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Sorry for my english.

 

I have this computer (Compaq SR1339ES)

 

P4 HT 3.2Ghz, fsb800, socket 478.

MB: Asus P4SD-LA

Gfx: GeForce 5500

Sound: integrated AC'97

Hard disk: 1 s-ata (4 partitions FAT32, the first one with WinXP) and 1 IDE (exclusively for Mac OS).

 

I had JAS 10.4.8 in the IDE drive and it worked perfectly, all components (including grafics and sound) worked ok without had to patch anything. Chain0 method worked fine.

 

Updated Tiger to iAtkos 1.0 and kernel Panic. Installed iAtkos again erasing iIDE har drive and error boot.plist

 

Installed Kalyway and blinking cursor error. The fist time bootd form dvd. Introduction vídeo, lepard worked (grafics, sound and ethernet ok). But the nex time i turn the computer on, it freezes on the grey apple screen and i have to reinstall.

 

I have used Gparted to flag IDE drive to active and nothing happened. I have tried the Chain0 method and it show "No HFS partition found" error.

 

Questions:

 

1.- With this computer, i have to install efi, vanilla,...?

2.- MBR or GUID?

3.- What i have to do to get bootloader working?

 

Thans a lot and sorry for my english.

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Sorry for my english.

 

I have this computer (Compaq SR1339ES)

 

P4 HT 3.2Ghz, fsb800, socket 478.

MB: Asus P4SD-LA

Gfx: GeForce 5500

Sound: integrated AC'97

Hard disk: 1 s-ata (4 partitions FAT32, the first one with WinXP) and 1 IDE (exclusively for Mac OS).

 

I had JAS 10.4.8 in the IDE drive and it worked perfectly, all components (including grafics and sound) worked ok without had to patch anything. Chain0 method worked fine.

 

 

Thans a lot and sorry for my english.

You Cannot USE EFI with P4

with P4 it means you can only USE MBR

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You Cannot USE EFI with P4

with P4 it means you can only USE MBR

Geee I guess my Northwood 2.8 P4 478 must really be something else as I use EFI 8.0 on a GUID Mobo. *Rolls his eyes*

 

EFI WORKS FINE WITH P4's... vanilla kernel does not!

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Geee I guess my Northwood 2.8 P4 478 must really be something else as I use EFI 8.0 on a GUID Mobo. *Rolls his eyes*

 

EFI WORKS FINE WITH P4's... vanilla kernel does not!

 

iAtkos or Kallyway.

 

I have read your thread, about turn off the computer. Did you solved it? Same problem here and i must reinstall very often.

 

Thanks.

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Updating:

 

I have installed Kallyway. The only options installed are: efi mbr, sound and grafics ktext. Leopard recognise my PC as a Mac Pro.

 

Chain0 method worked. When Leopard starts, it freezes at the gry (with an apple) screen. If I boot writing cpus=1 - v sometimes it boot correctly. Sometimes it freezes al random time of the booting process.

 

Issues:

 

1.- USB are not working. Only work if i conect the usb devide before switch on the computer.

2.- Turning off is not working.

3.- Internet (via ethernet) is very very slow.

4.- When Safari finish to download something, Leopard freezes.

 

¿Any idea?

 

Thanks a lot and sorry for my horrible english.

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MY only issues currently are the same as before. Sleep/Reboot/Turnoff which may never get worked out.Also the ethernet issue but I have not worked on it in a week. I need the 10.4.4 and 10.4.7 ionetworkfamily kextbut have not gotten it yet!

Sometimes Peoples Gets Confuseds :) SticMANWhat version do you think will run on a PII 400Mhz, 512MB, 6GB, if any?
None will.. PII is SSE only therefore cannot run. SSE2 is required!
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Ok, i have solved all the problems.

 

I have edited boot.plist file, introducing cpus=1 -v.

I have reinstalled PCGreenUSB... and now usb are working. Files from this forum.

I have installed new drivers for the ethernet card (realtek 8801) and now it works at full speed. Files from this forum.

 

Sleep/reboot/turn off s solved. How? aAmazing! Installing iPhoto 08 and its update. I don't undertand anything, but now it works!

 

Thanks! And sorry for my english.

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Ok, i have solved all the problems.

 

I have edited boot.plist file, introducing cpus=1 -v.

I have reinstalled PCGreenUSB... and now usb are working. Files from this forum.

I have installed new drivers for the ethernet card (realtek 8801) and now it works at full speed. Files from this forum.

 

Sleep/reboot/turn off s solved. How? aAmazing! Installing iPhoto 08 and its update. I don't undertand anything, but now it works!

 

Thanks! And sorry for my english.

How did you resolve Sleep/reboot/turn off? If I can ask!

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I have a p4 HT 630 SSE3 3.2GHZ

and to say you cant use efi with p4 is incorrect

 

I am using efi v8 booting a guid partition with leopard 10.5.1

 

Model Name: Mac

Model Identifier: Mac Pro

Processor Speed: 3.2 GHz

Number Of Processors: 1

Total Number Of Cores: 1

L2 Cache: 1 MB

Memory: 2 GB

Bus Speed: 800 MHz

Boot ROM Version: Hack.int.0sh

Serial Number: YM8659M6W0A

 

GeForce 6800 XT:

 

Chipset Model: GeForce 6800 XT

Type: Display

Bus: PCIe

PCIe Lane Width: x16

VRAM (Total): 128 MB

Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)

Device ID: 0x00c3

Revision ID: 0x00a2

ROM Revision: NVinject 0.1.5

Displays:

Display Connector:

Status: No display connected

AL1916W:

Resolution: 1440 x 900 @ 60 Hz

Depth: 32-bit Color

Core Image: Hardware Accelerated

Main Display: Yes

Mirror: Off

Online: Yes

Quartz Extreme: Supported

Rotation: Supported

Serial-ATA Bus:

 

ST3200827AS:

 

Capacity: 186.31 GB

Model: ST3200827AS

Revision: 3.AAE

Serial Number: 4ND2BLHH

Removable Media: No

Detachable Drive: No

BSD Name: disk0

Protocol: ata

Unit Number: 0

Socket Type: Serial-ATA

Mac OS 9 Drivers: No

Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)

S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified

Volumes:

Macintosh:

Capacity: 185.99 GB

Available: 175.84 GB

Writable: Yes

File System: Journaled HFS+

BSD Name: disk0s2

Mount Point: /

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Ok, i have solved all the problems.

 

I have edited boot.plist file, introducing cpus=1 -v.

I have reinstalled PCGreenUSB... and now usb are working. Files from this forum.

I have installed new drivers for the ethernet card (realtek 8801) and now it works at full speed. Files from this forum.

 

Sleep/reboot/turn off s solved. How? aAmazing! Installing iPhoto 08 and its update. I don't undertand anything, but now it works!

 

Thanks! And sorry for my english.

 

HI,

 

What does it mean PCGreenUSB? Where can i find it?

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