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- Gigabyte H97N-WIFI
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- i7-4770
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- HD 4600
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Hi
If you are having problems installing Sierra or El Capitan in a Gigabyte H170N-Wifi, like black screens, prohibition sign and so on, I can told you what I have done to make it work.
I'm no expert, so I really "don't know what I'm doing" but it (until now) works. I don't know if there's other solution, but this is that work for me. I have not yet tried Bluetooth, audio, ethernet and many other things, but at least, after two days trying I have been able to install Sierra on my system.
So that is what I have done:
1 - Upgrade BIOS to F4. I don't know if it could works with F3, but in this new version theres a IOAPIC option under "Chipset" menu that it seems you must disable. (https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/solved-problem-with-unibeast-install-on-h170n-wifi.198682/page-2)
2 - Put Sierra installation not in a USB stick, but, maybe using and external USB case, on a SSD or HD that you can later install internally with SATA on your system. It don't work for me on any of USB-3 terminals and every time crash or stop during initial installation.
3 - Install Clover (I used r3763 and it worked) and later change that :
- Use 14,2 UEFI config (you can find it there https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/how-to-create-a-macos-sierra-public-beta-installation-usb.195077/)
- Put FakeSMC, NullCPUPowerManagement.kext and Ethernet kext on Clover\Other in EFI (you can find it in the same page https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/how-to-create-a-macos-sierra-public-beta-installation-usb.195077/). Put also USBInjectAll.kext on Clover\Other in EFI (you can find it there USBInjectAll.kext)
(maybe some of these files is not needed, but it worked for me with they and I don't try without)
4 - Put the installation disc inside your machine together with the final disc, restart, choose installation disc you made and install
Now I'm going to try to advance
If you are having problems installing Sierra or El Capitan in a Gigabyte H170N-Wifi, like black screens, prohibition sign and so on, I can told you what I have done to make it work.
I'm no expert, so I really "don't know what I'm doing" but it (until now) works. I don't know if there's other solution, but this is that work for me. I have not yet tried Bluetooth, audio, ethernet and many other things, but at least, after two days trying I have been able to install Sierra on my system.
So that is what I have done:
1 - Upgrade BIOS to F4. I don't know if it could works with F3, but in this new version theres a IOAPIC option under "Chipset" menu that it seems you must disable. (https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/solved-problem-with-unibeast-install-on-h170n-wifi.198682/page-2)
2 - Put Sierra installation not in a USB stick, but, maybe using and external USB case, on a SSD or HD that you can later install internally with SATA on your system. It don't work for me on any of USB-3 terminals and every time crash or stop during initial installation.
3 - Install Clover (I used r3763 and it worked) and later change that :
- Use 14,2 UEFI config (you can find it there https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/how-to-create-a-macos-sierra-public-beta-installation-usb.195077/)
- Put FakeSMC, NullCPUPowerManagement.kext and Ethernet kext on Clover\Other in EFI (you can find it in the same page https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/how-to-create-a-macos-sierra-public-beta-installation-usb.195077/). Put also USBInjectAll.kext on Clover\Other in EFI (you can find it there USBInjectAll.kext)
(maybe some of these files is not needed, but it worked for me with they and I don't try without)
4 - Put the installation disc inside your machine together with the final disc, restart, choose installation disc you made and install
Now I'm going to try to advance
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