raduman Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Hey there to all of you, I just got my hart ready to install OSX 10.4.9 but I've encountered an issue....BIG one for me: I cannot get over the Partition formatting stage . The installer gets stuck for some time and in the end I have an error, my HDD freezes and I have to restart. I'm using the folowing hardware configuration: - Core 2 Dual E660 - EVGA Nvidia680i motherboard - EVGA 7950GT VGA - 2Gigs RAM XMS 5 5 5 12 - HDD Seagate 7200.10 320Gigs SATAII - LG DVD Writer Well, that's pretty much it. I followed all the instructions, I did all my documentation (possible). This is over my head and I come before all of you to get an answer to my problems. I dying to use OSX on my machine. In the end I got OSX 10.4.10 r5, thanks to mad.nub. I tried to install it........same problem! No formatting happend from the Disk Util. So i figured it is a hardware issue. Thanks to all of you for your time and patience. Can't wait to get the solutions. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/68010-formatting-the-hddapparently-impossible/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Espionage724 Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Hmm not sure.... I would try disabling SATA in bios if thats even possible. I'm also guessing its your motherboard and its hardware configuration. I'm not 100% sure nor am i an expert either lol. I'd probally try a Leopard DVD out. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/68010-formatting-the-hddapparently-impossible/#findComment-484104 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzzzMac Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Hey there to all of you, I just got my hart ready to install OSX 10.4.9 but I've encountered an issue....BIG one for me: I cannot get over the Partition formatting stage . The installer gets stuck for some time and in the end I have an error, my HDD freezes and I have to restart. I'm using the folowing hardware configuration: Using a Asus P5K mobo, I had to install with the SATA mode set to IDE on a 160GB drive that was recognized as 128GB, installed OS X, then enabled SATA AHCI. I then can use my 500GB SATA disk and the 128GB SATA as my startup disks at full SATA2 speeds... Not sure if this applies to your situation, or even if I did the "right thing", but maybe it will help. It at least got my system going... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/68010-formatting-the-hddapparently-impossible/#findComment-484363 Share on other sites More sharing options...
raduman Posted October 28, 2007 Author Share Posted October 28, 2007 Using a Asus P5K mobo, I had to install with the SATA mode set to IDE on a 160GB drive that was recognized as 128GB, installed OS X, then enabled SATA AHCI. I then can use my 500GB SATA disk and the 128GB SATA as my startup disks at full SATA2 speeds... Not sure if this applies to your situation, or even if I did the "right thing", but maybe it will help. It at least got my system going... I looked over the BIOS thingy on my mainboard, I have no AHCI option what so ever . BUT I will try the SATA - IDE change . Thanks alot . Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/68010-formatting-the-hddapparently-impossible/#findComment-484753 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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