Urgent Help Needed! -- GIGABYTE Z77X-D3H

Urgent Help Needed Please! -- GA-Z77X-D3H

Hi guys,

I've really tried but I still can't figure it out! I spent the past 2 days searching/googling and browsing guides and threads online but I still cannot get my Hackintosh up and working. I'm in a hurry because I've got project deadlines and my 5 year old MacbookPro just died on me this afternoon while editing on Final Cut Pro ):

These are the specs I'm using for my desktop:
INTEL CORE I7-3770 SOCKET 1155 3.40 GHZ QUAD CORE PROCESSOR
GIGABYTE Z77X-D3H SOCKET 1155 MOTHERBOARD
EVGA GTX 670


I am able to install Mountain Lion 10.8.2 in safe mode using -x, and when I reboot the first time using the USB I still need to use -x AND GraphicsEnabler=0.

I'm unable to boot in normal mode and when I did a verbose the only error I found was "power management may be incomplete or unsupported".

I have yet to find someone using exactly the same combination of my computer parts, but I see people using all 3 but in different builds, so I'm pretty sure compatibility isn't an issue?

I'm not too sure what settings to select in MultiBeast and if I need to delete any kexts whatsoever. Can someone please advise me on this, it's really urgent ): Thanks!

doofus_91 said:

I'm unable to boot in normal mode and when I did a verbose the only error I found was "power management may be incomplete or unsupported".

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What happens when you boot in normal mode? Does it hang or you get a black screen or a white screen or does the spinning icon just keep spinning and doesn't stop?

Boot in verbose mode (-v) and when the text stops, take a picture and post it.

rlf156 said:

What happens when you boot in normal mode? Does it hang or you get a black screen or a white screen or does the spinning icon just keep spinning and doesn't stop?

Boot in verbose mode (-v) and when the text stops, take a picture and post it.

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It hangs at the screen with the apple logo with the grey spinning icon. I'm doing a clean install right now, will be able to take a screenshot of my verbose for you in a few minutes.

To make things simpler I will only select "User DSTD or DSTD-Free Installation" for my MultiBeast and not check any other boxes? Would that be better for you guys to view my verbose?

Uploaded .jpeg of my verbose below!

doofus_91 said:

To make things simpler I will only select "User DSTD or DSTD-Free Installation" for my MultiBeast and not check any other boxes? Would that be better for you guys to view my verbose?

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It will eliminate several possible causes of problems.

rlf156 said:

It will eliminate several possible causes of problems.

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here's the screenshot of my verbose

In the picture, about 3/4 of the way down, it says "DSMOS has arrived". This means you are essentially booted but your graphics are blocking you from seeing the Desktop.

Try booting with: -v PCIRootUID=0 GraphicsEnabler=No

rlf156 said:

In the picture, about 3/4 of the way down, it says "DSMOS has arrived". This means you are essentially booted but your graphics are blocking you from seeing the Desktop.

Try booting with: -v PCIRootUID=0 GraphicsEnabler=No

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When I do that, I get this ):

Well, near the bottom it still says "DSMOS has arrived" so the video is still blocking.

Maybe try: -v GraphicsEnabler=No

Another possibility is to install the official Nvidia drivers for 10.8.2: http://www.nvidia.com/object/macosx-304.00.05f02-driver.html

I guess you would need to boot -x GraphicsEnabler=No in order to run the installer.

rlf156 said:

Well, near the bottom it still says "DSMOS has arrived" so the video is still blocking.

Maybe try: -v GraphicsEnabler=No

Another possibility is to install the official Nvidia drivers for 10.8.2: http://www.nvidia.com/object/macosx-304.00.05f02-driver.html

I guess you would need to boot -x GraphicsEnabler=No in order to run the installer.

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Installed the drivers, still doesn't boot up. Here's the verbose.

I'm not sure what to tell you…it still shows "DSMOS has arrived" so it still is a video problem.

Try booting with: -v -f GraphicsEnabler=No