Asus A7M (AMD) + Jas 10.4.8=not working

[ZukyRO]

Hy there!

I've done some reading here but I didn't find anything related to some ide hdd issues (it does not detect my hard drive)

Here are the specs of my laptop... from Everest....

Motherboard


CPU Type AMD Turion64 X2  Mobile , 1800 MHz	


Motherboard Name   Unknown	


Motherboard Chipset   Unknown	


System Memory   1920 MB	


BIOS Type:  AMI (11/09/06)

Display:

Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce  Go 6100  

Monitor   Plug and Play Monitor [NoDB]		

Multimedia:

Audio Adapter   Modem #1 Line Playback	


Audio Adapter   Realtek HD Audio output		

Storage:	


IDE Controller   Ricoh Memory Stick Host Controller	


IDE Controller   Ricoh MMC Host Controller	


IDE Controller   Ricoh xD-Picture Card Host Controller	


IDE Controller   Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller	


IDE Controller   Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller	


SCSI/RAID Controller   SCSI/RAID Host Controller	


Disk Drive   ST9120821AS (111 GB, IDE)	


Optical Drive :  MAT{censored}A  DVD-RAM UJ-850S	


SMART Hard Disks Status   OK		

[b]Partitions:[/b]	


C: (NTFS)   39997 MB (5902 MB free)	


D: (NTFS)   48257 MB (1314 MB free)	


E: (FAT32)   26202 MB (26202 MB free)	


Total Size   111.8 GB (32.6 GB free)		

[b]Input:[/b]	


Keyboard   Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard	


Mouse   Synaptics PS/2 Port TouchPad		

[b]Network:[/b]	


Network Adapter   Atheros AR5006EG Wireless Network Adapter (10.0.0.2)	


Network Adapter   Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family Gigabit Ethernet NIC	


Modem   HDAUDIO Soft Spkerphone Modem with SmartSP		

[b]Peripherals:[/b]	



USB1 Controller   Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller [NoDB]	


USB2 Controller   Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller [NoDB]	


USB Device   USB2.0 1.3M Web Cam	


Battery   Microsoft AC Adapter	


Battery   Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery

I've done everything according to this tutorial... and still nothing...

I've restarted the installer several times... nothing... it only detects my DVD.

 

Any clue?

 

Thank you in advance

[Middleman]

Hi,

 

You need to format the initial part of your drives as FAT32 under 30GB size ie. 30720MB as OSX doesn't recognise NTFS.

Windows will need to be formatted as FAT32.

 

Use Window's startup installer or independent tool to partition and format the OSX partition as FAT32 (initially before deletion under OSX install) in order for the boot process to work.

 

If it still doesn't detect it under Disk Utility, you may need to update your laptop BIOS first to the latest version.

Remember to find the correct download, and write down the current date and BIOS version number of your machine before the update just in case it doesn't work, as hard disk / new BIOS firmware recognitions can be an issue.

 

Also the section called 'Alternative Suggestions' from here > http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Simple_Dual_Boot may help with the install.