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- i7-3700K
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Just got my Core i7 3770K / GA-Z77-D3H-MVP Macbeast running beautifully first time (and had the pleasure of watching it outgun my old iMac by a factor of 6 doing a trial Final Cut render. Thanks guys.
There's a couple of lessons that I learned in the process which were fairly tough to find answers for.
The following might help noobs like myself avoid wasting a few hours in the process - you might want to add them to the article.
1) If you're using an Apple Cinema Display (23", but I think it applies to all), it cannot display the resolution of the Gigabyte BIOS screen. You will need to use a more conventional PC monitor, or (my solution) a VGA cable to a flat screen TV to see the BIOS for the first AHCI adjustment and boot order setting. Once you're past the BIOS, you will be fine. The resolution will be very low until you use Multibeast, install Chameleon 1.11 and reboot, then will be fine from then on.
2) Gigabyte motherboards tend to switch off USB3 ports and USB2 ports not directly connected to the motherboard during the Unibeast install. If you plug your UniBeast USB into a front panel USB socket, or a back panel USB socket, the Unibeast install will hang (verbose mode will repeat "Waiting on ROOT device") after a couple of minutes. Plug the USB Unibeast into a rear panel USB2 (black) socket, and you will be good to go.
3) If you're using a Core i7 and internal graphics, make sure you use the most up to date Multibeast. Chameleon Version 1.10 doesn't have the internal graphics driver.
4) To enable USB3 and stop system crashes with USB devices being plugged in, use the Lacie USB3 driver for Mac: http://www.lacie.com/more/index.htm?id=10112
There's a couple of lessons that I learned in the process which were fairly tough to find answers for.
The following might help noobs like myself avoid wasting a few hours in the process - you might want to add them to the article.
1) If you're using an Apple Cinema Display (23", but I think it applies to all), it cannot display the resolution of the Gigabyte BIOS screen. You will need to use a more conventional PC monitor, or (my solution) a VGA cable to a flat screen TV to see the BIOS for the first AHCI adjustment and boot order setting. Once you're past the BIOS, you will be fine. The resolution will be very low until you use Multibeast, install Chameleon 1.11 and reboot, then will be fine from then on.
2) Gigabyte motherboards tend to switch off USB3 ports and USB2 ports not directly connected to the motherboard during the Unibeast install. If you plug your UniBeast USB into a front panel USB socket, or a back panel USB socket, the Unibeast install will hang (verbose mode will repeat "Waiting on ROOT device") after a couple of minutes. Plug the USB Unibeast into a rear panel USB2 (black) socket, and you will be good to go.
3) If you're using a Core i7 and internal graphics, make sure you use the most up to date Multibeast. Chameleon Version 1.10 doesn't have the internal graphics driver.
4) To enable USB3 and stop system crashes with USB devices being plugged in, use the Lacie USB3 driver for Mac: http://www.lacie.com/more/index.htm?id=10112
