SL install on Asus X55 SV (PM965 chipset)

**RichDCs** · 03-27-2010 03:55 PM

Hi everyone!

I would like to install Snow Leopard on my computer, but everything I’ve tried has failed.
I have successfully created a bootable USB pen drive, that boots on some computers, but not on mine. I have also tried several other distros of Leopard, such as iAtkos, iDeneb, iPC, Kalyway, … with no success whatsoever. My bios is crap too.

I have a:

ASUS X55 SV
Intel Crestline-PM PM965 chipset (problematic?)
Intel Core2 Duo T7250 @2.00 GHz
3 GB DDR2 SDRAM @ 667 MHz
nVidia GeForce 9500M GS
250GB Hard Drive

Any help would be appreciated.

**dongqkong** · 03-29-2010 02:15 PM

what is the problem ,exactly?

**RichDCs** · 03-31-2010 10:36 AM

When I try to boot SL, I get this error:
http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/8521/img0463z.jpg
Any ideas?

**dongqkong** · 03-31-2010 11:30 AM

have you try boot with -x32 cpus=1 -legacy -v -f

**RichDCs** · 03-31-2010 05:54 PM

Thank you for replying.
I tried it and got a similar error :
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/9347/img0464kn.jpg

Any other ideas???

**bootzer0** · 04-01-2010 01:49 PM

guess you should try another chipset kext (AppleIntelPIIXATA)
if it is snow osx, try use pci v10.6 boot file and keep snow osx default kernel (mach kernel).just change the kext. boot with -x32 -f -s. if you got prompt,
you are knocking the apple door....

try also set acpi enable and sata to ahci and pci to ide on your bios...

**RichDCs** · 04-01-2010 03:00 PM

Thanks for replying bootzer0.

So you're saying I should boot with pci v10.6 boot dvd and load my pen drive.
I know how to make a bootable pen drive but not how to replace kexts in it.
How can i do that?
And where should I get the Kexts? (google?)

**dongqkong** · 04-01-2010 11:27 PM

I guess bootzer0 think that you are already install osx but can't boot it.
If you try to install snow osx, you need to boot Osx DVD with empireefi cd.
Google it , you will find a lot info to install snow on your pc.