P9X79 Pro Guide (still a work in progress)

[Leumas1311]

These are the exact files used to boot from Mavericks install USB

/Extra/
smbios.plist.zip
org.chameleon.Boot.plist.zip
Extensions.zip

/
match_kernel.zip

..and also, if you got KernelPatcher.dylib in Modules, remove it.

Just backup the current config and replace it with the extracted content.
It should boot.. The last time I've used this usb stick it did.

Alright, thanks! I'm testing it now, ill start the boot and ill edit this post when it boots, if it fails ill let you know.

Ok well I started it up and left it on while I watched a 2hour movie... stayed on the white screen the whole time. I'm gunna make a new installer and try again. Any tips would be much appreciated as this is quite frustrating.

 

[Leumas1311]

My first attempt of make it work, was a clean install.

It started OK, with the patched kernel (new match_kernel)

And:
* Mavervell controller disabled
* bluetooth disabled
* USB 3 disabled
* Intel Vd-t disabled

I booted from USB2.0 with:
-v -f npci=0x2000 GraphicsEnabler=Yes

BUT

It took forever to start the installer and I gave up on that option.
I mean.. it took ~30min to prompt license agrement. It was driving me insane.

In the Bold text you say that you "gave up on that option" what exactly do you mean by this? I have now re-created a boot drive and am double checking my BIOS to make sure I have the same settings you have.

 

[Leumas1311]

Ok, I tried booting again and this time I disabled usb3.0 and bluetooth. As you can see in these photos it boots fine until it hits this line

bootcachecontrole : unable to open /var/db/bootcache.playlist : 2 no such file or directory

after it showed this it sat there for about 20 mins. Then it tried to start bluetooth and got an error. After another 15 mins the final picture showed up. At this point I'm getting tired and need sleep. I'm turning my system off and will wait for a reply. I will try booting again in the morning except then I will turn bluetooth and usb3.0 back on.

 

[esix]

I gave up because installing mavericks fresh in those conditions was a no go.
I couldn't just sit there for hours and wait to install ) I just couldn't..

Regarding bios settings:
XMP -> profile 1
marvel/usb3/bluetooh/intel vd-t -> disabled

I guess you could try booting without the GraphicsEnabler=Yes flag since your video card is newer and should work without that flag.

And/or switch between npci=0x2000 and npci=0x3000

 

[Leumas1311]

Ok, I will definitely try that. At this point I'm wondering if there is an expert out there that could help solve this problem. A lot of people seem to be having issues with Ive bridge E processors and there has been no luck for first time installers. If I got a different processor would that help?

 

[esix]

I've posted my exact bios settings.
* Fast boot => disabled
* XMP => profile 2
* Intel VT => disabled
* legacy usb 3 => disabled
* marvel => disabled
* bluetooth => disabled
* secure boot -> os type => other os

As I said it boots using those bios settings and the files from files.zip (match_kernel and /Extra/ folder)

You only need to delete:
[usb_drive] / match_kernel
[usb_drive] / Extra / Extensions / IONetworkingFamily.kext
[usb_drive] / Extra / Extensions / NullCPUPowerManagement.kext

Add:
[usb_drive] / Extra / Extensions / VoodooTSCSync.kext
[usb_drive] / match_kernel
[usb_drive] / Extra / Extensions / IONetworkingFamily.kext
[usb_drive] / Extra / Extensions / NullCPUPowerManagement.kext

FROM the archive.

When the Installer GUI appears it gets nasty, choppy and so on, BUT it does work

Changing the cpu, IMO, It's not the way to do it.
You can also try cpus=1 but that doesn't change anything regarding the installer's performance.

 

[Leumas1311]

I've posted my exact bios settings.
* Fast boot => disabled
* XMP => profile 2
* Intel VT => disabled
* legacy usb 3 => disabled
* marvel => disabled
* bluetooth => disabled
* secure boot -> os type => other os

As I said it boots using those bios settings and the files from files.zip (match_kernel and /Extra/ folder)

You only need to delete:
[usb_drive] / match_kernel
[usb_drive] / Extra / Extensions / IONetworkingFamily.kext
[usb_drive] / Extra / Extensions / NullCPUPowerManagement.kext

Add:
[usb_drive] / Extra / Extensions / VoodooTSCSync.kext
[usb_drive] / match_kernel
[usb_drive] / Extra / Extensions / IONetworkingFamily.kext
[usb_drive] / Extra / Extensions / NullCPUPowerManagement.kext

FROM the archive.

When the Installer GUI appears it gets nasty, choppy and so on, BUT it does work

Changing the cpu, IMO, It's not the way to do it.
You can also try cpus=1 but that doesn't change anything regarding the installer's performance.

Ok, so I followed the above instructions EXACTLY. I set my BIOS to match yours. I deleted the correct files and replaced them with the files you sent me. I booted using -v -f npci=0x2000 and then again with -v -f npci=0x3000. Each time i watched and it had similar code lines to what your picture shows. But then it went to a white screen and stayed like that for a good 2 hours. No mouse ever showed up. Any thoughts? There has got to be something I'm missing!

 

[esix]

I don't know if this matters or not, but the usb stick was plugged in a usb2.0 port, the port above the white one (dedicated bios flash port)

It's strange
In my case it showed a white background for a couple of minutes, then the cursor appears.

 

[Leumas1311]

Yes I know about that and I am using the usb 2.0 on my case. I did some reading up and found a guy who was having my problem. Someone said to delete nvidia drivers from the usb drive because cards that end in 70 have issues, and then try it. That fixed it for him so I'm trying that now. Ill let you know what happens.

 

[Stork]

It's the 780 and higher nVidia graphics cards that are not yet support in Mavericks.