- Joined
- Sep 15, 2012
- Messages
- 182
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte GA-X99-Designare EX
- CPU
- i7-6950X
- Graphics
- GTX 750 Ti
- Mac
Here is my build...
Gigabyte LGA2011-3 Intel X99 GA-X99-Designare EX
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01FY8CC4E/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
Intel Core i7-6950X Processor Extreme Edition) 3.0
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01FJLA9IM/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
Corsair LPX 32GB DRAM 3000MHz DDR4
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B014UYPEXE/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
Intel 600p Series 256GB M.2 80mm SSD
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01K375Q6C/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 750 PSU
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005E98FVS/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
Inateck PCI-E to USB 3.0 5-Port PCI Express Card
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FPIMJEW/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
Gigabyte GV-N75TOC2-2GI GTX 750 Ti OC Graphics Card
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015E9VDC0/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
Intel I210-T1 Network Adapter E0X95AA
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ESFF2JC/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
What is working…
Both monitors
Both ethernet ports
USB ports
M.2 SSD
What is not working...
Audio (I am running a firewire interface for audio)
Intel I210-T1 Network Adapter
Motherboard
Update Bios to F4c
http://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-X99-Designare-EX-rev-10#support-dl
Go into bios, use "load optimized defaults"
Save
USB
1. Download 10.12.3 version or later of Apple software by performing the following:
Delete the current version of MacOS Sierra from Applications folder, if it exists.
Go to App Store, and download Sierra. This downloads the latest version.
While you are waiting for the download, go to step 2.
2. Prepare a thumb drive as follows with Disk Utility:
GUID Partition Table
Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
Use the name “USB”
3. When the MacOS download completes, pop up a Terminal, and type the following:
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/USB --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app --no interaction
Note: This will take a few minutes….
When this step is completed, the USB drive will change names to Install macOS Sierra
4. Download latest versions of Clover Configurator and Clover.
5. Use Clover Configurator to Mount the EFI partition of the USB drive.
6. Run Clover
Click Continue Twice
Click “Change Install Location” & select the USB drive
Click Continue
Click Customize
Install for UEFI booting only
Install Clover in the ESP
Click Install
Clover will automatically mount the EFI drive.
When Clover Installation completes, move the entire contents of the EFI Master folder into to the EFI Partition EFI folder
Eject EFI Partition
Restart computer with USB drive and follow the prompts to install Sierra
Restart computer and once you are at the desktop…
Use Clover Configurator to Mount the EFI partition of the USB drive.
Copy the entire EFI folder to the desktop
Run Clover
Click Continue Twice
Click “Change Install Location” & select the Macintosh Hard Drive
Click Continue
Click Customize
Install for UEFI booting only
Install Clover in the ESP
Click Install
Clover will automatically mount the EFI drive.
When Clover Installation completes, move the entire contents of the EFI folder from the desktop into to the Macintosh EFI Partition EFI folder
Eject EFI Partition
Download and install the nvida driver for 10.12.3
http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/114669/en-us
Download and apply
AGDPfix
Restart computer
F12 at BIOS and choose UEFI partition of new hard drive as primary drive..
Follow the link to generate your own serial number (please do not use mine)
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...-ds3h-a-i3-4330-geforce-gt640-10-11-4.189452/
USB speeds have not been tested, but all are working with 2.0/3.0 devices so far...
That should be it. Change any part of this at your own risk.
This took 2 months of digging thru forums to find what will work on this board and cpu combo...
i am no genius...just got lucky on this one
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