[Guide] El Capitan on the Skylake H170N-WIFI

[thyraon]

Ah, I see. Thanks for clarifying!

 

[BasJohan]

I updated to 10.11.4 today, and after setting inject->intel to false and removing ig-platform-id key and corresponding string in config.plist everything seems good.

Using 2 hdmi 1080p monitors.

Cinebench have e a weak 27.96fps for OpenGL, while Luxmark gave me 1889 for OpenCL. Results added to Graphics Testing / benchmarking Chart

This was exactly what I hoped for, going with a skylake build instead of broadwell, using an old discrete graphics card wile waiting for HD 530 drivers

 

[thyraon]

I think it should be safe to upgrade.

Confirmed. Upgraded to 10.11.4 with no issues.

 

[ammulder]

OK, I've updated the guide for 10.11.4. It's a little simpler now, and works with both HD 530 integrated graphics and Nvidia graphics. Shouldn't need to make any changes if you've already got it running, though.

 

[boominger]

Success with 10.11.4 updated guide on GA-Z170N-WIFI

Thank you for this great guide! I followed the 10.11.4 updated version yesterday on my Z170N-WIFI (BIOS: F7) and so far everything works like a charm. I replaced the Intel wireless card with the recommended DW1560. With your SSDT-USB-H170N-WIFI.aml all USB3.0 Ports are working (front & back) I could not check the type-c port as I don't own any devices for it. iMessage, Handoff, Airdrop are working too. RAM is listed as "16 GB ???" in "About This Mac", I guess I messed something up in the config.plist, will check that later.


Here is a list of my parts:

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Pure Rock
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170N-WIFI
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black DDR4-2133 16GB (2 x 8GB)
HDD 1: Samsung 850 Pro 256GB
HDD 2: Samsung 950 Pro 256GB M.2
GFX: MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4G
Case: BitFenix Prodigy (White)
PSU: be quiet! Pure Power 530W L8 CM Modular
Monitor: Dell U2414H
Keyboard: Apple Wired Standard Keyboard
WiFi: Broadcom BCM94352Z DW1560

I am currently booting from the 850 Pro SSD. I was able to install to the 950 Pro with the NVMeGeneric.kext and boot to it but after the first reboot I only got the prohibited sign. Will try to fix that when I have some free time...

 

[Antilogical]

Hey ammulder,

I used your guide a while back to create a rather successful hackintosh, except using a Gigabyte Z170 Gaming 1 board. You gave me some specific advice pertaining to my board here.

It's all working very well, except for my USB's; they'll appear fine when plugged in initially, but if I put my computer to sleep (darkwake=8), and re-awake, nothing will be mounted, and trying to plug anything in again will not work. I need to reboot my system to see the drives again.

I was using the USBInjectAll 0.5.8 kext to accomplish USB support; was running 10.11.3, tried upgrading to 10.11.4 with no luck. Any idea what I can do to get it working nicely again?

 

[ammulder]

There are two Ethernet ports on the board. The i219 port works. The i211 port does not. The first post should walk you through that.

As for the HDMI, I don't have two non-4K HDMI displays to try myself, but there's this report of success just a few posts ago: http://www.tonymacx86.com/el-capita...apitan-skylake-h170n-wifi-27.html#post1225255

 

[gangsta46]

Can you publish a complete guide for it , please .

I followed this guide

 

[dedligamer]

Hi,

I followed the guide, but until booting from the USB i got a monitor disconnect and die monitor will never be activated during install procress. I use the new El Capitan 10.11.4.

I had successfully installed mac OS with the old El Capitan version 10.11.3.

Can someone help me?

Thanks.

 

[ammulder]

I followed the guide, but until booting from the USB i got a monitor disconnect and die monitor will never be activated during install procress. I use the new El Capitan 10.11.4.

Are you using integrated graphics or a separate video card?

What connection type does your monitor use?