- Joined
- Apr 1, 2012
- Messages
- 45
- Motherboard
- GA-Z77M-D3H
- CPU
- i5-3750K
- Graphics
- RX 570
Hi.
The parts are:
CPU: Intel S1155 Core i5 3570K 3.40Ghz Quad Core CPU $239.00
MB: Gigabyte S1155 MicroATX GA-Z77M-D3H Motherboard $109.00
RAM: DDR3 8GB (2x4G) Kingmax 1600MHz RAM Kit $59.00
HDD: 120GB OCZ 2.5" Agility 3 SATA 6Gb/s SSD Drive $129
Video: Galaxy Geforce 7900GS with Acer 1916W on VGA output.
Install was very tricky ))
1. Grey apple logo and crossed circle sign - option -v revealed "waiting for root device".
2. In install -> Disk utility - no drive apart from USB.
Fixes were:
- MB BIOS upgrade from F4 to F8
- Plug SSD in blue (3GB/s) port
- Disable XCHI in BIOS. Also SATA=AHCI, HPET=enabled
- KB and mouse in USB 2.0 ports, not USB 3.0
- On every boot press F12 and select the device, not EFI.device - every device there had EFI variant. So no EFI stuff to boot from.
3. Follow this guide http://legacy.tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=59052
4. In Multibeast I checked only User DSDT (with no files on desktop), Audio VoodooHDA latest and maoljsAtherosEthernet.
5. Graphics not worked, booting was only possible with GraphicsEnabler=No at Chimera prompt (red apple - press any key)
6. Booting with -v showed that native Geforce7xxx.kext was failing and making kernel panic.
7. Few days of reading about EFI strings, nvidia injectors, enablers and editing info.plists passed )) I didn't want any changes to native Lion sw.
8. What worked is booting in 32bit mode - native Lion Geforce7xxx drivers are 32bit. Type arch=i386 at Chimera boot. Then put it into /Extra/org.chameleon.boot.plist as permanent boot option.
9. CI/QE and S3 sleep (lights off), audio are working, geek bench 9872.
Later I'll make use of Intel HD4000 built in CPU, when I'll buy another monitor (one I have is VGA only).
And theoretical question to gurus: Chimera (Chameleon) bootloader emulates EFI Bios of real Mac's. But latest Gigabyte MBs do have EFI Bios. Maybe it may filled with correct data and work without bootloader? Just thinking
Questions're welcome!
May someone recommend proper Wifi card or dongle (PCIe card preferred)? My Atheros AR5007UG dongle is useless I reckon.
The parts are:
CPU: Intel S1155 Core i5 3570K 3.40Ghz Quad Core CPU $239.00
MB: Gigabyte S1155 MicroATX GA-Z77M-D3H Motherboard $109.00
RAM: DDR3 8GB (2x4G) Kingmax 1600MHz RAM Kit $59.00
HDD: 120GB OCZ 2.5" Agility 3 SATA 6Gb/s SSD Drive $129
Video: Galaxy Geforce 7900GS with Acer 1916W on VGA output.
Install was very tricky ))
1. Grey apple logo and crossed circle sign - option -v revealed "waiting for root device".
2. In install -> Disk utility - no drive apart from USB.
Fixes were:
- MB BIOS upgrade from F4 to F8
- Plug SSD in blue (3GB/s) port
- Disable XCHI in BIOS. Also SATA=AHCI, HPET=enabled
- KB and mouse in USB 2.0 ports, not USB 3.0
- On every boot press F12 and select the device, not EFI.device - every device there had EFI variant. So no EFI stuff to boot from.
3. Follow this guide http://legacy.tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=59052
4. In Multibeast I checked only User DSDT (with no files on desktop), Audio VoodooHDA latest and maoljsAtherosEthernet.
5. Graphics not worked, booting was only possible with GraphicsEnabler=No at Chimera prompt (red apple - press any key)
6. Booting with -v showed that native Geforce7xxx.kext was failing and making kernel panic.
7. Few days of reading about EFI strings, nvidia injectors, enablers and editing info.plists passed )) I didn't want any changes to native Lion sw.
8. What worked is booting in 32bit mode - native Lion Geforce7xxx drivers are 32bit. Type arch=i386 at Chimera boot. Then put it into /Extra/org.chameleon.boot.plist as permanent boot option.
9. CI/QE and S3 sleep (lights off), audio are working, geek bench 9872.
Later I'll make use of Intel HD4000 built in CPU, when I'll buy another monitor (one I have is VGA only).
And theoretical question to gurus: Chimera (Chameleon) bootloader emulates EFI Bios of real Mac's. But latest Gigabyte MBs do have EFI Bios. Maybe it may filled with correct data and work without bootloader? Just thinking
Questions're welcome!
May someone recommend proper Wifi card or dongle (PCIe card preferred)? My Atheros AR5007UG dongle is useless I reckon.
