Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD7-TH - MultiBeast Options

Hi All,

I've just finished installing Mavericks on a Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD7-TH. I understand there are still issues with TB 2. On a more basic level, can someone tell me what options I choose in MultiBeast for this board?

Thank you!

Anyone?

What BIOS settings do you have?
Have you done your setup like e.g. http://www.tonymacx86.com/golden-bu...d-ga-z87x-oc-i7-4770k-hd4600-gt-640-a-28.html

kookoo said:

Anyone?

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I am not going to walk you through each step because thats what reading the forums is all about but i will outline the best practices for this board so you can look up how to do them if you don't already know. I recently set up a system with this board and everything is working perfectly including thunderbolt (though no hot-plug of course). Maybe i will do a full guide at some point but i don't have time right now.

0. Set up your BIOS correctly. The main things to consider are:
0a. AHCI for all SATA controllers
0b. XHCI and EHCI handoff enabled
0c. Thunderbolt security set to legacy mode and wake from thunderbolt disabled
0d. You will probably want to enable XMP profile for your RAM assuming you have decent modules
0e. Set your graphics the way you need them. I think best practice is set IGFX to enabled, 64MB and MAX DVMT and initial display to IGFX.
(For this to work properly you will need at least one monitor on the motherboard ports so you can see the pre-boot environment and for OS X to recognize the iGPU properly. You can then have one or more monitors on a discrete GPU as well. This has the advantage of quickync working (airplay video) and preserving some VRAM on your discreet graphics. I don't know anyone using a workstation without at least 2 monitors these days, but if you only have one, get another cheap one to run off the iGPU or disable the iGPU and set initial display to the PCIe slot you have your discrete GPU in. But i won't be covering how to run in that configuration.)

1. Install via unibeast or your preferred method
1a. boot into your new install and go through initial setup

2. Install Maciasl and apply the PJALM patch for this board. the Repo is back online for the time being.
2a. Depending on your hardware and setup you may also want to apply either or both the Toleda HD4600 DSDT patch (v3, ID1) and PJALM generic Discrete Graphics. I suggest applying both.
This will give you HDMI audio support and remove the need for an IGPenabler in boot plist.
2b compile the DSDT in maciasl and place it in /Extra folder

3. Run multibeast
3a. Realtek ALC/ with DSDT/ ALC898
3b. Select 3rd Party SATA !OR! 3rd Party eSATA depending on if you have any of the Marvell ports routed to eSATA ports
3c. Optional, enable Trim Enabler. I am paranoid about this and usually don't bother
3d. FakeSMC is mandatory. Fakesmc plugins are suggested. HWmonitor is optional.
3e. Intel hnak e1000e
3f. DO NOT install any of the other drivers or patches, many will screw things up.
3g. Chimera 2.2.1
3h. Basic boot options + Use KernelCache ONLY
3i. imac 14,2 system definition
3j. cham default 2.2 theme
3k. Build to your system drive
3l. again DO NOT choose ANY other options unless you know what your doing and have a good reason to.

4. Install and open Chameleon Wizard
4a. go to the SMBIOS tab and click edit
4b. select a premade imac 14,2. Then press random for week and unique. press random week again until you get a number over 40. press save.
4c. go to the modules tab and check FileNVRAM.dylib. press update for your system drive.

5. open disk utility and repair disk permissions for you system drive

6. reboot and test everything. enjoy your hack and start installing software.

7. At this point you may want to overclock which involves downloading pikeralphas ssdtPRGen script and running it with the frequency target you have in mind. Then you have to add DroppSSDT=yes to your boot plist (you can use chameleon wizard). Then you can go into the BIOS and set the max turbo states for the first core to that target frequency, and the other 3 cores to one step below that.

8. Install windows to enable thunderbolt functionality
8a. Unplug your OS X system drive temporarily, and plug a fresh drive into SATA port0.
8b. Install windows as per your preferred method, windows 7 x64 or windows 8(.1) x64 will work.
8c. Install all the drivers from gigabyte's site for this board, especially the Intel INF driver and Thunderbolt driver.
8d. Reboot and make sure the drivers installed correctly.
8f. You can now either keep the windows disk if you plan to use windows for games, or repurpose the drive. Put the OS X system drive back on SATA port 0 and if you are keeping the windows drive, put it on one of the other ports. Make sure the OS X system drive is the first boot option in the BIOS and you will be able to select which OS to boot from Chimera.

Thats all you need to do in an outline. And that's all i can contribute for now.
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That was a great guide! thank you very much

Great guide !
Thanks for your work Genzai.
Think it's a Super motherboard, and i need Thunderbolt 2 for my job.
Wainting everything gonna be ok with Thunderbolt port.....and i'll buy it ;-)

powertouchcl said:

Great guide !
Thanks for your work Genzai.
Think it's a Super motherboard, and i need Thunderbolt 2 for my job.
Wainting everything gonna be ok with Thunderbolt port.....and i'll buy it ;-)

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Everything is fine with thunderbolt. If you have a UP5 it works the same way. You just don't have hot plug, which is hopefully something the team is still working on. But it is very usable as is.
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Hi genzai,

Thank you so much for the guide, very kind of you to put in so much time and effort. Awesome Guide!

I'm still quite new to the world of Hackintosh and have a few questions if I may.

I do have two monitors, which in the past I've attached to the graphics card. The graphics card being the EVGA 04G-P4-2768-KR GeForce GTX 760 4GB 256-bit GDDR5

The rest of the components are:

Intel Core i7-4770K
CORSAIR Vengeance 32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 Desktop Memory Model CMZ32GX3M4X1600C10
256GB SAMSUNG 840 Pro (System Drive)
128GB SAMSUNG 840 Pro (Lightroom Cache Drive)
CORSAIR Hydro Series H100i
4x WD BLACK SERIES WD4003FZEX 4TB 7200 RPM 64MB
SeaSonic SS-750KM3 750W
Fractal Design Define R4 Case

I noticed you've suggested attaching one of the monitors to the motherboards HDMI port. I have two Eizo ColorEdge CG241W monitors. Is this just for setting up the system? I was always told that using a dedicated graphics card was the way to go.

You have also mentioned to run Toleda HD4600 DSDT patch (v3, ID1). So far I've not been able to figure out which one it is, could you share the name and link I need to enter into MaciASL.

Also my Extra Folder is missing. I'm getting "The folder can't be found".

Thank you very much for all your help.

kookoo said:

I noticed you've suggested attaching one of the monitors to the motherboards HDMI port. I have two Eizo ColorEdge CG241W monitors. Is this just for setting up the system? I was always told that using a dedicated graphics card was the way to go.

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As i said in the original post, the preferred setup is to run one monitor off the motherboard (either from HDMI or via a miniDP adapter in one of the thunderbolt ports) AND one or more monitors off the nvidia GPU. So if you have 2 monitors you would have one on each. This is the best setup because as i mentioned it enables the intel HD features, namely quicksync and airplay. Your pre-boot environment will always output over the monitor attached to the motherboard. It also balances somewhat the framebuffer demands between the GPUs. Unless you need the faster openGL on both monitors, which would be an unusual need, there is no advantage to have more than one monitor attached to the nvidia to take advantage of its speed. The monitor attached to the motherboard gets treated as a secondary display, for palettes, video output, etc- whatever doesn't require fast openGL though the HD4600 is not that bad anyway. So, no, its not just for purpose of setup, that's the way you should run things permanently.

kookoo said:

You have also mentioned to run Toleda HD4600 DSDT patch (v3, ID1). So far I've not been able to figure out which one it is, could you share the name and link I need to enter into MaciASL.

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http://www.tonymacx86.com/dsdt/89727-maciasl-patch-repository-thread.html

kookoo said:

Also my Extra Folder is missing. I'm getting "The folder can't be found".

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I am not sure what you are talking about and if you can't even find/install your extra folder than you have a long way to go before you are ready to hackintosh... If you don't have an /Extra folder present because you just installed OS X and haven't done anything else, then... create it...

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I am seeking support as well, I am kinda new, hackintoshed a setup a few years ago that turned out simple... I know what the "extra" folder is, where it goes, and how add what I want... The only problem I'm having is an string of commands that look like "/S/E/ audio" something like that.. But I'm not sure how to find or execute it... I understand terminal slightly, I could hide/unhide folders, copy/paste commands and repair them to execute a command.0, but that's about it... Just a note, I have supported the work from this site, and apps,

so I need help. I have a GA-z87X-UD7 TH board, i7 4770k, 16 GB corsair Vengence,
my concern is setting the HDMI audio and the WiFi/Bluetooth card... I've seen posts of success, but I cat find a solution..

I used multibeast mavericks to do a simple setup with customized drivers, audio, sata, etc, all the kexts? Available... Didn't say I needed a custom dsdt, runs beautiful!!! System looks and acts super fast, I'm excited to get those items running... I'm not interested in Thunderbolt 2 support at the moment, Ill wait till that develops.

if someone could take me under their wing for a sec, I'd really dig that... Tony Mack posted that it was supported for the jab golden builds with Ps4 controller support, I need set up! Thanx

Ps- I can't prvt message anyone, sumthing wrong and my only device at the moment is my ipad. My old computer fires up long enough to download something then it kinks... (Badcaps)