Gregow Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Hi, I'm thinking about trying to install OS X on my machine and researching the topic as much as I can before I go ahead. My first question is of course wether or not my hardware will be supported without any major headaches. I'm running the following system right now: Asus X99-A motherboard Intel i7 5820k (overclocked, in case that matters) Samsung EVO 850 SSD Seagate SSHD MSI GTX 580 16Gb RAM I checked the component lists in the wiki, but... There's almost nothing there? Second question is, which guide would you recommend following? I will only have one hard drive I can use for this. Lastly, are there any guides that delve a little deeper into explanations of what's what? I mean, I would like to learn the system as well - not only follow a step by step guide (helpful as that may be). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/312434-does-this-setup-work/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Frio Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 hi... imho..you have good possibilities to have some headaches... x99 is not much friendly.. and some here http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/312371-finalmente-instalação-do-el-capitan-10115-no-5960x/ (use translator..but I think he posted in english to) look for @Rampage guides..and some google.. c.frio Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/312434-does-this-setup-work/#findComment-2241667 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregow Posted June 8, 2016 Author Share Posted June 8, 2016 Seems like it's the same as this guide: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/312373-easy-installation-of-el-capitan-10115-in-5960x-cpu/ Are there any ways to get around the requirements? I don't have have access to a Mac, only one hard drive I can format and certainly no serial number to a real Mac... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/312434-does-this-setup-work/#findComment-2241671 Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Frio Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 hi.. as I told..Rampage (http://www.rampagedev.com) has some special topics about it..and at insanelymac, there are several topics ,how prepare a pen drive with windows..like..BDutility from @cvad http://cvad-mac.narod.ru/index/bootdiskutility_exe/0-5 but does not have experience with it.., and imho, just one drive to install OS X on a x99..dual boot...no experience,and if you use your pc for work...is not a good idea.. but I'm not an expert ...so can be easy for others... c.frio Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/312434-does-this-setup-work/#findComment-2241709 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregow Posted June 8, 2016 Author Share Posted June 8, 2016 So something like this would be a good start? http://www.rampagedev.com/?page_id=144 Using the BDutility to prepare Clover on a USB drive, and using appropriate kernel extensions for my hardware... Is it important to get everything to work? Like c-states, advanced power management or onboard audio? I don't intend to use any of those functions, but perhaps it affects stability not having everything running? If not, it seems ignoring those functions would make the installation easier. I don't intend to dual boot from the same hard drive. I'll get another SSD later on for installing Windows. I can afford some downtime on the computer, as long as I can find a sollution to any problem I run into and the end result is good. It's also fun to learn a new system. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/312434-does-this-setup-work/#findComment-2241734 Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Frio Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 hi... read the posts about and choose away ,but understand what is happening, soy can correct the issues easily power management can control the use of cpu, sleep...but you can trim those after install for audio you can always use voodooHDA...not so good for audiophiles.. you can get some help at chat too.. c.frio Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/312434-does-this-setup-work/#findComment-2241738 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregow Posted June 9, 2016 Author Share Posted June 9, 2016 Reading the posts and choosing away isn't very helpful advice. See, the difficult part is sorting through the ton of information that's out there to find the most useful and relevant. It's like assembling a jigsaw puzzle with information. Yes, I know what power management does. The question is if there's a simple way to just turn that off and not bother with it. As far as power management goes, i'm fine with shutdown and restart. Advanced functions rarely work with overclocking anyway (atleast not on Asus boards). The point is that i'm not interested in some functions, like APM or onboard audio. I'm thinking if I can just leave it and not bother to make life easier. I have a Steinberg interface for audio and there are OS X drivers available, so that should be easy. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/312434-does-this-setup-work/#findComment-2241837 Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Frio Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 hi... sorry.."choose away" suppose to be "read some ways to install and choose ONE" to follow... imo, Rampage has the more experience with it..but as you can see, other colleagues have success with this MB..with posts at forum.. good luck.. c.frio Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/312434-does-this-setup-work/#findComment-2242058 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregow Posted June 11, 2016 Author Share Posted June 11, 2016 Rampage's installation guide seems good. However, i've been stuck for hour just trying to figure out how to make a good USB installation drive in Windows. Can't seem to find a good, working, guide on how to do this with Bootdiskutility. I have only found a guide for Mavericks, which doesn't work because the El Capitan dmg doesn't have the same files. I got some vanilla version with Transmac, but as I understand it's a legacy bootloader - not UEFI - and I haven't figured out how to configure it with kernel extensions and so on. Also made an attempt att VMWare. Figured the installation guide would be easier to follow if I could set things up from a virtual OS X. Unfortunately I can't boot past the Apple logo, and I haven't been able to figure out why. Are there any good guides for how to create the installation media on Windows? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/312434-does-this-setup-work/#findComment-2242265 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregow Posted June 13, 2016 Author Share Posted June 13, 2016 Got it installed at last. Managed to set up a virtual machine to make a bootable USB, following rampagedev's guide. Well, mostly. Had to deploy a mom map fix, change the ethernet driver (Miew's or something like that) and bypass the system integrity thingy in the config.plist. Time for post installation to get things running smoothly... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/312434-does-this-setup-work/#findComment-2242506 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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