johndoe2k4 Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 I tried installing osx tiger on my laptop about 1-2 years ago but it didnt work. I am not 100% sure but I think my ide controller wasnt compatible. I'd really appreciate some help if you guys can tell me if all/none/ some of my hardware is compatible Specs are: Motherboard: Asus P4R800VM Processor: Pentium 4 CPU 2.66GHZ Ram: Elixir 512MB Hard Drive: Seagate 160GB Hard Drive Controller: two IDE UltraATA 100/66 controllers Video: S3 Integrated AGP with 64MB video rom DVD: Toshiba DVD +/- RW Sound: ADI AD 1888 6-channel audio CODEC I/O Ports 1x Parallel Port 6x USB 2.0 Port (4 rear and 2 front) 1x PS/2 Keyboard 1x PS/2 Mouse 1x 15pin VGA 1x Line In jack (Light Blue) 1x Line Out jack (Lime) 1x Mic In (Pink) 1x S/PDIF LAN port 10/100 Ethernet 1x Serial port is on a expansion port and plugs onto the board I got most of my info from http://www.epinions.com/content_139446095492 I can provide more info if needed. thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inedible Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 you may have problems with your video card.. if you do get it to work, it certainly won't look nice. your audio probably won't work out of the box, but I believe there are some drivers floating around here. ...and 512mb of ram really isn't enough to run leopard smoothly in proper way.. you may want to look at trying tiger instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndoe2k4 Posted February 26, 2008 Author Share Posted February 26, 2008 what about the ide controller. do you see any problems with that ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inedible Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 dunno. You posted neither the manufacturer of your ide controller, nor the model of your ide controller. you simply stated that you have one. ultra ata 100/66 is a description of its speed. it's pretty safe to assume it will work though, most ide controller work, it's sata controllers that are often incompatible, though still about 90% of them work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndoe2k4 Posted February 26, 2008 Author Share Posted February 26, 2008 inedible, how do i know if my ide controller is sata or not ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inedible Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 it's IDE because of the sheer age of your computer. also instead of saying "IDE Controller" it would say "SATA Controller". UltraATA133 / 100 / 66 are speeds of Parallel ATA controllers. Serial ATA controllers have speeds of 1500 or 3000 (mbps). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndoe2k4 Posted February 26, 2008 Author Share Posted February 26, 2008 I am getting the newest image of 10.5.2 by kalyway but i tried booting my older 10.4.8 osx86 dvd and i get the error "still waiting for root device". The hard drive is primary master and is the 1st boot device any ideas whats wrong ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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