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- Apr 2, 2011
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- Motherboard
- I didn't read
- CPU
- the RULES
- Graphics
- so ignore me
- Mac
- Mobile Phone
Busy night ahead...
DefinitionBlock ("", "SSDT", 2, "hack", "NVMe-Pcc", 0x00000000)
{
External (_SB.PCI0.BR2D.H000, DeviceObj) // (from opcode)
Method (_SB.PCI0.BR2D.H000._DSM, 4, NotSerialized) // _DSM: Device-Specific Method
{
If (LNot (Arg2))
{
Return (Buffer (One)
{
0x03
})
}
Return (Package (0x04)
{
"class-code",
Buffer (0x04)
{
0xFF, 0x08, 0x01, 0x00
},
"built-in",
Buffer (One)
{
0x00
}
})
}
}
Overall the build went quite straight forward following this recipe to the letter. Besides having to fix the NVMe address, the only issue I had was once going through the “An Idiot’s Guide To iMessage” and generating a valid serial number, UUID, etc. it messed up the code signature for a few applications, including Safari (Webkit). What I did was to get the generated config.plist (and all the other changes up to that point), install it on the USB Install disk (replacing whatever was there) and start over the process of installing macOS. From there, I used the same the configuration in the USB EFI, including config.plist, which already contained all the settings for the board and installed it on the boot disk. As the OS was installed using the right, properly configured serial number, UUID, etc. it all went fine from there and it all worked.
I ended up with 3 boot disks for redundancy. The main boot disk is the Samsung NVMe (this alone was the main reason to give up on my old 5,1). I added a 2TB WD with a CarbonCopy task scheduled to mount it, clone the boot disk and umount it. That happens once a day. And finally, a small 120G SSD which has a full 10.12.4 install and I called it “CloverBoot”. That’s my emergency, recovery disk, also set to start not mounted. As I had another extra 2TB WD disk, I set the second one as the Time Machine disk.
I have yet to configure the RAID 5. I will do that tomorrow.
The build:
1 x Intel Core i7-6950X
1 x SAMSUNG 960 PRO M.2 2TB NVMe PCI-Express 3.0 x4
4 x HGST Deskstar NAS 3.5" 6TB
1 x G.SKILL TridentZ Series 64GB (8 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3300 (PC4 26400)
1 x Corsair Hydro Series H100i V2 Extreme Performance Water / Liquid CPU Cooler
The rest I used stuff I already had, including a GeForce GTX 980TI
View attachment 248475
P.S. What's up with this motherboard? It looks like a mariachi band with all those silly, flashing LEDs.
@kgp Your work was a HUGE time saver. It took "only" six hours from unboxing the stuff to a fully installed and functional system. Thank you!