According to RMAA, the Z77E-ITX's analog audio signal quality is comparable to that the competition at idle and under load, although the scores for the latter condition are much worse. Tonymacx86.com: Home of the CustoMac Buyer’s Guide, iBoot, MultiBeast, UniBeast, and the world’s most helpful #hackintosh #mac #osx support community. Jan 25, 2013 tonymacx86.com: Home of the CustoMac Buyer’s Guide, iBoot, MultiBeast, UniBeast, and the world’s most helpful #hackintosh #mac #osx support community. Zotac Z77-ITX WiFi Conclusion. At the time of writing this conclusion, each 7-series mITX motherboard I have tested has used the same layout in their design – the CPU socket goes near the bottom.
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https://olarila.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=8685
--Original Post--
https://olarila.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=97&t=11237
--Bios/UEFI Settings--
*Update bios/uefi to F7+*
1- Go to M.I.T./Advanced Frequency Settings tab
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P.) - Profile 1
2- Go to BIOS tab
CSM Support - Disabled
3- Go to Peripherals/Thunderbolt(TM) Configuration tab
Security Level - No Security
Thunderbolt USB Support - Enabled
GPIO3 Force Pwr - Enabled
4- Go to Chipset tab
Internal Graphics - Enable
---CLOVER FOLDER---
https://olarila.com/forum/download/file.php?id=25033
*Use this folder with FULL DSDT PATCHED
---OPENCORE FOLDER---
https://olarila.com/forum/download/file.php?id=24376
*Use this folder with FULL DSDT PATCHED
---Extract one Full dump for DSDT edits, post files---
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---HARDWARE---
--MOBO
GIGABYTE Z390 DESIGNARE
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Intel Core i9-9900K
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--COOLER
CORSAIR H100i RGB PLATINUM AIO Liquid CPU Cooler
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Corsair CMW32GX4M2C3200C16 Vengeance RGB PRO 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 3200 (PC4-25600)
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MSI RX Vega 64 AIR Boost 8G OC
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We're all here to have fun and learn from each other! - By fusion71auThis is a brief guide on how to create a vanilla El Capitan (also same process for Sierra) OS X Installer USB with an updated prelinked kernel containing FakeSMC.
It is tailored for those users who want to understand the “nuts and bolts” of how to create an installer and also to help brush up on their terminal skills (rather than have one made for them with the numerous automated “tools” available or even Apple’s createinstallmedia) :
Specifically, it is also a “Proof of Concept” which shows that installation is possible without even having to rely on boot loader kext injection.
Prerequisites
Existing Yosemite installation (or Mavericks - see post#4 for steps 7,8) “Install OS X El Capitan.app' downloaded to the Applications folder Pacifist FakeSMC.kext - Slice or Kozlek branch Bootloader - Clover or Chameleon 8GB or larger USB drive (16GB recommended), formatted HFS+ (MBR or GUID) named “Installer”
Procedure
1. Boot into Yosemite with the kext-dev-mode=1 boot flag
2. Open OS X terminal and type the following lines, followed by <Enter> after each line.
The image restore and file copying may take a while to complete, and at the end of the process, the Installer volume is renamed to “OS X Base System'....
sudo -shdiutil attach /Applications/Install OS X El Capitan.app/Contents/SharedSupport/InstallESD.dmgasr restore -source /Volumes/OS X Install ESD/BaseSystem.dmg -target /Volumes/Installer -erase -format HFS+ -noprompt -noverifyrm /Volumes/OS X Base System/System/Installation/Packagescp -av /Volumes/OS X Install ESD/Packages /Volumes/OS X Base System/System/Installationcp -av /Volumes/OS X Install ESD/BaseSystem.dmg /Volumes/OS X Install ESD/BaseSystem.chunklist /Volumes/OS X Base Systemdiskutil unmount /Volumes/OS X Install ESDexit 3. Right click on the “OS X Base System” Volume and click “Get Info”
4. Click on the lock icon and untick “Ignore ownership on this volume”
5. Extract/Copy the El Capitan Kernels folder into /System/Library/ of the USB with Pacifist. NB It is found in the 'Essentials.pkg' in /System/Installation/Packages
6. Delete or Rename the original /System/Library/PrelinkedKernels/prelinkedkernel —> OG.prelinkedkernel
7. Copy FakeSMC.kext and other necessary kexts (e.g. VoodooPS2Controller.kext for laptops) into the /Library/Extensions folder of the installer USB using Finder.
8. Back in terminal, type the following lines, followed by <Enter> after each line to rebuild the prelinkedkernel…..
sudo -schmod -R 755 /Volumes/OS X Base System/Library/Extensionschown -R 0:0 /Volumes/OS X Base System/Library/Extensionstouch /Volumes/OS X Base System/System/Library/Extensionskextcache -u /Volumes/OS X Base Systemexit Any errors should be noted but the output below is normal e.g.
9. Install your Bootloader targeting the OS X Base System volume
10. Boot your system with the USB without injected kexts into the OS X Installer GUI....
Post Install
The original prelinked kernel in a fresh install of El Capitan will also lack FakeSMC ie it will only be linked to Apple signed kexts. In order to boot into El Capitan the first time around without boot loader kext injection, the PLK needs to be rebuilt for the El Capitan volume like we did for the installer:
1. Boot into Yosemite with the kext-dev-mode=1 boot flag
2. Delete or Rename the original /System/Library/PrelinkedKernels/prelinkedkernel for the El Capitan volume —> OG.prelinkedkernel
3. Copy FakeSMC.kext and other necessary kexts (e.g. VoodooPS2Controller.kext for laptops) into the /Library/Extensions folder of El Capitan using Finder
4. Back in terminal, type the following lines, followed by <Enter> after each line to rebuild the prelinkedkernel. In this example, the El Capitan volume is named 'El_Capitan' - change if you have named it something else...
sudo -schmod -R 755 /Volumes/El_Capitan/Library/Extensionschown -R 0:0 /Volumes/El_Capitan/Library/Extensionstouch /Volumes/El_Capitan/System/Library/Extensionskextcache -u /Volumes/El_Capitanexit 5. Install your Bootloader targeting the El Capitan volume. This step is only necessary if you are installing El Capitan on a new drive without existing boot loader (not required if installing on a disk with existing boot loader beside Yosemite).
6. Reboot your system without injected kexts into El Capitan!
Other links
The All-In-One Guide to Vanilla OS X for beginners
Updates for Sierra and High Sierra Custom Prelinkedkernel Generator Tool I have made a custom prelinkedkernel generator 'PLK.tool' for Sierra + El Capitan. Instructions: 1. Download and extract the attached BaseSystem_PLK.tool.zip into your ~/Downloads folder. 2. Copy any extra kexts necessary for booting your hack to ~/Downloads/BaseSystem/ExtraKexts (e.g. FakeSMC, VoodooPS2Controller), making sure SIP is disabled. 3. Copy BaseSystem.dmg to ~/Downloads/BaseSystem 4. Open terminal and run the following commands... cd ~/Downloads/BaseSystemchmod +x PLK.tool./PLK.tool ---> supply your admin password ---> will place your new custom prelinkedkernel on the desktop. macOS High Sierra bypass Firmware and MBR checks in post#13.
BaseSystem_PLK.tool_ElCap.zip
BaseSystem_PLK.tool_Sierra.zip
BaseSystem_PLK.tool_Mojave.zip (need to run in Mojave to avoid dependency errors)
BaseSystem_PLK.tool_Catalina.zip - By fusion71auClover r5051 ISO compiled with GCC and minimal config.plist compatible for use in VMWare Workstation.
Tested with unlocked Workstation 15 running OSX 10.9 -->10.15 guest in Windows X64 host.
Installation
1. Download and unzip 'EFI_Clover_r5051 for VMware.zip'. Mount Clover-v2.5k-5051-X64.iso by double clicking on it.
2. Mount your VM's EFI System Partition eg in terminal
sudo diskutil mount disk0s1 3. Copy EFI folder from step 1 into the EFI partition
4. Shutdown the VM, add bios.bootDelay = '3000' to your VM's vmx file
5. Reboot your VM, press <F2> to access the VMware Boot Manager and add CLOVERX64.efi to the boot menu.
Substitute your own unique and valid MLB and ROM variables in the /EFI/CLOVER/config.plist (Rt Variables section) to activate iMessage/Facetime on your VM.
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ILoveApplePi's Z77e-ITX Mini-ITX Hackintosh Guide.
Okay, I thought it would be nice to write a quick basic guide for installing Hackintosh on an AsRock Z77E-ITX with a GTX 680 GC 4GB from Galaxy.
Okay! So let's get started for what to expect from this,
----The Rig---
My Specs are,
CPU: i5 2500k @ 5.0Ghz (I over clock but you don't have to.)
MotherBoard: Z77E-ITX using the Modded 1.60 Bios
GPU: GALAXY GTX680 GC 4GB (I would actually recommend a 2GB card, as OPENCL Is a pain in the butt to get running on 4GB cards)
Asrock Z87 Itx
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB 1600Mhz CL9 Kit (What ever you want, depends on what you want to do with it.)
SSD/HDD: OCZ Agility 3 120GB (OS) + OCZ Vertex 3 120GB (Data/Scrub) (I know I did it backwards but I already had the Agility 3 mounted and I couldn't be bothered to switch it around after I installed the OS.)
----THE PRE-INSTALLATION----
Okay, first and foremost I would recommend that you set up your bios so that you can easily install OS X and get things working with minimal issues.
- I would reset your bios to stock settings so that the bios install will go without issues, because a bad flash is BAD.
- Download the modded bios from HERE(http://bios.zmac.net/asrock/Asrock-Z77E-ITX-160_modified.zip)! and throw it on a flash drive so that you can pull it up later.
- Install it. Just use the flash utility on the board it should just detect the bios file. After you install let it do it's thing it will flash on and off, don't touch it, it's doing what it needs to.
- After it installs, be sure to set your Disk management to AHCI and to set the shared memory of the iGPU to 32mb otherwise it will kernel panic.
Now you are good to go to the REAL install phase.
---Install---
There are two methods to this,
- Make a mac that can install Mountain Lion and Unibeast. <--- The Manly way.
- Have a mac that can install Mountain Lion and Unibeast. <--- Preferred
---Install Method 1---
This is the method for if you are starting fresh you have no Macs around or you can't be bothered to get one, I salute your inability because I had the same issues as my sisters Macbook Pro is in the shop and I couldn't be bothered to wait to get it fixed.
---Installing Snow Leopard---
WHAT YOU NEED
A Snow Leopard install disk
A DVD Burner / Drive
An iBoot Disk image(http://www.tonymacx86.com/downloads)
A CD
You will want to burn the iBoot Disk Image to a blank CD using any sort of ISO Burner.
Set your bios to Boot form CD-Rom First so you can easily access your iBoot every time.
Once you boot to the iBoot CD you will want to take the disk out and place the Snow Leopard disk in the drive. Once you do so hit F5 until 'Mac OS X Install Disk' appears in the menu. Before you select it be sure to type 'PCIRootUID=1' Otherwise you will get a gnarly kernel panic and you will have to reboot.
Now that you are greeted with the installer you will want to open Disk Utility and format your OS Drive for Mac OS Extended (Journaled) make sure that you set the partition to GUID. I named it OS for sake of this. After you do so just install OS X to the disk OS.
Once it finishes and restarts reinsert iBoot disk back into the drive.
Select 'OS' or whatever you named it and type 'PCIRootUID=1' again. It should boot up into OS X Snow Leopard.
You'll get a cool welcome screen and will be asked to set things up, do whatever it doesn't matter as you will be reinstalling anyways.
---Updating to 10.6.8---
What you need.
- Mac OS X 10.6.8 ComboUpdate(http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1399)
2.MultiBeast http://www.tonymacx86.com/downloads
3. Update Helper(http://www.tonymacx86.com/downloads) If you are awesome like me and you have a Sandybridge processor you will need it.
4. Broadcom Kext(Driver)(http://www.osx86.net/view/1883-broadcom_bcm57781_lion.html)
Now you will want to open MultiBeast and mount and install the combo update. DO NOT REBOOT!!!!!! Switch to MultiBeast and if it closes re-open it.
Now you will be in MultiBeast get to the customization menu it is after the ToS agreement. You will want to use
- EasyBeast
- System Utilites
3 Customization -> Boot -> PCI Root ID Fix
Install it
Eject iBoot
Restart
---Install ethernet driver---
Now you will want to ins all your ethernet driver so you can have internet to download mountain lion.
Go to your applications folder and open Kext Helper Drag your Broadcom Kext into the white box and install.
Restart and you should have internet.
Now you can continue to Method 2
---Method 2---
You will need:
- A Download of Mountain Lion form the App Store a tormented copy won't work.(Mac App Store )
- Unibeast 1.6(http://www.tonymacx86.com/downloads)
- 8GB or larger flash drive
---Creating a Bootable Disk---
Open Disk Utility
Select The 8GB Drive
Select partitions
Click current and set it to 1 Partition
Click options and set it to Master Boot Record
Name it USB
Format it as Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
And apply.
---Uniibeast---
Open Uniibeast and follow the prompts skip the prompt about legacy and laptop support it's not needed.
Boot from the USB and select USB from the Unibeast loader.
Partition your drive using Disk Utility make sure it is one partition and is using GUID partition method as well as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format, I have named mine OS. After you partition exit and install.
Restart
Boot again from USB this time choosing 'OS'
Since the Z77e-ITX doesn't have ethernet support from UniBeast you will need to download these files from another computer.
- KextHelper (http://code.google.com/p/g60jx-hackintosh/downloads/detail?name=Kext%20Helper%20b7.zip&can=2&q=%22)
- Mountian Lion Ethernet Kext (http://www.tonymacx86.com/attachments/golden-builds/32446d1348410006-asrock-z77e-itx-core-i7-3770k-evga-gtx-570hd-ionetworkingfamily.kext.zip)
- USB 3.0 Kext (http://www.tonymacx86.com/general-hardware-discussion/70384-hopefully-near-universal-usb-3-0-driver-3rd-part-controllers-10-8-x.html)
- Working Audio DSDT File (You will want to rename it to DSDT.aml) (http://www.tonymacx86.com/attachments/golden-builds/41179d1355596164-asrock-z77e-itx-core-i7-3770k-evga-gtx-570hd-dsdt.aml.audio.zip)
- Multibeast for Mountain Lion (http://www.tonymacx86.com/downloads)
--Installing Kexts and Other settings---
Using Kext helper install the the Ethernet and USB 3.0 Kexts.
Open Multibeast. use the settings as listed here (http://www.tonymacx86.com/members/buckeyes1995/albums/hack-stuff/41177-multibeast-settings.jpg)
After that finishes copy the renamed DSDT.aml file to the /OS/Extra folder
Asrock Itx Am4
And there you go you should have Mountain Lion working with minimal issues.
---Appstore Fix for SandyBridge---
- add the following to your org.chameleon.Boot.plist:
<key>device-properties</key> <string>4b00000001000000010000003f0000000100000002 010c00d041030a0000000001010600031c0101060000007fff 0400160000006200750069006c0074002d0069006e00000005 00000001</string>
2. In System Preference->Network remove ethernet/wifi devices
3. Delete /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist
4. Reboot
5. In System Preferences->Network add ethernet THEN wifi
---4GB GTX680 OPENCL Fix---
To be honest, there is most likely no real new information in this guide as it is mainly a compilation of guides that I thought would make it helpful for young players, as well as the fact that I love typing on my new KeyboardTalking Race Keyboard. If you found any of my information helpful or have any questions feel free to leave a comment below.
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