DrunkMechanicnHacker Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 So I'm trying to install mavericks on my studio Dell XPS 420 desktop with a q8400 processor and Geforce 9600GSO 512MB. I just get a black screen after everything loads. I used my hack to create an installer USB. It ran snow leopard until the hard drive crashed, now I'd like to run Mavericks. I have it narrowed to graphics, because with the Geforce 7900GS I have laying around, it will boot, but there will be no acceleration. I DO have a dsdt in /extra on the USB drive. I will comment and say this computer has always fought me tooth and nail with OSX, but once its installed, it screams. This time, I can't figure it out, and I'm reaching out to the experts for advice. My personal computer at home is a q6600 with an asus p5k mobo, and the install went VERY smoothly. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/297279-dell-xps-420-desktop-black-screen-before-install/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
iFIRE Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 try delete all graphics kexts from your USBInstaller, then this flag. -f -x -v npci=0x2000 dart=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/r8pz3w9ksqvalgv/Graphics_Kexts.png Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/297279-dell-xps-420-desktop-black-screen-before-install/#findComment-2010060 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunkMechanicnHacker Posted April 4, 2014 Author Share Posted April 4, 2014 *slaps head* of course. ill try it. hopefully it finds the hard drives.... really don't want to install to my other usb external HD, boot, then get the correct kext then clone the drive..... okay, so it booted, and crashed. i hooked up my external HDD and saved the error log to it. heres what it reported... its attached. at least i currently have video.... so one step ahead... Installer Log 4-Apr-2014.txt Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/297279-dell-xps-420-desktop-black-screen-before-install/#findComment-2010065 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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