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This was originally built just to be a windows 8 gaming PC, but after MANY hours and hours of trying to install OS X Mavericks on my system, I finally have everything working as it should! Hopefully this guide should help others with similar hardware, so they don't have to spend nearly as much time tinkering with things as I did.
First, I followed the iBoot Haswell + Multibeast guide to install Snow Leopard. During the iBoot screen where I chose to launch the Mac OS X DVD, I first typed in a mix/match of the following commands, if it failed I tried a different mix, I think I also tried them all at one point but I couldn't tell if it was that or another change that fixed it: PCIRootUID=1 -x graphicsenabler=no maxmem=4096
http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2010/04/iboot-multibeast-install-mac-os-x-on.html
Second, once Snow Leopard was installed I ran MultiBeast as directed by the above guide, and got everything working.
Next, I followed the UniBeast install guide for Mavericks. I had to use the same commands shown above during the install to get it working. This part was relatively easy.
http://www.tonymacx86.com/374-unibeast-install-os-x-mavericks-any-supported-intel-based-pc.html
After Mavericks was installed I was able to put the Asus GTX 760 back in just fine as well as the other stick of RAM, just make sure (of course) that the computer is turned off and unplugged and be very careful, ground yourself so that static doesn't ruin any electronics.
NOTE! Make sure that when installing .kext files, you don't just drag them in to (your HDD)>System>Library>Extensions> folder, use KextBeast from the downloads page to install them. Place the .kext file on to the desktop and run KextBeast, then reboot.
Then the real problems began. First, I couldn't use ethernet. The final .kext file that fixed it is the Realtek8xxx.kext driver attached.
And then the worst problem of all, audio. After spending many many many hours trying to get it to work, I finally removed ALL of the multi beast HDA kexts for the ALC892 controller and I also removed AppleHDA.kext. The two ALC892.kext files that finally fixed it are also attached. And now everything is up and running perfectly!
Case: 1 NZXT Tempest 210
Motherboard: - Asus Z87-A
Power Supply: - Corsair TX650
Processor: - Intel i7-4670K LGA1150
Storage: - Samsung 840 PRO Series SATA3 128GB - Hitachi 500GB 7200rpm SATA 3
GPU: - Nvidia GTX 760
RAM: - 2x Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600Mhz
- No wireless, mainly use ethernet.
Disk Drive: - I actually used an external disk drive for the iBoot haswell disk and it worked perfectly well as long as I used BOTH the 2x USB plugs it required. It would not work if I only used one of the USB plugs. This was a USB CD/DVD usb drive that let you manually eject, which is required for this process.
First, I followed the iBoot Haswell + Multibeast guide to install Snow Leopard. During the iBoot screen where I chose to launch the Mac OS X DVD, I first typed in a mix/match of the following commands, if it failed I tried a different mix, I think I also tried them all at one point but I couldn't tell if it was that or another change that fixed it: PCIRootUID=1 -x graphicsenabler=no maxmem=4096
http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2010/04/iboot-multibeast-install-mac-os-x-on.html
Second, once Snow Leopard was installed I ran MultiBeast as directed by the above guide, and got everything working.
Next, I followed the UniBeast install guide for Mavericks. I had to use the same commands shown above during the install to get it working. This part was relatively easy.
http://www.tonymacx86.com/374-unibeast-install-os-x-mavericks-any-supported-intel-based-pc.html
After Mavericks was installed I was able to put the Asus GTX 760 back in just fine as well as the other stick of RAM, just make sure (of course) that the computer is turned off and unplugged and be very careful, ground yourself so that static doesn't ruin any electronics.
NOTE! Make sure that when installing .kext files, you don't just drag them in to (your HDD)>System>Library>Extensions> folder, use KextBeast from the downloads page to install them. Place the .kext file on to the desktop and run KextBeast, then reboot.
Then the real problems began. First, I couldn't use ethernet. The final .kext file that fixed it is the Realtek8xxx.kext driver attached.
And then the worst problem of all, audio. After spending many many many hours trying to get it to work, I finally removed ALL of the multi beast HDA kexts for the ALC892 controller and I also removed AppleHDA.kext. The two ALC892.kext files that finally fixed it are also attached. And now everything is up and running perfectly!
Case: 1 NZXT Tempest 210
Motherboard: - Asus Z87-A
Power Supply: - Corsair TX650
Processor: - Intel i7-4670K LGA1150
Storage: - Samsung 840 PRO Series SATA3 128GB - Hitachi 500GB 7200rpm SATA 3
GPU: - Nvidia GTX 760
RAM: - 2x Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600Mhz
- No wireless, mainly use ethernet.
Disk Drive: - I actually used an external disk drive for the iBoot haswell disk and it worked perfectly well as long as I used BOTH the 2x USB plugs it required. It would not work if I only used one of the USB plugs. This was a USB CD/DVD usb drive that let you manually eject, which is required for this process.