chillywilly Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Hello there! i got a problem with my osx installation on my dell dimension computer. :/ (512mb ram, 2ghz p4, dell board (intel chipset afaik; install disk 10.4.3; native installation (no vmware)) when it boots, it says me to reboot the computer. i've asked a friend and he told me that this might be a problem with my IRQ's, Jumper Settings of my Devices or that my HDD is not primary master. I've fixed all that stuff: hdd primary master dvd secondary master cd secondary slave i really dont know what else to do :/ maybe there is a problem with my mainboard chipset? helü me please. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9460-1043-installation-on-dell-dimension-8200/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillywilly Posted February 20, 2006 Author Share Posted February 20, 2006 My board uses the "Intel 850E" chipset Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9460-1043-installation-on-dell-dimension-8200/#findComment-58975 Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. Bear Helms Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Intel 810 is what I have and that works. It's obvious there's something about the 850E that the kernel extensions aren't handling right. I don't have the exact solution as to whether patching would help, nor what patch might be applicable in that case. I'm still struggling with sound on mine. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9460-1043-installation-on-dell-dimension-8200/#findComment-59027 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronni3 Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 In your Bios, do you have the drive setting set at AHCI/Raid, or ATA/Raid? I know I have to change this setting to (winXP) AHCI/Raid, and (MacOSx86) to ATA/Raid. I have no idea why it won't work alone but that is the way I have to do it. Oh by the way, I have a Dell 8400. I did forget to mention that I have 4 SATA drives and 1 PATA drive in my system. Two of the SATA's are devoted solely for the OS'es, one for Winxp & the other for MacOsx86 10.4.3. I will be updating to 10.4.4 very soon. The only problems I have with my Dell, running OSX, is Audigy 2 soundcard doesn't work, internal Broadcom BCM57xx Gigabit Ethernet doesn't work, and ATI x800 XT graphics card is not fully supported. Other than that, I see all my drives, and am able to access them, and I have, at the moment, a xBench score of 69.7. I think overall I am really surprised at how well this system is running. Oh one other thing, I have a 925XE based motherboard. Anything else I can help with, let me know. Also, let me know how, and if, my suggestion helped. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9460-1043-installation-on-dell-dimension-8200/#findComment-59990 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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