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[Guide] Install High Sierra or Mojave on the Dell Optiplex 7010 / 9010 Desktop PC - Revision II

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Yes, the 3470 has HD2500 which will not work well either. Doesn't your 570 have at least 2 HDMI and one DP output that you can use instead of the DVI ?
Sadly no it’s the Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 570 Mini 4GB
but if it is not possible to use 3 screens it’s okay was just a little confused because of the strange behavior and under Windows it was working just fine
 
if it is not possible to use 3 screens it’s okay was just a little confused because of the strange behavior and under Windows it was working just fine
Apple dropped support for DVI and VGA many many years ago while Windows still supports both of those. Apple is now just supporting DP and HDMI for their graphics standards. The new TH3 ports (USB C) are what they now use for DP connections instead of mDP. The new Mac mini has an HDMI 2.0 port.
 
Just to be clear, when I buy for example the i7 3770 (wi I’m thinking about buying because of the more threats) I can use the onboard DisplayPort for my third screen together with the RX570? What about performance, will it get a hit on all screens or just the one who is connected to the motherboard displayport ?
 
What about performance, will it get a hit on all screens or just the one who is connected to the motherboard displayport ?
Not sure what you mean but the onboard DP can power a 1440p monitor just fine. 4K monitors will not work via the onboard DP output. The HDMI and DP on the 570 all can do 4K.
 
Despite following your guide and the one you linked, I just can't get iMessage etc. to work. Is it possible that my hardware just isn't compatible? I run a 3570k and a HD 7750 in my Mojave Hackintosh (Optiplex 7010 SFF). Or is there something that has changed since the guide was made, what prevents using iMessage on a Hackintosh?
 
Despite following your guide and the one you linked, I just can't get iMessage etc. to work. Is it possible that my hardware just isn't compatible? I run a 3570k and a HD 7750 in my Mojave Hackintosh (Optiplex 7010 SFF). Or is there something that has changed since the guide was made, what prevents using iMessage on a Hackintosh?
Have you signed out and back in to iCloud completely before or after applying the iMessage guide ? It's probably best to post in the https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/how-to-fix-imessage.110471/ thread to get detailed troubleshooting help. Missing even just one minor step can cause it to fail. I've never seen a hardware incompatibility cause an iMessage problem on a hack that can run macOS perfectly well.
 
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Hello! After reading your guide, was inspired to purchase a Optiplex 9010 MT, i7-3770 w latest BIOS. I've done builds before, not my first rodeo. Setup Unibeast (9.2.0), with latest Mojave 10.14.6 (freshly downloaded Dec 10, 2019) as described with all the kexts, config.plist copied as instructed. 24 GB of ram (came with 2 x 4GB, I added 2 x 8GB). Passed MemTest no problems. Samsung 860 EVO 500GB fresh formatted GUID and HFS+ as internal. BIOS settings as instructed. EVGA GTX 650 mini card, Kepler GPU. I've used this card in previous builds (El Cap and HSierra, and not had issues; there should be OOTB support for this card/Kepler in Mojave, is my understanding. HDMI connection to monitor. Primary display in BIOS set to Nvidia, not HD4000. No other cards installed other than the GTX 650. No other SSDs connected other than the Samsung on SATA 0, even DVD is disconnected, and SATA channels disabled in BIOS other than SATA 0. Followed instructions to the letter.

Boot from Unibeast USB, Clover 4920, select verbose mode, then "Boot macOS with selected options". Only other option I see selected is 'dart=0'. The verbose output shows macOS base system mounted and internal Samsung mounted, and NVidiaRAM driver. Right after that, system reboots, Clover reloads, showing only the USB key as bootable volume. Never reaches macOS installer initial screen. I can continue this and it simply reboots at same point, back into Clover, with only USB key as bootable volume. I believe overall system hardware is okay, I installed Windows 10 1909 and everything functioning (on a DIFFERENT SSD, which is NOT connected during this process, only the blank Samsung that I wish to install macOS on; I'm just mentioning that Windows 10 installed fine as an indicator that it doesn't appear to be a hardware problem per se). Have also tried "Boot macOS with injected kexts" in Clover, same result. Also tried two different USB flash drives, as well as an SSD in an external USB enclosure (with Unibeast installed to <32GB partition)

Attached is screen shot of last output just before it reboots.
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Ideas? I don't have a DP cable or monitor with DP input, would have to order a DP to HDMI adapter, and try install using HD 4000 if you think issue may be the GTX 650 card?
 
would have to order a DP to HDMI adapter, and try install using HD 4000 if you think issue may be the GTX 650 card?
I've never owned or tested that 650 so I'm not really sure if it's part of the problem. Since DP is the best supported video standard in macOS, give the onboard DP output a try with an adapter and see if it gets you to the installer.
 
I've never owned or tested that 650 so I'm not really sure if it's part of the problem. Since DP is the best supported video standard in macOS, give the onboard DP output a try with an adapter and see if it gets you to the installer.
I salute you sir, and owe you many beers! Amazingly, ran to my local Walm%^t just before midnight closing, and store had a passive DP to HDMI adapter (1920x1080 max, but okay for now)...who'd have thunk it? Removed the GTX 650 and went with HD 4000. Install went fine after that. One slight hitch (maybe?) I ran Clover r4961 instead of the r4920 you included. There was no 'Customize' option with r4961, it just proceeded on its own and 'appears' to have selected 'VboxHFS' to install by default, where as you stressed to use 'HFSPlus.efi'. After install, both files are in the 'drivers64UEFI folder. Is this a concern? Thinking of redoing the install and go with r4920 just to be safe.

Your instructions were the most complete and concise I've ever seen for a build. I spent THOUSANDS $$ a year ago on a MacMini 2018 top of the line i7-8700, and I don't regret it, runs circles around most anything; but this build, for $350, is a fantastic value. Thank you sir!
 
After install, both files are in the 'drivers64UEFI folder. Is this a concern? Thinking of redoing the install and go with r4920 just to be safe.
Great to hear it's working now. I would stay with r4961 and just delete the VboxHFS driver from that 64UEFI folder. No reason you have to go back to r4920.
 
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