- Joined
- Jan 14, 2012
- Messages
- 55
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte Z68X
- CPU
- i7-2600K
- Graphics
- Vega 64
- Mac
My issue is complex. I had a stable build on Sierra, then I updated to High Sierra last year and things went downhill. I started getting the random freezing issue, so after dealing with that for a year I figured I’d switch from an Nvidia card to a Radeon and update to Mojave.
Several issues later, I realized my CPU wasn’t compatible with Metal, so I’m attempting to roll back to High Sierra and just try the graphics card switch to see if that fixes the freezing issue.
I completely started from scratch. Removed the graphics card entirely, removed all secondary drives, and booted from a fresh High Sierra USB. Here’s the state of things:
Several issues later, I realized my CPU wasn’t compatible with Metal, so I’m attempting to roll back to High Sierra and just try the graphics card switch to see if that fixes the freezing issue.
I completely started from scratch. Removed the graphics card entirely, removed all secondary drives, and booted from a fresh High Sierra USB. Here’s the state of things:
- I can boot up just fine when using my USB to do so and without a graphics card plugged in
- I cannot boot without the USB stick. I’ve tried running Multibeast, tried installing FakeSMC with Clover Configurator, USB Ownership, npci boot flags, everything I could search. It hangs on the attached line every time. At least I get boot options, right?
- Plugging in a graphics card means my monitor doesn’t display anything at all, not even the BIOS. Neither my old Nvidia nor my new Vega64 work, regardless of which slot. They were working before and they just...stopped? I have no idea what changed (maybe a BIOS setting?)
- Help?