[Guide] El Capitan on the Skylake H170N-WIFI

[HardwareFoundry]

Can you guys help? Mine is stuck at the apple logo with no progress

 

[Ni6htWalker]

itunes and imessages suddenly stop working,i can connect to the itunes store with wifi but not with ethernet

edit:fixed all good now.

 

[369t6]

Installation Prerequisites

• A GA-H170N-WIFI build

Where do I find A GA-H170N-WIFI build for a hackintosh mini with graphics card? EDIT: You listed the parts to your build, but I wouldn't know what to do with them once I got them. Is there a guide for how to put them together. I guess its obvious, haven't done this before

 

[Ni6htWalker]

Where do I find A GA-H170N-WIFI build for a hackintosh mini with graphics card? EDIT: You listed the parts to your build, but I wouldn't know what to do with them once I got them. Is there a guide for how to put them together. I guess its obvious, haven't done this before

come on dude Youtube

 

[369t6]

thx, i guess its obvious but didnt even think of that.

 

[MrMads]

Hi there ammulder!

I'm really temped to try this build as my first Hackintosh project. I though have some questions, because I need it to have a GPU, not something fancy, I was just thinking of a EVGA GTX 750 Ti SC. This is mainly because I have an 2560 x 1440 display, which I will need to connect to the machine, and what from I can read, with your build only 1080p will be the max. Also, I would like to be able to do some light gaming on it once in a while, but nothing crazy.

Therefore, I would like to ask: If I do this build in a larger case with the GTX 750 Ti SC graphics card, will I then also need to change some of the other parts on your lists due to higher power need? I'm specifically thinking about the power supply and also the fan here, as I don't know if the Noctua you've listed is big enough to cool down the machine if it has a GPU also.

Hope my question makes sense, thanks in advance!

 

[chollz]

Hi there ammulder!

I'm really temped to try this build as my first Hackintosh project. I though have some questions, because I need it to have a GPU, not something fancy, I was just thinking of a EVGA GTX 750 Ti SC. This is mainly because I have an 2560 x 1440 display, which I will need to connect to the machine, and what from I can read, with your build only 1080p will be the max. Also, I would like to be able to do some light gaming on it once in a while, but nothing crazy.

Therefore, I would like to ask: If I do this build in a larger case with the GTX 750 Ti SC graphics card, will I then also need to change some of the other parts on your lists due to higher power need? I'm specifically thinking about the power supply and also the fan here, as I don't know if the Noctua you've listed is big enough to cool down the machine if it has a GPU also.

Hope my question makes sense, thanks in advance!

Run the Pixel Clock Patch and you won't need a GPU. You can do 1440p via the HDMI port. I have this exact build running a 1440p monitor via HDMI flawlessly without a GPU.

 

[Warnek]

Hello Everyone.

Just completed my first build using ammulder's fantastic guide. The only issue I not able to resolve is the memory expression.

I'm using Corsair 2x16GB modules for a total of 32 GB. Initially OS X indicated I had 16 GB of 2133 DD4. So I manually edited the memory size of each module in the config.plist file and modified the remaining settings as suggested in ammulders guide. Now OS X knows I have 32 GB of ram, but all other details are unknown.

• About this Mac\Overview simply reads "32 GB ???"
• About this Mac\Memory "Your Mac contains 0 memory slots, each of which accepts a ??? memory module. No user-installable memory slots exist."
• System Report\Memory says "There was an error while gathering this information"

In every other respect, the system appears to be aware of installed ram and is working normally, so the issues seems to be cosmetic, but I'm still keen to try and find a solution.

Any and all suggestions welcome.

Cheers.

Hey I had the exact same problem on my Hackintosh with the Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4@3000MHz.
The solution is as follows

- Open the config.plist in a text editor (Atom, Sublime Text or similar)
- Edit the size of the memories to 16384 MB each
- Save the file and close the editor
- Open Clover configurator and load the config.plist
- Under the SMBIOS tab make sure that the parameters are all filled in

- Slot: 0 and 2 (VERY important)
- Size: 16384
- Frequency: Since mine are 3000 i used 2600 that is the maximum I have available in the dropdown (will test with 3000 changing he config.plist directly)
- Vendor: Corsair
- Part: check online or make one up
- Serial:<make a random 12 characters string up>
- Type: DDR 4​

- Make sure Channels is set to Dual Channel and slot count is set to 4
- Save changes (File -> Save)
- Reboot

Find the screenshot attached as an example of my config

 

[eskaarn]

dude thank you so much for your guide

 

[Warnek]

Hey guys. I completed my installation and everything seems to be working apart from:

1. Dual monitor on Intel integrated graphic: I tried hotswapping but without any luck. [not a focus for now]
2. USB is VERY SLOW

Here is the situation:

• I Injected the latest USB-InjectALL downloaded from RehabMan
• The system report recognises the USB 3.0 Bus (please see attached system report dump + screenshot)

Spoiler: USB System Report Dump

USB 3.0 Bus:

Capacity: 30.75 GB (30,752,000,000 bytes)
Removable Media: Yes
BSD Name: disk1
Host Controller Driver: AppleUSBXHCISPT
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
PCI Device ID: 0xa12f
PCI Revision ID: 0x0031
PCI Vendor ID: 0x8086
Volumes:
EFI:
Capacity: 209.7 MB (209,715,200 bytes)
BSD Name: disk1s1
Content: EFI
Volume UUID: 0E239BC6-F960-3107-89CF-1C97F78BB46B
Yeast:
Capacity: 29.76 GB (29,758,025,728 bytes)
Available: 17.57 GB (17,568,452,608 bytes)
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk1s2
Mount Point: /Volumes/Yeast
Content: Apple_HFS
Volume UUID: 6E30AB30-AD39-3584-BDAD-0408C75C6064
Recovery HD:
Capacity: 650 MB (650,002,432 bytes)
BSD Name: disk1s3
Content: Apple_Boot
Volume UUID: 260BF941-259B-3A50-AAFA-D95B926BFBDB

Ultra:

Product ID: 0x5581
Vendor ID: 0x0781 (SanDisk Corporation)
Version: 1.00
Serial Number: 4C530001020710121181
Speed: Up to 5 Gb/sec
Manufacturer: SanDisk
Location ID: 0x14e00000 / 6
Current Available (mA): 1800
Current Required (mA): 224
Extra Operating Current (mA): 396
Capacity: 30.75 GB (30,752,000,000 bytes)
Removable Media: Yes
Detachable Drive: Yes
BSD Name: disk1
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
Volumes:
EFI:
Capacity: 209.7 MB (209,715,200 bytes)
BSD Name: disk1s1
Content: EFI
Volume UUID: 0E239BC6-F960-3107-89CF-1C97F78BB46B
Yeast:
Capacity: 29.76 GB (29,758,025,728 bytes)
Available: 17.57 GB (17,568,452,608 bytes)
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk1s2
Mount Point: /Volumes/Yeast
Content: Apple_HFS
Volume UUID: 6E30AB30-AD39-3584-BDAD-0408C75C6064
Recovery HD:
Capacity: 650 MB (650,002,432 bytes)
BSD Name: disk1s3
Content: Apple_Boot
Volume UUID: 260BF941-259B-3A50-AAFA-D95B926BFBDB

Bluetooth HCI:

Product ID: 0x0a2b
Vendor ID: 0x8087 (Intel Corporation)
Version: 0.01
Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec
Location ID: 0x14800000 / 1
Current Available (mA): 1000
Current Required (mA): 100
Extra Operating Current (mA): 0
Built-In: Yes

Keyboard Hub:

Product ID: 0x1006
Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Inc.)
Version: 96.15
Serial Number: 000000000000
Speed: Up to 480 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Apple, Inc.
Location ID: 0x14500000 / 2
Current Available (mA): 1000
Current Required (mA): 300
Extra Operating Current (mA): 0

USB Optical Mouse:

Product ID: 0xc077
Vendor ID: 0x046d (Logitech Inc.)
Version: 72.00
Speed: Up to 1.5 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Logitech
Location ID: 0x14510000 / 4
Current Available (mA): 1000
Current Required (mA): 100
Extra Operating Current (mA): 0

Apple Keyboard:

Product ID: 0x0221
Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Inc.)
Version: 0.69
Speed: Up to 1.5 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Apple, Inc
Location ID: 0x14520000 / 3
Current Available (mA): 1000
Current Required (mA): 20
Extra Operating Current (mA): 0

802.11n WLAN Adapter:

Product ID: 0x17ab
Vendor ID: 0x0b05 (ASUSTek Computer Inc.)
Version: 2.00
Serial Number: 00e04c000001
Speed: Up to 480 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Realtek
Location ID: 0x14300000 / 5
Current Available (mA): 1000
Current Required (mA): 500
Extra Operating Current (mA): 0

• Unfortunately when I speed test the results are around 80-150 MB/sec in both read and write (Tested multiple removable drives)
• When I connect more than 2 usb peripherals, my WiFi dongle stops working and/or the other drives don't work properly having copy speed that oscillates between 40MB/sec to zero, on and off as they were connecting/disconnecting constantly

Can you guys please help?

On a side note I would also know if any of you have got problem with dual screen displays. I can't seem to be able to use 2 1080p monitors, one for each HDMI [this is a marginal problem at the moment and my focus is on the USB for now].

Thanks!
Mike