What I don't understand (and what made me eliminate it as a problem initially) is that DVI to HDMI works fine after the initial 10.6.0 install and booting to the drive with iBoot.
Why is that?
Re: Black screen on boot after 10.6.4/EastBeast install
I can't friggin' believe the problem is as simple as this:
viewtopic.php?p=28077#p28077
I switched from DVI -> HDMI to DVI -> VGA and everything is working perfectly. I am glad, yet also pissed off :P
Re: Black screen on boot after 10.6.4/EastBeast install
I went ahead and ponied up for CustomBeast since Tony deserves compensation anyway for such a great resource. Hopefully him and his team and figure out the problem and deliver a working solution to me soon! :)
Re: Black screen on boot after 10.6.4/EastBeast install
So this potential ROM solution, exactly where do I get the ROM that works with my video card? Those installation instructions seem straightforward enough, and hopefully someone has the same video card as me and can help me out. This...
Re: Black screen on boot after 10.6.4/EastBeast install
Well, the strange thing is, I have the exact same hardware at home that I built a few months ago and it works great on 10.6.4. Same motherboard, graphics card, even RAM and case!
I made a Carbon Copy Cloner image of my hard drive from...
Re: Black screen on boot after 10.6.4/EastBeast install
Quick update: If I remove GraphicsEnabler=yes and reboot, it boots to the desktop but with no acceleration. I think it's at 1024x768. The second I install nvenabler or re-enable GraphicsEnabler, it boots to the black screen. Argghhh!
Re: Black screen on boot after 10.6.4/EastBeast install
Thanks for the tips, but nothing seems to be working. This is befuddling - especially since it's happening on 2 identical machines.
Here's the steps I'm taking:
Boot from iBoot
Boot to Snow Leopard install disc
Install Snow Leopard...
I just purchased parts for 2 Hackintoshes based on:
Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD2
Intel Core i7-860
EVGA 512-P3-N871-AR GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB
As far as I know the graphics card should be natively supported, but I am getting a black screen on boot after doing the following:
Boot with iBoot, install...
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