Xplode90 Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 Ok first of all i have a dell xps 410, 2 sata hard drives running xp pro. At first i got pretty far then it said "still waiting for root device" then after i did something with my partitions i put disc in pc and restart computer, it says press any button to install mac os x or w/e. press it, it starts and i get an error "AppleHDA.kext unable to locate layout_id properly." so in short it stays on the black screen if this has anything to do with it i have 2 dvd drives ones a cd-r/dvd drive the other is a dvd/dvd-r drive to burn dvds in. here are more system specs Windows: Windows XP5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2 Internet Explorer: 7.0.5730.11 Memory (RAM): 3048 MB CPU: Intel® Core™2 CPU 6300 @ 1.86GHz CPU Speed: 1861.9 MHz Sound card: SigmaTel Audio Display Adapters: RADEON X300/X550 Series | RADEON X300/X550 Series Secondary | NetMeeting driver | RDPDD Chained DD Screen Resolution: 1280 X 1024 - 32 bit : Network Adapters: Intel® 82566DC Gigabit Network Connection - Packet Scheduler Miniport CD / DVD Drives: E: SONY CDRWDVD CRX310S | F: TSSTcorpDVD+-RW TS-H553A | G: MagicISOVirtual DVD-ROM : COM Ports: LPT Ports: Mouse: 3 Button Wheel Mouse Present Hard Disks: C: 210.9GB | D: 232.8GB | H: 21.8GB Hard Disks - Free: C: 79.4GB | D: 14.0GB | H: 21.8GB USB Controllers: 7 host controllers. Firewire (1394): Not Detected : Manufacturer: Dell Inc. Product Make: Dell DXP061 : AC Power Status: OnLine BIOS Info: ATAT COMPATIBLE 033007 DELL 14 Time Zone: Central Standard Time Battery: No Battery Motherboard: Dell Inc. 0WG855 Modem: Not detected Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/55647-dell-help-cant-even-install/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xplode90 Posted June 29, 2007 Author Share Posted June 29, 2007 Please can someone help me ive been asking for help politely the last 4 days not one person has helped me one bit. I was referred to this site as a good support site. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/55647-dell-help-cant-even-install/#findComment-397856 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xplode90 Posted June 29, 2007 Author Share Posted June 29, 2007 http://www.r3venge.com/shikaku/dell_xps410.htm Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/55647-dell-help-cant-even-install/#findComment-397902 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xplode90 Posted June 30, 2007 Author Share Posted June 30, 2007 bump for the night, id like to have this figured out by tomorrow. any help would be greatly appreciated Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/55647-dell-help-cant-even-install/#findComment-398106 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ramm Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 Firstly, don't bump your thread three times in 24 hours... Secondly, it's probably your SATA HDDs. Try some IDE ones. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/55647-dell-help-cant-even-install/#findComment-398120 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyphyleo Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 i believe thats a nforce 4 chipset, if it is your pretty screwed Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/55647-dell-help-cant-even-install/#findComment-398127 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xplode90 Posted July 2, 2007 Author Share Posted July 2, 2007 i believe thats a nforce 4 chipset, if it is your pretty screwed how do i check if its an nforce 4 chhipset? Is there like a patch or something. any help would be great Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/55647-dell-help-cant-even-install/#findComment-399634 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_muad_dib Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 cpu-z on windows Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/55647-dell-help-cant-even-install/#findComment-399637 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xplode90 Posted July 2, 2007 Author Share Posted July 2, 2007 cpu-z on windows doesnt say nforce 4 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/55647-dell-help-cant-even-install/#findComment-400026 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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