300 Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 Hello all. My pc specs: -INTEL PENTIUM 4 PROCESSOR 3.0GHZ WITH HT TECHNOLOGY (800 MHz FSB HT) -MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP MEDIA CENTRE EDITION -LI>512MB DDR RAM (333MHz) -LI>200GB HARD DRIVE (7200rpm) Will it be able to work? Okay now my problem also, I choose the -v option. Then the screen shows us (picture attached) whereby it just stays there --Look at attachment please, Your help will be greatly appreciated! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56444-jas1048amdintelsse2sse3/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
sahib Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 Your system looks ok, but I would advise more RAM (at least 1GB). As for the problem at hand, do you have any usb devices connected? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56444-jas1048amdintelsse2sse3/#findComment-403328 Share on other sites More sharing options...
300 Posted July 7, 2007 Author Share Posted July 7, 2007 yes i have my priner and stuff connected. Must i disconnect them all? and is it possible for me to have windows and mac? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56444-jas1048amdintelsse2sse3/#findComment-403332 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sahib Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 yes i have my priner and stuff connected. Must i disconnect them all? It wouldn't hurt to try and is it possible for me to have windows and mac? Why yes, it's certainly possible. But the question is: will you want to have windows after using osx I removed windows after a week's experience with osx Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56444-jas1048amdintelsse2sse3/#findComment-403336 Share on other sites More sharing options...
300 Posted July 7, 2007 Author Share Posted July 7, 2007 haha thanks well how do you you install both - i have two drives - windows on my c and i made a part. d with 45 gigs. Do i just say install there? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56444-jas1048amdintelsse2sse3/#findComment-403341 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sahib Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 Yup, that should work. You should try dual booting after install with chain0 - it worked fine for me: http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Chain0 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56444-jas1048amdintelsse2sse3/#findComment-403350 Share on other sites More sharing options...
300 Posted July 7, 2007 Author Share Posted July 7, 2007 i tried installing now with all usbs pluged out - still gives me same error but pops 'still waiting for root device' and stays there Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56444-jas1048amdintelsse2sse3/#findComment-403355 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sahib Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 What kind of HD do you have? Also, in what way is your cdrom connected? I once had a problem with "waiting for..." when my cdrom was on the same cable as my IDE hdd. Moving it to the second cable and setting as master was the solution back then. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56444-jas1048amdintelsse2sse3/#findComment-403357 Share on other sites More sharing options...
300 Posted July 7, 2007 Author Share Posted July 7, 2007 all i can its name is st3200827a and format is ntsf. pc attached Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56444-jas1048amdintelsse2sse3/#findComment-403359 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sahib Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 Is it a SATA or an IDE drive? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56444-jas1048amdintelsse2sse3/#findComment-403361 Share on other sites More sharing options...
300 Posted July 7, 2007 Author Share Posted July 7, 2007 i dunno how do i find that out? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56444-jas1048amdintelsse2sse3/#findComment-403362 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sahib Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 Control Panel -> System -> Hardware -> Device Manager Write down what you see under "Disk Drives" Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56444-jas1048amdintelsse2sse3/#findComment-403366 Share on other sites More sharing options...
300 Posted July 7, 2007 Author Share Posted July 7, 2007 yeah attached is a picture of whats there: Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56444-jas1048amdintelsse2sse3/#findComment-403373 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sahib Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 Ok, that's an IDE drive then. I made a mistake here: I once had a problem with "waiting for..." when my cdrom was on the same cable as my IDE hdd. Moving it to the second cable and setting as master was the solution back then. Open your computer case and make sure the cdrom and hdd are on the same cable, and set up correctly (hdd - master, cdrom - slave). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56444-jas1048amdintelsse2sse3/#findComment-403383 Share on other sites More sharing options...
300 Posted July 7, 2007 Author Share Posted July 7, 2007 i mean is there any other way of installing it - without opening the pc up. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56444-jas1048amdintelsse2sse3/#findComment-403412 Share on other sites More sharing options...
300 Posted July 8, 2007 Author Share Posted July 8, 2007 Hello Can anyone help will be greatly appreciated! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56444-jas1048amdintelsse2sse3/#findComment-403839 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sahib Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 I'm affraid I'm out of ideas... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56444-jas1048amdintelsse2sse3/#findComment-403876 Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneck Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 Took me a few days to get my pc sse3 ex64 processer up and running with dual boot Mac & Vista. You have to boot from dvd > the more memory the faster the install> the HD must be clean. at install it will ask select disk nothing will show. go to menu on top > utitiles select the drive and partion the way you want, make the first a mac juronal and the rest what you want, label them all. then load Mac. after your install you can install windows, ect. use easybcd 1.6 in windows to setup dual boot. I'm new to mac 10.4.8 but i learned you can't do things easy. I have no internet yet. hope this helps Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56444-jas1048amdintelsse2sse3/#findComment-404143 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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