adam_ar Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Hi All, The problem is I get black screen after the apple logo appears for a while. I have assembled a desktop, I tried to find components which are value for money, so did not think of compatibility to start with. I decided to use Mac OS X on it and got the Retail DVD from apple store. Following is my configuration: Processor: Intel Core i5-760 [2.8GHz 8 MB LGA1156 Processor BX80605I5760] RAM: CORSAIR DOMINATOR 8GB (2 x 4GB) [240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMP8GX3M2A1600C9] GPU: HIS Radeon HD 4670 IceQ 1 GB (128bit) [DDR3 HDMI Dual DL-DVI (HDCP) PCI Express 2.0 X16 Video Card Retail (RoHS) H467QR1GH] HDD: Western Digital 1 TB [Caviar Green SATA Intellipower 64 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Desktop Hard Drive WD10EARS] MOBO: ASUS P7P55D-E LGA 1156 [intel P55 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard] Monitor: Asus VH162D 16" LCD monitor. Software: MacOSX: SnowLeopard Retail DVD 10.6.3 [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url]: 5.0.132 Please let me know if you have similar hardware and got Mac OS X working. If yes, what was the extra stuff you did. Any links or pointers will be helpful too. Thanks in advance. Regards, Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superschan Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Hi! I am new to this as well so this is probably not gonna help much..... I am trying to install snow leopard on an Asus P6T Deluxe V2 and I'm following this guide. I have different hardware (Asus P6T deluxe, Core i7 920) but I think your problem might be due to the graphics card, I had a similar problem with an HD5870. Have a look at that guide (under operating system install) there are some kernel flags which you can try but I don't know if it will work with [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url]. I actually tried [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] before I followed this guide and never even managed to get pass the Apple boot screen...... Hope this helps!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dothacker Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 use a DVI 2 VGA adapter and use a vga cable going to your monitor... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam_ar Posted March 17, 2011 Author Share Posted March 17, 2011 Thanks dothacker. I went past that problem using the adapter. Now i get "out of range" error on monitor when booting from hdd. Steps followed. 1. Use GUID partition table on WD green 1TB drive. 2. Install vanilla retail Mac OS X 10.6.3. 3. On first boot, update to 10.6.6 combo followed by [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url]. Result = Can work only via [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] CD. No HDD boot. 4. Format and use MBR on Seagate 1TB hdd. 5. Use Clonezilla to move partition from GUID to MBR. 6. Boot using [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url], install Chameleon RC5 ATI experimental. Result = Can boot from HDD. But... "Out of range" I tried all possible options: 1. ATI 48xx kext 2. Graphics Mode=1024x768x32@60 in /E/com.apple.Boot.plist or in /L/SystemPreferences/com.apple.Boot.plist. no dice without @60 either. 3. moved Graphics Mode from kernel flags value to independent key value. No joy! 4. Cannot change resolution via Remote desktop/VNC. The Intel Pro/1000 MT adapter only works for a while and stops after that. Onboard realtek 8168 doesnt seem to be in the game. 5. Used really low graphics settings 800x600 also. Still no luck. Will continue using [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] till I find some solution. Btw. I have triple boot Win7, Mac OS X and Ubuntu 10.10. Ubuntu was the last to be installed so Mac OS X's chameleon boot loader is wiped out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SivridisMan Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Did you try "-v" boot flag. So you can see what step(s) creates the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam_ar Posted September 29, 2011 Author Share Posted September 29, 2011 Did you try "-v" boot flag. So you can see what step(s) creates the problem. SivridisMan, I have abandoned this project as I had to work on something more important and urgent. Will post with the results when I resume this project! Thanks a lot everybody! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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