Can't get Snow Leopard to install. (AMD)

[rsmith2904]

I've checked out all of my hardware and there's nothing that I can see that isn't supposed to be there.

 

I'm using a 1TB hard drive with a new Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 board, 6 core AMD Phenom CPU@ 3.8ghz. 16gb of DDR3 SDram running at 13333 ghz.

 

What I'm doing is taking a PC that I built about 5 years ago, upgraded about 2 years ago and due to my dislike of Microsoft, have decided to build my own Hackintosh.

 

If I try to install using Nawcom's mod-cd,  I get to the point where if says press any key to continue, I then swap the OS X disk with the mod-cd disk, it immediately goes into a reboot, but stops at a dos screen that says verifying dmi pool data and there's where it ends.  I've let it sit on that screen for 2 hrs with no change.

 

It's my understanding that the mod-cd disk is supposed to transfer files to the hard drive that allows it to boot on its own, however, the mod-cd disk just sits there.

 

I've also tried the same procedure but used ##### legacy as the boot loader.  The result initially is considerably different.  OS X actually goes through the formatting of the drive and copying the files to the hard drive, but when it says it's going to re-boot, I then swap the OS X disk with the ##### disk, and wind up with the same result.  The only difference being that the drive got formatted and the files copied to the hard drive.

 

The following is what I copied from Hackintosh.com, and find it in several other forums.  I'm only showing the first steps because I can't get any further.

 

The installation 1) Configuring the BIOS

The first thing you’ll need to do is to adjust some settings in your motherboard’ BIOS. To access yours, press the key that corresponds to the BIOS settings when you power on the system. This is mostly something like F12 or the Delete-key (DEL).

The good thing here is that most AMD and Nforce BIOS’s are similar but not always the same. That’s why we can’t tell the exact naming of some things, but we can tell you what to look for. Here is a list of things you should adjust to make your hardware Hackintosh-ready:

• Change the SATA-mode to AHCI. By default, it is configured as IDE, so you’ll need to change it to AHCI. Don’t change this when you have a working Windows-installation, it will break it!
• Configure standby mode to S3. Some manufacturers already have this mode as default. If this is not the case, change it to S3 or S3 (STR).
• Adjust Boot Device Order parameters. The first steps in installing OS X on your machine require booting from a cd. Make sure your optical drive is set as the first boot device. The second item in the order should be the hard drive where you are going to install OS X on.

 2)  Getting to the installer and preparing your hard drive

The first thing you’ll need to do is downloading and burning Nawcom’s ModCD onto an empty cd. You can download the .iso file from here. When the burning has been finished, reboot your computer and let it boot from it. When it is booted, follow these steps to iniate the installation:

1. If everything went well, you should be greeted with the bootloader.
2. Now, swap your ModCD with your retail Snow Leopard copy. Give it some time to read the disc and press F5.
3. When the icon saying “Install Snow Leopard” appears, press your Enter-key. Some text will appear, Wait until the line “Press any key to continue” appears. Press any key to continue.
4. For a period of time, the only thing you’ll see is a bunch of white text scrolling down on a black background. This is the retail DVD trying to boot the installer. This could take a while and don’t panic when it seems stuck.
5.  After a while, the installer should come up. You may press Continue.
6. Accept the license and click the button Utilities found in the menubar. A drop-down list will appear. One of the options there is Disk Utility. Click on it and the window will appear.
7. We can manage and format our hard disks with this tool.  On the left side, you’ll see all of your hard drivers. Select the one where OS X will be installed on and click on the Format-button. Select “Mac OS X Formatted (Journaled) as filesystem and give it a pretty name

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I've changed the text color at the point that the installation stops.  The white on black text never shows up, instead, it goes to a re-boot and hangs up.

 

Anybody here able to clear this up?  What am I doing wrong?

 

Please....someone help me out.