NightSonic19 Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 ASUS P5B Deluxe Wifi/AP G.Skill 2GB DDR2 800 RAM Sapphire Radeon X850XT PE Sony DRU 710A DVD Drive IDE Western Digital Caviar 250GB SATA II 16MB Cache HDD What parts would I need to change in order to get Leopard working on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iScott Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Maybe your video card, but everything else is very compatible. Now just download Kalyway or iATKOS and install. You can check HERE for issues on your video card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightSonic19 Posted January 21, 2008 Author Share Posted January 21, 2008 What would happen if I tried to install it? Would it not boot off the DVD or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsteele Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 The chances are it would install but just not support the card. You will still see something (probably) but resolution might be low and some 3D stuff might not work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iScott Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 It will boot off of the DVD. Give it a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightSonic19 Posted February 19, 2008 Author Share Posted February 19, 2008 BUMP. What video card should i replace my X850 with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightSonic19 Posted February 19, 2008 Author Share Posted February 19, 2008 I just tried Kalyway 10.5.1 and had no luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byusinger84 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 If this isn't for gaming or for anything super fancy, an nVidia 7300GT is a good card and works right out of the box. If you want something with a little more juice, go for a either an 8600GT/GTS or 8800GT/GTS. I've used both and they work fine after driver updates. If you like ATI, I'd go with a Radeon 3850 or 3870. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightSonic19 Posted February 19, 2008 Author Share Posted February 19, 2008 If this isn't for gaming or for anything super fancy, an nVidia 7300GT is a good card and works right out of the box. If you want something with a little more juice, go for a either an 8600GT/GTS or 8800GT/GTS. I've used both and they work fine after driver updates. If you like ATI, I'd go with a Radeon 3850 or 3870. Is the 8600GT Fully supported? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korrupted Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightSonic19 Posted February 19, 2008 Author Share Posted February 19, 2008 Would I need an SATA DVD drive. If so, would I be able to boot off the disc or would I have to go with a flat image? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finebykris Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Would I need an SATA DVD drive.If so, would I be able to boot off the disc or would I have to go with a flat image? Yes, you will need a sata dvd drive or an external usb drive. i was lucky enough to have an external enclosure layin around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightSonic19 Posted February 20, 2008 Author Share Posted February 20, 2008 Which Leopard would be best? ie;Kalyway, iAtkos, etc. Also I read the P5B Deluxe would only work on flat image, is this still true or can I boot from a DVD out of the box? (If I got a SATA drive and 8600GT/7300GT) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer75 Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 I just tried Kalyway 10.5.1 and had no luck. If you don't select the right options for the install you won't have any luck. You need to choose the right bootloader. MBR or GUID. Use the vanilla kernal, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightSonic19 Posted February 20, 2008 Author Share Posted February 20, 2008 If you don't select the right options for the install you won't have any luck. You need to choose the right bootloader. MBR or GUID. Use the vanilla kernal, etc. I tried booting off it, but as soon as I pressed a key to boot off of it I got this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer75 Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 I tried booting off it, but as soon as I pressed a key to boot off of it I got this: Is that from booting from the DVD to start the install? Or booting into OSX after the install has completed? If it's from booting from the disc to do the initial install you may be selecting the wrong thing to boot with. It should be simple push of the enter key. Or it may be that your disc is bad or you had a bad download. If this is a boot after OSX has completed it's install it may be because you have chosen the wrong options during install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightSonic19 Posted February 20, 2008 Author Share Posted February 20, 2008 I've gotten that error with every OSX86 disc I've tried whether it be Tiger or Leopard. I've been told it's because of my DVD burner, it's IDE and because of the MKtext it won't work. And yes it's from booting to install and I press the enter key. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer75 Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 I've gotten that error with every OSX86 disc I've tried whether it be Tiger or Leopard. I've been told it's because of my DVD burner, it's IDE and because of the MKtext it won't work. And yes it's from booting to install and I press the enter key. It could very well be from your burner. Though mine is also IDE and works fine. But I have had strange issues from other burners i've owned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjunaid Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 According to the your M/B specs you should be able to boot from your IDE drive. You might want to burn+verify the kalyway dvd again and then boot. If you want to try the flat install method you can try that as well, question is do you already have a mac or a working hackintosh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightSonic19 Posted February 20, 2008 Author Share Posted February 20, 2008 archer75: I just want to confirm it by today so I can order anything if needbe. superjunaid: Nope, no working hackintosh or Mac. This is the system I have and want to get working. I think I'm gonna order a new vid card and DVD burner. I've been told multiple times that my DVD burner won't let me boot. I've tried multiple times with it and I've burned Kalyway about 5 times and still no luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer75 Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 archer75: I just want to confirm it by today so I can order anything if needbe.superjunaid: Nope, no working hackintosh or Mac. This is the system I have and want to get working. I think I'm gonna order a new vid card and DVD burner. I've been told multiple times that my DVD burner won't let me boot. I've tried multiple times with it and I've burned Kalyway about 5 times and still no luck. I would start by ordering just the burner and go from there. If it works and you get it installed you can get a new video card if need be. If it doesn't work then that video card may be wasted. Unless you just need a new one anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnjmarlboro Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 Or just try some cheap SATA-IDE Converter. (of course SATA DVD burners are really cheap, but a converter would be even cheaper ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightSonic19 Posted February 20, 2008 Author Share Posted February 20, 2008 I would start by ordering just the burner and go from there. If it works and you get it installed you can get a new video card if need be. If it doesn't work then that video card may be wasted. Unless you just need a new one anyways. Well supposedly anything under X1000 series in radeon is not supported. :\ As for the converter, my DVD drive is dying regardless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightSonic19 Posted February 20, 2008 Author Share Posted February 20, 2008 http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=BqTmI5YUfZk For those who don't understand the prob. There it is. Someone else has the same problem but just a different setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer75 Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 nvm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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