RobertNesta Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Hi all, I'm totally new to the hackintosh thing, although I've used macs for years. But I couldn't afford to shell out multiple thousands for an intel based mac to run certain programs that I have to run. So through some poking around I discovered this amazing forum that you guys are partipating on, I got motivated, and so I built my first computer from scratch. This computer: intel badaxe 2 revision 5 xfx nvidia 7900 gtx Q6600 quad core 4 g ram 2 x 36gig WD raptors (the newer adsf ones) a sata dvd player coolermaster tower I saved some money by buying most of this stuff used off of craigslist. The parts seem to function properly, the fans in the coolermaster all work, and then I try to install the Kalyway 10.5.1 that I downloaded. I turn the computer on, it starts booting and theres a flash of an intel screen for about a second, and then text appears: Marvel 88SE61xx Controller - BIOS VERSION 1.1.0.34 scanning controller.... Adaptor 1 Arrays Information: no array is defined Discs Information: no disc is defined Press control plus m to go into marvel bios press space bar to continue there is three seconds of black and then this pops up Intel® Boot Agent GE v1.2.28 copyright 97-05 intel corporation Inter® Boot Agent PXE Base Code (PXE-2.1 build 085) copyright 97-06, Intel Corporation initializing and establishing link.....(a good healthy pause here) and then PXE-E61: Media Test Failure, check cable (i checked the two sata cables running from dvd and drive, and replaced them as well) PXE-MOF: Exiting Intel Boot Agent No bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key I load the Kalyway disc image that i burned into the dvd player, press a key, and it repeats the 2nd part after the black, the intel boot agent and onward part, and prompts me to again insert boot disk and press any key. At this point the dvd light does blink on and off a few times, and then this prompt re-appears initializing and establishing link..... and then back to PXE-E61: Media Test Failure, check cable (i checked the two sata cables running from dvd and drive, and replaced them as well) PXE-MOF: Exiting Intel Boot Agent No bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key I currently only have one raptor drive installed. They were both new in the package from the guy I bought them from. They haven't been formatted. Eventually I'd like to have xp on one drive and osx on the other, although I'd be happy running osx right now. So please can someone help me. I really feel somewhat lost here. I tried to tweak a few bios settings to get the dvd to be reading as something other than iede, which it seems to default to. I'm starting to suspect that maybe the dvd player doesn't work properly, although it opens and closes and the light blinks. But it never really seems to kick in. Thanks very much in advance for your comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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