SuBDivisions Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 I have seen some forum posts about this machine and i just picked one up from MicroCenter for $399, and i figured i would put my installation issues/diary here for others to follow and perhaps help. So far what i have done.. Bought a 4 port SATA Card (Marvell Based) Disconnected all the SATA Drives (1 1TB HDD, 1 DVDRW). The system came with an ATI FirePro V3800, and i had no success in playing with it, so i saw on the "Good" list an EVGA GeForce 650, so i picked one up and I can already tell in the install the resolutions are right.. (Im writing this after my 4th install, just catching up). Basically up to this point i have not had to take out any Ram (6GB), I have 32 more GB in waiting, and i have not had to disable any cores on either Xeon. I downloaded Mavericks from the apple store on my macbook, created the bootable USB, and Installed it thru that [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] program. I get to a desktop after install/setup, and thats where its a guessing game for me. I have read of these "kexts" which I'm guessing are drivers etc like in windows, and that [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] program to install them, but I am unsure of which i need. USB Seems to be working fine in this safe mode.. So is networking. I am unsure of sound as of yet. There is that [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] program that i loaded, but I'm kinda unsure at what I'm looking at, and this is the 4th errr 5th attempt at this (first with the geforce card), so i must be selecting something wrong, or leaving something out. Ill update in a bit, perhaps someone who has another z600 can chime in. TIA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuBDivisions Posted October 16, 2014 Author Share Posted October 16, 2014 Well now I'm getting a Kernel panic on first reboot.. I used "beast" program to do some supposed Easy setup but now the Kernel panic is sating .com.apple.driver.appleintelCPUPowerManagement something or other.. Whoops.. can't get into safe mode either.. Looks like install #6 comin up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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