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Um, yeah.

 

 

I was reading around, and I came across some information about iDeneb (using v1.4 10.5.6), which apparently had more support for SSE2. So I got it, tried it, and the DVD ACTUALLY booted up, unlike Kalyway which would just restart even before the apple boot screen. I had nowhere to install it, so I cloned my Windows 7 and erased the partition to make space... After I finally got that over with, I tried installing. Everything was going pretty well, until a little less than half way into the installation. The progress bar was sitting there for a bit, then just sorta skipped forward real quick (pretty far too), then it said that there was something wrong with the media I was installing from (that the DVD was scratched and what not, and to get another copy). Despite this, it passed the DVD check, which I decided at about try number 4 of installing to just let it go through. Considering that, I'm assuming this isn't actually a problem like the installer said it was. (The ISO burned at 1.5x speed by the way, so don't tell me to burn slower XD) I wasn't exactly sure what to select when installing however, except that I should use the Voodoo kernel (and the seatbelt fix thing) and one of the Nvidia drivers, so that may be the problem right there. (On a side note, JaS 10.4.6 worked just fine on this computer, but I could never get this video card working with it. Eventually, trying to fix the video card caused the end of JaS 10.4, so I installed the Windows 7 RC1 in it's place. I was using my integrated graphics trying to get it to work, and it sucked like that D=) Here's my specs summed up in 6 CPU-Z screenshots: (Note that slot 3's RAM is exactly the same as slot 2, so I didn't take a picture of that)

 

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Video card is a GeForce FX5200 AGP 128MB.

 

I'd really like to get this working (and to know what exactly I should be selecting to install XD). If there's any more information you would need, I can most likely get it. Help would be greatly appreciated!

 

 

Thanks,

 

SF94

juunbug
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Hi Sonicfreak,

 

You were correct in selecting the voodoo kernel and perhaps the seatbelt.kext, however your bios and mobo would also make a difference, these settings cannot be guessed by anyone, we would need to know specifics. Your video card issue is perplexing to say the least. Geforce FX 5200 was a stock video card for several Macs, see: http://lowendmac.com/video/agp/geforce-5200.html try an install without selecting any video drivers, just using factory drivers and that should dolve your video issues, however you are going to have to be specific about your motherboard and bios settings before anyone ccould help you any further. Judging by your CPU-Z screenshots for the mobo, I would assume that this machine is a clone of some sort, without much ability to make many changes. I hope for your sake I am wrong. -_-

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Hi Sonicfreak,

 

You were correct in selecting the voodoo kernel and perhaps the seatbelt.kext, however your bios and mobo would also make a difference, these settings cannot be guessed by anyone, we would need to know specifics. Your video card issue is perplexing to say the least. Geforce FX 5200 was a stock video card for several Macs, see: http://lowendmac.com/video/agp/geforce-5200.html try an install without selecting any video drivers, just using factory drivers and that should dolve your video issues, however you are going to have to be specific about your motherboard and bios settings before anyone ccould help you any further. Judging by your CPU-Z screenshots for the mobo, I would assume that this machine is a clone of some sort, without much ability to make many changes. I hope for your sake I am wrong.

 

 

Thanks for the quick reply and info. (My Dad actually was planning on using my card in his G4 once I get a new card, lol)

 

This machine is just an IBM Thinkcentre, and it hasn't really been tampered with, all except for the video card and RAM.

 

I have "EVEREST" handy right now, and this is what it has to say about my chipset:

 

 North Bridge: Intel Springdale-G i865G

North Bridge Properties 
North Bridge Intel Springdale-G i865G
Revision / Stepping 02 / A2
Package Type 932 Pin FC-BGA
Package Size 3.75 cm x 3.75 cm
Core Voltage 1.5 V
In-Order Queue Depth 12

Memory Controller
Type Dual Channel (128-bit)
Active Mode Single Channel (64-bit)
PAT Enabled

Memory Timings
CAS Latency (CL) 2.5T
RAS To CAS Delay (tRCD) 3T
RAS Precharge (tRP) 3T
RAS Active Time (tRAS) 7T

Error Correction
ECC Not Supported
ChipKill ECC Not Supported
RAID Not Supported
ECC Scrubbing Not Supported

Memory Slots
DRAM Slot #1 1024 MB (PC2700 DDR SDRAM)
DRAM Slot #2 256 MB (PC2700 DDR SDRAM)
DRAM Slot #3 256 MB (PC2700 DDR SDRAM)

Integrated Graphics Controller
Graphics Controller Type Intel Extreme Graphics 2
Graphics Controller Status Disabled

AGP Controller
AGP Version 3.00
AGP Status Enabled
AGP Device nVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
AGP Aperture Size 128 MB
Supported AGP Speeds 1x, 2x, 4x, 8x
Current AGP Speed 8x
Fast-Write Supported, Enabled
Side Band Addressing Supported, Enabled

Chipset Manufacturer
Company Name Intel Corporation
roduct Information http://www.intel.com/products/browse/chipsets.htm<BR> Driver Download http://support.intel.com/support/chipsets/index.htm

 

And

 

 South Bridge: Intel 82801EB ICH5

South Bridge Properties
South Bridge Intel 82801EB ICH5
Revision / Stepping C2 / A2/A3
Package Type 460 Pin mBGA
Package Size 3.1 cm x 3.1 cm
Core Voltage 1.5 V

AC'97 Audio Controller
Audio Controller Type Intel 82801EB(M) ICH5
Codec Name Analog Devices AD1981B(L)
Codec ID 41445374h
S/PDIF Output Supported

Chipset Manufacturer 
Company Name Intel Corporation
Product Information http://www.intel.com/products/browse/chipsets.htm
Driver Download http://support.intel.com/support/chipsets/index.htm

 

It doesn't say much about the BIOS except that the company name is Phoenix Technologies. As for the Motherboard, though:

 

Motherboard Properties
Motherboard ID <DMI>
Motherboard Name IBM 8194A1U

Front Side Bus Properties
Bus Type Intel NetBurst
Bus Width 64-bit
Real Clock 133 MHz (QDR)
Effective Clock 533 MHz
Bandwidth 4267 MB/s

Memory Bus Properties
Bus Type DDR SDRAM
Bus Width 64-bit
Real Clock 167 MHz (DDR)
Effective Clock 333 MHz
Bandwidth 2667 MB/s

Chipset Bus Properties 
Bus Type Intel Hub Interface
Bus Width 8-bit<BR> Real Clock 67 MHz (QDR)
Effective Clock 267 MHz<BR> Bandwidth 267 MB/s

I can always get more info. BIOS settings though I'll have to take some pictures of, which I can't currently. (if you meant right-at-PC-start-up sort of BIOS settings)

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Boot the dvd, there will be the first arrow you click than you accept agreement, than you choose install location than customize your setup with voodoo kernel make sure you also select X11 box, and your other settings for hardware an such, than you click next and it starts to verify the disk!

Let it verify the whole thing once for the first time. Don't be impulsive, be patient...

I know its a long wait but if you want to check if your disk has errors than let it VERIFY don't skip, than you can isolate the problem to verify your disk is already burned correctly.

 

If it fails than reburn:) good luck.

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Boot the dvd, there will be the first arrow you click than you accept agreement, than you choose install location than customize your setup with voodoo kernel make sure you also select X11 box, and your other settings for hardware an such, than you click next and it starts to verify the disk!

Let it verify the whole thing once for the first time. Don't be impulsive, be patient...

I know its a long wait but if you want to check if your disk has errors than let it VERIFY don't skip, than you can isolate the problem to verify your disk is already burned correctly.

 

If it fails than reburn:) good luck.

 

Thanks, I'll try that out now. =D

Edit:

OK, installation failed at the same place. I'm going to re-burn at the slowest speed as doox00 suggested, because it seems that other people who have gotten the same ISO I have from the same source haven't had this problem while installing.

 

Here's the log if you guys are interested http://www.mediafire.com/?yjnnjwme5yi 

 

(On a side note, it did actually take a long time to boot up off the DVD if that helps in any way... Tiger didn't have that problem, it only took like 2 minutes. But of course they ARE different OS's...sorta.)

Edit 2: Oh of course, I tell it to burn at 1x speed, and it burns at 2.5x >_>

 

Edit 3: I re-burned it, installed, but I got a kernel panic. I'll get a picture soon.

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Well, forget it then. I'm going to put Windows 7 back on this HDD and try to get it working as well as XP does (Meaning Graphics and Sound. I get more lag in '7 when playing things like Halo, but that of course is to be expected). Now that I have Leopard at a state that it actually installs however, when somebody can help me with this problem, I'll re-install Leopard once again to see if it'll work. If anyone can help, I would appreciate it, but otherwise I'll eventually try some other distros to get this thing working. As I said, I'll just put Windows 7 back for now and do some tweaking unless you guys can help me out with this particular Leopard problem.

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