jrkilroy Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Hello All, I spent my weekend trying to get Snow Leopard installed on an extra drive on my system. I am using a USB stick install. I can get the stick to boot, chameleon comes up fine, in verbose mode I get line after line of stuff. Eventually, I end up with a black screen right about the time I expect the installer to load. I am thinking this is possibly a video issue, but I'm not sure how to fix it. Here is some supporting information: Chameleon 2.0 RC3 My old Leopard system that I used to build my USB loader is a G5 tower. The system I am installing to: EVGA x58 SLI, latest BIOS EVGA 260 Superclock Installing to separate 500GB esata drive. I have not tried a unique EFI string as I can't figure out how to generate on the new computer without a leopard install. I also haven't touched the DSDT for the same reason. Any suggestions? I've tried all the guides I can, and my Google-Fu is starting to send me back to the same forum threads. Thank you for your help Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/186531-evga-x58-wgt260-black-screen/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrkilroy Posted September 15, 2009 Author Share Posted September 15, 2009 One bump before I throw in the towel. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/186531-evga-x58-wgt260-black-screen/#findComment-1267311 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohizzle121 Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Hello All, I spent my weekend trying to get Snow Leopard installed on an extra drive on my system. I am using a USB stick install. I can get the stick to boot, chameleon comes up fine, in verbose mode I get line after line of stuff. Eventually, I end up with a black screen right about the time I expect the installer to load. I am thinking this is possibly a video issue, but I'm not sure how to fix it. Here is some supporting information: Chameleon 2.0 RC3 My old Leopard system that I used to build my USB loader is a G5 tower. The system I am installing to: EVGA x58 SLI, latest BIOS EVGA 260 Superclock Installing to separate 500GB esata drive. I have not tried a unique EFI string as I can't figure out how to generate on the new computer without a leopard install. I also haven't touched the DSDT for the same reason. Any suggestions? I've tried all the guides I can, and my Google-Fu is starting to send me back to the same forum threads. Thank you for your help -x mode is safe mode with no vid drivers needed. make your dsdt and EFI string mods then Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/186531-evga-x58-wgt260-black-screen/#findComment-1267617 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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