[Clean Install Guide] ASUS P8z77-M + i5-3570K + HD4000 + Sapphire HD4870 512MB GDDR5

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[Clean Install Guide] ASUS P8z77-M + i5-3570K + HD4000 + ASUS GTX460

About This Mac


System Configuration
Mobo: ASUS P8z77-M
BIOS: 1504
Processor : Intel Core i5-3570K with HD4000
RAM : Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB DDR3 (4GB x 2)
HDD : Western Digital WD5000AAKX
Graphic Card : Sapphire HD4870 512MB (Upgrade to ASUS GTX460 1GB)
DVD ROM : Samsung SH-224 24x SATA
Casing : Lian Li PC-60 II Plus Mid-Tower
PSU : Corsair GS600

Downloads
Apple AppStore: Install OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.0 Ver 1.3.12
Tonymacx86 : MultiBeast Mountain Lion Edition Ver 5.0.2
Tonymacx86 : UniBeast Mountain Lion Ver 1.5.3
Tonymacx86 : KextBeast Ver 1.0.0

Procedure

1. BIOS SetUp

Using On-board HD4000 for setup - DVI Connector on Motherboard DVI female​

Follow ZenBR's Build Guide
Load defaults and also make sure the AHCI is enabled (it's default on this BIOS, but check). In Advanced Mode, go to Advanced tab, select System Agent Configuration and then Graphics Configuration. Make sure the primary display is set do iGPU and 32M for iGPU Memory.​

2. Prepare UniBeast USB Installer [Time: About 15 minutes]

Follow Tonymacx86 installation guide Step 1 & Step 2
http://www.tonymacx86.com/61-unibeast-install-os-x-mountain-lion-any-supported-intel-based-pc.html​

Note: I need to select Laptop Support during the preparation of UniBeast Installer so that I am able to access my PS/2 keyboard later when ML installation on HDD.​

3. Install ML with UniBeast Installer [Time : 12 minutes]

Follow Tonymacx86 installation guide Step 3

Note: Kernel Bootflag used
-v PCIRootUID=0 -f​

4. Post -Installation using MultiBeast

Follow Tonymacx86 installation guide Step 4

Note: Kernel Bootflag used
-v PCIRootUID=0 -f

My MultiBeast Configuration​

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Add SleepEnabler.kest to S/L/E with KextBeast.

View attachment SleepEnabler.kext.zip

5. Buy-off and verification

Internet, DVD play movie, Audio, Sleep - All functioning well​

6. Add-in Sapphire HD4870 512MB GDDR5 Graphic Card

Using Sapphire HD4870 for graphics - DVI Connector on Graphic Card DVI female
* Upgrade to ASUS GTX460 1GB OC works OOB

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BIOS Setup
In Advanced Mode, go to Advanced tab, select System Agent Configuration and then Graphics Configuration. Make sure the primary display is set do PCIE.

Note: Boot to BIOS and set the Graphics Configuration to PCIE before swap the DVI Connector to Graphics Card DVI female to avoid lost video when system reboot.

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7. Buy-off and verification

Internet and DVD play movie okay but no audio.

Reload audio kext from MultiBeast to restore the audio function.​

8. Pending issues

All this while USB3.0 ports not working. USB2.0 devices cannot mount onto USB3.0 ports.
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9. Upgrade ML

From 10.8.0 to 10.8.1 - No problem
From 10.8.1 to 10.8.2 - Need to remove OemSMBIOS.kext from S/L/E/FakeSMC.kext
From 10.8.2 to 10.8.3 - Mountain Lion COMBO updated to version 10.8.3 (12D78) so far so good after replaced AppleHDA.kext version 2.2.0. Otherwise sound broken.

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Follow Tonymacx86 Guide
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http://www.tonymacx86.com/209-os-x-10-8-2-update.html

* If you use FakeSMC plugins, and get a kernel panic after reboot. Boot into safe mode by typing -x at the Chimera boot screen. Then navigate to /System/Library/Extensions/FakeSMC.kext/Contents/Plugins/ and delete OEMsmbios.kext. Then reboot.​

10. Credits

ZenBR for his superb guide

http://www.tonymacx86.com/mountain-...ro-i5-3570k-intel-hd4000-mountain-lion-5.html​

Tonymacx86 for his excellent tools and procedures.

http://www.tonymacx86.com/downloads.php?do=cat&id=3​

 

[niaosuan]

i have the same board. just wanna ask did you ever try to patch the bios cap?

 

[chus]

Thanks MLOSX work for me

I tried to install Mountain Lion App 10.8.4 but without success any suggestions