Golfpro Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I am trying to install Mavericks with the my hack 3.3.1 it created the drive ok and when i restart it sees it and i can hit enter to start the process but as soon as i do i get this message and the machine stops. I am not sure if i have made a mistake in the setup or if its a bios issue. Let me know any and all thoughts as i am new to this. I have a picture below of what my screen looks like. Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted February 12, 2014 Administrators Share Posted February 12, 2014 System's specs please... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfpro Posted February 12, 2014 Author Share Posted February 12, 2014 Dell Inspiron N5040 CPU Intel i3-380M 4GB of ram BIOS A02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted February 12, 2014 Administrators Share Posted February 12, 2014 Try to boot with NullCPUPowerManagement as opposed to native CPU power management; alternatively ensure you have a Chameleon boot plist set with P & C States + a SMBIOS plist that uses the profile of a Mac model close to your Inspiron. If you have no discrete GPU but only Intel HD graphics, check the IM thread below to evaluate full graphics support capability as not having full graphics can be quite a deterrence to pursue any further: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/286092-guide-1st-generation-intel-hd-graphics-qeci/?hl=intel%20hd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfpro Posted February 12, 2014 Author Share Posted February 12, 2014 Are those changes in the install on my drive with my hack on it? or are these function i find in the bios? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted February 12, 2014 Administrators Share Posted February 12, 2014 You need to add the NullCPUPowerManagement kext to /Extra/Extensions of your USB installer, then run myHack->myFix (quick) on the USB installer before you boot it again to attempt installation. 'don't know if you've done much research on this model before, but have a good read at the thread below: http://www.osx86.net/topic/8965-how-to-install-snow-leopard-on-dell-inspiron-n5040-laptop/ Be prepared, this installation, if at all successful, may not be easy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfpro Posted February 12, 2014 Author Share Posted February 12, 2014 Why is it so difficult? Are there things that I need to watch for? Thanks again for all the help I will ad the kext to my USB and post results later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted February 12, 2014 Administrators Share Posted February 12, 2014 By nature, Hackintoshing can be and often is difficult! It's not meant to be, Apple make OS X is for Macs, not for PCs... Not all hardware is supported. If it were just like a Windows installation, none of this would be here, Hackintosh sites would not exist. Your model appears to have hardware incompatibilities, hence my warning. Look it up on the web. To move forward a little and assuming you have the lspcidrv.kext in /Extra/Extensions (if not, add it), post us the output of lspci -nn Terminal command. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfpro Posted February 12, 2014 Author Share Posted February 12, 2014 With the things that you mentioned above i was able to get past that beginning .The next issue i face is as it went it opened what looked like the screen the installer should be on but then it stopped and the screen shot below is what it did. Not sure if there is a graphics issue or something else failed. I was able to try the terminal command and the machine says that it cannot find lspci -nn Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted February 12, 2014 Administrators Share Posted February 12, 2014 As I said, if you don't have the lspcidrv kext in /E/E, add it! Try and boot with Chameleon option GraphicsEnabler=No to see if it gets rid of that screen issue. But do read the IM thread about Intel HD as that will basically tell you if you can enjoy full graphics support or not. If you can't, it's not worth continue in my opinion... By the way, no double post for the same thing please... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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