GUIDE : CustoMac Mini 2012 | H77N-WIFI | i3-3225 | HD4000 | OS X 10.11

[waspsoton]

do your usb2 connections work on the board. As only my usb 3 ones do at the mo

 

[wildwillow]

do your usb2 connections work on the board. As only my usb 3 ones do at the mo

Its on my to do list to check all USB ports and document these in the guide. I'm hoping to do this over the next couple of days, at the latest the weekend.

 

[jedigm]

Thanks for posting BIOS settings wildwillow. Turns out my RAM module was in the wrong slot? If there is such a thing. Once I switched to slot 1 (I'm guessing) installer booted right up. Will continue to post as problems come up.

 

[wildwillow]

Thanks for posting BIOS settings wildwillow. Turns out my RAM module was in the wrong slot? If there is such a thing. Once I switched to slot 1 (I'm guessing) installer booted right up. Will continue to post as problems come up.

I'm not sure how your system will perform using one memory module. The motherboard is designed to work in dual channel architecture. Must have been a little bit of bad luck, 2 slots and one doesn't work independently.

 

[haze295]

This guide is for installing in UEFI mode, but you can easily interpret the steps when installing in Legacy mode. Just miss out each step for mounting the EFI partition. That is the only difference, config.plist will appear on the /root instead of in the EFI partition of the drive.

WildWillow,

Thanks for the guide. I originally did the Yosemite for the Z77n-Wifi but definitely was not as clean as this.


Question: Have you seen any issues with using UEFI booting on the 7 series with El Capitan? Specifically one area is restart and shutdowns losing cache and having to rebuild in 0x3. (currently this is an issue with some 6 series and working on debugging myself).

 

[wildwillow]

WildWillow,

Thanks for the guide. I originally did the Yosemite for the Z77n-Wifi but definitely was not as clean as this.


Question: Have you seen any issues with using UEFI booting on the 7 series with El Capitan? Specifically one area is restart and shutdowns losing cache and having to rebuild in 0x3. (currently this is an issue with some 6 series and working on debugging myself).

Hi haze295, for the dozen or so times I've shutdown the system I haven't seen any issue, i'll be spending some time over the weekend on this system so I'll keep a eye to see if the issue shows its face.

 

[macrockdoc]

Hello wildwillow,

thank you for your guide!

My System is a bit different from yours: GA-Z77N-WIFI - i5-3570K - HD4000

Do you think I can follow your guide without bigger problems?

MacRockDoc

 

[billyprefect]

Thank you for posting !
I have the H77M motherboard shipping to me, with an i7-2600 to go in it. I am going to use an HD5770 for a graphics card as I have one already, so am hoping to pull out the same sort of installation, and swap somewhere to getting audio out of my graphics card instead. (i7-2600 has the intel 2000 built in).

 

[wildwillow]

Hello wildwillow,

thank you for your guide!

My System is a bit different from yours: GA-Z77N-WIFI - i5-3570K - HD4000

Do you think I can follow your guide without bigger problem?

MacRockDoc

Hi macrocdoc, Yes you shouldn't have any problems if you follow the guide. Our hardware is pretty much identical except for the processor, both have HD4000 graphics and yours has more horse power.

 

[macrockdoc]

Hi macrocdoc, Yes you shouldn't have any problems if you follow the guide. Our hardware is pretty much identical except for the processor, both have HD4000 graphics and yours has more horse power.

PERFECT!

Thank you - I will try it...