PPCnostalgic Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Hi there. Installed Mavericks 10.9.3 on my HP Z400 Xeon W3680 Hexa-Core, stable and fast The machine is triple boot capable Mac OS X - Linux - Win7Pro on separate SSD drives. The Cpu is a Xeon W3680@3,33Ghz and turbo boost multiplier is unlocked, in fact when running Windows I can easily turbo boost all 6 cores to 4Ghz (multiplier(s) = x30) without issues using Intel XTU utility, scoring over 17000 with Geekbench 2 64bit mode. Can someone help me to enable, if possible, such a turbo boost frequency in OS X Mavericks as well? I've googled a lot about this topic but I'm still looking for an answer. Thank you for reading this post and if someone needs help to install Mavericks on HP Z400 I'm here to help. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/299477-hp-z400-running-fine-mavericks/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPCnostalgic Posted July 12, 2014 Author Share Posted July 12, 2014 Thank you for your quick replay, do you think MaciASL can help me to create an appropriate SSDT? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/299477-hp-z400-running-fine-mavericks/#findComment-2039996 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPCnostalgic Posted July 12, 2014 Author Share Posted July 12, 2014 Ok, I did all the steps from your link and terminal created the file in /temp, opened it with MaciASL but when I clicked on compile I got 4 errors Code 4096 syntax error, unexpected PARSEOP_INTEGER, expecting ')' How can be fixed? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/299477-hp-z400-running-fine-mavericks/#findComment-2040009 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPCnostalgic Posted July 13, 2014 Author Share Posted July 13, 2014 Here you can see both current and original method dsl files. Thank you very much for your kindness and your support. Current Method.zip Original Method.zip Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/299477-hp-z400-running-fine-mavericks/#findComment-2040067 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPCnostalgic Posted July 13, 2014 Author Share Posted July 13, 2014 Again a big thank you, i'm going to give it a try. In my Extra Folder the org.Chameleon.boot.plist looks like attachment, do you see any change(s) I have to make once your edited SSDT file will be placed in Extra folder? org.chameleon.Boot.zip Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/299477-hp-z400-running-fine-mavericks/#findComment-2040085 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPCnostalgic Posted July 13, 2014 Author Share Posted July 13, 2014 I'm going to try your suggestion.... I installed Mavericks using Chimera 2.2 ([url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] 6.3) and CPU Power Management is the original AppleICPM, no need for NullCpuPowerManagement because the machine works fine. SMBIOS is Mac Pro 5.1 (mid 2010 Mac Pro Hexa-Core had the same CPU Intel Xeon W3680), memory is DDR3 1333 ECC 6x2Gb because my MB has 6 slots. BTW I put your SSDT.aml in my Extra folder and the system loads it and allows 2 speed steps: 2,13 and 3,33Ghz but doesn't enable turbo boost. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/299477-hp-z400-running-fine-mavericks/#findComment-2040093 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPCnostalgic Posted July 13, 2014 Author Share Posted July 13, 2014 I have FakeSmc v. 6.0.1123 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/299477-hp-z400-running-fine-mavericks/#findComment-2040095 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPCnostalgic Posted July 13, 2014 Author Share Posted July 13, 2014 I didn't know about that site, it seems there is a lot of stuff. My FakeSMC is this: FakeSMC.kext.zip Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/299477-hp-z400-running-fine-mavericks/#findComment-2040108 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPCnostalgic Posted July 13, 2014 Author Share Posted July 13, 2014 Tried. It doesn't boot, stuck at Apple logo with never-ending spinning cursor and didn't boot with -x boot flag too. I had to boot from an external HD to restore old FakeSMC kext. Am I missing something?.... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/299477-hp-z400-running-fine-mavericks/#findComment-2040121 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPCnostalgic Posted July 13, 2014 Author Share Posted July 13, 2014 Thank you so much for all your effort, I've learnt a lot from your advices. I'll keep you up-to-date about this topic. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/299477-hp-z400-running-fine-mavericks/#findComment-2040125 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPCnostalgic Posted August 6, 2014 Author Share Posted August 6, 2014 Hey Hervè, how are you? So long but I want to resurrect this topic, mainly to give you another BIG thank you for your support. Well, the kext(s) you posted they DO work as long as I keep AppleIntelCpuPowerManagementKext AWAY from my S/L/E. I discovered it only yesterday..... Ok, so I deleted that Kext and tried your SSDT and modified FakeSMC Plugins and I can see my machine going through 3 CPU states: 1,60 - 3,33 - 3,47Ghz depending on my workload, there are only 3 states probably because I'm under Mac Pro 5,1 SMBIOS, I've read Mac Pro 3.1 allows more states. Although turbo boost is still @3,46Ghz (for all 6 cores of my Xeon W3680) it's a good step forward. My bootflag DropSSDT=Yes (working) and Generate P-C States doesn't change anything both the instances "yes" or "not" but speed stepping works anyway. Do you think I'd better tweaking my generated SSDT a little more (my goal is to reach 4,00Ghz as max turbo boost speed, as I can do running Windows with Intel XTU utility)? Again thank you very much for your support. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/299477-hp-z400-running-fine-mavericks/#findComment-2049069 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPCnostalgic Posted August 6, 2014 Author Share Posted August 6, 2014 Ok, is there a link where I can read about AICPUPM kext editing? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/299477-hp-z400-running-fine-mavericks/#findComment-2049140 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPCnostalgic Posted January 16, 2015 Author Share Posted January 16, 2015 Hi Hervé. Hope you're fine and I wish you a happy new year;-) Well I'm on my 2nd Hackintosh build, this time with a genuine G5 case...... lot of work for case ATX conversion!! Ok, the machine is running fine, mobo is a Gigabyte X58A-UD7 and the cpu Xeon W3680 (yes I'm a LGA1366 fanatic). Just for my curiosity why Mac OS X Mavericks won't boot (or at most it hangs within a minute at Finder) if I set CPU multipliers higher than 29? The CPU is unlocked. Hey, not a deal breaker but I'm trying to find out the culprit, is a Mac OS X limitation? Thank you in advance. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/299477-hp-z400-running-fine-mavericks/#findComment-2103508 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPCnostalgic Posted February 7, 2015 Author Share Posted February 7, 2015 I've finally managed it to work by increasing the Cpu Vcore voltage to 1,325v and now it boots fine. I can use native AICPUPM because I have my DSDT Extra folder. I can see when using NullCPUPM temps are about 10 degrees lower, of course this instance I get no speed steps, than using AICPUPM but I think Fake Smc aren't so accurate in reporting temps. Checked cpu temp in the Bios and it's remarkably lower (10 degrees C), the same running Win7 at same Cpu Clock, CoreTemp reports lower temp than Mac OS. I think I'll leave it as is. Again thank you for your support. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/299477-hp-z400-running-fine-mavericks/#findComment-2109568 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sopwith Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Hello PPCnostalgic and Hervé. How are you? I hope very well.I have a pc hp z400 workstation same as PPCnostalgic and I would install macosx Maveriks 10.9.xI tried to download all the files (FakeSMC.kext, Modified FakeSMC.kext, SSDT.aml, org.chameleon.boot etc...) attached to discussion, but you can not download them because they are not found.I would appreciate it if I indicated a link to download all the files attached, or if one of you kindly I can send them by email. I would also need the bios settings (screenshot if possible) and the settings of the hard disk. I have a Nvidia gtx 260 and / or Nvidia gtx 660. which settings should I use for these graphics cards.Thank you in advance and thank you for reading this post. I wait your news. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/299477-hp-z400-running-fine-mavericks/#findComment-2129716 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaggah Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 I just got myself one of those z400 workstations, and I'd like to get Mavericks installed on mine. Is there a DSDT laying around somewhere for it in order to get sleep/wake to work? That's all I really care about on my hackintoshes. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/299477-hp-z400-running-fine-mavericks/#findComment-2141405 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPCnostalgic Posted June 3, 2015 Author Share Posted June 3, 2015 Hi Blaggah. On my Z400 sleep--wake they both work without a DSDT and using UseKernelCache=No I've got a DSDT and by placing it into my "extra" folder the machine cpu it runs much cooler (about 15 degrees C° less), I can use UseKernelCache=Yes and it boots up in notime, but this way sleeep-wake don't work :-( BTW I'm running Mavericks with DSDT anyway, I don't need sleep or wake. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/299477-hp-z400-running-fine-mavericks/#findComment-2141430 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaggah Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Awesome, I'm about to attack the beast right now. Thank you. Do you know think you could send me your DSDT? I could give you my email if that's ok. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/299477-hp-z400-running-fine-mavericks/#findComment-2141558 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPCnostalgic Posted June 4, 2015 Author Share Posted June 4, 2015 Of course, I'll send it to you. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/299477-hp-z400-running-fine-mavericks/#findComment-2141748 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacUser2525 Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Of course, I'll send it to you. Perhaps you could post it here so all can see it if they wanted to. I know I would not mind taking a look at it I have z800 arriving tomorrow I'm sure I could get a few pointers from the changes made in yours as they apply to a 1366 BIOS. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/299477-hp-z400-running-fine-mavericks/#findComment-2141758 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPCnostalgic Posted June 4, 2015 Author Share Posted June 4, 2015 OK. See attachement dsdt.aml.zip Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/299477-hp-z400-running-fine-mavericks/#findComment-2141794 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacUser2525 Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Thanks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/299477-hp-z400-running-fine-mavericks/#findComment-2141809 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaggah Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Thank you so much man. I didn't get a chance to get started on it but I will be going to embark on it now after I put the dsdt in my usb installer of mavericks. BTW, do you have facetime, iMessage working? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/299477-hp-z400-running-fine-mavericks/#findComment-2141891 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaggah Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Alright, i faced the the non-showing hard drive in disk utility so I installed using a sata usb adapter and everything went fine. I then updated to 10.9.5 and sleep worked but upon wake i had the spinning wheel. I then connected the hard drive to the computer this time and after i used my bootflags: -v GraphicsEnabler=Yes UseKernelCache=No PCIRootUID=0, i face the still waiting for root device hang error. What's the solution? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/299477-hp-z400-running-fine-mavericks/#findComment-2141909 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacUser2525 Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Alright, i faced the the non-showing hard drive in disk utility so I installed using a sata usb adapter and everything went fine. I then updated to 10.9.5 and sleep worked but upon wake i had the spinning wheel. I then connected the hard drive to the computer this time and after i used my bootflags: -v GraphicsEnabler=Yes UseKernelCache=No PCIRootUID=0, i face the still waiting for root device hang error. What's the solution? Try this .kext for the SATA controller I found, use -f to force the reloading of all .kext if you do not do the touch commands already mentioned. LegacyAppleAHCIPortIntelICHx.kext.zip Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/299477-hp-z400-running-fine-mavericks/#findComment-2141926 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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