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- Motherboard
- P55-UD3
- CPU
- i5
- Graphics
- GTS250
Thought I'd share my build for anyone looking for a stable, reasonably well specced hackintosh. This is to replace my old P55 build, which had been going strong for at least 5 years.
My aim for this build was to make it fast, quiet, minimalist, long lived, and with as few hacks as possible to make it usable.
Parts:
Working / Tested:
Installation:
There's a plethora of information on this site for this board, but I hope this post distills it into a reasonably simple guide. Hopefully I haven't missed anything.
I did not upgrade to F20+ BIOS on this board. There was no need, everything seems to work well. I'm usually the first to move to new BIOS versions, but the benefits do not sound like they outweigh the cons in this case. Stick to F6.
Only FakeSMC and ethernet kernel extensions should installed.
Thanks to TonyMac team, cnrd and toleda for their tools and guides.
1. Set BIOS as follows:
2. Install 10.12 using UniBeast created installer
4. Configure with Clover Configurator
This is where we start to get HDMI audio and USB working properly.
Download and Install Clover Configurator (link in references section below). Mount your EFI partition within the app. Update Clover within the app.
Confirm settings are as below:
5. SSDT patches
Unzip 'patched.zip' attached to this post. Copy contents into EFI partition folder: EFI/CLOVER/ACPI/patched
This is my USB configuration for BIOS F6. Can be regenerated yourself if required, look at the GitHub repository and forum thread in references section below.
Also contains required patches to get HDMI audio working on this board. This can be re-generated using the HDMI Audio Script found in references section below.
6. Enjoy!
References
http://mackie100projects.altervista.org/download-clover-configurator/
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/new-automatic-hdmi-audio-script-released.184867/
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/guide-sierra-on-the-ga-z170x-ud3.202296/
https://github.com/cnrd/GA-Z170X-UD3-OSX
My aim for this build was to make it fast, quiet, minimalist, long lived, and with as few hacks as possible to make it usable.
Parts:
- Streacom F12C Case
- Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3 - F6 BIOS
- Intel Core i5 6500 - Cooled with Corsair H55 water cooler
- Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR4
- Corsair RM550X 550W power supply
- Samsung 250GB SATA SSD
- 2x 2TB HDDs, custom suspension bracket
- 2x Noctua NF-S12B 120mm fans, one used for cooling radiator
- ABB Internal Bluetooth 4.0 Module Adapter
Working / Tested:
- Sleep
- Audio + HDMI Audio
- HD 530 Internal Graphics
- Networking
- USB 2 / 3 / 3.1
- Bluetooth
Installation:
There's a plethora of information on this site for this board, but I hope this post distills it into a reasonably simple guide. Hopefully I haven't missed anything.
I did not upgrade to F20+ BIOS on this board. There was no need, everything seems to work well. I'm usually the first to move to new BIOS versions, but the benefits do not sound like they outweigh the cons in this case. Stick to F6.
Only FakeSMC and ethernet kernel extensions should installed.
Thanks to TonyMac team, cnrd and toleda for their tools and guides.
1. Set BIOS as follows:
Save & Exit > Load optimized defaults
Peripherals > XHCI Hand-off > Enable
Peripherals > Super IO Configuration > Disable
Peripherals > Disable any serial ports
BIOS Features > Windows 8/10 Features > Other OS
BIOS Features > Storage Boot Option Control > UEFI Only
Save & Exit > Save Changes & Restart
Peripherals > XHCI Hand-off > Enable
Peripherals > Super IO Configuration > Disable
Peripherals > Disable any serial ports
BIOS Features > Windows 8/10 Features > Other OS
BIOS Features > Storage Boot Option Control > UEFI Only
Save & Exit > Save Changes & Restart
2. Install 10.12 using UniBeast created installer
3. Configure with MultiBeastAudio > ALC1150
Audio > 100 Series Audio
Audio > Optional HD 530 HDMI Audio
Misc > FakeSMC
Misc > FakeSMC Plugins
Network > IntelMausiEthernet v2.2.0
BootLoaders > Clover UEFI Boot Mode
Customise > Graphics > Intel HD 530
Customise > System Definitions > iMac 17,1
Restart. Networking, graphics should be working at this point. Install macOS updates.Audio > 100 Series Audio
Audio > Optional HD 530 HDMI Audio
Misc > FakeSMC
Misc > FakeSMC Plugins
Network > IntelMausiEthernet v2.2.0
BootLoaders > Clover UEFI Boot Mode
Customise > Graphics > Intel HD 530
Customise > System Definitions > iMac 17,1
4. Configure with Clover Configurator
This is where we start to get HDMI audio and USB working properly.
Download and Install Clover Configurator (link in references section below). Mount your EFI partition within the app. Update Clover within the app.
Confirm settings are as below:
ACPI > FixShutdown_0004 > ticked
Devices > Audio > Inject > 3
Graphics > ig-platform-id > 0x19120000
Graphics > Inject Intel > ticked
Kernel and Kext Patches > KextsToPatch > As below:
Devices > Audio > Inject > 3
Graphics > ig-platform-id > 0x19120000
Graphics > Inject Intel > ticked
Kernel and Kext Patches > KextsToPatch > As below:
Name | Find | Replace | Comment |
AppleIntelSKLGraphicsFramebuffer | 01050900 00040000 87010000 | 01050900 00080000 87010000 | t2-10.11.4-SKL-1912000-Port_0x5-DP2HDM |
AppleIntelSKLGraphicsFramebuffer | 01030303 | 01030403 | t2-10.11.4+-SKL-1912000-4_displays |
AppleAHCIPort | 45787465 726e616c | 496e7465 726e616c | External icons patch |
AppleHDA | 8a19d411 | 00000000 | 10.12-AppleHDA/Realtek ALC... |
AppleHDA | 8b19d411 | 0009ec10 | 10.9-10.12-AppleHDA/Realtek ALC1150 |
AppleHDA | 786d6c2e 7a6c | 7a6d6c2e 7a6c | AppleHDA/Resources/xml]zml |
5. SSDT patches
Unzip 'patched.zip' attached to this post. Copy contents into EFI partition folder: EFI/CLOVER/ACPI/patched
This is my USB configuration for BIOS F6. Can be regenerated yourself if required, look at the GitHub repository and forum thread in references section below.
Also contains required patches to get HDMI audio working on this board. This can be re-generated using the HDMI Audio Script found in references section below.
6. Enjoy!
References
http://mackie100projects.altervista.org/download-clover-configurator/
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/new-automatic-hdmi-audio-script-released.184867/
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/guide-sierra-on-the-ga-z170x-ud3.202296/
https://github.com/cnrd/GA-Z170X-UD3-OSX
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