Asus P8Z68-V/Gen3 – working great :) (Lion and Mountain Lion)

Hi,

Here is my story how I got my system to work

My config:
• CPU – i7 2700k CPU
• Motherboard – Asus P8Z68-V/Gen3
• GPU – Radeon 6850 XFX (model HD-685X-ZNFC)
• 32 GB RAM
• OSX 10.7.5

BIOS
I use patched bios from:
http://biosrepo.wordpress.com/asus/z68/

These are my bios settings, the rest is default or auto.
- http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19625501/osx/bios1.jpg
- http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19625501/osx/bios2.jpg
- http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19625501/osx/bios3.jpg

For my i7 2700k CPU I have set all x-Core Ratio Limit to 39. Set it higher if you want to overclock

BOOTLOADER
I use latest chameleon (chimera also works) – anything above r1820 should be fine.

EXTRA
In extra folder I have:
• patched DSDT.aml file with proper audio section,
• SSDT.aml file with speedsteps - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19625501/osx/SSDT-1.speed3900.zip
• SSDT-1.aml file with sata section (extracted from bios),
• in org.chameleon.Boot.plist I have set DropSSDT to Yes, GraphicsEnabler to YES, AtiConfig to Gibba, and UseKernelCache to YES,
• and smbios.plist with macmini 5.3 definition.

Speedstep works. Tested with MSRDumper and IOReg:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19625501/osx/ioregCPU.png
7,63 pts in Cinebench 11.

FakeSMC
I use this version of fakeSMC with plugins (with other I had problems):
http://db.tt/E6yoA1Ij

and hardware monitor to check temps, clocks, voltages and fans.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19625501/osx/HWMonitor.zip

AUDIO
ALC892 from multibeast with proper DSDT patch.
http://legacy.tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=59074
Latest Mountain Lion is different. Check this out:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/276-inside-multibeast-audio-hdmi-audio.html

GFX
RADEON 6850 XFX (HD-685X-ZNF) works great with GraphicsEnabler. Almost 50 FPS in Cinebench 11.
Haven't tested other ports.

OTHER
Kexts for ethernet and esata:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19625501/osx/ethernetAndJMicron.zip

I don't use USB 3 and it does't work natively. You have to patch DSDT section and use modified kexts to make it work:
http://www.osx86.net/view/2958-asmedia_usb_3.0_chip1042_fully_working_...html

Feel free to ask.
Cheers!

ps.
this was also tested with latest OSX vesion 10.8.2 and worked fine!

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edit - january the 8th, 2013
• uptdated fakeSMC with plugins,
• audio edits only for ML: if you don't want to patch DSDT put this into your org.chameleon.Boot.plisl file:
and install optimized alc892 from multibeast for ML.

Cheers! Would you paste your dsdt file?

Yes, I Could

Could you please help me with my Installation. I just can't get it to work! I'm Actually prepared to pay someone to help me with this.

Kuatty94 said:

Could you please help me with my Installation. I just can't get it to work! I'm Actually prepared to pay someone to help me with this.

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Check deadmetal and gronkos builds as well, and you should manage to do it.

Hello Beep

¿Where i can find the patch of the bios? your link dont work =(