[SUCCESS] Maverickintosh - Z77-DS3H Rev.1.0 F9 - i5 2500K - HD6850 - 16GB - ML 10.9

[P1LGRIM]

[SUCCESS] Maverickintosh - Z77-DS3H Rev.1.0 F9 - i5 2500K - HD6850 - 16GB - 10.9

P1LGRIM's Maverickintosh - Z77-DS3H Rev.1.0 F9 - i5 2500K - HD6850 - 16GB - Mavericks 10.9​

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Components

GIGABYTE GZ-X7 Black Middle Tower Case : Amazon-UK

Alpine 650W PSU 120mm Lo-Noise Red Fan 4 x SATA Black Casing : Amazon-UK

Gigabyte Z77-DS3H Skt 1155 Motherboard : Amazon-UK

Intel Sandybridge i5-2500K Unlocked Core i5 Quad-Core Processor : Amazon-UK

16GB DDR3 1600 Mhz RAM (2 x 8GB) - I can't remember which manufacturer's memory I used - They are covered with heat spreaders so I can't read them now.

Asus 1GB Radeon HD 6850 DirectCU PCI-E 2 : Amazon-UK

Western Digital WD AV 250GB 7200rpm 8MB, WD2500AVJS : Amazon-UK

Acer P225HQ 21.5inch Wide LCD, TFT Monitor, 50000:1, 5m, 300/m2, VGA, DVI, Glossy Black : Amazon-UK

Cherry Initial For Mac Usb Keyboard (white) : Amazon-UK

(My keyboard does have a UK layout - I just couldn't find an image)

Gaming Grade Optical USB Mouse
Came from eBay - Practically any USB mouse of your choice should be fine.

Comments

I built this system some time ago and decided to rebuild and document the install for Mavericks 10.9
Previous Build : http://www.tonymacx86.com/user-builds/109948-success-p-lgrims-8ball-build-z77-ds3h-rev-1-0-f9-i5-2500k-hd6850-16gb-ml-10-8-5-a.html

This is an extremely straightforward build and it should be possible for even someone with no prior knowledge of Hackintoshes to complete with relative ease. There are no changes to the BIOS (after the initial one), no cable or graphics card swaps, no DSDT and no boot flags - Probably one of the easiest Hackintosh builds you will ever see.

It should be noted that there are two versions of this system board at the time of writing - This document relates to the Revision 1.0 version only.

Preparation
Download Unibeast and Multibeast from here : tonymacx86.com Software Downloads

Create your USB flash drive as per the instructions : UniBeast: Install OS X Mavericks on Any Supported Intel-based PC

Copy MultiBeast to your USB flash drive.

Connect your monitor to the connector indicated​

BIOS Configuration
Power on and press [del] to enter BIOS setup

Press [F7] to load Optimized Defaults​

Set Peripherals / SATA Mode Selection to AHCI​

Press [F10] to Save & Exit​

Installation

Insert USB flash drive
Power the system on
Press [F12] to select the boot menu
Select your USB flash drive and press [Enter]

When the bootloader screen appears click on the image for your USB Flash Drive

Your screen should change to look similar to this​

After a short wait your screen should change to this​

Continue waiting and the screen will change again

You should now see the Welcome screen​

Follow the prompts to set up the new Operating System.

The system will restart.

As the system starts up Press [F12] to select the boot menu
Select your USB flash drive and press [Enter]
Select Your Hackintosh Hard Drive with the arrow keys and then Press [Enter]

Follow the prompts until you reach the desktop.

MultiBeast
Double Click your USB flash drive icon to open it
Open the Multibeast folder
Run Multibeast
Make the following selections :

When Multibeast has finished installing click the apple symbol in the top left corner of the screen and select Shut Down.

When the system has shut down remove your USB drive and power on - Your new Mavericks system will boot and you can begin to customise and install your applications.

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[P1LGRIM]

Modifications to the basic build :

Software Update
Updated to OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) via Software Update.
Upgraded to OS X 10.9.2 (13C64) via Software Update

System Definition
System Definition changed to iMac12,2
Reverted back to iMac12,1
Currently trying MacMini5,1 and getting P States: 16, 17, 25, 30, 34

Ethernet
Replaced ALXEthernet v1.0.2 with AtherosL1cEthernet (1.2.3)

USB
Installed GenericUSBXHCI.kext v 1.2.8d7

Airdrop
Enabled Airdrop via Ethernet - See mac.tutsplus.com tutorial
Terminal command :

defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser BrowseAllInterfaces 1

and Restart.

Graphics
Added to org.chameleon.Boot.plist
GraphicsEnabler=yes AtiConfig=Duckweed AtiPorts=4
About this Mac now correctly identifies the card as : Graphics AMD Radeon HD 6850 1024 MB
Note : After upgrade to 10.9.2 the Radeon HD 6850 is listed as AMD Radeon HD 6xxx 1024 MB

iMessage
To enable iMessage I installed FileNVRAM.dylib-1.1.2 to /Extra/modules using Chameleon Wizard : Download
Download FileNVRAM.dylib-1.1.2 from : Here
Check installed version with :

otool -L /Extra/modules/FileNVRAM.dylib

Recovery Partition
Created a Recovery Partition to enable Find My Mac.

BIOS
Upgraded the BIOS to F11a : Gigabyte Downloads
Upgraded the BIOS to F12a

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Benchmarks

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Unibrain Fireboard 800 (Firewire Card)
Quite an old card I picked up on eBay.

No configuration required - Just plug it in and it works

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Creative Xmod USB sound card
I bought a Creative Xmod sound card cheaply on ebay and it works well.
I particularly like having the rotary volume control knob.
I disabled the onboard Realtek sound card in the BIOS and now just use the Xmod.

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Pinnacle PCTV NanoStick Ultimate (PC/MAC)
Not currently available on Amazon but there are plenty around elsewhere - Works great on Mac and PC

Requires installation of software supplied with package - Eye TV Lite.

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Logitech 720p Webcam C510 : Amazon-UK

No configuration required - Just plug it in and it works

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StarTech 5.25in Trayless Hot Swap Mobile Rack for 3.5in Hard Drive : Amazon-UK

The end to multi boot problems - Just pop out the drive with one Operating System on it and insert another drive with another Operating System and all without having to open the case. Makes backing up a breeze too - Just pop in another drive and clone yours to it. I have three of these in my system.

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Cremax ICY DOCK MB882SP-1S-1B 2.5 inch to 3.5 inch SSD and SATA HDD Converter - Black : Amazon-UK

With one of these you can drop a 2.5" laptop hard drive into your system or mount an SSD. Great for use with the racks above.
No configuration required - Just plug it in and it works.

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DVD Drive
Optiarc DVD RW AD-5280S : Amazon-UK
No configuration required - Just plug it in and it works.

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Infra Red Receiver
Modded a HP C4103A Infra red module and a IR board from a MacBook Pro as per : Apple IR Project (1/11)
No configuration required - Just plug it in and it works.

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Apple Remote
For use with my IR Receiver mod above.
No configuration required.

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Belkin F5D5055 Gigabit USB 2.0 Network Adaptor : Amazon-UK
Tried one of these USB to Ethernet adaptors and it worked right out of the box.
I won't use it all of the time but it's handy to have in the locker as a standby.
No configuration required - Just plug it in and it works.

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Hi-Speed USB 2.0 and FireWire 6-Port Hub
No configuration required - Just plug it in and it works. (Obviously you will need a Firewire card to connect to)

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I saw some posts recommending the HP NC360T Ethernet cards so I thought I'd try them.

Disabled the on-board LAN card in the BIOS and removed the AtherosL1cEthernet (1.2.3) kext - The card works natively with the AppleIntel8254XEthernet.kext and so far so good.

Changed Network kext to AppleIntelE1000e V3.1.0 from Multibeast 6.4.2 - All of my builds now use the same Network driver.

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Added a Trendnet TK-214i KVM Switch Unit to share my Keyboard-Monitor-Mouse between builds.

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[marceboy]

This worked for me! I did install ALC 887/887b Current V100302 for my external speaker support.

 

[P1LGRIM]

This worked for me! I did install ALC 887/887b Current V100302 for my external speaker support.

Glad to see it helped you - Thanks for the feedback

 

[promac34]

Hi have pretty much the same setup as you (same board, same graphics card...), and I followed your directions to a T although after a fresh install I'm not able to login to iMessage. Have you had any trouble with iMessage on your machine?

 

[P1LGRIM]

Hi have pretty much the same setup as you (same board, same graphics card...), and I followed your directions to a T although after a fresh install I'm not able to login to iMessage. Have you had any trouble with iMessage on your machine?

Yes - See : http://www.tonymacx86.com/articles/90937-article-troubleshooting-imessage-login-issues-10.html#post685276

 

[huskers23]

I have your motherboard but I am running into an issue. When I load up maverick installer the screen goes black for a few sec, it flashes the apple loading screen briefly and then resets. I have tried all the boot commands and nothing works. I also have mountain lion installer on thumb drive in separate partition and that one boots up fine with no issues to installer.

Anything to try?

 

[P1LGRIM]

This thread is for a build with specific hardware, if you don't have the same hardware then you would probably get a better response by posting in a different section - Maybe Desktop Support.

As I don't have the same hardware as you, I can't really answer your question - Sorry.

Having said that, you could try PCIRootUID=0

Good luck with your build.

 

[gornum]

This might help:
No matter what I did, I couldn't get the system to boot using the built-in HD4000 graphics and it would freeze part way through the boot process.
So I disabled the built-in graphics in bios settings and used an Nvidia GS240 card instead, which booted perfectly when GraphicsEnabler=Yes was used as a boot option (and then added that in Multibeast).
I don't care about solving the HD4000 problem as that graphics card is lousy anyway and now everything works fine.

 

[chillstar]

thanks a lot for this very simple tutorial..can't wait to tr it..Once i get tru which i am sure i will i would post back..