I got some questions. I'm very new to this and haven't slept much the last 2 days been reading and learning what i can. I've downloaded multiple versions of OSX just to be sure I got a good one.

Heres what I have:
AMD Phenom Quad Black Edition 3.6 ghz cpu
4 gb ddr3 ram
gtx 470 nvdia gpu
gigabyte mobo model ma790gpt-ud3h
on board sound and gpu as well

So now that I have a burned copy of the OSX i tried to restart and install but I can't get it to read or find my new formatted hard drive. its marked as active too. On some occasions it will just restart. I find learning how to install APPLE OS is very hard and confusing cause of all the ways you can do it. Can someone please give me some tips and a mini-guide. I'm willing to read and learn more but I'm starting to get stuck and don't know what to do. I also don't know which version to use. Please help me.


I also have a DELL LAPTOP Inspiron 8600 with intel that I would also like to install too. I was able to have a successful install but then it restarts over and over and never loads....

help...my hard drive doesnt show when you select install location....

Originally Posted by lxgoffxi

help...my hard drive doesnt show when you select install location....

I'm not sure this would help, but have you tried running hard drive legacy mode in your BIOS? I can't remember the name of it, but there's a setting where you can make your SATA drive appear to be an IDE drive. I use it all the time for installing XP on newer machines, as XP doesn't always recognize the newer SATA controllers. I recall having to do this on one of my hackint0shes as well.