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[Success] Music Production w/ Sierra + GA-Z170X-GAMING 7 + GTX 1050 Ti + Thunderbolt Guide

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Hi everybody: I have this perfect configuration as second hack..... Anyone succeded in dual monitor with an gtx1050?
I have a problem After booting (no signal) and if I plug my second monitor after login, I have a 1 second black screen every 30 seconds.....
I have EmuVariablesUefi and RC scripts installed, I’m using Lilu, AGDPfix.app, nVidia Web Driver.....
And 1 hdmi and 1 DP....
I really don’t know what else I can do.....
Thank you, Stefano
 
Hi everybody: I have this perfect configuration as second hack..... Anyone succeded in dual monitor with an gtx1050?
I have a problem After booting (no signal) and if I plug my second monitor after login, I have a 1 second black screen every 30 seconds.....
I have EmuVariablesUefi and RC scripts installed, I’m using Lilu, AGDPfix.app, nVidia Web Driver.....
And 1 hdmi and 1 DP....
I really don’t know what else I can do.....
Thank you, Stefano

Yep. This fixes it: https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/solved-black-screen-with-dual-monitor-connected.223082/
 
@insalada Is mainstage working for you, I get an error and it asks to reopen the app, but I can’t open it. Any ideas?
 
Hey all,

Very informative thread. I just set out building the first Hackintosh of mine in many, many years. Wow, things have gotten streamlined, though I still failed on first install.

Rig: GA-Z170X Gaming 7 (BIOS f22j), 6600K, 16GB RAM, GTX 1060 6GB, Samsung 970 Evo 250GB NVMe, and some old HP DVD/RW drive.

Used the latest unibeast to create an installer of 10.13.4, that installed just fine after formatting the 970 Evo, and I then I ran Multibeast once booted into MacOS. I chose 17,1 for system profile, though I think that I forgot to check the Webdriver flag because after installing the latest Nvidia web driver package, I rebooted, then was stuck staring at a black 4K monitor. I attempted setting the checkbox in Clover Configurator but couldn't get past that black screen problem.

I'm going to take a fresh stab at installing again tomorrow. It's a quick process (using external SSD for install) though if anyone has very specific steps that I should take on post-install or configuration, I'd love any extra help. The first try was pretty close--networking (LAN) was working, the machine was very quick, audio was not working yet using Toslink out, nor had I tried to sign into iCloud.

Thanks in advance,
C
 
I want to report (at least it seems for now) "almost" fully working system on Mac OS Mojave 10.14.2 with UAD Apollo x8p Thunderbolt 3 audio interface.

I used the following hardware configuration :

i7 6700k
z170x Gaming 7 Rev 1.0 Bios v20
16 GB (2x8) G.Skill Aegis DD4-3000
GTX 760 MSI Twin Frozr 2GD5/OC
Gigabyte B700H power supply
SSD & HDD (many of them :lol:)

I was struggling for almost a week but it was worth it.

Just to point out some things that was killing me the most:
- please use GUID partition when doing bootable installation flash drive; yeah, would be good to properly read instructions on tonymac's excellent tutorials
- flash mobo with version v20 bios; I tried to use v22 but did't get proper UEFI-CSM settings in bios; maybe I missed it but anyway v20 works fine;
- in bios I selected firstly Windows 8/10 option with UEFI, then I set CSM to disabled (plus all other options insalada mentioned in the first post);
- I purposely used GTX 760 instead of newer cards (like 1060 or so) because Nvidia still didn't release drivers for Mojave and High Sierra till date; kepler graphic architecure should work out of the box; newer cards like pascall are not supported yet as far as I know
- I couldn't boot with CSM disabled/UEFI (gave me 5 short beeps and black screen) because GTX 760 bios was not UEFI capable; I had to install windows first and install the only available bios from year 2014 which supported UEFI; use nvflash utility in windows; search bios here https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/157185/msi-gtx760-2048-140225
- I had to also flash Thunderbolt port in windows like insalada said; look at first post
- most of the rest installation was pretty straightforward; GTX 760 works out of the box with Nvidia web drivers (Multibeast) and it seems I get acceleration, though I get some glitches in Youtube, but nothing special though;

What works so far:
- graphics with 4 LCD screens 1900 x 1200, seems it is accelerated, with some glitches in youtube
- UAD Apollo Thunderbolt 3 interface (though system says that no drivers are loaded but as far the connected device is powered up before computer starts up, all seems fine and works like charm )
- all USB ports (though I have to fully test USB 3 speeds)
- ethernet (install Atheros E2200 in Mutibeast)
- Firewire card (looks fine, connected old TC Powercore and Tascam DM4800 :lol:); should use Texas Instrument chipset
- UAD 2 Octo Pcie card

What does not:
- internal audio (but didn't even bother, as I have many outboard interfaces)
- probably graphics would work even better with proper Nvidia driver, but even with web drivers it is fine, if you are not dealing with video production

That's it !
Big thanks especially to insalada which helped me to select the right components for my hackintosh. Also to all of you who contributed :headbang:.

Will post some pictures soon ... bye.
 
After couple of days of usage, all seems really fine ! :headbang:

--Edit (1st Feb 2019)--

I replaced graphic card (GTX 760) with AMD RX480. Wow, it works out of the box with full acceleration with no artifacts in Youtube, VLC etc. whatsoever !

The only thing which bothered me was that Mac Preview didn't open .jpg files.
It went to infinite loop and even when tried to open .jpg with other graphics programs resulted in crash of that app.
I read that similar issues occur to other users as well.
The solution was to switch SMBIOS from iMac 14,2 to Mac Pro 5,1 and all work fine now.

So, now I can confirm that machine is 100% operational.


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After couple of days of usage, all seems really fine ! :headbang:

--Edit (1st Feb 2019)--

I replaced graphic card (GTX 760) with AMD RX480. Wow, it works out of the box with full acceleration with no artifacts in Youtube, VLC etc. whatsoever !

The only thing which bothered me was that Mac Preview didn't open .jpg files.
It went to infinite loop and even when tried to open .jpg with other graphics programs resulted in crash of that app.
I read that similar issues occur to other users as well.
The solution was to switch SMBIOS from iMac 14,2 to Mac Pro 5,1 and all work fine now.

So, now I can confirm that machine is 100% operational.


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Wow, that looks amazing. I'm glad you got it work. The Mac preview issue I'd bet is not related with hackintosh so hopefully it is possible to fix it digging around on internet.

In my case the best SMBIOS for me is iMac17,1 (5k). BTW I updated Sierra to the last version (via App Store). Although you can also download the last combo update. Then installed the last Nvidia drivers, applied the patch and working back again.

Regarding the Apollo console, although we lose the volume controls via keyboard, there is a way to enable volume control with a key combination with Apollo console.

One thing I really miss is not able to hot plug the Apollo interface once the hackintosh is started...maybe in a foreseeable future...

Cheers
 
I want to report (at least it seems for now) "almost" fully working system on Mac OS Mojave 10.14.2 with UAD Apollo x8p Thunderbolt 3 audio interface.

I used the following hardware configuration :

i7 6700k
z170x Gaming 7 Rev 1.0 Bios v20
16 GB (2x8) G.Skill Aegis DD4-3000
GTX 760 MSI Twin Frozr 2GD5/OC
Gigabyte B700H power supply
SSD & HDD (many of them :lol:)

I was struggling for almost a week but it was worth it.

Just to point out some things that was killing me the most:
  • please use GUID partition when doing bootable installation flash drive; yeah, would be good to properly read instructions on tonymac's excellent tutorials
  • flash mobo with version v20 bios; I tried to use v22 but did't get proper UEFI-CSM settings in bios; maybe I missed it but anyway v20 works fine;
  • in bios I selected firstly Windows 8/10 option with UEFI, then I set CSM to disabled (plus all other options insalada mentioned in the first post);
  • I purposely used GTX 760 instead of newer cards (like 1060 or so) because Nvidia still didn't release drivers for Mojave and High Sierra till date; kepler graphic architecure should work out of the box; newer cards like pascall are not supported yet as far as I know
  • I couldn't boot with CSM disabled/UEFI (gave me 5 short beeps and black screen) because GTX 760 bios was not UEFI capable; I had to install windows first and install the only available bios from year 2014 which supported UEFI; use nvflash utility in windows; search bios here https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/157185/msi-gtx760-2048-140225
  • I had to also flash Thunderbolt port in windows like insalada said; look at first post
  • most of the rest installation was pretty straightforward; GTX 760 works out of the box with Nvidia web drivers (Multibeast) and it seems I get acceleration, though I get some glitches in Youtube, but nothing special though;

What works so far:
  • graphics with 4 LCD screens 1900 x 1200, seems it is accelerated, with some glitches in youtube
  • UAD Apollo Thunderbolt 3 interface (though system says that no drivers are loaded but as far the connected device is powered up before computer starts up, all seems fine and works like charm )
  • all USB ports (though I have to fully test USB 3 speeds)
  • ethernet (install Atheros E2200 in Mutibeast)
  • Firewire card (looks fine, connected old TC Powercore and Tascam DM4800 :lol:); should use Texas Instrument chipset
  • UAD 2 Octo Pcie card

What does not:
  • internal audio (but didn't even bother, as I have many outboard interfaces)
  • probably graphics would work even better with proper Nvidia driver, but even with web drivers it is fine, if you are not dealing with video production

That's it !
Big thanks especially to insalada which helped me to select the right components for my hackintosh. Also to all of you who contributed :headbang:.

Will post some pictures soon ... bye.

In case you are still interested in configure the internal audio just let me know as it is very straight forward
 
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