Just installed Mountain Lion, and my Mac won't boot correctly. What should I do?

So I stupidly decided to "upgrade" to Mountain Lion this evening. I downloaded ML, installed it, and now whenever I try to boot my Mac I can't get anywhere. The apple logo comes up and the spinning wheel below it starts up, but then it stops and restarts itself over and over again. I can boot in Safe Mode and I have verified the disk and the permissions (there were no issues.) Any suggestions on how to get it to boot normally? If it helps, I have a 2011 Macbook with 8GBs of RAM. I did have Snow Leopard before I tried upgrading to Mountain Lion.
Also, on a side note, I have my original install DVDs that came with my Macbook... if nothing else works, can I use these to revert back to Snow Leopard? I don't care if I have to clear my entire computer, I have everything I need backed up (and not through Time Machine. I just have the files I want.)

Have you checked that all your apps are compatible with Mountain Lion? Check that the apps are supported > http://www.roaringapps.com If you have apps that aren't supported, start in safe mode and uninstall them. Then, restart and see if Mountain Lion starts properly.
Another thing you can do is to reinstall OS X again. To do it, hold Command and R keys while your computer is starting and reinstall OS X.
xSarabean wrote:
Also, on a side note, I have my original install DVDs that came with my Macbook... if nothing else works, can I use these to revert back to Snow Leopard?
Of course. You have to erase the hard drive and install Snow Leopard on your hard disk, but first try to solve the problem with Mountain Lion

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Ah!
Factuur Bright x
part of errors:
Process:         Factuur Bright X [1476]
Path:            /Applications/Factuur Bright X/Factuur Bright X.app/Contents/MacOS/Factuur Bright X
Identifier:      ???
Version:         ??? (2.0.0b20)
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Parent Process: launchd [184]
User ID:         501
Date/Time:       2013-07-10 22:35:39.180 +0200
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.8.4 (12E55)
Report Version: 10
Interval Since Last Report:          2118 sec
Crashes Since Last Report:           1
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 24 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   1
Anonymous UUID:                      47D641A2-4625-7590-369C-8BAFE1439551
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Brand new Mac, had to erase drive through disk utility as time machine back up failed. Now disk utility only has the option to install Mountain Lion which my Mac won't allow. Anyone any ideas as my Mac won't load anything up but disc utility!

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Help - I just installed Mountain Lion and now my MacBook Pro crashes all the time

Hi everyone. I've recently installed Mountain Lion on my MacBook Pro and now it randomly crashes. I tried finding the pattern (maybe when I open a specific app, or go through a series of steps) but nothing, it just happens, and it feels random.
Here's the latest panic report I got:
Sat Aug 3 22:55:47 2013
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff7f8e3eaf1a): "GPU Panic: [<None>] 3 3 7f 0 0 0 0 3 : NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xc0000000 0xffffff80fdb61000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P3/4\n"@/SourceCache/AppleGraphicsControl/AppleGraphicsControl-3.4.5/src/AppleM uxControl/kext/GPUPanic.cpp:127
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff80fc7d2ef0 : 0xffffff800c21d626
0xffffff80fc7d2f60 : 0xffffff7f8e3eaf1a
0xffffff80fc7d3030 : 0xffffff7f8c95ff1e
0xffffff80fc7d30f0 : 0xffffff7f8ca3412d
0xffffff80fc7d3130 : 0xffffff7f8ca3418e
0xffffff80fc7d31a0 : 0xffffff7f8ccfaed0
0xffffff80fc7d32d0 : 0xffffff7f8ca5ca75
0xffffff80fc7d32f0 : 0xffffff7f8c966d50
0xffffff80fc7d33a0 : 0xffffff7f8c9647d0
0xffffff80fc7d35a0 : 0xffffff7f8c96610a
0xffffff80fc7d3670 : 0xffffff7f8d9318be
0xffffff80fc7d3730 : 0xffffff7f8d95cfa8
0xffffff80fc7d37b0 : 0xffffff7f8d9443e0
0xffffff80fc7d3810 : 0xffffff7f8d944cc1
0xffffff80fc7d3860 : 0xffffff7f8d945173
0xffffff80fc7d38d0 : 0xffffff7f8d9459d3
0xffffff80fc7d3910 : 0xffffff7f8d910e2f
0xffffff80fc7d3a90 : 0xffffff7f8d941f0f
0xffffff80fc7d3b50 : 0xffffff7f8d90f8c8
0xffffff80fc7d3ba0 : 0xffffff800c666e69
0xffffff80fc7d3bc0 : 0xffffff800c668410
0xffffff80fc7d3c20 : 0xffffff800c665e2f
0xffffff80fc7d3d70 : 0xffffff800c298c01
0xffffff80fc7d3e80 : 0xffffff800c220b3d
0xffffff80fc7d3eb0 : 0xffffff800c210448
0xffffff80fc7d3f00 : 0xffffff800c21961b
0xffffff80fc7d3f70 : 0xffffff800c2a6536
0xffffff80fc7d3fb0 : 0xffffff800c2ce9e3
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         com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl(3.4.5)[49FEF732-D7A3-327B-A7AA-6AC5A6E3DCFF]@0 xffffff7f8e3dd000->0xffffff7f8e3effff
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            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.3)[1D668879-BEF8-3C58-ABFE-FAC6B3E9A292]@0xffff ff7f8c868000
            dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl(3.4.5)[4A2C8548-7EF1-38A9-8817-E8CB34B8DC A6]@0xffffff7f8e3c4000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.4)[A35915E8-C1B0-3C0F-81DF-5515BC9002FC]@0xfffff f7f8c7e8000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.7)[6C8CFC18-75F0-3DEF-86C7-CEB2C1FD6BB1]@0xff ffff7f8c8ea000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.7)[990D1A42-DF16-3AB9-ABC1-6A88AC142244]@0 xffffff7f8c8a7000
         com.apple.NVDAResman(8.1.2)[96AE69DE-8A37-39D0-B2D3-D8446A6AA670]@0xffffff7f8c8 fe000->0xffffff7f8cba3fff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.3)[1D668879-BEF8-3C58-ABFE-FAC6B3E9A292]@0xffff ff7f8c868000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.7)[6C8CFC18-75F0-3DEF-86C7-CEB2C1FD6BB1]@0xff ffff7f8c8ea000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.7)[990D1A42-DF16-3AB9-ABC1-6A88AC142244]@0 xffffff7f8c8a7000
         com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal(8.1.2)[988EAF3A-3318-3787-8A5A-844830FA1522]@0xffffff7 f8cbaf000->0xffffff7f8ce83fff
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            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.3)[1D668879-BEF8-3C58-ABFE-FAC6B3E9A292]@0xffff ff7f8c868000
         com.apple.GeForce(8.1.2)[7EC545A4-4B57-32F1-8DC3-C31023AFBDCB]@0xffffff7f8d8fd0 00->0xffffff7f8d9cafff
            dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(8.1.2)[96AE69DE-8A37-39D0-B2D3-D8446A6AA670]@0xffffff7f8c8 fe000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.7)[6C8CFC18-75F0-3DEF-86C7
By the way here are my specs:
OS X 10.8.4
2.66 Ghz Intel Core i7
8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Anything anyone?
Thanks!

Mid-2010 15" MacBook Pros - the bad NVIDIA GPU
If you're having frequent kernel panics with your 15" mid-2010, or intermittent screen problems, the problem is, more than likely, the faulty NVIDIA GPU found in a number of those machines.
Here's just a sample of a kernel panic log that points to the faulty NVIDIA card:
Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):
         com.apple.GeForce(6.4.0)@0x82ac4000->0x82b7afff
            dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(6.4.0)@0x834a0000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.2.1)@0x82fd3000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6.5)@0x7a802000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.2.1)@0x8301b000
         com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal(6.4.0)@0x83c05000->0x84019fff
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            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6.5)@0x7a802000
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Here's the "official" Apple take on the issue - but the very real kernel panics need not be preceded by 'Intermittent black screen or loss of video'... in fact, you might not experience any video problems at all. Although video problems can certainly be a portent of things to come…
So what can you do? Print out a copy of your kernel panic and a copy of the Knowledge Base article and take them, along with your machine, to your local Apple Store or an Apple Authorized Service Provider. They should be more than willing to install a new logic board at no cost. I have no idea why this faulty GPU is making the headline here on the MacBook Pro forum so often now - could it be because Mountain Lion is just bringing the issue to a head more readily? I don't know - I only know that we're seeing more and more of these kernel panics of late.
Good luck,
Clinton

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Services ▹ Open
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Safari ▹ Preferences... ▹ Extensions
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Privacy ▹ Remove All Website Data
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