Plucka Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Hi all, I am crying into my cornflakes right now, my old msi motherboard had to be replaced with the following board : Asus P4S800-MX Sis661 DDR400 AGP8x and my 10.4.8 install with everything I achieved in the past 6 months will not boot up, all I get is the apple screen, the spinning wheel and then an icon that looks like a circle with a diagonal line through it???????????? Can anyone help me? I cant bare the thought of losing all my work, I was so proud of myself for getting as far as I did. I hope someone out there can save my install, please reply I am desparate to get it working again. Thankyou in advance for any help I may receive, cheers Plucka Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/62572-new-motherboard-now-i-cant-boot-back-into-apple/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark4181 Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 you're pretty much gonna have to reformat, since your system architecture is completely different now. if it pains you, buy a second HD and transfer everything over after installing a new OSX on the new HD Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/62572-new-motherboard-now-i-cant-boot-back-into-apple/#findComment-443140 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plucka Posted September 6, 2007 Author Share Posted September 6, 2007 you're pretty much gonna have to reformat, since your system architecture is completely different now. if it pains you, buy a second HD and transfer everything over after installing a new OSX on the new HD Im sorry I didnt mention that it was on a second hd that I manualy booted to at startup, the other hd has vista and xp on it. Thanks for your help, but I dont see how I can reformat it because it wont get past waiting for root device using uphuck 10.4.9 1.4 ir3? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/62572-new-motherboard-now-i-cant-boot-back-into-apple/#findComment-443165 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milstead Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 Boot from the installation DVD to reformat your drive. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/62572-new-motherboard-now-i-cant-boot-back-into-apple/#findComment-443302 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plucka Posted September 7, 2007 Author Share Posted September 7, 2007 Boot from the installation DVD to reformat your drive. Thanks for your reply, when I boot from the DVD it gets as far as waiting for root device, then it keeps repeating that message? I hope someone knows what I have to do, please reply. Thanks, Plucka Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/62572-new-motherboard-now-i-cant-boot-back-into-apple/#findComment-443352 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jl8080 Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 Thanks for your reply, when I boot from the DVD it gets as far as waiting for root device, then it keeps repeating that message? I hope someone knows what I have to do, please reply. Thanks, Plucka If it's getting as far as waiting for root device then you aren't booting from the DVD. Go into bios and select the dvd rom as the only boot device, this way you can be sure. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/62572-new-motherboard-now-i-cant-boot-back-into-apple/#findComment-443449 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hakemon Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 My motherboard has the same chipset as yours. If you have a firewire card, try and do large quantities of file transfers when you get it working, and let me know if it kernel panics on you.I don't have a working ethernet card so I can't test anything PCI, but I kernel panic with that chipset when doing firewire transfers, including internet video streaming (networking via Firewire) If it's getting as far as waiting for root device then you aren't booting from the DVD. Go into bios and select the dvd rom as the only boot device, this way you can be sure.His chipset may not work with OS X, notice it was that special SiS one.I had to use the JaS boot DVD for it to work, and even then, it's mad slow and takes me 4 hours to install.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/62572-new-motherboard-now-i-cant-boot-back-into-apple/#findComment-443455 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azurael Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 SiS chipsets are not good for OS X... You'd have been better picking up a board with an Intel chipset for your socket 478 CPU, because pretty much every ICHx ATA controller is supported in OS X with no modifications. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/62572-new-motherboard-now-i-cant-boot-back-into-apple/#findComment-443461 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hakemon Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 SiS chipsets are not good for OS X... You'd have been better picking up a board with an Intel chipset for your socket 478 CPU, because pretty much every ICHx ATA controller is supported in OS X with no modifications. Is your post to me, or to the original poster? If me, the motherboard was a free trade from an AMD Athlon 2400+ plus CPU and AOpen motherboard (that also was a SiS I think). My Pentium 4 3.0GHz Northwood came already attached to the free motherboard trade (as so did my AMD went with the AMD board)... Sometime in the future, I do plan to go to an Intel board, can't right now though, don't have the money, hence I had to barter. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/62572-new-motherboard-now-i-cant-boot-back-into-apple/#findComment-443464 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azurael Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 Well, it was to the OP, but I guess it could apply to you too... Even if it seems obvious that an Intel-based board would be better, I'm not sure the OP knew that. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/62572-new-motherboard-now-i-cant-boot-back-into-apple/#findComment-443484 Share on other sites More sharing options...
riws Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 Its SIS, it says all Only ATI/AMD Chipset has less Support Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/62572-new-motherboard-now-i-cant-boot-back-into-apple/#findComment-443500 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plucka Posted September 7, 2007 Author Share Posted September 7, 2007 Its SIS, it says all Only ATI/AMD Chipset has less Support Thanks for all your replies, but the fact is my previous board was an MSI brand with sis chipset and nearly everything worked perfectly in Hackintosh. So please ask around for me and see if we can save all that hard work. Cheers, Plucka Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/62572-new-motherboard-now-i-cant-boot-back-into-apple/#findComment-443672 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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