TopGear Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 I had my hackintosh running just a little while ago. Due to circumstances I had with my mac, I had to format the hard drive. Now I wanted mac back on it, but it doesn't want to install any more ??? I booted the [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] supporded/nvidia cds , both give the same result. So, I load the SL Retail DVD, and boot it. No kernel panics or whatever. I just come to the language selection area, then I format my hard drive to GUID and MAC Journaled or something. Further on I choose which hd to install, I get to the before-install screen, and uncheck all the options given. Then comes install the screen. That where it goes wrong. It goes on to just 19 minutes remaining (a percent or 5 to 10, I think) and then it just stops .... It does not move anymore. If I want to look at the install logs, I get the rotating rainbow that it's loading, and I get my pc only off with a forced poweroff. Pressing the power on/off button ... Anyone's got an ide what this could be? The only thing what's changed is that my IDE CD/DVD drive (with IDE to SATA adapter) is removed, and a SATA CD / DVD drive came in the place for it.. I don't understand anything of this.... TopGear Specs: Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4 CPU: Intel core i5 750 Graphics: XFX GTS 250 512Mb RAM: just 4gigs of Kingston value ram (DDR3-1333, CL9) 1 SATA CD/DVD drive. Scythe caze master. 4 SATA hd's: 1x Ubuntu 10.04. 1x Windows 7 Ultimate. 1x Data & Downloads. 1x Snow Leopard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopGear Posted September 5, 2010 Author Share Posted September 5, 2010 I think i'll stop... EmpireEFI: doesn't work. It results in no mouse and keyboard @ the installer. Nawcom: doesn't even get to the installer. I get a message about firefire, and everyting stops... Exit hackintosh for me, as it seems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rednous Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 If I was you I won't give up That what I'll suggest to you: 1. Install the latest motherboard BIOS 2. Load BIOS safe defaults 3. Set hdd controller to AHCI and HPET to 64 bit, disable onboard IDE controller in BIOS 4. Leave only one HDD connected to SATA0 (disconnect Win7, Ubuntu and other HDDs) where you would like to install OS X 5. Leave only 2GB of RAM 6. Do your installation -- there're plenty of people here with i5 CPUs and P55 motherboards successfully installed and running OS X. 7. Also reading this blog (forum also) could be very useful & helpful to you - P55, X58, H55 motherboards OS X installation, DSDTs, special boot CDs with Intel iX CPU support, etc. Your hardware is OS X compatible, never give up, search, read and ask Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopGear Posted September 5, 2010 Author Share Posted September 5, 2010 If I was you I won't give up That what I'll suggest to you: 1. Install the latest motherboard BIOS 2. Load BIOS safe defaults 3. Set hdd controller to AHCI and HPET to 64 bit, disable onboard IDE controller in BIOS 4. Leave only one HDD connected to SATA0 (disconnect Win7, Ubuntu and other HDDs) where you would like to install OS X 5. Leave only 2GB of RAM 6. Do your installation Your hardware is OS X compatible, never give up, search, read and ask 1. DONE 2. DONE 3. DONE (ide off: NOT done) 4. DONE 5. Eh, why? 6. That's the thing: it won't install And witch method should I use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rednous Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 1. DONE2. DONE 3. DONE (ide off: NOT done) 4. DONE 5. Eh, why? 6. That's the thing: it won't install And witch method should I use? A year ago i had pretty old RAM (4x1GB) and OS X was stopping in the middle of the installation. I tried at least 70 times to install it and it was stopping just in the middle with no reasonable message. I decided to leave only 1GB of RAM (removed the rest 3x1GB). Then out of the blue OS X installed flawlessly Later I found that one of these DIMMs I removed was a semi defective and that was the reason for my installation failures. I'll suggest you to read into the Tony's blog. There are installation methods described, P55 boot CDs, good support and a discussion forum. And finally, the idea is never to give up. There should be something small you're missing EDIT: Inspect again carefully if the SATA DVD isn't connected to SATA0! OS X target HDD should be connected to SATA0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopGear Posted September 5, 2010 Author Share Posted September 5, 2010 1. DONE2. DONE 3. DONE (ide off: NOT done) 4. DONE 5. Eh, why? 6. That's the thing: it won't install And witch method should I use? A year ago i had pretty old RAM (4x1GB) and OS X was stopping in the middle of the installation. I tried at least 70 times to install it and it was stopping just in the middle with no reasonable message. I decided to leave only 1GB of RAM (removed the rest 3x1GB). Then out of the blue OS X installed flawlessly Later I found that one of these DIMMs I removed was a semi defective and that was the reason for my installation failures. I'll suggest you to read into the Tony's blog. There are installation methods described, P55 boot CDs, good support and a discussion forum. And finally, the idea is never to give up. There should be something small you're missing EDIT: Inspect again carefully if the SATA DVD isn't connected to SATA0! OS X target HDD should be connected to SATA0 1. DONE 2. DONE 3. DONE 4. DONE 5. DONE 6. Won't install Remove RAM: DONE, no succes I've even posted this question @ tony's forum: no reply. @ his blog, no usefull information. Mac hd= sata0. I don't know what's going on.... I've got an SH-S223C/BEBE cd/dvd drive (as a replacement of my older IDE drive, with a sata adapter). Could that give the problems? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rednous Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 ...I've got an SH-S223C/BEBE cd/dvd drive (as a replacement of my older IDE drive, with a sata adapter). Could that give the problems? You mean the new CD/DVD drive is also with IDE interface but with SATA adapter? If so, that could be a potential reason for unsuccessful installation. If you could borrow from a friend a real SATA DVD you could try another installation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopGear Posted September 5, 2010 Author Share Posted September 5, 2010 Erhm, no. With the adapter did it work, with a real sata, it doesn't work... And the versions with adapter are both dead.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rednous Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 aa, I see. Huh, very strange case... I think you shouldn't give up. Search in this forum or in the Tony's forum -- there must be a solution! Wish you a success Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopGear Posted September 6, 2010 Author Share Posted September 6, 2010 -x gives a keyboard and mouse in EmireEFI and Nawcom but no install. [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url]=no install. I've got a 10.6.4 in a vm, can I do something with that one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopGear Posted September 7, 2010 Author Share Posted September 7, 2010 Maybe some interesting info. These are the log's before the crash... (yes, it crashed again, so I made a foto of it xD) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopGear Posted September 9, 2010 Author Share Posted September 9, 2010 I've got an idea (yes, it's possible ) I thought of this: is it possible to restore a mac dvd trough that VM to a 8GB stick, and boot from it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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