Question about upgrading Motherboard:

[Gorey_Feldman]

I have a small mini ITX board, the GA-H61N-USB3, which has a i5 intel CPU (LGA1155),

It runs Mavericks just fine, but I haven't been able to update osx to Yosemite or beyond.

Instead, I have the opportunity to buy a new board, maybe the GA-Z170N-Gaming 5 board.

My question is, if I do this, will I also have to buy a new CPU?

My current i5 is a 2nd generation Intel model, but the newer boards support 5th and 6th generation CPUs.

Does this mean if I buy a new board, I will also have to buy the new CPU?


Looking forward to your feedback!

 

[P1LGRIM]

My question is, if I do this, will I also have to buy a new CPU?

Yes - See the Gigabyte website for compatible processors.

 

[Adrian B]

You should check out the following section for tips installing newer versions of OSX/macOS using the Gigabyte GA-H61N-USB3 board. I would also suggest that it may be worthwhile to have an additional compatible discrete graphics card:
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...apitan-install-problems.173991/#CategoryModel

 

[Gorey_Feldman]

Thanks Adrian, I will post again if I get it working.

 

[Gorey_Feldman]

Yeah! I got it working, I followed the instructions in those links, , I just had to install the kexts, using kext wizard.
For some reason, the audio kext only worked when I installed it from multibeast.

Also, the latest version of clover doesnt work, I had to copy over the version from the unibeast usb stick.

Everything works, except, I am using a GTX 960 Nvidia card.

I installed the correct Nvidia Web Drivers, but the only thing is, when I select the "NVIDIA Webdriver" option , then reboot, it always reboots using the OSX drivers.

When I change some things, (For example following this guide: https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/solving-nvidia-driver-install-loading-problems.161256/ )

But when I reboot, it still uses the OSX drivers.

Worse, every once in a while it will reboot corectly using the nvidia drivers, (But by the next reboot, goes back to OSX.)

Can you advise me on this?

 

[vulgo]

But when I reboot, it still uses the OSX drivers.

Take a look at this post

 

[Adrian B]

You can update your profile hardware in your personal settings to reflect the hardware that you are attempting to install OS X on. Can you also be clear which version of OS X/macOS (Yosemite, El Capitan or Sierra?) that you are installing.

 

[Gorey_Feldman]

Take a look at this post

I have folowed the advice on this thread, but the problem keeps repeating.

P R O F I L E U P D A T E D

 

[Adrian B]

This thread is for buying advice.

If you want to solve a graphics issue as you are now able to use your H61 hardware, then please use/post in the graphics section:
https://www.tonymacx86.com/forums/graphics.13/

Sometimes using an older iMac system definition works best for H61/SandyBridge hardware. You will need to be clear about the version of OS X/macOS that you are running, the system definition that you are using and the steps that you have used to solve the issue. Advice is a two way street - without your accurate and detailed, feedback moving forward becomes harder because 'does't work' does not sound right - something is wrong somewhere.

 

[Gorey_Feldman]

For what it's worth, I solved this , by updating to 10.12.04, then installing the latest webdriver for that version.
The default system profile was "Mac Mini 5,1", so I changed that to "14,2".
Since then, the webdriver works smoothly with each restart.

Your input helped me reach that conclusion, so thank you.
I will just leave this here, instead of opening a new thread, in case somebody gets here from Googling the same board.

Ciao!