Intel 750 PCIE SSD

Hi.

I recently bought this. and after trying Yosemite 10.10.2 which doesn't support nvme, i tried 10.10.3 installer, even tho i had trouble i still managed to run the installer (booting from UniBeast and from the first screen managed to run my other USB which had 10.10.3

But i cant access the intel ssd since disk utility doesn't find it, at all. and under system info, it says "no nvmexpress devices found/installed"

I tried UniBeast install, but it wont let me use the downloaded 10.10.3 and fails too boot directly to the usb (which is called FAT USB for some reason)

I also tried clover, but then i get cant find kernels in folder /system/library/kernels/kernel

so im stuck with this sexy new hardware and windows 8.1 (btw, formatting to ntfs, drastically lowers the max read/write of the disk lol)



So any help much appreciated.
thank you

I am not positive but I have heard that the new Macbook's SSD is NVMe. However it is most likely running a unique build of 10.10.3. you will probably have to wait for 10.10.4 for this SSD to get supported.

Since 'NVMExpress' is shown in 'About This Mac' > 'System Report' > Hardware section, I think OS 10.10.3, for all hardware, is ready for NVMe devices.

The big requirement is that you have BIOS (and Motherboard) that supports NVMe. In case of Gigabyte motherboards, X97, H97, Z97 series are ready for Intel 750 Series SSD.
http://www.gigabyte.com/press-center/news-page.aspx?nid=1358

And I guess an appropriate option has to be chosen in BIOS setting.

Thanks,

jedimindtriks, which motherboard do you have?

I'm assuming you have the latest BIOS which has NVMe support?
Assuming you've selected NVMe in BIOS as apposed to AHCI?
Assuming you have no trouble using the Intel 750 with Windows 8.1?

Have you tried installing 10.10.3 to a "regular" SSD via AHCI?
Then boot from SSD & try cloning 10.10.3 to the Intel 750?

Dont die on me thread!

bblazer8 said:

Since 'NVMExpress' is shown in 'About This Mac' > 'System Report' > Hardware section, I think OS 10.10.3, for all hardware, is ready for NVMe devices.

The big requirement is that you have BIOS (and Motherboard) that supports NVMe. In case of Gigabyte motherboards, X97, H97, Z97 series are ready for Intel 750 Series SSD.
http://www.gigabyte.com/press-center/news-page.aspx?nid=1358

And I guess an appropriate option has to be chosen in BIOS setting.

Thanks,

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I am also looking to buy this SSD as well, my main specs are:

• i7-4790K
• Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD7 TH
• Crucial Ballistix Tactical 32GB
• EVGA 980 4GB sc acx 2.0

Sounds like I should pull the trigger??

I returned mine since for normal use its kinda slow actually, and boot time was horrible with win8/10

For day to day usage it was actually not that good, and in several tests its like 1 second faster than other drives in normal things, and boot times its up to 10 seconds slower.

I would go for either SM951, (which is 350$ at flexxmemory.co.uk) or do what i did, i returned it and got the 850 PRO. 10 year warrant and alot cheaper, performance is overall better and installing hackintosh is actually possible.

vlad1966 said:

jedimindtriks, which motherboard do you have?

I'm assuming you have the latest BIOS which has NVMe support?
Assuming you've selected NVMe in BIOS as apposed to AHCI?
Assuming you have no trouble using the Intel 750 with Windows 8.1?

Have you tried installing 10.10.3 to a "regular" SSD via AHCI?
Then boot from SSD & try cloning 10.10.3 to the Intel 750?

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For some odd reason, i never saw your post lol. glitch in the matrix i guess. so sorry for the delayed reply.

I tried everything possible, i tried with Asrock extreme4, and Extreme6. win8/10 installed without a hickup, but whatever i tried i could not get yosemite to recoginse the drive.

even tried 10.10.4 on my other ssd and still a no go.

Anyone ever got the Intel 750 working on a hackintosh? I am about to return the MBP 2015 with AMD graphics since my hackintosh is faster in every way but disk access... I would LOVE to beat that machine's speedy SSD as well...

My config:

Gigabyte Z97-HD3
Intel i7 4790k
NVidia GTX 970 G1
16GB RAM
500GB Samsung EVO 840

In os x 10.10.5 and in os x 10.11.x as well there is the NVME support, but i don't know if it will get the intel 750 series ssds to work

ITzTravelInTime said:

In os x 10.10.5 and in os x 10.11.x as well there is the NVME support, but i don't know if it will get the intel 750 series ssds to work

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It does not.