Success!! Sierra on Asus Maximus VIII Gene with Intel i5-6500 using HD530

[magssss]

I used Storks guide for the installation

https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...s-viii-gene-i5-6600k-gigabyte-gtx-950.181272/


I did a fresh installation of Sierra after a failed attempted to do it from El Capitan

This is a quick review of what I did

Make the thumb drive with Unibeast following Storks guide
Add the following to the thumb drive
MultiBeast for Sierra
EFI Mounter V3
KextBeast
For proper processor power management, get the SSDT for your processor from ammulder's Guide and rename it SSDT.aml; I chose the SSDT for my i5-6500.
Rehabman's Codec Commander kext for making the audio work which we'll install using KextBeast
I used the one specific for Sierra
I'll add the link
Clover Configurator for fine tuning

Update the BIOS to the latest version which is 2202 as of October 04, 2016.
Once the BIOS is updated, boot into the BIOS, use the Advanced Mode and make the following changes:
Extreme Tweeker
AI Overclocker Tuner > X.M.P.
Extreme Tweeking > Enable
Advanced Items
System Agent (SA) Configuration > VT-d > Disable
PCH Configuration > IOAPIC 24-119 > Disabled
USB Configuration > Legacy USB Support > Auto
USB Configuration > XHCI Hand Off > Enabled
APM Configuration > Power on by PCI - E/PCI > Disabled
Boot Menu
Fast Boot > Disabled
Boot Logo Display > Disabled
Secure Boot > OS Type > Other OS
Boot Option 1 > USB installer thumb drive
Exit > Save Changes

My video wasn't working properly so I added the following
System Agent (SA) Configuration > Graphics configuration > DVMT > 96M

Installation

Insert the UniBeast USB Thumb Drive in the USB port in the bottom USB port at the bottom of the stack with the PS/2 port at the top (see Rear Port graphic above);
Boot into the Sierra Installer with the UniBeast Installer USB thumb drive to begin the installation.

During the installation skip setting up the internet until the installation is done

Run MultiBeast and selection the following:
Quick Start > UEFI Boot Mode
Drivers > Audio > Realtek ALC1150
Drivers > Audio > 100 Series Audio
(Optional) Drivers > Disk > 3rd Party SATA
(Optional) Drivers > Misc > FakeSMC Plugins
(Optional) Drivers > Misc > FakeSMC HWMonitor Application
Drivers > Network > Intel > IntelMausiEthernet
Drivers > USB > 3rd Party USB 3.0 (RehabMan's GenericUSBXHCI.kext)
Drivers > USB > Increase Max Port Limit (and adds RehabMan's USBInjectAll.kext)
Build <--- To see your full configuration
Note: The default System Definition is the iMac14,2 for Sierra.

Drag & drop the Codec Commander zip file from the thumb drive onto your Desktop and un-zip the file. Drag the CodecCommand.kext from the Release folder to the Desktop. Drag the zip & the two folders to the Trash.
Drag & drop the KextBeast on your Desktop, unzip it and run it; chose to put the kexts in the /Library/Extensions folder. Drag and drop the CodecCommand.kext to a safe place.
Now you need to install your processor's SSDT.aml
Open the Terminal and run the following:
Code (Text):
diskutil list
Note the Sierra drive's EFI partition's "diskXs1" designation - could be something like "disk1s1";
Run EFI Mounter v3 to mount the UniBeast USB drive's EFI partition;
I didn't realize until now that it was supposed to be the USB's EFI partition and I mounted the Sierra drives's EFI instead and copied the SSDT.aml into it
Navigate to EFI > EFI > CLOVER > ACPI > patched folder;
Drag & drop the SSDT.aml from the thumb drive ino the ...ACPI > patched folder.
With the EFI partition still mounted, open the terminal and double click on the audio_cloverHDMI-120.command from the desktop and answer y/n to questions
Reboot into the BIOS.
Change BOOT > Boot Options Priorities > Select your installation disk to
UEFI setting for the Sierra drive.
EXIT to save the BIOS update and reboot.

To get audio working you'll need to use the Green sound port on the Rear Panel and open preferences > audio > choose internal speakers as the audio output.

 

[magssss]

Differences of what I did to the guide (for the HD530 to work)

My video wasn't working properly so I added the following to the Bios
System Agent (SA) Configuration > Graphics configuration > DVMT > 96M

For the audio to work
With the Sierra's EFI partition open, open the terminal and double click on the audio_cloverHDMI-120.command from the desktop and answer y/n to the questions

 

[joshuawas]

Thanks for the info. What exactly wasn't working for the HD530?When you changed the options in the BIOS, what did it do? Mine works but it is a little glitchy. Im wondering if I did the same thing in the Bios if it would help.