Random Freezes - GA-Z87 HD3 / GTX 770 (4GB) / i7 4770k

[davehavers]

Hey,

First of all: this forum is awesome. You guys helped me a lot before i even had to ask a question

I installed 10.9.1 with the guide on this page and it worked (with few exeptions) pretty well. But now i have a problem i can't solve on my own.

Every few minutes my Hackintosh starts to freeze and i have to push the reset-button to boot the system again. I can't move the cursor and sometimes i can hear the last bit of sound over and over again. I'm not doing anything special when it happens. The only programs i have installed so far are: Firefox, Steam and Logitech Control Center. When i start the game "The Witcher 2" through Steam, everything freezes instantly.

I installed Hackintosh through Unibeast and used Multibeast (DSDT Free) to install drivers for Audio (Without DSDT/ ALC892) and Network (Realtek Lnx2Macs RealtekRTL81xx). GraphicsEnabler is set to "No" ("Yes" doesn't work).

Bios configuration as described in this thread:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/desktop-c...mmended-bios-settings-flags-3.html#post661912

My specs are:

i7 4770k
Palit GeForce GTX 770 4GB
Gigabyte GA-Z87 HD3 F6
16 GB (4x4GB) Corsair Vengeance
750W Cooler Master PSU
Crucial M4 250GB SSD
WD 640GB HDD
Sony OptiArc DVD

UPDATE:
I tested my hardware over night with Memtest, 3DMark, FurMark and HDDScan. Everythings worked fine under Windows.

Please, can anybody help me? My MacPro was stolen and i have to work with FCPX on a MacBook Pro right now. Thats pretty frustrating.

 

[macgaga]

I suffer the same problem. GTX 770.
nobody who solved answers.

i read much about C1E Disable in BIOS etc. this should cause the freeze people say.

but as speak i have the same problems and it seem to be the GTX 7xx series

 

[davehavers]

Do you have the 4GB or the 2GB version?

I read a lot about freezes with any Gigabyte GA Z87 xxx mainboard and more than 2 RAM Sticks installed.

Thats described in this thread: http://www.tonymacx86.com/general-h...-z87-boards-general-perhaps-d-3-h-ending.html

I'm going to try a fresh install with only 1 stick installed.

 

[macgaga]

tell me if it changes the Problem?!?

I have 4 RAM Sticks yes

 

[davehavers]

Seems to work now. I installed 10.9.1 with 1 RAM stick and had no freeze. After some tests i installed the other three sticks.

I ran the Geekbench 64bit stress test non stop for about 20h. No freeze till now.

I really hope it stays that way.

 

[bluebalance]

Well, I hope the problem is fixed for you. These freezes can hide for quite some time before appearing again. My longest freeze free streak was like 10 days.. Ended yesterday..

 

[davehavers]

I had a freeze again about 10 min. after i set the RAM-clock to 1600mhz (BIOS default was 1333).

After i set it back to 1333, the system ran stable again.

 

[tommyhollander]

Every few minutes my Hackintosh starts to freeze

My longest freeze free streak was like 10 days...

@bluebalance @davehavers

On a netcas thread I found a solution for GK110B, just release by Nvidea and should stop the crashes in 10.9.1 / 10.9.2 Maybe it helps?

http://us.download.nvidia.com/dMfCTEwWd5bvEIglG4b8ya6U4erhZeeC/WebDriver-331.01.01b07.pkg

(or google: Nvidia Retail Drivers for 10.9.1 and 10.9.2)

If it works, please spread the word, and let me know
as I'm about to purchase to get the GTX 770 4GB

I hope I won't get suspended by placing a link... I'm just trying to help.

 

[davehavers]

Hey Tommy,

i'm going to test that for you. Thanks for the link!

 

[tommyhollander]

i'm going to test that for you. Thanks for the link!

@davehavers:
Valvator, just posted that he used the driver, and the sleep problem is solved, but CUDA is not yet supported (Beta). He will try the GTX 770 2GB on tuesday, so hopefully then we know if it's the GPU or some bios setting.

http://www.tonymacx86.com/desktop-compatibility/102674-gtx-770-4gb-hackintosh.html#post759680