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I also changed M.I.T/Miscellaneous Settings/PCIe Slot Configuration = Gen3

Apparently that was supposed to solve a video issue, but it didn't solve my slowness.
 
Holy cow! My system just started being responsive again, no slowness. I haven't done anything since the other night when I added AppleIntelE1000e.kext based on the earlier post.

I tried restarting the computer to see if it was just a fluke, sure enough when it came back up it was slow again.

Then I tried restarting again and going into the bios just to look around (but I exited without making changes) because that's what I did the first time it worked, and it worked again! Now I don't know if this just a fluke or an order of operations thing but at least it's progress.
 
Hi evilangelist,

can you summarize your steps to get the system working properly?

I mean Multibeast and Bios settings.
I'm going crazy, i can just have a fluid video using Unibeast's boot, otherwise the video is soo slow.
Can you help me?


I'm using F7 bios.

Thanks in advance.

k4ss4
 
Any news?
Were you able to boot without Unibeast once the OSX in installed?

K4ss4
 
Mac2Ci said:
Building the CustoMac Pro Socket 2011 rig

I have read the great posts from egotrippin Guide: Gigabyte X79-UP4, 3930k, GTX 690, OCZ Vertex and theandrewlucas Guide: Gigabyte x79-UP4, Intel 3930k, Dual GTX 770, Samsung SSD 256GB.


This is the process I used to install OS X and Win 8.1. I got the system to run, but I have the problems listed below. I was think about upgrading to the F7 bios firmware, but the system works on Win 8.1. F7 provides support for Xeon X5 series CPUs while F4 was written to support IVB-E CPUs. F7 probably still supports IVB-E CPUs, I hope. I saw about 6 people with the same MB/CPU/GPU combination post in the last week and we all have the same problems. I hope this can be the central post we can get together and solve this problem.

Problems: No sound, clock runs slow, choppy video playback. Under "About this Mac" -> "More Info" ->"System Report..." shows the Processor Speed at 33.15 GHz or sometimes it will be 18.1 GHz.

The hardware works fine on the Win 8.1 system.

System:

GA-X79-UP4 v1.1 Bios F5
(on Gigabyte's website the current available bios are F4 [2013/09/05] and F7 [2014/03/20])
Intel i7-4930K
EVGA GeForce GTX760
Samsung 840 EVO SSD 256GB (Maverick Boot Disk)
Samsung 840 EVO SSD 256GB (Win 8.1 Boot Disk)
Seagate Barracuda 1 TB HDD SATA (for Windows storage)
Samsung SH-224DB24x STAT Internal DVD Burner
Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer 32GB (8GBx4)
Corsair H60 CPU Cooler
Corsair Graphite 600T
Corsair AX 760 Watt power supply


First I created the Win 8.1 following the Guide posted by Going Bald [Guide] Dual Booting Mountain Lion and Windows 8. After I install Win 8.1, I disconnected the Windows HD and the DVD player. I connected the SSD I want to use for Maverick.


Installation:

1. PreBoot Installation:

I followed the UniBeast: Install OS X Mavericks on Any Supported Intel-based PC Guide to create the bootable USB flash drive.

I copied MultiBeast and FileNVRAM.dylib onto the USB. Complete steps 1 & 2 from the UniBeast Guide.

2. USB Boot:

Put the USB flash drive into your computer.
Hold the Delete key on a USB keyboard while the system is booting up to get into the BIOS.

I set the board to the following:
Optimized Defaults
X.M.P Memory Profile to Profile1
VT-d to Diabled
Save and Exit.

Press F12 to select the USB flash drive to boot.

You should seed the Chimera Boot Screen as shown in Step 4, action #4 of the UniBeast Guide.

Now you need to enter the boot flags, you just have to start typing for the "boot: window" to be displayed.

Type the following:

-v npci-0x3000 cpus=1 -f

Press the enter key

3. Install OSX from USB

Now you can continue with Step 4, action #5 of the UniBeast Guide.

After you complete the OS X install, keep the USB flash drive in the computer.

Restart the computer. Press F12 to select the USB flash drive.

4. MultiBeast

You should see the Chimera Boot Screen as shown with Step 5, action #4 of the UniBeast Guide.
Move the arrow key to highlight the Mavericks icon. Now you need to enter the boot flags, you just have to start typing for the "boot: window" to be displayed.

Type the following:

-v npci-0x3000 cpus=1 -f

Press the enter key.

Complete the Mac OS X Mavericks setup.
Copy MultiBeast to your desktop and then launch it.

Select the "Quick Start" icon
Select the "DSDT Free" icon

Select the "Drivers" icon
Select the "Audio" icon
Select the "Realtek ALCxxx" line in the text window
Select the Without DSDT line in the text window
Select the ALC892 line in the text window. HDAEnabler will automatically be selected.

Select the "Disk" icon
Select the 3rd Party SATA line in the text window
Select the TRIM Enabler line in the text window
Select the 10.9.x TRIM Patch line in the text window

Select the "Misc" icon
Select the "ElliottForceLegacyRTC", "EvOreboot", "NullCPUPowerManagement" lines in the text window.
"FakeSMC v6.0.1123" is already selected.
Select the "VoodooTSCSync" line in the text window
Select the "VoodooTSCync 6 Core" line in the text window

Select the "Network" icon
Select the "Intel" line in the text window
Select the AppleIntelE1000e v3.0.4

Select the "Customize" icon
Select the "Boot Options" icon
Select the "Instant Menu" line in the text window
Select the "PCI Root ID Fix" line in the text window
Select the "1080p Display Mode" line in the text window

Select the "System Definitions" icon
Select the "Mac Pro" line in the text window
Select the "Mac Pro 6,1" line in the text window

Select the "Build" icon
Select the "Install" icon

At this point you can save and/or print your configuration. My configuration is below:


Quick Start > DSDT Free
Drivers > Audio > Realtek ALCxxx >Without DSDT > ALC892
Drivers > Disk > Realtek ALCxxx > Without DSDT > HDAEnabler
Drivers > Disk > 3rd Party SATA
Drivers > Disk > TRIM Enabler > 10.9.x TRIM Patch
Drivers > Misc > EvOreboot
Drivers > Misc > FakeSMC v6.0.1123
Drivers > Misc > NullCPUPowerManagement
Drivers > Misc > VoodooTSCSync > VoodooTSCSync 6 Core
Drivers > Network > Intel > AppleIntelE1000e v3.0.4
Drivers > System > AppleRTC Patch for CMOS Reset
Bootloaders > Chimera v2.2.1
Customize > Boot Options > Basic Boot Options
Customize > Boot Options > Generate CPU States
Customize > Boot Options > Hibernate Mode - Desktop
Customize > Boot Options > Instant Menu
Customize > Boot Options > PCI Root ID Fix
Customize > Boot Options > Use KernelCache
Customize > Boot Options > 1080p Display Mode
Customize > System Definition > Mac Pro > Mac Pro 6,1
Customize > Themes > tonymacx86 Black

After MultiBeast completes the install.

5. Post MultiBeast:

Reboot your computer.

Hold the Delete key on a USB keyboard while the system is booting up to get into the BIOS
Set your Maverick SSD to your primary boot drive.

You should bring up the Chimera Boot Screen.

Now you need to enter the boot flags, you just have to start typing for the "boot: window" to be displayed.

Type the following:

-v npci-0x3000 cpus=1 -f

Press the enter key.

Now you should see a login in screen or the MAC desktop.

Copy FileNVRAM.dylib from the USB Flash Drive to the \Extra\Modules directory.

Open the \Extra\org.chameleon.Boot.plist file and edit it as follows:


<?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>EthernetBuiltIn</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>
<string>No</string>
<key>IGPEnabler</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>Kernel</key>
<string>mach_kernel</string>
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string>npci=0x3000 PCIRootUID=1</string>
<key>Legacy Logo</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>Instant Menu</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>GenerateCStates</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>GeneratePStates</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>UseKernelCache</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>Graphics Mode</key>
<string>1920x1080x32</string>
</dict>
</plist>


Restart your computer.

6. Last Mac reboot:

You should bring up the Chimera Boot Screen.

Now you need to enter the boot flags, you just have to start typing for the "boot: window" to be displayed.

Type the following:

-v -f

Press the enter key.

7. Add Windows:

Shutdown the system.
Connect the Win 8.1 SSD and the DVD burner.
You should see the Chimera Boot Screen with a Maverick icon and a Windows icon.
Use the arrow keys to select your system and press the enter key.
Click to expand...

Hi there,


i have your exact build.. But I simply cannot get to the install! I've tried your exact instructions, boot flags and all. In verbose, the installer instantly drops to black screen at:


"Starting Darwin x86_64"
"Boot Args...." [then a little code followed by my entered boot flags]


im utterly baffled as my setup is a carbon copy of yours...!


any help is greatly appreciated??
 
I have the same mobo/cpu combo and ended up going to another site to get things working, and it went pretty well with 2 pretty major issues for me:

1. The cpu seems to get overloaded or memory gets really full sometimes (even w/ 32GB of ram!) and I can barely control the mouse until it gets under control again.

and 2. I could never get iMessage working (I've spent lots of hours trying to get it going.)

But NOW with Chimera 3.0.1 I am having much more success. The other night I setup a test ssd and it felt nice and crisp. iMessage still didn't work, but I only spent 20 min looking around, I'm going to get into it in the coming days and see what I can do. Has anyone else gotten everything to work out of the box with Chimera 3.0.1? Which Nvram file is the ticket? What are you thinking about sleep and everything else?

I'm really excited to be back to the Tony Mac way of doing things.
 
Mac Pro 6,1 (X79)
GA-X79-UP4 |  i7 4930K |  GeForce GTX 670
Mac Pro 4,1 (X58)
GA-EX58-UD5 |  i7 950 |  GeForce 9800 GT
iMac 17,1 (skylake)
GA-Z170M-D3H |  i7 6700K |  GTX 970 Overclocked
I never tried iMessage. I had to turn on iMessage on the iPhone.
I waited about 3 hours then I tried iMessage and was able to send
a message to the iPhone.

I will be glad to hear how the new Chimera 3.0.1 works! Thanks

I did not have any the CPU/Memory problems.
 
Mac Workstation
GA-X79-UP4 |  i7 4930K |  GeForce GTX 760
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