- Joined
- Sep 2, 2011
- Messages
- 211
- Motherboard
- GA-Z170N-Gaming 5
- CPU
- I7-6700K
- Graphics
- EVGA GTX 980 Ti FTW
loginfailed - GA-Z68M-D2H / i5-2500k / 16GB RAM / GT 640
OS X Mountain Lion
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/os-x-mountain-lion/id537386512
GIGABYTE GA-Z68M-D2H Motherboard (UEFI)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005FZWXOG
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128523
EVGA GeForce GT 640 Video Card
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0086UXQES
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130795
Intel Core i5-2500K CPU
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004EBUXI0
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072
Corsair Force GT 120GB SSD
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0057QETGS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233191
Sony Optiarc 24X CD/DVD Drive
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0057FRTPW
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118067
Corsair XMS3 16GB (4 x 4GB) SDRAM
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0054KPK9C
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233190
Thermaltake V4 Black Case
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003SNJA8O/
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133179
Corsair Builder Series CX500 Power Supply
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004W2T2U6
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139027
HP 2009m 20" Monitor
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001UHOX2S
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824176112
Apple Wireless Keyboard
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005DLDO4U
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823101013
Apple Magic Mouse
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002TLTGM6
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826101010
Apple Magic Trackpad
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003XIJ3MW
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826101016
Vantec EZ Swap 4 Mobile Rack
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003DVTWQ6
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817986001
Machine Purpose
This machine was originally my main do-it-all workhorse, but I have since built another more capable machine for that purpose. So now this machine has been handed down to my kids (7 year old son & 8 year old daughter) to use for homework, games, movies etc.
Motherboard
The only problem I've encountered with the GA-Z68M-D2H is that the onboard ethernet stopped working at one point when I first got it, which made me pull my hair out when trying to get the App Store to work under Lion! To get the card working again, all I had to do is shut down the machine and unplug the power for a few minutes. After rebooting, the ethernet has worked 100% ever since. This link is where I found the answer to the problem when it occurred:
http://lnx2mac.blogspot.com/2011/03/reviving-dead-ethernet-ports.html
^^CLICK^^
Bluetooth
This machine no longer has bluetooth. It uses a basic Logitech wired USB keyboard and mouse. The previous Bluetooth setup has been moved to my other machine but I have left the info below.
The IOGEAR Bluetooth dongle works in Mountain Lion without any kext edits. I use an Apple Wireless Keyboard, Apple Magic Mouse and Apple Magic Trackpad all at the same time with no problem.
With this dongle, the Bluetooth devices (KB/Mouse/Trackpad) are all available immediately upon startup with no delay. When waking from sleep, there is a slight delay (~5-10 seconds) before the devices are working.
EDIT: There is an occasional problem where the bluetooth devices are not working properly. After a little time spent diagnosing, the way I was able to get it to work again is as follows:
Mountain Lion installation
MultiBeast Settings
WiFi
I built an Apple WiFi PCIe card using parts from a laptop and a PCIe to miniPCI adapter. If you need to build a WiFi device, I suggest this thread:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/network/1056-how-build-your-own-real-airport-card.html
^^CLICK^^
UEFI U1f BIOS
Geekbench Score
There may be some things I left out. Any questions please ask. Any needed corrections let me know.
*Update 9/9/2012* Updated post to most recent configuration. Built a new machine for myself and handed down this one to my kids.
*Update 10/28/2012* Updated Mountain Lion to 10.8.2
i5-2500k / GA-Z68M-D2H / 16GB RAM / 6850 GT 640
OS X Mountain Lion
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/os-x-mountain-lion/id537386512
GIGABYTE GA-Z68M-D2H Motherboard (UEFI)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005FZWXOG
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128523
EVGA GeForce GT 640 Video Card
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0086UXQES
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130795
Intel Core i5-2500K CPU
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004EBUXI0
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072
Corsair Force GT 120GB SSD
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0057QETGS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233191
Sony Optiarc 24X CD/DVD Drive
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0057FRTPW
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118067
Corsair XMS3 16GB (4 x 4GB) SDRAM
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0054KPK9C
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233190
Thermaltake V4 Black Case
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003SNJA8O/
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133179
Corsair Builder Series CX500 Power Supply
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004W2T2U6
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139027
HP 2009m 20" Monitor
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001UHOX2S
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824176112
Apple Wireless Keyboard
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005DLDO4U
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823101013
Apple Magic Mouse
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002TLTGM6
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826101010
Apple Magic Trackpad
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003XIJ3MW
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826101016
Vantec EZ Swap 4 Mobile Rack
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003DVTWQ6
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817986001
Machine Purpose
This machine was originally my main do-it-all workhorse, but I have since built another more capable machine for that purpose. So now this machine has been handed down to my kids (7 year old son & 8 year old daughter) to use for homework, games, movies etc.
Motherboard
The only problem I've encountered with the GA-Z68M-D2H is that the onboard ethernet stopped working at one point when I first got it, which made me pull my hair out when trying to get the App Store to work under Lion! To get the card working again, all I had to do is shut down the machine and unplug the power for a few minutes. After rebooting, the ethernet has worked 100% ever since. This link is where I found the answer to the problem when it occurred:
http://lnx2mac.blogspot.com/2011/03/reviving-dead-ethernet-ports.html
^^CLICK^^
Bluetooth
This machine no longer has bluetooth. It uses a basic Logitech wired USB keyboard and mouse. The previous Bluetooth setup has been moved to my other machine but I have left the info below.
The IOGEAR Bluetooth dongle works in Mountain Lion without any kext edits. I use an Apple Wireless Keyboard, Apple Magic Mouse and Apple Magic Trackpad all at the same time with no problem.
With this dongle, the Bluetooth devices (KB/Mouse/Trackpad) are all available immediately upon startup with no delay. When waking from sleep, there is a slight delay (~5-10 seconds) before the devices are working.
EDIT: There is an occasional problem where the bluetooth devices are not working properly. After a little time spent diagnosing, the way I was able to get it to work again is as follows:
- Unplug the USB Bluetooth dongle
- Wait about 5 seconds
- Plug USB Bluetooth dongle back in
Mountain Lion installation
- Downloaded Mountain Lion from App Store
- Downloaded Unibeast from tonymacx86.com
- Used Unibeast to make a Mountain Lion installation thumb drive
- Plugged in a generic USB keyboard
- Plugged Unibeast thumb drive into front USB port
- Boot machine pressing F12 on keyboard
- Selected Unibeast drive as the boot device
- Selected USB drive at Chimera boot screen
- After reaching installer, used Disk Utility to partition the SSD drive
- Completed Mountain Lion installation process
- Reboot machine pressing F12
- Selected USB thumb drive as the boot device
- At Chimera boot screen chose Mountain Lion drive
- After Mountain Lion desktop appeared, Downloaded Multibeast from tonymacx68.com
- Ran Multibeast selecting desired options (see pic below)
- Reboot machine this time allowing it to boot from Mountain Lion drive
- Installed all of my favorite apps and now enjoying my hackintosh.
MultiBeast Settings
WiFi
I built an Apple WiFi PCIe card using parts from a laptop and a PCIe to miniPCI adapter. If you need to build a WiFi device, I suggest this thread:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/network/1056-how-build-your-own-real-airport-card.html
^^CLICK^^
UEFI U1f BIOS
- Set SATA to AHCI mode
- Set HPET to ENABLED
- Set EIST Function to ENABLED
- Set Virtualizaiton to ENABLED (Using Parallels Desktop: If set to DISABLED when installing a VM, the Machine will restart unexpectedly.)
Geekbench Score
There may be some things I left out. Any questions please ask. Any needed corrections let me know.
*Update 9/9/2012* Updated post to most recent configuration. Built a new machine for myself and handed down this one to my kids.
*Update 10/28/2012* Updated Mountain Lion to 10.8.2