- Joined
- Jul 26, 2012
- Messages
- 26
- Motherboard
- GA-Z68XP-UD3
- CPU
- i7-2600K
- Graphics
- GTX 980
- Mac
- Classic Mac
- Mobile Phone
Great build, Ubermick!
I am trying to follow in your footsteps. I'm a graphic designer and video-guy and so got the GA-Z68XP-UD3 and went with the XFX AMD Radeon HD6870 to go with it (though that card is just not working at all, won't post, .) Took my all night to get the case set up the way I like, but it's solid and looks awesome. I've set aside that XFX card for the moment and am just working from the functional HD3000 graphics for now. Appreciate you including the sage advice with those 3 BIOS settings. Made my Unibeast with (App Store) Lion following the tonymac guide. Went off without a hitch. Plugged it in, F12, and to my delight I was able to get it to the (chimera?) boot loader and could feed it commands. But then I am having a similar experience to opendesert when trying to install Lion. Apple logo, spinning lines and then, eventually, the "nope" circle with the line. Kind of new to this, not sure what to make of the (aptly named) verbose log, and safe-mode didn't do it. Not sure what else to try.
Getting frustrated/ambitious I decided to try ML. Which actually worked/works so long as I boot in safe mode. I was able to successfully install ML from safe mode onto my SSD and even run Multibeast and get the network adapter up and running. It is really cool seeing Mac OS running on this thing, it's just a little sad that it's 1024X768 and I have to--quick, run and type -x when I boot up to make it work.
To be honest, I'd actually prefer to run Lion (or even Snow Leopard provided my Apple buddies can get me a disc!) for some older apps I use. Just wanted to share my own experience with this build (this community is AMAZING) and wondering if anyone had any advice on how to track down the problem. In the build post, Ubermick references a Gordo guide for using Multibeast with this setup. That link is no longer functional. Any chance someone knows where that went?
Anyway, wanted to say I really appreciate everyone's efforts and sharing what they've learned with the rest of us and congratulate you again on an awesome build.
I am trying to follow in your footsteps. I'm a graphic designer and video-guy and so got the GA-Z68XP-UD3 and went with the XFX AMD Radeon HD6870 to go with it (though that card is just not working at all, won't post, .) Took my all night to get the case set up the way I like, but it's solid and looks awesome. I've set aside that XFX card for the moment and am just working from the functional HD3000 graphics for now. Appreciate you including the sage advice with those 3 BIOS settings. Made my Unibeast with (App Store) Lion following the tonymac guide. Went off without a hitch. Plugged it in, F12, and to my delight I was able to get it to the (chimera?) boot loader and could feed it commands. But then I am having a similar experience to opendesert when trying to install Lion. Apple logo, spinning lines and then, eventually, the "nope" circle with the line. Kind of new to this, not sure what to make of the (aptly named) verbose log, and safe-mode didn't do it. Not sure what else to try.
Getting frustrated/ambitious I decided to try ML. Which actually worked/works so long as I boot in safe mode. I was able to successfully install ML from safe mode onto my SSD and even run Multibeast and get the network adapter up and running. It is really cool seeing Mac OS running on this thing, it's just a little sad that it's 1024X768 and I have to--quick, run and type -x when I boot up to make it work.
To be honest, I'd actually prefer to run Lion (or even Snow Leopard provided my Apple buddies can get me a disc!) for some older apps I use. Just wanted to share my own experience with this build (this community is AMAZING) and wondering if anyone had any advice on how to track down the problem. In the build post, Ubermick references a Gordo guide for using Multibeast with this setup. That link is no longer functional. Any chance someone knows where that went?
Anyway, wanted to say I really appreciate everyone's efforts and sharing what they've learned with the rest of us and congratulate you again on an awesome build.