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Sudden random reboots during El Capitán Install

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Hi,

I'm trying to install El Capitán on my Hackintosh. First of all, my build:

Gigabyte Z77-DS3H
Intel Core i7 3770K (Standard Clock)
2x8GB RAM GeiL EVO Corsa
NVIDIA GeForce 970 G1
250GB Samsung EVO 840
Trust Bluetooth USB dongle (was compatible with Yosemite)
TP-LINK TL-WDN4800
Several HDDs

As I know my GFX card gives some trouble when installing, I removed not only the GFX card but one slot of RAM. So I'm installing it with the Intel HD4000 and only 8GB of RAM. With Yosemite I did this and everything went really smooth, but now with El Capitán I'm having this problem: Everything seems to work fine, but after a minute of installation, without any Kernel Panic, my Hackintosh reboots and goes to the BIOS screen. I have tried everything from the Big List of Solutions thread but nothing helped.

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
 
Are you actually partway through the OS X installation when it reboots (e.g. you've chosen a language, accepted the license, selected a drive to install to, etc.)? Or are you still in the startup process before it gets to the installer menu when it reboots?
 
Good news, I got it installed! I reseted BIOS defaults and it worked with the very same values I previously had. No idea why, but now works. I have to say that I've got one slot of RAM removed as well as my GFX card.

Now, let's start with post-installation.
 
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