Pivni Pes Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 Dear fellow OSx86 lovers, For my wife I bought a Apple G4/350 AGP with OSX 10.4, I was directly in love with OSX. I really want to buy a Mac mini, but mine PC is only 8 mounts old, so I have to wait. I don’t want to use WinXP any more, I get sick of all virus and more from that {censored}. Accidentally I found this site, so, I’m new in the OSx86 world. I hope I can found here some help and support. About my system: CPU: AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+, 2010 Mhz / SSE, SSE 2, SSE 3 Memory: 2 x 1024MB Motherboard: ASUS A8N-E ACPI BIOS Revision 1011-004 Chipset: NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra Video: Asus GeForce 6600 LE Version 5.43.02.72.00 / Integrated RAMDAC / 256 MB Audio: Realtek AC'97 (Onboard) Networkcard: NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller (Onboard) HDD: 1 SATA 250Gb & 1 PATA 40Gb What I already did: I have downloaded “Mac-OS-X-10.4.7-AMD.Intel-(JaS)-ISO-Repack.rar” & I burned it on a DVD. First I try to install at the SATA disk, everything was going almost good, on the end I get the massage that the install wasn’t successful and I must try it again. So, I try it 2 times again, and both times it wasn’t successful. Second time I try it with the PATA disk, installation was going good and on the end I get the message about 30 seconds the computer will reboot or I can hit the button reboot. So, I hit the button, and I was waiting………… and waiting, but no boot. System was hanging, so, I try to install again & again, but every time it was the same. The question is that somebody is familiar with this problem? Thanks in advance, Leo Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/38074-on-the-end-of-installation-the-system-hangs/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pivni Pes Posted January 9, 2007 Author Share Posted January 9, 2007 (edited) Hello, I have today look around at the wiki page, I found that the CPU into my PC is compatible with OSX. AMD Athlon X2 Dual Core 3800+ Manchester (SSE - SSE2 - SSE3) Works perfectly Also the motherboard I have was in the list of “Working Motherboards” So, that was the most good news for me this day. But still my system hangs on the end of the install and when I push the reset button and boot from HDD, then I get the grey screen with the Apple logo and a sign (a round with a strip thru it) I want to see my log file, maybe then I can see what is wrong. When I boot from CD and push F8 then I get something like a prompt where I can type –s, -x, or something like that. But when I boot from the HDD and push F8, I will get the bootloader from the bios. When I select boot from the HDD with OSX, then I will not get a prompt. That right, or do I something wrong? Edited January 9, 2007 by Pivni Pes Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/38074-on-the-end-of-installation-the-system-hangs/#findComment-272421 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe75 Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Go to the bay and get 1048 AMD FINAL and install to your PATA drive, during the install choose the nVidia package. Your system should be well supported except for SATA and hopefully that will be fixed soon. You should have no problems installing, when you boot keep your fingers crossed that there are no problems with graphics. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/38074-on-the-end-of-installation-the-system-hangs/#findComment-272441 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pivni Pes Posted January 10, 2007 Author Share Posted January 10, 2007 Hello, The bay ?? I was thinking, what is that?? So, I search wit my friend Google bay+1048 AMD FINAL I found it, and I think by myself: offcours :pirate2: bay Thank you for the hint, I downloading it right now. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/38074-on-the-end-of-installation-the-system-hangs/#findComment-272779 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pivni Pes Posted January 14, 2007 Author Share Posted January 14, 2007 (edited) Hello, Downloading was not going very fast, but with a little bit patience I have it. So, this morning directly I burn the DVD en try to install it. Everything was going fine and on the end I get the message to restart the system. Last time the system was hanging at that point, now it’s not hanging and the system is booting. But the system hangs at booting So I try it again, but now I disable in the BIOS the option “USB legacy support” and try it again. Surprisingly it was for my when during the install the PS2 mouse and keyboard normal was working. After install the system was booting again and the system was hanging at the same point. I try it again for 2 times, but it still the same problem. So, must I open my window and throw the PC out on the street, or can I better use a hammer to smash the PC? I really don’t know what is going wrong. Edited January 14, 2007 by Pivni Pes Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/38074-on-the-end-of-installation-the-system-hangs/#findComment-275655 Share on other sites More sharing options...
XP-RTM Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 hey i have i think the same problem as you. My installation fails installing on a sata drive right after installing essentials... if i remember correctly while installing BSD subsystem. I have an AMD 4200+ and an Asus A8N-E. Ill try installing an non sata disk to see if it works but i doubt it. if you find whats wrong keep me posted ill do the same Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/38074-on-the-end-of-installation-the-system-hangs/#findComment-276111 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pivni Pes Posted January 15, 2007 Author Share Posted January 15, 2007 Hello XP-RTM, Nice to have a companion How was your experience with the installing at a PATA disk? What I also tested is to update de BIOS from Revision 1011 to Revision 1013 After that I installed again, but the problem stays the same. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/38074-on-the-end-of-installation-the-system-hangs/#findComment-276630 Share on other sites More sharing options...
myzar Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 I'm sorry but i don't get where is hanging , at the bios post screen without any msg displayed or does the installer fails asking to reboot ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/38074-on-the-end-of-installation-the-system-hangs/#findComment-276673 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pivni Pes Posted January 16, 2007 Author Share Posted January 16, 2007 Hello, The system is hanging after the install, when I get the message “reboot system” Boot from DVD is not a problem, but boot from HDD will not go. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/38074-on-the-end-of-installation-the-system-hangs/#findComment-276972 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWhite Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 I didn't read all of your posts. I have MB with nForce4 chipset and athlon 64 with Venice core (SSE3). So basically similar. I also have PS2 mouse and keyboard and it is an old probem combining nForce4 chipset and PS2 mouse and keyboard. The cheapest solution was to buy USB to PS2 Adapter and now it works perfectly. Also install OS X on PATA disc. Booting OS X on nForce4 MB from SATA disc is not recommended. As I know on the Hackintosh install DVD-s there is modified VIA SATA driver, that partially works with nForce4 but is not perfect for booting. I am booting OS X from PATA drive and also use SATA as data disk. And so far it works fine. So try putting your mouse and keyboard on USB and boot from PATA. There is also known issue with reboot/shutdown on nForce chipsets. My comp hangs by soft reboot/shutdown but there is always reset button by my hand. Otherwise USB, FW, network, graphic, audio, DVD-RW..., everything works fine at full speed. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/38074-on-the-end-of-installation-the-system-hangs/#findComment-277047 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRSubway Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 (edited) I think i mightve had a similar problem, im still not clear on what all of your problems exactly are, but i couldnt boot off the hd after installing osx onto it. i solved it by formatting the hard drive, booting off the DVD, and when the installer loads, go to Utilities/Disk Utility. Select your hard drive and press "erase". AFTER doing this, go to Partition instead of erase and select the journaled partition (the one you just erased) and click which ever button makes a partition (cant remember what it says, might just be "partition"). After this, nothing should change except if you didnt before, you should now see "Master Boot Sequence" as the "boot scheme" (or something scheme, i cant remember if its "boot"). Previously after pressing "erase" mine would says "GUID Partition Table" or something, but after partitioning, it says "Master Boot Sequence". This fixed the first of my many problems when installing OSX. Good luck. Edited January 16, 2007 by PRSubway Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/38074-on-the-end-of-installation-the-system-hangs/#findComment-277344 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxBoyJnR Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 You guys are lucky, my system doesnt even get to the hanging! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/38074-on-the-end-of-installation-the-system-hangs/#findComment-277364 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pivni Pes Posted January 17, 2007 Author Share Posted January 17, 2007 I think that I found something. during installing osx again, I was looking at “Custom install” There is in the menu also an option “OSX86 Hacks Group” I was clicking on the arrow symbol and there I switch on “NvidiaNV40.Support” So I will try some things and after that I will share here my experience. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/38074-on-the-end-of-installation-the-system-hangs/#findComment-278172 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shagga Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 (edited) I think that I found something.during installing osx again, I was looking at “Custom install” There is in the menu also an option “OSX86 Hacks Group” I was clicking on the arrow symbol and there I switch on “NvidiaNV40.Support” So I will try some things and after that I will share here my experience. I think thats the solution , choose the hacks(sse3 support and AMD support) and it will probably work. Edited January 17, 2007 by Shagga Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/38074-on-the-end-of-installation-the-system-hangs/#findComment-278196 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pivni Pes Posted January 18, 2007 Author Share Posted January 18, 2007 So, switching on in the custom install “NvidiaNV40.Support” was the solution for my problem. Pull out the PS2 devices is a good idea, the install goes better. Mac osx runs very nicely, but 100% it’s not. The CPU is dual core, but only 1 CPU is running, maybe some hack I think so. Hardware: Hardware Overview: Machine Name: Mac Machine Model: ACPI CPU Type: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+ Number Of CPUs: 1 CPU Speed: 2.01 GHz L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB CPU Features: FPU VME DE PSE TSC MSR PAE MCE CX8 APIC SEP MTRR PGE MCA CMOV PAT PSE36 CLFSH MMX FXSR SSE SSE2 HTT SSE3 Memory: 2 GB Bus Speed: 400 MHz “Burn Support: Yes (Unsupported)” What it’s mean, It supporting or not? Can I run normal update with the system update, or better not? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/38074-on-the-end-of-installation-the-system-hangs/#findComment-278884 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Gyver Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 hi i'm quiet new here but i already have the same mobo as you "Pivni Pes" i could install the Jas 1048 but no automatic reboot at the end of the install. my system hang while booting from my hard drive in normal AND safe mode (PATA drive with 2 hfs+ partitions ) i have usb mouse and keyboard. in fact i get a: IDE0: family specific matching fails i will try what you did ... and post the result. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/38074-on-the-end-of-installation-the-system-hangs/#findComment-283602 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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