xalex Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Hello everybody, I'm Alessandro from Italy and today I finally managed to boot into a semi-working install of OSX Yosemite on the following machine Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 Intel Core i5-4690K Integrated HD4600 250GB Samsung 840 EVO 8GB (2x4) Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz TP-LINK WDN-4800 Dell U2414H It has been hard because it was my first hackintosh and because I had various problems with the integrated graphics not working (showing only 3MB VRAM), but I was able to solve it thanks to a kext found on this forum. I am currently struggling with the post-installation, and I'd like to ask you what threads/tutorials to follow, because it's getting increasingly difficult to surf the sea of threads and tutorials around here! (considering that those for previous versions are mixed with those for yosemite) Thanks a lot in advance! P.S. I'm happy to learn (that's why I'm here) so feel free to point me to resources you deem useful Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/302433-yosemite-i5-4690k-ga-z97-hd3-help-me-optimize-this/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
falanx Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Tell us what's not working and what's working! It will help us to narrow down a little bit things. What bootloader are you using? Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/302433-yosemite-i5-4690k-ga-z97-hd3-help-me-optimize-this/#findComment-2082556 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xalex Posted November 8, 2014 Author Share Posted November 8, 2014 Hello and thanks for the reply! This is the situation: Bootloader: chameleon. But I'm afraid of messing with it because it started to work miraculously after a lot of fiddling, and I'm afraid that it might stop working (and my original USB didn't work all the time, so I might not be able to restore it). I'd gladly switch to Clover as it seems better, but I don't want to break everything - and I couldn't find a good guide specific to Yosemite SMBios: this is definitely wrong (MacPro 3,1) but I had set iMac 14,2. Motherboard: USB: I don't know if the 3.0's are working at full speed because I don't (think I) have a fast enough device Audio: I'm using VooDoo, don't know how to check if it's HD and/or the best I can get CPU: It's working at 3.5GHz (instead of 3.9+) because I had to disable Turbo Boost to avoid kernel panics. I also don't know if power management is functioning properly Graphics: working fine, but not at their max. There are little imperfections in the login screen and in the mac menu bar. Ungine benchmark runs at about 10FPS with basic graphics. The SSD's firmware must be patched because samsung found a bug, but I could only find an .exe file. Anyway to do this on mac? done RAM seems to be working fine WiFi card seems to be working fine, but I don't know how to test it Thanks a lot! Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/302433-yosemite-i5-4690k-ga-z97-hd3-help-me-optimize-this/#findComment-2082665 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pimentel Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Hello You have a hack almost full Try add this in boot flags in org.chameleon.boot.plist GraphicsEnabler=Yes IntelAzulFB=10 You can use Chameleon Wizard to make it, sometimes is only necessary use IntelAzulFB=10.... Try use this for USB 3.0: http://sourceforge.net/projects/genericusbxhci/ Install with Kext Wizard Audio: I'm using VooDoo, don't know how to check if it's HD and/or the best I can get Check if everything are ok, without noise or hiss.... if it works without these things... don't worries about VoodooHDA WiFi card seems to be working fine, but I don't know how to test it Jut try connect you PC(hack) to a wifi network Use AirPort Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/302433-yosemite-i5-4690k-ga-z97-hd3-help-me-optimize-this/#findComment-2082719 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xalex Posted November 8, 2014 Author Share Posted November 8, 2014 Hello You have a hack almost full Try add this in boot flags in org.chameleon.boot.plist GraphicsEnabler=Yes IntelAzulFB=10 You can use Chameleon Wizard to make it, sometimes is only necessary use IntelAzulFB=10.... Try use this for USB 3.0: http://sourceforge.net/projects/genericusbxhci/ Install with Kext Wizard Check if everything are ok, without noise or hiss.... if it works without these things... don't worries about VoodooHDA Jut try connect you PC(hack) to a wifi network Use AirPort Hello and thank you very much for answering (in the other thread as well), I have done everything you said. I will reboot in about 30-40 minutes because I'm currently creating a recovery OS X Base System USB because I have just edited two kexts that were wrong (or not fully supported) so I couldn't boot anymore, and had to boot from a recovery USB of a friend of mine (user raimdal, props to him) to remove those kexts. So, I'll let you know in some minutes if everything worked out ok. New situation: Done/Working: Fix SMBios Fix org.chameleon.boot Fix Audio Fix SSD TRIM Patch SSD Firmware RAM Wi-Fi Card In testing: USB 3.0 To Do: Fix CPU (It's working at 3.5GHz (instead of 3.9+) because I had to disable Turbo Boost to avoid kernel panics. I also don't know if power management is functioning properly) Fix Graphics: working fine, but not at their max. There are little imperfections in the login screen and in the mac menu bar. Ungine benchmark runs at about 10FPS with basic graphics. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/302433-yosemite-i5-4690k-ga-z97-hd3-help-me-optimize-this/#findComment-2082751 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pimentel Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Hello Ok. About graphic... Did you have some ig-plataform-id added to your org.chameleon....? Try read my topic about CPU power management: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/295587-power-management-for-sandy-and-ivy-bridger/ I believe you don't need make nothing beyond create a SSDT... did you have a SSDT? Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/302433-yosemite-i5-4690k-ga-z97-hd3-help-me-optimize-this/#findComment-2082757 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xalex Posted November 8, 2014 Author Share Posted November 8, 2014 Hello Ok. About graphic... Did you have some ig-plataform-id added to your org.chameleon....? Try read my topic about CPU power management: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/295587-power-management-for-sandy-and-ivy-bridger/ I believe you don't need make nothing beyond create a SSDT... did you have a SSDT? Hello, The GenericUSBXHCI.kext you provided didn't work properly (mouse worked, but couldn't type password at login screen) so I had to revert to the previous one. My USB 3.0 ports work, but I don't know if they are at full speed. As regards graphics, I didn't add any ig-platform-id to org.chameleon.boot.plist. This is a copy-paste in case you want to check something: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>EthernetBuiltIn</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>GenerateCStates</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>GeneratePStates</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>Graphics Mode</key> <string>1920x1080x32</string> <key>GraphicsEnabler</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>IGPEnabler</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>IntelAzulFB</key> <string>10</string> <key>Kernel Flags</key> <string>kext-dev-mode=1</string> <key>Legacy Logo</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>SMBIOS</key> <string>/Extra/SMBios.plist</string> <key>SystemType</key> <string>1</string> <key>Timeout</key> <string>1</string> <key>UseKernelCache</key> <string>Yes</string> </dict> </plist> And, regarding CPU power management, I'll read your topic in a second. I currently do not have a SSDT. Thanks a lot, again, for your help! Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/302433-yosemite-i5-4690k-ga-z97-hd3-help-me-optimize-this/#findComment-2082799 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pimentel Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Hello Remove P and C States key, isn't necessary for haswell... create SSDT and put in Extra folder... Add this ig-plataform-id: 0x0300220D To you org.chameleon... Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/302433-yosemite-i5-4690k-ga-z97-hd3-help-me-optimize-this/#findComment-2083139 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xalex Posted November 9, 2014 Author Share Posted November 9, 2014 Hello, I followed your guide (to be honest, some sencences weren't really clear) and now at the boot screen (apple logo and loading bar) at about halfway the apple turns into a traffic sign and I can't boot. Even the USB doesn't seem to work... I booted into linux (using an ubuntu live usb) and sometimes the computer hangs for 4-6 seconds... what's going on?! All I did is what was in the guide... I run those scripts and patched the kernel, nothing more Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/302433-yosemite-i5-4690k-ga-z97-hd3-help-me-optimize-this/#findComment-2083241 Share on other sites More sharing options...
raimdal Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 FIX needed fakesmc patched AppleIntelFramebufferAzul and with proper id AppleIntelHD5000Graphics for intel HD4600 voodooHDA remove AppleHDA AppleHDAdisaber for future update most complete boot file for Chameleon or derivate <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>EthernetBuiltIn</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>GraphicsEnabler</key> <string>No</string> <key>IGPEnabler</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>Legacy Logo</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>Timeout</key> <string>2</string> <key>GenerateCStates</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>GeneratePStates</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>Graphics Mode</key> <string>"1920x1080x32"</string> <key>Instant Menu</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>Kernel Flags</key> <string>-v IntelAzulFB=10 kext-dev-mode=1</string> <key>SMBIOS</key> <string>/Extra/smbios.plist</string> <key>ShowInfo</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>SystemType</key> <string>1</string> <key>HDEFLayoutID</key> <string>01000000</string> <key>HDAEnabler</key> <string>Yes</string> </dict> </plist> alternatively <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>EthernetBuiltIn</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>ShowInfo</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>Graphics Mode</key> <string>1024x768x32</string> <key>GraphicsEnabler</key> <string>No</string> <key>Instant Menu</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>Kernel</key> <string>/System/Library/Kernels/kernel</string> <key>Legacy Logo</key> <string>no</string> <key>Kernel Flags</key> <string>-v</string> <key>UseKernelCache</key> <string>Yes</string> </dict> </plist> ABOUT SMbios : *********iMac15,1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict><key>SMbiosdate</key> <string>09/29/2014</string> <key>SMbiosvendor</key> <string>Apple Inc.</string> <key>SMbiosversion</key> <string>IM151.88Z.0207.B00.1409291931</string> <key>SMBoard-ID</key> <string>Mac-42FD25EABCABB274</string> <key>SMBoardManufacturer</key> <string>Apple Inc.</string> <key>SMBoardSerialNumber</key> <string>C02436602U5FW29A8</string> <key>SMFamily</key> <string>iMac</string> <key>SMManufacturer</key> <string>Apple Inc.</string> <key>SMProductName</key> <string>iMac15,1</string> <key>SMSerialNumber</key> <string>C02ND2VTFY11</string> <key>SMsystemversion</key> <string>1.0</string> </dict> </plist> *************iMac14,2 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>SMbiosdate</key> <string>03/09/13</string> <key>SMbiosvendor</key> <string>Apple Inc.</string> <key>SMbiosversion</key> <string>IM142.88Z.0118.B00.1309031249</string> <key>SMboardproduct</key> <string>Mac-27ADBB7B4CEE8E61</string> <key>SMfamily</key> <string>iMac</string> <key>SMmanufacturer</key> <string>Apple Inc.</string> <key>SMproductname</key> <string>iMac14,2</string> <key>SMserial</key> <string>C02L5967F8JC</string> <key>SMsystemversion</key> <string>1.0</string> </dict> </plist> Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/302433-yosemite-i5-4690k-ga-z97-hd3-help-me-optimize-this/#findComment-2083263 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pimentel Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Hello If you don't get any reboot isn't necessary patch kernel.... i put this info in there in bold characters.... You need: *SSDT in extra folder *Enabler SSDT in Chameleon with DropSSDT *Remove P and C States keys of your org.chameleon... it's not necessary... *Isn't necessary patch AICPUPM because Haswell CPU model doesn't use it. User Raimdal post a good org.chameleon to you, the problem is because with forgot to put in code box, maybe it lose formatation.... But you can select all opitions that him gave to you in Chameleon Wizard to generate your org.chameleon and SMBios Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/302433-yosemite-i5-4690k-ga-z97-hd3-help-me-optimize-this/#findComment-2083280 Share on other sites More sharing options...
raimdal Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 I will update better this afternoon Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/302433-yosemite-i5-4690k-ga-z97-hd3-help-me-optimize-this/#findComment-2083287 Share on other sites More sharing options...
raimdal Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict><key>SMbiosdate</key> <string>09/29/2014</string> <key>SMbiosvendor</key> <string>Apple Inc.</string> <key>SMbiosversion</key> <string>IM151.88Z.0207.B00.1409291931</string> <key>SMBoard-ID</key> <string>Mac-42FD25EABCABB274</string> <key>SMBoardManufacturer</key> <string>Apple Inc.</string> <key>SMBoardSerialNumber</key> <string>C02436602U5FW29A8</string> <key>SMFamily</key> <string>iMac</string> <key>SMManufacturer</key> <string>Apple Inc.</string> <key>SMProductName</key> <string>iMac15,1</string> <key>SMSerialNumber</key> <string>C02ND2VTFY11</string> <key>SMsystemversion</key> <string>1.0</string> </dict> </plist> Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/302433-yosemite-i5-4690k-ga-z97-hd3-help-me-optimize-this/#findComment-2083331 Share on other sites More sharing options...
copil Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 raimdal this is for chameleon not for clover use config.plist with clover configurator Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/302433-yosemite-i5-4690k-ga-z97-hd3-help-me-optimize-this/#findComment-2083337 Share on other sites More sharing options...
raimdal Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 This guy is using chimera...so Chameleon and not clover. I've corrected the igplatform removing the 0x this is correct <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>EthernetBuiltIn</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>GraphicsEnabler</key> <string>No</string> <key>IGPEnabler</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>IGPlatform</key> <string>0300220D</string> <key>Legacy Logo</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>Timeout</key> <string>2</string> <key>Graphics Mode</key> <string>1920x1080x32</string> <key>Instant Menu</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>Kernel Flags</key> <string>-v IntelAzulFB=10 kext-dev-mode=1</string> <key>SMBIOS</key> <string>/Extra/smbios.plist</string> <key>ShowInfo</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>SystemType</key> <string>1</string> <key>HDEFLayoutID</key> <string>01000000</string> <key>HDAEnabler</key> <string>Yes</string> </dict> </plist> Extra.zip 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/302433-yosemite-i5-4690k-ga-z97-hd3-help-me-optimize-this/#findComment-2083416 Share on other sites More sharing options...
raimdal Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 about the kernel in this really complete guide http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/298027-guide-aio-guides-for-hackintosh/ they give the pre-patched kernel for Haswell processors for Maverick and there's also a kernel specifically for yosemite in the posted drop-box link, but I don't understand if for Yosemite is the Vanilla Kernel or patched. However in the Zip there's the kernel, patched or not, for Yosemite these are the kexts I think are necessary to your Hack In my opinion adding an Nvidia compatible card and disabling from bios the IGP 4600 you will have a really powerfull Hackintosh, but with these boot file, the smbios, the kexts and the patched kernel you can do a lot of fix. I can't test your hardware but if there's some incorrect kext you can boot with -v -x or -v -f. The perfect solution is to test on a usb drive until it will be perfect, the performance on usb are not extraordinary but if you want to remove quickly some kext (I hope you don't need to remove nothing) it's really simple YosemiteKernelXHaswellCPU.zip 3-Kexts.zip 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/302433-yosemite-i5-4690k-ga-z97-hd3-help-me-optimize-this/#findComment-2083530 Share on other sites More sharing options...
raimdal Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Quartz Extreme is the most important feature to enable on an hackintosh : if your graphic doesn't load or load incorrectly your hackintosh will be a pain. If you have some Graphics Problem look if in verbose mode you have a stack on Bluetooth because after the Bluetooth the next thing to be loaded is the Graphics, so can be your Graphic doesn't load correctly. but this is not a serious way to verify....it's only a trick... 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/302433-yosemite-i5-4690k-ga-z97-hd3-help-me-optimize-this/#findComment-2083633 Share on other sites More sharing options...
raimdal Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 I see that someone downloaded files I've posted...In a community if you have a some help then you had to post if there is some problem or if you solve your problems..also to help mr Xalex in his configuration...you had some benefits from my configurations? thanks. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/302433-yosemite-i5-4690k-ga-z97-hd3-help-me-optimize-this/#findComment-2086736 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillieDV Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Thanx xalex for starting this thread and raimdal, falanx and pimentel (forgive if I forgot someone else) for the shared knowledge!! I'm stuck at the Bluetooth sentence so I guess my problem is iGP. Would try right now with all the tools that I've found here and report later. BTW, I only have a VGA monitor, could this be the cause of my video failure?? Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/302433-yosemite-i5-4690k-ga-z97-hd3-help-me-optimize-this/#findComment-2091615 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edkroket Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 about the kernel in this really complete guide http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/298027-guide-aio-guides-for-hackintosh/ they give the pre-patched kernel for Haswell processors for Maverick and there's also a kernel specifically for yosemite in the posted drop-box link, but I don't understand if for Yosemite is the Vanilla Kernel or patched. However in the Zip there's the kernel, patched or not, for Yosemite these are the kexts I think are necessary to your Hack In my opinion adding an Nvidia compatible card and disabling from bios the IGP 4600 you will have a really powerfull Hackintosh, but with these boot file, the smbios, the kexts and the patched kernel you can do a lot of fix. I can't test your hardware but if there's some incorrect kext you can boot with -v -x or -v -f. The perfect solution is to test on a usb drive until it will be perfect, the performance on usb are not extraordinary but if you want to remove quickly some kext (I hope you don't need to remove nothing) it's really simple I'm on the same mobo and use Clover as bootloader with no dsdt and only fakeSMC and realtec81XX kext. It runs perfectly without a patched kernel Yosemite. My only problem is sleep and restart at shutdown. Do you think I would benefit if I use your patched kernel with my issues? I really would like to have this issue solved. I'm at Bios F5, and have i7-4790, Nidia GTX 660 or HD4600 doesn't matter witch one I use. Could xalex post your bios settings? Any help would be fine. Thanx xalex for starting this thread and raimdal, falanx and pimentel (forgive if I forgot someone else) for the shared knowledge!! I'm stuck at the Bluetooth sentence so I guess my problem is iGP. Would try right now with all the tools that I've found here and report later. BTW, I only have a VGA monitor, could this be the cause of my video failure?? VGA doesn't work at all in all my builds. So far I have build over 30 systems and they all don't like VGA. DVI or HDM is the only way to get past BIOS and verbose. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/302433-yosemite-i5-4690k-ga-z97-hd3-help-me-optimize-this/#findComment-2092392 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xalex Posted December 6, 2014 Author Share Posted December 6, 2014 I'm sorry, I don't remember my settings... I'm currently on Windows (argh) waiting to get back to my hackintosh.. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/302433-yosemite-i5-4690k-ga-z97-hd3-help-me-optimize-this/#findComment-2092600 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zealious Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 having issues with almost identical build... also have a xfx r9 280x thats causing me the most problems... some users report flashing to older v bios makes mavericks and yosimte bootable... why do some 280x work fine ootb and other dont what dif could vbios make? anyone know a fix for this? Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/302433-yosemite-i5-4690k-ga-z97-hd3-help-me-optimize-this/#findComment-2096464 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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