[Success] El Capitan Install - i7 4790K - AMD R9 390 - MSI Z97 Gaming 5

[DeSiden]

Hi all,
After some trouble trying to install El Capitan on my PC, i've figured out how to get it fullyworking.

PC Components:

• Motherboard: MSI z97 Gaming 5
• CPU: Intel i7-4790K 4.0GHz
• GPU: AMD R9 390 8GB
• RAM: Patriot Viper 8GB (2x4GB)

How to install:
This installation was pretty easy, i just followed the official Tonymacx86's guide on How to install OSX El Capitan using Unibeast, and now i tell you exactly what i've done:

• I partitioned the USB as the guide says (IMPORTANT - It MUST be 16GB or larger, 8GB don't work)
• Next, i used Unibeast to make it bootable (using in the app as bootloader configuration UEFI Boot Mode, and NOTHING in Graphic options), then continue and install. *NOTE: It will take some time (for me more than 40 minutes) it seems stuck doing nothing, but don't touch anything, let it do his work.
• When the install finished, unplug the usb.
• Now restart the PC in BIOS menu (done by pressing del key when the msi dragon appears on boot) and go to OC Settings - CPU Features - Disable Intel VT-d and OC Settings - CPU Features - Disable CFG lock
• Now plug in the OSX USB and Boot from it. At the Clover bootloader choose Boot Mac OS X from USB and install it.
• When finished, it will reboot. At the Clover Bootloader now choose Boot Mac OSX from Mac OSX (for me its "Mac OSX" because i called my HDD "Mac OSX" in the previous steps)
• Do all the stuff to setup the OS and when you finally finish the settings you can use OSX.

Post Installation:
First, Download Multibeast for El Capitan and start it. You have to select this options:
- Quick Start > UEFI Boot Mode
- Drivers > Audio > Realtek ALCxxx > ALC1150
- Drivers > Network > Atheros > AtherosE2200Ethernet v2.0.1
Then go to Build, and press "Install"

Once you have done, download EFI Mounter v3 and start it, it will show the EFI partition in the desktop.
Now download Clover Configurator and start it, then with it, open the config.plist located in EFI/EFI/CLOVER/config.plist.
Go to the Devices section and, in the ATI FakeID box (the first in the top-left corner) insert "0x67B01002" without quotes, then go to the Graphics section and check "Inject ATI", then in the same section, in the FB Name box, write "Radeon" without quotes.
Now in the menu bar, go to file > save, then close Clover Configurator.
Now just restart your PC and pretty everything will be alright. To make the audio work, go in the system settings, under sound, and select as output device Internal Speakers (i don't know if this is the correct name, i have OSX in Italian, so i think it may be similar to this).

Now you have a fully working Hackintosh, with audio, internet connection, and a working AMD R9 390 graphic card!

Credits:
- Obviously thanks to Tonymacx86 for the original basic guide and hard work
- marcktor, that provided the method i used to get the R9 390 to work with full RAM in this ****** post
- Clover team

 

[DeSiden]

Hi, i have a MSI R9 390 Gaming.

 

[brandongregoryscott]

Thank you so much. This was in depth enough that for a complete beginner, I was able to get through it all and get my Sapphire Nitro R9 390 working! No more fuzzy boxes or screen flickering. Thanks!

 

[raymurena]

Hello

i am trying to instal the same card,
but with no luck
Using the same method as you.
keep getting r9 290 7MB .
Did you instal this on official release?

Ray

 

[buknasty88]

Is your sleep working?

 

[vfabella]

Thanks for this. I have the exact same setup except I have an i5 4690k. Glad to know it works for the MSI R9 390 and Z97 as well. Do you overclock or do you plan to in the future? I know that might be a problem with hackintoshes in the future. It would be nice to hear about your experience with that. I haven't OCed yet, but may in the future.

 

[tbob13]

Hello

i am trying to instal the same card,
but with no luck
Using the same method as you.
keep getting r9 290 7MB .
Did you instal this on official release?

Ray

I had the same problem. In Clover Configurator make sure you've checked FixDisplay in the ACPI tab.

One strange issue I'm having is if I boot with multiple monitors then the screens go black. I have to boot with one monitor and then plug in the other monitors after boot and all works well.

 

[tmtcsonic]

usb 3.0 working?
i have problem with usb

 

[ThE_MarD]

Heyyo,

Sadly this is not working for me and my MSI R9 390... At first with injectATI off? I was getting "VGA 7MB" detected.. With the method described? I was getting 5MB detected... After more tinkering? El Capitan install died and so I tried booting to my Unibeast install and that shows "AMD R9 290 8MB" and then crashes to reboot after about two minutes... after some beating head on keyboard? I figured out using FixHPET fixed my power management reboots that happened roughly two minutes after boot yay... but still no QE/CI or anything more than 5MB...

I tried even using Windows GPU-Z and putting my saved Rom dump as 1002_67b1.rom in my Unibeast EFI/CLOVER/ROM folder and no luck...

 

[lanopticx]

Did you ever get it working? I'm considering buying one of these over a GTX 970 for the larger memory but I'm worried it might not work with El Capitan.