Testing Thread: Skylake Platform in OS X

[Wowfunhappy]

I'm not sure why everyone is so down on how Skylake works.

I've ordered a USB 2.0 PCI card and a ASM1061 SATA PCIe card on eBay for around $15. Assuming that both of these work—and I'm expecting them to based on what I've read—I'll be perfectly happy.

 

[ammulder]

A m.2 PCIe card works. I expect an m.2 SATA card would not work.

Confirmed: m.2 SATA does not work. m.2 PCIe works. I'm told m.2 NVMe also works.

 

[fayl1861]

I'm not sure why everyone is so down on how Skylake works.

I've ordered a USB 2.0 PCI card and a ASM1061 SATA PCIe card on eBay for around $15. Assuming that both of these work—and I'm expecting them to based on what I've read—I'll be perfectly happy.

There's one caveat to this though -- graphics cards don't work properly. That's pretty huge.

 

[trs96]

There's one caveat to this though -- graphics cards don't work properly. That's pretty huge.

If you've already bought some new Skylake Hardware, Install a copy of windows on it
and run some benchmarks and test your hardware thoroughly. Do some DX 12 gaming and enjoy
your new system rather than doing this because skylake support in El Capitan is so limited right now. Support in El Cap will be there we just don't know when it will.

 

[matey]

So if i buy Samsung SM951-NVMe it will natively work, then i only need USB 2.0 PCI card - which model?

 

[Wowfunhappy]

There's one caveat to this though -- graphics cards don't work properly. That's pretty huge.

If you have an Nvidia Graphics card, you should be able to use Nvidia's Web Drivers. A user on InsanelyMac has had success with them.

 

[MysticalOS]

Well 10.11.2 public beta is now out. I assume the public beta rules apply that it's ok to discuss? I'd be curious if the results this yields.

 

[Wowfunhappy]

It's already been stated in this thread that 10.11.2 doesn't make a difference, unless something has changed in the Public Beta.

I personally think that there's something else going on beyond a lack of native support.

 

[kiu77]

I personally think that there's something else going on beyond a lack of native support.

What do you think?
That Apple has implemented some code to block hackintoshs with Skylake CPUs only?

 

[fayl1861]

If we're hypothesizing, my best guess is it has something to do with the PCI bus/pci power management. That would explain the widespread issues since everything goes through pcie