Sen Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 Hey chaps, I have a dimension E520 desktop in which my colleague gave me. And it originally comes with a pentium d processor. Which i made several changes to it by upgrading the processor to a core 2 duo quad, put a nvidia 8500gt graphic card and update the bios. So i install iATKOS L2 to it and been using for half a year. So currently the hard drive is full and i upgrade it and i intend to install install mountain lion to it. But when i put the disc, at the bootloader, i select F8 and use the bootflag -v but it restart. So im not sure what causes it to restart. I have tried niresh ml distro and has the same problem as well. Thanks. I will appreciate you guys help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatinMcG Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 try in i386 mode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sen Posted June 17, 2013 Author Share Posted June 17, 2013 You mean by using the arch=i386 kernal flag? I thought mountain lion doesnt support/boot into 32 bit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sen Posted June 17, 2013 Author Share Posted June 17, 2013 But nevertheless i have tried according to what you have said, and it says cant fit arch=i386.. So you reckon what should i do? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sen Posted June 17, 2013 Author Share Posted June 17, 2013 Typo error it should be can't find not fit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatinMcG Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 ahh forgot yes its x64 only. maybe the pc has issues with x64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sen Posted June 18, 2013 Author Share Posted June 18, 2013 But i presume if its has issue with x64, then why can lion be run? Anyway i would prefer using distro instead of retail method as i done before retail using other computer and had lots of issue. Thanks. I hope someone more knowledgeable than me could chimp in and help. If all else fail, then i reckon i would build a hackintosh by buying those necessary/compatible parts like motherboard and etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sen Posted June 18, 2013 Author Share Posted June 18, 2013 But I still hope this desktop could run mountain lion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sen Posted June 20, 2013 Author Share Posted June 20, 2013 Never mind, i think i will try the retail method. But you guys reckon retail method will work based on my description? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sen Posted June 20, 2013 Author Share Posted June 20, 2013 Ok chaps, i just try the myhack method which is using retail method and usb flashdrive. And it the same thing, it restart. So im not sure what causes it. I mean i have core 2 duo quad processor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatinMcG Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 boot -v to see errors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sen Posted June 22, 2013 Author Share Posted June 22, 2013 I tried. But in a normal hackintosh, if boot into verbose mode it will show lots of stuff but I try to use this to boot into verbose mode, after bootloader it shows a black screen and restart. I've tried different kernel flag such as -x, ncpi=0x2000 and graphicsenabler=no to no avail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatinMcG Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 what video card is it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sen Posted June 23, 2013 Author Share Posted June 23, 2013 Its a nvidia geforce 8500 gt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatinMcG Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 it should work. what u need is dsdt modded likely... to remove onboard vga from it. i havent tried lion or mountain on these older dells.. so im not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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