[Success!] Core i7-860 - BIOSTAR TH55B HD, 4GB RAM, AMD Radeon 5770

[AdamInNi]

AdamInNi's Build: Core i7-860 - BIOSTAR TH55B HD - AMD Radeon 5770
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Components

Xigmatek Asgard White Knight Case
Not Available on Amazon or Newegg

Biostar TH55B HD Motherboard
Not Available on Amazon

Intel Core i7 860 Processor
[AMAZON-uk]http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002KQBC0E/?tag=tonymacx86-21

Arctic Cooling Alpine 64 Pro CPU Cooler
[AMAZON-uk]http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002CIDIPW/?tag=tonymacx86-21

Gigabyte HD5770
Not Available on Amazon

Corsair Builder Series 500w PSU
[AMAZON-uk]http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B009RMP2VE/?tag=tonymacx86-21

LG DVD RW Drive
[AMAZON-uk]http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00A3SGB2K/?tag=tonymacx86-21

Microsoft Wired Keyboard
[AMAZON-uk]http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001QT6V7A/?tag=tonymacx86-21

Logitech Wired Mouse
[AMAZON-uk]http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0029QPJJK/?tag=tonymacx86-21

OS X Mountain Lion App (10.8.4)
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/os-x-mountain-lion/id537386512?ls=1&mt=12

UniBeast & MultiBeast 5.3.1
http://www.tonymacx86.com/downloads


Comments

The Build

To be honest, I didn't actually have to build this PC (though I did clean it up and put it in a different case) as it was given to me after I build the owner (my dad) a new computer. He sent me home with this one. It was built by a now non existant company called Cube 247. I decided to try an OS X install on it as a challenge not thinking it would work since any research I did on the board didn't have an overly positive outcome. Since I have an i7 3770 hackintosh already, I decided to give this to my sister.

Installation

First thing that I did, was reset the bios to factory settings. After that, I changed SATA to AHCI mode and that was it. There was no need to do anything else.

After that, I booted up into my trusty 10.8.4 UniBeast drive. I didn't have to use any kernel flags to boot. It just went into the OS X installer without any difficulty. I formatted my drive as OS X Extended (Journaled) and used the GUID Partition table then installed OS X as normal. I rebooted into OS X using the UniBeast drive (I may have had to use GraphicsEnabler=No. I cant remember. If it doesn't boot, then use that flag), went through the set up process and once I was on the desktop, I inserted another USB drive with MultiBeast on it and transferred it to my desktop. In MultiBeast, I chose the following options:



After restart, I ran into an issue where the system would lock up completely after around 30 seconds unless I booted through the UniBeast USB. After a spot of Googling, I found this:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/general-help/81103-hackintosh-freezes-about-30-seconds-after-boot.html Huge thanks to user johnsalter for this fix!

Summary

Pretty much everything seems to work. The only issue I had was with sleep but I will work at that and report back if I manage to fix it I will also use the system more and let everyone know if there are any more issues that I come across. Oh, and it gets 8888 points on x64 Geekbench. Not bad for an older PC!

 

[AdamInNi]

Just thought I should follow up an say that this machine made the 10.9 update and runs wonderfully. I know that there will be very few trying to use this board but for those that have on and are doing a touch of googling, I can now confirm that it works with 10.8 and 10.9

 

[Stork]

Please add a MultiBeast for Mavericks configuration snapshot to your OP and attach the .mb file if you saved it. TIA.

 

[AdamInNi]

Never even thought to do that. Will do it as soon as I have that system connected up again

 

[AdamInNi]

Due to my i7-3770 hackintosh dying, this is now my main machine again and this meant time to upgrade from 10.6.8 snow leopard which this machine has had installed while it sat unused to 10.11.3 El Capitan

Made a UniBeast drive in legacy mode to install El Capitan. I had an issue that the computer would freeze and reboot about 20 seconds after booting the UniBeast drive. I solved this by enabling HPET in the bios. No boot flags were needed.

For MultiBeast, I picked Legacy Boot Mode, FakeSMC and FakeSMC Plugins, RealtekRTL8111 v2.0.0 and Clover Legacy Boot Mode. There was no option to get my ALC662 sound card working so I downloaded kexts off the internet. I don't think I can upload them here are they aren't mine and I can't remember where I got them from to give credit but they are available online if you look. These were installed with Kextbeast.

I haven't got sleep working but it doesn't bother me. As far as I'm concerned, I've a fully working El Capitan hackintosh

 

[MGCookies]

Hi！My motherboard is th55b too but my usb cant be driven in installation interface what should i do XD
macos10.12

 

[MGCookies]

Forgive me bad English. I am using translation tools. which Boot tool did you use？clover or chameleon？

 

[AdamInNi]

Forgive me bad English. I am using translation tools. which Boot tool did you use？clover or chameleon？

Hey, I've just installed OS X Sierra on this pc. All I did was reset the bios to factory settings, change from IDE to AHCI, then booted the installer with no boot flags, wiped my hard drive using Mac OS Extended Journaled and the GUID Partition table and installed

 

[BeritOlam]

Hey, I've just installed OS X Sierra on this pc. All I did was reset the bios to factory settings, change from IDE to AHCI, then booted the installer with no boot flags, wiped my hard drive using Mac OS Extended Journaled and the GUID Partition table and installed

You ever upgrade that that bad boy to Mojave? Have the exact same processor I pulled from a failed mobo, and bought dropped it into a Gigabyte H55. All essentials working out of the box (AMD 560 card, Ethernet, etc.)...but just getting stuck on the final MultiBeast step.

 

[deeveedee]

I'm running Mojave 10.14.4 on a similar Biostar motherboard. My thread is here: https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/mojave-on-biostar-th55hd-socket-1156-nvidia-9800gt.268254/