Flybye Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Hi all, So I'm lucky enough to not have AHCI as an option anywhere in the BIOS. Hardware: MSI G41M-P23 CPU: either E2220 or E6660 (been switching them around in case it was the cpu, but I will probably keep the E2220 installed I first tried using ###### and can't get the 10.6.0 to install in the frankenmac. I took the hard drive, installed it in a Mac, installed 10.6, upgraded to 10.6.8, connected it back to the MSI, and could still not boot up through ######. I attached the screen shot of where I always get stuck at. Is using eyeboot not good? I noticed ### were stamped over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptChadd Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 For the board that I have, I dont have the option to turn it to AHCI and it installed fine on my machine. I would like to help you. On that screenshot I can't see an obvious problem. Do have have one of trying to run it but not in safe mode and -v? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybye Posted May 16, 2012 Author Share Posted May 16, 2012 Yup. Here it is with just -v Okay not sure why the pic is coming up upside down. I uploaded it several times and still its upside down. Let me know if you cant flip it and I'll just upload it some place else. Thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptChadd Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 lol, i just flipped my display with my nvida control panel to read it. How much memory have you got in the system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybye Posted May 16, 2012 Author Share Posted May 16, 2012 I have 8GB but I've read that doesn't always work right so I have also tried installing with 4GB and still same result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptChadd Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Can you take you pc down to 2GB or 3GB just to test if it works, if it does then it is a problem with it being over 3GB, which I had a problem with at one point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybye Posted May 16, 2012 Author Share Posted May 16, 2012 Not physically. I only have 4x4GB sticks. Would using the mem command line at 2048 work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptChadd Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 yeah that might work, it is at least worth a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybye Posted May 16, 2012 Author Share Posted May 16, 2012 Naa that did not work, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptChadd Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 looks like someone else has been having a problem installing too and with your same motherboard. http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=263375 I am hoping that your board is going to be compatible to be a hackintosh. Would you be able to try and install it using the ModCD which you can download and burn. Use it to boot with, then change it to the retail dvd and try to install it. Thats what I used and I had no problems with it. http://www.osx86.net/view/2298-nawcom_modcd_0.3.2.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybye Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Thanks. Unfortunately, the ModCD did not work, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptChadd Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 I dont know why this is not working. I really want to get you up and running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptChadd Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 On your first post what are the words you were writing that are hashed out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybye Posted May 19, 2012 Author Share Posted May 19, 2012 The letter i and the word boot right after. Not sure why that boot loader is hashed out. I've given up on this motherboard, and Ive ordered an Asus that I did confirm it has ahci. I remember installing on a Gigabyte motherboard a few years ago that the OSX install was seamless when the bios was setup the right way. I think it is just this board's lack of bios features. I've ordered another board so let's see how it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptChadd Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 It does seem strange that it would not install, as I have no Bios settings to change but it still worked. Did you check off the new motherboard to make sure it is compatible with OSX? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybye Posted May 19, 2012 Author Share Posted May 19, 2012 AHCI seems like a hit and miss. Some sites say its mandatory yet others like yourself were lucky enough to get it installed without it. This board is not on the list of approved boards, but neither is the old Gigabyte board that worked flawlessly. I'm not mad. I mean, it comes with the territory of installing software in hardware it wasn't intended for. I bought this board so that I can use an old E2220 CPU with it. Otherwise, I would have just bought a board from the list of approved and tested boards. If the 2nd board doesn't work, I'll have no choice but to get a new board and CPU that are approved. I know the E 2220 should not be the issue as others run with it. But as a test, I also used a core2duo and still no luck. I'll keep you posted what happens with the new board. I should have it Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertmannaustria Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 AHCIPortInjector.kext ATAPortInjector.kext IOAHCIBlockStorageInjector.kext JMicronATAInjector.kext already tried? because it looks like, darwin won't get the chosen boot device Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybye Posted May 19, 2012 Author Share Posted May 19, 2012 No I haven't. I'm not even sure how to. I just spent about 2 hours reading up on it and all I can see is these kexts are installed after the install. Any help on this would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptChadd Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 The kext can be installed in two places really. System/Library/Extensions and Extra/Extensions, they are normally installed in there. Keep me informed with the new board, will help if you have problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybye Posted May 19, 2012 Author Share Posted May 19, 2012 That's where I get stuck at. I'm I supposed to extract the retail DVD and put those kexts in that directory or does that get some how included in the boot loader? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatinMcG Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 bios version.. motherboard revision.. that can make difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptChadd Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 Reading up more about it, I dont think it is a case of injecting the kext directly into the DVD image but more finding a boot or modcd that will add the kexts that you need right before the install. The modcd should have added a kext for you but I guess maybe did not recognise your board. Maybe we should look at all the possible ways of installing a retail dvd as I know of three, modcd, eyeboot and I have used another one in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybye Posted May 20, 2012 Author Share Posted May 20, 2012 bios version.. motherboard revision.. that can make difference. MB v6.1Bios: A7592 v30.8 - pretty much the latest version from MSI's website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybye Posted May 22, 2012 Author Share Posted May 22, 2012 So me new ASUS P5G41T-M-LX m So my new ASUS P5G41T-M-LX motherboard came in. ###### install, ###### and bam. In an hour I had booted from hard drive, had 10.6.8, and had audio working. Only thing that wasn't working is the Atheos gigabit LAN, but I dropped in a Realtek pic LAN card for now. Amazing how much time you save just getting the right hardware! Lesson learned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptChadd Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 I am glad that new board is working well for you. What are you doing with that old board now? Turn it into a Linux server or desktop? Be a nice little PC that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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