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Mavericks 10.9.2 install on GA-Z87X-UD4H MB with i7-4770k

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Hattrick

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GA-Z87X-UD4H
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i7 4770K
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GTX770
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First build.

After assembling hardware according to guides (only connected boot SSD for Mac OS X),
and after verifying all the BIOS settings I could find recommended, I made many attempts to install 10.9.2 with Unibeast 3.0.1, each ending in a kernel panic.

Short answer: -x maxmem=4096 was the only boot flag needed on this rig.

Long list of failed attempts included GraphicsEnabled yes and no, PCIRootUID 0 and 1 npci 0x3000 and 0x2000 in about 12 combinations.

Hardware:
Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD4H out of the box BIOS rev F7
i7 4770k
GeForce NVidia GTX770 graphics card (connected)
Samsung 840 EVO 250GB SSD
32 GB Crucial Ballistic Sport (8x4)

BIOS settings: turned off XHCI, and turned off Intel Virtualization (VT-d wasn't editable on my BIOS UI)
 
I have the z87 D3HP with the same GFX card and I get a preboot panic when I try to start unibeast

Have you managed to find a solution yet?
 
Mike, thanks for the tip. For anyone installing Snow Leopard with a modern card (760, 770, later) they should probably follow the tips in the link.

I was installing Mavericks 10.9.2 clean (not Snow Leopard) so it wasn't the graphics card that needed tweaking. It was the 32 GB of RAM I had installed. I used maxmem=4096 as the only boot flag, and I was able to install 10.9.2 using Unibeast 3.0.1 without trouble.
 
Bijan, I read your thread. It sounds like you got your situation sorted with the bios setting you mentioned.

In my original post, I tried to highlight what worked for me (eventually) - using the maxmem=4096 boot flag got me through the initial 10.9.2 install. I was able to reboot and then use MultiBeast without problems.
 
Hattrick said:
First build.

After assembling hardware according to guides (only connected boot SSD for Mac OS X),
and after verifying all the BIOS settings I could find recommended, I made many attempts to install 10.9.2 with Unibeast 3.0.1, each ending in a kernel panic.

Short answer: -x maxmem=4096 was the only boot flag needed on this rig.

Long list of failed attempts included GraphicsEnabled yes and no, PCIRootUID 0 and 1 npci 0x3000 and 0x2000 in about 12 combinations.

Hardware:
Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD4H out of the box BIOS rev F7
i7 4770k
GeForce NVidia GTX770 graphics card (connected)
Samsung 840 EVO 250GB SSD
32 GB Crucial Ballistic Sport (8x4)

BIOS settings: turned off XHCI, and turned off Intel Virtualization (VT-d wasn't editable on my BIOS UI)
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what can i do? i have pretty much the same constellation: MB: Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H with i5-4670K, 16GB G.Skill ripjawX, same Bios settings and same boot flags and it ends with following screen:
 

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solution found…

disk utility…

:)
 
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