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Stork's Gene Build > ASUS MAXIMUS VIII GENE Z170 - i5-6600K - MSI Vega 56

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I plan on heading to microcenter today and picking up this exact setup, but before I do - if I skip the fancy video card at first to keep the cost down, will I experience any issues? Does the Intel integrated graphics perform well on its own?
 
OrangeOvals said:
I plan on heading to microcenter today and picking up this exact setup, but before I do - if I skip the fancy video card at first to keep the cost down, will I experience any issues? Does the Intel integrated graphics perform well on its own?
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I would read the HD 530 threads in the Forum's Graphics section > http://www.tonymacx86.com/forums/graphics.13/

HD530 is supported a whole lot better than when I first built Gene. I used a graphics card because 9 months or so ago the HD530 was almost unusable. So, please do your research.
 
I'd like to point out an issue I had configuring a similar setup, just with a 6700K i7.
After completing installation, adding NVidia web driver (the right one for 10.11.5) the system failed to get past 50% boot before restarting.
The only way to get it to boot was adding nv_disable=1.
I figured out that I needed to edit the version reported by Clover. It was 10.10 something (can't remember) and I changed it to 10.11.5 so the NVidia driver could correctly load upon recognising the OS version.
Maybe it could be interesting to add it to your post :)

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I have tested Rehabman's NVMe patch based upon the Pike code. It works and eliminates the shutdown/start-up error problem we've seen with the NMVeGeneric.kext. If you use RehabMan's patch, backup your NMVeGeneric.kext.

https://github.com/RehabMan/patch-nvme

Here's my procedure for using the patch script:

:ch:Download the patch .zip file and keep it in your ~/Download folder. Unzip it and note the folder name because mine was named "patch-nvme-master"

:ch:Use this Terminal command to determine your installation drive's EFI partition:
Code: 
diskutil list

:ch:Use the EFI Mounter v3 to mount your installation's drive EFI partition

:ch:Go to the /EFI/EFI/Clover/kexts/10.11/ folder and drag the NMVeGeneric.kext to a backup location. This will just copy the file, so, after you copied it, trash the NMVeGeneric.kext in the .../10.11/ folder.

:ch:Run the following Terminal commands (again, make sure of the patch folder's name in /Downloads):
Code: 
cd ~/Downloads/patch-nvme-master
./patch_nvme.sh 10_11_6

:ch:Drag the HackrNVMeFamily-10_11_6.kext from the ~/Downloads/patch-nvme-master/ folder to the /EFI/EFI/Clover/kexts/10.11/ folder.

:ch:Reboot

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Hi. I got my Maximus Gene up and running today. However, I'm having a problem with video... They system boots in to Clover fine and proceeds to boot OS X fine. On the screen with the Apple logo and the loading progress bar under it, everything seems fine. But once it's done booting, the screen goes black and I never get to see the desktop.

Edit: Nevermind. I got it sorted out. ;)

Now it's time to test out the new build a little...
 
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Followed your build instructions and have a very sweet, triple monitor set up now based on skylake. Thanks so much @Stork .

My only question is, do you have wireless networking and if so, how did you achieve that?

I have a TP-Link TL-WN881ND card.
 
starchild2 said:
Followed your build instructions and have a very sweet, triple monitor set up now based on skylake. Thanks so much @Stork .

My only question is, do you have wireless networking and if so, how did you achieve that?

I have a TP-Link TL-WN881ND card.
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I used the iMac Wireless/Bluetooth card in a PCIe adapter card. Thus, my system behaves like an iMac with respect to wireless and Bluetooth capabilities achieving a full 1300 Mbps wireless speed.

PC Hackintosh Apple Broadcom BCM94360CD 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac + Bluetooth 4.0 OS X Yosemite 10.10
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0144KU1EG/?tag=tonymacx86com-20

IIRC, the TP-Link TL-WN881ND card is not compatible with OS X (El Capitan), and, thus, we have not listed it the Buyer's Guide. The TP-Link TL-WDN4800 card is fully compatible as is the
Rosewill RNWD-N9003PCE card; both go on sale periodically at Newegg. However, the last two cards I bought were AC1750 and AC1900 wireless PCIe cards to match my AC2600 routers.

TP-LINK Archer T8E AC1750 Dual Band Wireless PCI Express Adapter
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00RL4A314/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833704237

Rosewill RNX-AC1900PCE, 802.11AC Dual Band AC1900 PCI Express WiFi Adapter / Wireless Adapter / Network Card
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0159222VS/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833166121

I recommend you consider one of the WiFi cards above as an investment in the future, especially with the higher 1300+ Mbps speeds. For a fully compatible hackintosh with handoff/continuity, then the card I used (listed first above) would be your best bet. Good investment to fully use El Capitan's capabilities.
 
Hi, congrats on a well-made and well-maintained guide. Just one little thing: It's not smart to tell people to disable Gatekeeper by using "Anywhere" in the Security system panel. Instead, to run apps that were not signed, one should right-click (or ctrl-click if right-click has not been set up in the Mouse control panel yet) on the app, which will then offer to Open it despite being unsigned. That's safer - after all, that's why we all use Macs, right? ;)
 
tomruge,
I understand your advise and agree. However, in my case, and in several other users' cases, we use modified kexts or, in my case, TotalFinder which modifies Finder. So, I have to use that "Anywhere" option. But, I'm going to investigate this point you bring up and see if it's still relevant to TotalFinder.

Update: A lot has happened to the TotalFinder maturity since I wrote the build description. Therefore, I'll remove the advise to turn off Gatekeeper. Thanks, tomruge for calling this clarification to my attentions. :thumbup:
 
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