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Yes. And thank you for your quick response, G.B. However, remember when we first met? It had actually installed with no problem! Back THEN the problem was AFTER installation, which you helped me with. With your expertise, I was able to get back to the SNOW LEOPARD on the desktop, add the changes necessary, and of course copy the dsdt aml on the desktop. IT RAN FOR YEARS, at least since we met here. I'm a bit chagrined, certainly. It's same installation disc, and the same GIGABYTE RADEON 5770 SO card that got it initially installed YEARS ago. Still, though, the difference in the equation is the MONITOR, as at the time I had the cinema display which sadly, I no longer have [really liked that monitor]. Tried using HDMI, to no avail, as that didn't even work at all. I thought that if I used the flags the system would stay awake, but no. I know there HAS to be a way, so I guess the next step is to get some funds together and get a GT120 when I can. See if that works. OR see if I can get my Cinema display out of storage and rig it to come to life long enough to recreate the initial conditions that set up my system the first time. Has to be a way to keep the monitor and system awake through installation. If my MACBOX disc installed before [and it did] it can install now. But I am grateful to all of your for your ideas and support. And after having the use of OSX in a really POWERFUL MACHINE, I can't go back to APPLE hardware, I just CAN'T! I WON'T [Seinfeld reference intended as humor in the midst of a horrible situation. Plus it's TRUE. I'm NEVER getting another machine that I can't put the things in it that I want without pawning my instruments and getting a car title loan to do it]. Honestly, after building this and using it for so long, I GET why Apple refuses to just release their operating system. No one would ever buy another one of their systems, even IF "they just work." I'm still...FASCINATED at how much the G5 cost when I got it only to find out that it only had a 160 gigabyte drive and 512 MB (!!!!) of RAM. For the same price I BUILT THE U.S.S. DEFIANT WITH 24 GIGS OF RAM AND A 1TB HDD AND 4 OPTICALS, so NO!! I AIN'T GOING BACK. [Okay...now that I've gotten that out of my system..] I'm certain there is a solution to this. I'll save and get a GT120 from ebay as per G.B.'s suggestion, and see if that works. While on the subject, if it comes back to LIFE, would it be possible to substitute THAT card for a GIGABYTE GTX 980 ti? I'm learning animation and video on my PC side and as much as I dig my 5770 I am certain it will need replacing. I'd really like to get that one [if I can find it on sale OR get a super great gig that allows me to save up for it and get it IF IT WORKS]. I know IT and all of the OTHER cards will work on the PC side, just hoping to have it work like my RADEON did for so many years on BOTH sides. Of course, that's if I get OS 10.6.3 re installed and updated first.
From what I remember, when I first built mine the HD5770 had no support in SL, so I got a GT120 like this https://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-GeForce-GT-120-512-MB-Graphics-Card-for-Mac-Pro-2009/222787005787?_trkparms=aid=222007&algo=SIM.MBE&ao=1&asc=20160908110712&meid=71532a4f6a184b4c8cb1c44bba38bd91&pid=100677&rk=4&rkt=30&sd=252904105891&_trksid=p2385738.c100677.m4598 and installed it instead of the HD5770. I used this card in my X58 build at first until 10.6.6 or 10.6.7 when Apple added support for the HD5770.
This lack of support for the GPU in 10.6.0 or 10.6.3 (depending on the install DVD version you have) may be what is causing your problems with the re-installation.
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