My graphic card died yesterday.

[Phuturistic]

Hi guys, i´m new to this forum and i really need your help.

My Radeon 4890 died yesterday after 1 year of great service, I had a GTX 560 put in and i tried booting it but no luck, kernel panic at login screen. ( I know i can´t just put in an card and hopes it works =)

But here to my main problem. I´ve been using 10.6.2 all this time and what is the simplest way to get it to work, upgrade to Lion or 10.6.7? I don´t really care if i have 10.6.2 cause all i do is Videoediting and PS. If someone could point me in the right direction it would be great!

My Specs: Gigabyte EX58 UD5, i7 920 , Corsair Dominator DHX+ 12gb, ASUS GTX 560.

Thanks!

 

[TheSmartGuy]

Only Mac OS X Lion has support for NVIDIA 500 cards.

 

[Phuturistic]

Okay, so how do i install Lion if i can´t boot into my mac?

 

[kingpinjimi]

Okay, so how do i install Lion if i can´t boot into my mac?

You need to get a video card that is supported by Snow Leopard (like an 8800gt or 9500gt) so you can buy the Lion installer and use xmove to make a bootalbe partition... Borrow one from a friend or go buy one, use it to get everything installed and running, then return it.

Because your 500 series is not supported, to avoid having to got through all those steps above again, make a bootable flash drive with x-move, and then use r-boot to install.

 

[Phuturistic]

Okay, so how do i install Lion if i can´t boot into my mac?

You need to get a video card that is supported by Snow Leopard (like an 8800gt or 9500gt) so you can buy the Lion installer and use xmove to make a bootalbe partition... Borrow one from a friend or go buy one, use it to get everything installed and running, then return it.

Because your 500 series is not supported, to avoid having to got through all those steps above again, make a bootable flash drive with x-move, and then use r-boot to install.

Thanks! Will try! =)

 

[kingpinjimi]

Okay, so how do i install Lion if i can´t boot into my mac?

You need to get a video card that is supported by Snow Leopard (like an 8800gt or 9500gt) so you can buy the Lion installer and use xmove to make a bootalbe partition... Borrow one from a friend or go buy one, use it to get everything installed and running, then return it.

Because your 500 series is not supported, to avoid having to got through all those steps above again, make a bootable flash drive with x-move, and then use r-boot to install.

Thanks! Will try! =)

The new UniBeast will work too!!