TheRacerMaster Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Hi all, I've been trying to install OS X Lion on my HP dv7 4087 cl Entertainment Notebook. I'm using iATKOS L2 to install. The specs are as follows: Intel Core i5-430M @ 2.27 GHz (Works with OS X) Intel HD Graphics Accelerator (Works with OS X) ATI Mobility Radeon 5470 with 512 MB of video memory (Found kexts on the 'net that work with Lion) 6 GB of RAM (works) Realtek Ethernet (Works with iATKOS kexts) Intel Wireless BGN 1000 (doesn't work) I am pretty new to hackintoshing. The laptop has Windows 7 and Windows 8 installed already. Its drive is formatted as MBR, but I used iATKOS to format one of the partitions as HFS+. Anyway, iATKOS boots up into the installer as long as I use the boot flag "cpus=1." Then I customize the install and install Lion to the drive. But after the computer restarts, OS X gets stuck booting at the Apple logo spinner. I've tried 10 different installs with different kexts selected each time. I finally used Champlist to install the ATI kexts to the drive. Then I tried booting. My friend reccomended using safe mode ("-x+), so I tried that. When I boot up using "cpus=1 -x" , the Apple logo appears, but then a progress bar appears underneath it. It progresses to about 1/3, but then it disappears and gets stuck at the spinning Apple logo. Does anyone know why it won't boot? Thanks, TheRacerMaster Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/276943-boot-issues-with-hp-dv7-4087-cl-notebook/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
artur_pt Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 hello see this http://www.osx86.net/view/2363-darwin_lion_package_lapic.fix.html good hack Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/276943-boot-issues-with-hp-dv7-4087-cl-notebook/#findComment-1805483 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRacerMaster Posted March 18, 2012 Author Share Posted March 18, 2012 I'll try that. Thank's for replying! Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/276943-boot-issues-with-hp-dv7-4087-cl-notebook/#findComment-1806663 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRacerMaster Posted March 24, 2012 Author Share Posted March 24, 2012 Nope. It still got stuck at the spinning Apple logo. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/276943-boot-issues-with-hp-dv7-4087-cl-notebook/#findComment-1808163 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRacerMaster Posted March 26, 2012 Author Share Posted March 26, 2012 Never mind, I got it to work. I had to delete ALL graphics kexts in S/L/E. Then, I installed the ATI kexts for my card only. Now its working Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/276943-boot-issues-with-hp-dv7-4087-cl-notebook/#findComment-1808722 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRacerMaster Posted April 26, 2012 Author Share Posted April 26, 2012 STATUS UPDATE: I clean installed OS X Lion RETAIL (bye bye iATKOS!) and everything is working flawlessly, other than ATI graphics. . Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/276943-boot-issues-with-hp-dv7-4087-cl-notebook/#findComment-1816392 Share on other sites More sharing options...
artur_pt Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 hi see this and try to apply http://olarila.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=736&sid=ffe9eba95c58ccf9680371e85fb79d7a good hack Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/276943-boot-issues-with-hp-dv7-4087-cl-notebook/#findComment-1816404 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawilliams660 Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 i have a HP Pavilion Product Name dv7-6b77dx Entertainment Notebook PC, 2nd generation Intel Core i7-2670QM Processor 2.20 GHz with Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.10 GHz , Memory 6GB DDR3 System Memory (2 DIMM), Memory Max 16GB, Video Graphics Intel HD Graphics 3 000 - Now Running SL 10.6.6d and seem to be having issues getting Lion to run on this, to boot SL i'm using Modbin CD and would like to try to get this to run...can anyone help me with this? thanks Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/276943-boot-issues-with-hp-dv7-4087-cl-notebook/#findComment-1816409 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRacerMaster Posted April 27, 2012 Author Share Posted April 27, 2012 Hey dawilliams660, I recommend creating a new topic for help, as it will get more views than from this old one. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/276943-boot-issues-with-hp-dv7-4087-cl-notebook/#findComment-1816593 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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