DavidD Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 I recently realized that another computer of mine had SSE3, and I knew this was better for OSX86, so I installed my 10.4.6 JaS DVD (dual booting with Windows, bootmagic) on it. When I try booting into OS X, I get a screen of text saying things like "kernel panic", "double panic", and others. I've been trying to figure out why Darwin is crashing. I installed "10.4.6 Combo Update", and "Intel SSE3 Patch". Is there something else I need? I have a Pentium 4 530 Prescott. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36619-1046-sse3-intel-fails-on-boot/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 Try turning off Hyperthreading in BIOS or boot with option: cpus=1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36619-1046-sse3-intel-fails-on-boot/#findComment-260505 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidD Posted December 23, 2006 Author Share Posted December 23, 2006 Hmm, disabling hyper-threading didn't work, and I can't use boot options (bootmagic somehow disables them :pirate2:) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36619-1046-sse3-intel-fails-on-boot/#findComment-260580 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 Immediately after selecting OSX to boot from Boot Magic, press and hold the F8 key until a command prompt appears. If the grey screen with the Apple and spinning gear appear, you were too slow, try again. Type cpus=1 at the command prompt. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36619-1046-sse3-intel-fails-on-boot/#findComment-260615 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidD Posted December 23, 2006 Author Share Posted December 23, 2006 That didn't work (cpus=1). Thanks for the tip on getting to boot options, though Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36619-1046-sse3-intel-fails-on-boot/#findComment-260662 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 Try posting a picture of the kernel panic to see if there is a clue to the problem. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36619-1046-sse3-intel-fails-on-boot/#findComment-260671 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidD Posted December 23, 2006 Author Share Posted December 23, 2006 Ok, I'll reboot and take a picture, then put it in this post. Thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36619-1046-sse3-intel-fails-on-boot/#findComment-260672 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy Sentry Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 I came across this thread and believe I have the same problem David is having. http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...t=0#entry260776 I managed to get a high res picture of the error. I don't know if it's the same as David's, but I think it is or at least very close to it. NOTE: Picture is high-res and very large in size. http://www.instantunblock.com/kernelpanic.jpg I have the same CPU as David on a Dell Dimension 4700. This guy in the wiki reported success with the SSE2 package. I installed the SSE3 package and maybe that's the problem. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36619-1046-sse3-intel-fails-on-boot/#findComment-260782 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidD Posted December 24, 2006 Author Share Posted December 24, 2006 That's the exact same error I was getting! Thanks for snapping a picture, I couldn't manage to get a good one (by the way, you could've used -v to display that without the screen fading away ). I have HT off, and I can't seem to figure out why it's happening. I did install the SSE3 Package and not the SSE2. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36619-1046-sse3-intel-fails-on-boot/#findComment-260822 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy Sentry Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 I have good news for you. I was able to get it working by installing SSE2 instead of SSE3. I did some searching in the forums and it seems many people have had the same problem. May I ask what your exact system specifications are? I am especially interested in your motherboard and BIOS build. It wouldn't surprise me at all if a cheap motherboard, such as the one in my Dell made by Foxconn, could be causing the problem. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36619-1046-sse3-intel-fails-on-boot/#findComment-260832 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidD Posted December 24, 2006 Author Share Posted December 24, 2006 Ok, I installed it with the SSE2 patch. It doesn't recognize my Broadcom Networking Card (which is fine, I'll get it to work eventually). OS X doesn't recognize the CPU as an SSE3 CPU (only SSE and SSE2), which is rather strange. My computer is a Dimension 8400. I may switch back to using my Optiplex for this, seeing as the only point of using this computer was for SSE3. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36619-1046-sse3-intel-fails-on-boot/#findComment-261028 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy Sentry Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 Ok, I installed it with the SSE2 patch. It doesn't recognize my Broadcom Networking Card (which is fine, I'll get it to work eventually). OS X doesn't recognize the CPU as an SSE3 CPU (only SSE and SSE2), which is rather strange. My computer is a Dimension 8400. I may switch back to using my Optiplex for this, seeing as the only point of using this computer was for SSE3. I noticed the same thing. It must be our Dell motherboards . Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36619-1046-sse3-intel-fails-on-boot/#findComment-261035 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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