Jmpa's Mini Build: i3 3225 | H77N-WIFI | HD4000

[jmpa]

dear JMPA, after your reply, I read your configuration for this wonderful mac mini and I decided to build it too. Before I buy, I want to ask you some questions:

1. You have tried if it works AirPlay video/audio? I need to use it for work.

2. I'll Have problem installing Windows 7 in dual boot?

3. No I have the LAN cable but only wifi. Will I have problems?

4. Whit this Macmini do you think I'll can use Adobe cs6 suite?

5. I found your case to 130 euro. Do not you think too much exspansive?

sorry for the stupid questions and my bad English

Hey magdale,

1. I didnt tried airplay, I don't use it.
2. No problems at all dual booting with windows 7/8
3. Can't answer that because I dont have a compatible wifi card on it.
4. I think it will work fine
5. Mine was about 100 euros. There are a lot of versions, some have inside psu.

 

[magdale]

jmpa...i just mount lion 10.8.3 on usb with unibeast but i receive this error:
WARNING: IOPlatformPluginUtil : getCPUIDInfo: this is an unknown CPU model 0x3a
-- power management may be incomplete or unsupported
DSMOS has arrived
[IOBluetoothHCIController][start] -- completed

I set bios like you and i cant understand.

Can you help me?

 

[jmpa]

jmpa...i just mount lion 10.8.3 on usb with unibeast but i receive this error:
WARNING: IOPlatformPluginUtil : getCPUIDInfo: this is an unknown CPU model 0x3a
-- power management may be incomplete or unsupported
DSMOS has arrived
[IOBluetoothHCIController][start] -- completed

I set bios like you and i cant understand.

Can you help me?

Sorry, cant help, never saw that error. But try boot with -x

 

[bitdoctor]

jmpa...i just mount lion 10.8.3 on usb with unibeast but i receive this error:
WARNING: IOPlatformPluginUtil : getCPUIDInfo: this is an unknown CPU model 0x3a
-- power management may be incomplete or unsupported
DSMOS has arrived
[IOBluetoothHCIController][start] -- completed

I set bios like you and i cant understand.

Can you help me?

Hi magdale, exactly what system board and CPU are you using? If I remember correctly, I saw this error recently during a build using the intel Core i3-3225 processor with the older GA-H61N-USB3 system board. In this instance, UniBeast couldn't even load the graphical Mountain Lion installer. The most probable fix (I changed multiple things at once) was to use the board's DVI port rather than the VGA port. I would suggest to double check your BIOS configuration.

 

[Stork]

...use the board's DVI port rather than the VGA port. I would suggest to double check your BIOS configuration.

Apple's OS X doesn't support using on-board VGA, only DVI & HDMI ports.

 

[pjwr2004]

Hi, I have the same motherboard and a problem with Hardware acceleration with the HD4000 graphics. I'm having flickering and general slowness. Can you help me out? I think it has something to do with the chameleon boot file. Can you send me yours? I have tried multiple possible solutions with no luck. Thanks in advance for your help. - Paul.

 

[Stork]

What monitor do you have have? What's your motherboard to monitor connection?

Some monitors have trouble synching their resolution with the BIOS and/or OS.

Try adding this to your /Extra/org.chameleon.Boot.plist file:


<key>Graphics Mode</key>
<string>1920x1200x32</string> <-------- Substitute your monitor's native resolution here

 

[pjwr2004]

What monitor do you have have? What's your motherboard to monitor connection?

Some monitors have trouble synching their resolution with the BIOS and/or OS.

Try adding this to your /Extra/org.chameleon.Boot.plist file:


<key>Graphics Mode</key>
<string>1920x1200x32</string> <-------- Substitute your monitor's native resolution here

Monitor is ViewSonic VX2370SMH-LED (1920x1080). Has HDMI and DVI inputs.
Connection is currently HDMI. I can try DVI I guess.

Also just to mention, the resolution seems fine; it's displaying at 1080p but the performance is bad.

Lastly, I was making a change to the boot.plist file before and think I may have screwed something up. I tried to do a ctrl-v and ctrl-c which does not work on Mac. So I think it might be missing some lines. Could I copy what you have being that we have the same mobos?

Thanks,
Paul

 

[Stork]

Use as an Example - your MultiBeast /Extra/org.chameleon.Boot.plist file with be slightly different for this thread's system.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>EthernetBuiltIn</key>
	<string>Yes</string>
	<key>GenerateCStates</key>
	<string>Yes</string>
	<key>GeneratePStates</key>
	<string>Yes</string>
	<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>
	<string>No</string>
	<key>Graphics Mode</key>
	<string>1920x1200x32</string>
	<key>Kernel</key>
	<string>mach_kernel</string>
	<key>Kernel Flags</key>
	<string>darkwake=0</string>
	<key>Legacy Logo</key>
	<string>Yes</string>
	<key>Timeout</key>
	<string>1</string>
	<key>UseKernelCache</key>
	<string>Yes</string>
</dict>
</plist>

 

[pjwr2004]

Thanks! A couple more questions please:

1. Would this work on any motherboard? I noticed that you have a different mobo than me?
2. What setting should Video mem in BIOS be? (32MB,64MB.96MB,etc)?
3. Does it matter if I use DVI or HDMI or both?

I appreciate your assistance. If it wasn't for this site and people like you, I wouldn't have a chance!

Thanks again,
Paul