OMEGA_RAZER Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Hello all, So a bit of background on the problems I have. I've had this build since just after 10.8.1 and was able to get it up and running with little issue. 10.8.2 came out and I waited a few days to scope out any widespread issues and then went for the update and hit problems. I never actually figured out what they were as I was able to update the USB drive I install from and just did a fresh install with no problems. So now that 10.8.3 is out I did the same and waited to see if there were any glaring issues, didn't see mention of any so went ahead and updated. Yet again ran into problems. I was able to boot with "-v -f -x" but nothing else, I couldn't even get -s to work without them. Now I can't boot in with anything. I've yet to re-install as I figure I'll ask this first and hope I can sort my issues out before I do. So my question is what Setup/Kexts are best for my setup. Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V Pro/Thunberbolt (using BIOS 1708 patched for Power Management) CPU: Intel i7-3770s RAM: Corsair 16GB (4x4GB) GPU: 2x EVGA GTS250 Sys disk: Kingston HyperX 120GB SSD The LAN is intel 82579V, Audio is Realtek 892, Wi-Fi chip is a Atheros AR9485 (haven't seen anywhere that's gotten this to work) I've been using Chameleon for bootloader but wouldn't be opposed to switching to Clover if it would be better. I've been using MacPro5,1 as my system definition as well if that makes a difference. The specs for my board are here if they're needed. If anyone could give any help that would be awesome. Any more info needed just let me know. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaldMeister Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Hi Omega, what happens if you just boot with -v? Mind taking a photo of the error and uploading it? "Some issue" is hard to troubleshoot. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMEGA_RAZER Posted March 21, 2013 Author Share Posted March 21, 2013 (edited) Yeah, I know sorry, I just don't remember what exactly it was. At the moment booting with just -v stalls up around something to do with USB if I remember correct but could be wrong. It really doesn't get far along at all. I usually just re-install and it seems to install fine with no issues. Just would love to know what's best for my setup so I can update when it's available. Edited March 21, 2013 by OMEGA_RAZER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMEGA_RAZER Posted March 22, 2013 Author Share Posted March 22, 2013 Anyone have any ideas? I'll probably re-install tomorrow just so I can at least have it back up and running again. Only being able to boot Windows is bumming me out a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyolc8 Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 You could be a little more specific when you say "ran into problems". How did you upgraded? Appstore or with combo? Did you tried to re-patch or replace your modified kexts after updating? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMEGA_RAZER Posted March 22, 2013 Author Share Posted March 22, 2013 Oops thought I mentioned. My bad was with the combo update. App Store one just never did anything the one time I tried on my old system so just go with combo updates now. As far as I know I don't have any patched kext that would need to be replaced after an update although that could be me missing one again... As far as I know the only kexts I used were the basic fakesmc, intel e1000 and the one for my sound... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaldMeister Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Boot with -f -v -x. Intall the extension from Extra/Extensions to /System/Library/Extensions, use kext drop or something similar. Only thing i can think of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMEGA_RAZER Posted March 23, 2013 Author Share Posted March 23, 2013 I'm not able to boot with that anymore I also already had all the kexts in /S/L/E *shrugs* I'm going to try to "update" to 10.8.2 from my install USB tonight and see if I can at least get it booting again then reinstall and add as few kexts as possible and see if I can update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaldMeister Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Do not install any useless kexts. Keep it to a minimum. so nothing concerning USB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMEGA_RAZER Posted March 23, 2013 Author Share Posted March 23, 2013 Okay, any suggestions for known good kexts to use and ones I should stay away from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaldMeister Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Stay away from everything that does not include the following: - NullCPUPowerManagement - FakeSMC Boot with: -v DSDT=No Are you a beast user? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMEGA_RAZER Posted March 23, 2013 Author Share Posted March 23, 2013 Don't use any beasts. Is there a best place to get FakeSMC, there's two versions I've heard of, which is best? With the patched BIOS I don't need Null. Should I still put in the DSDT=no if I don't have one or no difference? Thanks again for all the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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