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- Nov 12, 2011
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- Motherboard
- Z77X-UP4 TH
- CPU
- 3770K @4.5GHz
- Graphics
- GTX970
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(90% Success!) GA-Z77X-UP4 TH Instructions and Feedback
After too many hours I have got a somewhat working system and figured a thread on this motherboard is necessary because it is recommend on the buyer's guide yet there's hardly any support for it. If one does not need all the bells and whistles of the UP5 and
My current rig is:
Z77X-UP4 TH
i7 3770k
Intel HD 4000
8GB 1600MHz
First off to get anywhere with the back USB ports, DISABLE xHCI DURING INSTALLATION! If you've done your homework, you know 4 out of the 6 back USB 3.0 ports are never going to work (well, maybe some day with a stroke of luck, but better to have the mindset that they will not). So use the Intel controlled USB 3 ports located next to /under the LAN port.
Other than that, I followed tony's Z77 guide (http://www.tonymacx86.com/99-quick-guide-configuring-uefi-gigabyte-s-7-series-lga-1155-boards.html) for all the other motherboard settings.
Once Mountain Lion successfully installed, I installed Chimera 1.11 to find myself with a bricked system. I used my Unibeast drive and booted "Mountain Lion" to get back into the system.
From there, I used Multibeast 4.6.1 (at the time of writing this 5.0.0 is not out yet) and more or less followed this setup for the following UP5 TH guide HOWEVER I CHANGED:
-Check ALC892 instead of ALC898 for both Non-DSDT HDA Enabler AND patched AppleHDA
-Check 3rdParty SATA, I did NOT JMicron and TRIM Enabler (unless you're using an SSD, then check TRIM)
-I only checked Lnx2Mac's and Realtek Gigabit Ethernet [***ISSUE***] ML sees the ethernet and assigns an IP and a subnet mask but will not connect to DNS or the internet, still working on this
For Integrated HD 4000 graphics, follow this guide: http://www.tonymacx86.com/golden-bu...p5-th-gtx-650-ti-mountain-lion-mavericks.html
All the hardware is identified and sound and graphics are working great. However, I've still got a couple bugs:
-Ethernet is misbehaving, identified but can't connect to the internet [**FIX**] unplugged the PSU for 120 seconds and Ethernet works upon boot
-Sleep won't work. Will now sleep but immediately wakes
Oh, and after running MultiBeast and checking "USB 3.0 - NEC/Renesas and Etron" could I enable xHCI again and "USB Super-Speed Bus" is now showing in System Report
Any suggestions? I'm open to any and all feedback.
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RS
After too many hours I have got a somewhat working system and figured a thread on this motherboard is necessary because it is recommend on the buyer's guide yet there's hardly any support for it. If one does not need all the bells and whistles of the UP5 and
My current rig is:
Z77X-UP4 TH
i7 3770k
Intel HD 4000
8GB 1600MHz
First off to get anywhere with the back USB ports, DISABLE xHCI DURING INSTALLATION! If you've done your homework, you know 4 out of the 6 back USB 3.0 ports are never going to work (well, maybe some day with a stroke of luck, but better to have the mindset that they will not). So use the Intel controlled USB 3 ports located next to /under the LAN port.
Other than that, I followed tony's Z77 guide (http://www.tonymacx86.com/99-quick-guide-configuring-uefi-gigabyte-s-7-series-lga-1155-boards.html) for all the other motherboard settings.
Once Mountain Lion successfully installed, I installed Chimera 1.11 to find myself with a bricked system. I used my Unibeast drive and booted "Mountain Lion" to get back into the system.
From there, I used Multibeast 4.6.1 (at the time of writing this 5.0.0 is not out yet) and more or less followed this setup for the following UP5 TH guide HOWEVER I CHANGED:
-Check ALC892 instead of ALC898 for both Non-DSDT HDA Enabler AND patched AppleHDA
-Check 3rdParty SATA, I did NOT JMicron and TRIM Enabler (unless you're using an SSD, then check TRIM)
-I only checked Lnx2Mac's and Realtek Gigabit Ethernet [***ISSUE***] ML sees the ethernet and assigns an IP and a subnet mask but will not connect to DNS or the internet, still working on this
For Integrated HD 4000 graphics, follow this guide: http://www.tonymacx86.com/golden-bu...p5-th-gtx-650-ti-mountain-lion-mavericks.html
All the hardware is identified and sound and graphics are working great. However, I've still got a couple bugs:
-Ethernet is misbehaving, identified but can't connect to the internet [**FIX**] unplugged the PSU for 120 seconds and Ethernet works upon boot
-Sleep won't work. Will now sleep but immediately wakes
Oh, and after running MultiBeast and checking "USB 3.0 - NEC/Renesas and Etron" could I enable xHCI again and "USB Super-Speed Bus" is now showing in System Report
Any suggestions? I'm open to any and all feedback.
-
RS