- Joined
- Feb 7, 2013
- Messages
- 19
- Motherboard
- GA-H55M-UD2H / GA-Z97X-UD3H
- CPU
- Core i7-870 2.96GHz / Core i5 4690k
- Graphics
- Radeon HD5770 (1GB DDR5) / Asus GTX660 (2GB DDR5)
- Mac
- Classic Mac
- Mobile Phone
So that was a struggle. I guess it was the same struggle the first time I Hackintoshed, back in 2011, but ... wow. I wish I'd remembered to try PCIRootUID= and npci= earlier on in the process. Would've saved me some hours.
My old system (10.9.5) ran perfectly. I replaced the motherboard and CPU with the new ones, set the BIOS to optimized defaults then applied recommended changes (VT-d disabled, EHCI and XHCI handoff enabled, XHCI mode = Auto rather than Smart Auto, internal graphics disabled, )
Network works.
Sleep works but sound is dead on wake.
My old system (10.9.5) ran perfectly. I replaced the motherboard and CPU with the new ones, set the BIOS to optimized defaults then applied recommended changes (VT-d disabled, EHCI and XHCI handoff enabled, XHCI mode = Auto rather than Smart Auto, internal graphics disabled, )
- The old system wouldn't boot even in safe mode (panic with "Expected 4 threads, only found 9"). It turns out, I should have deleted the DSDT.aml in /Extra before powering off the old system to upgrade the motherboard. Mounting the drive on another system (using an external SATA enclosure), renamed /Extra/DSDT.aml to /Extra/~~DSDT.aml.
- Now booting, but never getting past the boot screen + spinning progress indicator. In safe mode (-x), it seems to be booting fine, but the login window just never comes up. The system sits there and makes occasional disk access as though everything is fine, but I don't have any UI. Tried booting with monitor cable in internal graphics instead, no joy there either.
- Try running Mavericks installer, also wouldn't start (white screen with spinning beach ball). -v -x, not obvious what's wrong.
- Look around, maybe it's a firmware issue? I have F5, so .. it would seem so. Reboot into Windows 7 partition, upgrade BIOS to F7 (Gigabyte's software @BIOS to handle this is **** poor. It's very difficult to trust a user interface that looks like a warez installer or a serialz generation. Not to mention, it crashes when trying to download motherboard firmware. I had to download the firmware separately, from a different section of the Gigabyte website).
- Reboot with new firmware, re-set BIOS settings to recommend. Still no joy.
- Magic sauce: PCIRootUID=0 (or was it 1? I can't remember now) npci=0x300. Old system boots! Yay. No network or sound though.
- Multibeast:
- Quick Start -> DSDT Free
- Drivers -> Audio -> Realtek -> ALC1150
- Drivers -> Audio -> Realtek -> Intel 9 Series Motherboard Support
- Drivers -> Disk -> 3rd Part SATA
- Drivers -> Disk -> TRIM Enabler -> 10.9.4+ TRIM Patch
- Drivers -> Misc -> EvOreboot (not sure if I need this?)
- Drivers -> Misc -> FakeSMC v6.9.1315
- Drivers -> Misc -> USB 3.0 - Universal
- Drivers -> Network -> Intel -> AppleIntelE1000e v3.1.0
- Drivers -> System -> AppleRTC Patch for CMOS Reset
- Bootloaders -> Chimera v3.0.1
- Customize -> Boot Options -> Basic Boot Options
- Customize -> Boot Options -> Generate CPU States
- Customize -> Boot Options -> Hibernate Mode - Desktop
- Customize -> Boot Options -> Use KernelCache
- Customize -> System Definitions -> Mac Pro -> Mac Pro 3,1
- Customize -> Themes -> tonymacx86 Black
Network works.
Sleep works but sound is dead on wake.