- Joined
- May 14, 2012
- Messages
- 14
- Motherboard
- GA-DS3U-Z77
- CPU
- i5 Sandy Bridge
- Graphics
- Craptastic Nvidia 200 or something
- Mac
- Classic Mac
- Mobile Phone
First off, many, many thanks for the time & effort of everyone involved on this site / the various software projects.
Secondly, I know, I know - I am stupid and didn't research enough, but I bought a Z77-DS3H (Ivy Bridge) mobo and a i5-2400 (Sandy Bridge) CPU. Stupid. I know.
So anyhow, it's taken me about two days but I finally have the system up, but I didn't follow MacMan's thread to a T.
This may seem apparent but I had major problems in the beginning that related to me trying to use the D-Sub VGA port on the motherboard when installing from USB. This is a no-no and was the cause of much trouble. Once I switched over to the digital connection things got moving along.
After I copied over the mach_kernel from the USB to my Lion partition, I rebooted from the USB into Lion as per directed, ran MultiBeast, but DID NOT check any video kexts. I don't know exactly why but this was causing my system to get to the apple screen and I got a spinny / beach ball of death. Another thing I didn't do this time is run BridgeHelper 5.0 again.
Questions:
1. Do I / Should I run BridgeHelper again on my Lion partition / install?
2. I am getting the impression that HD2000 graphics kind of blow. Can anyone recommend a decent < $50 video card? All I need to do is watch videos - I don't do any gaming etc.
Thanks again!
Secondly, I know, I know - I am stupid and didn't research enough, but I bought a Z77-DS3H (Ivy Bridge) mobo and a i5-2400 (Sandy Bridge) CPU. Stupid. I know.
So anyhow, it's taken me about two days but I finally have the system up, but I didn't follow MacMan's thread to a T.
This may seem apparent but I had major problems in the beginning that related to me trying to use the D-Sub VGA port on the motherboard when installing from USB. This is a no-no and was the cause of much trouble. Once I switched over to the digital connection things got moving along.
After I copied over the mach_kernel from the USB to my Lion partition, I rebooted from the USB into Lion as per directed, ran MultiBeast, but DID NOT check any video kexts. I don't know exactly why but this was causing my system to get to the apple screen and I got a spinny / beach ball of death. Another thing I didn't do this time is run BridgeHelper 5.0 again.
Questions:
1. Do I / Should I run BridgeHelper again on my Lion partition / install?
2. I am getting the impression that HD2000 graphics kind of blow. Can anyone recommend a decent < $50 video card? All I need to do is watch videos - I don't do any gaming etc.
Thanks again!