mrwizard14 Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 I can't seem to get Mac OS X installed on my rig. I know it can be done, as there are numerous threads about successes, but I'm having trouble. Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth X58 RAM: 12 GB G.Skill DDR3-1333 (3x4 GB) (But only one 4GB stick plugged in at install time) Graphics: PNY GeForce GTX 460 Processor: Intel Core i7-970 I tried [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url], Boot-132, and P6X58D Premium Mars 132 v2, and only [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] managed to get me to the install screen using the flags "-x -v PCIRootUID=1" I first tried using a Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB drive as the main one, but disk utility would freeze whenever I tried clicking on the tab titled "Partition." I tried partitioning it myself in gparted, but even with a HFS+ partition that was journaled, using GUID as the partitioning scheme, it froze on the disk selection screen during installation. I then replaced the Western Digital with a Hitachi Deskstar 5K3000 2TB, and it allowed me to select the partitioning tab, but froze upon the "unmounting disk" stage. I'm using a retail copy of 10.6.0, but can go and get a copy of 10.6.3 if that would help. EDIT: Just found out that I need 10.6.3 to support a hexacore processor. Out I go to get that. That's where I'm stuck. Any ideas? Edit: Sata is set to AHCI mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidm71 Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Have you tried underclocking the cores manually? I bet your 970 is the problem. Also make sure you don't have any extra USB devices besides mouse and keyboard.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrwizard14 Posted June 5, 2011 Author Share Posted June 5, 2011 The 970 is certainly a problem, since it isn't compatible with 10.6.0. I'm about to try it with 10.6.3, and hopefully that will work. The only plugged in USB devices are the keyboard and mouse. Edit: 10.6.3 hasn't changed anything. How would I go about underclocking my processor? Honestly, I doubt it's the processor though. It progresses through the install disk normally, it just hangs on anything disk related, which is a big indication that the problem is probably in the area of the disks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrwizard14 Posted June 6, 2011 Author Share Posted June 6, 2011 Also, I could just attempt to install OS X to an external drive and rsync it over. Would that be a good idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil43 Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Sorting these types of installs out are a real adventure. The fact that you have been able to [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] into the install DVD is very encouraging. I would have both the latest [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] and the Legacy [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] CDs available. Use the 10.6.3 Retail DVD. I think you can have all of your memory installed (I have not found that the 4 GB limit is meaningful). If possible, partition your target hard disk on another OS X system (use a USB adapter if needed) and use a small size SATA drive or partition your 2TB drive where you have two small partitions and two large partitions (nothing over 1TB). I use 40 to 60 GB sized partitions to bring up new machines. Two so that you can clone off a working version while you push for additional fuctionality (a way to recover without having to start over). Also, I have had no end of issues with my PNY GTX 460 on installations. At times I have resorted to using an GF 8400 GS for bring up and then swapping video cards after you can load the Nvidia update. And I suggest that you only have the target hard drive and the optical drive attached during installation. Using one of the [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] CDs you should be able to get into the DVD installer without boot arguments. Note, sometimes no boot arguments work where even -v will cause the system to halt. Also, keep notes as to what has been tried and the results. Have fun, neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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