards thanks mcspcs....Dustin...did u try the usb way already as i told u? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VagueDustin Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 I don't have a 8GB+ Flash Drive and I don't have the money for one. I am burning Snow Leopard right now, when its done i'll see what happens. [EDIT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elalan5 Posted July 19, 2010 Author Share Posted July 19, 2010 ok, tellme what happens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VagueDustin Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Ok now, with the new leopard disk, I start up empire EFI, pop it in, hit f5, press enter, and it gives me this black screen and does not go past that.Here Are two pics of that screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VagueDustin Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 God {censored} this stupid laptop xD It's not worth all this stress. So I guess that's it.... I'm done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IM_3LITE Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 just to clear this up, in the USB guide, i need to have the .iso of the retail DVD and then burn that to a disc as is, so you can open the disc utility so you can make the restore for the USB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elalan5 Posted July 19, 2010 Author Share Posted July 19, 2010 im 3lite, u can just restore the iso without burning it to a dvd, u just have to have it on one of the partitions in the computer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IM_3LITE Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 i dont understand that....if its on my desktop, empire can find it and make a disc utility of that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elalan5 Posted July 20, 2010 Author Share Posted July 20, 2010 sorry!! ahahh yeah u were right!! i was thinking u had a mac to do it!! im sorry...yeah just burn and restore it to the usb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IM_3LITE Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 lol, your tired man, get some sleep, hey you need to rest up for the 23rd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elalan5 Posted July 20, 2010 Author Share Posted July 20, 2010 thnx dude, ill go to sleep already! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IM_3LITE Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 lol its 2am here and time to hit the hey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcspcs Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 you have to make sure you use the old efi disk and not the new one with stretched graphics and black background. i encountered the same errors using the new one God {censored} this stupid laptop xDIt's not worth all this stress. So I guess that's it.... I'm done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VagueDustin Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 you have to make sure you use the old efi disk and not the new one with stretched graphics and black background.i encountered the same errors using the new one Ok dude listen, I for one am not stupid. I am a computer Technion. I know what I am doing. I worked on this for 24 hours strait, no sleep, just work. Saying stupid and obvious stuff is not moving this train along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRobinson Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Anyone know what the kext is for the wifi on the gateway NV53 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IM_3LITE Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 JRobinson, elalan5 is the man for that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elalan5 Posted July 21, 2010 Author Share Posted July 21, 2010 jrobinson...the wifi should work out-of the box in snow leopard!!! tell me how u isntalled Snow LEopard in urs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcspcs Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 Hey Dude Take a chill pill, just trying to help you out. Its frustrating i know but sometimes its something really obvious that you have overlooked. are you installing to a clean partition ? or do you have windows already installed. i found most of my probs were because i was trying to install on a partition with windows already on. i completely wiped the hard drive and used the whole drive formatted with guid then installed snow leopard, installed kexts etc then when i was happy i made a partition from mac os and rebooted with windows 7 disk. once windows was installed i installed easybcd and selected the mac partition as mbr along with windows. and i now have a dual booting laptop with no mac crashes. Regards Darren Ok dude listen, I for one am not stupid.I am a computer Technion. I know what I am doing. I worked on this for 24 hours strait, no sleep, just work. Saying stupid and obvious stuff is not moving this train along. Hey DudeTake a chill pill, just trying to help you out. Its frustrating i know but sometimes its something really obvious that you have overlooked. are you installing to a clean partition ? or do you have windows already installed. i found most of my probs were because i was trying to install on a partition with windows already on. i completely wiped the hard drive and used the whole drive formatted with guid then installed snow leopard, installed kexts etc then when i was happy i made a partition from mac os and rebooted with windows 7 disk. once windows was installed i installed easybcd and selected the mac partition as mbr along with windows. and i now have a dual booting laptop with no mac crashes. Regards Darren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VagueDustin Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 Hey DudeTake a chill pill, just trying to help you out. Its frustrating i know but sometimes its something really obvious that you have overlooked. are you installing to a clean partition ? or do you have windows already installed. i found most of my probs were because i was trying to install on a partition with windows already on. i completely wiped the hard drive and used the whole drive formatted with guid then installed snow leopard, installed kexts etc then when i was happy i made a partition from mac os and rebooted with windows 7 disk. once windows was installed i installed easybcd and selected the mac partition as mbr along with windows. and i now have a dual booting laptop with no mac crashes. Regards Darren Yeah I know, I'm sorry. I did wipe the HDD completely and try that. Same {censored}. But stop, IDK how far you think I got it, but I never even got to the Snow Leopard install screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IM_3LITE Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 2 more days boys...WHOOOO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VagueDustin Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 2 more days boys...WHOOOO For what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jemisec1 Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 Any news if there's a better audio kext for the conexant? The photo booth fix is just annoying. And the screen saver and some animations are still choppy. Until then, I don't think having mac as the primary OS in the Gateway NV53 is a good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IM_3LITE Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 yeah im not making it m primary, ima dual boot from windows7 and snow leopard, 2 more days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IM_3LITE Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 FIX THE EMPIRE EFI LINK PLEASE, i have to go on vacation, ill be back on the 4th or so, so thats when ill install MACOSX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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