Scott V Saunders Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Hi, I have been trying for about 2 months to install OS X on my PC but it seems that I am fighting one hell of a loosing battle. Basically, I have the following hardware, AMD X 2 4200 (2.58MHZ 4 x 1GB DDR2 800MHZ RAM Foxconn C51 Motherboard (Nforce 590) 3 x SATA 320 GB Hard Drivers Nvidia 7600 GTX 256MB Graphics Cards The problem that I am having is that when I try and book one of the installation Disks that I have "Obtained" I get the standard black screen showing loads of text and messages that look like Linux messages, then a blue screen appears and I am to select the language. The problem is the keyboard and mouse do you work! I am using a wireless keyboard and a USB mouse, Is there anyway that I can get around this problem and I feel that this is what is causing me the head aches. I have seached the internet for solutions to this but I just cant find anything - I hope that I am looking in the right place. I love OS X and I really want to get rid of Windows as I truely do hate it! Is there anything that I can do? what about these little codes that I am type in on the start up screen on the installation disk. I have seem some of them and I think they are like -v or -x etc but I dont know what they mean. well thats it... I now throw this open to the floor! who can help me? THanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/68167-why-does-my-keyboard-and-mouse-not-work-on-os-x-install/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoarthing Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Hi, I have been trying for about 2 months to install OS X on my PC but it seems that I am fighting one hell of a loosing battle. Basically, I have the following hardware, AMD X 2 4200 (2.58MHZ 4 x 1GB DDR2 800MHZ RAM Foxconn C51 Motherboard (Nforce 590) 3 x SATA 320 GB Hard Drivers Nvidia 7600 GTX 256MB Graphics Cards The problem that I am having is that when I try and book one of the installation Disks that I have "Obtained" I get the standard black screen showing loads of text and messages that look like Linux messages, then a blue screen appears and I am to select the language. The problem is the keyboard and mouse do you work! I am using a wireless keyboard and a USB mouse, Is there anyway that I can get around this problem and I feel that this is what is causing me the head aches. I have seached the internet for solutions to this but I just cant find anything - I hope that I am looking in the right place. I love OS X and I really want to get rid of Windows as I truely do hate it! Is there anything that I can do? what about these little codes that I am type in on the start up screen on the installation disk. I have seem some of them and I think they are like -v or -x etc but I dont know what they mean. well thats it... I now throw this open to the floor! who can help me? THanks . . try a bog-standard [ie MS] USB k/b & mouse: make sure the BIOS has [something along the lines of] 'enable legacy devices' in the USB section. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/68167-why-does-my-keyboard-and-mouse-not-work-on-os-x-install/#findComment-484730 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott V Saunders Posted October 28, 2007 Author Share Posted October 28, 2007 . . try a bog-standard [ie MS] USB k/b & mouse: make sure the BIOS has [something along the lines of] 'enable legacy devices' in the USB section. Hi, I have done that and it worked, I got as far as the installation screen and noticed that it did not detect my hard drives. This is because or having Nforce 590 drivers on my mobo (or so I think...this is what another forum has said anyway) Is there anyway to install onto Sata Drivers? I have plugged in my old IDE drive and it found that fine, the only problem now is that it hangs on the installation screen constantly. It changes each time but the most common place is about 12% in. Is there anyway to counter these 2 issues? Thanks Scott Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/68167-why-does-my-keyboard-and-mouse-not-work-on-os-x-install/#findComment-485080 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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