iwantsound44 Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 what do i need to do to fix this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reveeen Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 It depends on: 1) where you are in the set-up cycle 2) your system specs 3) how you are setting it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwantsound44 Posted January 15, 2008 Author Share Posted January 15, 2008 i have sse3 and 2gb ram and 220 gb hard drive its a dell dimension e521 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SticMAC™ Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Instead of us spending the next 20 min to go check what a Dell e521 is, why dont you get the specs post it on the forum and tell us exactly where you get stuck! Maybe then we can help! SticMAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwantsound44 Posted January 15, 2008 Author Share Posted January 15, 2008 Type: Media Processor Family: AMD Athlon 64 X2 RAM: 2 GB Storage Capacity: 2200 GB Graphics Card: ATI Radeon X1300 Pro Primary Optical Drive: Dual-Layer DVD+/-RW Secondary Optical Drive: DVD/CD-RW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SticMAC™ Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Have you changed the BIOS setting on the Controller from RAID to Autodetect? As another Dell user, do yourself a favour and get a better graphicscard, the x1300 has no QE/CI and to get it drivered is a pain int he butt! I traded mine for a ASUS en7300gs (85euros) but you can go for the 7600 it supports just about everything! The rest of the drivers are well documented on the forum just search for them by name! Goodluck SticMAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwantsound44 Posted January 15, 2008 Author Share Posted January 15, 2008 where would i do that in my biosor when i try and install leopard it goes through the install but when i got to format my harddrive in disk utility it freezes then 20 minutes later it says error so is there a program that will let me format my harddrive to hfs+ in advanced Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SticMAC™ Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 F2 down to DRIVES, SATA OPERATION, choice is: "RAID AUTODETECT / ATA" or "RAID", it should now be on RAID, change it to "RAID AUTODETECT / ATA" SticMAN where would i do that in my bios Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwantsound44 Posted January 15, 2008 Author Share Posted January 15, 2008 thanks very much but it still says i am waiting for root device i have another question for you since you seem like you know what your talking about i tried to install leopard on my 500 gb external harddrive and it said it that it was sucessfully installed but when i got into the boot menu and select usb device it only boots up into vista.....is there somthing i need to change Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westwaerts Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 you could ask your bios written manual, if you can select the disk booting from ( normally F8) if then you see darwin bootloader starting, you are on your way to osx. if it stucks booting anywhere during loading, reboot, hit any key to stop booting ( as it says in the text) type: -v and post the upcoming log ( just in case ) which install version do you use ? is it for your system specification ? etc ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwantsound44 Posted January 15, 2008 Author Share Posted January 15, 2008 are you asking for the waiting for root device question or the booting off the external harddrive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macboy2k8 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 I am having the same problem on Dell XPS 410/ Dimension 9200. I have an Intel Core2Duo Processor nVidia 7950GTX gc 2 150GB SATA HDD (Tried changing to auto detect in bios with same results - Also disabled Raid 0 on the HDD... will it work with OSX?) 2 Sata DVD optical drives. I am using jas 10.4.8 boot disk. I'm a noob. I was using the instuctions at http://######.com/software/osxusbnative.htm. Any guidance is appreciated. EDIT: I have attached a pic of what I am seeing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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