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After a number of failed tries I'm asking for guidance. Total noob I am, indeed.

I have this Dell 790 here, i3 with nVidia 730. I can boot the install USB, but when the graphics mode is supposed to take over the video output stops and monitor goes to sleep. First question is, I am supposed to boot in EFI mode, right? Second, what version of macOS? :?

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press barspace and select nv_disable=1

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Thanks for super fast replies! I'm on it ...


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Now I got to the screen when it is asking me to click "Continue" in order to install the OS, but the computer is practically frozen. Mouse moves, but keyboard NumLock for instance does not come on. Is there anything else I should change? My i3 is second gen.

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00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller [8086:0100] (rev 09)
       Subsystem: Dell 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller [1028:04ad]
       Kernel driver in use: snb_uncore
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200/2nd Generation Core Processor Family PCI Express Root Port [8086:0101] (rev 09)
       Kernel driver in use: pcieport
       Kernel modules: shpchp
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 [8086:1c3a] (rev 04)
       Subsystem: Dell 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller [1028:04ad]
       Kernel driver in use: mei_me
       Kernel modules: mei_me
00:16.3 Serial controller [0700]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family KT Controller [8086:1c3d] (rev 04)
       Subsystem: Dell 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family KT Controller [1028:04ad]
       Kernel driver in use: serial
00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection [8086:1502] (rev 04)
       Subsystem: Dell 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection [1028:047e]
       Kernel driver in use: e1000e
       Kernel modules: e1000e
00:1a.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 [8086:1c2d] (rev 04)
       Subsystem: Dell 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller [1028:04ad]
       Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:1c20] (rev 04)
       Subsystem: Dell 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller [1028:04ad]
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:1c10] (rev b4)
       Kernel driver in use: pcieport
       Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 3 [8086:1c14] (rev b4)
       Kernel driver in use: pcieport
       Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 [8086:1c26] (rev 04)
       Subsystem: Dell 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller [1028:04ad]
       Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev a4)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Q65 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller [8086:1c4c] (rev 04)
       Subsystem: Dell Q65 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller [1028:04ad]
       Kernel driver in use: lpc_ich
       Kernel modules: lpc_ich
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller [8086:1c02] (rev 04)
       Subsystem: Dell 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller [1028:04ad]
       Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller [8086:1c22] (rev 04)
       Subsystem: Dell 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller [1028:04ad]
       Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
       Kernel modules: i2c_i801
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GF108 [GeForce GT 730] [10de:0f02] (rev a1)
       Subsystem: Device [196e:1117]
       Kernel driver in use: nouveau
       Kernel modules: nouveau
01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: NVIDIA Corporation GF108 High Definition Audio Controller [10de:0bea] (rev a1)
       Subsystem: Device [196e:1117]

 

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Could I use the onboard Intel graphics instead or it is incompatible? Right now it is disabled because an addon card is installed.

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Could I use the onboard Intel graphics instead or it is incompatible? Right now it is disabled because an addon card is installed.

Is it from Olarila image? Perhaps you need to wait a little longer? It can happen due to quality of USB stick used.

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[ref]Pluts[/ref], Yeah, best is to install on a fresh partition. Once greeted with install page, you will need to go to disk utility and format hdd into GPT/GUID and use HFS file format. Afterwards you can resume installation.

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OK, still no cigar.

Steps taken. Dell Optiplex 790 with add-on nVidia 730.

1. Flashed new USB stick.

2. Virtual extensions disabled in BIOS, also PXE and WoL disabled.

3. One stick 4 GB of RAM installed.

4. Created a GPT partition table on HDD with no partitions.

5. At bootloader screen set nv_disable=1.

6. It accepts my language choice and then the next screen is unresponsive.


Out of ideas ...


Maybe there is something in BIOS setup I've got wrong?

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