The_Shadow Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Hello, I have been building a hack and keep running into various problems that I now believe are all entirely related to my poor choice in motherboards. Not that I think that the ASRock z75 is a bad motherboard, and indeed if I just wanted to run windows the computer I have built would be a thing of beauty. However, Nothing I've tried over the past few months has made the computer run stably, so I am just going to put a new motherboard in, and I need advice on what the Community thinks would be the right motherboard for my other hardware pieces, and would install OSX 10.9 with the least amount of hassle, as I have run out of the slow methodical patience which has heretofore been the hallmark of my approach to building this computer. Said hypothetical motherboard would need to be able to fit an Intel LGA 1155 type processor and also have a PCI express 2.0 socket and preferably be be a regular ATX size. Any thoughts? What has worked for you in the past? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/296568-new-motherboard/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbo178 Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 All motherboards ASUS and Gigabyte Z77 chipset are suitable for the purpose, if you don't want trouble buy a Gigabyte GA-Z77 DS3H.My ASUS is perfect but you have to work a bit to get a system running at 100% Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/296568-new-motherboard/#findComment-2000354 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slice Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 My ancient Gigabyte GA-H61M-S1 with LGA1155 works without problem except VGA connector is not reliable for OSX. Discrete graphics needed. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/296568-new-motherboard/#findComment-2000436 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Shadow Posted March 5, 2014 Author Share Posted March 5, 2014 When you say discreet graphics, would those be a part of a processor or the motherboard? Also, does that mean that any graphics card I use will be no good? What OSX installation method would you recommend for the z77 series? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/296568-new-motherboard/#findComment-2000760 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbo178 Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 The discrete graphics is external to the motherboard, it should be inserted in the PCI-E slot, if you buy an nVidia GTX6xx you are sure that everything will work properly.The integrated graphics processor (HD4000 for Ivy Bridge Core i7) requires a connection of DVI or HDMI, because the VGA is not supported by OS X Install method: Pandora or any guide in forum Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/296568-new-motherboard/#findComment-2000793 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Shadow Posted March 26, 2014 Author Share Posted March 26, 2014 Trying to install with pandora, but something keeps going wrong. OSX installs, and then the computer restarts and gives me, among other things, an smc readkeyaction error, or something like it. I think I might be installing it wrong. Any advice? The guide for pandora doesn't really explain how to install it or which options to choose while doing so. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/296568-new-motherboard/#findComment-2007526 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbo178 Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Describe your current hardware, best if you put in signature Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/296568-new-motherboard/#findComment-2007547 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Shadow Posted March 27, 2014 Author Share Posted March 27, 2014 Signature should be updated, But I got the Ga-Z77_DS3H moard on your advice, and also have an Intel i5 processor and a EVGA Geforce GT 640 video card. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/296568-new-motherboard/#findComment-2007808 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbo178 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 The system starts to boot or hangs?Post a picture of screen Boot with GraphicsEnabler=No Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/296568-new-motherboard/#findComment-2007834 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Shadow Posted March 28, 2014 Author Share Posted March 28, 2014 When I manage to get as far as installation (and this only happens occasionally, I'm still not sure what some of the correct options are while creating the USB installer), the computer then restarts, and attempt to boot from USB are met with a grey screen, even when using GraphicsEnabler=No (do I have to capitalize 'No'?). Attempt to boot from the HDD are met with the boot0 error. Any ideas? Should I instead be attempting a UEFI boot/install with clover or something? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/296568-new-motherboard/#findComment-2008293 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbo178 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Have you installed FakeSMC.kext? Put FakeSMC in Extra/Extensions of the USB installer, boot from this and choose the hard disk, type -f GraphicsEnabler=No. For boot0 error see this http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/278198-boot0error-easiest-way-to-fix-it/ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/296568-new-motherboard/#findComment-2008360 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Shadow Posted April 17, 2014 Author Share Posted April 17, 2014 Still can't get past the boot 0 error. Is there anything else that causes this that I can try to fix? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/296568-new-motherboard/#findComment-2013416 Share on other sites More sharing options...
al511 Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 It worked on my asus p8z77-v lk Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/296568-new-motherboard/#findComment-2018797 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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