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Hello!
First timer here so first off many thanks for the very helpful posts which troubleshot me through various hiccups in the install process.
This is regarding my fresh install of Yosemite on a new machine.
SUMMARY: Everything was working except Ethernet; I used Multibeast to install AppleIntelE1000e.kext (which I thought I had done originally) after which the boot hangs with the Apple loading bar 1/3 to 1/2 the way there.
I can still boot in safe mode (-x) but every normal boot hangs.
However, I think the ethernet kext may not be the problem, because I did a fresh install on an identical SSD (I have 2, one eventually intended for a clone of my stable boot drive) and that boot is giving me the same behavior.
Basically, all boots except safe mode now hang.
DETAILS: I'm new at this so bear with me but I will try to give thorough info of what I've done during my first installation adventure over the past couple days:
BIOS settings:
From Optimized Defaults:
Left "Intel Virtualization Technology" Enabled because it was not specifically VT-d. (used dart=0 to be sure I had disabled VT-d during initial boots, later seemed unnecessary, see below.)
Set OS Type to Other OS
Boot Flags:
After some thread surfing the boot flags that successfully allowed me to boot from my USB were dart=0 nv_disable=1 npci=0x2000
From there I successfully installed Yosemite, though my 1920x1080 display was very unhappy.
Also at this point I was still entering boot flags of dart=0 nv_disable=1 npci=0x2000 to successfully boot.
After some more research and trial and error, I reduced this to just npci=0x2000.
I then added that to the org.chameleon.Boot.plist file per this tip (thanks davidhyde18 for the great write-up!)
Look down the list for where it says "Kernel Flags". Below this, type in <string>npci=0x2000</string>
At this point I had a system that would launch OSX Yosemite from power-up.
Multibeast Installs:
DSDT Free
Drivers: Audio ALC892, Disk 3rd Party SATA, AppleIntelE1000e, Network: AppleIntelE1000e v3.1.0
Customize: 1080p Display Mode
It took a couple tries before the 1080p seemed to stick but as of this afternoon everything was working smoothly.
I had no audio however, until following another suggestion from davidhyde18's post:
After you've installed your drivers and kext files, open up Multibeast for Mavericks 6.1.0
Skip all the drivers except for:
Drivers > Audio > Without DSDT > ALC892
Then audio was working, but still no Ethernet.
Normally I'm a big fan of backing up stable systems so I can revert if something goes funky. My intention was to get Ethernet working, then use CCC off my other Mac to clone the SSD boot drive.
That's where my day took a turn for the worst. I ran Multibeast again to do a re-install of the AppleIntelE1000e.kext and my system started to hang mid-boot. Grey/white apple screen, loading bar would slow then stall about 1/2 way in.
I can still boot in safe mode using -x, however every other boot hangs.
I tried verbose mode to learn it slows down and eventually hangs on one of numerous "ATHR: Unknown Locale: 21"
I have searched a bunch of threads and tried various other boot flags, etc in attempts to fix but no luck.
I have tried deleting the AppleIntelE1000e.kext in case that had caused the problem but no luck.
I tried installing other versions of the AppleIntelE1000e.kext from Multibeast using the safe boot.
Finally, I followed the same steps as my successful install yesterday to create a brand new install on the 2nd SSD.
That boot hangs too, leading me to believe it may be hardware problem.
I reset the BIOS to original Optimized Defaults and then re-did the BIOS settings listed at the top of this post.
I powered everything off and back on.
Frustratingly, the problem persists.
Thank you in advance for any suggestions or leads. I have done a bunch of searching, but I'm new at this.
(Additional note: AppleIntelE10003 v3.0.4.1a did seem to do the trick in terms of ethernet ... while booted in safe mode I can now successfully connect to my network via ethernet. However I'm still left with this boot issue.)
First timer here so first off many thanks for the very helpful posts which troubleshot me through various hiccups in the install process.
This is regarding my fresh install of Yosemite on a new machine.
SUMMARY: Everything was working except Ethernet; I used Multibeast to install AppleIntelE1000e.kext (which I thought I had done originally) after which the boot hangs with the Apple loading bar 1/3 to 1/2 the way there.
I can still boot in safe mode (-x) but every normal boot hangs.
However, I think the ethernet kext may not be the problem, because I did a fresh install on an identical SSD (I have 2, one eventually intended for a clone of my stable boot drive) and that boot is giving me the same behavior.
Basically, all boots except safe mode now hang.
DETAILS: I'm new at this so bear with me but I will try to give thorough info of what I've done during my first installation adventure over the past couple days:
BIOS settings:
From Optimized Defaults:
Left "Intel Virtualization Technology" Enabled because it was not specifically VT-d. (used dart=0 to be sure I had disabled VT-d during initial boots, later seemed unnecessary, see below.)
Set OS Type to Other OS
Boot Flags:
After some thread surfing the boot flags that successfully allowed me to boot from my USB were dart=0 nv_disable=1 npci=0x2000
From there I successfully installed Yosemite, though my 1920x1080 display was very unhappy.
Also at this point I was still entering boot flags of dart=0 nv_disable=1 npci=0x2000 to successfully boot.
After some more research and trial and error, I reduced this to just npci=0x2000.
I then added that to the org.chameleon.Boot.plist file per this tip (thanks davidhyde18 for the great write-up!)
Look down the list for where it says "Kernel Flags". Below this, type in <string>npci=0x2000</string>
At this point I had a system that would launch OSX Yosemite from power-up.
Multibeast Installs:
DSDT Free
Drivers: Audio ALC892, Disk 3rd Party SATA, AppleIntelE1000e, Network: AppleIntelE1000e v3.1.0
Customize: 1080p Display Mode
It took a couple tries before the 1080p seemed to stick but as of this afternoon everything was working smoothly.
I had no audio however, until following another suggestion from davidhyde18's post:
After you've installed your drivers and kext files, open up Multibeast for Mavericks 6.1.0
Skip all the drivers except for:
Drivers > Audio > Without DSDT > ALC892
Then audio was working, but still no Ethernet.
Normally I'm a big fan of backing up stable systems so I can revert if something goes funky. My intention was to get Ethernet working, then use CCC off my other Mac to clone the SSD boot drive.
That's where my day took a turn for the worst. I ran Multibeast again to do a re-install of the AppleIntelE1000e.kext and my system started to hang mid-boot. Grey/white apple screen, loading bar would slow then stall about 1/2 way in.
I can still boot in safe mode using -x, however every other boot hangs.
I tried verbose mode to learn it slows down and eventually hangs on one of numerous "ATHR: Unknown Locale: 21"
I have searched a bunch of threads and tried various other boot flags, etc in attempts to fix but no luck.
I have tried deleting the AppleIntelE1000e.kext in case that had caused the problem but no luck.
I tried installing other versions of the AppleIntelE1000e.kext from Multibeast using the safe boot.
Finally, I followed the same steps as my successful install yesterday to create a brand new install on the 2nd SSD.
That boot hangs too, leading me to believe it may be hardware problem.
I reset the BIOS to original Optimized Defaults and then re-did the BIOS settings listed at the top of this post.
I powered everything off and back on.
Frustratingly, the problem persists.
Thank you in advance for any suggestions or leads. I have done a bunch of searching, but I'm new at this.
(Additional note: AppleIntelE10003 v3.0.4.1a did seem to do the trick in terms of ethernet ... while booted in safe mode I can now successfully connect to my network via ethernet. However I'm still left with this boot issue.)