hi all,
lets face it -i'm a real noob. ive read many a wiki/guide but cannot get leopard (tried kalaway/ ideneb/ipc/iatkos) to even begin to install.

my config: asus P5W DH
Q6600
2GB patriot ram
sata 500GB drive- new.
dvd drive externe ide on usb

bios settings (thanks to lord_webi @ insanely mac):
IN MAIN MENU:
-IDE in AHCI mode, ALPE and ASP Disabled

MENU ADVANCED, CPU CONFIGURATION
-MODIFY RATIO SUPPORT [DISABLED]
-MICROCODE UPDATION [ENABLED]
-MAX CPU VALUE LIMIT [ENABLED]
-EXECUTE DISABLED FUNCTION [ENABLED]
-ENHANCED C1 CONTROL [AUTO]
-VIRTUALIZATION TECHNOLY [ENABLED]
-INTEL SPEEDSTEP TECHNOLOGY [DISABLED]

MENU ADVANCED, CHIPSET MENU
-MEMORY REMAP FUTURE [ENABLED]

MENU POWER-SUSPEND MODE [S3 ONLY]
-RESPOST VIDEO ON S3 RESUME [YES]
-ACPI 2.0 SUPPORT [YES]
-ACPI APIC SUPPORT [YES]

-v gives a report like this:

panic(cpu 0 caller 0x001A801A) : Machine-check at 0x00161f05, thread:0x51b120, code:0X12, registers:etc

(and after)

debugger called: <panic>

Backtrace, Format- Frame: Return address (4 potential args on stack)etc

Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0

don't know if this is detailed enough;


would love some help because apparentyl this mobo is one of the more striaghtforward ones to install on and i can even get the to the first installation step.
i must be doing something fundamentally wrong.

Theres guides for this mobo, google a bit

thanks for your reply but i've googled, wiki'd and followed many of the guides for this mobo. and still not getting far which is why im asking for help on the forums. i must be doing something basicly wrong and do not understand the verbose report enough.
here is a photo of it- let me know if its too blurry to interpret- thanks
http://dl.free.fr/oLDpX5uzX