brendanb581 Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Right I have just installed mountain lion with no troubles. I used ###### on my memory stick to install. After install complete I booted from the OS x drive, But when the grey apple screen comes up I get a message saying "you need to restart your computer. Hold down the power button until it turns off. Then press the power button." Before the grey Apple logo screen I get this: "ERROR: dcbtable_version is 0x10" "ERROR: nVidia ROM Patching Failed!" Thanks for any help :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendanb581 Posted August 11, 2012 Author Share Posted August 11, 2012 I have only managed to boot it in safe mode so far :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaneee Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 What do you have in your boot.plist file? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendanb581 Posted August 11, 2012 Author Share Posted August 11, 2012 What do you have in your boot.plist file? Where/how do I check that? Sorry I am a complete noob lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaneee Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 On your menu bar click Go > Go to folder and type /Extra then right click the boot.plist file, open with > TextEdit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendanb581 Posted August 11, 2012 Author Share Posted August 11, 2012 I'm even getting kernel panic on safe mode now I think I need to reinstall :-( I tried going on the install screen and going on terminal and checking it but this is all that came up? http://s770.photobucket.com/albums/xx342/brendanb581/?action=view¤t=IMAG0361.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendanb581 Posted August 12, 2012 Author Share Posted August 12, 2012 I also tried -v to see errors and this is where it stopped: http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx342/brendanb581/IMAG0003.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everdone Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 From your picture you have a video problem (not unusual). the next step in the progression of install from where you are is the Mac desktop, but your video card is not playing nice. Do some research on methods of how to get whatever video your machine possesses to work. It is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to troubleshoot in the blind. A listing of your hardware would be extremely helpful for those wanting to help you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendanb581 Posted August 12, 2012 Author Share Posted August 12, 2012 From your picture you have a video problem (not unusual). the next step in the progression of install from where you are is the Mac desktop, but your video card is not playing nice. Do some research on methods of how to get whatever video your machine possesses to work. It is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to troubleshoot in the blind. A listing of your hardware would be extremely helpful for those wanting to help you. I'm at work atm but here are the main specs: i7 2670qm gt 555m 2gb 4gb ram realtek audio Intel Ethernet (I think) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendanb581 Posted August 13, 2012 Author Share Posted August 13, 2012 Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iFIRE Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 remove all the Graphics kexts NVidia , use these code, boot whit -s Move all kexts NVDA : boot whit -s mount -uw / mkdir /KextOff/ cd / cd /System/Library/Extensions mv GeForce* /KextOff mv NVDA*kext /KextOff sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Caches/* cd / shutdown -r now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Frio Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Hi... yes...don't use ######, we don't know what is nested.......reinstall using retail osx,and chameleon..with USB or DVD method...use GUID partition, do not use OSXinstalls,remove all others HDs , http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=277015&st=0 do not install nothing, about video,ethernet,audio....let in on "bone", at first... and look for solutions to your video card... c.frio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendanb581 Posted August 13, 2012 Author Share Posted August 13, 2012 remove all the Graphics kexts NVidia , use these code, boot whit -s Move all kexts NVDA : boot whit -s mount -uw / mkdir /KextOff/ cd / cd /System/Library/Extensions mv GeForce* /KextOff mv NVDA*kext /KextOff sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Caches/* cd / shutdown -r now Cheers for the reply mate, that worked! Now I have another problem (me being a noob)... I tried to install some kexts with the ###### program... then I had the restart with power button panic again.. now I can't boot into it without getting that screen! Any way to get rid of these and go back? Don't really want to reinstall it all again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iFIRE Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 boot -v and post photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendanb581 Posted August 13, 2012 Author Share Posted August 13, 2012 Okay here it is http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx342/brendanb581/IMAG0364.jpg Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iFIRE Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 try boot with this flag: -f -x -v GraphicsEnabler=No npci=0x2000 FixFSB=Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendanb581 Posted August 13, 2012 Author Share Posted August 13, 2012 Resulting screen with that boot http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx342/brendanb581/IMAG0366.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iFIRE Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Post your Extra Folder this is a Laptop or Desktop??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendanb581 Posted August 13, 2012 Author Share Posted August 13, 2012 What you ,mean by extra folder? Sorry Laptop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iFIRE Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 put this folder in the root / of your hard disk Extra.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendanb581 Posted August 13, 2012 Author Share Posted August 13, 2012 Sorry, but how do i put that there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iFIRE Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 read this guid first :http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=280756 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendanb581 Posted August 13, 2012 Author Share Posted August 13, 2012 Should I just install OS X that way? Maybe i'd get less problems! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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