Didn't install Fermi Driver first when upgrading to 10.6.8

[jsaul]

I just did the 10.6.8 upgrade and now I can't boot past the big apple screen.

I have a fermi (GTS450) card and I didn't see the note about installing the drivers BEFORE rebooting. Am I hosed now? I am thinking I may need to run out and get another graphics card just to get things rolling again. Will that even work? Which card should I get if so?

Thanks!

 

[Baoren]

I did same mistake. personally, i entered system on my carbon copied 10.6.7, explored nvidia driver package, till I found all the single packages included in the file, extracted them and then I launched them 1 by 1. each time, I changed target, from the carbon copied hd, to the main 10.6.8 hd. When I installed them all, I reboot, and with my surprise, must admit, I entered system finally! hope this helped.

 

[jpa]

450 works OOB. not drivers need, but in Lion

 

[jsaul]

Hmm. This sounds bad. In my experience the gts450 needed the fermi booter and drivers.
It also has the dreaded fermi freeze which was fixed with Mach desktop.


I guess I'll see If I can stick another video card in and get things rolling. Otherwise I'll have to pull the drive and stick it in an enclosure and see if I can manually revise the drivers as suggested from my laptop. Sigh.