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Very nice!!! Im following this thread very closely!
neilharts next modding project ?
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It takes air in at the center top and bottom (the fan is about 1/8" above the mounting plate surface) and exhausts through the cooler.
Once I get the thing running, I will but a top and sides on the thing to see how it flows. And there needs to be another fan as the chip set is very warm.
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It'll be good to see how you cool this and how well that works.
Too many people think that it is okay to put small boards into small cases and then wonder why their system gets too hot....case manufacturers seem to encourage that by making cool (looking) minimalist cases with no room for a fan and then hide their system building recommendations (e.g. "TDP of 35w" )in the small print.
Too many people think that it is okay to put small boards into small cases and then wonder why their system gets too hot....case manufacturers seem to encourage that by making cool (looking) minimalist cases with no room for a fan and then hide their system building recommendations (e.g. "TDP of 35w" )in the small print.
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Just a quick update - I have had the system running over night and it appears solid (only time will tell that). I flashed the BIOS with Intel's latest (started with version .0038 and updated to .0043). Two or three passes through the BIOS setup and added USB2 port cables to the internal port headers (the rear panel ports are all USB3) and the system then booted -v into the Unibeast installer and a few minutes later I was running Mountain Lion 10.8 and updated to 10.8.2. Multibeast with Easybeast. All the basic stuff came up with Multibeast's aid (Ethernet, Sound, Temps etc.).
I will document the BIOS setting and the Mulitbeast choices soon.
TonyMacX86 tool set is great and makes this hacking a lot more enjoyable then it was years ago. Thank you Tony and company.
neil
I will document the BIOS setting and the Mulitbeast choices soon.
TonyMacX86 tool set is great and makes this hacking a lot more enjoyable then it was years ago. Thank you Tony and company.
neil
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Good to hear Neilhart,
Nice that you got an install on the board and this far all seems ok. Thanks for the info.
Will you be testing out PM as well?
Nice that you got an install on the board and this far all seems ok. Thanks for the info.
Will you be testing out PM as well?
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Yes my list includes PM and Speed Step (MSRDumper output) and it appears in the Hardware Monitor to already be stepping.
And I am using a SATA II SSD on SATA port 0 and seeing 8 second boot times from Chimera selection of the boot partition and pressing the Enter key.
My current impression that this thing is snappy fast.
I have a half size WiFi card to install and have a mSata 120GB drive on order.
And a real need to find time to jack with this thing.
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Awesome stuff Neilhart! Thanks for the info!
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Good to hear! I saw this board a cople of weeks before and tought, that it could be ideal for a hackintosh.
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I ordered my board, ram and fans today.
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The Crucial M4 128 GB (mSATA) is installed and is my primary boot drive. This is a SATA III drive but I only see about 200 MB Second RW speeds.
I re-installed using Unibeast USB (10.8) and combo updated to 10.8.2 then used the new Multibeast 5.1.1 to setup boot loader, sound and Ethernet. Install and boot without the aid of command line arguments. And boot to the desktop is under 10 seconds.
I am still in the "learning curve" on this motherboard. I am running a DVI display 1920 x 1200 from the HDMI to DVI adapter and this works well.
The BIOS defaults are for the LVDS display active and primary. I could not get dual displays to work properly: I was using HDMI to HDMI display and Display Port to Active DVI adapter. I tried a number of combinations and was not happy with the result. I even locked myself out of the BIOS during this effort and spend some time learning how to reset the setup. Thus the "learning curve" statement.
Of interest, the new Hardware Monitor app that is part of the new Multibeast has an issue with reading the correct values of the Q77 chip - reports 123 degree C while it is actually running in the mid 30s C. The Hardware Monitor from MB 5.0.2 did a better job on this sensor but is apparently matched the FakeSMC version.
Also, I see that iStat Pro is no longer available direct. It also had a problem with ML and displaying the processes. There is a fix that works at
http://hints.binaryage.com/istat-pro-for-mountain-lion/
I find that the mother board as I have it setup on my work table uses 1.3 watts in the power off/standby mode, running idle at 28 watts and under full CPU load 41 watts (as seen by a Kill A Watt meter on the AC line to the Dell power brick).
Over all the mother board is solid on 10.8.2 with the HD4000. I am about a month away from being able to order the Loop L5 kit.
Have fun,
neil
Edit - I purchased a SIIG Display Port to HDMI adapter and it works. Now I have the Motherboard HDMI port with the HDMI to DVI adapter and the new DP to HDMI adapter and my two 1920 x 1200 displays are happy with full acceleration and adjustable resolutions. This combination survives a reboot where the prior combination of setups did not.
Next up is to put a top and sides on this and see how the temps and cooling go.
neil
I re-installed using Unibeast USB (10.8) and combo updated to 10.8.2 then used the new Multibeast 5.1.1 to setup boot loader, sound and Ethernet. Install and boot without the aid of command line arguments. And boot to the desktop is under 10 seconds.
I am still in the "learning curve" on this motherboard. I am running a DVI display 1920 x 1200 from the HDMI to DVI adapter and this works well.
The BIOS defaults are for the LVDS display active and primary. I could not get dual displays to work properly: I was using HDMI to HDMI display and Display Port to Active DVI adapter. I tried a number of combinations and was not happy with the result. I even locked myself out of the BIOS during this effort and spend some time learning how to reset the setup. Thus the "learning curve" statement.
Of interest, the new Hardware Monitor app that is part of the new Multibeast has an issue with reading the correct values of the Q77 chip - reports 123 degree C while it is actually running in the mid 30s C. The Hardware Monitor from MB 5.0.2 did a better job on this sensor but is apparently matched the FakeSMC version.
Also, I see that iStat Pro is no longer available direct. It also had a problem with ML and displaying the processes. There is a fix that works at
http://hints.binaryage.com/istat-pro-for-mountain-lion/
I find that the mother board as I have it setup on my work table uses 1.3 watts in the power off/standby mode, running idle at 28 watts and under full CPU load 41 watts (as seen by a Kill A Watt meter on the AC line to the Dell power brick).
Over all the mother board is solid on 10.8.2 with the HD4000. I am about a month away from being able to order the Loop L5 kit.
Have fun,
neil
Edit - I purchased a SIIG Display Port to HDMI adapter and it works. Now I have the Motherboard HDMI port with the HDMI to DVI adapter and the new DP to HDMI adapter and my two 1920 x 1200 displays are happy with full acceleration and adjustable resolutions. This combination survives a reboot where the prior combination of setups did not.
Next up is to put a top and sides on this and see how the temps and cooling go.
neil
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