luis.abs Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 Hi everybody, ok I searched the forum up and down for about 3 hours now and could not find a solution for my problem so I am sorry but I had to start a new topic. Ok here is the PC config (Its not mine (I have a G5) so bear with me): Sony Vaio P4 2.6 GhZ 1 Gig Ram 80 GB ATA 512 MB PC-2700 DDR + 2x256 MB PC-2700 DDR (came with the machine and working fine on XP) GeForce4 MX440 64MB USB 2.0 IEEE1394 (iLink/Firewire) I am trying to install the DVD version of OSX 10.4.8 JaS AMD/Intel SSe2 SSe3. Installation works fine, verbose mode (-v) does not show anything unusual as far as I can tell. After any install I tried so far, the machine reboots and I can see the starting screen (grey apple with spinning wheel). After my first install I got a total crash (reboot your machine.. blah) So I tried turning off some things in the bios (Modem Controller/Memory Stick controller/etc.) but no success. Install options: anything but the AMD support. After second install spinning wheel stopped after a while but HD was still loading and I could even hear the introsound from the OSX intro but can not see desktop or anything else!? Install options: Anything but AMD support, Titan/NVIDIA ATI Support disabled Third install just borught me back to total crash while loading. Install options: Bare install with Intel support only Now my question is what am I doing wrong or what could be the problem with this install? Looks to me like a driver problem. Probably GFX Card? I read that these GeForce MX cards are troublesome!? Anybody an idea how to solve this? Any help would be very much appreciated!!! TIA luis.abs Edit 1: Ok I thought I try again and went with the same install as the second time. Then booted OSX in verbose (-v) mode and found out that indeed the error must be in the kext file for the GFX card. Here is what comes up: ... kld_load_from_memory() failed for module /System/Library/Extensions/NVDANV10Hal.kext/Contents/MacOS/NVDANV10Hal a link/load error occured for kernel extension /System/Library/Extensions/NVADNV10Hal.kext NVDA::probe(display) match category exists, skipping NVDA::start(display) <1> mDNSResponder-108.2 ... starting Launched version 2.1 (v353.5) /System/Library/SoreServises/loginwindow.app/Contents/macOS/loginwindow: Login Window Application Started Ethernet address 00:0c:6f:58:da:c4 No Airport Driver found I think the problem MUST be in the "skipping NVDA::start(display) <1>"!? Any takers? Edit 2: After following some suggestion to boot in single user mode and then erase all files in the extension dir with the name GeForce/NVDA... & ATI my system now causes a crash after booting. Verbose mode now shows: display: stalling for module ??????? <<< maybe thats whats wrong?? Matching service coundt = 1 NVDA::probe(display) NVDA::start(display) <1> 2-to-4 channel spreading enabled mDNSResponder starting launched version ..... Login Window Application Started Ethernet Address 00:......... No Aiport Driver found Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/49247-1048-on-p4-sony-vaio-desktop/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartango Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 this is certainly an nvidia graphics problem, and i have a strong feeling that titan/natit does not cover the card you have. Look around, but you might be better off with a cheap geforce 7 series or something. They're supported Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/49247-1048-on-p4-sony-vaio-desktop/#findComment-352443 Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis.abs Posted April 24, 2007 Author Share Posted April 24, 2007 Thanks for the response... Yes I tried to solve it using Titan/Natit but no go. Buying a new GFX board looks like the easiest solution. luis.abs Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/49247-1048-on-p4-sony-vaio-desktop/#findComment-352748 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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