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- Jul 14, 2015
- Messages
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- Motherboard
- HP Z800
- CPU
- 2X Xeon X5675
- Graphics
- Gigabyte Rx 570
- Mac
Hey guys!
Been using my Z800 since 2017 and it's 100% stable on the latest Mojave version (10.14.6). For me it's a perfect build for heavy audio workloads.
The forum members and threads have helped me A LOT on that past couple years, so i wanted to share this build and help others.
My current configuration is:
2x Xeon 5675
48GB ECC Ram
Gigabyte RX 570 4gb
SSD (Running on a Asmedia 1061 Sata III PCIe Card) < Not needed but the onboard Sata works on Sata II Bus.
RME Hdspe AIO Soundcard (flawless)
* Benchmark results attached on the post with the EFI folder
Working:
Everything from CPU Turbo / SpeedStep to Firewire.
Not Working:
Sleep - Since it's a desktop machine that is basically online 24/7 i don't really care about sleep working or not, so i disabled it and didn't test.
First at all - The bios setup:
STORAGE:
Storage Options
Removable Media Boot - Enable
Legacy Diskette Write - Disable
SATA Emulation: Raid + AHCI
Sata port (All) - Gen 2/3 3.0gbps (Internal Only)
SECURITY:
Network Service Boot - Disable
System Security:
ALL ENABLED except Os Management of Embedded Security Device.
POWER
OS POWER MANAGEMENT:
Runtime Power Management - Enable
MWAIT-Aware OS - Enable
Idle Power Savings - Extended
ACPI S3 HD Reset - Disable
ACPI S3 PS2 MOUSE - Disable
USB Wake on Device Insertion - Disable
Unique Sleep State blink - disable
HARDWARE POER MANAGEMENT:
- All enabled except EUP Compliance Mode.
ADVANCED
PROCESSORS:
Hyper Threading - enable
Active Cores - ALL CORES
Limite CPUID xxx - disable
ONBOARD DEVICES:
Serial and Diskette disabled.
CHIPSET / MEMORY:
PCI Serr## Generation - Disable
PCI VGA Palette Snooping - Disable
Memory Node Interleave - ENABLED
Enhanced Memory Performance - ENABLED
DEVICE OPTIONS:
S5 Wake on lan - Disabled
Multi PRocessor - Enabled
Integrated Audio - Enable
Internal Speaker - Enabled
Monitor Tracking. - Disabled
NIC PXE Option Room Download - DISABLE
SAS OPTION ROM DOWNLOAD - DISABLE (If you are using the SAS (White) Ports to boot)
SATA RAID OPTION ROM DOWNLOAD - ENABLE (If you are using the Sata ports to boot)
* Enabling or disabling the rom options to fit your usage will increase the boot/load speeds.
2 - Building the USB Installer and Installing:
- Create the USB Installer on another MacOS machine using the app Install Disk Creator and a fresh copy of Mojave (Can be downloaded from the app store at https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/macos-mojave/id1398502828?ls=1&mt=12 or using the DosDude patch tool IF you are running Catalina or a later version. Use the tool for DOWNLOADING ONLY!)
- Install Clover on the USB STICK (UEFI Machines / MBR partition)
- Replace all files including the “boot” unix file on the EFI folder attached to this post.
- Rename the INSTALL config.plist to only config.plist (If you try to use the FINAL on the installing process the usb ports won't work).
- Boot the machine with the USB stick connected and the installer should run as expected.
- Install the Mac Os on the desired volume (I'm using the APFS format with zero issues)
- Reboot with the usb stick connected, but select the HD / SSD where the installation is and let it finish.
- Boot to OS and configure normally. When its all done and you are already on the desktop screen, remove the extension AppleHpet.kext at /System/Library/Extensios for the usb ports to work 100%
- Install clover on the main SSD / HD and use the same folder but with the FINAL config.plist (rename it to just config.plist) and delete the install one.
Done
Been using my Z800 since 2017 and it's 100% stable on the latest Mojave version (10.14.6). For me it's a perfect build for heavy audio workloads.
The forum members and threads have helped me A LOT on that past couple years, so i wanted to share this build and help others.
My current configuration is:
2x Xeon 5675
48GB ECC Ram
Gigabyte RX 570 4gb
SSD (Running on a Asmedia 1061 Sata III PCIe Card) < Not needed but the onboard Sata works on Sata II Bus.
RME Hdspe AIO Soundcard (flawless)
* Benchmark results attached on the post with the EFI folder
Working:
Everything from CPU Turbo / SpeedStep to Firewire.
Not Working:
Sleep - Since it's a desktop machine that is basically online 24/7 i don't really care about sleep working or not, so i disabled it and didn't test.
First at all - The bios setup:
STORAGE:
Storage Options
Removable Media Boot - Enable
Legacy Diskette Write - Disable
SATA Emulation: Raid + AHCI
Sata port (All) - Gen 2/3 3.0gbps (Internal Only)
SECURITY:
Network Service Boot - Disable
System Security:
ALL ENABLED except Os Management of Embedded Security Device.
POWER
OS POWER MANAGEMENT:
Runtime Power Management - Enable
MWAIT-Aware OS - Enable
Idle Power Savings - Extended
ACPI S3 HD Reset - Disable
ACPI S3 PS2 MOUSE - Disable
USB Wake on Device Insertion - Disable
Unique Sleep State blink - disable
HARDWARE POER MANAGEMENT:
- All enabled except EUP Compliance Mode.
ADVANCED
PROCESSORS:
Hyper Threading - enable
Active Cores - ALL CORES
Limite CPUID xxx - disable
ONBOARD DEVICES:
Serial and Diskette disabled.
CHIPSET / MEMORY:
PCI Serr## Generation - Disable
PCI VGA Palette Snooping - Disable
Memory Node Interleave - ENABLED
Enhanced Memory Performance - ENABLED
DEVICE OPTIONS:
S5 Wake on lan - Disabled
Multi PRocessor - Enabled
Integrated Audio - Enable
Internal Speaker - Enabled
Monitor Tracking. - Disabled
NIC PXE Option Room Download - DISABLE
SAS OPTION ROM DOWNLOAD - DISABLE (If you are using the SAS (White) Ports to boot)
SATA RAID OPTION ROM DOWNLOAD - ENABLE (If you are using the Sata ports to boot)
* Enabling or disabling the rom options to fit your usage will increase the boot/load speeds.
2 - Building the USB Installer and Installing:
- Create the USB Installer on another MacOS machine using the app Install Disk Creator and a fresh copy of Mojave (Can be downloaded from the app store at https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/macos-mojave/id1398502828?ls=1&mt=12 or using the DosDude patch tool IF you are running Catalina or a later version. Use the tool for DOWNLOADING ONLY!)
- Install Clover on the USB STICK (UEFI Machines / MBR partition)
- Replace all files including the “boot” unix file on the EFI folder attached to this post.
- Rename the INSTALL config.plist to only config.plist (If you try to use the FINAL on the installing process the usb ports won't work).
- Boot the machine with the USB stick connected and the installer should run as expected.
- Install the Mac Os on the desired volume (I'm using the APFS format with zero issues)
- Reboot with the usb stick connected, but select the HD / SSD where the installation is and let it finish.
- Boot to OS and configure normally. When its all done and you are already on the desktop screen, remove the extension AppleHpet.kext at /System/Library/Extensios for the usb ports to work 100%
- Install clover on the main SSD / HD and use the same folder but with the FINAL config.plist (rename it to just config.plist) and delete the install one.
Done
Attachments
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Cinebench r20 z800.jpg101 KB · Views: 499
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z800 Geekbench OpenCL.jpg107.7 KB · Views: 400
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z800 Geekbench Metal.jpg112.9 KB · Views: 378
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Geekbench 5 HP z800.jpg112.3 KB · Views: 436
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Geekbench 4 HP z800.jpg145.3 KB · Views: 512
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EFI Z800 MOJAVE.zip23.5 MB · Views: 977
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