SnakeEyes9922 Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 This is my first post on the forums, but, I need help with a sierra install on my Precision M6600. I have looked on other threads on the forums but, I download the Clover files and I get an instant reboot on the laptop, is there something I am doing wrong with the BIOS? Specs: i7-2720QM @ 2.20GHz 8 GB of RAM 750 GB Hard Drive NVIDIA Quadro 3000M with 2GB of VRAM I would like any help I can get. Thank You In Advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted March 11, 2017 Moderators Share Posted March 11, 2017 Try the boot files from this guide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnakeEyes9922 Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 I have tried those files and still I get an instant reboot. Any other suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted March 13, 2017 Moderators Share Posted March 13, 2017 Boot with verbose mode and select do not reboot on error ( can't remember the exact words). Post the error here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bronxteck Posted March 14, 2017 Administrators Share Posted March 14, 2017 well if you used an older clover bootpack that was made before your current os install you probably need to update clover to latest. the version of clover in the bootpack might not support the current kernel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnakeEyes9922 Posted March 16, 2017 Author Share Posted March 16, 2017 One issue is that I cant even get to the boot loader, this is what is leading me to believe I have something set up wrong in my bios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted March 16, 2017 Moderators Share Posted March 16, 2017 See here how to create Clover boot disk, replace files from the link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnakeEyes9922 Posted March 18, 2017 Author Share Posted March 18, 2017 Ok, I will try this immediately and I will tell you how it goes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zachg Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 You aren't even getting to the clover menu? Did you install clover to a USB, and did it create an EFI partition? This might be obvious to anyone else, but I'm still getting used to UEFI and I didn't realize for a while to select the UEFI option during boot. After hitting F12, make sure you are using the UEFI option to get to clover, rather than just selecting the name of your USB drive among the other drives. FWIW, I have an m6700 and if I use the USB ports on the right side of my machine, I get weird boot errors, but if I use one of the two ports on the left side, those errors go away. I think this has to do with USB3 support. As far as BIOS settings, I think the only ones I toggled were AHCI and Legacy with secure boot off. Not sure if m6600 BIOS is similar, but I imagine so. Take any of this advice with a grain of salt, as I still haven't gotten a fully booted system due to what seems to be graphics driver issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnakeEyes9922 Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 Yes I did, I see some text for about a fraction of a second then it reboots. I am in the middle of remaking the USB to confirm I did everything correctly. Also, thank you for your input on my problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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