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Hello everybody


I have the Hackintosh of a friend mine running ok, but i have a little problems that i can not resolve by myself because i can not find information in Google or in Tonymacx86's forum


The problem is that if i go to


Apple Icon --> About this Mac --> Processor, shows that the model is Unknown

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Bue the Geekbench shows the correct model, the same the Cinebench

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The system is it:

CPU: i7 3930k
Motherboard: GA-X79-UD3
BIOS version: F12p (last version)

Ideas?

Greetings
 
Greetings - I have same issue - u had any luck with this? Below are some screens:
 

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CustoMac Pro LGA 2011
GA-X79-UD5 |  i7 3930K |  GeForce GTX 970
Found a solution -

Search in spotlight for :smbios.plist


Use text wrangler or your favorite code editor and add the following two lines of code to "smbios.plist":


"<key>SMcputype</key>
<string>1281</string>"

Below the line 11 " <string>Mac-F42C88C8</string>"

Here is what the entire thing should look like:


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>SMfamily</key>
<string>Mac Pro</string>
<key>SMproductname</key>
<string>MacPro3,1</string>
<key>SMboardproduct</key>
<string>Mac-F42C88C8</string>
<key>SMcputype</key>
<string>1281</string>
<key>SMserial</key>
<string>G88451235J4</string>
<key>SMbiosversion</key>
<string>MultiBeast.tonymacx86.com</string>
</dict>
</plist>



Hope this helps.
 
CustoMac Pro LGA 2011
GA-X79-UD5 |  i7 3930K |  GeForce GTX 970
Thanks gabrieljsmith1

I'll try

Happy new year

Greetings
 
Thanks,

Mine is now at least showing a CPU!!! But not the correct one, I have a Core i7 980X, but is is reporting a 6-Core Intel Xeon!!!

Any way to get it correct?
 
Thank you for the tip! It worked like a champ. I am running an i7 3930k but is shown as 6 Core Intel Xeon. It is in the same family but I wonder if there is a way to reflect the actual processor I am running in "About This Mac"
About This Mac Old.jpgAbout This Mac New.jpg
 
Multi Booting Windows 10 Windows Ubuntu as well as Mavericks 10.9.5 and Yosemite 10.10.4
Sabertooth X79 |  i7 3930K |  Radeon HD 7970
Samsung 970 Pro 512 GB
ROG MAXIMUS XI CODE |  i9 9900K |  RX 580 Pulse 8GB
I've just tried that and now my i7 3930k is 6-core Intel Xeon :lol: Wow :)
I don't know why I just used the "1281" value for SMcputype.

gabrieljsmith1 said:
Found a solution -

Search in spotlight for :smbios.plist


Use text wrangler or your favorite code editor and add the following two lines of code to "smbios.plist":


"<key>SMcputype</key>
<string>1281</string>"

Below the line 11 " <string>Mac-F42C88C8</string>"

Here is what the entire thing should look like:


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>SMfamily</key>
<string>Mac Pro</string>
<key>SMproductname</key>
<string>MacPro3,1</string>
<key>SMboardproduct</key>
<string>Mac-F42C88C8</string>
<key>SMcputype</key>
<string>1281</string>
<key>SMserial</key>
<string>G88451235J4</string>
<key>SMbiosversion</key>
<string>MultiBeast.tonymacx86.com</string>
</dict>
</plist>



Hope this helps.
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