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- Apr 14, 2016
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- Motherboard
- Z170X-UD5
- CPU
- 6700K
- Graphics
- GTX960
- Mac
- Classic Mac
- Mobile Phone
Thanks Jerivalu!
I just completed a successful 10.11.4 install with the below hardware, straight off the April 2016 buyers guide:
Z170a-UD5 (not the TH version)
6700k
gtx960
2x8GB Corsair Vengeance LPX
TP Link wireless card
Samsung 850 (for OSX)
I also added a Samsung 950 to the build to dual boot Windows
I had tried two prior installs on this hardware which ended up with several issues. I wiped the drive and the third time was the charm, following this guide to the letter.
With the above steps, my USB ports are all working (3.1 only tested with a mouse), sound is working, iMessage working, everything seems to be working very smoothlyl.
The below steps were taken to resolve a couple of other problems.
Problem #1: 2x8GB RAM was being recognized as 2x4GB
Solution:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/e...-ddr4-only-recognised-as-2x8-gb-ddr-4.179933/
Problem #2: Nvidia driver installation issues; black screen after boot
Solution:
Method 1 from this post - http://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/solving-nvidia-driver-install-loading-problems.161256/
Problem #3: Displayport (HDMI) audio not working
Solution:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/audio-hdmi-audio-applehda-guide.143760/
Outstanding problems:
I'm having trouble dual booting. I had first installed Windows 10 UEFI to a Samsung 950 m.2 NVMe. Clover is not recognizing this drive. The only way that I can boot into Windows is by going into BIOS and selecting the 950 from the Save & Exit screen; the 950 is not being recognized as a bootable drive or found anywhere else in BIOS since applying the above BIOS settings.
Also I'm not sure if I'm getting full acceleration from the GTX960. Not much of an issue at this point but I may look into this later.
I'm very stoked to get this working, though it was more challenging than anticipated to work through the bugs with my noob understanding of coding and terms like "kext" . Good stuff to learn though and big thanks to TonyMacx86.com and to Jerivalu for this post for making this possible. One of my failed prior attempts was trying to follow the ammulder guide for the similar but different Z170a board (I figured they were close so it would work but it didn't - USB ports were screwed up etc.). One thing I would recommend for noobs looking to make it as easy as possible is to find a current guide using the exact MOBO/CPU/GPU (if you are purchasing new) and then follow it to the "T".
I just completed a successful 10.11.4 install with the below hardware, straight off the April 2016 buyers guide:
Z170a-UD5 (not the TH version)
6700k
gtx960
2x8GB Corsair Vengeance LPX
TP Link wireless card
Samsung 850 (for OSX)
I also added a Samsung 950 to the build to dual boot Windows
I had tried two prior installs on this hardware which ended up with several issues. I wiped the drive and the third time was the charm, following this guide to the letter.
With the above steps, my USB ports are all working (3.1 only tested with a mouse), sound is working, iMessage working, everything seems to be working very smoothlyl.
The below steps were taken to resolve a couple of other problems.
Problem #1: 2x8GB RAM was being recognized as 2x4GB
Solution:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/e...-ddr4-only-recognised-as-2x8-gb-ddr-4.179933/
Problem #2: Nvidia driver installation issues; black screen after boot
Solution:
Method 1 from this post - http://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/solving-nvidia-driver-install-loading-problems.161256/
Problem #3: Displayport (HDMI) audio not working
Solution:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/audio-hdmi-audio-applehda-guide.143760/
Outstanding problems:
I'm having trouble dual booting. I had first installed Windows 10 UEFI to a Samsung 950 m.2 NVMe. Clover is not recognizing this drive. The only way that I can boot into Windows is by going into BIOS and selecting the 950 from the Save & Exit screen; the 950 is not being recognized as a bootable drive or found anywhere else in BIOS since applying the above BIOS settings.
Also I'm not sure if I'm getting full acceleration from the GTX960. Not much of an issue at this point but I may look into this later.
I'm very stoked to get this working, though it was more challenging than anticipated to work through the bugs with my noob understanding of coding and terms like "kext" . Good stuff to learn though and big thanks to TonyMacx86.com and to Jerivalu for this post for making this possible. One of my failed prior attempts was trying to follow the ammulder guide for the similar but different Z170a board (I figured they were close so it would work but it didn't - USB ports were screwed up etc.). One thing I would recommend for noobs looking to make it as easy as possible is to find a current guide using the exact MOBO/CPU/GPU (if you are purchasing new) and then follow it to the "T".
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