jchiera Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 Hello, I had received an HP Pavilion dm4 series laptop for my Birthday last summer. So I finally decided that I wanted to try to install Snow Leopard on it. So I have downloaded a .dmg file of Snow Leopard Client Edition. I burned the client edition on a DL DVD and the DVD is bootable. The only thing I am not sure about is, if my laptop is 100% compatible or if it will even work. I have tried searching on google and I found some sites with compatible components for Snow Leopard. Here is a list of my system specs for my Laptop. Also if it isn't what kexts would I need in order for me to install Snow Leopard and which boot CD Should I use. I tried nawcomMOD CD and that did not boot into the SL DVD. It kept just restarting and booting into Windows 7. I tried [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] + [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] and I got a kernel panic. I will upload video of my installation and also pictures I will take of the kernel panic. I have also u\attached pictures of my system in CPUZ. CPUZ IMAGES: CPU: Motherboard: Graphics: Memory: Kernel Panic (Sorry they are kind of bad. I have videos of them I uploaded on YouTube): Here are the links the videos I recorded of the errors: [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] + [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] -> Kernel Panic -> SYSTEM SPECS: -Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-430M Dual Core processor (2.26GHz, 3MB L3 Cache) with Turbo Boost up to 2.53GHz -Graphics: Intel® HD Graphics [HDMI, VGA] -Memory: Samsung 4GB DDR3 System Memory (1 Dimm) Serial Number: 47A88D54 Part Number: M471B5673FH0-CH9 -HDD: 500GB 7200RPM Hard Drive -Optical Drive: SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support -Netowrking: Broadcom 4313AGN 802.11a/b/g/draft-n WiFi Adapter (Wireless) Integrated 10/100/1000Gigabit Ethernet LAN RJ-45 connect (NIC Card) -Audio: Dolby™ audio + Altec Lansing speakers -Chipset: Intel HM55 Express -Motherboard: Hewlett-Packard 146A KBC Version 58.1A I hope that this is enough information, if more is needed please let me know. I want to thank you for reading my post and making a reply that will hopefully help me solve this issue. -Thank You P.S. I am kind of new to this. I have a client copy of SL and have burned it to a DL DVD. Also I have tried nawcomMOD CD but it is not working for me for some reason. It will not boot into the SL DVD. So I am basically stuck, I have no idea what to do next. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/236229-will-my-latop-run-snow-leopard-os-x-106/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
jchiera Posted November 5, 2010 Author Share Posted November 5, 2010 I'm so confused with this stuff. I just basically read the entire Wiki and I am still really confused. Am I able to do a retail install? Like if I buy the DVD from Apple will I be able to install it on my Laptop? Or will I need to download a distro and all the kexts, etc. Will I need to make my Laptop into a Hackintosh? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/236229-will-my-latop-run-snow-leopard-os-x-106/#findComment-1576871 Share on other sites More sharing options...
3.14r2 Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 One thing you SHOULDN'T do for sure is to upload screen pic OF SUCH SIZE. It wont be helpful. A much smaller ones would be better. In theory it should be OK to run a vanilla (retail) OS X. Try this guide. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/236229-will-my-latop-run-snow-leopard-os-x-106/#findComment-1576887 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jchiera Posted November 5, 2010 Author Share Posted November 5, 2010 Thank You for your reply. I am sorry I uploaded images that were that big. I will crop them down. Thank You for the guide also! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/236229-will-my-latop-run-snow-leopard-os-x-106/#findComment-1576891 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jchiera Posted November 6, 2010 Author Share Posted November 6, 2010 I just got someone else opinion on the install. This is what they said. " Yes will work but the grapics will suck. no other way to put this dont do it. you will have trouble with resolution , playing any kind of movies ect because the piece of S intel video chip is not supported". Is this statement totally true? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/236229-will-my-latop-run-snow-leopard-os-x-106/#findComment-1577432 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dothacker Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 I just got someone else opinion on the install. This is what they said. " Yes will work but the grapics will suck. no other way to put this dont do it. you will have trouble with resolution , playing any kind of movies ect because the piece of S intel video chip is not supported". Is this statement totally true? Even if the statement is true or not, GFX shouldn't hold you off from installing OSX on ur machine. When there's a will, there's always a way. Solution: Go get a GFX card from your local computer store , or buy one from newegg.com. Nvidia or ATI, that's all up to you, but do the research first on which one would be best suited for your needs. It's a hackintosh... you will run into problems sooner or later, and that's how you learn. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/236229-will-my-latop-run-snow-leopard-os-x-106/#findComment-1578391 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jchiera Posted November 10, 2010 Author Share Posted November 10, 2010 Even if the statement is true or not, GFX shouldn't hold you off from installing OSX on ur machine. When there's a will, there's always a way. Solution: Go get a GFX card from your local computer store , or buy one from newegg.com. Nvidia or ATI, that's all up to you, but do the research first on which one would be best suited for your needs. It's a hackintosh... you will run into problems sooner or later, and that's how you learn. Yeah, I could buy one. But it's a latop. I thought those were expensive/a pain to install. But I'll give it a try I guess. haha Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/236229-will-my-latop-run-snow-leopard-os-x-106/#findComment-1579842 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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