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- Feb 10, 2011
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- Motherboard
- GA-EX58-UD5 (rev 1.0)
- CPU
- Core i7-920
- Graphics
- XFX 6870 1GB
- Mac
- Classic Mac
- Mobile Phone
Yep, Installing MultiBeast 5.0.2 Mountain Lion FakeSMC motherboard plugins causes my system to get stuck on a white screen with an infinite spinner.
To repair I booted into the USB installer and used the Terminal within the installer to fix my system:
I removed all plugins like so:
and wiped the caches like so:
And it is now booting again, however I still have no CPU temperatures (expected since I just removed the plugins that were supposed to provide them). I'll attempt to kextload the IntelCPUMonitor from the package on a live system, before I put to be loaded on boot. Maybe having only that one is fine.
To repair I booted into the USB installer and used the Terminal within the installer to fix my system:
I removed all plugins like so:
Code:
rm -rf "/Volumes/Mountain Lion/System/Library/Extensions/FakeSMC.kext/Contents/PlugIns/*"
Code:
rm -rf "/Volumes/Mountain Lion/System/Library/Caches/*"