- Joined
- May 28, 2010
- Messages
- 25
- Motherboard
- GA-X58A-UD3R
- CPU
- i7 930
- Graphics
- GTX-580
- Mac
- Classic Mac
- Mobile Phone
lotech's Build:
Core i7-6700K - GA-Z170X Gaming G1 - 32GB RAM - GTX-980 TI
Core i7-6700K - GA-Z170X Gaming G1 - 32GB RAM - GTX-980 TI
Components
Gigabyte GA-Z170X Gaming G1 Motherboard
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B013E37GCO/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
Intel i7 6700k 4.0Ghz Processor
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B012M8LXQW/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
Corsair Hydro H80i CPU Cooler
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B019954Y2Q/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
G.SKILL V Series 32GB DDR4 2400Mhz RAM
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B018OB5RB8/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
ASUS GTX-980TI Strix Graphics Card
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B011ERJTYU/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
EVGA SuperNOVA 750W Gold Power Supply
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IKDETOW/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
Samsung EVO 850 250GB SSD
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OAJ412U/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
Blackmagic Decklink Duo 2 Video I/O Card
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01ENU0HPA/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
Comments
I've only started working on this in the last couple of days but have had great success so far.
Working
Native boot to macOS 10.12.2 Sierra no DSDT
Networking
Sound
Graphics
Bluetooth (native)
M.2 Slots (vis Patch to config.plist)
Not Working
Wifi
Thunderbolt 3
Full Sleep (currently sleeps screen but fans continue)
Installation Notes
- Had issues with booting from USB Key so made a 16GB Partition on SSD and installed UniBeast there - then installed macOS to 2nd partition.
- Once I could boot to Clover I had halt on boots, but using -v argument deciphered it was the USB causing it. Thanks to Ideabit (#5) manually setting USB ownership on boot first time and then changed it permanently via Clover Configurator fixed it.
- The next issue was with the nVidia GPU in Sierra, so used nv_disable=1 to install and get up and going, then installed Web Drivers - which then made my screen black as I had used the MacPro6,1 profile. Switching to the MacPro5,1 fixed boots.
- To get sound working I used Storks info for the Gaming 7 Mobo (http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/309729-gigabyte-z170x-gaming-7-success-hackintosh/). Have sound working fine.
- 05.2020 Update - NVMe support can be added via patches to config.plist (easily done with configurator as theres 10 to do).
UEFI Settings
1. Set to Optimized Defaults.
2. Disable Onboard Graphics
3. Disable IOAPIC 24-119 Entries
MultiBeast Settings
Install UEFI Clover
Disk -> 3rd Party SATA (for ASMedia ASM1061)
Misc -> FakeSMC + Plugins + HWMonitor
Networking -> Atheros E2200Ethernet v2.2.0
MacPro 5,1 System Definition
Updates
Update1
Switched to iMac17,1 as its closer specs to this computer but to fix black screen issue of this system Definition had to do the following steps -
1. Disable SIP (System Integrity Protection) via clover by changing this line in clovers config.plist
<key>RtVariables</key>
<dict>
<key>CsrActiveConfig</key>
<string>0x67</string> changed from <string>0x3</string>
<key>BooterConfig</key>
<string>0x28</string>
</dict>
2. Run AGDPfix 1.3 (link) which patches the Apple graphics kexts for MacPro6,1 to no disable display output. There are DSDT edits to also fix this long term but this patch is easily enough to re-run on updates via Screen Sharing.
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4
Ungine
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