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maleorderbride
United States2916 Posts
On February 09 2010 05:13 DorF wrote: This thread ...Is ... gold And gold is power ;p If you are doing a new build my method for doing SL drivers is a bit different from most of the OP, as you probably noticed. Basically, buy any Gigabyte motherboard and tell me what standard (2xDVI or 1xDVI 1xVGA) video card you have and I will just upload every file that you need. I guess I could start editing OP with each new motherboard as well. | ||
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lylejensen
United States19 Posts
On December 04 2009 04:01 maleorderbride wrote: Do you have AHCI enabled in the BIOS? It sounds like you do not. Bacteria- You do need to have a retail DVD. The one from Apple that came with a computer will not work. I have all the BIOS tweaks fixed up (according to them: http://lifehacker.com/5360150/install-snow-leopard-on-your-hackintosh-pc-no-hacking-required) and tried loading it off a USB drive, still won't work. It just freezes at the apple loading page. | ||
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maleorderbride
United States2916 Posts
AHCI is enabled, right? And do you actually mean freeze or do you mean it just spins infinitely. You can boot with the -v flag so you can see what it hangs on. Then post a screenshot. | ||
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lylejensen
United States19 Posts
Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R (Intel) CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Graphics: XFX HD-487A-ZWFC Radeon HD 4870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card Memory: G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK I also have three hard drives at the moment: - 300GB - Windows XP 64 bit installed on it (NTFS) - 1000GB - Just storing files (NTFS) - 320GB - unformatted (was gonna try to get Snow Leopard on here) It is AHCI enabled: ![[image loading]](http://www.hmchen.com/images/DSC02774.JPG) I also set it to boot from the USB drive/hard drive (following Lifehacker's tutorial): ![[image loading]](http://www.hmchen.com/images/DSC02775.JPG) This is the place where the spinning thing below the Apple keeps going for a few minutes, but then freezes. It will load this screen first: ![[image loading]](http://www.hmchen.com/images/DSC02776.JPG) Then goes here, and that's when it happens and halts. I never get beyond this screen: ![[image loading]](http://www.hmchen.com/images/DSC02777.JPG) How would I boot in -v flag mode? what's that? | ||
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maleorderbride
United States2916 Posts
Lets just scratch the USB install since I am not sure if you have a working Mac to use. Snow Leopard Guide for the above hardware: (Thank BlackOSX for everything) Download this Boot-132 CD: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?mq4y4jmgmyj Download these support files: http://www.filefactory.com/file/a07534f/n/Support_Files_for_Blackosx_SL_Install_v2_2_zip Download a general PDF guide: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?tm0zjhoynzt Suggested method: Burn the Boot-132 CD to CD and boot off it. After it loads, same as before, eject the Boot-132 CD and insert a Snow Leopard retail DVD in the same drive. Press F5 to rescan the drives and then proceed to do a retail install. I suggest selecting "customize" during the install and deselecting the print drivers and language packages. It speeds up the install and reduces the chance of errors. I also partition the disk into 2 partitions. the first 1 GB "boot" partition and the 2nd the Snow Leopard partition. I install Chameleon and all drivers on the boot partition. This allows me to completely re-install SL without having to re-do the drivers. After you finish the basic install there are additional instructions within the boot CD and within the PDF guide. Post-Install: I suggest installing the Chameleon 2.pkg per the instructions, but you should replace the boot file with Netkas' PCI EFI 10.6 instead: http://netkas.org/?p=372 Then just follow the PDF. You need the following in Extra: Extensions (with kexts in it) DSDT.aml com.Apple.Boot.plist SMBIOS.plist If you do not have a retail SL dvd (or a working burned image) then we have to do a USB install, but to do so you need to have access to a mac in order to install chameleon on your USB drive and add my /Extra files. | ||
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lylejensen
United States19 Posts
It'll go to the loading screen again, with the apple and the spinning thing. But after a few minutes, this "no sign" will pop up: ![[image loading]](http://www.hmchen.com/images/DSC02778.JPG) And it will hang after that.  | ||
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maleorderbride
United States2916 Posts
Unplug all HDDs except the SL drive. Plug it into the first SATA port (use the orange ports, not the purple). Plug the SATA DVD drive into the 2nd orange port. (Gigabyte calls the first port 0, the 2nd is 1) Then boot off the CD and do the swap as you did before. I am uncertain what else can be going wrong, since there is not really any room for variance here. | ||
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lylejensen
United States19 Posts
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lylejensen
United States19 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.hmchen.com/images/DSC02781.JPG) If I let it hang, it will just repeatedly say "Still waiting for root" | ||
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maleorderbride
United States2916 Posts
a) not having AHCI enabled b) not having a SATA HDD plugged into one of the first two slots You have no actual error, just the install disc is not finding your HDD. =/ Lets try this: Restore the default BIOS settings, then enable AHCI and nothing else (unless your RAM needs additional voltage). Then try the CD. If that does not work then I suggest just re-checking your SATA cables and what ports they are plugged into. Again, you need to have the HDD in one of the first two orange SATA ports. Then try to boot off the CD again. edit; Also, the IDE DVD drive will cause problems, but you should still be able to install. I have used an IDE install drive plenty of times. I stopped using IDE DVD drives because they can cause kernel panics occasionally when using the drive. | ||
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lylejensen
United States19 Posts
I noticed that when AHCI mode is enabled, the hard drive is not detected when I go into the BIOS -> Standard CMOS Features It just says: IDE Channel 0 Master [None] IDE Channel 0 Slave [None] IDE Channel 1 Master [None] IDE Channel 1 Slave [None] IDE Channel 2 Master [None] IDE Channel 3 Master [None] It'll only show up when it's in regular IDE mode. | ||
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Jlab
United States217 Posts
Operating system: Windows 7 CPU type: AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 620 Processor CPU Speed (GHz):2.614 System memory (GB):3.999 Graphics card model: ASUS EAH5770 Series Desktop resolution:1024x768 Hard disk size (GB):232.876 along with these other things, (not listed on blizzard site): Mobo: ASRock M3A770DE AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard Case: Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case PSU: Antec NEO ECO 520C 520W Continuous Power ATX12V v2.3(don't worry i'm not trying to dual boot with this PSU) CPU Fan: COOLER MASTER RR-H101-22FK-RA 80mm Long life sleeve bearing CPU Cooler Don't worry, im getting another monitor in may. Anyway, i just recently finished building my first ever custom rig, and i am planning on getting into more gaming and hopefully photoshop music and a lot of other cool nerdy things. Which is why i bought that case so i can expand (add another video card, hard drive, blue ray or some shit) if i want to. Also its badass and i had a few extra bucks. So the real point is Should i overclock, to what extent, and how do i do it, and can that heatsink handle it. Thanks in advance | ||
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maleorderbride
United States2916 Posts
On March 19 2010 12:30 lylejensen wrote: I restored to BIOS defaults and rechecked the cables and everything. Tried it all again. No go. I noticed that when AHCI mode is enabled, the hard drive is not detected when I go into the BIOS -> Standard CMOS Features It just says: IDE Channel 0 Master [None] IDE Channel 0 Slave [None] IDE Channel 1 Master [None] IDE Channel 1 Slave [None] IDE Channel 2 Master [None] IDE Channel 3 Master [None] It'll only show up when it's in regular IDE mode. Not showing up in AHCI mode is normal, so no worries there. It must be the DVD burner being IDE. I used IDE with my leopard installs, but it has been quite sometime since I used one with SL. Anyway you can borrow a SATA burner for the install? Or buy this: (If in the US) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151192&nm_mc=AFC-SlickDeals&cm_mmc=AFC-SlickDeals-_-NA-_-NA-_-NA Promo Code for free shipping: EMCYPZX36 I can not imagine what else to try. This is definitely linked to AHCI mode, but you clearly have it enabled. The only other option I can think of is using an 8GB USB stick to do the install, but you need access to a real Mac or another hackintosh to do that. On March 19 2010 12:42 Jlab wrote: Okay, so i have the following components: Operating system: Windows 7 CPU type: AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 620 Processor CPU Speed (GHz):2.614 System memory (GB):3.999 Graphics card model: ASUS EAH5770 Series Desktop resolution:1024x768 Hard disk size (GB):232.876 along with these other things, (not listed on blizzard site): Mobo: ASRock M3A770DE AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard Case: Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case PSU: Antec NEO ECO 520C 520W Continuous Power ATX12V v2.3(don't worry i'm not trying to dual boot with this PSU) CPU Fan: COOLER MASTER RR-H101-22FK-RA 80mm Long life sleeve bearing CPU Cooler Don't worry, im getting another monitor in may. Anyway, i just recently finished building my first ever custom rig, and i am planning on getting into more gaming and hopefully photoshop music and a lot of other cool nerdy things. Which is why i bought that case so i can expand (add another video card, hard drive, blue ray or some shit) if i want to. Also its badass and i had a few extra bucks. So the real point is Should i overclock, to what extent, and how do i do it, and can that heatsink handle it. Thanks in advance Yea, that monitor does kind of blow ;p You also have a $20 CPU cooler. That will limit your overclocking, but you will be able to do some. It has been quite sometime since I over clocked an AMD processor, so I am afraid I can give you no specifics at all. You should just start raising the multipler by one and then booting into the OS and running OCCT for 20 minutes. If temps look good (below 70C) and you don't have instability then raise it again. Once you get instability, but are still below temp threshold, go into the BIOS and raise the CPU vCore voltage slightly. Continue to do this until you are close to 70C after 20 minutes. Then test OCCT for 8 hours. You should be able to get a 300-400MHz overclock. | ||
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Jlab
United States217 Posts
in the future when i have the money and time to research ill probably get a new CPU fan. But for now ill bump it up a little bit, Thank you. | ||
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maltice
United States28 Posts
Also, looking for a link to the boot loader for the Snow Leopard guide since the one here seems to have gone private... Any help would be appreciated. -Maltice | ||
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