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- i3-3225
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Hey guys I hope the following will be of use to someone.
I have the 2012 CustoMac Mini with the ga-h77n-wifi chipset with an i3-3225 processor. Im running the onboard HD 4000 graphics, no card. I built it when the guide came out, so initially I was running Mountain Lion on it and upgraded lickety split through time to 10.10 with my vanilla build/install using the combo installer and then using app store update whenever it was listed as being safe.
I migrated to Clover after the 10.10 upgrade. After running the 10.10.1 and 10.10.2 app store updates on each occasion, my computer would not boot up any more. It would get to the Apple logo progress screen and before it would finish and show the desktop, it would restart the computer creating a boot loop.
I had to boot in safe mode to reach the desktop. After booting in safe mode, I was able to run Multibeast and then after restarting it would boot just fine. Im not sure that it was made completely clear in the general upgrade guide. Although it did mention booting in safe mode in having any issues, it didn't mention that running Multibeast could be a solution to a boot related issue with Clover. I know that Clover is considered an "experimental" bootloader and Chimera is the official one for this community, but we don't have an upgrade thread for Clover, just this clean install thread. Unless I am overlooking it.
Also now that I think about it, I might be having that specific issue because when I migrated to Clover I also changed my system definition, so Im not technically vanilla now, having deviated from the system definition in the original guide.
Thanks for everything here guys! I am really glad to have had this site along the way, and I hope this post may help someone.
I have the 2012 CustoMac Mini with the ga-h77n-wifi chipset with an i3-3225 processor. Im running the onboard HD 4000 graphics, no card. I built it when the guide came out, so initially I was running Mountain Lion on it and upgraded lickety split through time to 10.10 with my vanilla build/install using the combo installer and then using app store update whenever it was listed as being safe.
I migrated to Clover after the 10.10 upgrade. After running the 10.10.1 and 10.10.2 app store updates on each occasion, my computer would not boot up any more. It would get to the Apple logo progress screen and before it would finish and show the desktop, it would restart the computer creating a boot loop.
I had to boot in safe mode to reach the desktop. After booting in safe mode, I was able to run Multibeast and then after restarting it would boot just fine. Im not sure that it was made completely clear in the general upgrade guide. Although it did mention booting in safe mode in having any issues, it didn't mention that running Multibeast could be a solution to a boot related issue with Clover. I know that Clover is considered an "experimental" bootloader and Chimera is the official one for this community, but we don't have an upgrade thread for Clover, just this clean install thread. Unless I am overlooking it.
Also now that I think about it, I might be having that specific issue because when I migrated to Clover I also changed my system definition, so Im not technically vanilla now, having deviated from the system definition in the original guide.
Thanks for everything here guys! I am really glad to have had this site along the way, and I hope this post may help someone.