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I use a program called Gnome (partition editor) to mess around with partitions and do multiple OS installs on a single HDD. Maybe it can help you. I am afraid I am not certain what is wrong with your HDD either. It might be best to start over?
Are you using windows 7?
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/
Also, Cham 2 RC2 is out: (fixes some bugs, just use it ;p)
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=159885&st=300&p=1137584&#entry1137584
Additionally, 10.5.8 came out yesterday. Go ahead and download it anyone who wants it, just boot off the boot-132 CD afterward and type in "80" to choose the primary HDD and boot with flags " -x -f " then install all drivers again. 10.5.8 fucks the ATI 4870 driver over, so if you don't boot off the CD and re-install then you get a garbled white mess of a screen and no boot at all. But, once you install the drivers again everything is pretty and perfect. 
edit: oh, and 10.5.8 fails to load the first time, then restarts the comp. that even happens on real macs. just ignore it ;p
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Well, now I have a much bigger problem. I used gparted and deleted the large ntfs part and formatted it to hfs+
when I rebooted, it wouldn't boot from the hard drive. The windows 7 boot disc said I didn't have windows installed or had a different version. The partitions are still there, but after it tries to boot from the disc drive it just hangs. I tried switching the boot flag From the 200mb efi part to the win7 and osx partitions, but nothing worked. Pleeeassee help me fix this so I don't have to redo everything haha.
Deleting the big partition didn't help. Should I try installing another win7 partition and use easybcd to replace the maybe curropted boot sector?
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you can't boot off OS X either??
Try sticking in the Boot-132 CD and boot off that, then do the whole type"80" thing, press enter, and then try installing Chameleon 2 again.
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gparted changed partition style to gpt on all drives, apparently. Windows said it couldn't install win7 because everything was in the gpt partition style. Is there a way to change it back?
Booting into osx through boot 123 worked. I installed chameleon and now it boots to the chameleon screen. When I try to boot osx, I get a bunch of terminal like text and it kernal panics. Win 7 says that the boot sector is damaged and needs repai, which can't be done because the win boot disc says I'm using the wrong version. I just have to change the gpt thing I think. I was apparently using the windows bootloader before. I guess that's why it wouldn't boot anything
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win7 can install on GPT. You should probably install OS X and Win7 on GPT for simplicity. Then they could probably read each other also...
This is why I suggest two separate HDDs in the guide though ;p It makes it WAY easier.
Anything you did with Gpart you can un-do with Gpart as well. You could maybe take a picture of your disks when at the Gpart window and post it? I could perhaps get a better idea of what needs to change.
Windows 7 repair would probably fix any W7 boot issues as well.
on a side note I finally built an i7 hackintosh benchmarks soon I suppose.
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hm it was very insistent that i couldnt install win7 on any gpt partition haha. i wish i had the money to get that other HD
as i said, the win boot disc cant repair anything. it says that im using a different version of windows than whats on the disc.
as for gpart, i know nothing noticeably changed after i partitioned and formatted the volume to hsf+. i know the entire disc's information panel said it was in the gpt style format, or something. i dont know if it said anything different before, though. i think i saw a screenshot icon in there, so ill see if that will work. if not, i guess ill have to settle for crappy iphone pics haha
the ntfs partition had msftres after it, but when i changed the flag to boot, it wouldnt let me just turn it off. unchecking boot auto checked that
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maybe just install win 7 then? Does the installer disk let you do that?
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no. every partition says windows cant be installed due to the gpt thing. formatting within the windows disc doesnt help at all.
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eh not worth all the trouble. chameleon works, but boots only into osx, so ill just reinstall windows. i used the install pc_efi chameleon option in uinstaller and now it boots nicely into OSX so ill just start over winth win7. i didnt have anything too important on it, anyway
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Question:
Does OSX shut down on anyone randomly and give a message that says, "You need to shut down your computer" ?
It doesn't happen often but it happened to my wife again last night when she was doing some stuff and its happened to me a few times when I first built it.
Basically a seethrough grayish background descends from the top of the screen and covers the main screen and gives the message. I believe there is a big power symbol on the message too.
Anyone?
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Yep, its the kernel panic screen... heh.
No driver issues, no overclocking (yet)....
When I first installed I had a few kernel panics but now its pretty stable (except for the one my wife had the other day when I posted this)...
I havent tested anything with handbrake or CPU test yet so I'll give that a whirl... Other than the one the other day I havent had one in weeks and I've been editing with final cut and doing tons of stuff so it may have just been a fluke but I'll do some stress tests and see what happens. Thanks again.
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Well, CPUTest really should not turn up anything if you never overclocked. CPUs never ever are bad unless you physically damage them.
You can try DLing and burning to a CD memtest86+. It should complete 3 full passes (3 hours maybe?) without any errors. Then at least you can sign off on the RAM as well.
You might be best served to just update to 10.5.8 and reinstall the drivers. Do all of the motherboard drivers (EP45-DS3L+essentials) as well as the Enabler_for_nvidia driver package.
You no longer need to install the motmot kext or the initial HD48xx series package. I also modified the OP to reflect this change.
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On August 05 2009 03:38 maleorderbride wrote:Show nested quote +On August 01 2009 13:59 Dead9 wrote:On August 01 2009 11:30 maleorderbride wrote:
Hmmm..that is odd. You can download seatools to check the HDD as well. Although, it does not sound like a HDD problem we still need to rule it out. Did you run OCCT for at least 4 hours? Preferably 8.
After that you should really get a spare PSU to test with. If the RAM/HDD/PSU/CPU all test OK then that really just leaves the motherboard =/ Blehhh I just closed seagate on accident after it ran for a few hours on long drive self test >_< Running the short self drive test now But it passed the SMART test I ran OCCT for 7 hours and 40-something minutes I don't really have any spare computer parts; the only ways I could get another PSU would be to buy another or steal one from someone :[ Edit: apparently the short tests run really fast, both of my HDDs passed the SMART check, short drive self test, and short generic I'm probably just going to give my extra two sticks of RAM to my friend and buy another motherboard in a few years =\ Might want to steal a PSU to test with =/ (Radioshack 30 day return policy!) as your comp not working with 8GBs of RAM really seems like you have some sort of hardware problem. Chances are it will crop up again later in the form of additional instability. It is best to solve it now.
Managed to get a new PSU (only took a month right haha) and it still doesn't work :[
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Thanks for the thorough guide. I have a very similar set up with a couple differences. I have a EP45-DS4P rather than your board. And, the big one, a Gigabyte 4870. In short, the gigabyte 4870 DOES NOT WORK in OSX. It's a lost cause. I went as far as flashing it yesterday to try. No go. Oh well. I'll try a 4890 and see if I have better luck. If not, as least I get a better graphics card.
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The 4870 should really work, unless you have a TOXIC 4870 or one of the HDMI/S-video/DVI version cards. Is that what you have?
Even if you do, there *might* be a thread somewhere on insanelymac that can help.
<b>Dead9</b>: Have you tried just one stick in each of the RAM channels? Is it possible that just one channel on the motherboard is bad?
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On August 22 2009 08:48 maleorderbride wrote:
The 4870 should really work, unless you have a TOXIC 4870 or one of the HDMI/S-video/DVI version cards. Is that what you have?
Even if you do, there *might* be a thread somewhere on insanelymac that can help.
<b>Dead9</b>: Have you tried just one stick in each of the RAM channels? Is it possible that just one channel on the motherboard is bad?
Nope. I swear, I've read every last pixel on getting the 4870 to work and a Gigabyte card will not work. It was a DVI/HDMI/Displayport version. I'm running a Diamond Radeon HD 4890 (for google spiders to get this post in case someone is looking) and it booted straight into my previously broken OS X without modification.
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Ah, yea the DVI/HDMI/Displayport versions are the only ones that do not work ;p
If anyone ever gets reliably working EFI strings then it will be fine.
Also, that 4890 is not quite done yet, you want Core Image to say "hardware" and Quartz Extreme to be "supported".
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On August 23 2009 00:32 maleorderbride wrote:
Ah, yea the DVI/HDMI/Displayport versions are the only ones that do not work ;p
That's just my luck.
Also, that 4890 is not quite done yet, you want Core Image to say "hardware" and Quartz Extreme to be "supported".
Yeah, I noticed that QE/CI weren't enabled. I'm working on that next. I did a restore from my TM backup last night and my LAN ports quit working. I'm not sure what happened but I'm just starting over and I'll get it all working by tonight, I hope.
One thing I haven't been able to do is get audio working. It says "no output source connected" or something like that. I checked my BIOS settings and it's set to what the OP suggests. Any ideas?
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Ok. Got QE/CI working. Sound is up next.
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