(Success) Ivy Bridge 3570K + GA-H61N-USB3 + ML 10.8.2

After a lot of trials and tribulations, I was finally able to get the Mountain Lion 10.8.2 working with my Ivy Bridge CPU and Gigibyte H61N-USB3 using onboard HD 4000 video. I saw some threads that said it was not possible to make this combination work but somehow I got it work.

3570K CPU
GA-H61N-USB3 F8
HD4000
8GB RAM
2TB Seagate hard drive

Here's how I did it:

1.) Boot using UniBeast Mountain Lion USB installer with -v -x switch
2.) Use Disk Utility to create 250GB partition
3.) When install finishes, reboot, press F12 and select to boot from USB. In Chameleon, select ML hard drive with -x -v
4.) Network should work. Download 10.8.2 Combo Update, Multibeast, and H61N-USB F8 DSDT
5.) Run 10.8.2 Combo Update
6.) Reboot. Press F12 and select to boot from USB. Select Mountain Lion hard drive with -x -v
7.) For good measure, use DiskUtility to repair permissions. Not sure if this is required but it made me feel better.
8.) Run Multibeast. Select H61N-USB3 DSDT (rename to DSDT.aml) and Realtek Gigabit Ethernet driver
9.) After Multibeast finishes, open /Extras/org.chameleon.Boot.plist. Add the following line below GraphicsEnabler string

<key>Graphics Mode</key>
<string>1920x1080x32</string>

This will force Chameleon to boot in 1920x1080 resolution and prevented video problems I had on reboot.

10.) Open Terminal. Run the following commands from:

http://blog.yerkanian.com/2012/09/2...for-root-device-on-os-x-10-8-2-mountain-lion/

cd /System/Library/Extensions/IOAHCIFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOAHCIBlockStorage.kext/Contents/MacOS
sudo mv IOAHCIBlockStorage IOAHCIBlockStorage.orig
sudo cp IOAHCIBlockStorage.orig IOAHCIBlockStorage
sudo /usr/bin/perl -pi -e 's|\x8b\x4a\x00\x00\xeb\x03|\x8b\x4a\x00\x00\xe8\x01|g' IOAHCIBlockStorage
sudo /usr/bin/perl -pi -e 's|\x74\x0e\x48\x8d\x3d\x72\x92\x00\x00|\xbf\xc8\x00\x00\x00\x90\x90\x90\x90|g' IOAHCIBlockStorage
sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions

This fixes the "Still Waiting On Root Device" error upon boot up.

11.) Reboot. Remove Unibeast USB to boot using ML hard drive. At Chameleon, hit any key and use -v to make sure there are no issues.

12.) Everything should work except audio. To fix it, download ML_AppleHDA-889-Alpha.zip from:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/audio/67763-ml-optimized-realtek-applehda-preview-alpha.html

- Removed AppleHDA.kext and and all ALC8xxHDA.kext (didn't find any on fresh install) from System/Library/Extensions.
- Download Kext Drop and used it to install the two kext's from ML_AppleHDA-889-Alpha.zip.

13.) Reboot

Note: If you extend the boot partion beyond 1TB you will get the following error on boot:

Loading Operating System …

boot0: GPT
boot0: test
boot0: test
boot0: GPT
boot0: test
boot0: test
boot0: error

To fix:
1. Boot using Mountian Lion Unibeast USB.
2. Run Disk Utility and unmount the ML drive
3. Launch Terminal and execute the following command:

dd if=/Volumes/"Unibeast Volume Name"/usr/standalone/i386/boot1h of=/dev/disk0s2

In my case is the command was:

dd if=/Volumes/USB/usr/standalone/i386/boot1h of=/dev/disk0s2

The follow seems to work correctly so far:

HD 4000
Network
Audio
USB 3.0
Sleep

The only minor issue I've had so far is that when upon waking up from sleep, I get an error if there was a USB drive plugged in. It says that the drive was improperly ejected. Also, sometimes the Bluetooth receiver sometimes looses connection with my Apple wireless mouse. But otherwise everything else seems to work.

Congrats on your setup, i've been struggling with my own for a couple of days...

Here's what I got:

OS X 10.8.2 ML
Intel Core i3-2105 w/ HD3000
GA-H61N-USB3 F8
HD3000
8GB RAM
128 Gb OCZ Vertex III SSD

I followed your instruction to the T, but I get stuck at step 9. I cannot for the life of me find the /Extras/ folder, let alone the org.chameleon.Boot.plist. Tried going through terminal, no dice :/ help?

Not being able to get past step 9, I decided to push on to see if I could get by without step 9. But when I try to put in the script you provided in step 10 then reboot ML from my SSD with -v, I get stuck at "Still waiting on Root Device" with the errors saying that IOAHCIBlockStorage cannot be located (sorry I can't provide a pic; Hackintosh is at home).

Any help is much appreciated!

Thanks!

The Extra folder is at the root of the hard drive. I had to change the Finder settings to be able to get to root of the hard drive. I believe installing Chameleon creates the Extra folder.

Hope that helps.

Thank you for posting this! I have been struggling with a similar setup for a couple of days. A search has brought me to your method and it has worked for me.

My system is:
GA-H61N-USB3 with F8 BIOS
Core i3-3225 (HD 4000 graphics)
Gskill 1333 MHz RAM
Seagate 3TB hard drive

I am still working to get the bootloader to work properly without inserting the Unibeast USB stick. I have Mountain Lion on 512 GB, Windows 7 on another 512 GB, and 2 TB left over for storage.

Thank you for your posting! Although I had to re-install a couple of times due to dual boot issues and wrong BIOS settings (video), I managed to end up with a properly working system.

My system is:
GA-H61N-USB3 with F8 BIOS
Core i3-3225 (HD 4000 graphics)
8Gb 1333 MHz RAM
WD 500GB hard drive
IN WIN BM-639B enclosure

I have Windows 7 on 128 GB, Mountain Lion on another 128 GB, and 256 GB left over for storage.

maxt87 said:

Congrats on your setup, i've been struggling with my own for a couple of days...

Here's what I got:

OS X 10.8.2 ML
Intel Core i3-2105 w/ HD3000
GA-H61N-USB3 F8
HD3000
8GB RAM
128 Gb OCZ Vertex III SSD

I followed your instruction to the T, but I get stuck at step 9. I cannot for the life of me find the /Extras/ folder, let alone the org.chameleon.Boot.plist. Tried going through terminal, no dice :/ help?

Not being able to get past step 9, I decided to push on to see if I could get by without step 9. But when I try to put in the script you provided in step 10 then reboot ML from my SSD with -v, I get stuck at "Still waiting on Root Device" with the errors saying that IOAHCIBlockStorage cannot be located (sorry I can't provide a pic; Hackintosh is at home).

Any help is much appreciated!

Thanks!

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Exactly same problem! Any solution to this?

Thanks in advance!

I would just like to add that during step one Unibeast may get stuck after showing the ethernet mac address. The fix for this is to use DVI instead of VGA.

I'll update with results later now that i'm past step 1

Edit: Got it working. My problem was the same as the two above, after the tweak i was still seeing the still waiting for root device error no matter what i did. I used the newest version of ML 10.8.2 from the app store to create the unibeast drive. I downloaded the old 10.8 version and recreated the unibeast drive, and followed you step for step and everything appears to be working great. Only thing i've noticed so far is slow network performance on the ethernet.

hi there !

I've got the following issue: I've got the same hw, as used in this guide, but I won't come to the boot promt. Wenn I hit den down-button, an then select "boot" it just gives a black screen for a few seconds, and then just normally starts the install, where the curser animation freezes at the beginning.
this is my 503812820 try to get OS X installed.. please could anyone help me ?!

Hi there !

GA-H61N-USB3 F8
4 GO gskill 1333
i5 3570K
intel hd 4000
Samsung 500 Go 7200 for OS X
Seagate 1To 5400 for Windobe ( french way to say **** )

I follow step by step your instructions, till the 10th.
I hit in the terminal one after one the command line, after that, I'm unable to boot at all, in -v -x as well. I'm stock to the famous 'still waiting for root device... ' .

So there is some questions :

- The update combo is the one from the App Store update ? or the .pkg from the website ?
- Was this first one a good one ?
- Was it possible for you to boot normally without -v & -x with the 10.8 install ?
- Is my second windows hard drive can be a problem with the boot ?

I try a lot of different things to get what I did wrong...
Thanks to light me up on this ! Please

Slightly off-topic, but any information on whether this board ships with an Ivy Bridge-compatible BIOS now, or whether the system will POST with a non-compatible CPU so the BIOS can be flashed?

There's a sweet deal at Micro Center (GA-H61N-USB3 + i3 3225 for $159 + tax) and I don't have a Sandy Bridge CPU to boot from!