Article: UniBeast: Install OS X Mavericks on Any Supported Intel-based PC
I just bought a GA-Z87-HD3 and a i5-4670 (using internal GPU and 8GB Ram) last week after looking at the recommended CustoMac hardware. It is running 10.8.5.1 OK (albeit without QE/CI) after a lot of effort. But I cant even get the installer to launch on this one using the recommended settings and trying all combinations of the boot flags.
I updated the Bios to F6 tried installing to a fresh disk but no luck yet I had hoped that this would have been an easier build.
Oh well I'll keep trying
I kept trying and eventually almost am there!
Installation with Unibeast required dart=0 ncpi=0x3000 -x -v
First Boot after install required
dart=0 ncpi=0x3000 PCIRootUID=No GraphicsEnabler=No -x
Finally My boot plist is
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>EthernetBuiltIn</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>
<string>No</string>
<key>IGPEnabler</key>
<string>No</string>
<key>Kernel</key>
<string>mach_kernel</string>
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string>dart=0 npci=0x3000</string>
<key>Legacy Logo</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>Timeout</key>
<string>2</string>
<key>GenerateCStates</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>GeneratePStates</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>UseKernelCache</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>Graphics Mode</key>
<string>"1440x900x32"</string>
/dict>
</plist>
and I am using the default MacPro 3,1 system definition
no sound or QE/CI Yet but I will work on that later.
I hope this helps anyone else with a similar setup