Pertransient Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Hi guys, I am helping a close friend of mine build a Hackintosh with the intention of partitioning a 250GB Samsung EVO SSD in order to dual boot Windows 10. Let me preface by saying I have built multiple computers in the past but have never attempted to install OS X on a PC. I would seriously appreciate any help you guys could give. We finished the build last night and started to install OSX El Capitan 10.11.14, but were unable to move past the grey apple logo with empty progress bar after choosing the boot item. Steps we took: 1. Used a 32 GB flash drive to create a boot disk using the [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] application. This involved going into disk utility, erasing the drive (having OS X Extended (journaled) and GUID partition map selected), ran the [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] application (selecting El Capitan, UEFI boot mode, and inject Nvidia --also tried without this setting), and finally copied both clover configurator and [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] onto the flashdrive. 2. Went into bios and changed the following settings: a. Loaded default settings b. Set USB as 1st bootable device c. Made sure Vt-d and CFG lock options were disabled d. Disabled secure boot e. Note: We couldn't find an operating system option in order to change Windows to "Other OS". I'm assuming this option does not exist in this BIOS? 3. Saved BIOS changes and reset, then pressed F8 to go into the boot menu 4. Selected UEFI USB and then selected "external" on the following menu This is the point where the apple logo and the empty progress bar appeared. We tried various combinations of the above steps but we always got stuck with the apple logo and empty progress bar. I'm not currently at home but I can't get this problem out of my head. I will answer any questions as soon as possible and I will try what you suggest when I get home from work later today. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks in advance! Specs: Asus Maximus VIII hero i7 6700k Gigabyte 980 TI 6 GB Samsung EVO 250 GB Seagate Barracuda 1TB Crucial Ballistix Elite 16 GB (2x8) Corsair RMx 850w Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gengik84 Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Please, read de rules... Here, There is no support for Tonymac methods I suggest you follow guides on this forum ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertransient Posted April 29, 2016 Author Share Posted April 29, 2016 My apologies! I will use the guides on the forum to attempt another installation and if I still have trouble i will post again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gengik84 Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 No problem.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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