theconsumer1 Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 GUIDE: 10.13 GA-Z97-D3H - 4790k - GTX980 (WORKING ON 10.13 SUPPLEMENTAL UPDATE AS OF 10/8/17) (USES APFS - APPLE FILE SYSTEM) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ INTRO: 1) This build uses a USB Soundcard from Amazon and works OOB (see below). I do not use the ALC1150 onboard sound with this build after having tried dozens of solutions to get audio to work. The same result occurrs regardless of what the experts think: sound cuts out after so many minutes of use. Rather than strain my brain over it, call it done and buy the sound card. 2) This build uses APFS - Apple File System. First make sure that your essential applications are able to run on APFS. The last thing you want to do is put in all the effort to install 10.13 and realize you have to reformat (not fun). This guide can be used for standard HFS+ volumes, the difference is the APFS.efi driver doesn't have to be installed to Clover/Drivers64UEFI. Please post questions below! COMPONENTS: GA-Z97-D3H (Rev 1.1, Latest Bios) Core i7 4790K (OC to 4.6ghz) MSI GTX 980 4GB OC 16GB 1866mhz HyperX Samsung 850PRO 256GB SSD 1TB WD Corsair H110i GTX ADDITIONAL HARDWARE: ASUS N13 USB WIFI DONGLE (been using same one since 10.6) Syba Virtual 7 SD-CM-UAUD71 7.1 Audio USB dongle (i have had 3 of these and work OOB) WORKING: Hardware acceleration App Store Wifi Ethernet CPU Overclock Speedstep Sleep Everything INSTALLATION:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Download High Sierra from App store Create a USB (theres plenty of guides around the web that work easily) Install latest clover - Note: APFS.efi driver required for APFS builds. Place in Driver64UEFI - APFS.efi IMPORTANT: Don't forget to copy FakeSMC.kext to /EFI/Clover/Kexts/10.13 before installing (if '10.13' folder not there, make a new one) Before Installing: Enable the following BIOS features and SAVE the profile in case ever lost.. Disable VT-d Set XHCI to Auto mode Disable IGFX Enable XHCI and EHCI handoff Set SATA Configuration to AHCI Next, boot from USB and wait til inside installer Select disk utility, erase the target disk and format APFS Install POST-INSTALLATION_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. INSTALL ETHERNET KEXT AppleIntelE1000e.kext.zip Place in ~System/Library/Extensions Repair cache and permission with Kext Utility.app.zip Reboot <----- 2. INSTALL ASUS USB WIFI KEXT Do NOT use Asus supplied drivers------more info: Asus N13 USB Guide. Download: RT2870USBWirelessDriver.kext.zip - Place in System/Library/Extensions Download: DWA-140WirelessUtility.prefPane.zip - Install to Users>Username>Library>Preference Panes Note: I couldn't get the pane to install in System>Library>Preference Panes for some reason Repair permissions/cache with Kext Utility Reboot <----- 3. INSTALL CLOVER BOOTLOADER Download latest Clover Bootloader at sourcefourge.net Custom Settings - Check Install for UEFI Booting Only, Install Clover in the ESP. Select Drivers 64 UEFI: Check cmsvideo, emuvariable, aptiofix2, partitiondxe (NOTE: Just copy my EFI Drivers to Clover Drivers64Uefi Folder - drivers64UEFI.zip Download my config file: config.plist.zip Install at EFI>Clover Make sure FakeSMC.kext is at EFI/Clover/Kexts/10.13 (make 10.13 folder if its missing) Reboot 4. DOWNLOAD NVIDIA WEB DRIVERS Check build number. As of 10/2017, original mac app store High Sierra build 17A365 has been changed to build 17A405 and requires a different set of web drivers if you updated with the "Supplemental Update" apple just released to patch some things. Build 17A365 web drivers will cause BOOT LOOP! Must install correct drivers. Download drivers for your build number here: Nvidia Web Drivers Install drivers - if you get an error during install, simply proceed. Repair permissions, reboot If the system boots fine with graphics working in full acceleration, then finished. If the system hangs or boots to black screen at login, then boot safe mode with -x In safe mode, install the following kexts: nvidia kexts.zip Repair permissions, reboot 5. VERIFICATION Check to see if TRIM support is enabled in System Information (it should be if you used my config file, if not enabled, see guide: Enable Trim on Mac SSDs Open App Store and see if it will let you log in. if not, navigate to MAC SSD/Library/Preferences/System Configuration Delete network interfaces.plist Reboot and App Store should work, also DPCI manager should show 'En 0' for ethernet. Generate SSDT for CPU - required even if not overclocked. See guide here: overclocking guide DSDT: I had a DSDT generated back when Yosemite was latest - had an intelligent OSX86.net forum member make it for me - not sure why I need it but I still use it. You can download it here for the Z97 D3H board: DSDT.aml.zip Verify speedstep is working with Intel Powder Gadget or HW Monitor _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ KNOWN ISSUES: 1) System hibernates and does not wake, causing the user to hard reset the system. This has been prevalent in the last 3 versions of MacOS SOLUTION: Disable Wake on Lan (now called Wake for ethernet network access) in system pref Disable Power Nap in system pref. Run terminal command pmset -g Make sure hibernate mode = 0, if not, run command: sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0 Set darkwake=no in Clover Config (adjusted in attached config file) PERFORMANCE: Geekbench 64bit: 19589 score _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ APPRECIATION: Thanks for Insanelymac forum for all the help! Also, thanks to OSX86.net and many others in the community that allow us to keep the show rolling with hackintosh! Submit any questions below. --- theconsumer1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssprod Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Hi, thanks for the guide.. what did you do for audio? I'm having a heck of a time. thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank8484 Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Same motherboard, no DSDT no issues with hibernate. If everything is working: Quote The more vanilla you are the more better it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incredibile1213 Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Hi, could you share your EFI>Clover folder and which kexts have you added in L/E and S/L/E? Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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