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I've noticed that my PSU makes a whole assortment of quiet but audible clicks, buzzes, moans, and whines which vary based on CPU and GPU load. You're probably experiencing something similar: when the GPU is drawing high power, the switching circuits in the PSU introduce a signal at an audible...

Graphics freeze/CPU spike on 10.8.4 (GA-H77M-D3H/650Ti) - Fixed? At the risk of jinxing it, I think I fixed it! I installed the NVidia web drivers from: http://www.nvidia.com/object/macosx-313.01.02f01-driver.html And haven't seen a glitch since. I actually tried this a couple of days ago...

I made a series of changes tonight, but I'm still seeing glitches. It turns out that the CPU spike is not necessarily in WindowsServer - its in whatever process is demanding graphics resources at the time. WindowServer seems to be the host process for Launchpad and Mission Control; I also...

ActivityMonitor and top indicate that the process pegging the CPU is WindowServer. This is in line with the observed behavior (windows stop refreshing, but desktop keeps responding). I just remembered that I'm using PCKeyboadHack to remap Capslock to Backspace, and that includes a kext. So...

Yep, everything is vanilla. MultiBeast options are just: DSDT-Free VoodooHDA 0.2.7.2 for 2021 Aetheros ethernet GraphicsEnabler=no Only attached devices are a USB keyboard and USB wireless trackball (no 3rd-party drivers).

Hello all, I recently did a clean reinstall with 10.8.4, and now I'm getting an intermittent graphics freeze. I'm wondering if anyone else has seen this? The symptoms are: Updates to all windows freeze for up to 5 seconds (the apps are still running and updating, but the window stops...

smi, I just wanted to say THANK YOU! I followed your instructions to the letter, and my Hackintosh seems to be working (still haven't tested audio or FireWire yet). 2 extra items to add for any future builder who reads this: 1. Make sure your Unibeast USB drive is in a USB2 slot, not a...