Over the past few days we've been covering issues with starting Mac OS X when an NVidia NVidia GeForce 6800 card is installed. The issue affects not only standard installations of both Mac OS X Client and Mac OS X Server, but also the startup installations used by a number of third-party utilities including TechTool Pro, as well as Apple's own Hardware Test CD.
We also noted some serious wake-from-sleep issues apparently caused by the graphics card.
We've since been alerted to a set of instructions for creating a bootable Mac OS X CD, and a bootable Mac OS X installation DVD compatible with the NVidia 6800 line of graphics card.
The procedure involves using the shareware application BootCD to create a bootable Mac OS X volume that also contains NVidia 6800 drivers.
The instructions can be found at:
http://www.blargatron-systems.com/how_tos/152724097/
Feedback? Late-breakers@macfixit.com.
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