EVH Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Hello everyone and thank you for being on the web! Here's the lspci -vv hardware report: lspci -vv 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 03) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 01) 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 01) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01) 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01) (prog-if 20) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e1) (prog-if 01) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01) 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 01) (prog-if 80 [Master]) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 01) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G72M [Quadro NVS 110M/GeForce Go 7300] (rev a1) 03:01.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ601/6912/711E0 CardBus/SmartCardBus Controller (rev 40) 09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5752 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02) 0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11a/b/g (rev 01) This seems to me to be the nvidia model. Has a Core Duo not the Core 2 Duo. So this is what's weird. I created the installer out of 10.6.0 version 10a432 using MyHack v3.1.2 and as Extra folder I used D620_NV110m_10.6.8_Pack that I found here. The computer starts, and gets stuck. First I tried myHack v3.3.1 and D620_NV110m_10.7.5_Pack with better results but then the screen gets black and I learned here that the reason behind that behavior is that this laptop has a Core Duo so Lion isn't an option. So went back to Snow Leopard to no avail with the MyHack method. I found the MyHack from the internet archives. There was a MBR option and I tried with it on and also off to no avail. Bios is A10. I am clearly missing something. Have to go to work now but will be back in about 8 hours and see if anyone might have any ideas about what could be wrong. Thanks in advance and best regards to everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted April 20, 2021 Administrators Share Posted April 20, 2021 It's indeed a D620 with nVidia graphics. Can't remember if the D620 10.6.8 packs will work with 10.6(.0) but, from memory, it should. We have copies of myHack v3.1.2 and v3.3.1 here and they're fully kosher so no need to get those off Web archives. Make sure you use a retail version of SL 10.6(.0) as only the retail copies have the full installation files that are required. Retail copies existed for 10.6(.0), 10.6.3 and 10.6.8. The other versions exist as recovery sets only and are no good for fresh installations. As you wrote yourself, CoreDuo means SL only, not Lion. Ideally, you may want to consider replacing your current CPU by a high-end FSB667 Merom Core2Duo T7x00 (T7200, T7400 or T7600). It's old stuff but these cost pennies today on the 2nd hand market and would allow you run run Lion (or MLPF'ed ML if you were game). Make sure you've configured your BIOS as per the recommended settings posted in the dedicated thread in this very section. MBR patch is only of any use if you try or want to install SL on a disk with MBR partition scheme. If SL is the only OS you intend to run, just reformat it from your USB installer as GPT/HFS+ (Mac OS Extended) using Disk Utility once you reach the main installer screen. I'm no longer 100% on this (it's old stuff and too many years have passed) but it may well be that the DW1397 or DW1395 (BCM4312 wireless card) in that D620 are causing trouble so you may want to try and disable Wireless in BIOS until you've actually installed SL. Good luck! NB: lspci -nn is more useful command than lspci -vv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVH Posted April 21, 2021 Author Share Posted April 21, 2021 Thank you so much for your reply. Does it make any difference to have the USB installer formatted as GUID vs. MBR? That was another thing I tried to toggle to see if had any luck. Quote We have copies of myHack v3.1.2 and v3.3.1 here... I wish it was linked next to the packs. For some reason I didn't know where to look for it. Will definitely give a try to the installer while disabling the wifi to see if it might move forward. I went to a torrent site for the SL installer and tried two of them. Found 10.6.0 retail and 10-.6..3 to no avail though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted April 21, 2021 Administrators Share Posted April 21, 2021 Partition scheme of the USB installer makes no difference. You have to make sure you have a retail copy of Snow Leopard. Try and boot with -f -v boot flags. We have a fully tunable Search facility on the forum, don't hesitate to use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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