Clean install 10.9 on ASUS p8z77-v pro succecssful

very easy install on this p8z77-v pro

1. patched asus bios using the tools from biosrepo (note: i had to first install and old bios firmware from asus website first. then i was able to get the patched firmware on, it seems that the newer bios have a protection, where the older bios do not)
http://biosrepo.wordpress.com/2013/02/20/how-to-flash-unsupported-motherboards-via-ftk-and-dos/

2. prepare usb drive using unibeast and free mavericks install from the app store
3. boot from usb and start install of mavericks
4. boot from usb once again, but this time choose the drive you just installed to
5. run multi beast with the following options
QUICK START: -dsdt free (will add a bunch of options to make boot, speedster, hibernate)
DRIVERS:
audio > realtek > without dsdt > alc 892
network > intel hank's intel e1000
system > patched appleintelcpupowermanagement> OSX 10.9 (drop-down triangle to show)

6. reboot and enjoy working system!

one minor problem came up once complete was the DVD-rom would spin up checking to see if there was a disk every minute or so,
but I was able to fix this by going to system preferences > energy saver > 'uncheck put hard disks to sleep when possible'
im not sure why it does this if anyone knows a better solution please let me know

Hey! Great write up. I have a similar system. P8z77-i deluxe. I was able to install without any hiccups as well except for I can't seem to boot without the flash drive. What version of chimera are you using?

Hi there, thanks for this guide.
I just want to know which is the patched bios version that you took for your install ?
I have the 2.00.8 patched version with PMPatch and I'm stuck with this screen even with bootflags

Awesome, big help thanks!

Personnaly, I don't have any dongle and I don't give a s*** about bluetooth. I just want my build up and running like it was with ML

wpxuser said:

Hi there, thanks for this guide.
I just want to know which is the patched bios version that you took for your install ?
I have the 2.00.8 patched version with PMPatch and I'm stuck with this screen even with bootflags

Click to expand...

that BIOS is soo old, just checked Asus website and the latest version available is 2104. use PMPatch method to patch your BIOS and use the Asus Flashback (this way the protection is bypassed). Btw, Make sure you use the right .CAP filename and copy that to your flash drives root.

I've experienced the Bluetooth issue too, it froze my boot sequence. I think part of the problem was running several Multibeast sessions to try and configure Mavericks to boot. I ended up abandoning the current install and started from scratch.

I have a different Asus board, P8Z77-M Pro., there are differences here and there but you may want to check it out. Just change settings where they differ like the LAN etc....

http://www.tonymacx86.com/mavericks-desktop-guides/113594-success-asus-p8z77m-pro-i5-3-2-w-nvidia-gt-640-a.html

well it's just the previous bios version in fact but thanks. I think I need to restart from scratch as you say, not really a problem because it's not working without the unibeast USB stick.
Thank you for your answer !

Thanks to your guide I have a fully working build
I have an AMD radeon HD 7950 graphic card so I made a video to complete your guide. I also added the step with the kernel flag Dart=0 because I can't boot without it so here is the modified guide followed by a short video.

teewhy said:

very easy install on this p8z77-v pro

1. patched asus bios using the tools from biosrepo (note: i had to first install and old bios firmware from asus website first. then i was able to get the patched firmware on, it seems that the newer bios have a protection, where the older bios do not)
http://biosrepo.wordpress.com/2013/02/20/how-to-flash-unsupported-motherboards-via-ftk-and-dos/

2.a prepare usb drive using unibeast and free mavericks install from the app store
2.b Disable SMART, Virtualisation and select the iGPU with 64Mb cache in bios

3. boot from usb and start install of mavericks
4. boot from usb once again, but this time choose the drive you just installed to
5. run multi beast with the following options
QUICK START: -dsdt free (will add a bunch of options to make boot, speedster, hibernate)
DRIVERS:
audio > realtek > without dsdt > alc 892
network > intel hank's intel e1000
system > patched appleintelcpupowermanagement> OSX 10.9 (drop-down triangle to show)

Click to expand...

6. Add this kernel flag in your com.chameleon.Boot.plist
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string>dart=0</string>

7. Repair permissions and rebuild cache then reboot.

Click to expand...

[video=youtube;0WqszFkiFjI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WqszFkiFjI[/video]

wpxuser said:

Thanks to your guide I have a fully working build
I have an AMD radeon HD 7950 graphic card so I made a video to complete your guide. I also added the step with the kernel flag Dart=0 because I can't boot without it so here is the modified guide followed by a short video.





[video=youtube;0WqszFkiFjI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WqszFkiFjI[/video]

Click to expand...

Thanks! with your guide the installation and the system work great!
in the system i see 2 7970 ...but the crossfire isn't supported...
THANKSSS!!!

hello
when you said you couldn't boot without dart=0...
did u get something like
Boot 0 gpt
0 test
0 test
0 donealfejoijafodifaldfjadfalduhfaksdhfak

some error like this?