deathstorm Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Hi, I'm trying to install Mountain Lion on this machine: AMD Sempron 145 2.8 GHz Single Core Processor 6 GB RAM MSI 760GM-P23 (FX) Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6450 1 GB DDR3 PCI-E 450W PSU 250 GB HDD *I know, it's amazing* The progress: Sound worked OOB (onchip) Snow Leopard 10.6.3 running with legacy_kernel through ModCD So the problems: No QE/CI, rocking on 1024x768 through HDMI but I think this will get fixed when I get 10.8 No ethernet, which i think will come when I actually get 10.8 to work (Realtek RTL 8167) When starting a sort of installed version of Mountain Lion it just restarts after the bootloader, probably cause of the kernel. Kexts: I'm open to try anything so give me suggestions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted September 15, 2013 Administrators Share Posted September 15, 2013 http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/291866-mountain-lion-on-amd/ By now, you must be aware that running Mac OS X requires special kernel, such as the legacy kernel you run (through ModCD installation) under Snow Leopard. No difference for Moutain Lion (or Lion) on that matter, if such a kernel exist for ML with support for single-core Sempron. Sempron CPUs are really low-end so you'd better stick to SL in my opinion. Since you're already on Insanelymac, do have a look at their wiki; it's well documented. You'll see that your Sapphire HD6450 is supported under SL and Lion and appears possibly supported under ML with patching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathstorm Posted September 15, 2013 Author Share Posted September 15, 2013 Yes, I know it is supported, but I'm also willing to invest some $$$ and I want to give as less as possible. So will my best choice be to buy a Dual Core Phenom and get Mountain Lion to work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMick Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 I created some AMD bootpacks for Lion and Mountain Lion, for use with myHack. http://storage.osxlatitude.com/?dir=amd/bootpacks However, I don't think this will work with your Sempron.. But you can always try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted September 15, 2013 Administrators Share Posted September 15, 2013 There's a substantial thread at IM about AMD kernel for Mountain Lion. You can have a good look there. Remember that ML is normally 64bit kernel only, so if AMD kernels kept that line, your CPU needs to be 64bit capable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathstorm Posted September 15, 2013 Author Share Posted September 15, 2013 Well, I'm running windows on 64 bit, then I guess my sempron is 64 bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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