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- Intel i5-3570k
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[SUCCESS] Gerty: i5-3570K | GA-Z77X-UP5-TH | GTX 660 Ti | Mountain Lion 10.8.3
Components
Intel Core i5-3570K Processor - Amazon || Newegg
Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP5-TH - Amazon || Newegg
Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 1600 Memory - Amazon || Newegg
MSI GeForce GTX 660 Ti - Amazon || Newegg
Corsair HX750 750W Modular Power Supply - Amazon || Newegg
Corsair Graphite Series 600T ATX Mid Tower - Special Edition - Amazon || Newegg
SanDisk Extreme SSD 120GB - Amazon || Newegg
This drive is used for Mac OS X
2x Western Digital Black 1TB - Amazon || Newegg
Western Digital Black 2TB - Amazon || Newegg
This drive is used for backing up all drives
Asus DRW-24B3ST DVD Burner - Amazon || Newegg
TP-Link PCI Express - Amazon || Newegg
IOGear Bluetooth 4.0 Adapter - Amazon || Newegg
Apple Wireless Keyboard - Amazon || Newegg
Apple Magic Mouse - Amazon || Newegg
Already Owned
Asus VE248Q 24" LCD - Amazon || Newegg
DisplayPort, HDMI, and VGA
Comments
Overview:
I am building this for a friend of mine. Will be used primarily for graphic design.
This is my second Hackintosh build. My first one was about a month ago: CodeMachine
To my surprise, my first build went MUCH smoother. It's a surprise because CodeMachine is not using components recommended in the Buyer's Guide.
The Installation of Mountain Lion
I created a UniBeast thumbdrive: UniBeast: Install OS X Mountain Lion on Any Supported Intel-based PC
I did this install with my monitor plugged into the on-board HDMI port, and only the SSD was plugged in.
Step 1 - Bios:
I didn't need to do anything since I was already at version F11 by default.
Step 2 - Installing Mountain Lion:
I installed Mountain Lion also using this guide: UniBeast: Install OS X Mountain Lion on Any Supported Intel-based PC
I want to note that I installed it directly to my SSD because I've seen people say they installed on a HDD and clone it to the SSD.
I did not need to use any boot flags to boot into UniBeast. The install went very smooth.
After the install, still using the UniBeast thumb drive, I tried to boot into Mac OS X but got a few (4 maybe) errors about USB not having enough power (can't remember what it said). I had to boot into Safe Mode (-x) and then ran MultiBeast. After that I was able to boot normally.
Step 3 - MultiBeast:
Below are two screenshots of my exact MultiBeast 5.3.0 settings that I used after the installation.
After MultiBeast finished installing I rebooted normally, without the UniBeast thumbdrive.
Summary and Notes
Fully Working
Not Working
Untested
Issue 1 - Computer Sleep:
I am NOT talking about "Display Sleep", that works just fine.
Things I have tried:
You can view my BIOS settings in my Gerty album: http://www.tonymacx86.com/members/draven/albums/gerty/
I have even tried arehep settings but those also did not work.
EDIT: The reason it does not sleep is because of "Issue 2 - Optical Drive" (below). So I have removed the drive until I receive a new one next week.
Now the problem is when I wake it with a click of the magic mouse, bluetooth no longer works. All USB ports seem to be working good though.
Issue 2 - Optical Drive:
Tries to read from optical drive every 60 seconds or so.
Issue 3 - No BlueTooth in BIOS & Chameleon:
Neither the wireless keyboard or mouse work in BIOS or the Chameleon boot screen.
Issue 4 - Errors after Chameleon Bootscreen:
Unable to handle key current-network
Unable to handle key preferred-networks
Unable to handle key MLB
Unable to handle key ROM
Unable to handle key SystemAudioVolume
Unable to handle key LocationServicesEnabled
Unable to handle key EFIBluetoothDelay
Unable to handle key bluetoothActiveControllerInfo
UPDATES TO THIS BUILD DESCRIPTION
May 02, 2013 -
Components
Intel Core i5-3570K Processor - Amazon || Newegg
Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP5-TH - Amazon || Newegg
Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 1600 Memory - Amazon || Newegg
MSI GeForce GTX 660 Ti - Amazon || Newegg
Corsair HX750 750W Modular Power Supply - Amazon || Newegg
Corsair Graphite Series 600T ATX Mid Tower - Special Edition - Amazon || Newegg
SanDisk Extreme SSD 120GB - Amazon || Newegg
This drive is used for Mac OS X
2x Western Digital Black 1TB - Amazon || Newegg
Western Digital Black 2TB - Amazon || Newegg
This drive is used for backing up all drives
Asus DRW-24B3ST DVD Burner - Amazon || Newegg
TP-Link PCI Express - Amazon || Newegg
IOGear Bluetooth 4.0 Adapter - Amazon || Newegg
Apple Wireless Keyboard - Amazon || Newegg
Apple Magic Mouse - Amazon || Newegg
Already Owned
Asus VE248Q 24" LCD - Amazon || Newegg
DisplayPort, HDMI, and VGA
Comments
Overview:
I am building this for a friend of mine. Will be used primarily for graphic design.
This is my second Hackintosh build. My first one was about a month ago: CodeMachine
To my surprise, my first build went MUCH smoother. It's a surprise because CodeMachine is not using components recommended in the Buyer's Guide.
The Installation of Mountain Lion
I created a UniBeast thumbdrive: UniBeast: Install OS X Mountain Lion on Any Supported Intel-based PC
I did this install with my monitor plugged into the on-board HDMI port, and only the SSD was plugged in.
Step 1 - Bios:
I didn't need to do anything since I was already at version F11 by default.
Step 2 - Installing Mountain Lion:
I installed Mountain Lion also using this guide: UniBeast: Install OS X Mountain Lion on Any Supported Intel-based PC
I want to note that I installed it directly to my SSD because I've seen people say they installed on a HDD and clone it to the SSD.
I did not need to use any boot flags to boot into UniBeast. The install went very smooth.
After the install, still using the UniBeast thumb drive, I tried to boot into Mac OS X but got a few (4 maybe) errors about USB not having enough power (can't remember what it said). I had to boot into Safe Mode (-x) and then ran MultiBeast. After that I was able to boot normally.
Step 3 - MultiBeast:
Below are two screenshots of my exact MultiBeast 5.3.0 settings that I used after the installation.
After MultiBeast finished installing I rebooted normally, without the UniBeast thumbdrive.
Summary and Notes
Fully Working
- OSX Mountain Lion 10.8.3
- GTX 660 Ti Graphics
- Audio
- USB 2.0 & USB 3.0 Ports (Have not tested speeds yet)
- iMessage
Not Working
- Sleep
- Tries to read from Optical Drive every 60 seconds or so
Untested
- DVD Playback & Burning
- Firewire
Issue 1 - Computer Sleep:
I am NOT talking about "Display Sleep", that works just fine.
Things I have tried:
- If I leave darkwake=0 (default) then it will not sleep.
- If there is not a darkwake paramater in the .plist then it will sleep but the display will not turn back on. If I remove my BlueTooth dongle, and plug it back in, then it will go into sleep mode and come right back on with display.
- At some point I tried darkwake=10 and that worked but took 20+ seconds for the display to come back on. I have not been able to get that one to work again after I had made some changes.
You can view my BIOS settings in my Gerty album: http://www.tonymacx86.com/members/draven/albums/gerty/
I have even tried arehep settings but those also did not work.
EDIT: The reason it does not sleep is because of "Issue 2 - Optical Drive" (below). So I have removed the drive until I receive a new one next week.
Now the problem is when I wake it with a click of the magic mouse, bluetooth no longer works. All USB ports seem to be working good though.
Issue 2 - Optical Drive:
Tries to read from optical drive every 60 seconds or so.
Issue 3 - No BlueTooth in BIOS & Chameleon:
Neither the wireless keyboard or mouse work in BIOS or the Chameleon boot screen.
Issue 4 - Errors after Chameleon Bootscreen:
Unable to handle key current-network
Unable to handle key preferred-networks
Unable to handle key MLB
Unable to handle key ROM
Unable to handle key SystemAudioVolume
Unable to handle key LocationServicesEnabled
Unable to handle key EFIBluetoothDelay
Unable to handle key bluetoothActiveControllerInfo
UPDATES TO THIS BUILD DESCRIPTION
May 02, 2013 -
Fixed graphics card (660 Ti not 650 Ti)
Added more details to the "Installing Mountain Lion" section
Added details to "Issue 1: Computer Sleep"
Added "Issue 3: No BlueTooth in BIOS & Chameleon
Added MultiBeast images
May 03, 2013 -Added more details to the "Installing Mountain Lion" section
Added details to "Issue 1: Computer Sleep"
Added "Issue 3: No BlueTooth in BIOS & Chameleon
Added MultiBeast images
Added Bluetooth adapter & wireless card to Components
Added "Issue 4: Errors after Chameleon Bootscreen"
May 06, 2013 -Added "Issue 4: Errors after Chameleon Bootscreen"
Added link to my Gerty photo album to view BIOS settings in "Issue 1: Computer Sleep"