Post 3: Before Installation
- BIOS settings: - Set your BIOS to its default settings. - Execute Disable bit: Enabled - XD (if exists): Enabled - Limit CPUID Max: Disabled - Set all cores of the CPU active/enabled. - Virtualization (if exists): Enabled or Disabled, try it. - Hyper-threading: Enabled or Disabled, try it. - HPET (High Precision Event Timer/PCH): Enabled - SATA Mode: AHCI - Set all the Overclock/Performance/Turbo etc. values to Auto. - Set the UEFI mode settings (if exists) to compatible mode Boot Device - If you're using an ML2 USB drive , change the boot device of your computer so that "USB-HDD" is first. If you're using an ML2 DVD , change "CDROM" to first. You need to do this for ML2 to boot. After you finish installing Mac OS X, you should change this setting back to default, so that "Hard Disk" is the first boot device (this optional, but it will speed up your boot times) HPET - Change this to 64-bit SATA Control Mode (your BIOS mi...