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- Jun 19, 2016
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- CPU
- NUC skull canyon - Skylake Core i7 CPU - 2.6Ghz - quad core
- Graphics
- Iris Pro graphics 580
This guide is exclusively for the just released Intel NUC Skull Canyon - model NUC6i7KYK
CONFIGURING THE BIOS
Start the NUC and hold down the F2 key so you can get into the BIOS
Hold down F8 so you can load the default settings
In DEVICES -> VIDEO -> select "IGD Minimum Memory to 128MB" (instead of IGD Minimum Memory to 64MB)
In SECURITY -> Security Features -> uncheck "Intel VT for directed i/O (VT-4)"
In POWER -> Secondary Power Settings -> "Wake on LAN from S4/S5" -> select "Stay Off"
NOT NECESSARY but you can also:
BOOT -> Boot Priority -> Legacy Boot Priority -> disable "Legacy Boot"
NOT NECESSARY - If you are only using OS X you can disable WI-FI and Bluetooth since OS X only uses Broadcom chips
DEVICES -> Onboard Devices -> WLAN -> uncheck
DEVICES -> Onboard Devices -> Bluetooth -> uncheck
NOT NECESSARY - I also updated the bios to the latest 0037 from Intel web site
go to: downloadcenter.intel.com and search for "NUC6i7KYK"
Download the .bio file so you can do the updated directly from the bios pressing F7
press F10 to save and exit
I currently have bios version 37 installed
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CREATING THE USB OS X INSTALLER
Download El Capitan from the Apple Store
Insert a USB drive into your mac and erase it with DISK UTILITY calling it "boot"
The drive needs to be less then 32GB. If it's bigger make a partition at less then 32GB
Download UNIBEAST and MULTIBEAST - You need to register in order to download, but it's free.
Launch UNIBEAST, select you USB drive, select "EL CAPITAN", select "UEFI boot mode", skip the "optional graphics configuration" and click continue. You now have a startup OS X USB drive.
copy MULTIBEAST to your USB "boot" drive
INSTALLING OS X ON THE NUC'S SSD DRIVE
Put the USB drive into the NUC USB port, turn the power on and hold the F10 key
so you can startup Clover and start installing OS X to the NUC's SSD drive.
It will take many tries since it will not start right away. Keep rebooting until the OS X installer appear. Do not give up.
Sometimes when the USB drive is not booting I go into "Option" (when in CLOVER), select the second row, press ENTER/RETURN and delete "-v dart=0_" - press ENTER/RETURN again to save, scroll down hit RETURN and try to start again
it's tedious and it doesn't work right away, but if you keep trying the OS X installer will eventually boot !
you will get lots of " Error allocating xxx ages at x alloc type 2 " but keep trying
BASIC CONFIGURATION OF OS X
After Installing OS X, log-in and copy MULTIBEAST from your "boot" drive to your desktop
then launch MULTIBEAST and select:
Quick start -> UEFI Boot Mode
Drivers -> Network -> IntelMausiEthernet v2.1.0d3
Customize -> System Definitions -> iMac 17,1
it takes a few restarts for the system to work - keep trying
do not select stuff randomly since if it doesn't work you will have to begin all over again
if you have tried stuff that works please comment
when it's installed the system is fast and very nice but of course it will never be "perfect"
Download CLOVE CONFIGURATOR from (you will need it to make specific tweaks to OS X):
http://www.tonymacx86.com/resources/clover-configurator.276/
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what's working:
- ethernet
- usb
- hdmi
- remote management only through VNC
what's not working:
- wi-fi and bluetooth (will not work since apple uses broadcom chips)
- audio
- when I try to connect to the NUC using Apple Remote Desktop, the NUC crashes
- memory: I have one 16GB ram module, but the system shows 8GB ram
- quicktime when playing mp4 videos ( i have to use VLC for it)
what's annoying:
I randomly get the infamous error allocating xxx pages at xxx alloc type 2 so sometimes i have to restart 5-6 times before the system boots properly. Sometimes it boots properly 4-5 times in a row and sometimes it doesn't. I noticed that if I play around in the clover startup screen like removing 'dart=0' from the boot options, sometimes I am able to boot up. But you never know when you will be able to boot.
I tried to substitute OsxAptioFix2Drv.efi with OsxAptioFix2Drv-free2000.efi but nothing changed, the issue remains.
I have attached my config.playlist file down below
I have the following set-up:
RAM: Crucial 16GB DDR4 2133 MHz SO-DIMM Memory Module - CR16G4SFD821
HD: Samsung 250GB 850 Evo M.2 SSD - MZ-N5E250BW
CONFIGURING THE BIOS
Start the NUC and hold down the F2 key so you can get into the BIOS
Hold down F8 so you can load the default settings
In DEVICES -> VIDEO -> select "IGD Minimum Memory to 128MB" (instead of IGD Minimum Memory to 64MB)
In SECURITY -> Security Features -> uncheck "Intel VT for directed i/O (VT-4)"
In POWER -> Secondary Power Settings -> "Wake on LAN from S4/S5" -> select "Stay Off"
NOT NECESSARY but you can also:
BOOT -> Boot Priority -> Legacy Boot Priority -> disable "Legacy Boot"
NOT NECESSARY - If you are only using OS X you can disable WI-FI and Bluetooth since OS X only uses Broadcom chips
DEVICES -> Onboard Devices -> WLAN -> uncheck
DEVICES -> Onboard Devices -> Bluetooth -> uncheck
NOT NECESSARY - I also updated the bios to the latest 0037 from Intel web site
go to: downloadcenter.intel.com and search for "NUC6i7KYK"
Download the .bio file so you can do the updated directly from the bios pressing F7
press F10 to save and exit
I currently have bios version 37 installed
_____
CREATING THE USB OS X INSTALLER
Download El Capitan from the Apple Store
Insert a USB drive into your mac and erase it with DISK UTILITY calling it "boot"
The drive needs to be less then 32GB. If it's bigger make a partition at less then 32GB
Download UNIBEAST and MULTIBEAST - You need to register in order to download, but it's free.
Launch UNIBEAST, select you USB drive, select "EL CAPITAN", select "UEFI boot mode", skip the "optional graphics configuration" and click continue. You now have a startup OS X USB drive.
copy MULTIBEAST to your USB "boot" drive
INSTALLING OS X ON THE NUC'S SSD DRIVE
Put the USB drive into the NUC USB port, turn the power on and hold the F10 key
so you can startup Clover and start installing OS X to the NUC's SSD drive.
It will take many tries since it will not start right away. Keep rebooting until the OS X installer appear. Do not give up.
Sometimes when the USB drive is not booting I go into "Option" (when in CLOVER), select the second row, press ENTER/RETURN and delete "-v dart=0_" - press ENTER/RETURN again to save, scroll down hit RETURN and try to start again
it's tedious and it doesn't work right away, but if you keep trying the OS X installer will eventually boot !
you will get lots of " Error allocating xxx ages at x alloc type 2 " but keep trying
BASIC CONFIGURATION OF OS X
After Installing OS X, log-in and copy MULTIBEAST from your "boot" drive to your desktop
then launch MULTIBEAST and select:
Quick start -> UEFI Boot Mode
Drivers -> Network -> IntelMausiEthernet v2.1.0d3
Customize -> System Definitions -> iMac 17,1
it takes a few restarts for the system to work - keep trying
do not select stuff randomly since if it doesn't work you will have to begin all over again
if you have tried stuff that works please comment
when it's installed the system is fast and very nice but of course it will never be "perfect"
Download CLOVE CONFIGURATOR from (you will need it to make specific tweaks to OS X):
http://www.tonymacx86.com/resources/clover-configurator.276/
____
what's working:
- ethernet
- usb
- hdmi
- remote management only through VNC
what's not working:
- wi-fi and bluetooth (will not work since apple uses broadcom chips)
- audio
- when I try to connect to the NUC using Apple Remote Desktop, the NUC crashes
- memory: I have one 16GB ram module, but the system shows 8GB ram
- quicktime when playing mp4 videos ( i have to use VLC for it)
what's annoying:
I randomly get the infamous error allocating xxx pages at xxx alloc type 2 so sometimes i have to restart 5-6 times before the system boots properly. Sometimes it boots properly 4-5 times in a row and sometimes it doesn't. I noticed that if I play around in the clover startup screen like removing 'dart=0' from the boot options, sometimes I am able to boot up. But you never know when you will be able to boot.
I tried to substitute OsxAptioFix2Drv.efi with OsxAptioFix2Drv-free2000.efi but nothing changed, the issue remains.
I have attached my config.playlist file down below
I have the following set-up:
RAM: Crucial 16GB DDR4 2133 MHz SO-DIMM Memory Module - CR16G4SFD821
HD: Samsung 250GB 850 Evo M.2 SSD - MZ-N5E250BW
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