macguy4u Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Hey All I have a EVGA GTX 260 video card and I'm pretty sure I know what is going on but I dont know how to fix it. If I have to do a fresh install of OSX or a restore from time machine- When I reformat my hard drive and I have the GTX 260 in the slot -once the install screen starts to come up- the screen goes black. Now I have a ATI 4890 card that I have to put in there so I can install see the screen and install OSX - I would leave the ATI card in but I have a ASUS Rampage Gene II board and they dont like each other. The GTX card plays better with Adobe products and FCP. Once I get OSX restored -I can put the GTX 260 back in and everything is fine. I was thinking of changing to a 9800 GT card because I need to free up some space in my case and want to go to a single slot card. If I change to a 9800 GT card -will it make the screen go black if I have to reinstall again? Is it just the 260 or all NVidia cards do this. Any fixes Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinP14 Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 is it the GTX 260 "Core 216" model? I have it, works flawless. try a different installer. [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] got mine up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macguy4u Posted June 20, 2010 Author Share Posted June 20, 2010 hey --yes it is the core 216 I have tried everything --and MyHack is the only one that will work with my board -Asus Rampage Gene II - I tried [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] and NO go. but everytime i put in the ATI card I can install everything. I just dont want to use the ATI card matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FKA Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 Assuming retail install method - Find a boot132 image that's using chameleon 2. i.e the Brazilian OSX teams' build (google it.) Then use GraphicsEnabler=Yes at boot prompt ! (If i had a £ for everytime i've typed this !!!) D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macguy4u Posted June 21, 2010 Author Share Posted June 21, 2010 FormallyKnowAS--- yeah its a retail install -Of Snow Leopard does that boot132 work with SL? just curious If my GTX 260 is like this with this board --will all Nvidia cards be this way if I decide to switch cards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FKA Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 If my GTX 260 is like this with this board --will all Nvidia cards be this way if I decide to switch cards? hard to say .. yes this boots snow leo retail disk + snow L GraphicsEnabler=Yes my pain, feel it - i spent a long long night finding this out when i first had to fresh install with my gtx260 ps you may also need PciRoot=1 .. i.e PciRoot=1 GraphicsEnabler=Yes but i doubt it. D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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