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    I am exasperated!!!!!

    Wow. That's a lot to type to help an angry stranger. Thanks. I have done everything in your post, in a logical, calm, cool manner, at least twice. But it don't work "100%" I can boot to Mavericks, in safe mode, with terrible screen glitches and flickering. I installed a graphics card, tried...
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    I am exasperated!!!!!

    Thanks for the concern. I have done all of the searches, read all the posts, and every thread ends with: "It works 100%, but......" I have reloaded OSX, reformatted drives, rebooted countless times, and now I'm at the end. I like computers. Every since my 1984 AST 286, 40mb, 1mb ram, NEC...
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    I am exasperated!!!!!

    Yes, yes.. Sorry for the yelling - I just had to get it out. I have a Dell Optiplex 7010. I will give you the story - I'm not in front of the machine, so some technical details will be missing. Maybe a general tale will help. I did read that poepl got this model Dell working with OSX, so I...
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    I am exasperated!!!!!

    I bought this Dell Optiplex 7010 from a guy advertising it as a "working hackintosh". i7, 16gig RAM, 500g hard drive, Dual boot windows. Nice, I thought. It worked, it booted. The Hard drive is partitioned 250/250. I wanted all 500gig for OSX - don't need windows. No such luck the drive won't...
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    Success and 100% working! ML 10.8.3 on Dell Optiplex 7010 USFF

    Hey Guys I have a Dell 7010 SFF, with 4usb on the front. Purchased used with Mavericks installed. Sound, Network, Video, all work ok. I have not fooled with any settings in Multibeast yet. Two issues: Using on board graphics HD4000, through the display port to DVI. Have lots of streaks and...
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