- Joined
- Jul 11, 2014
- Messages
- 6
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H
- CPU
- Intel i7 4790k
- Graphics
- r9 280x
- Mac
- Classic Mac
- Mobile Phone
COMPONENTS
Relevant:
System................Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H
CPU.....................Intel i7 4790k
Graphics...............AMD Radeon r9 280x - Gigabyte Windforce Rev 2
RAM.....................Corsair Vengeance 1866
Case....................Corsair C70
Wireless...............TP-LINK TL-WN951N
COMMENTS
After 4 years with a 15" dual core i7 MacBook it was time to upgrade. The MacBook was just not cutting for all my video editing, CAD and rendering and I needed something bigger and better. I put together a build with solidworks and keyshot in mind, with the hackintosh thing being a bit of an afterthought.
Eventually all my parts came, and I quickly stuck them together. Soon enough my first ever build was alive and I had a shiny new copy of windows 7 up running.
...
Windows.
7.
I had forgotten how much I had loathed thee. It definitely wasn't as bad as windows 8 that I needed to use at work, but I constantly found myself still on my MacBook for video editing, writing, and other general use.
I started browsing the hackintosh sub-****** as well as tonymac. I soon came to realize just how seemingly compatible my computer was. Although support for the 97 chipset was lacking, alongside any other user experience to help guide me, I gave it my best shot and got my hands dirty trying to get this thing working.
Initially I started trying to install with DSDT free. I probably reinstalled os x about 10 times trying out different combinations of kexts to get things working and pretty much gave up thinking It would only happen when better support for the 97 chipset came around.
how wrong I was.
About a month later I decided to have another crack. By that time a few other people had some experience with the chipset and one post I came along intrigued me. It was maddog23's post linked below detailing the fact he has used EasyBeast rather than DSDT-free successfully that pushed me to try it again.
http://www.tonymacx86.com/mavericks...e-z97-d3h-xeon-e3-1231v3-evga-gtx-770-sc.html
My expectation were low, but after the MultiBeast install I tried booting with no flags.
A white screen.
A small visual glitch.
AND BAM. the logon screen.
Today was a good day.
How foolish I was not to have tried EasyBeast in the first place. It was so simple!
Anyhow, I think if I wasn't such a noob, this process would have gone a lot smoother, and was probably a relatively hassle free build in contrast many. Detailed below are the refined installation of what I would have done if life was simple...
INSTALLATION
1. Updated bios through bundled software
2. Turned off Vt-d
3. Turned off onboard graphics (Intel HD 4600) (280x works out of box)
4. Turned off my comp
5. Plugged in my pre-made installation usb to a usb 2.0 slot
6. Went into the installer with no flags
7. Installed mavericks
6. removed a stick of ram
8. booted into mavericks with -v and -x
9. copied MultiBeast to applications
10. ran MultiBeast and installed with:
Ill update this as I get the rest of it working. Now its a process of transferring my MacBook's install to my hackintosh before I get too deep into getting all the right kexts working.
Hope this post helps someone!
Thanks for being a sweet community, and remember: research, research, research!
UPDATE
I felt like I needed to update this for anyone who might stumble upon it. whilst the easy beast method did work, i've since gone the DSDT free route with success, however this required me to disable turbo boost for the computer to boot into OS X properly. The system however freezes intermittently, a problem yet to be resolved.
That is all.
Happy trails.
Relevant:
System................Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H
CPU.....................Intel i7 4790k
Graphics...............AMD Radeon r9 280x - Gigabyte Windforce Rev 2
RAM.....................Corsair Vengeance 1866
Case....................Corsair C70
Wireless...............TP-LINK TL-WN951N
COMMENTS
After 4 years with a 15" dual core i7 MacBook it was time to upgrade. The MacBook was just not cutting for all my video editing, CAD and rendering and I needed something bigger and better. I put together a build with solidworks and keyshot in mind, with the hackintosh thing being a bit of an afterthought.
Eventually all my parts came, and I quickly stuck them together. Soon enough my first ever build was alive and I had a shiny new copy of windows 7 up running.
...
Windows.
7.
I had forgotten how much I had loathed thee. It definitely wasn't as bad as windows 8 that I needed to use at work, but I constantly found myself still on my MacBook for video editing, writing, and other general use.
I started browsing the hackintosh sub-****** as well as tonymac. I soon came to realize just how seemingly compatible my computer was. Although support for the 97 chipset was lacking, alongside any other user experience to help guide me, I gave it my best shot and got my hands dirty trying to get this thing working.
Initially I started trying to install with DSDT free. I probably reinstalled os x about 10 times trying out different combinations of kexts to get things working and pretty much gave up thinking It would only happen when better support for the 97 chipset came around.
how wrong I was.
About a month later I decided to have another crack. By that time a few other people had some experience with the chipset and one post I came along intrigued me. It was maddog23's post linked below detailing the fact he has used EasyBeast rather than DSDT-free successfully that pushed me to try it again.
http://www.tonymacx86.com/mavericks...e-z97-d3h-xeon-e3-1231v3-evga-gtx-770-sc.html
My expectation were low, but after the MultiBeast install I tried booting with no flags.
A white screen.
A small visual glitch.
AND BAM. the logon screen.
Today was a good day.
How foolish I was not to have tried EasyBeast in the first place. It was so simple!
Anyhow, I think if I wasn't such a noob, this process would have gone a lot smoother, and was probably a relatively hassle free build in contrast many. Detailed below are the refined installation of what I would have done if life was simple...
INSTALLATION
1. Updated bios through bundled software
2. Turned off Vt-d
3. Turned off onboard graphics (Intel HD 4600) (280x works out of box)
4. Turned off my comp
5. Plugged in my pre-made installation usb to a usb 2.0 slot
6. Went into the installer with no flags
7. Installed mavericks
6. removed a stick of ram
8. booted into mavericks with -v and -x
9. copied MultiBeast to applications
10. ran MultiBeast and installed with:
- [*EeasyBeast
- alc892
- 9 series support
- kernel cache unselected
- verbose mode
- 1080p
Ill update this as I get the rest of it working. Now its a process of transferring my MacBook's install to my hackintosh before I get too deep into getting all the right kexts working.
Hope this post helps someone!
Thanks for being a sweet community, and remember: research, research, research!
UPDATE
I felt like I needed to update this for anyone who might stumble upon it. whilst the easy beast method did work, i've since gone the DSDT free route with success, however this required me to disable turbo boost for the computer to boot into OS X properly. The system however freezes intermittently, a problem yet to be resolved.
That is all.
Happy trails.