The Unstoppable Kernel Panic

[EricFish]

I can't for the life of me figure this out... trying to install OSX 10.6 on a Gateway FX510S, with Intel Core 2 Duo and Intel Lavacot motherboard (Intel 975x chipset). I can boot from the iBoot disk (both the new iBoot and the Legacy), but when I replace the disk with my Snow Leopard Retail DVD and boot it from the menu, I get the following kernel panic:

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panic(cpu 0 caller 0x2aafbe) : Kernel trap at 0x34a0cfcd, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x8001003b, CR2: 0x00000000, CR3: 0x00101000, CR4: 0x00000660
EAX: 0x00000000, EBX: 0x043cc800, ECX: 0x34a0cf6e, EDX: 0x00000000
CR2: 0x00000000, EBP: 0x3468be38, ESI: 0x00000000, EDI: 0x043cc800
EFL: 0x00010246, EIP: 0x34a0cfcd, CS: 0x00000000, DS: 0x00000010
Error code: 0x00000000

Debugger called: <panic>
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x3468bc78 : 0x21b518 (0x5db8ac 0x3468bcac 0x223986 0x0) _panic + 0x1c9
0x3468bcc8 : 0x2aafbe (0x59a920 0x34a0cfcd 0xe 0x59aaea) _kernel trap + 0x6ce
0x3468bdb8 : 0x2a09ba (0x3468bdd8 0x0 0x3468be18 0x43cc800) _lo_alltraps + 0x2ea
FireWire runtime power conservation disable. (2)
0x3468bdd0 : 0x34a0cfcd (0xe 0x500048 0x43d0010 0x10) com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily +20429

0x3468be38 : 0x503582 (0x43cc800 0x0 0x1 0x3ef8640) ___ZNK8OSObject13taggedReleaseEPKv + 0x20
0x3468be58 : 0x50359d (0x43cc800 0x0 0x53ab96 0x3ef8640) ___ZNK8OSObject7releaseEv + 0x19
0x3468be78 : 0x53ed63 (0x43cc800 0x43cc800 0x3ef57c0 0x3f11360) ___ZN9IOService15probeCandidatesEP12OSOrderedSet + 0x6ef
0x3468bf28 : 0x53f28e (0x43de680 0x3ef5880 0x0 0xffffffff) ___ZN9IOService14doServiceMatchEm + 0x16c
0x3468bf78 : 0x540f3d (0x43de680 0x0 0x3468bfac 0x1) ___ZN15_IOConfigThread4mainEPvi + 0x111
0x3468bfc8 : 0x2a06bc (0x43e1fe0 0x0 0x2a06cb 0x436e3d4) _call_continuation + 0x1c
Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies) :
com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily(2.5.0)@0x34a08000- >0x34a14fff

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task

Mac OS version:
Not yet set

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 10.6.0: Sun Jan 9 16:31:48 EST 2011; legacy kernel v6 :xnu-1504.9.26/BUILD/obj/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacPro3,1 (Mac-F42C88C8)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 1210053712

Wow. That was a marathon of typing. Took like 20 minutes. But I think it was worth doing, so that people can quote certain parts of it... eh maybe it was not worth it at all. Anyway, any ideas on this? I'm getting a little ticked at my machine... haha. Thanks in advance!

 

[EricFish]

EDIT: RESOLVED!!!!! After about 2 hours of random fiddling and some decidedly more random Google searches, I finally succeeded in booting into the OSX Installer. Installing now, 27 minutes to go. What ended up being the problem was the IOATAFamily kext, which I deleted and now everything works like a charm. Will post back once everything finishes....

 

[EricFish]

And we are good. Thanks to.... well no one really replied. Thanks anyway haha. If I hadn't made these useless forum posts then I would have never figured this whole thing out actually... so. If a moderator would like to delete this string: Feel free. It's all good.

 

[Falconx1000]

i had the same problem
thanks for explaining how you fixed it, helped alot

 

[theilluminator]

How can i fix the Kexts?? I admit I am a total NEWBIE

I am trying on a lenovo x200s


Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Mark

 

[Jamesbond007]

And we are good. Thanks to.... well no one really replied. Thanks anyway haha. If I hadn't made these useless forum posts then I would have never figured this whole thing out actually... so. If a moderator would like to delete this string: Feel free. It's all good.

The reason nobody replied before may be because nobody here knew how to deal with your problem. It is nice to hear that your problem has been resolved and I believe it will benefit others if you elaborate on how you solve this problem.

 

[theilluminator]

Agreed!!

Thanks Bond...James Bond. I really need help. I have tried legacy iBoot and still nothing has helped. From the research I did I gather it is a result of the Kexts. I dunno what I am doing. Please help me

thanks tons in advance

Mark

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