[SUCCESS] GA-Z97M-D3H // 4790k // R9 280x

COMPONENTS

Relevant:

System................Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H
CPU.....................Intel i7 4790k
Graphics...............AMD Radeon r9 280x - Gigabyte Windforce Rev 2
RAM.....................Corsair Vengeance 1866
Case....................Corsair C70
Wireless...............TP-LINK TL-WN951N



COMMENTS

After 4 years with a 15" dual core i7 MacBook it was time to upgrade. The MacBook was just not cutting for all my video editing, CAD and rendering and I needed something bigger and better. I put together a build with solidworks and keyshot in mind, with the hackintosh thing being a bit of an afterthought.

Eventually all my parts came, and I quickly stuck them together. Soon enough my first ever build was alive and I had a shiny new copy of windows 7 up running.

...

Windows.

7.

I had forgotten how much I had loathed thee. It definitely wasn't as bad as windows 8 that I needed to use at work, but I constantly found myself still on my MacBook for video editing, writing, and other general use.

I started browsing the hackintosh sub-****** as well as tonymac. I soon came to realize just how seemingly compatible my computer was. Although support for the 97 chipset was lacking, alongside any other user experience to help guide me, I gave it my best shot and got my hands dirty trying to get this thing working.

Initially I started trying to install with DSDT free. I probably reinstalled os x about 10 times trying out different combinations of kexts to get things working and pretty much gave up thinking It would only happen when better support for the 97 chipset came around.

how wrong I was.

About a month later I decided to have another crack. By that time a few other people had some experience with the chipset and one post I came along intrigued me. It was maddog23's post linked below detailing the fact he has used EasyBeast rather than DSDT-free successfully that pushed me to try it again.

http://www.tonymacx86.com/mavericks...e-z97-d3h-xeon-e3-1231v3-evga-gtx-770-sc.html


My expectation were low, but after the MultiBeast install I tried booting with no flags.

A white screen.

A small visual glitch.

AND BAM. the logon screen.

Today was a good day.

How foolish I was not to have tried EasyBeast in the first place. It was so simple!

Anyhow, I think if I wasn't such a noob, this process would have gone a lot smoother, and was probably a relatively hassle free build in contrast many. Detailed below are the refined installation of what I would have done if life was simple...



INSTALLATION

1. Updated bios through bundled software

2. Turned off Vt-d

3. Turned off onboard graphics (Intel HD 4600) (280x works out of box)

4. Turned off my comp

5. Plugged in my pre-made installation usb to a usb 2.0 slot

6. Went into the installer with no flags

7. Installed mavericks

6. removed a stick of ram

8. booted into mavericks with -v and -x

9. copied MultiBeast to applications

10. ran MultiBeast and installed with:

• [*EeasyBeast
• alc892
• 9 series support
• kernel cache unselected
• verbose mode
• 1080p

Easy Peasy!

Ill update this as I get the rest of it working. Now its a process of transferring my MacBook's install to my hackintosh before I get too deep into getting all the right kexts working.

Hope this post helps someone!

Thanks for being a sweet community, and remember: research, research, research!


UPDATE

I felt like I needed to update this for anyone who might stumble upon it. whilst the easy beast method did work, i've since gone the DSDT free route with success, however this required me to disable turbo boost for the computer to boot into OS X properly. The system however freezes intermittently, a problem yet to be resolved.

That is all.

Happy trails.

[SUCCESS] GB Z97M-D3H // 4790k // R9 280x

Thanks for writing this, Placidity. I now can share in your success with a dual boot Win 8.1/ Mavericks set up on a Z97X-UD3H board using the settings you describe - only one change I made was to use the alc1150 option, and have everything fully functional. No issues as of writing this

My system is:

Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H
Core i7 4770K
Asus Nvidia GeForce GTX 760
Samsung 840 EVO 250GB (Windows)
Samsung 840 EVO 120GB (Mavericks)
Toshiba 3TB DT Series SATA Formatted to FAT32 for photo storage
Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR3 1600 Mhz
Corsair Carbide 500R
Corsair Hydro Series H60 (processor running between 27 and 32 Centrigrade)
Corsair RM650 80 Plus Gold 650W


As I installed Windows first, I simply select the Mavericks drive from the F12 boot menu.

cheers

Hugh

[SUCCESS] GB Z97M-D3H // 4790k // R9 280x

This is great! I need to build one of these, and a few parts of your guide were confusing, so I had to dig around to learn more. Now that I've figured it out, I'll post this so you don't have to...

Remove all but one stick of ram during install: Tonymac86's UniBeast: Install OS X Mavericks guide says "For best results with the latest 8-series motherboards and Haswell CPUs, remove all but 1 stick of RAM for the installation process. You can put back extra RAM sticks after post-installation is finished."

Here are some useful details on how to set the UEFI BIOS settings before install: [Success] Gigabyte H97M-D3H, i7 4790, HD4600

If you disable onboard graphics (setting "Initial Display Output" to "PCIE" in the UEFI BIOS) then you see a white screen until the login screen, so you won't see any boot messages and won't know what's going on if it fails to boot. It shouldn't fail, but just in case, be aware of your other option ...

If you enable onboard graphics (setting "Initial Display Output" to "IGFX") then you can see the the boot messages, useful for troubleshooting. You need to hook your monitor to the port on the motherboard. You could connect the monitor to both the motherboard and the R9 280X and just switch monitor inputs after it boots. Set your displays preferences to only use the R9 280X and ignore the HD 4600.

Oh, also the UEFI BIOS will be on the cable hooked to the motherboard. Hopefully you don't have to go in there very often.

Cheers on your success!

Hey guys I am halted in a few ways here and about to send back my motherboard. I have the Z97 Gaming 5. I have installed mavericks and done mulitbeast but still having a issue. I can only use my Intel 4000 series graphics with a Core i5 4690k and cannot use my GTX 760. I also cannot boot without safe mode. I also have no audio even though i did 9 series board patch and installed the 1150 audio codec. Please Help Guys!

So... let me get this straight. This is a thread about the GA-Z97M-D3H, the 4790k, and the R9 280x.

You have a different motherboard, a different CPU, and a different GPU? This is not the right thread for your question.

sound5 said:

This is great! I need to build one of these, and a few parts of your guide were confusing, so I had to dig around to learn more. Now that I've figured it out, I'll post this so you don't have to...

Remove all but one stick of ram during install: Tonymac86's UniBeast: Install OS X Mavericks guide says "For best results with the latest 8-series motherboards and Haswell CPUs, remove all but 1 stick of RAM for the installation process. You can put back extra RAM sticks after post-installation is finished."

Here are some useful details on how to set the UEFI BIOS settings before install: [Success] Gigabyte H97M-D3H, i7 4790, HD4600

If you disable onboard graphics (setting "Initial Display Output" to "PCIE" in the UEFI BIOS) then you see a white screen until the login screen, so you won't see any boot messages and won't know what's going on if it fails to boot. It shouldn't fail, but just in case, be aware of your other option ...

If you enable onboard graphics (setting "Initial Display Output" to "IGFX") then you can see the the boot messages, useful for troubleshooting. You need to hook your monitor to the port on the motherboard. You could connect the monitor to both the motherboard and the R9 280X and just switch monitor inputs after it boots. Set your displays preferences to only use the R9 280X and ignore the HD 4600.

Oh, also the UEFI BIOS will be on the cable hooked to the motherboard. Hopefully you don't have to go in there very often.

Cheers on your success!

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Awesome dude,

Thanks for the input, those links you included are indeed part of what I followed.

Just to add, if anyone is to encounter an error including something to do with 'deadbeef' I found removing that stick of ram generally helps.

Cheers.

hughiepalmer said:

Thanks for writing this, Placidity. I now can share in your success with a dual boot Win 8.1/ Mavericks set up on a Z97X-UD3H board using the settings you describe - only one change I made was to use the alc1150 option, and have everything fully functional. No issues as of writing this

My system is:

Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H
Core i7 4770K
Asus Nvidia GeForce GTX 760
Samsung 840 EVO 250GB (Windows)
Samsung 840 EVO 120GB (Mavericks)
Toshiba 3TB DT Series SATA Formatted to FAT32 for photo storage
Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR3 1600 Mhz
Corsair Carbide 500R
Corsair Hydro Series H60 (processor running between 27 and 32 Centrigrade)
Corsair RM650 80 Plus Gold 650W


As I installed Windows first, I simply select the Mavericks drive from the F12 boot menu.

cheers

Hugh

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Hey Hugh,

Glad to help! Congrats on your success.

Cheers.

SuperMatt411 said:

Hey guys I am halted in a few ways here and about to send back my motherboard. I have the Z97 Gaming 5. I have installed mavericks and done mulitbeast but still having a issue. I can only use my Intel 4000 series graphics with a Core i5 4690k and cannot use my GTX 760. I also cannot boot without safe mode. I also have no audio even though i did 9 series board patch and installed the 1150 audio codec. Please Help Guys!

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You will have no audio in safe mode, that is one of the drivers that is dropped. For all of the frustration I see posts about audio, if you need analog audio and not HDMI or optical, just buy a usb audio adapter and turn off the motherboard audio. Solves so many problems, cost so little. About ten bucks on Amazon. Incorrectly installed audio driver is a great reason for having to boot safe mode btw.

I would suggest you disable your motherboard video and only use your Nvidia, and then research the boot flags to try to start the machine. Your card should work with the right boot flags. There are many to try for Nvidia, so you should use Google for this. I'd use 'nvidia tonymacx86.com boot 760' and see what pops up.

Don't give up, it only takes one setting to mess the whole thing up. After all, it is a 'Hackintosh'.

Why are you using EasyBeast instead of DSDT Free? According to the MulitBeast Features document, page 3,

EasyBeast is for Core 2, Core i or Xeon systems with no native CPU Power Management.

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Since your processor does have CPU Power Management, you should have used the Quick Start > DSDT Free.

Very good entry.
I have a team practically the same, except for the graph which is a GTX650.
I arises a problem, it takes a lot to make the restart, as well as in off. The screen stays black but I see that there is still current.
You know that it may be ???

My config:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>EnableHDMIAudio</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>EthernetBuiltIn</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>Graphics Mode</key>
<string>1920x1200x32</string>
<key>HDAEnabler</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>HDEFLayoutID</key>
<string>03000000</string>
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string>kext-dev-mode=1</string>
<key>Legacy Logo</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>PrivateData</key>
<string>No</string>
<key>RestartFix</key>
<string>No</string>
<key>SMBIOS</key>
<string>/Extra/SMBios.plist</string>
<key>Timeout</key>
<string>1</string>
<key>USBBusFix</key>
<string>Yes</string>
</dict>
</plist>

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