thePHPdev Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Hello people. I'm trying very hard to get my Hackintosh (iAtkos ML2) to work correctly. I've been up all night trying. And I've scoured the internet for answers and found none. My Problem: Everything goes normally until I get a greyish screen with a mouse cursor in the top left corner of the screen. Nothing happens from there. Now. Here are the things I have tried: -v to check for errors, none found. PCIRootUID=0 (I have to use this to be able to see the grey screen in the first place, otherwise it just goes to a black screen and monitors turn off). npci=0x2000 and 0x3000 -x -f along with the PCIRootUID, same thing. Different ports on the card. Different configurations (VGA/DVI). Went to try some command line stuff (-s), but my keyboard does not work no matter what when I want to type a command. (I have tried USBBusFix=Yes and I did install the PS/2 drivers (even though my Keyboard is USB) the same thing happend in the previous installationt too (with PS/2 not installed). GraphicsEnabler=No (this results in black screen to). 4 customisation configurations during install (Different Mac Models and different configurations, this is the furthest I have gotten so far (grey screen and cursor)). Tried with and without VGA drivers for NVidia cards. My System: Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H Intel Core i5 3770 8GB Corair Vengeance Pro Blue (2x4GB) NVidia GTS 450 Graphics WD Black 1TB HDD Dedicated to Mac OS X iAtkos ML2 Corsair TX-650M Cooler Master HAF-X Case 240GB SanDisk Extreme SSD with Fedora 19 on it (that shouldn't make a difference should it?) If you could help out that would be great! Thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/290722-having-an-annoying-issue/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_black Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Can you post a picture of the screen you are stuck at? That will help us figure it out. Keep booting with -v until we get everything working. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/290722-having-an-annoying-issue/#findComment-1933812 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thePHPdev Posted July 22, 2013 Author Share Posted July 22, 2013 The screen I'm stuck at is literally just a blank grey screen with the mouse cursor in the top left, shouldn't that hard to en-image? If you really need a pic I'll do it. And there are no errors that would cause this in verbose mode. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/290722-having-an-annoying-issue/#findComment-1933816 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_black Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 I'm going to bet it will work if you disable your nVidia card in BIOS or take it out. Give that a try first and report back. That will switch to Intel graphics built into your CPU and then we can rule out the card. (Make sure if you disable the card you switch your monitor connection to the video out on the motherboard) What is the manufacturer of that video card, you'll also want to get the device ID for it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/290722-having-an-annoying-issue/#findComment-1933818 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thePHPdev Posted July 22, 2013 Author Share Posted July 22, 2013 OK, I've just tried with the onboard graphics (Reinstalled with the same settings except I didn't install NVidia driver, and I'm stuck at the same place as before. And it's a Palit Geforce GTS 450, but i've seen others who have had successful build in practically identical systems. Thanks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/290722-having-an-annoying-issue/#findComment-1933831 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thePHPdev Posted July 22, 2013 Author Share Posted July 22, 2013 OK, I'm not having another issue, I've just put in an ATI card and reinstalled iAtkos ML2 successfully (With AMD driver instead). However, I cannot for whatever reason see anything at all now when I boot it up. I see the BIOS post as normal, but the bootloader doesn't show, so I can't type in any kernel flags. And I can't see anything from there on. Any help would be greatly OK, Nothing was working on that ATI card at all (not sure which model). But I've put my nvidia back in and we're back to square 1. Mouse cursor is in the top left on a blank grey screen. Any help? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/290722-having-an-annoying-issue/#findComment-1933841 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_black Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 http://myhack.sojugarden.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=460 Force VESA mode. Remove all nVidia video kexts from the installer and use "GraphicsEnabler=No" Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/290722-having-an-annoying-issue/#findComment-1933889 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thePHPdev Posted July 22, 2013 Author Share Posted July 22, 2013 OK, It made no difference, and I went and tried (first) GraphicsEnabler=No with this trick, but it still resulted in a black screen (no output to monitors) like last time, and with GraphicsEnabler not set, it works up until the white screen with the mouse cursor in the top left corner. (not moveable). This is really bugging me, as I've seen a built pretty much indentical to mine than worked out of the box. Same Mobo, GPU, CPU etc.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/290722-having-an-annoying-issue/#findComment-1933896 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_black Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Try what I posted on the other bumped thread you saw. Set initial/boot display to integrated in BIOS, keep monitor connected to your nVidia card, and use "GraphicsEnabler=No". If still doesn't work do the same thing with GraphicsEnabler=Yes. EDIT *** Also try a different bootloader. (Try Clover or Chameleon 2.2 r2254) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/290722-having-an-annoying-issue/#findComment-1933958 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thePHPdev Posted July 23, 2013 Author Share Posted July 23, 2013 I already have Chameleon v2.2. And it's still resulting in a grey screen with the mouse cursor in the top left corner of the screen. Also, here are some screenshots of what I see: Step one (mac logo, goes normally): Step two (see the mouse cursor in the top left?): Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/290722-having-an-annoying-issue/#findComment-1933964 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thePHPdev Posted July 23, 2013 Author Share Posted July 23, 2013 BUMP! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/290722-having-an-annoying-issue/#findComment-1934021 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_black Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Try booting with "-x -v" Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/290722-having-an-annoying-issue/#findComment-1934338 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thePHPdev Posted July 24, 2013 Author Share Posted July 24, 2013 Try booting with "-x -v" Tried that multiple times, didn't work. Same thing. EDIT: Tried it again, no change. And I've also tried the sleep trick, that didn't work, it doesn't sleep (with sleep enabler installed). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/290722-having-an-annoying-issue/#findComment-1934340 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_black Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Exactly what options did you hit in Customize for your iATKOS installation? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/290722-having-an-annoying-issue/#findComment-1934343 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thePHPdev Posted July 24, 2013 Author Share Posted July 24, 2013 I used the normal options, plus a few others. NVidia VGA drivers (I also tried no drivers) USB3 And I can't remember the rest. They were all of the ones that were recommended for my kind of PC. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/290722-having-an-annoying-issue/#findComment-1934348 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thePHPdev Posted July 24, 2013 Author Share Posted July 24, 2013 OK, I now have my Hackintosh working to perfection! That's audio, Graphics, Network, the lot... I'm not actually sure how I solved it, but I didn't install USB3, and I did something else which I have forgotten. But thanks for all the help! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/290722-having-an-annoying-issue/#findComment-1934409 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_black Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Let us know what exactly you did to fix it so others can learn from it! Glad I could help! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/290722-having-an-annoying-issue/#findComment-1934435 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thePHPdev Posted July 25, 2013 Author Share Posted July 25, 2013 I just said: "I'm not actually sure how I solved it, but I didn't install USB3, and I did something else which I have forgotten. But thanks for all the help!" Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/290722-having-an-annoying-issue/#findComment-1934485 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_black Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 I just said: "I'm not actually sure how I solved it, but I didn't install USB3, and I did something else which I have forgotten. But thanks for all the help!" Right you said you're not sure how you solved it but what I said is IF you can find out that would be great! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/290722-having-an-annoying-issue/#findComment-1934533 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thePHPdev Posted July 25, 2013 Author Share Posted July 25, 2013 "Let us know what exactly you did to fix it so others can learn from it! Glad I could help!" If... No, sorry, I can't remember, I'd done so much over the last few days I'd lost track! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/290722-having-an-annoying-issue/#findComment-1934548 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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