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- Lenovo m93p tiny
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Hi Folks,
First, thanks to all the people that make stuff like this possible. Here are my notes from this 10.10.0 build using Unibeast / Multibeast on a refurb Lenovo m93p "tiny" form factor. These are sweet little machines the same size as a mac mini, and you can get them as low as $400 shipped after steep discounts on the refurb store. I've seen the m73 even lower, but they have slower processor options. There's a rare build of the m93p with the core i7 4765T, 4 core with HT for 8 cores in the OS! The machine I got in particular is only core i5 4570T dual core with HT, and I upgraded it with a 256GB M6S Plextor SSD and 16GB of Crucial DDR3.
Anyway, bluetooth is acting up, but seems to work most of the time? Geekbench is 3.2k/6.4k on the trial 32b version. Overall, it's 2.3x-4x faster than my current 2010 C2D mac mini.
TODO
PRE-INSTALL
INSTALL
POST-INSTALL
First, thanks to all the people that make stuff like this possible. Here are my notes from this 10.10.0 build using Unibeast / Multibeast on a refurb Lenovo m93p "tiny" form factor. These are sweet little machines the same size as a mac mini, and you can get them as low as $400 shipped after steep discounts on the refurb store. I've seen the m73 even lower, but they have slower processor options. There's a rare build of the m93p with the core i7 4765T, 4 core with HT for 8 cores in the OS! The machine I got in particular is only core i5 4570T dual core with HT, and I upgraded it with a 256GB M6S Plextor SSD and 16GB of Crucial DDR3.
Anyway, bluetooth is acting up, but seems to work most of the time? Geekbench is 3.2k/6.4k on the trial 32b version. Overall, it's 2.3x-4x faster than my current 2010 C2D mac mini.
TODO
- HDMI sound (not a big deal for me)
- Mic inputs (not a big deal for me, but the audio input on the front panel is supposedly a combo jack with mic input too)
- Proper power management? Sleep works, but doesn't wake on keyboard press. No idea if fans are acting right, but seem to be.
- Hot-plug display switching. The m93p "tiny" comes with a Display Port standard, but also has a made-to-order custom slot, and I lucked out that my refurb came with an HDMI input in that slot instead of something dumb that they offer like a USB 2.0 port or serial port. If I reboot with displays plugged in to both HDMI/DP, they both work, but unplugging and swapping them around doesn't work yet; not sure how much I'll look into it.
PRE-INSTALL
- BIOS settings
- Disable secure boot and virtualization stuff
- Patch vanilla kernel on a machine with perl or sed from http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/to...-locked-msrs-and-hp-envy-15-j063cl-i7-4700mq/ - snippet of the important part copied here where <usb> is whatever you've named your USB installer stick (keep this usb around! it's useful to have a patched kernel on a USB installer for 10.10.x upgrades):
Code:
Please note the kernel resides at /System/Library/Kernels/kernel.
For 10.10:
$ cp /Volumes/<usb>/System/Library/Kernels/kernel ~/Desktop/kernel_backup
$ cp /Volumes/<usb>/System/Library/Kernels/kernel ~/Desktop/kernel
$ perl -pi -e 's|\xe2\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x00\x00|\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x00\x00|g' ~/Desktop/kernel
$ perl -pi -e 's|\xe2\x00\x00\x00\x4c\x00\x00\x00|\x00\x00\x00\x00\x4c\x00\x00\x00|g' ~/Desktop/kernel
$ perl -pi -e 's|\xe2\x00\x00\x00\x90\x01\x00\x00|\x00\x00\x00\x00\x90\x01\x00\x00|g' ~/Desktop/kernel
$ sudo cp ~/Desktop/kernel /Volumes/<usb>/System/Library/Kernels/kernel- Boot from Unibeast USB installer with DisplayPort plugged in, patched kernel on USB, and options “-x GraphicsEnabler=yes maxmem=8192” (I have 8GB SODIMM in the first slot, so probably just change to whatever size you have in the first slot. e.g. 2048, 4096, 8192)
- Install should go well
- Reboot from USB stick and copy over patched kernel to newly installed system
Code:
$ sudo cp /Volumes/<usb>/System/Library/Kernels/kernel /System/Library/Kernels/kernelPOST-INSTALL
- Reboot from HDD and install Multibeast profile:
Code:
easybeast
alc283
3rd party sata
trim enabler
forcelegacyrtc
evoreboot
fakesmc
nullcpupowermanagement
appleintele1000e
chimera
basic boot
kext dev mode
use kernel cache
mac pro 3,13. HDMI sound, mic input, combo mic+headset input all TBD
4. Intel wireless TBD / probably never. Should probably purchase different mini PCIe or usb wifi -- See post #3 for new half-height mini pcie wifi details!
