[Success] GIGABYTE Z370 Gaming 7 + Intel Core i7-8700K + RX 580 + (2x) Dell P2715Q 4k @ 60Hz

[jiffyslot]

Hello,

This is my first post here, and I very much hope I'm not crossing boundaries asking this.
I'm planning on doing the HackaShaq Build for pro audio use. It seems the easiest, latest and one of the best documented recent builds I could find.

After reading the whole thread, I couldn't figure out wether people managed to get Thunderbolt working properly. I absolutely need the Thunderbolt ports to work with my UAD Apollo 8P (Blackface).

Howdy ndrik,

Please check out my build sig.
I can tell you that for sure that my Gigabyte GC TB card works in Windows 10 Pro, setting up the GC Alpine Ridge Thunderbolt card there first. Both TB3 ports of the card work. You can turn the Apollo on or off anytime in that setup and get it back without restarting your machine. But that's only in Windows so far. For all of my varied efforts, I've never been able to get past the final Multibeast setup, so I just turned the machine into a huge VEP6 slave and stuck it in my basement to run all of my virtual instruments via ethernet. It's a shame because the reason I built the machine was for the Apollo 8. So check my build, make sure the TB card is in the last slot at the bottom of the MOBO, load the GB driver from the disk that it shipped with (after installing Windows) and run all the updates.
After all of that, shut down the PC, disconnect your Windows drive and install another SSD that will be your Hackintosh. I hope you have better luck than I, but know that the listed setup works with the UAD stuff and Pro Tools 2018.4 on my Windows build. I'm just not using it. I'm back to using my 2012 6,2 Mini for Pro Tools and the UAD. LMK how it goes. -FWIW, I use real Apple Thunderbolt 2 cables with the TB2 to TB 3 dongles. They work. I won't be buying that $500 TB3 card for the Apollo 8.

 

[JimmakoS]

Hi @JimmakoS, how's your keyboard going?
My son has fallen in love with my Corsair K95 Platinum keyboard and Glaive mouse, so I'm gifting him them for his birthday. So I'm now on the look out for a mechanical keyboard that has the 'Mac' keys and also has native software for the macOS and also Windows.

Could you let us know if you are happy with this keyboard?

Jim

My suggestion to you is to buy again Corsair K95, i don't like the feel of the keys, they are not clicky. Sorry

 

[jb007]

My suggestion to you is to buy again Corsair K95, i don't like the feel of the keys, they are not clicky. Sorry

Sorry to hear that Jim. Are you going to change the keyboard?

I've ordered a new K95 Platinum for my son's birthday, I don't want to part with this one now. I did look around for another but figured this keyboard is pretty good, plus I've spent more money on it purchasing the mac key caps.

I played around with the keyboard after posting the last message to you, and have reprogrammed all of the F1-F12 keys to behave like a Mac keyboard using the fantastic open source software Karabiner Elements. To use the F1-F12 keys as Fx keys, I've also programmed the 'Insert' key to behave as the 'fn' modifier key. This plus all the macOS keys I previously purchased, has turned it into a 'real' Mac keyboard. I've even now got the brightness keys working with my Dell monitors!

Also I have power management working much better now, when I'm not doing anything on the hack, it idles as low as 0.8GHz. From memory all I did was use 'PluginType=1' in config.plist. Give it a try.

Jim

 

[scottoyster]

Are both of you ethernet ports working on this mobo?

 

[jb007]

Are both of you ethernet ports working on this mobo?

Yes, all onboard ethernet ports work with the right kext's ie AtherosE2200Ethernet.kext & IntelMausiEthernet.kext for the Intel and Killer ethernet ports respectively.
I also have a ASUS XG-C100C 10Gbe PCI card as well as a WiFi/Bluetooth card, so I have no excuse for not being able to get on the network/internet!

 

[comsetym]

Hi,
I have a question about the BIOS setting.
I do not write about CSM in this build. However, there are many guides to disable CSM.
Should CSM be disabled?

 

[jb007]

Hi,
I have a question about the BIOS setting.
I do not write about CSM in this build. However, there are many guides to disable CSM.
Should CSM be disabled?

In my BIOS, CSM is enabled, I don't have any problems with it enabled.

Are you having problems with it, if so what?

 

[jb007]

In my BIOS, CSM is enabled, I don't have any problems with it enabled.

Are you having problems with it, if so what?

Replying to my previous post, I've just re-booted with CSM (Compatibility Support Module) disabled. So far I can't see any difference...

 

[JimmakoS]

Sorry to hear that Jim. Are you going to change the keyboard?

I've ordered a new K95 Platinum for my son's birthday, I don't want to part with this one now. I did look around for another but figured this keyboard is pretty good, plus I've spent more money on it purchasing the mac key caps.

I played around with the keyboard after posting the last message to you, and have reprogrammed all of the F1-F12 keys to behave like a Mac keyboard using the fantastic open source software Karabiner Elements. To use the F1-F12 keys as Fx keys, I've also programmed the 'Insert' key to behave as the 'fn' modifier key. This plus all the macOS keys I previously purchased, has turned it into a 'real' Mac keyboard. I've even now got the brightness keys working with my Dell monitors!

Also I have power management working much better now, when I'm not doing anything on the hack, it idles as low as 0.8GHz. From memory all I did was use 'PluginType=1' in config.plist. Give it a try.

Jim

I think PluginType=1 it has to do with the Graphics Card power management and the RX 580 has native support.

 

[jb007]

I think PluginType=1 it has to do with the Graphics Card power management and the RX 580 has native support.

Hi Jim, no it's for the CPU power management.
Have a look at KGP thread (it's very long, but I have a look, it's an amazing build!). Link is here.
It has made a difference to my CPU frequencies and it now idles down to 0.8GHz when it didn't before.