Loginfailed's Build - P8Z77-M / 3770K / 650 Ti

loginfailed · Aug 25, 2013

Loginfailed's Build - P8Z77-M / 3770K / 650 Ti

Components

Silverstone Temjin TJ08B-E Micro ATX Case
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005DDCDH2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811163182

Corsair AX750 ATX Power Supply
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003PJ6QWE
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139016

ASUS P8Z77-M Micro ATX Motherboard
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007RIFKS0
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131832

Intel Core i7-3770k Quad-Core Processor
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007SZ0EOW
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116501

Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO CPU Cooler
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005O65JXI
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099

Corsair Vengeance CML16GX3M2A1600C10 16GB 8x2 Low-Profile Memory
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007TG8QRW
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233280

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB Graphics Card
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009L901NW
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500277

Sandisk Extreme SDSSDX-240G-G25 240 GB SSD (system drive)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006EKJ8UI
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA2W00YW3731

Seagate ST4000DM000 4TB Hard Drive (storage)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00B99JU4S
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822178338

Sony Optiarc AD-7280S-0B DVD-RW Optical Drive
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0057FRTPW
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118067

Vantec MRK-401ST-BK EZ Swap 4 SATA Hard Drive Rack
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003DVTWQ6
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817986001

Zalman ZM-F3 120mm Quiet Case Fan (exhaust)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FZ33AE
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118008

Asus VE278Q 27" HD LED Monitor
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0043T34RK
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA25V0RD7416

Logitech 920-003472 Wireless Solar Keyboard K750 for Mac
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005L38VRU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823126274

Logitech Wireless Performance Mouse MX
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002HWRJBM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826104321

Software

Apple OS X Mavericks 10.9.1
https://ithttp://www.apple.com/osx/

Unibeast 3.0.1
http://www.tonymacx86.com/374-unibeast-install-os-x-mavericks-any-supported-intel-based-pc.html

Multibeast Mountain Lion 6.0.1
http://www.tonymacx86.com/395-multibeast-6-0-update.html

MaciASL
http://www.tonymacx86.com/dsdt/83565-native-dsdt-aml-ide-compiler-maciasl-open-beta.html

ShowAllFiles
http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2009/12/great-osx86-community-software.html

Xcode
https://developer.apple.com/xcode/

ssdtPRGen
http://www.tonymacx86.com/ssdt/86906-ssdt-generation-script-ivybridge-pm.html

Kext Wizard
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/253395-kext-wizard-easy-to-use-kext-installer-and-more/

Chameleon Wizard
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/257464-chameleon-wizard-utility-for-chameleon/

AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementInfo.kext
http://www.tonymacx86.com/ssdt/91551-appleintelcpupowermanagementinfo-kext-msrdumper-successor.html

IORegistryExplorer
http://www.tonymacx86.com/audio/58368-guide-how-make-copy-ioreg.html

Comments

I started monkeying around with this stuff back when the Intel Atom ITX boards were released (10.5.2?) and since then I have built about a half a dozen different versions of OSX86 monstrosities. This particular build has so far been the most completely functional that I've managed to put together.

With that said, I believe I'm just now barely starting to figure this stuff out. If not for the help this forum and everyone participating, I would never have had the slightest chance of making these things run correctly. So thanks to everyone here for documenting and sharing your work!

The purpose of the machine is some video editing with iMovie, ripping my DVDs, converting the files to Apple TV format, hosting my iTunes library to 4 Apple TVs, some gaming and other random shenanigans. It serves all of these functions with ease.

Mavericks Installation Guide

Ok, so here is a guide. Basically it is an assembly of different other guides that others on this forum have created. I will try to make it as basic as possible while including the steps needed in the order I did them. I realize there is no perfect guide that will produce perfect repeatable results for every situation and hardware combination. But this has been my process.

Step #1
Create your Unibeast thumb drive.

http://www.tonymacx86.com/374-unibeast-install-os-x-mavericks-any-supported-intel-based-pc.html

Step #2
Flash Asus P8Z77-M UEFI bios with a patched bios.

Must use BIOS Flashback feature. Not the utility from within bios.
I am using patched version of bios 1806.
Only need power supply and motherboard
No CPU, RAM, HDD needed at this time.
If machine already assembled, thats okay too.
BIOS Flashback instructions page 1-18: http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1155/P8Z77-M/E7075_P8Z77-M.pdf
Patched bios repo courtesy of samisnake: http://biosrepo.wordpress.com/asus/z77/

Step #3
UEFI Settings

With machine assembled, boot while tapping delete key to enter bios setup
When bios reached, click advanced button
Select "Load optimized defaults"
You can change other settings if you know what you're doing, but "optimized defaults" works fine.
I made a few other changes for my setup
Under "Boot" tab - Set POST delay time to "0" (for faster boot time)
Under "Boot" tab - Change Setup Mode to "Advanced" (to eliminate needing to click "advanced" each time entering the UEFI)

Fixing EBIOS read error: Error 0x31

If you have a card reader like I do, you will likely see the following when you boot the machine:

Code:

EBIOS read error: Error 0x31
  Block 0x0 Sectors 0
EBIOS read error: Error 0x31
  Block 0x0 Sectors 0
EBIOS read error: Error 0x31
  Block 0x0 Sectors 0
EBIOS read error: Error 0x31
  Block 0x0 Sectors 0

Under "Boot" - change "Option ROM Messages" to "Keep Current"
Under "Advanced / USB Configuration / Mass Storage Devices" - change each one to "CDROM"
Insert your Unibeast thumb drive and press F10 to save and reboot.

Edit: Regarding the EBIOS READ ERROR referenced above. I recently replaced my generic card reader with an original Apple iMac internal card reader. The iMac card reader eliminates the EBIOS READ ERROR without needing the UEFI setting changes mentioned above. See the post below for more details and pictures:
>http://www.tonymacx86.com/customization/54733-apple-internal-sd-card-slot-working.html#post734780<

Step #4
Install Mavericks

Follow this guide starting at step 4: http://www.tonymacx86.com/374-unibeast-install-os-x-mavericks-any-supported-intel-based-pc.html

Step #5
DSDT Extraction and patching

Download MaciASL (see software section above)
Open MaciASL. It will automatically extract your system DSDT
Open MaciASL preferences
Select iASL tab and click the ACPI 5.0 circle

Click the Sources icon
Click the plus sign
For name, type PJALM Asus
For URL, type "http://pjalm.info/repos/asus"
Click plus sign again
For name, type Toleda HDMI
For URL, type "https://raw.github.com/toleda/audio_hdmi_uefi/master"
When done it should look something like this:

Close MaciASL completely and re-open
Now click the purple "Patch" button
On the left, select PJALM Asus and then click "P8Z77-M"
Wait a couple seconds then click "Apply"
Wait a couple seconds then click "Close"
Click "Compile" button
Wait a couple seconds then click "Patch" button again
From the left select Toleda and then click "UEFI-Clean Compile"
Wait a couple seconds then click "Apply"
Wait a couple seconds then click "Close"
Click "Compile" button
Wait a couple seconds then click "Patch" button again
From the left select Toleda and then click "Desktop-AMD/Nvidia-A1"
Wait a couple seconds then click "Apply"
Wait a couple seconds then click "Close"
Click "Compile" button
At the top menu bar, click File > Save As
For file format, select "ACPI Machine Language Binary"
Name it DSDT.aml (add .aml manually) "Where" drop down should be "Desktop"
It should look something like this:

Click "Save"
Close MaciASL

Step #6
Run Multibeast

Be sure that the DSDT.aml created earlier is on the desktop
Use this guide, starting at Step 5: http://www.tonymacx86.com/374-unibeast-install-os-x-mavericks-any-supported-intel-based-pc.html
Chose options in the following screen shot:

Close Multibeast when it is finished.

Step #7
Create SSDT for CPU power management

Guide is here: >http://www.tonymacx86.com/ssdt/86906-ssdt-generation-script-ivybridge-pm.html<
I did not overclock so these are the steps I followed
Run installer twice
The second time, it will ask to copy ssdt_pr.aml to /Extra/ssdt.aml
Type "y" and press return
Close terminal window
Navigate to /Extra folder and rename ssdt_pr.aml to ssdt.aml

Step #8
Edit IOPlatformPluginFamily.kext

Ivybridge CPU power management only gives 2 steps with the iMac 13,2 system definition
Mac Mini 6,2 has the best CPU power management but is causes various graphics problems with the 650Ti
What I did is copy the ring table info from Mac Mini 6,2 to the iMac 13,2 system definition
Navigate to System/Library/Extensions
Locate IOPlatformPluginFamily.kext and copy it to the desktop
Open ShowAllFiles application
Click the "SHOW" button
Right click on the IOPlatformPluginFamily.kext on the desktop
Select "Show Package Contents"
In the resulting Finder window, navigate to /Plugins
Right click on X86PlatformPlugin.kext and select "Show Package Contents"
In the resulting Finder window, navigate to /Resources/Mac-FC02E91DDD3FA6A4.plist (iMac 13,2)
Right click on Mac-FC02E91DDD3FA6A4.plist and select Open With > Xcode
Move the window to the side and then right click Mac-F65AE981FFA204ED.plist (Mac Mini 6,2) Open with > Xcode
In the Mac-F65AE981FFA204ED.plist Xcode window, right click the ringFreqTables entry and select copy
In the Mac-FC02E91DDD3FA6A4.plist Xcode window, paste the ringFreqTables line
The Mac-FC02E91DDD3FA6A4.plist Xcode window should look like this:

Select File > Save
Close Xcode

Step #9
Edit AppleGraphicsPowerManagement.kext

Navigate to System/Library/Extensions
Locate AppleGraphicsPowerManagement.kext and copy it to the desktop
Right click on the AppleGraphicsPowerManagement.kext on the desktop
Selct "Show Package Contents"
In the resulting Finder window, navigate to Contents/info.plist
Right click info.plist and select "Open With"
Select Xcode
Navigate to IOKitPersonalities/AGPM/Machines
Under Mac-FC02E91DDD3FA6A4 (iMac 13,2), Vendor10deDevice0fe0 one of the closest matches to the 650ti
Rename Vendor10deDevice0fe0 to match information in System Information
My graphics card in System Information: Vendor 10de | Device 11c6:

So I rename it to Vendor10deDevice11c6
My AppleGraphicsPowerManagement.kext now looks like this:

Click File > Save and close Xcode

Step #10
Install AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementInfo.kext, edited AppleGraphicsPowerManagement.kext and IOPlatformPluginFamily.kext

Open Kext Wizard
Click Installation tab
Drag AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementInfo.kext, edited AppleGraphicsPowerManagement and IOPlatformPluginFamily.kext into the box
Click Install
Click Maintenance Tab
Check the System/Library/Extensions box
Click Execute
Close Kext Wizard when finished
You can also now open ShowAllFiles and select HIDE
Restart machine

Step #11
Verify Ivy Bridge Native Power Management

Open IORegistryExplorer
Look for X86PlatformPlugin
If it is there, Ivy Bridge power management should be working

Close IORegistryExplorer

Step #12
Verify Intel Speed Step is working

Guide is here: >http://www.tonymacx86.com/ssdt/91551-appleintelcpupowermanagementinfo-kext-msrdumper-successor.html<
Terminal output should look something like this:

Step #13
Sleep and wake

Navigate to /Extra
Open org.chameleon.Boot.plist with Xcode
Add a new line with this entry: Kernel Flags / darwake=10
Should look like this:

File>Save and close Xcode
Open System Preferences > Energy Saver
Uncheck all boxes except for "Wake for Etheret network access
Should look something like this:

Step #14
Fixing iMessage

Using this guide, most likely iMessage will not be working at this point.
This is the process to fix iMessage.
Open Chameleon Wizard
Click on the Modules tab
Check the box that says FileNVRAM.dylib

Click Update
Click the Install tab
Click the Download button (just below the DSDT button)
In the Chameleon revision drop down box, select 2283

Click the Install button at the bottom right.
Close Chameleon Wizard when finished
Restart machine.
iMessage should now be working.

Final thoughts

Sleep / Wake
Working

Airplay
Working

AirDrop
Not tested

Bluetooth
Not tested

USB3
Not tested

Audio
Working

I use HDMI out for my audio (650Ti>ASUS VE278>Insignia NS-PCS41 speakers). OS X does not provide any volume controls via HDMI. Base volume is set at the monitor and I use the knob located on the right speaker to adjust volume.

Geekbench

Hopefully the guide is mostly complete. I may have missed a step or made some spelling or formatting errors. Feel free to point anything out that looks fishy. Or ask questions if you have any.

Loginfailed

12/20/2013 Edit: Updated guide to include Mavericks and the latest versions of Unibeast and Multibeast. Added iMessage fix. Updated hardware information. Fixed some spelling errors. Updated some of the pictures.

01/09/2014 Edit: Regarding the EBIOS READ ERROR referenced in step #3. I recently replaced my generic card reader with an original Apple iMac internal card reader. See the post below:
>http://www.tonymacx86.com/customization/54733-apple-internal-sd-card-slot-working.html#post734780<

Dschijn · Aug 26, 2013

Great work! Makes me think to improve my setup the way you did it

joeld · Aug 26, 2013

Nice build Loginfailed.

I have a similar setup, except I use CLOVER EFI as boot manager and my CPU is 3570K.

Stork · Aug 26, 2013

Very good write-up on how to create a DSDT using SJ_UnderWater's MaciASL. I recently used MaciASL to create a DSDT for my older Batman build (GA-P55M-UD4 / i7-875K / Gigabyte 5770 "Batmobile" graphics card). Although the P55M-UD4 has a DSDT in the tonymacx86 DSDT Database, we want to test MaciASL on the older systems. Works like a champ! :thumbup:

The Lian Li case is a nice quiet case, sized for your desk top instead of hiding the case under the desk.

harmcore · Aug 26, 2013

Nice and clear guide!

windwalker · Aug 26, 2013

Thank you for writing such a comprehensive guide.
By far the most time consuming and frustrating part of hackintoshing is the struggle to make sense of all the incomplete, outdated and confusing guides and the bits of information spread over dozens of forum threads.

I think this guide should be pinned to the front page of the site and kept there until someone writes an even better one.

thierry37 · Aug 27, 2013

Stork said:
The Lian Li case is a nice quiet case, sized for your desk top instead of hiding the case under the desk.

It seems to be a Silverstone Temjin TJ08B-E

(Great little box !! I love it)

Stork · Aug 27, 2013

windwalker,
Not to take anything away from Loginfailed's very good build description...have you reviewed the Golden Builds threads? There are some very good build descriptions there.

giacomoleopardo · Aug 28, 2013

Well, that's a hell of a guide, Loginfailed!
Really well done! :clap:

loginfailed · Aug 28, 2013

Thanks to everyone for the kind words. I hope my thread will help others with their builds in the future.

giacomoleopardo said:
Well, that's a hell of a guide, Loginfailed!
Really well done!

Thanks, you should know that your Z77N thread is filled with good information and I learned a great deal from what you posted. So, well done to you too, my friend! :headbang:

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