Administrators Hervé Posted February 21, 2014 Administrators Share Posted February 21, 2014 Did you try HDD set to legacy in BIOS at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ipguy Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Did you try HDD set to legacy in BIOS at all? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ipguy Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 which IOATAFamily.kext is needed to make this work ? ​can someone send me a URL please ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted February 21, 2014 Administrators Share Posted February 21, 2014 Try this one: IOATAFamily.kext.zip 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted February 21, 2014 Administrators Share Posted February 21, 2014 Did you do a search on the forum at all? https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/273-optiplex-745/page-2?hl=+optiplex%20+745 https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/2013-dell-optiplex-745-ultra-small-form-factor/ https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/2346-optiplex-745-cant-boot-from-drive-snow-leopard/?hl=%2Boptiplex+%2B745 Install lspcidrv.kext in /E/E then use Terminal comamnd lspci -nn to find out the hardware specs of your system. lspcidrv.kext.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ipguy Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 thanks for your persistance guys, i've got lion on my 745... can you guys recommend a supported low profile card ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted February 21, 2014 Administrators Share Posted February 21, 2014 Erm, did you open any of the above links to read the threads??? <_> For a low-profile card that works well and OOB in Lion/ML/Mav, look for info mentioned in relation to Vostro 200 desktop... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ipguy Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Erm, did you open any of the above links to read the threads??? For a low-profile card that works well and OOB in Lion/ML/Mav, look for info mentioned in relation to Vostro 200 desktop... yes I did... it's all very confusing to be perfectly honest, jargon litters every post and when investigating the above posts, mention of compatible cards end with a note that effectively equates to ... but ...but ... but ... if it was clear, do you honestly think i would be asking ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted February 21, 2014 Administrators Share Posted February 21, 2014 The idea is to incite Hackintoshers to educate themselves, not to spoonfeed them. Hence the repeated invitations to search, read and experiment, especially when matters/requests previously covered resurface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
becker666 Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Had the same problem with the installer seeing the HD when attempting a ML 10.8.4 install tried it all but it wouldn't see the HD I managed to install it by setting the HD as a USB drive then a few tweaks and I got it working, here are my steps http://becker666.blogspot.com/2014/04/ml1084-on-optiplex-745.html when I didi SL the myHack created USB just worked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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