korngold Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Okay, I realize this is a hackintosh forum, but I'm in a bit of a bind. I have a 15" MacBook Pro, which seems to boot up just fine until the grey apple screen and this appears to be a driver issue. No one on any apple forums seem to have a clue about drivers--except here! I make it just to the point where it's about to load the OS, then it just stays frozen on the Apple screen (with a frozen progress clock). Thing is, the OS loads fine--all the way. I can access the computer from screen sharing on my hackintosh or my other MBP. Here's the rub: there were a series of Macbook Pros with NVIDIA GeForce 8600 M processors that were recalled. Timeline on that was 4 years. I just got back from the Apple store where the "genius" with a bit of a chip on his shoulder told me that I'm 3 months out from that recall and don't qualify. So, I'm back to square 1. External video is not working, either. However, I can use it as a firewire target drive (with full video display of the firewire symbol), or I can let it boot all the way and screen share, in which case it works fine, though the video is not "crisp." I am able to boot another macbook from the drive, which currently has OSX 10.6.8 on it. Anyway, can I "hack" NVIDIA drivers onto a real mac? Any issues with doing that, and which driver should I use? The video card still seems to work fine since the opening apple screen is clear with no artifacts. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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