codllc Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 I know I have a JMicron controlded SATA HDD but I can't find any Installation DVD's that will recognize it any help?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garikfox Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Switch the mode in BIOS too AHCI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codllc Posted March 20, 2008 Author Share Posted March 20, 2008 Switch the mode in BIOS too AHCI. where in BIOS is it?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megavolkan Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 where in BIOS is it?? Not every board has this option in BIOS. (Like mine -> MSI P965) You better write your board model and brand then you might get a working answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMF Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Knowing what kind of board you have would help - someone can help you with the settings available on your board. As a first step go into BIOS at boot and take a look at what's available. You are looking for onboard controller settings. In my case I have a Gigabyte P35-DQ6 with IDE optical drives on my JMicron but SATA drives on my ICH9R. To install OSX I have to set my JMicron to IDE and OSX will then boot off the install DVD. After the install I have to switch the JMicron to AHCI. SMF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filipe Tolhuizen Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 That's the sort of problem I'm experiencing, but in my case, the DVD is connected to the JMicron controller and it won't boot any OS X 86 DVDs (I tried every single release and all of them say that /com.apple.boot.plist is missing). It doesn't work at all using both IDE or AHCI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exman Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Yes, you have to set Jmicron controller in BIOS to AHCI. However, leave SATA Configuration to IDE. You'll need a SATA HDD and DVD drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codllc Posted March 22, 2008 Author Share Posted March 22, 2008 It is an HP Pavilion dv6607nr with AMD AthilonX2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filipe Tolhuizen Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Oh boy, this is going to be more difficult than I thought. SATA DVD drives aren't popular in here yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codllc Posted March 23, 2008 Author Share Posted March 23, 2008 any help would be appreaciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac_cute Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 I am not very sure,but I believe that J-micron controller works on SATA 1 port.Try using others (3,4...).If you have any IDE drive (I do not know:you did not write this),unplug all of them and try again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codllc Posted March 23, 2008 Author Share Posted March 23, 2008 I am not very sure,but I believe that J-micron controller works on SATA 1 port.Try using others (3,4...).If you have any IDE drive (I do not know:you did not write this),unplug all of them and try again... This is a laptop you should know that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megavolkan Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 It's very difficult when it comes to laptops. Maybe you should check out the wiki for laptop compatiblity list first. Wiki portables page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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