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May the forum GOD's be with me. Lion went bad after system update, now can't fresh install Mountain

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Preface:

Had a very smooth Lion install using Unibeast back in February. Super stable no problems except for loosing audio after system update back in April - easy fix using multibeast.

Three days ago my audio disappeared again. . Using multibeast I did the standard procedure. Upon reboot, the system took a long time to boot, and ended up looking like someone blew 16 bit brains out all over my screen. Long story short, I was not able to remedy this.

I have a solid time machine backup, so I figured I would take this opportunity to upgrade to ML with a clean install.

I am using a Lacie Key 8GB - worked great last time (Lion)

I changed the permissions and checkbox of the thumb drive before installing Unibeast. Installation goes smoothly (twice).

I purchased ML in app store.

I formatted my primary HD (Samsung SSD 830)

iBoot pulls up.

But I get a frozen wheel under the apple logo after about 9-11 rotations.

I have tried:

-x

-v

PCIRootUID=0

and some others I dont remember.

I know that many people experience this, but I am on day 3 and have tried everything I can find and am getting burnt out.

My system:

GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3
Corsair Vengeance 16 GB 4X4
Zotac GT 430
 
I wrote iBoot, but meant Chimera boot screen.
 
I am coming up on 4 days into this and have tried 12000 vaiables. Ive got it fixed, but frankly am so foggy I cant even tell you what I did. Thanks for at least having a place I can post my depression. . . lol

Thanks to everyone.
 
lol, you spent 4 day.

I spend 1 months on just making a Working Mountain Lion Usb stick alone. lol


And then when i get the stick working. I spent 5 day on just installation Mountain Lion

then i spent 1 more week on getting drivers and customization without a DSDT ....



I don't know if it will help you much but:

the universal working boot command for installation is:

-v -x graphicsenabler=no npci=0x2000


If that command don't work then you would have to use "alternative" to unibeast to make your Mountain Lion install Usb key.

Good luck-
 
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