keoken16 Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 For the last few days i've been attempting to install OSX 10.9 on my T510 Model 4384Y1K i5 2.4gz/4gb ram /w Quadro NVS 3100m. I have been using this guide: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/274218-guide-lenovo-thinkpad-t510510i-plus-t410-and-w510-106-107-108-109-all-working-ok-20131112-update/ Here's the Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7-M60M68PA&feature=youtu.be I have tried booting from USB flash drive (10.9.2/10.8) a retail ISO (10.8) and directly from the HDD (10.7/10.8/10.9.2). I can never get it to boot the installer just boot loops. I've used a combination of Several boot-loaders. My bios is not hacked but updated to the newest ver. I'm at a loss here as to why it will not boot. Any Ideas? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/297965-preinstall-109-108-reboot-loop/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
patwoods Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Try removing the NVDAXXXX extensions from the USB installer. These laptops appear to be a little finicky in their video drivers and detection. Where in the process does it loop? Can you see where it ends when you boot verbose? (-v) ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/297965-preinstall-109-108-reboot-loop/#findComment-2018949 Share on other sites More sharing options...
keoken16 Posted May 13, 2014 Author Share Posted May 13, 2014 Try removing the NVDAXXXX extensions from the USB installer. These laptops appear to be a little finicky in their video drivers and detection. Where in the process does it loop? Can you see where it ends when you boot verbose? (-v) ? Removed all NVDA from S/L/E I was able to capture a ss from a video. when i run -v i never get the apple logo just instant reboot. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/297965-preinstall-109-108-reboot-loop/#findComment-2018999 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iFIRE Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 First, delete all Graphics kexts from USBInstaller NVDA* ATI* AMD* GeForce* AppleIntelHD*, then change your smbios to MacBookPro6,1, then install al kext from Extra/Extensions to S/L/E of your USBInstaller, then boot with this flag, be sure that FakeSMC.kext is present -f -v -x npci=0x2000 dart=0 cpus=1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/297965-preinstall-109-108-reboot-loop/#findComment-2019045 Share on other sites More sharing options...
patwoods Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 First, delete all Graphics kexts from USBInstaller NVDA* ATI* AMD* GeForce* AppleIntelHD*, then change your smbios to MacBookPro6,1, then install al kext from Extra/Extensions to S/L/E of your USBInstaller, then boot with this flag, be sure that FakeSMC.kext is present -f -v -x npci=0x2000 dart=0 cpus=1 Obviously, also make sure you fix any permissions on the S/L/E folder after adding or removing anything... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/297965-preinstall-109-108-reboot-loop/#findComment-2019208 Share on other sites More sharing options...
keoken16 Posted May 14, 2014 Author Share Posted May 14, 2014 First, delete all Graphics kexts from USBInstaller NVDA* ATI* AMD* GeForce* AppleIntelHD*, then change your smbios to MacBookPro6,1, then install al kext from Extra/Extensions to S/L/E of your USBInstaller, then boot with this flag, be sure that FakeSMC.kext is present -f -v -x npci=0x2000 dart=0 cpus=1 No change removed all of them and ran the command. Obviously, also make sure you fix any permissions on the S/L/E folder after adding or removing anything... Good tip i ran myFix full to repair all permissions. I have attached my full S/L/E file list and my Extras kext's I did NOT add any additional kext's to S/L/E (using myHack) since they included FakeSMC. I did however add josh's smbios.plist (Lenovo-T510-10.8-GM-Install.zip) S:L:E.txt extras.txt Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/297965-preinstall-109-108-reboot-loop/#findComment-2019266 Share on other sites More sharing options...
patwoods Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 I just realized that I gave up on the USB installer on this machine and instead put the HD onto a real Mac and installed Mavericks from there. Then I tweaked the HD to remove the extensions... I never got the installer to work as I kept getting garbage on the screen . Not sure if that's an option for you but that might make life easier? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/297965-preinstall-109-108-reboot-loop/#findComment-2019325 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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