Gigabyte GA-X79S-UP5 Unibeast FAIL

[theverant]

I have a Gigabyte GA-X79S-UP5 and I can't even get into the ML installer. Tried npci=0x3000, 0x2000. GraphicsEnabler yes,no. PCIRootUID=0,1. I always get kernel panic with:
Panic(CPU 0 caller 0xffffff80002b7b95)

I can post the full panic screen, if anyone could make sense of it.

Anyone have any ideas?

 

[Ryan Thomas]

try cpus=1

I just got one up and running but cpu is showing as 1,2 ghz

 

[timboau]

Same here. Any solutions to get it up to speed?

 

[timboau]

by the way, once you're installed with cpus=1 then put that voodooTSCSync.kext in to extensions and you can run without it.

However, the benchmarks are slooooow. I'm getting 3.4 on cinebench (should be over 10 as far as I can tell).

Haven't found a solution yet. The DSDT for the board is available on http://www.osx86.net but that just causes it to not boot up anymore

 

[victorraymond]

Wow it seem you are pretty unlucky.

the command: -v -x graphicsenabler=no npci=0x2000

is suppose to boot on all duo core intel higher computer.



So only 2 thing left i can see.

1: install new bootloader overlap/replace on your usb

2: use an alterantive Mountain Lion usb creator software like unibeast. There is only 3 software that create MLion usb stick . Google it it shouldn't be hard.


Good luck,
If all else fail you might have to buy new motherboard

 

[timboau]

unlucky - yeah

it's possible to get this board up and running but i haven't heard from anybody getting it up to speed yet.

nothing too difficult about getting ML installed though. Similar to other X79 boards. It's a bitch about useless SAS / SATA ports, so from that point of view it's a waste of money...

 

[victorraymond]

But ofcouse "a real mac it self cost over 1,500$ lol"

So even if you buy a new motherboard say 150$....or 200$... it's still cheap in that view.

 

[timboau]

True

Any suggestions?

LGA 2011, but need 10 SATA ports. WHy I went with this board to begin with.

Have actually spent $2800 on it so far, but that's mainly 4 x 3TB drives and a 512GB SSD

 

[timboau]

I'll also take it back to where i bought it and tell them they're lack of knowledge resulted in the wrong purchase - the SAS ports only work if you put in a XEON processor apparently

 

[youdonthavetocall]

I also bought a X79S-UP5 and i didnt even see the USB logo where i can click the install on. Is there any suggestion about this? After reading few posts about this board, maybe it is the wrong board to buy for hackintosh?