Help! Lion install issues.

[wellmanb]

I am building my first hackintosh and I have been at it all day. First a bad power supply, and numerous os install problems. I got Lion to load from Unibeast. After the install when you do the restart, it will not boot to Lion. It goes to a white screen if I try to load straight to Lion. If I use the GraphicEnabler=No command, it goes to a screen that looks similar to verbose where all the text scrolls. It ends with the system needs rebooted and the process starts again. I also tried PCIRootUID=0. Lastly, I tried to boot into Safe mode and the screen went crazy. My build is a gigabyte D2h-B3 with a 2600k, a sapphire 6870 and 16 gigs of ram. Earlier today, I could not get Lion to load from the USB so I tried Iboot with Snow Leopard. No go, same issues. I suspect it's something to do with the graphics card. Once earlier I got to Lion desktop and loaded Multibeast with the DSDT. After the reboot, I got the same errors. Certainly not ready to give up but frustrated. Thanks in advance for any help!
Brian

 

[wellmanb]

I am able to get Lion stable now but when I load multibeast, I continue to have problems. I still have to use graphicsenabler=0. After loading multibeast with the dsdt the system won't complete boot to lion. It briefly shows the apple load screen then reloads then repeats. Any ideas?

 

[wellmanb]

Anyone had issues with this card? It is in the supported list.

 

[wellmanb]

anyone? I am thinking of trying loading everything with multibeast and the onboard graphics and then installing the 6870 when i get home. thoughts?

 

[wellmanb]

I installed lion using the onboard gpu to see if it is the sapphire card. Same errors so I am not sure. Next I am going to try easy install to see if I can load lion and multibeast and get it stable.

 

[wellmanb]

all is good. Loaded onboard graphics first then installed my sapphire. Recognized correctly. 12600 geek bench. I'm very happy now!