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[GUIDE] Sierra on the GA-Z170X-UD3

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jwp2222 said:
I did not have luck with F22 and had to revert to the one linked in the first post (7c). The new UI in the updated BIOS is terrible anyway, so I'm not sure what you gain with it. I have not used USB-C though, so maybe that is important.
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Hi. Thanks for replying.
Do you know if it's a good idea to install the latest version of Sierra instead of Vanilla?
I just downloaded it off the app store and i suppose it's the latest version... Although i should have the vanilla one in the recovery partition...
 
Sorry for the double post.
Been trying to reach the installer all the afternoon/night and can't seem to get it.
My BIOS version is F7 and I made sure to carefully follow all the steps on this guide.

The screen I get + some info:
http://imgur.com/a/bO3dq

Also I am using the 10.12.5 version of Sierra, I don't know if it has something to do with it.
The clover version is v2.3k r3761
Honestly I don't know what am I missing, anyone with similar problems?
 
Sike said:
Sorry for the double post.
Been trying to reach the installer all the afternoon/night and can't seem to get it.
My BIOS version is F7 and I made sure to carefully follow all the steps on this guide.

The screen I get + some info:
http://imgur.com/a/bO3dq

Also I am using the 10.12.5 version of Sierra, I don't know if it has something to do with it.
The clover version is v2.3k r3761
Honestly I don't know what am I missing, anyone with similar problems?
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What I did was in clover go to options > pci > enable USB Ownership that helped me boot up

I followed these steps except the usb ownership thing, I guess that's new from 10.12.5 but really it was simple

https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...-i7-6700k-32gb-ram-zotac-gtx-1070-8gb.221184/
 
Main CustoMac Pro
GA-Z170X-UD3 |  i5 6600K |  GeForce GTX 1060 6GB SSC
Thank you for the advise! @pit512 & @mike3run.

I have successfully installed Sierra but I don't know why the web drivers won't work. They won't recognize my GPU

wasabinoise said:
I built a hackintosh last weekend using this motherboard and had no issues until I tried to install FakeSMC. After that, while trying to fix it using the USB, I got into an issue... I couldn't access the boot menu (F12). Setup (Del) worked but not F12, nothing appeared on screen (I tried switching to HDMI). Anyway... the thing is that I installed the F22 BIOS but that made the USB useless, it gets stuck. So I'm downgrading now to F21 (thanks to the comments on this thread).

Just wanted to let you know that the F22 didn't work for me with fresh install of 10.12.4 Mac OS X.
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Do your web drivers work on F21?
I was using F7 but when booting Windows things were kinda weird so I decided to upgrade to F21.
Now my web drivers won't recognize my gpu, neither will cuda.
At least Windows feels more normal now... it was slow as hell with F7.

I ran kextbeast with NvidiaGraphicsFixup.kext and lilu.kext even before the black screen (I was anticipating the error since on F7 I had the black screen).
As of now I deleted those kexts from /System/Library/Extensions and even with nvda_drv=1 I don't get neither a black screen or the graphics card detected.
Without nv_disable=1 still loads as if the Nvidia drivers were disabled.
Thinking about make a clean install and hope for the best but maybe I'm just losing time because it might be another issue.


EDIT:
After reinstalling the whole thing I still had the issue.
I finally tried reinstalling clover with EmuVariableUefi-64 and it worked! It gave me the black screen but I patched it.
All seems working correctly now, I feel like such a dork :p

Can confirm that the usb type c works fine.
I wasn't able to run ssdtPRGen.sh, some directories were missing...
Is it really that important to have?

Thank you so much for the help guys, without this community noobs like me wouldn't be able to achieve this!
 
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macOS Sierra on the GA-Z170X-UD3

Changelog (May not be complete)
  • Updated some of the guide for Sierra (Steps should be the same, but some names may be wrong, please report any inconsistencies you have found). DATE: 20/09/16
  • Added upgrade path from El Capitan DATE: 20/09/16

My Configuration

What works
  • SATA
  • USB 2.0 and USB 3.0
  • Audio including HDMI/DP
  • CPU power management
  • GPU power management
  • Sleep
  • Build-in Ethernet (Including WOL)
  • TRIM support enabled
  • Intel HD530 integrated graphics (Untested by me, find a guide somewhere on the forums)

What sorta works
  • USB 3.1 Type A port works with a mouse. (Unable to mount any drives on that port.)
  • Nvidia GPU (Problems with dual monitors).

Untested
  • USB 3.1 Type C port

Installation prerequisites
  • A GA-Z170X-UD3 build
  • A working Mac or Hackintosh
  • A USB stick or drive, 16 GB or larger

Get Sierra
  1. Open Mac App Store
  2. Log in with your Apple ID
  3. Download OS X El Capitan (10.11.4 or higher required)
  4. When the download finishes and the setup screen appears, Quit the app from the menu bar. You should now see the application /Applications/Install macOS Sierra.app

Things to download

IMPORTANT: Unplug all monitor except your primary now! (Both for new installs and updates)

Upgrade path if my El Capitan guide was used
Prerequisites
  • A working El Capitan installation
  • My USB method
  • Mac Pro 6,1 or iMac17,1 SMBIOS
  • A backup of all important data (I also like to live dangerously)
Do the following before updating to Sierra
  1. Clover (Download clover from above, install then restart).
  2. Remove the following from your Clover EFI folder:
    • /EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other/AppleALC.kext (Currently causes unbootable system on Sierra)
  3. Replace the following with files from Clover Files-10.12.zip:
    • SSDT-HDEF-HDAS-1.aml (/EFI/CLOVER/ACPI/patched)
    • IntelMausiEthernet.kext (/EFI/CLOVER/kext/Other)
  4. Set CsrActiveConfig to 0x67 (Disable SIP).
Update to Sierra
  1. Run the Install macOS Sierra.app
  2. On reboot choose the Install Sierra from Clover screen (add nv_disable=1 flag.
  3. On reboot add nv_disable=1 flag.
  4. You should now be in Sierra, yay!
  5. Install beta nvidia drivers, downloaded above.
  6. If using iMac17,1: run AGDPFix.app
  7. Reboot (You should now have working graphics).
  8. Run audio_cloverALC-120.command for audio.
  9. If using macPro6,1: Unpack freqVectorsEdit.sh-master.zip, run freqVectorsEdit.sh. Choose the option called: "Mac-65CE76090165799A.plist (iMac17,1)"
  10. Run the following commands (One at a time):
    Code: 
        sudo rm /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/kernelcache
    Code: 
        sudo kextcache -system-prelinked-kernel
    Code: 
        sudo kextcache -system-caches
    Code: 
    sudo pmset -a standby 0 && sudo pmset -a autopoweroff 0
  11. Shutdown your computer.
  12. Plugin your other monitors (DVI may not work currently)
  13. Start the system and enjoy Sierra

BIOS Settings
  • In BIOS Features
    • Fast Boot: Disabled
    • Windows 8/10 Fatures: Windows 8/10
    • CSM Support: Enabled
    • Network Stack: Disabled
  • In Peripherals:
    • Intel Platform Trust Technology: Disabled
    • Initial Display Output: PCIe 1 Slot (Or whatever slot your GFX is in)
    • Legacy USB Support: Enabled
    • XHCI Hand-off: Enabled
    • Port 60/64 Emulation: Disabled
    • In Super IO Configuration:
      • Serial Port 1: Disabled
  • In Chipset:
    • VT-d: Disabled
    • Internal Graphics: Disabled
    • Audio Controller: Enabled
    • PCH LAN Controller: Enabled
    • IOAPIC 24-119 Entries: Enabled

Configure USB ports.
View attachment 210994 View attachment 210995
(Credit Scabattoir)

  1. Unpack USB-SSDT.zip
  2. Run USB-SSDT.command (Alt click and press Open)
  3. Use the pictures above to find the ports you need to enable.
  4. Two files (USB-SSDT.aml and SSDT-5.aml) will be saved on your desktop, save these for later.

HSxx (eg. HS01) is USB 2.0
SSxx (eg. SS01) is USB 3.0

You will need to enable both HS and SS if you want USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 on the same port.

Prepare Installer
  1. Insert USB Drive
  2. Open /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility
  3. Format drive as Name: Untitled, Format: OS X Extended (Journaled), Sheme: GUID Partition Map
  4. Open /Applications/Utilities/Terminal and run this command (Your password will not be shown when typing)
    Code: 
    sudo "/Applications/Install macOS Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia" --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath "/Applications/Install macOS Sierra.app" --nointeraction
  5. Run Clover app from the downloaded ZIP
  6. Choose Change Install Location... and choose your USB
  7. Choose Customize
  8. Enable these flags
    • Install for UEFI booting only
    • Drivers64UEFI
      • OsxAptioFix2Drv-64
      • EmuVariableUefi-64
  9. Choose install
  10. When finished open the EFI partiton -> CLOVER folder
  11. Copy files from Desktop to these places
    • ACPI/patched/SSDT-5.aml
    • ACPI/patched/USB-SSDT.aml
  12. Copy files from Clover Files to these places
    • config.plist
    • kexts/Other/FakeSMC.kext
    • kexts/Other/IntelMausiEthernet.kext
    • kexts/Other/CodecCommander.kext
    • drivers64UEFI/HFSPlus.efi
    • ACPI/patched/XOSI-WIN10.aml
    • ACPI/patched/SSDT-HDEF-HDAS-1.aml
  13. Delete these files and folders
    • kexts/10.*
    • drivers64UEFI/VBoxHfs-64.efi

Install Sierra
  1. Insert USB drive Please use one of the black ports near the PS/2 port on the motherboard I/O
  2. Hit F12 and choose UEFI: USB Drive Name
  3. When in Clover, please add the bootflag "nv_disable=1" (Whitout the quotes), then highlight Boot Mac OS X from USB, hit space and choose Boot verbose
  4. When in the installer, choose your language.
  5. Choose Disk Utility and format the drive you want to install OS X onto.
  6. Close Disk Utility and choose Install OS X
  7. Choose your harddive and hit install
  8. Go take a cup of tea and wait for reboot (This may take up to 30 min)
  9. When in Clover again, if there is no drive with the name you chose in the installer choose Boot Mac OS X from USB again, else choose your drive name. (Remeber to add the "nv_disable=1" flag again)
  10. If you chose Boot Mac OS X from USB an installer should begin again, take another cup of tea now.
  11. When your chosen drive name shows up in Clover highligt it, hit space and choose verbose boot.
  12. You should now be at the OS X setup screen, choose your username and so on Do not login to your Apple ID at this time.
  13. You should now be at the Desktop, go pet you cat/dog/child/wife/husband/rubberduck.

Post-Installation Configuration
  1. Run Clover installer (Choose the same as before, but also choose Install RC scripts on target volume (To fix missing NVRam))
  2. Copy the same files as for the installer
  3. CPU PM:
    1. Unpack freqVectorsEdit.sh-master.zip, run freqVectorsEdit.sh. Choose the option called: "Mac-65CE76090165799A.plist (iMac17,1)"
    2. Reboot
    3. Run the ssdtPRGen.sh script that was downloaded earlier (If your CPU is overclocked, add "-turbo xxxx" without the quotes. Ex: "-turbo 4400" for 4.4GHz)
  4. To get HDMI audio run audio_cloverHDMI-110.command Do not do this if you use an Nvidia GPU!
  5. Run the following command to fix long sleep crashes:
    Code: 
    sudo pmset -a standby 0 && sudo pmset -a autopoweroff 0
  6. If you want to use iMessage, use An iDiot's Guide To iMessage. (Not my idea for the name, that is what it's called). Generate values for MacPro6,1.
  7. Make sure that this variable is NOT removed in config.plist: <key>UseARTFrequency</key> <false/>, it should be present under CPU, but Clover Configurator remove the variable.
  8. Reboot, you should now be able to boot into a working OS X

Setup NVIDIA Graphics
Do all of these steps before rebooting!
If you use another Graphics Card, please search the forum for how to setup.
  1. If you use a 9xx series graphics card install the NVIDIA Web Drivers
  2. From Clover Files copy: ACPI/patched/SSDT-HDMI-NVIDIA-PEG0.aml to the same place in your Clover folder.
  3. Reboot

You can now plugin all your monitors (DVI may not work with Nvidia)

Credits
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Hi there! I am trying to get three of these builds up and running and I have followed the directions but it takes forever to load, and then once I get into the OS X it just beach ball's forever.. you mention in Clover to delete 10.X folders, so I deleted all the 10.10, 10.11, and so on, so any folder with 10.x was gone. Is that correct?

Also,
  1. When finished open the EFI partiton -> CLOVER folder
Where I go to the EFI partition there is another folder named EFI, and then Clover in that folder.. I just want to clarify that is what you are talking about. Thanks!

Also, getting ahead of myself here, at Post Install you mention
  1. Copy the same files as for the installer
Which files are you talking about? Thank you VERY MUCH for your help!!
 
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cm2785 said:
Hi there! I am trying to get three of these builds up and running and I have followed the directions but it takes forever to load, and then once I get into the OS X it just beach ball's forever.. you mention in Clover to delete 10.X folders, so I deleted all the 10.10, 10.11, and so on, so any folder with 10.x was gone. Is that correct?
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You can, but it's not necessary.
cm2785 said:
Where I go to the EFI partition there is another folder named EFI, and then Clover in that folder..
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It's right.
cm2785 said:
Copy the same files as for the installer
Which files are you talking about?
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After installing Clover to your freshly Sierra installed system drive, copy the same files as for the USB installer (step 11 to 13 of the "Prepare Installer" section of the guide) to the EFI partition of the system drive.
;)
 
Build VIII
Z390 M GAMING |  i9 9900K |  Radeon Other
Build VII
GA-H270N-WIFI |  i7 7700 |  Radeon Other
Build IV
GA-Z170X-UD3 |  i7 6700K |  Radeon Other
Thanks! Do you think those folders being gone are what caused my problems?
 
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