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Lion: ATI 5850 / GA-X58A-UD3R Rev 2 FF / i7 960 / 24GB RAM

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Doe's Hac Pro 5,1 running Lion 64 Bit

Hardware
Software
Besides Mac OS X Lion - which you have to buy through App Store or as an USB Thumb Drive through the Apple Online Store - you will have to download some additional software. Save the software below to some USB stick or burn it onto a CD.
How to Install
  • Follow this installation guide: UniBeast: Install Mac OS X Lion Using an All-In-One Bootable USB Drive until STEP 3: Install Mac OS X Lion.
    Now continue with STEP 3: Install Mac OS X Lion of the given UniBeast guide: UniBeast: Install Mac OS X Lion Using an All-In-One Bootable USB Drive until STEP 4: Post-Installation Using MultiBeast which you will skip [/*:m:1rry7m03]
  • Copy the DSDT.aml you downloaded earlier to the Desktop of your new Lion Hackintosh.[/*:m:1rry7m03]
  • Run Multibeast which you downloaded earlier and hit the options as shown below.[/*:m:1rry7m03]
  • Unplug the UniBeast USB stick[/*:m:1rry7m03]
  • Reboot[/*:m:1rry7m03]
  • Hit the del key to change the boot priority in your BIOS to use your harddisk instead of the USB stick[/*:m:1rry7m03]
  • Boot into Mac OS X Lion 10.7.2 (almost) fully working :)[/*:m:1rry7m03]
  • To fix Sleep/Wake open a Terminal window (Finder->Applications->Utilities->Terminal). Enter following:
    Code: 
    sudo perl -pi -e 's|\x8b\x45\xc8\x39\x45\xcc\x74\x0b|\x8b\x45\xc8\x39\x45\xcc\xeb\x0b|; s|\x8b\x45\xb4\x39\x45\xb8\x74\x08|\x8b\x45\xb4\x39\x45\xb8\xeb\x08|' /System/Library/Extensions/AppleRTC.kext/Contents/MacOS/AppleRTC
    Confirm by entering your password. See http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=253992 for details (thanks to mmaenpaa and JPA on this forum).[/*:m:1rry7m03]
  • Reboot - Sleep/Wake should work now.[/*:m:1rry7m03]

MultiBeast options
? UserDSDT Install
? System Utilities
? Drivers & Bootloaders ? Kexts & Enablers ? Audio ? ALC8xxHDA
? Drivers & Bootloaders ? Kexts & Enablers ? Audio ? AppleHDA Rollback
? Drivers & Bootloaders ? Kexts & Enablers ? Miscellaneous ? FakeSMC
? Drivers & Bootloaders ? Kexts & Enablers ? Miscellaneous ? FakeSMC Plugins
? Drivers & Bootloaders ? Kexts & Enablers ? Miscellaneous ? USB 3.0 - NEC/Renesas
? Drivers & Bootloaders ? Kexts & Enablers ? Network ? Lnx2Mac's RealtekTRL81x
? Drivers & Bootloaders ? Kexts & Enablers ? Bootloaders ? Chimera 1.7.
? Customization ? Boot Options ? 64-Bit GraphicsEnabler=Yes
? Customization ? System Definitions ? Mac Pro ? MacPro 5,1
? OSx86 Software
? Extension Migration Tool


Comments

Hardware
  • Buy another graphics card. I'd suggest a vendor/card that:
    a.) is using an ATI/AMD chip is being directly sold by Apple
    b.) is reported to work flawless on many builds on tonymac forums and tonymac wiki
    c.) is suggested by TonyMac CustomMac blog.
    Probably not many chipsets and vendor/cards left then.[/*:m:1rry7m03]
  • If you are fine with 16 GB RAM you are better off with an i7 2600k (1155 socket instead of 1366).[/*:m:1rry7m03]
  • Case and PSU are both very good, yet you should either buy a bigger case or a modular PSU - the PSU barley fits in and has many connector cables.[/*:m:1rry7m03]
  • The display has minor image quality issues with red/brown on black/dark colors, otherwise its okay[/*:m:1rry7m03]

Tips
  • Create 2 partitions and use Carbon Copy Cloner to clone your Lion before upgrading to your operating system. You can also schedule regular backups like once a week - that is what I do.[/*:m:1rry7m03]
  • If you cannot get into the Lion installation you might try these bootflags:
    x-v-F GraphicsEnabler=No "Graphics Mode"=1024x768x32
    ...while having the display attached this way:
    Computer=>GraphicsCard=>DVI->DVI-VGA-Adapter=>VGA=>Display[/*:m:1rry7m03]

Optional Things
  • Optional: My org.chameleon.boot.plist - http://pastie.org/2872924
    Contains some extended options for hiding partitions and autobooting Mac OS X; press F8 to show the boot manager.[/*:m:1rry7m03]
  • Optional: 1980x1080 (1.77:1~ Aspect Ratio) boot.png Apple bootscreen image http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/151/bootz.png[/*:m:1rry7m03]
  • Optional: My Apple-Grey Full-HD Chameleon Theme (based on Enzo, remixed and converted to 1920/1080 = 1.77~) - http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9F4HEWTF.
    Unzip into /Extra/ and open org.chameleon.boot.plist and set Legacy Logo to No instead of Yes.[/*:m:1rry7m03]
 
Re: Lion: ATI 5850 / GA-X58A-UD3R Rev 2 FF / i7960 / 24GB RAM

Benchmark Results


CineBench R 11.5

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NovaBench 1.0

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NovaBench 1.1

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Geekbench 2.20 64 Bit

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Re: Lion: ATI 5850 / GA-X58A-UD3R Rev 2 FF / i7960 / 24GB RAM

Overclocking BIOS Settings
CPU Clock Ratio: 19
Advanced CPU: All Enable, Turbo Disable
QPI Clock: x36
Uncore Clock: x16
BCLK: 200
SPD: 6.0
PCI Express: Auto/100 Mhz

Performance Enhance: Standard
DRAM Timing Selectable: Quick
Timings: 8 8 8 22 30

LLC: Standard
CPU Vcore: Normal
Dynamic Vcore (DVID): +0.21250
QPI/Vtt Voltage: 1.315v
PCIE: Auto/1.5
QPI PLL: Auto/1.0
IOH Core: Auto/1.100
ICH I/O: Auto/1.5
ICH Core: Auto/1.1
DRAM Voltage: Auto/1.50


Build Info TODO
  • BIOS settings (for now see other gues on 1336/x58a)[/*:m:1ynyl9ap]

Tinkering TODO
 
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