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[Success] GA-Z97X-Soc Force v1.0F6 / 16GB / MSI GTX 780 Lightning / 10.9.4

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Petko166's Build: GA-Z97X-Soc Force v1.0F6 / 16GB / MSI GTX 780 Lightning / 10.9.4​

Components


Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force (rev. 1.0)
Intel Core i7 4,0GHz Socket 1150 i7-4790K
Corsair Vengeance C70 /CC-9011016-WW/
MSI GeForce N780GTX Lightning 3GB GDDR5 PCIExpress
2x Kingston HyperX 128GB SSD (1 for OSX , 1 for Win8.1)
4TB Seagate 3.5" 7200rpm 64MB 8GB SSD Hybrid Winchester (ST4000DX001)
Corsair H110 /CW-9060014-WW/
Corsair AX760 760W Full modular PSU /CP-9020045-EU/
Pioneer DVR-221BK SATA DVD 16GB 2133MHz DDR3 RAM Corsair Vengeance Pro kit (CMY16GX3M2A2133C11) (2x8GB)


Installation Guide

USB:

Follow the UniBeast Guide to create a 10.9.4 USB stick on a Mac.

Bios Setup:

According to the general Tonymacx86 suggestion with only one difference : OS support in BIOS : Win8 WHQL selected instead of Other. I do not know why my system under OSX is much stable.
Onboard Audio and Igpu completly off.


Install Mac OS X: / based on misosoup7's great guide
You can now plug in all the drives.
b. Boot using the Mac OS X USB stick, use the following Boot args
Code:
maxmem=4096

c. Use disk utility to format the Mac OS X SSD to Mac OS X Journaled / GUID
d. Install OS X onto that drive. You can follow the UniBeast guide up to the MultiBeast part.
e. The computer should automatically reboot when it's done installing and you'll see the Chimera boot menu. This time choose Mavericks or whatever you named your partition and boot with the following Boot args
Code:
maxmem=4096 -x

f. Start up MultiBeast and choose the following settings: (6.4.1)Quick Start > DSDT Free
Drivers > Disk > 3rd Party SATA
Drivers > Disk > TRIM Enabler > 10.9.4 TRIM Patch
Drivers > Misc > FakeSMC v6.8.1307
Drivers > Misc > FakeSMC v6.8.1307 Plugins
Drivers > Misc > FakeSMC v6.8.1307 HWMonitor Application
Drivers > Misc > USB 3.0 - Universal
Drivers > Network > Atheros > KillerEthernet 1.03
Drivers > System > AppleRTC Patch for CMOS Reset
Bootloaders > Chimera v3.0.1
Customize > Boot Options > Basic Boot Options
Customize > Boot Options > Hibernate Mode - Desktop
Customize > Boot Options > IGPEnabler=No
Customize > Boot Options > Use KernelCache
Customize > Boot Options > 1080p Display Mode
Customize > System Definitions > iMac > iMac 14,2
Customize > Themes > tonymacx86 Black


MAKE SURE YOU TURN OFF Customize > Boot Options > Generate CPU States
This is important since if you generate CPU states, TurboBoost will prevent your Hackintosh from booting. You need to either turn this off or turn TurboBoost off.

g. Do restart ! after reboot

h.Follow this guide here to generate CPU States.
http://www.tonymacx86.com/mavericks-desktop-support/128926-mavericks-native-cpu-igpu-power-management.html IMPORTANT !! The guide mentioning on 9 series boards DROPSSDT=YES not necessary and couses crashes. (It is true, I tried :) )

i. fix iMessage by follow this guide http://www.tonymacx86.com/general-help/110471-how-fix-imessage.html Comment: The fix works perfectly, but I need an Apple technical support validation of my APPLEID. I do it by phone without any problem. On the phone I mentioning the "situation" about my setup. No problem :) Imessage works also perfectly.


Final thoughts:

It was approx. 10 reinstall :) to get the best end the beast configuration. I guess it is about a relative new hardware configuration. Thanks to Tonymacx86 Team I've got a super fast, stable, good looking OSX 10.9.4 beside my unmissable Windows 8.1 (mainly for gaming).

At the moment I am waiting for the final solution for 9 series HDMI audio, but as I use external USB soundcards and headsets it is not a critical for me.

If you need I try to share my further experiences . . .

GOOD luck
 

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Hi ! i have your same build since yesterday.. and your guide work really fine to install mavericks.
 
Hi, I have basicly the same system you have, but I can't get the system to boot after installing mavericks.
I installed mavericks and it went smooth, but now I can not get it to boot to do the post installation stuff. it hangs each time without giving me a kernel panic. I think it has something to do with a setting in my bios. could you please give me the exact settings you used? thanks M8!
 
Ok I read that it was my gtx 970 causing the problem. i got it to boot using -x nv_disable=1. it hangs though if i leave either of those out. I would prefer not to run in safe mode. any ideas? Thanks
 
Ok I read that it was my gtx 970 causing the problem. i got it to boot using -x nv_disable=1. it hangs though if i leave either of those out. I would prefer not to run in safe mode. any ideas? Thanks
First boot into OS X then install the nvidia webdriver.
Reboot using your safe mode manner.
Add 'nvda_drv=1' to Kernel Flags.
Add 'No' under the section IGPEnabler.
It should now reboot without problems.
 
The nVidia Maxwell chipset graphics cards (750, 750 Ti, 900 series and some Titans) are not supported in Mavericks, only in Yosemite by nVidia's web (and, optionally, CUDA) drivers.
 
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