- Joined
- Feb 1, 2012
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- Motherboard
- MSI Z97 Gaming 5
- CPU
- i5-4690K
- Graphics
- RX 580
- Mac
- Mobile Phone
*Updated 08/01/2016*
Components
MSI Z97-Gaming 5 LGA 1150 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130770
Intel Core i5-4690k Devil’s Canyon 3.5GHz Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117372
HyperX Fury Red Series 8GB (2x4) DDR3 1866
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104468
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB SSD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147372
EVGA SuperNOVA G2 750 Watt Full Modular PSU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438017
NZXT H440
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146149
Western Digital Blue 1TB 3.5”
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236339&cm_re=Western_Digital_1tb-_-22-236-339-_-Product
Acer - H6 Series 23” IPS LED HD Monitor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009483&cm_re=H236hl_bid-_-24-009-483-_-Product
Additional Purchases
- Corsair H100i AIO Cooler
- Corsair RGB Sabre Mouse
- Sandisk SSDPlus 240GB (Now my main OSX Drive)
Comments
First off, I've wanted to build a hackintosh for the last couple years and I have finally got around too it. When I build this PC I didn't have any intentions of installing OS X but after a week of it being built I decided to take the plunge. System runs smoothly with a few minor problems such as Audio and iMessage.
As for audio I used toleda's command file https://github.com/toleda/audio_CloverALC after install and reboot audio works fine until rebooted a second time, audio still works but the volume is extremely low, with my studio monitors on full blast and volume in Yosemite turned all the way up I can barley hear the audio with my ear against the speaker. I'm still trying to figure out what's causing this.
Edit (Audio Fixed)
Due to dual booting Windows I guess Windows leaves something in the NVRAM that made my audio mess up. This was fixed by doing a cold boot. (Shutting down completely, then powering back up straight into OS X) Thanks to Toleda http://www.tonymacx86.com/audio/143750-no-sound-realtek-alc-applehda-guide.html
Updating on iMessage and FaceTime. Confirmed working as of 08-31-15. After I bought a Sandisk SSD and cloned my OSX install to it iMessage began working. Weird, I know.
08/01/2016
USB 3.0 ports confirmed working (Both onboard and case) using RehabMan's FakePCIID.kext and FakePCIID_XHCIMux.kext located here https://bitbucket.org/RehabMan/os-x-fake-pci-id/downloads
Simply put these two kexts into clover's kext folder.
UEFI Settings
1. To access UEFI Setup, press and hold Delete on a USB Keyboard while the system is booting up
2. Settings - Save & Exit - Restore Defaults.
3. OC Settings - CPU Features - Disable Intel VT-d
4. OC Settings - CPU Features - Disable CFG lock
5. Save and exit.
6. I added some extra screen shots of other settings that I've changed
Installation
For the install I went with the Yosemite/Clover guide http://www.tonymacx86.com/yosemite-desktop-guides/144426-how-install-os-x-yosemite-using-clover.html
I created the USB drive, extracted the Yosemite contents as per tony's guide above. Doing the following after installing clover.
20. Navigate to /EFI/CLOVER/ and replace default config.plist with attached config.plist*
21. Navigate to /EFI/CLOVER/kexts/ and create a folder called 10.10
22. Navigate to /EFI/CLOVER/kexts/10.10/ and add FakeSMC.kext
23. Navigate to /EFI/CLOVER/kexts/10.10/ and add your ethernet kext
24. Navigate to /EFI/CLOVER/kexts/10.10/ and add NullCPUPowerManagement.kext
25. Navigate to /EFI/CLOVER/drivers64UEFI/ remove VBoxHfs-64.efi and add HFSPlus.efi
26. (Optional) Navigate to /EFI/CLOVER/ACPI/patched/ and add DSDT.aml and SSDT.aml
I followed that whole guide to a T for installing Yosemite with Clover. Everything went pretty smoothly. No boot flags needed with this board/processor configuration.
Note: I used the HD4600 config.plist file located in the Clover guide linked above.
Post-Installation: Clover Settings
For the post install I did everything from the Clover guide, partitioned the EFI and then installed Clover with the UEFI settings.
I had all the files I needed located on another USB drive such as Ethernet kext, fake smc, clover configurator, clover etc.
6. Navigate to /Volumes/EFI/EFI/CLOVER/ and edit config.plist
7. Navigate to /Volumes/EFI/EFI/CLOVER/kexts/ and create a folder called 10.10
7. Navigate to /Volumes/EFI/EFI/CLOVER/kexts/10.10/ and add FakeSMC.kext
8. Navigate to /Volumes/EFI/EFI/CLOVER/kexts/10.10/ and add your ethernet kext
9. (Optional) Navigate to /Volumes/EFI/EFI/CLOVER/ACPI/patched/ and add DSDT.aml and SSDT.aml
For the config.plist I have nothing in the ACPI section of the configurator. SMBios is a iMac 14,2 definition. Created automatically by Clover but I edited the serial, MLB, ROM and SMUUID.
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I will update this post at a later date with more info of settings I've used and Clover dual booting.
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