Registered: 11/15/07
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Loc: Florida, USA
Must of had a bad patched kernel. This is why im going to build my own custom OSx86. Start from a legit copy of OSx and use the Darwin bootloader and start from there.
If I can get a ROM dump of a EFI system it would make things a lot easier.
Registered: 11/15/07
Posts: 1797
Loc: Florida, USA
I've done some research on EFI. It's a Intel product and a matter of fact a lot of PCs use a type of EFI. Intel's first Itanium workstations and servers, released in 2000, supported EFI 1.02. Also the newer HP laptops where you can watch a DVD with out booting into the OS uses a EFI system. My main gaming system has a type of EFI. The motherboard had a dual BIOS and on the second BIOS holds the EFI programing for restoring/upgrading the main BIOS, use custom profiles for the BIOS and also has a HD formating tool. Although Intel has changed the name EFI to uEFI. Thing is it has a legacy BIOS implemented as a compatibility support module to boot Windows. Give it time for the next Windows release and the old BIOS might be gone. OSx, Unix, Linux and BSD already don't need a BIOS or a heavy firmware really for it to boot.
Registered: 11/15/07
Posts: 1797
Loc: Florida, USA
The correct CPU came in yesterday. They sent me the wrong CPU! they sent me the older P4 / mobile CPU of the Celeron D. I sent a email right when I was about to toss me fist into the sheetrock of my computer room. I haven't gotten a reply yet.
I think your celeron will run fine if all of the oldies remember i was running osx86 on a dual core amd processor and it ran like a champ the last time i dissapeared.now i am back with 2 imac g4's and an amd sempron waiting on a board for my pentium d.
Registered: 11/15/07
Posts: 1797
Loc: Florida, USA
Everyone doesn't realize there really isn't a difference with a Celeron and a P4. The celeron has a slower FSB and a smaller cashe. Basicly my system will be running like the older iMac Solo Core.
The reason why I have so much bad luck is the damn people that send the part don't know what they are really sending half of the time. I got a reply and they're giving me a run around. I'm going to send back the CPU and contact the BBB on them. The tech and sales guys at StarMicro claim they sent the correct but in my first email I included a picture of the CPU. You can clearly see its a socket 478 and not a socket 775LGA.
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I took a look at the StarMicro site and I have to say it looks like a pretty 2nd rate sketchy company. You shouldn't be shocked that they made a mistake and won't easily correct it.
Buy parts from well respected places like newegg or tigerdirect and you won't get screwed.
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Registered: 11/15/07
Posts: 1797
Loc: Florida, USA
I'll check it out, thanks.
Oh, after I made two complaints to the BBB I still got a run around with starmicro but as soon as I gave a bad feedback on pricewatch.com I got this email.
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Hi,
Sorry for the trouble….if we shipped wrong
Please contact us on Monday to get the replacement…and we do not know until we saw Ur feedback that u had this kind of problem no emails we got from u……
Thanks SP
Sounds like a real people person / sales rep huh? Heres my reply
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So no one got my emails? Would kinda help if you checked your inbox once in a while. Heres copies of the emails I sent before.
EMAIL 1: I just got a CPU I ordered. It's the Intel Celeron D 330J 2.66GHz 256K 533MHz 775Pin CPU OEM. Well I went to build my new system and it seems the CPU size is too small. The motherboard I am using is a Intel D945GTPLKR. The picture on your website shows the correct CPU but what I have here is completely different. The CPU that was sent to me looks like the older P4 478pin.
EMAIL 2: Hi, I sent a email the other day and have not received a reply. I was sent the incorrect CPU from what was listed on the website. I ordered the Intel Celeron D 330J 2.66GHz 256K 533MHz 775Pin CPU OEM. What I got was a Intel Celeron 2.66GHz 256k 533MHz 478Pin.
I would like a RMA number by Monday so I can return this item.
Thank you
So I guess I better call to get the RMA number on Monday since Email doesn't seem to work for you. I even sent the same emails to your tech support as well when I sent them to you and so far you're the only one that has sent me a email but you sent me a email because of the feedback I gave on pricewatch.
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