Success with Z77 Thunderbolt Motherboards

[herrschultzz]

rekrap

perhaps you could post some details of your build, as I too am using the ga-z77x-up5 th mobo and my TBolt ports are working if I have the TBolt devices plugged in on boot up, but I get a screen/system freeze if I unplug (hot swap) them at all.

Curious to see if your build has something added to make hot swap work for you.


running osx 10.8.4

 

[jchrist02]

hey,

great that you got so far, congrats.
courious if you'll be still able to use your internal hd4000 after installing the gtx.
i have asus maximus v extreme, with gtx680 4 gigs, and unable to use hd4000 paralelly.
no matter i installed multibeast's igpu support, and enable multi-monitor in bios, if i do, i'm stuck at startup screen.
looking for a solution, please post if you have one.

Hey fam, just wanna asked if you manage to work everything using that mobo asus maximus v extreme? I wanna build my own hackintosh using that mobo. Thanks in advance!

 

[ainsophaur]

Have you had any problems with Thunderbolt and eSATA external drive conflicts? I have basically the same build as you, and when Thunderbolt drives are connected, my external eSATA drives won't mount.

 

[herrschultzz]

Have you had any problems with Thunderbolt and eSATA external drive conflicts? I have basically the same build as you, and when Thunderbolt drives are connected, my external eSATA drives won't mount.

After struggling with intermittent eSata external drive mounting/not mounting irregardless of whether a TBolt drive was in play also, I switched all of my eSata connections to USB 3.0 with an adapter like these;
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812270301
and they always mount. eSata just doesn't behave very normal in these setups but I don't find that it's related to Thunderbolt drives on the system at all - just an eSata mounting issue.

Since the speed of eSata vs USB 3.0 is nearly identical in read/write I haven't noticed any performance hits using these adapters.

Hope that helps.

 

[ainsophaur]

Rock on. Thank you. Glad I'm not alone here.

 

[ainsophaur]

Ended up buying an eSATA-USB3 cable to connect my RAID backup. Had trouble booting and mounting the drives. Caused the same problems that I had when I had the drives connected eSATA-eSATA.

Don't know why this is.

Anyhow, I've got the RAID backup connected over USB2 right now and everything boots, mounts, and backs up fine.

I'll just live with this little inconvenience.

 

[herrschultzz]

I put too many links in my original reply, it got moderated.

Looks like you might have a USB kext issue. Look for the latest USB 3.0 kext and try installing it. Sometimes it takes a few times to work.

Also, those eSata to USB cables don't work depending on brand. I've had good luck with the one from Newer Technology part# NWTADESATAUSB3