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Cant Boot El Capitan from SSD

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Cant Boot El Capitan

Hello,

Ive built my PC, installed El Captain onto my SSD, and whenever (Ive gotten into El Captain 3 times) i try to boot up El Captain from HFS, it shows a "Forbidden" sign but just that with no text, OR it gets to the apple logo, but either halfway though or once its done, It freezes, turns into a black screen with a mouse and a loading wheel fading in and out, or turns into a black screen then shuts off within a minute. Also i cant change my boot-loaders. If i try and press enter on "Boot Args:dart=0", it freezes everything and turns off after about 4-5 minutes. What should i do?

If you could help, that would be awesome. :)
 
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have you tried to install the nvidia web drivers and add boot flag nvda_drv=1
 
I cant go into args. When i try, my system freezes and shuts down. (10-15 minutes)
And I don't know where the web drivers for my card are. If someone dose, can they please tell me?

Also something strange is that my boot args say "Boot Args;dart=0". Is this normal? If it is not normal, how do I erase my SSD? I cant find out how to do this without an OS.
 
Ok, i got my Boot Args to work. Now when i try and boot, i get the "Forbidden" sign. I dont know how to stop this.

BTW, thanks for the NVIDIA divers. Im sure they will come in handy.
 
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mount the EFI partition on your USB using Clover Configurator and attach config.plist here
 
Thank you for your speedy response,
I don't know how to do that. Please explain. When I plug my USB back in my Mac, it only shows "USB" On my desktop, there is not another one called "EFI". There is one called "EFI" When i set up the usb to be bootable, though.
 
download Clover Configurator, once you open it you will see there is an option to mount EFI partition.
 
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