Official CustoMac Mini 2011 Guide and Notes (in progress)

[MacNewGuy]

Does anyone have sleep working 100%?

You might want to check this thread out...

http://www.tonymacx86.com/mountain-...ion-working-100-customac-mini-2011-build.html

 

[PETEYWHEAT1]

I didn't originally need any of this, but my new location requires bluetooth and wifi. Wondering if this kit will work with this build.

http://www.amazon.com/Atheros-802-11n-Bluetooth-Wireless-Adapter/dp/B006N130AC/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

If not, any better suggestions? dongles or otherwise. Appreciate it!

This work natively for wifi i have it it is great http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833704133 and for bluetooth this is http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002K6RK0/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=tonymacx86com-20

 

[PETEYWHEAT1]

And btw does anyone have diction working and what mic do you use?

 

[MacNewGuy]

And btw does anyone have diction working and what mic do you use?

I don't know about diction but you can pick the mic to use. Which would be one you plug in or some webcam have them built in and you can use them too.

 

[PETEYWHEAT1]

HAs anyone gotten USB 3.0 poerts to work with new multibeast? And recently my audi gave out i tried everything a bunch of audios in multibeast both multibeast restore from timemachine nothing?

 

[BruceLee5000]

I made the 2011 CustoMacMini with the i2500k i5 processor. It's been running great under 10.7.2.

I got an Atheros Airport card (Revision G) from eBay and it works natively in 10.7.2.
Gigabit Ethernet works with MultiBeast Realtek drivers under 10.7.2.

I installed Mountain Lion fresh on an empty External USB disk. Chimera on the 10.7.2 internal disk sees it during boot, when connected to a USB 2.0 port. I can choose it and boot into it without any Flags or modifiers.

But under ML, the gigabit ethernet says it's present but only grabs a fake 169.x.x.x address. It's connected directly to an Airport Extreme and should be on a 192.168.x.x network. Airport Utility can't find the base station. Again, if booted into 10.7.2, it detects the 192.168.x.x address perfectly.

The wifi won't turn on. Like it doesn't know how to power/detect the card.

I've tried trashing the "NetworkInterfaces.plist" and the "preferences.plist". Same problems on reboot.
I've tried copying and pasting the text from the working 10.7.2 files, but it doesn't work.

Do you think that the last time Apple used Atheros Wifi G cards, the software wasn't 64-bit compatible, so they dropped support for the card? If so, why would it work in Lion?

I applied the 10.8.1 update with NO PROBLEMS, but it didn't solve any of my networking problems.


My next step is to try to install the networking files from MultiBeast 4.6.1. If that doesn't work, I'll try wiping the disk and installing Mountain Lion from scratch, but I don't really see how that will help.



Any tips? Advice? Work arounds? Thank you all for your time and consideration! BL5K!

 

[MacNewGuy]

I made the 2011 CustoMacMini with the i2500k i5 processor. It's been running great under 10.7.2.

I got an Atheros Airport card (Revision G) from eBay and it works natively in 10.7.2.
Gigabit Ethernet works with MultiBeast Realtek drivers under 10.7.2.

I installed Mountain Lion fresh on an empty External USB disk. Chimera on the 10.7.2 internal disk sees it during boot, when connected to a USB 2.0 port. I can choose it and boot into it without any Flags or modifiers.

But under ML, the gigabit ethernet says it's present but only grabs a fake 169.x.x.x address. It's connected directly to an Airport Extreme and should be on a 192.168.x.x network. Airport Utility can't find the base station. Again, if booted into 10.7.2, it detects the 192.168.x.x address perfectly.

The wifi won't turn on. Like it doesn't know how to power/detect the card.

I've tried trashing the "NetworkInterfaces.plist" and the "preferences.plist". Same problems on reboot.
I've tried copying and pasting the text from the working 10.7.2 files, but it doesn't work.

Do you think that the last time Apple used Atheros Wifi G cards, the software wasn't 64-bit compatible, so they dropped support for the card? If so, why would it work in Lion?

I applied the 10.8.1 update with NO PROBLEMS, but it didn't solve any of my networking problems.


My next step is to try to install the networking files from MultiBeast 4.6.1. If that doesn't work, I'll try wiping the disk and installing Mountain Lion from scratch, but I don't really see how that will help.



Any tips? Advice? Work arounds? Thank you all for your time and consideration! BL5K!

I had the same problem in 10.7 and I fixed it with the Lnx2Mac Ethernet driver it is in MultiBeast. Hope that helps.

 

[BruceLee5000]

Thanks, NewGuy.

I should clarify, I have installed the networking files from MultiBeast for Mountain Lion (MultiBeast 5.0.0).
I've seen people post about using the previous version's files (MB 4.6.1 For Lion).

I'll try that tomorrow. I have a cold and it's late.

 

[BruceLee5000]

Okay. Trying the Network Extensions from MultiBeast 4.6.1 did NOT help at all. Still no Ethernet aside from the useless 169.x.x.x address.

So I wiped the external drive and reinstalled Mountain Lion from scratch.

I used MultiBeast to install the F7 firmware for my GA-H67N-USB3-B3 motherboard.
I can boot into Mountain Lion without any problems. I am using the SDST file for i5.

I installed ONLY the Lnx2Mac's Realtek RTL81xx Driver, but I am still having no luck with my gigabit Ethernet port. My wifi card (Apple Airport Extreme Revision G card from an old Macbook Pro) is also still not even recognized as being present.

And has before, both of these NICs work fine when booted from my 10.7.2 partition.

All you other 2011 CustoMac Mini Gigabyte GA-H67N-USB3-B3 users out there, what are you using to get your Ethernet ports to work?!
Any tips are greatly appreciated!

 

[nobleach]

This has been the worst experience I've ever had with an OSX release. I've been building/installing hackintoshes since Tiger 10.4! Unibeast boots and gets the install accomplished. I can reboot with the USB and resolution is perfect 1080p. Once I start working with MultiBeast, everything turns to crap. No matter what options I choose, I get KPs on booting directly from the hard drive. I can boot the ML install from my USB disk, but it comes up with in a strange 1024x768 resolution. It only shows the upper left quadrant of the screen. I can change the resolution, then change it back to 1080p, and it works. No sound yet. 10.7.2 ran GREAT for me, so I'm kinda shocked this install is so crappy.

I'd love to get it booting on its own without kernel panics. When I DO get it to boot, it boots in 1024x768 and has no other options. I'm guessing the HD3000 graphics aren't enabled. It typically KPs about a minute into working with it. So I'm guessing MultiBeast is just seriously jacked up.