New 10.9.4 install does not work on build that 10.9.2 worked on.

[dorkage]

I have a AMD/ATI build that I had a older version of OS X 10.9.2 working on, I think it was .2 anyways, and now I'm trying to do a fresh install since I wiped my harddrive. Here is my previous thread when I couldn't boot the installer.

 

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/293772-amd-gigabyte-990fxaud3-fx63007950-build-installer-hangs-on-boot/

 

Here are the specs:

 

FX6300

Gigabyte 990FXAUD3

XFX Double D 7950

8GB of RAM

 

I used MyHack to create the installer with the retail copy from the app store.

 

This is the kernel I am using: 

http://www.hackintoshosx.com/files/file/4210-amd-kernel-for-os-x-mavericks-1094-xnu1330/

I renamed the kernel to mach_kernel and copied the kext to the extras folder. Should they be in the systems folder as well?

 

 

these are the flags I used to boot into the installer, which booted and installed fine:

"arch=x86_64 -v -f PCIRootUID=1 USBBusFix=Yes npci=0x2000 maxmem=4096 GraphicsEnabler=No"

 

I have tried getting the fresh OS X install to boot with the same flags and it didn't work. Most times it just reboots without me having a chance to see what casued it to fail.

 

Any suggestions?

[Duran Keeley]

@dorkage

 

Sorry to reply so late, most of us hang-out on the developer side of the forum helping out at:

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/285760-help-topic-further-help-in-chatosx86hulegacykernel-irc/

 

We are a little bit of creatures of habit I like to think.

 

Now for your solution

Try this kernel -

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/281450-mavericks-kernel-testing-on-amd-formerly-mountain-lion-kernel-testing-on-amd/page-317?p=2069549&do=findComment&comment=2069549

 

No need for the boot flag arch=x86_64 - Since OS X 10.7 marked the end of 32bit and also you can remove the maxmem=4096 as well

 

Now personally I would rename the kernel to something like "amd_kernel" and in Extra\org.chameleon.Boot.plist add this

<key>Kernel</key>
<string>amd_kernel</string>

Any further problems just ask on http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/285760-help-topic-further-help-in-chatosx86hulegacykernel-irc/

[dorkage]

Should I be using a 10.9.5 installer? Would that make things easier? Do I need any other extensions besides what was in that ZIP file?

[Mr. Xtreme]

10.9.5 is the latest (and possibly last) mavericks release, it's worth a try.

[dorkage]

Still no luck. I can boot the installer (10.9.4) with the Kernel posted above with just "GraphicsEnabler=No npci=0x2000 USBBusFix=Yes" as boot flags. Whether the last two flags do anything with that Kernel is beyond me. I still can't boot post install, just reboots before I can even see what causes the issue. I can't figure out what I am doing wrong. Any more suggestions? 

 

Is Yosemite any easier?

 

Re-did everything now it boots (GraphicsEnabler=No npci=0x2000) to a grey screen with the beachball of death. Shows up at the correct resolution.

[dorkage]

I managed to get everything working, except it won't load a Kext for my 7950. 

 

Here is a screen shot from System Information.

 

 

 

I used this kext, but I am not sure how to do the DSDT injection, since i am not using a DSDT file for my machine.

 

http://www.hackintoshosx.com/files/file/4040-amd-radeon-hd-7xxx-r9-series-graphics-drivers-for-mavericks-109x/?st=10

[kvonlinee]

For me, radeon 7950, i inject AtiConfig=Tahiti AtiPorts=4

And It use stock kext, no need to modify kexts

[Mr. Xtreme]

Oh hey a tip see if npci=0x3000 works as npci=0x2000 isn't really needed anymore.

[dorkage]

For me, radeon 7950, i inject AtiConfig=Tahiti AtiPorts=4

And It use stock kext, no need to modify kexts

I put that in my Chameleon boot options and nothing worked to get the kext loaded for the GPU.

I tried "npci=0x3000 AtiConfig=Tahiti AtiPorts=4" also tried "AtiConfig=Hamachi" and "AtiConfig=Aji" as suggested elsewhere on the internet, and none of those, or any combination of it worked.

 

 

Looks like the kext doesn't have the Aji stuff in it. My card uses Aji, I guess this would this be my issue?

[kvonlinee]

If you have not modify Ati kext, then this would be kernel problem. ( i saw this is second machine with AMD cpu with modify kernel)

I have 3 radeon 7950, all work with that Tahiti, and all that I use clover bootloader. ( maybe on intel cpu, it is easier)

[dorkage]

Before I brick my mostly working install, what's the best kernel to use for a 10.9.4 install on a AMD/ATI machine?

I tried (and failed) to use Clover several times. I find the documentation poor at best and I can't figure a single thing out.

[kvonlinee]

For AMD cpu, configurate with chamemeleon bootloader is easier, on clover they are few success on it, but it is not a lot. I see that the modify kernel is play an important roll now when it related to graphics kext. So maybe just go back to where it was working fine or chnage the cpu and motherboard to Intel one.

Good luck

[dorkage]

I'm not going to replace my affordable CPU and motherboard with Intel ones, I got the AMD ones because they were less than half the price...

 

I tried to set up Clover on a USB Drive, I boot with the arguments "-v npci=0x2000 PCIRootUID=1" and I inject ATI and Vbois and it gets stuck on "--power management may be incomplete or unsupported"

 

If I boot with Chameleon that is the last line during boot before it shows the desktop. So to me it seems like I am pretty close. Not sure what else I need to do to get to the desktop with Clover, but it seems like it's a lot closer to getting the GPU to work since it says "**GPU Hardware VM is enabled" during boot, which it would not say with Chameleon.