- Joined
- Jul 15, 2017
- Messages
- 170
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte GA-Z270XP-SLI
- CPU
- i7-7700K
- Graphics
- RX 6600 XT
- Mac
- Mobile Phone
I'm building my 1st Hackintosh (I think I ordered the wrong generation of motherboard, the Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GAMING 6. If you were starting over, would you still use the Gigabyte Z270XP-SLI (F4)?I decided that instead of updating from 10.12.5 to 10.12.6 and removing the FakeCPUID, etc. I would just rebuild from scratch with macOS 10.12.6 downloaded from the App Store. Before I reformatted the SSD, I modified the config.plist to remove the FakeCPUID, chose iMac18,3 7700K with new serial numbers (system serial and board serial), SMUUID on SMBIOS screen, ROM and MLB on Rt Variables screen (for iMessages).
The whole process went extremely well and everything is working after installing the Nvidia Web Driver for 10.12.6.View attachment 267815
As you are working perfectly, I'm considering duplicating your setup unless you have a better choice in mind? Except that I have a GTX-285 which I ?think? should already have drivers included?
Is it really that simple? A real real dumb question, but ... which program is used to modify config.plist and where does it live?
And I'm assuming you used the MultiBeast and UniBeast alone to setup "iMac18,3 7700K with new serial numbers (system serial and board serial), SMUUID on SMBIOS screen, ROM and MLB on Rt Variables screen (for iMessages)" - or are there multiple steps involved in getting the new serial numbers and other variables that MultiBeast and UniBeast need?
Is all that automated now, so that you really only had to change a few things and it worked? Wow - I'm standing on the shoulders of Giants!!!
If not, could you point me in the direction of threads so that I can learn what I need to learn?
I'm ashamed to be so ignorant!! I started coding in Z80 assembly language in the 70's and use C# and SQL Server on Win10 now, so I should be able to pick up what I need to know with a bit of guidance.
Thanks!!