[SUCCESS] ML 10.8.3 on GA-Q77M-D2H / i3-3225 (Intel HD 4000)

[codyf4990]

ok thats no problem, i appreciate all the help! yes the USB stick was prepared without any of the additional support you mentioned. The USB stick should be fine... i might try and reformat it and give it another go, will be waiting on BIOS photos ... there has got to be one dumb thing that is hanging it up.

THanks again!!

 

[surinameclubcard]

if i leave it sit after launching in -V it repeats it self saying "Still waiting for root device"

Did you put the USB stick in a USB3 port? If so, put it in a USB2 port and try again.

 

[codyf4990]

WOW! i cant believe how stupid I am, it was in usb 3 not 2 and now im in the install! thanks so much for your help! and puting a second head into the situation.

Cody

 

[surinameclubcard]

WOW! i cant believe how stupid I am, it was in usb 3 not 2 and now im in the install! thanks so much for your help! and puting a second head into the situation.

Cody

No problem! Remember to use a GUID partition table. Please report if you needed the "PCIRootUID=0" as well as a one-timer.

[I have updated the [SUCCESS] page to mention the fact that the USB-stick needs to be in a USB2 port.]

 

[codyf4990]

I will give feedback after everything is done... Do you know the best multiverse settings for our setup or a link to the settings that worked for you?

 

[surinameclubcard]

I will give feedback after everything is done... Do you know the best multiverse settings for our setup or a link to the settings that worked for you?

- DSDT-free installation
- Drivers & Bootloaders \ drivers \ audio \ realtek alc8xx \ without DSDT \ alc887/888b \ v100302 (current)
- <some path> Intel E1000 driver

That's it! That is all I did to get audio and the NIC up-and-running.

 

[codyf4990]

Thanks.. also as an udpate "PCIRootUID=0" is required to get into setup.

the problem im having now is it does not show on screen correctly it has black and gray lines... tried switching output devices but did not change.

[starting in safe mode successfully brought me into the setup menus of OSX]

 

[remote]

Hi to all.
That's my first attempt to make a Dual boot Hackintosh so forgive me if I ask question wich has been done before.
First of all my hardware:

MOBO -

GA-Q77M-D2H revision 1 BIOS F1
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RAM - Corsair

8GB 1600Mhz DDR3
CPU - ​

Intel Core i3-3225/3.30GHz 3MB LGA 1155 Box - BX80637I33225

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First HDD - Kingston HD SSD 2,5" 60Gb Sata3
SECOND HDD - Seagate Barracuda 1 TB 7200RPM SATA 3
GPU - GigabyteNvidia GT640 2GB DDR3
WIFI - TP-LINK TL-WDN4800
BT - IOGEAR Bluetooth 4.0 USB GBU521.

Operation mode:
First of all I reset the bios to the optimized setting and set Sata mode to AHCI
Installed Seven on the SSD (installed MOBO drivers and utilities).

Fired up the last (March 2013) Unibeast - ML usb stick
Opened Disk utility.
Partitioned the Barracuda (second HD) in 2 partition GUID MODE. Mac os
Installed ML 10.8.3 on fir
Well.
Every things recognised at the first attempt except for audio but Multibeast maked the day.
Only one thing.
If I try to install Chimera on The internal HDD, I cannot boot up.
Selecting the ML disk Chimera starts, Logo on, circle running an then gray screen. I cannot go further.
Even rebooting from USB and Selecting the ML hdd I obtain the same thing.
I read about Bridgehelper :
"Here's where it gets weird, because the USB stick won't reference its own kernel when booting the new installation. So your new Lion hard drive still has the incompatible vanilla kernel, and won't boot. So we boot into the installer again, and remove, then copy the working kernel via the handy built-in Terminal."
but I think this is intended for Lion not for ML.
Is Bridgehelper 5 still compatible?
How can I boot from my HDD.

Sorry to bother you all but I'm stuck on this and I cannot understand how to proceed.

Thx in advance and sorry for my poor english, I'm Italian.

P.S.
Gigabyte boards came with a bios utility that can make a backup of your bios.
Unfortunally it runs only on Win.
It could be great if more experienced user would share their backup with the correct settings for a succesfull installation.
A sort o Bios survival repo.
Maybe I'll open a thread about that.

Again thanks.

remote

 

[surinameclubcard]

Your English is great!

I'm not an expert on Chimera. I do believe that it is a "best practice" to have ML on the first disk tho. And first install ML, second Win7. You said you first installed Win7. And on the first disk. Try booting with '-v' and tell us what you see?

I also noticed that you're on BIOS F1. F2 seems to solve some minor problems. You said you only changed the SATA mode to AHCI, but there seems more to it. See the link in post #1 in this thread.

As a matter of fact, my system also dual-boots (ML and Win8) but they're on the same HDU. I did install ML first.

 

[remote]

Ok.
Upgraded Bios.
Changed the settings according to the guide.
Due the fact that I'm using a Discrete GPU the first display has been set to PEG.
Runing with -v seaid to me that the system cannot find the start point.
I'll try another install with SSD as the first Drive and the Barracuda as second (I've opened the case so much times that I consider to switch the priority on SATA6 as a last resort).

Installation is running.

I will use Multibest 1.52
I'll check Second Option DSDT-Free and audio driver as you recommend.

I'm a little bit confused about PCIRootID=0.
There's not such an option in Multibeast.
How can I do this, I think this is not a boot option.

Sorry to bother you and thanks again.