I am trying to install OSX El Captain on my HP Pavilion Elite M9510f (Spare PC just collecting dust so...why not?!) and am running into a bit of trouble. I can't for the LIFE of me seem to get this thing to boot up! So, I am coming to the master minds of reddit to see if they can help! <3 The following is everything I have tried and what I know for SURE about my system.
[Specs]
Motherboard: Benicia Board
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200
RAM: 8GB
GPU: Nvidia 9500GT
Networking: Realtek 8111C
The Guide I was following is located here ( https://internet-install.gitbook.io/macos-internet-install/ )
I also took the liberty of uploading the EFI so you can visually see all the kexts and their placements in the folder.
(https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ft_G4eKYjIHm8YeHeCbpt-qGTi5leBvE/view?usp=sharing)
Now the error i'm getting stuck is is USUALLY a PCI error, so the boot args I have tried are npci=0x2000,npci=0x3000,GraphicsEnabler=Yes (although I think that's a chameleon bootloader arg),nv_disable=1, as well as the other basic args listed in the guide. I believe that the problem lies in either the kexts or the config.plist, as I did the best I could following the guide to a T. (There were a few folders that the guide said to delete that didnt exist, and there also wasn't a place for 64 drivers and such.)
I appreciate you taking the time to read this and hopefully helping me solve this! <3
(I know I can install El Cap on this system, because before the old HHD fried, I had EL Cap, I just don't remember how exactly I did that as it was a few years ago...)
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