Silent Hackintosh · Fractal R4 · GA-Z77-DS3H · 3570K · Gigabyte 660TI · Samsung 830 SSD

[V40jlt4]

I too have this MB (rev1.0) and processor.no dedicated graphics card.

I can confirm that the HD4000 is quite adequate for most.
I installed xbmc and streaming full HD movies from my synology is no problem. Heavy gaming is something I will not do. So I'd always test the HD4000 first and only buy a dedicated graphics card if it does not suffice.

bluetooth:

I use the very expensive dealextreme BT dongle $1.80 and it works perfectly:
http://dx.com/p/super-mini-bluetooth-2-0-adapter-dongle-vista-compatible-11866

Sleep also works fine.

 

[sfr2]

Hey guys,

Regarding the questions,
I'm running the F10f beta bios.
It's the version 1.0 of the motherboard.

I've also switched to using the Chameleon bootloader. Just having it on a USB is very easy.

The system still freezes on network file transfers, though!
If anyone has any pointers on this, I'd be grateful because it's hugely annoying that I can't transfer files.

 

[V40jlt4]

I don't prefer a beta BIOS.

I have 0.9. Just copied a 1.2 GB file from my synology NAS to my OSX system, no problem.
downloaded a 640MB SW update also no issues.

Did you also test with 0.9 bios?

I use chimera bootloader from disk to either boot windows or osx.

 

[sfr2]

Yeah, I've also tried other BIOS versions, no luck.

 

[V40jlt4]

If I look at your first post, multibeast screenshot, I do not see any network driver selected. Did you do that?

 

[sfr2]

Yes, I selected the Atheros driver later. I don't know why it's not on the screenshot.

I think what caused my problems with crashing is that driver. I made a guide to install a more updated Atheros Ethernet driver for 10.8. So far, it seems to have solved my problem.

 

[Goekeli]

SFR2 I'll be building a very similar customac soon, what power supply did you end up with? Seasonic X-series? I want a very quiet rig, R4 case coming tomorrow, 212 cooler probably, quiet fans etc. Then looking for a quiet 770. Hope you got file transfer worked out. Thats big on my list.

 

[sfr2]

I still have the power supply from my original post. But if I were you, I'd definitely spend some extra money and get the Seasonic!

 

[Stork]

+1 sfr2. Seasonic PSUs are the best PSUs made. Ironically, they are make PSUs for other good brands, too, especially those with 80 Plus Gold & Platinum ratings.

silentpcreview.com and Anandtech.com have reviews on PSUs and have commented if Brand X is made my Seasonic. I recommend the fully or semi modular Seasonic made PSUs as I never use all the connections in my builds.

 

[stanny]

Hi,

I have tried all the settings that are posted here, but all I get is video distortion...


My setup is this:
- Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H
- Intel i5-3570 (no K)
- MSI N430GT
- 2*4GB Kingston HyperX Blue
- 128GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD

I use Multibeast 6.0.0 since it is compatible with Mavericks.
I have tried with my graphics card, but then my screen just goed black, the computer stays on.
Without my graphics card I get this video distortion.
I do not really need my dedicated graphics card, so if I can get it to work without, it is fine by me. Less noise ;-)

The only way to boot up and somewhat use my machine is to boot with "-x" so in Safe Mode...

What can I do to fix this?

My Multibeast settings are:

[FONT=Helvetica]MultiBeast Configuration - 2013-10-28 12:53:53
-----------------------------------------------------------------[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica]Quick Start > DSDT Free
Drivers > Audio > Realtek ALCxxx > Without DSDT > ALC887/888b Current v100302
Drivers > Audio > Realtek ALCxxx > Without DSDT > HDAEnabler[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica]Drivers > Disk > 3rd Party SATA
Drivers > Disk > TRIM Enabler > 10.9.0 TRIM PatchDrivers > Misc > FakeSMC v5.3.820
Drivers > Network > Atheros - Shailua's ALXEthernet v1.0.2
Drivers > System > AppleRTC Patch for CMOS Reset
Bootloaders > Chimera v2.2.1
Customize > Boot Options > Basic Boot Options
Customize > Boot Options > Generate CPU States
Customize > Boot Options > Hibernate Mode - Desktop
Customize > Boot Options > Use KernelCache
Customize > System Definitions > Mac Pro > Mac Pro 3,1
Customize > Themes > tonymacx86 Black[/FONT]

Thank you guys!