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Okay, there seems to be a rogue boot flag that I cannot identify. 
Adding -f to the list of boot flags skips any other un needed boot flags.
Now me not being sure what is needed and what is not, i simply went to root, into /Extra, unlocked the "org.Chameleon.boot.plist" file, and added -f to the list of boot flags in the strings section of  <key>Kernel Flags</key>.

This has solved my issue in sort of a ghetto way, but only because i do not know what boot flags are needed.
If you're doing this yourself, i'd suggest finding the boot flag that is causing the issue and removing it from the plist file.

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I used Unibeast (Chimera 2.1[?]) to make an install usb for 10.10, installed it on my rig, rebooted twice to make sure it was working, updated to 10.10.3 so i could install drivers, used multibeast to install the appropriate drivers, and downloaded and installed the nvidia driver for 10.10.3, and when i reboot it does one of 4 things.
It either boots to a black screen, fixed by reinstalling the os.

Kernel Panics while booting.

Gets  "IOUSBFamily: Did not receive enough extra current..." error upon boot, "Fixed" by adding the boot flag -f.

or gets stuck on a seemingly random part of the boot sequence. 

 

I've re installed many times and the same thing happens every time. 
OC is removed as when I have the OC enabled, i get a memory allocation error, CFG Lock and VT-D are disabled.

 

Now it's currently sitting at the desktop with the graphics driver running in the top bar, but under "Overview" on about this mac, it says "Display 3 MB" for Graphics.

I'm using the NVIDIA Web Driver in the Driver Manager.

Any help is appreciated. 

 

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Phones; Daily drivers: Nexus 6P 64GB/iPhone 6 (Music), Apple Watch, Apple AirPods.

Laptop: 2015 Macbook Pro 13, 8GB of RAM, 2.7Ghz i5, 240GB Apple SSD. 

 

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Current error with no boot flags is "The IOUSBFamily Did not receive enough extra current for the SuperSpeed device (ASM107x) at 0x15300000, asked for 400mA but got 0 mA"

 

 

 Model Name: Mac Pro

  Model Identifier: MacPro3,1

  Processor Name: Intel Core i7

  Processor Speed: 4 GHz

  Number of Processors: 1

  Total Number of Cores: 4

  L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB

  L3 Cache: 8 MB

  Memory: 16 GB

  Boot ROM Version: MultiBeast.tonymacx86.com

  SMC Version (system): 1.30f3

  Serial Number (system): G8842TDC5J4

  Hardware UUID: C4F4524A-86DB-5E15-896B-08F1A571D8F6

 

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I7 4790K @4.5 Ghz 1.294V

VALIDATION, MSI Z97 Gaming 7, 24GB DDR3 1600, Asus Strix 1070 8GB OC@ 2.2Ghz, Corsair graphite series 760T (Black), Cooler master V850, NH-D15 w/LNA ,1TB Samsung 850 Evo,  480GB Sandisk Ultra II SSD, 3TB Seagate Barracuda x 3, 1 TB WD Passport (Backup drive), 2 TB WD Passport (Backup Drive 2),  Windows 10 Pro x64 (uhg), Logitech G900 Chaos (Main), Steelseries Rival (FADE) (Courtesy of Edzel Yago, Thanks Ed), Steelsieres Rival 300 Hyperbeast Special Edition, Coolermaster Quickfire TKL (MX Blue), Razer Blackwidow Tournament edition (Greens).  Audio: Sennheiser HD598 SE, Edifier S1000DB, AudioEngine D1 DAC; Yamaha MG06X Mixer & AudioTechnica AT2020.

 

Phones; Daily drivers: Nexus 6P 64GB/iPhone 6 (Music), Apple Watch, Apple AirPods.

Laptop: 2015 Macbook Pro 13, 8GB of RAM, 2.7Ghz i5, 240GB Apple SSD. 

 

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Plex Server: i7 3770, Gigabyte Board, 16GB DDR3 1600, Asus Strix GTX 1050ti 4GB, 120GB SSD Boot Drive, 8 x 3TB Seagate Barracuda, Rosewill RSV-R4000 With 2 Rosewill Hot Swap 4x Backplane Bays, 1050 Watt Corsair HX Series PSU,Hyper T2, Windows 10 Pro 

 

I also do Youtube, check me out!

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Okay, there seems to be a rogue boot flag that I cannot identify. 
Adding -f to the list of boot flags skips any other un needed boot flags.
Now me not being sure what is needed and what is not, i simply went to root, into /Extra, unlocked the "org.Chameleon.boot.plist" file, and added -f to the list of boot flags in the strings section of  <key>Kernel Flags</key>.

This has solved my issue in sort of a ghetto way, but only because i do not know what boot flags are needed.
If you're doing this yourself, i'd suggest finding the boot flag that is causing the issue and removing it from the plist file.

 

Spoiler

I7 4790K @4.5 Ghz 1.294V

VALIDATION, MSI Z97 Gaming 7, 24GB DDR3 1600, Asus Strix 1070 8GB OC@ 2.2Ghz, Corsair graphite series 760T (Black), Cooler master V850, NH-D15 w/LNA ,1TB Samsung 850 Evo,  480GB Sandisk Ultra II SSD, 3TB Seagate Barracuda x 3, 1 TB WD Passport (Backup drive), 2 TB WD Passport (Backup Drive 2),  Windows 10 Pro x64 (uhg), Logitech G900 Chaos (Main), Steelseries Rival (FADE) (Courtesy of Edzel Yago, Thanks Ed), Steelsieres Rival 300 Hyperbeast Special Edition, Coolermaster Quickfire TKL (MX Blue), Razer Blackwidow Tournament edition (Greens).  Audio: Sennheiser HD598 SE, Edifier S1000DB, AudioEngine D1 DAC; Yamaha MG06X Mixer & AudioTechnica AT2020.

 

Phones; Daily drivers: Nexus 6P 64GB/iPhone 6 (Music), Apple Watch, Apple AirPods.

Laptop: 2015 Macbook Pro 13, 8GB of RAM, 2.7Ghz i5, 240GB Apple SSD. 

 

Spoiler

Plex Server: i7 3770, Gigabyte Board, 16GB DDR3 1600, Asus Strix GTX 1050ti 4GB, 120GB SSD Boot Drive, 8 x 3TB Seagate Barracuda, Rosewill RSV-R4000 With 2 Rosewill Hot Swap 4x Backplane Bays, 1050 Watt Corsair HX Series PSU,Hyper T2, Windows 10 Pro 

 

I also do Youtube, check me out!

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