westman Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 hi guys , i am new to this froum i have just downloaded the x86 osx 10.4.4 DVD and installded it on my Maxtor 80gb IDE hard drive after all the installing process done , the system says rebooting but my com hangs and got no respon ... but the loading bar ( the circle flower like thing ) is moving ... but system not rebooting at all after half an hour ... i tried twice and got the same problem.. anyone can help me ? and below is my system config AMD Sempron 64 2800+ 512 + 1GB DDR 400 Maxtor 80GB IDE HDD on board display ( VIA S3 ) thank you Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24360-need-help-on-installation/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
westman Posted August 12, 2006 Author Share Posted August 12, 2006 The version of DVD called Darwin / x86 boot v5.0.132 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24360-need-help-on-installation/#findComment-162199 Share on other sites More sharing options...
changs Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 When I was installing Mac OS X I have the same problem. So I did hard reset and now I have fully works Mac OS X. Don't be scary, just do hard reboot :-) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24360-need-help-on-installation/#findComment-162203 Share on other sites More sharing options...
westman Posted August 12, 2006 Author Share Posted August 12, 2006 i tried a hard reboot and i got back in to bios , set the boot to hard disk and save and i restart the com , but it wont boot in to the OS , it just holding at the system check screen ( black screen ) u know why ? did i done anything wrong at installing or setup ? cos what i did is just pop the dvd in and click install , is it needs any specail techniques , like patches or something else ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24360-need-help-on-installation/#findComment-162207 Share on other sites More sharing options...
changs Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 Yes, you need patched iso if you want to install Mac OS X on computer with AMD processor. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24360-need-help-on-installation/#findComment-162284 Share on other sites More sharing options...
westman Posted August 12, 2006 Author Share Posted August 12, 2006 do u have some fuhter details of that ? i saw a folder called AMD enables in the DVD and there is a patch there but it grey out when i boot with that DVD Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24360-need-help-on-installation/#findComment-162290 Share on other sites More sharing options...
changs Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 I recommend to read this howto first. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24360-need-help-on-installation/#findComment-162317 Share on other sites More sharing options...
westman Posted August 12, 2006 Author Share Posted August 12, 2006 thx a lot , i got my patches installed , i guess cos i saw that in my hard drive , the place where my osx system files is ..... just dont know why it doesnt work ... thx anyway ... i might give it up ... spending whole day to work it out ... lol Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24360-need-help-on-installation/#findComment-162337 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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