Here some news about my 2 builds :
Both have SanDisk 256GB SSD & Core i3 haswell CPU & 16GB RAM & nothing more (except case & PSU).
First build with Zotac H87-ITX WiFi A Series MB :
I flash the bios with minihack one.
Then Install Mavericks (Unibeast 3.01 usb key) and Multibeast 6 with :
- DSDT Free
- Audio : ALC 892 (without DSDT)
- Network : Realtek RTL81xx
- Disk : Trim enabled
Audio, Network works fine. Bluetouth too.
Then I manage to install dual boot with windows7 and last Chimera release.
2nd build with Asus Z87I-Pro
I spent a lot of time one it, not to install Mavericks (easy) but to have dual boot on 2x120GB partition on the SSD.
step 1 : installing both systems....
It was a mess to install win7 & Mavericks because OS X don't like windows partition schema & Windows don't like OS X partitions schema in GPT mode :
- when I create the 2 partitions (first in MS DOS, second in HFS+) with OS X boot installer, windows reject his partition saying disk is not GPT or Bios don't have controller or things like that...
- when I create the 2 partitions with windows by leaving empty OS X patition or create it without formatting it : OS X Installer Disk utilities always freeze by creating the HFS+ partition.
For both, I try all I can, installing each systems several times (maybe 10 time each...) with different orders, different methods (ex: leaving space free for the other system). Nothing work at all.
Then I make the 2 partitions with gparted, in this case Windows & OS X finaly accept their partitions...
step 2 : install a bootloader
So I manage after 24h to install both OS. But they are in GPT/UEFI mode & trying installing Chameleon/Chimera did nothing. System always boot to Windows... Why... I do some search and understand how EFI works...
I try several & several things like EasyBCD, Clover, etc. Many Clover install settings....
step 3 : boot on Clover bootloader (in UEFI mode)
I finaly manage to boot Clover by modifiying BCD under windows command (bcdedit or something like that) in order CLOVERX64.efi was launch instead of Windows Boot Manager boot file...
step 4 : boot on Mavericks with Clover bootloader.... FAILED
But impossible to boot on OS X despite it boot fine from OS X installer USB Key (having Chameleon).
I have "appleacpiplatformexpert start failed" & "panic [...] unable to find driver for this plateform: \"ACPI\"."\n".@SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2422.1.72/iokit/Kernel/IOPlateformExpert.cpp:1541"
I reinstall a clean Mavericks and don't install anything with Multibeast (don't lauch it).
Mavericks boot fine with Unibeast Install USB Key.
but still the same Kernel Panic using Clover...
I did several search on the net & find nothing revelant except some messages of "Going Bald" in
this topic (starting at first message of page 3).
Folowing
kduvernay message I try Clover r2165 but same problems.
Then all works fine with Mavericks but it seems very difficult to have dual boot on this MB because of UEFI.
Here are the Multibeast options I use (tested with Clover but always the same KP) :
- DSDT Free
- Audio : ALC1150 without DSDT
- Network : Intel
- Disk : Trim Enabled.
I try installing Fake SMC, NullCPU but it doesn't resolve my Clover problem.
Then I thing I will remove OS X and use only Windows on this PC.
I mainly want one of the 2 PC with OS X.
I notice a strange problem on both build :
When I boot to Windows I often have Keyboard & Mouse or system freeze, don't know if system is freezed or if only these USB device have problems. Unplugged/plugged it don't resolve the problem, I must reboot, wait, disconnect power 15s, start. It seems this problem come more frequently after a quick reboot from OS X but sometime I wait 10s and have this problem. I don't have install all windows drivers & update the maybe it is the cause.