Problems Installing Mac OSX 10.6 on a HP Pavilion Slimline

[Zak Estevez]

Hello, i'm triying for a while to install OSX (different images) on an HP Slimline s5110la

 

Full Specs are:

Motherboard: Pegatron M2N68-LA (Narra5)

Processor: AMD Athlon X2 7550

Chipset: nForce 430

RAM: 3GB PC2-6400

Hard drive: 320GB SATA (WDC WD32 00AAJS-65M0A)

Graphics: Integrated graphics using nVidia GeForce 6150SE 128MB

(Upgraded to MSI R4350 512MB PCI-E)

Audio: Integrated Realtek ALC888S Audio

Lan: Realtek RTL8201N

DVD: SuperMulti DVD Burner with LightScribe Technology drive

(Upgraded to an SAMSUNG 16x DVD RW Drive due to drive failure)

 

(Full specs here: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/documen...ct=3957696#N139)

 

I tried with 3 different images:

 

- Snow Leopard 10.6.1-10.6.2 Intel AMD by Hazard

 

Using this image, it start loading and restart the machine after a few secconds. No matter what options i chose, it allways do the same thing. I tried a large combination of:

-v

-x

-s

-x

arch=i386

platform=X86PC

platform=ACPI

 

I try this image on a friend's computer, and reads ok and starts the install program

 

- SNOWLEO MAC Snow Leopard OSX86_64 For INTEL/AMD 32/64 MBR/GUID by Director A. K.

 

I get this image from PB. When i used this image, i 'm getting the error "still waiting for root device".

 

I tried the same flags combination i used on Hazzard image and no matter what combination i tried to choose, i get the same error.

 

- Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard (Final Retail) - snowleopard_10a432_userdvd.dmg converted to ISO

 

I used this image with "Pirate EFI X Boot CD v0.3" and "Pirate EFI X Boot CD AMD (beta)"

 

When i Boot with EFI X 0.3, it ask me to enter the OSX DVD. I do that, and start read files for a while, but, after a minute or two i get this error:

 

 

And when i boot with EFI X AMD beta it never let me insert the OSX DVD, it only display this error:

 

 

I read here in the forums that i shlud change some settings in the BIOS, but the bios provided dont allow to disable ACPI or Smart.

 

Do you think it could be possible to install OSX on this computer or it's a waste of time?

Shall i try another image? What would you reccomend?

Should i disconnect all USB devices before install (ex: USB Hard Drives, USB WLAN, Printer)

 

Thanks for any help!

 

Zak

[oldbrad]

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard (Final Retail) - snowleopard_10a432_userdvd.dmg converted to ISO

"Pirate EFI X Boot CD v0.3" "Pirate EFI X Boot CD AMD (beta)"

 

Have you tried at the f8 prompt pciroot=1 -x -v ???