SandyBridge i7 2600K trying to install El Capitan

[bx don]

Hi guys I have a older system that still runs great no issues an now I'm trying to install OSX 10.11 El Capitan on it but I haven't had any luck getting the usb to boot so I can install the OS. these are the specs of the system I'm trying to install 10.11 on. I went into the bios and changed my sata mode to AHCI also set the bios to optimized defaults. but when I hit F8 an try to boot from USB stick it just say "Loading operating system' nothing else happens. any help would be much appreciated.

i7 2600K
evga GTX 580
Gigabyte Ga-z68xp-ud4
128gb ocz vertex 4
8gb corsair ddr3 ram

 

[ovb1]

Boot -v and grab a picture of the text before it gets stuck.

Usually you'll need a few boot flags to get into the installer.

 

[bx don]

Hey OVB thanks for your reply sadly I can't even get to the point where I can boot with -V. All I can do it boot pressing F8 and once I hit boot from USB-HDD it goes right into the Loading screen no other screen shows up. Could it be a issue with the USB stick I made on the Mac? when making the USB stick with Unibeast should I have chosen UEFI or LEGACY mode? side note unibeast took about 40 mins to complete. it was done on a 2011 iMac running 10.10.

 

[ovb1]

I would say legacy as your board is BIOS yes not UEFI?

i think you should get to the clover boot screen? If that's not happening then then I think you need to remake you boot usb drive following the instructions for a legacy install very carefully.

 

[bx don]

okay guys thanks for the replies I've been reading a lot on this site trying to find a solution and I made a few changes first I put he USB stick into a USB 2.0 slot instead of a 3.0 slot. second I changed the SATA port from a 3.0 to a 2.0 slot. now when I boot from the USB I finally get the clover screen. I click install Mac OSX and get the apple logo and a bar on the bottom starts going but only gets half way before I get a error or panic message. I've uploaded screenshots hopefully I can get some advice on my next step. also I tried booting with -v but it wouldn't let me input anything at all maybe I was doing something wrong not sure.

 

[Ken394]

okay guys thanks for the replies I've been reading a lot on this site trying to find a solution and I made a few changes first I put he USB stick into a USB 2.0 slot instead of a 3.0 slot. second I changed the SATA port from a 3.0 to a 2.0 slot. now when I boot from the USB I finally get the clover screen. I click install Mac OSX and get the apple logo and a bar on the bottom starts going but only gets half way before I get a error or panic message. I've uploaded screenshots hopefully I can get some advice on my next step. also I tried booting with -v but it wouldn't let me input anything at all maybe I was doing something wrong not sure.

Try adding boot flag cpu=1

 

[bx don]

How would I go about adding that? Also do I type in "boot flag cpu=1" or just "cpu=1" Sorry for the noob question.

Try adding boot flag cpu=1

 

[Ken394]

How would I go about adding that? Also do I type in "boot flag cpu=1" or just "cpu=1" Sorry for the noob question.

How to Enter/Edit Boot Flags in Clover

 

[bx don]

Thanks for the link I'll report back how it goes.

How to Enter/Edit Boot Flags in Clover

 

[bx don]

I finally got El Capitan installed an running it recognized my ram,processor and graphics card with no issues. it even had the Ethernet port working with out any issues at all. my issue now is that I wont boot without the USB stick plugged in. I keep getting a error message.