[Success] Asrock H97 Pro4 + i5-5675C (Broadwell) + Iris Pro 6200

[diduszka]

diduszka's Build:
i5-5675C - ASRock H97 Pro4 - Intel Iris Pro 6200 (on-board graphics) - El Capitan 10.11.2

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Components

ASRock H97 Pro4 Motherboard
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00KAZPWCG/?tag=tonymacx86-21
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157511

CPU: Intel i5 5675C 3.10 Ghz Broadwell Processor with Iris Pro 6200 onboard graphics (/w factory cooler)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00XPE8SEI/?tag=tonymacx86-21
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117554

RAM: 4 x 8 GB Kingston HyperX Fury DDR3 1866Mhz (total of 32 GB RAM)

SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 120GB SATA3
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00P738Z8O/?tag=tonymacx86-21
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147371

HDD: 2 x Western Digital 1TB 7200 rpm 64M SATA3

Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W


Comments

Hello from Hungary! This is my 4th CustoMac build and the first with El Capitan. I've never had a config without a dedicated graphics card before. I guess there is a first time for everything, so after seeing the performance of the integrated Intel Iris Pro graphics, I've decided to go for it!

With these components it's probably not the easiest CustoMac installation with the current tools available, however, I'm very far from being a "hackintosh" expert and still I could get this done. So you can do as well

Common issues with these components:

• ASRock motherboard issue with booting: SOLVED (I can boot without the USB thumb drive)
• Iris Pro 6200 only recognised till 7/14/31 MB: SOLVED (I have full acceleration with 1536 MB)

Installation notes:
- Disconnect all your hard drives except the one you are going to install OS X on
- Follow the Installation Guide and make sure your BIOS settings are fine (if you are using onboard graphics like me, make sure you select this option in BIOS!)

I used the following MultiBeast settings after installing OS X El Capitan:

• Quick start with UEFI Boot Mode (adds FakeSMC and Clover UEFI Boot Mode)
• Added Realtek ALC892 manually for audio
• Changed system definition to iMac 15,1 (it's the closest system definition to my build)

With this motherboard you need the AppleIntelE1000e.kext to get Ethernet working. Simply download KextBeast and the kext file, then place both the downloaded file and the KextBeast app on your desktop. Run KextBeast, select S/L/E then press install.

Normally that would be it, after rebooting Clover boot screen would load automatically and you can boot OS X El Capitan without the external USB thumb drive. However, it's not really the case when you have an Asrock motherboard.

For Asrock motherboard owners I strongly recommend to follow this guide written by WonkyDonky. It might sound really complicated but trust me it's really easy! You just need to make sure you follow the steps exactly as they are written in the guide. With this I could get OS X El Capitan to boot without the USB thumb stick.

My only remaining problem at this point was the onboard graphics. I had a laggy screen and the "About This Mac" window only showed 7 MB allocated to graphics. Not good! Here is how to solve this easily:

1. Download Clover Configurator and place it in your Applications folder.
2. Open Clover Configurator. It should automatically ask you if you want to mount the EFI partition. Say yes! (If it didn't ask you for some reason, just go to the left column, Mount EFO (under TOOLS).
3. After mounting the EFI partition, open it! It should be a Finder window showing EFI as a device (just like when you plug a USB stick or similar)
4. In EFI go to the EFI/CLOVER folder and open config.plist (double click and Clover Configurator should load it)
5. Once the config.plist is loaded, go to the Graphics section and look for the "ig-platform-id" field (right side of the window)
6. Put this value in the "-ig-platform-id" field: 0x16220007
7. Save (cmd+s), quit, restart.

That's it! You should have a fully accelerated Intel Iris Pro working with 1536 MB.




My only issue that I still need to solve is with the RAM. Currently I can get only 1777 Mhz instead of the 1866. Other than that I have ethernet, audio (haven't tested if audio over HDMI works) and fully accelerated graphics.

The Geekbench scores of this system is 3503 (single core) / 11691 (multicore) (32 bit mode only)

 

[MadBlue]

Hi there!

I also use the Kingston FuryX and it's also recognized as DDR3-1777 memory. Maybe it has something to do with it's RMX profile...


Question to the Iris 6200: Is there native 4K support? Did you test the 4K performance with this?
I use a GTX750TI with my Haswell due 4K performance under OS X with the HD4600 is poor. But I'm looking for a solution without a dedicated GPU...

Sören

 

[diduszka]

I haven't yet tested out 4K with this config. I read many people complain about 4K performance without a dedicated graphics card so I decided to go for 1080p and upgrade later.

Regarding the 1777 Mhz memory issue, I tried different XMP profile settings as well, however I couldn't yet get to 1866 Mhz. I'll keep trying

 

[91ajames]

Hey man, any special things you did with your audio? Been trying to get my audio to work since November and had no such luck yet. Got it working with Mavericks thou.

 

[diduszka]

I installed the Realtek ALC892 audio driver with Multibeast, straight after installing OS X El Capitan. I guess you did the same thing... Maybe check if you have (accidentally) installed multiple audio drivers?

 

[zebrum]

I use a 4k at 60hz with the Iris Pro 5200 on the 2015 15" MBP and works fine but that uses display port, the problem people are having is likely due to the use of HDMI on this board.

 

[rudz]

Does it work with High Sierra?