Successful MacOS High Sierra 10.13.3 installation on GA-X79-UP4 +i7 3820+Radeon 5450

[cmn699]

Hardware:

GA-X79-UP4 BIOS Version F7
i7-3820 CPU @ 3.60GHz Sandy Bridge - 2nd Generation Intel Core
ATI Radeon HD 5450 Series
Monitor Acer S235HLbii Black 23" 5ms HDMI*2 Widescreen LED Monitor 250 cd/m2 ACM 100,000,000:1 (1000:1)
HDD: SATA: ST3250310CS Media 250GB
Keyboard Logitech K120 USB 2.0
Mouse: Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical USB 2.0
PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G2 220-G2-0850-XR 80+ GOLD
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 - Mid Tower Computer Case


I had this system for a number of years with multi-boot Windows/Linux and Hackintosh starting with Mountain Lion.
For the last couple of years I had Windows 10+macOS Sierra 10.12.6 and Ubuntu.
I had problems installing macOS sierra until I installed SSDT to successfully install and update to 10.12.6.

I had been unable to install macOS High Sierra Beta and I just gave up. I did not get the time to try again the release version of macOS High Sierra. When I tried it a few months ago, I had KPs and I decided to stay with 10.12.6. on this system

Finally, in the last two days, I tried with new DSDTs and finally succeeded to install and update to 10.13.3 (17D102).

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I removed all my other system HDDs and did a clean install using macOS High Sierra 10.13.3 Installer Flash drive (16GB SunData USB 2.0 Flash disk) on a Seagate 250GB SATA Spin Disk

I took images as I was going through the project:

• All the BIOS Menu Screens,
• CLOVER/ACPI/Patches | CLOVER/drivers64UEFI | CLOVER/kexts/Other folders
• config. plist menu screens opened in CCV,
• All Clover Boot Manager Options Screens and
• Critical stages of verbose boot screens until the System was installed and
• Screen Capture images of “About This Mac> Overview"and
• System Report..>Hardware sub menus screens
• System Preferences >Security & Privacy and
• System Preferences> Sound and its tab views

My system has been working well with Video and Audio meeting my needs without any crashes. I updated it with 10.13.3 Supplemental.
I connected all my other systems except macOS Sierra which I plan to add later.
I am uploading a Series of images that might be useful for others with the same X79 System which is generally not very friendly for Hackintosh.



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[Gyafun]

I modified config.plist as attached and wrote EFI/CLOVER/config.plist on my Unibeast USB.
I installed Sierra 10.12.6 on my ASUS P9X79. thx

P.S.
also successed installing High Sierra. thx

 

[fbud]

Hardware:

GA-X79-UP4 BIOS Version F7
i7-3820 CPU @ 3.60GHz Sandy Bridge - 2nd Generation Intel Core
ATI Radeon HD 5450 Series
Monitor Acer S235HLbii Black 23" 5ms HDMI*2 Widescreen LED Monitor 250 cd/m2 ACM 100,000,000:1 (1000:1)
HDD: SATA: ST3250310CS Media 250GB
Keyboard Logitech K120 USB 2.0
Mouse: Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical USB 2.0
PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G2 220-G2-0850-XR 80+ GOLD
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 - Mid Tower Computer Case


I had this system for a number of years with multi-boot Windows/Linux and Hackintosh starting with Mountain Lion.
For the last couple of years I had Windows 10+macOS Sierra 10.12.6 and Ubuntu.
I had problems installing macOS sierra until I installed SSDT to successfully install and update to 10.12.6.

I had been unable to install macOS High Sierra Beta and I just gave up. I did not get the time to try again the release version of macOS High Sierra. When I tried it a few months ago, I had KPs and I decided to stay with 10.12.6. on this system

Finally, in the last two days, I tried with new DSDTs and finally succeeded to install and update to 10.13.3 (17D102).

​

I removed all my other system HDDs and did a clean install using macOS High Sierra 10.13.3 Installer Flash drive (16GB SunData USB 2.0 Flash disk) on a Seagate 250GB SATA Spin Disk

I took images as I was going through the project:

• All the BIOS Menu Screens,
• CLOVER/ACPI/Patches | CLOVER/drivers64UEFI | CLOVER/kexts/Other folders
• config. plist menu screens opened in CCV,
• All Clover Boot Manager Options Screens and
• Critical stages of verbose boot screens until the System was installed and
• Screen Capture images of “About This Mac> Overview"and
• System Report..>Hardware sub menus screens
• System Preferences >Security & Privacy and
• System Preferences> Sound and its tab views

My system has been working well with Video and Audio meeting my needs without any crashes. I updated it with 10.13.3 Supplemental.
I connected all my other systems except macOS Sierra which I plan to add later.
I am uploading a Series of images that might be useful for others with the same X79 System which is generally not very friendly for Hackintosh.



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Great photo guide, man!!!
I have the same motherboard. Could you please attach your EFI folder?
Thanks again for your tutorial

 

[mstemp]

thanks for the photo walk thru, its great.

I am having some trouble loading USB, I get kernel panic before I can even get into the USB installer. any suggestions?

I feel like it has something to do with the debug, I have never used that boot arg so I have no idea how to.

 

[mstemp]

@cmn699 and @Gyafun have you gotten audio working? I have installed and am good to go (not with your EFI @Gyafun) but with this one (attached) from Ryan Thomas. Everything works great and I am hesitant to replace b/c even USB 3 works. does everything work on you EFI? I should also mention that Nvidia Web drivers work too.

 

[Gyafun]

@mstemp no internal audio working, so I bought TASCAM US-2x2 audio/MIDI interface for DAW. but your suggestion is quite cool. I will try your EFI.zip. thx.

 

[mstemp]

ah ok thanks, @Gyafun good to know, I was hoping to avoid that, but i might have to consider it. Might get a zoom for field recordings as well. double it up.

 

[sebas101]

please
cmn699 share your efi, thanks

 

[grandosegood]

can we please get the EFI folder cmn699?

 

[cmn699]

can we please get the EFI folder cmn699?

• First of all, I have not been monitoring this post which I illustrated for readers to use as a framework to install HS with IDENTICAL MoBo+CPU +Graphics or at least the GA-X79 MoBo
• I have not been doing anything on that machine since I updated it to HS 10.13.6.
• Your profile is empty of any hardware SPECS. How can the EFI from my System help you and others who have not provided any hardware specs.
• Unless you have the hardware SPECS on Personal Details according to Forum rules , I will be complicit in encouraging rule breakers.