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- Motherboard
- P67A-UD3-B3 / H61M-S2H / G41M-Combo
- CPU
- i5-2500K / i3-2125 / Pentium E5300
- Graphics
- R9 270X / GTX 740 / 8400gs
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- Classic Mac
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Change frightens me. I have done many successful Hackintosh builds and installs, all using Chameleon/Multibeast. So when it became clear changing to Clover would be necessary to upgrade to El Capitan, I immediately started dreading it. I’d attempted a Clover based install before and given up. For people in the video biz, it felt like the change from Final Cut Pro 7 to Final Cut Pro X. Clover looked nice and was impressive, but Chameleon was the familiar workhorse.
Long story short: I upgraded all of my real Macs and really wanted to bring my trusty SandyBridge build along for the ride. Here is how I upgraded Yosemite + Chameleon install directly to El Capitan + Clover. I have tested these steps and they work for a fresh install also.
System Specs:
MB: P67A-UD3-B3 w/ F9 Bios
CPU: i5 2500k @ 3.8GHz
RAM: 24GB Kingston DDR3 1600 (2 x 4GB & 2 x 8GB)
GPU: ASUS DirectCU II - AMD R9 270X - 2GB DDR5
Boot Drive: Samsung 845DC EVO 480GB
Staring Software Config:
Yosemite 10.10.5 and Chameleon Boot Loader
PROCESS:
At this point everything should be working with the exception of the on-board USB 3.0 ports.
So far, everything is running very stable and no noticeable issues. Dual displays are working perfectly on the 270X which I know has been an issue for some with the R9 cards and Clover. I have noticed a nice performance increase, especially in GPU benchmarks. Can’t say for sure if it is El Cap, Clover or both, but I’m very happy so far.
Long story short: I upgraded all of my real Macs and really wanted to bring my trusty SandyBridge build along for the ride. Here is how I upgraded Yosemite + Chameleon install directly to El Capitan + Clover. I have tested these steps and they work for a fresh install also.
System Specs:
MB: P67A-UD3-B3 w/ F9 Bios
CPU: i5 2500k @ 3.8GHz
RAM: 24GB Kingston DDR3 1600 (2 x 4GB & 2 x 8GB)
GPU: ASUS DirectCU II - AMD R9 270X - 2GB DDR5
Boot Drive: Samsung 845DC EVO 480GB
Staring Software Config:
Yosemite 10.10.5 and Chameleon Boot Loader
PROCESS:
- Download El Capitan Installer from App Store (10.11.1 is what was used for this guide)
- Download latest Unibeast, El Capitan Post-Install Tools, Clover Configurator, and Clover ALC110 script for Audio. All are available via Tony's install Guide.
- Prepare a 16GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive in Disk utility [Use USB 2.0 drive and port ONLY]
- Partition Settings
- 1 Partition
- GUID Partition Table
- Name: USB
- Format: Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
- Partition Settings
- Run Unibeast to Create USB installer
- Use option for Legacy Clover, not UEFI.
- After successful completion, copy Post-Install Tools, Configurator and ALC110 Audio script to root of USB Flash Drive.
- [Only if updating from Chameleon] Prepare system for Clover by following this guide: http://www.tonymacx86.com/basics/174317-how-backup-remove-chimera-any-related-files.html
- Prepare BIOS Settings:
- Use the same BIOS setting that you would for chameleon with the following two exceptions:
- Disable onboard USB 3.0 (Causes hang on [ PCI configuration begin ])
- So far I have not seen a way around this. It is nto a big deal for me because I have a PCI-E USB 3.0 card I use to get front panel USB 3.0 ports that is natively supported by OS X: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009LIPFEI/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
- Disable CPU EIST (Prevents AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext Panic without having to use cpus=1 flag)
- Supposedly can be fixed later with SSDT, but I found adding an SSDT reduces the performance of my GPU by about 35%. Without SSDT and EIST, the CPU still appears to step normally according to the Intel Power Gadget App, performance and thermals are all good. So I’m not worried about it.
- Disable onboard USB 3.0 (Causes hang on [ PCI configuration begin ])
- Use the same BIOS setting that you would for chameleon with the following two exceptions:
- Boot to USB Installer.
- Add -v (verbose boot) flag in Clover
- [Only if doing a fresh install] Partition and prepare HDD/SSD using DiskUtility.
- Install/Update OS X
- Reboot to Clover on USB and boot to your internal HDD/SSD.
- Complete Setup Assistant tasks.
- Open Post Installation Tools you copied to USB drive.
- Run Clover installer: Clover_v2.3k_r3320-Legacy.pkg
- Run CustoMac Essentials Installer
- Run Clover Configurator
- Mount EFI Partition located on HDD/SSD
- Open config.plist file in Clover Configurator
- [Note] Some settings are specifically for the R9 270x. If you use a different GPU, your steps will be different.
- [Note 2] I am only listing settings that need changing. Only disable or change a default setting if mentioned below.
- Under Boot Section
- Enable: dart=0
- Enable: kext-dev-mode=1
- [270x Only] Add to Custom Flags: GraphicsEnabler=1
- [270x Only] Under Graphics Section
- Under ‘FB Name’, enter: Futomaki
- Enable: Inject ATI
- Disable: Inject intel
- [270x Only] Under Kernel and Kext Patches Section
- Enter the following to ATI Connectors Data:
- 00040000040300000001010112040401000400000403000000010201220505020400000014020000000103000000060600080000040200000001040011020103
- Enter the following to ATI Connectors Patch:
- 00040000040300000001000012040101000800000402000000010000220502030002000004020000000100001000030604000000140200000001000011020505
- Enter the following to ATI Connectors Controller:
- 7000
- Enter the following to ATI Connectors Data:
- Under SMBIOS Section:
- Click the Magic Wand Button.
- Click the MacPro
- Select MacPro 3,1 from top-left dropdown.
- Click OK.
- File > Save to save config.plist
- Quit Configurator.
- Cross your fingers and reboot directly to your HDD/SSD.
- If all goes well, Run the ALC110 Audio script and reboot to get audio working.
At this point everything should be working with the exception of the on-board USB 3.0 ports.
So far, everything is running very stable and no noticeable issues. Dual displays are working perfectly on the 270X which I know has been an issue for some with the R9 cards and Clover. I have noticed a nice performance increase, especially in GPU benchmarks. Can’t say for sure if it is El Cap, Clover or both, but I’m very happy so far.