Z97MX-Gaming 5 | i7-4790K | GTX 970 G1 | 32GB DDR3 | 250GB SSD

UniBeast 6.1.1 | MultiBeast 8 | OS X 10.11.1 El Capitan





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as the case mod is not complete

I did not want to install the GPU as my "test bench" has no way to support the card, but I did want the title to reflect the final configuration. I will however, at the end of the guide, note what 'should' work.

(SEE UPDATE - GPU INSTALLED) ​

PRE-INSTALL

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BIOS CONFIGURATION ​





INSTALL





Booting from UEFI USB HDD sends me to the tonymacx86 Clover boot menu. At the boot menu, I used the arrow keys until I reached: Boot Mac OS X from USB. No additional boot arguments were used. Once this option has been selected I hit enter and this took me to the installer.



Once in the installer, I erased and formatted the drive I was going to be installing on. For full instructions, see the



On the reboot you are going to want to once again use the hotkey (F12) to get into the BIOS boot menu. Again I selected UEFI USB HDD. Booting from UEFI USB HDD again takes me to the Clover boot menu. At the boot menu, I chose: Boot Mac OS X from El Capitan. Next was the setup process, it is pretty self explanatory. The two things I will note are to not sign in with your AppleID, we do not not want to log any information about this CustoMac with Apple until we have setup



POST INSTALLATION

​ Post installation is going to consist of 3 parts. Running MultiBeast to install our Audio and Ethernet Drivers, along with the Clover Bootloader and to select the proper System Definition. Changes to boot options using Clover configurator, and configuring USB 3.0. From your UniBeast USB, copy the Post Install folder to the desktop. Do not reboot until all post installation tasks have been completed.



Running MultiBeast.

Open MultiBeast from the Post Install folder on your desktop. I did not choose to use the Quick Start option, as this will give you a System Definition of MacPro 3,1. We Can easily select the correct System Definition and the other items that the Quick Start provides.



Select the Drivers section from the top menu bar of MultiBeast, and click on the Audio icon on the left. Open up Realtek ALCxxx and select ALC1150. You can also chose to select "Optional HD 4600 HDMI Audio" but note that to get HDMI audio working it requires additional framebuffer patches. Next pick the Misc icon from the left and select all three FakeSMC options. Finally on the Network tab, open Atheros and select AtherosE2200Ethernet.



Next select the Bootloaders section, again from the top menu bar of MultiBeast. Choose Clover for UEFI Boot Mode. Move over to the Customize section and open iMac. Select iMac 14,2. Finally select the Build tab and you will be presented with a list of the selected configuration items. On the right, make sure that your system drive is selected and click Install from the bottom right corner.



You will be asked to agree to the software terms and then for your password. After entering your password, click Install Helper. When the installation is finished you will be presented with an "Install Succeeded" screen, and at this point you can close the software.



​ I inserted the USB 3.0, UniBeast installer into a USB 2.0 port on the rear I/O. Again the use of a USB 3.0 drive is not recommended and if you choose to go this route and run into any issues, I would recommend switching to a USB 2.0 drive placed into a USB 2.0 port. I booted the system, continually pressing the hotkey (Delete) to get into the BIOS. Once in the BIOS, I made the above BIOS changes. Next I chose save and exit > reboot. This time I continually pressed the hotkey (F12) to reach the BIOS boot menu. From the BIOS boot menu I selected UEFI USB HDD.Booting from UEFI USB HDD sends me to the tonymacx86 Clover boot menu. At the boot menu, I used the arrow keys until I reached: Boot Mac OS X from USB. No additional boot arguments were used. Once this option has been selected I hit enter and this took me to the installer.Once in the installer, I erased and formatted the drive I was going to be installing on. For full instructions, see the UniBeast 10.11 Install Guide . Basically you are going to use Disk Utility to format the drive, Extended (Journaled), GUID Partition Map. I named my partition El Capitan. Upon closing Disk Utility, I was asked where I wanted to install and I chose El Capitan. The install took about 20 minutes. Upon completion the system will auto reboot.On the reboot you are going to want to once again use the hotkey (F12) to get into the BIOS boot menu. Again I selected UEFI USB HDD. Booting from UEFI USB HDD again takes me to the Clover boot menu. At the boot menu, I chose: Boot Mac OS X from El Capitan. Next was the setup process, it is pretty self explanatory. The two things I will note are to not sign in with your AppleID, we do not not want to log any information about this CustoMac with Apple until we have setup iMessage . Also do not Transfer Information to This Mac. You can use Migration Assistant to do this later. Next I was presented with the desktop. Time for post install.Post installation is going to consist of 3 parts. Running MultiBeast to install our Audio and Ethernet Drivers, along with the Clover Bootloader and to select the proper System Definition. Changes to boot options using Clover configurator, and configuring USB 3.0. From your UniBeast USB, copy the Post Install folder to the desktop. Do not reboot until all post installation tasks have been completed.Open MultiBeast from the Post Install folder on your desktop. I did not choose to use the Quick Start option, as this will give you a System Definition of MacPro 3,1. We Can easily select the correct System Definition and the other items that the Quick Start provides.Select the Drivers section from the top menu bar of MultiBeast, and click on the Audio icon on the left. Open up Realtek ALCxxx and select ALC1150. You can also chose to select "Optional HD 4600 HDMI Audio" but note that to get HDMI audio working it requires additional framebuffer patches. Next pick the Misc icon from the left and select all three FakeSMC options. Finally on the Network tab, open Atheros and select AtherosE2200Ethernet.Next select the Bootloaders section, again from the top menu bar of MultiBeast. Choose Clover for UEFI Boot Mode. Move over to the Customize section and open iMac. Select iMac 14,2. Finally select the Build tab and you will be presented with a list of the selected configuration items. On the right, make sure that your system drive is selected and click Install from the bottom right corner.You will be asked to agree to the software terms and then for your password. After entering your password, click Install Helper. When the installation is finished you will be presented with an "Install Succeeded" screen, and at this point you can close the software.





System Changes​

POST INSTALL FILES

BENCHMARKS







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UPDATES INSTALLING THE GTX 970 G1

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Updated to OS X 10.11.2 ​

​ Download the latest version of the NVIDIA Graphics Drivers , and install them. Upon completion of install, you will need to reboot. After reboot, check to make sure the drivers are initialized. You should now be able power down, install the GPU and boot into OS X normally.

This install guide is for the GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5. I built this system to go into a modded PowerMac G5 case. For the main part of the guide I will be using the HD4600 Internal Graphics. I will update the guide for the GTX 970 G1 as soon as the final parts arrive from The Laser Hive in the UK.For the installation of OS X 10.11.1 I used a blank 250GB SSD. This install was the smoothest I have ever had, even beating out my Z77X-UD5H . For the install I used the latest UniBeast and MultiBeast. For my previous guide I had used the stand alone version of Clover, but here I figured most people would be using MultiBeast. If there is a need to see the installation steps using Clover, I can provide those upon request.After downloading El Capitan from the App Store, you are going to create your UniBeast install media. This guide requires the use of a 16GB USB drive, as we will be placing a post install folder on the drive. Alternatively you could use two 8GB drives, as long as, after formatting one of them has the required 7.61GB of free space. For testing purposes I used a 32GB USB 3.0 drive. This is not recommended practice as you may run into issue's using USB 3.0 and was only done as a test.Download the latest UniBeast and run the application. After a series of continues and an agree, I selected my USB drive as the destination. Next select El Capitan. On Bootoader Configuration I've selected UEFI. Nothing was selected at the Graphics Configuration as the config.plist created already includes inject Intel. Next I was presented with the Verify Installation Options screen. Select continue, and enter your password. It's now installation time. UniBeast creates a bootable USB drive, containing the installer and the Clover bootloader. As I was using a USB 3.0 device in a USB 3.0 port, this process was extremely fast; only taking a few minutes. After creation of your UniBeast installer, open it up in Finder and copy the Post Install folder that you downloaded from the Post Install Files section of this guide. Also download the latest version of MultiBeast and place it inside the Post Install folder.These are the BIOS setting I am using for this install. First you want to load Optimized Defaults. Here are the highlights of the settings: BIOS is F5. X.M.P is set to Profile 1 (I am using 1866 MHz DDR3, if you are using standard 1600 MHz then this is not needed). SATA is set to AHCI and XHCI is set to Smart Auto. The latter is essential in fixing USB 3.0. XHCI and EHCI Hand-off are both Enabled. Intel Processor Graphics are enabled.Open Clover Configurator - Right click > open > open. This will bring up a Clover screen with several config.plists located across the bottom of the CC screen. You want the config.plist with the path EFI > EFI > CLOVER > config.plist. Select the config.plist icon and you will be presented with the main Clover Configurator UI.Select Boot, from the options on the left. Near the top right you will find an entry for Default Boot Volume. I want Clover to boot to the new installation, so I entered El Capitan. Down one row, and to the right, select XMPDetection=Yes (Again I am using 1866 MHz DDR3, if you are using standard 1600 MHz then this is not needed). Thats it for Clover Configurator. Command+S to save to the original location and close the application.After fixing the USB 3.0 issues, all USB ports, both 2.0 and 3.0 are working. The following screenshots show a Sandisk Extreme plugged into a USB 3.0 port and you can see it registering in System Information at the correct speed. This was confirmed by a BlackMagic Disk Speed Test.In order to see the Intel 9 Series Chipset instead of "generic AHCI controller" in System Information you need an additional kext to properly identify this. I have included the AHCI_Intel_Generic_SATA.kext in the Post Install 'Files' folder. Place this kext in EFI/CLOVER/kexts/10.11.Download the View attachment Post Install.zip which contains all of the required files and apps (minus MultiBeast ) necessary for post install. Inside the .zip file, you will find one folder named Post Install. This folder should be copied to your UniBeast USB drive. I have also included the kext and app necessary to evaluate current CPU PM. Your UniBeast USB file structure should look like the following: