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Working Mavericks 10.9.4 Asus ROG Hero VII Z97 and i7 4790K using UniBeast/MultiBeast (No sound for

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Working Mavericks 10.9.4 Asus ROG Hero VII Z97 and i7 4790K using UniBeast/MultiBeast, Sound now working!

First of all. Thank you guys for this awesome community, you make the impossible possible :)

Note!
Working on a complete guide to get audio and all working on Hero VII, will post link in here once it is done.

I finally got Maverics up and running on my new computer. No patched bios, no DSDT, nothing special really...

Specs:
MB: Asus ROG Hero VII Z97
CPU: Intel i7 4790K DC
RAM:4 x 4GB DDR3 1600
SSD: Toshiba Q-series Pro 256 GB

Installed without, and have not tested the setup with my GeForce GTX 780 because it is off for a fan replacement. Will report back once it arrives back.

Tried Clover, but had all sorts of problems with it, so decided to try the good old UniBeast/MultiBeast method, and it worked out perfectly after a lot of trial and error.

Disclaimer:
I take no responsibility what so ever if you mess up your computer by doing the same as me.

First of all disconnect any other HDD/SSD, then disable LAN in UEFI BIOS
Then installed normally with Unibeast USB stick (I think mine is 10.9.2) and booted from the USB stick using -x flag, run MultiBeast with the following choices:
-Drivers -> Disk -> 3rd Party SATA
-Drivers -> Misc -> FakeSMC v6.8.1307
-Drivers -> System -> AppleRTC Patch for CMOS Reset
-Bootloaders -> Chimera v3.0.1
-Customize -> Boot Options -> Basic Boot Options
-Customize -> System Definition -> Mac Pro -> iMac 14,2
-Customize -> Themes -> tonymacx86 Black

-Install working LAN kext using KextBeast (Google "intel i218v kext", and you should be able to find it).
-Reboot

It should boot without -x and with LAN enabled now, it will use a minute or two to boot. At least mine did.

Move the boot stuff and extra folder to EFI partition following URL="http://www.tonymacx86.com/401-install-bootloader-extra-efi-partition.html"]tonymacx86´s guide[/URL]. The only problem I had during this was the activation of EFI partiton. Got it working by redoing step 5 in the guide after a reboot, or at least i think that was why it suddenly worked... Before i always got the Boot0 error, but now it´s fine.

Mine was booting consistently on it´s own by now, but very slow and there was no QE/CI.
Used the patched kext from tonymacx86 and now it works just perfect, booting in seconds and full QE/CI.

Also decided to try the guide for Mavericks: Native CPU/IGPU Power Management and that works perfect as well. It was stepping the processor before, but does it much better now, many more steps an more consistent.

Except for sound it´s all working perfect, even sleep works out of the box.

I can´t get the onboard "SupremeFX 2014" to work at all, even though it is based on the Realtek 1150 chip. Have tried the 1150 kext in MultiBest with the EFI and 9-series addons, but no luck. Even breifely tried Voodoo HDA, but no. Guess I will have to get a USB sound card for now... :banghead:
Appreciate any help with the sound issue.

Over all it works beyond all expectation for now.

Thank You tonymacx86 and the rest of the guys in here for making this possible :headbang: :clap:
 
Hi there. Im using the same motherboard and processor with one stick of ram, 8gig corsair vengeance plugged in and when I get to the apple screen I get a panic and it locks up. at first it wouldnt get that far before removing a stick of ram. I feel Im missing some steps, was wondering what you may have put on if any for codes on bios
Ive tried some combos

:beachball:

also any luck with the sound?
thanks
 
Hi :)
Try booting with -x and apply this "fix": http://www.tonymacx86.com/graphics/...phics-acceleration-9-series-motherboards.html

I have gone back to Clover for now. Following this guide: http://www.tonymacx86.com/user-buil...board-ac-wifi-bluetooth-4-0-secure-drive.html up to step 3, and skipping the parts on audio (Tried, but did not work...), wifi and bluetooth.
After hours of testing and searching audio is now working :headbang: I installed ALC1150+9 series patch+EFI boot from multibeast and then did this: https://github.com/toleda/audio_ALCInjection/blob/master/[Guide]-Add_HDEF-Clover.pdf :thumbup: Need to do some more testing because i tried soooo many things to get this working, but I´m 99% sure the above is the trick :)

Will make a proper guide if/when i find the time.
 
Thanks for the response, and congrats on the audio. I have not been so lucky. Figured I would also try clover. not sure if its that I cant seem to get the BT firmware which doesnt seem to matter or where to put the hfsplus.efi, other than that I followed everything to a t. it just returns to ROG bios after reset. wont even try and pull from the usb.

  • :banghead:


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Thanks for the response, and congrats on the audio. I have not been so lucky. Figured I would also try clover. not sure if its that I cant seem to get the BT firmware which doesnt seem to matter or where to put the hfsplus.efi, other than that I followed everything to a t. it just returns to ROG bios after reset. wont even try and pull from the usb.

  • :banghead:

 
hello eriksengh, I am considering buying the ASUS MAXIMUS-VII-HERO and wanted to know if you managed to do his work.

thank you
 
Working Mavericks 10.9.4 Asus ROG Hero VII Z97 and i7 4790K using UniBeast/MultiBeast

Yes, got it all working at the moment :D Sleep, sound, ethernet, power management, HD 4600 graphics all works perfect. Still no GTX 780 though as it has not returned from repair yet.

I Will make a guide, but are in the middle of moving across the country so got little time to do it right now. I want to do a complete reinstall to be 100% sure this works from scratch :problem:

If you have little experience in running osx then a gigabyte board is usually the best choice for you. It is usually a lot easier to get running and better supported on this forum to. Take a look at the suggested complete setups and supported components here: http://www.tonymacx86.com/437-building-customac-buyer-s-guide-july-2014.html

If you like to put in an extra effort then the Hero VII sure is doable :) For me it´s worth it because i love the looks of the board and the fact that Asus have great fan controllers on all fan ports. I hate fan noise :evil:

Hope this helps a bit on the way for now :)
 
ok, I'll buy it if you made ​​an install guide let me know if I need help I ask you

could you do an installation guide for this card

I have experience on installs of mavericks on gigabyte cards, but I wanted to change for asus

I made you a request to add you to my friends list
 
Hello eriksengh, how are you, as you move forward on the install guide? me I receive my card in two days and I also put on the install
 
Hello eriksengh, how are you, as you move forward on the install guide? me I receive my card in two days and I also put on the install

Tried a little yesterday, but all of a sudden I cant install from my USB anymore. Says something like the file cant be verified and may have been tampered with during download. I'm going away for the weekend, but will try again next week.

Roughly what dit it was to install OSX with Clover like in Eriks guide. Run Multibeast and install 1150 kext, efi mode and 9-series patch. Inject audio profile according to toledas guide. Give it a try, it might be that easy. I will finish this guide if I can :)
 
Hello chaps,

Any updates on using this board for Hacks?

Tempted to go with either the Hero or Ranger, but see that audio has been causing issues...much like the 9 series boards from Gigabyte...

Cheers :thumbup:
 
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