Asus X79 Rampage IV Extreme | Core i7-3930K | Radeon HD 7970 Ghz 3GB

[Br0wnBear]

Any suggestions for the GA-X79S-UP5-WiFi Board w/ an MSI Radeon 7970 Afterburner (R7970-2PMD3GD5/OC) ?
I basically just get all the gibberish during the bootloader. Would the "FAT" partition and GraphicsEnabler=No be enough? I originally installed with a GTX 670 FTW.

 

[jayrodathome]

First off. You friggen blew My mind with this thread.

I spent hours and hours a long time ago trying to get my rampage III to run with a 5770. Long story short I gave up and moved on.
I came across this post by way of google while researching some errors I had with my new Rampage IV.

Needles to say you have rekindled my curiosity and planning to star this weekend all over again to get me a dual booting hackintosh.

Excellent work man, hopefully I can get mine to run
I have a rampage IV, asus 7970 and an i7 3820.
Wish me luck and again amazing job.

 

[MK500]

Hi Everyone! Just wanted to mention:

Updated build for OS X 10.8.4, Unibeast 2.0.1 and MultiBeast - Mountain Lion 5.3.1

Note that I have not updated this build for the newest BIOS; so you must use the version I specified for DSDT compatibility. I'll have to work with Shiloh to build a new DSDT for the new BIOS eventually.

jayrodathome: Thanks for the kind words! I'm not sure if there is anything special for your CPU. The only thing I can think of is that you might need a different version of the VoodooTSCSync. I would just try my procedure as-is on a clean drive (no other drives connected) and see how it goes. I tested just a couple days ago on a new SSD and the build worked great.

 

[tutorial]

Any suggestions for the GA-X79S-UP5-WiFi Board w/ an MSI Radeon 7970 Afterburner (R7970-2PMD3GD5/OC) ?
I basically just get all the gibberish during the bootloader. Would the "FAT" partition and GraphicsEnabler=No be enough? I originally installed with a GTX 670 FTW.

Here's same motherboard..

http://www.tonymacx86.com/user-buil...-79x-up5-wifi-intel-proc-e-ep.html#post632392

 

[MK500]

Any suggestions for the GA-X79S-UP5-WiFi Board w/ an MSI Radeon 7970 Afterburner (R7970-2PMD3GD5/OC) ?
I basically just get all the gibberish during the bootloader. Would the "FAT" partition and GraphicsEnabler=No be enough? I originally installed with a GTX 670 FTW.

Yes. Read the FAQ at the end of my build. The FAT partition + bootloader change is the fix for the garbled text.

 

[saxmand]

Amazing with all you work and documentation MK500. And even more for all your kind replies to people. It's my first time here. I've been reading a lot of post now (especially yours).
Figured out that I hadn't read close enough, so I see now that 4 screens will be available.

Only one question remains.
- Will I have to have a 1000W power supply? right now it's just a Aerocool E80 600W

 

[ATB]

Sweet!

 

[ATB]

Would two 7970's work/be compatible?

Also do they have to be the GHz edition? The "non GHz" edition/version is around $100 less, two of them would cost right around $600 versus close to $800 for two GHz cards.

Thank you for the very detailed and EXTREMELY helpful (selfless) guide - invaluable info much appreciated.

 

[MK500]

Would two 7970's work/be compatible?

Also do they have to be the GHz edition? The "non GHz" edition/version is around $100 less, two of them would cost right around $600 versus close to $800 for two GHz cards.

Thank you for the very detailed and EXTREMELY helpful (selfless) guide - invaluable info much appreciated.

Thank you for the kind words! I have spent quite a bit of time on the guides and extra equipment for testing; and I'm not always sure anyone cares...so positive feedback is always appreciated. If you click that recommend button on the guide it will make me feel special ;-)

I believe two cards (of the same type) will work. There may be a need for a custom DSDT to make it work. Look for Shilohh's excellent guide on making the DSDT.

http://www.tonymacx86.com/dsdt/9233...eme-x79-guide-extract-edit-your-own-dsdt.html

Ghz edition is not necessary. There is a list of cards people have tested here:

http://www.tonymacx86.com/graphics/92952-list-confirmed-radeon-hd-7xxx-series-10-8-3-a.html

 

[ATB]

Sweet, thanks for the links. Button clicked (well deserved). Your post is extremely helpful (especially for someone like me) Id be lost without it. thank you!