(NEW) (SUCCESS) Dingleberry's Content Creator Build | GA-X79S-UP5 X79/C606 | i7-3930k | 32gb | GTX67

[wookie4747]

Hey guys, Since I have such a similar build I thought i would look for some help here. Here is the build...

---OSX---
Unibeast-2.1
10.8.5

---BUILD---
Intel Xeon E5 2690
GA-X79S-UP5
32GB 1600Mhz DDR3
AX860 ATX Power Supply
SATA 6Gb/s 120GB SSD
TP-Link PCI Express Wifi Adapter
GeForce GTX TITAN

---Multibeast 5.4.3---
EasyBeast Installation
AppleRTL8169Ethernet.kext
Realtek ALC898 (without DSDT)

---Current Status---
As of right now, after searching the forums for help for hours, I was able to install and access ML.

The problem is... The bootflags i'm using are severely limiting my system...

The only bootflag combination I can get to load ML is:
"-v npci=0x3000 GraphicsEnabler=No cpus=1"

Obviously we built the system with power in mind, and using 1 of the 8 cores isn't very effective. Any insight on how I can fix this?

---New Problem---

My Bios tells me my CPU speed is 2.9GHz. But OSX is telling me I'm running at 1.2GHz. When I did a Geekbench test my score was 8,000 and geekbench also returned 1.2GHz so it's not just a cosmetic thing, it is limiting my performance.

My BIOS says 2900MHz, base clock 100MHz, bus ratio 29.

When I do "bdmesg" in terminal though I get "min ratio: 12, Max ratio: 29, current ratio: 12"

I figured I could fix this by adding "busratio=29" to my bootflags, but it doesn't do anything.

How can I fix this?

 

[YYR123]

so it's not just a cosmetic thing, but it is limiting my performance.

How can I fix this?

isn't there something in bios that is like intel virtualization on or off......might search the site for that keyword...

 

[wookie4747]

isn't there something in bios that is like intel virtualization on or off......might search the site for that keyword...

Thanks for the reply, i'll have a look at it tomorrow (no access to it right now). I think i trued off something called VT-d, but it could also be VT-x? I'll definitely give it a look.

 

[crismac2013]

@wookie4747
Have you already tried Nodnarb's installation procedure at the beginning of this thread?

 

[gaart]

Hey guys, Since I have such a similar build I thought i would look for some help here. Here is the build...

---OSX---
Unibeast-2.1
10.8.5

---BUILD---
Intel Xeon E5 2690
GA-X79S-UP5
32GB 1600Mhz DDR3
AX860 ATX Power Supply
SATA 6Gb/s 120GB SSD
TP-Link PCI Express Wifi Adapter
GeForce GTX TITAN

---Multibeast 5.4.3---
EasyBeast Installation
AppleRTL8169Ethernet.kext
Realtek ALC898 (without DSDT)

---Current Status---
As of right now, after searching the forums for help for hours, I was able to install and access ML.

The problem is... The bootflags i'm using are severely limiting my system...

The only bootflag combination I can get to load ML is:
"-v npci=0x3000 GraphicsEnabler=No cpus=1"

Obviously we built the system with power in mind, and using 1 of the 8 cores isn't very effective. Any insight on how I can fix this?

---New Problem---

My Bios tells me my CPU speed is 2.9GHz. But OSX is telling me I'm running at 1.2GHz. When I did a Geekbench test my score was 8,000 and geekbench also returned 1.2GHz so it's not just a cosmetic thing, it is limiting my performance.

My BIOS says 2900MHz, base clock 100MHz, bus ratio 29.

When I do "bdmesg" in terminal though I get "min ratio: 12, Max ratio: 29, current ratio: 12"

I figured I could fix this by adding "busratio=29" to my bootflags, but it doesn't do anything.

How can I fix this?

Hi, In your Bios, you need to switch off CPU EIST in advanced CPU settings.

Regards
G

 

[gaart]

Hello, i have successfully installed my workstation with I7 3930k processor, gigabyte X79S-UP5-WIFI motherboard, Zotac Geforce GTX 680 graphic card,kingston 32GIGA 2400mhz (1600 recognized) as memory like showed in the forum post. This was all working pretty well expect the wifi card which was not detected (the one delivered with the motherboard).

I was using my hackintosh for movie production since 3 weeks from now and i was very happy to use this powerful workstation, butunfortunatelly i have made the 10.8.5 update last week, because of itune when i tried to update my iphone on ios7 and now my ethernet is not working anymore... also my audio and usb3 drivers doesn't works... i tried many times to reinstal the update with the combo update 10.8.5 that i found on this web-site, reinstall the kext with multibeast 5.5.0, repair permission on disk... but nothing want to work anymore....

so before i attempt to reinstal to the previous version 10.8.4 I would like to know if someone have the same problem? or any solution to try?
Thanks in advance

Hi,

I have found that the wifi card that comes with the board does not work. Although some have reported the Bluetooth to work.

Unfortunately 10.8.5 had similar effects on my system.

My audio does not work, and OS X only detects the realtek Lan but does not properly connect to a network. My Front USB3 seems to work, and the rear seems inactive.

I do not know what the causes are and how to fix, so i am doing a fresh install tonight in hope of figuring how to get things working again.

Will report back as soon as i am done.

Regards
G

 

[wookie4747]

Hi, In your Bios, you need to switch off CPU EIST in advanced CPU settings.

Regards
G

Thank you!
That was the Fix!

I knew it was something simple, it almost always is.

Now running 8 cores at 3.3GHz

 

[thenightflyer]

If this can be useful...I updated my build (same as nodnarb except for cpu, i have a 3960x) with 10.8.5.
Be careful to read Stork's guidelines.....
I removed USB3 "GenericUSBXHCI.kext" from S/L/E folder, and i run the combo update. I didn't need to remove the "npci=0x3000" flag from my org.chameleon.Boot.plist file.
Then i updated with the new USB3 drivers (included in new multibeast release!) and rebooted.
I didn't need to reload audio drivers because i didnt enable the internal soundcard, because i use an external audio board with firewire card.

 

[MikeFFG]

- my build is very similar and this thread has saved me a few times, but now I'm stumped. Everything was working (though there were stability issues) a few hours ago and have been for months on 10.8.4, but without thinking I just updated to 10.8.5 and ethernet stopped working. I booted into safe mode and then the ethernet started working, but no matter what I try reinstalling from multibeast, I can't get it to work outside safe mode. Any clues as to what could be the problem or how to figure it out? I'm pretty stumped. Thank you!

 

[MikeFFG]

To add to my previous post, this update also seemed to mess up Pro Tools pretty significantly, which is my main use for the computer, so now I'm really screwed. It takes almost a full 10-15 minutes to load it when before it took 15 seconds. No other program has this problem. It also seems like Pro Tools is not reading my iLok correctly because it wants me to authorize a bunch of plug-ins which I already have authorized as well.

I've searched around a lot in the last few hours and tried pretty mcuh everything. There was some info saying that Pro Tools could be affected by not having a network card properly configured so I assume they are related. Currently, in safe mode, my ethernet works and in the system profiler it says:
thernet:


Type: Ethernet Controller
Bus: PCI
Vendor ID: 0x8086
Device ID: 0x1502
Subsystem Vendor ID: 0x1458
Subsystem ID: 0xe000
Revision ID: 0x0006
BSD name: en0
Kext name: AppleIntelE1000e.kext
Location: /System/Library/Extensions/IONetworkingFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleIntelE1000e.kext
Version: 2.5.4

But when I'm in regular mode, not safe, it says I do not have any ethernet cards...Not sure how this is possible?

Thanks again for any insights.