Hardware: http://www.tonymacx86.com/411-building-customac-buyer-s-guide-february-2014.html#custo_pro

Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-Z87X-UD3H LGA 1150 Intel Z87 ("8 series")

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128592

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4481#bios

Updated BIOS from F7 to F8 (F9 requires boot to DOS).

Unable to disable VT-d in BIOS as recommended (option is grayed-out).

BIOS config guide: http://www.tonymacx86.com/99-quick-guide-configuring-uefi-gigabyte-s-7-series-lga-1155-boards/comments5.html

CPU: Intel Core i7-3770S Ivy Bridge 3.1GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 65W Quad-Core Desktop Processor

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116503

UniBeast Mavericks Install: http://www.tonymacx86.com/374-unibeast-install-os-x-mavericks-any-supported-intel-based-pc.html

Installer boot options: graphicsenabler=no -x maxmem=4096

Found here: http://www.tonymacx86.com/mavericks-desktop-support/127631-kernel-panic-cant-even-install-10-9-2-first-build.html

Set the Network (Intel) and Audio (Realtek ALC898) drivers in MultiBeast.

Connecting the Apple Cinema Display to the graphics card requires an adapter. There appear to be two on the market:

http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-DP2MDPMF6IN-DisplayPort-Video-Adapter/dp/B003N3DTKY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1397616019&sr=8-2&keywords=displayport+to+minidisplayport

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/790254-REG/Gefen_ADA_DP_2_MDPF_DisplayPort_to_Mini_Display_Port.html

19 May 2014

Machine suddenly started freezing up every few minutes this morning. While trying to investigate, found this hardware monitor:

http://hwsensors.com/

https://github.com/kozlek/HWSensors

... which only sees the SDD and HDD sensors.

21 May 2014

Removing GenericUSBXHCI.kext and running the Kext Utility seems to have improved things. I am still having some issues with it freezing if I try to do too many simultaneous I/O operations with a USB-connected drive (e.g., copying two sets of files off an SD card at once).

http://www.tonymacx86.com/general-help/121006-inserting-usb-device-cause-mavericks-10-9-1-freeze-2.html

http://www.tonymacx86.com/hardware-troubleshooting/126728-usb-hard-locking-system.html

10 November 2014

WD My Passport drive being used for TimeMachine backups has continued to auto-eject itself during operation. This has gotten worse, to the point where it became unusable.

Coping files to or from USB devices regularly causes freezes. After a freeze, the machine repeatedly freezes for awhile, even after several reboots with the USB device(s) not connected.

I found some forum threads that may have clues:

http://www.tonymacx86.com/general-help/121006-inserting-usb-device-cause-mavericks-10-9-1-freeze.html

http://www.tonymacx86.com/general-help/121353-mavericks-hackintosh-freezes-2.html

http://www.tonymacx86.com/mountain-lion-desktop-support/62274-inserting-usb-device-cause-mt-lion-freeze.html

In the BIOS, I noticed that the RAM timings on auto set themselves to 9-9-9-24 while the DIMMs say they are 8-8-8-24. I changed the timings to manual and set them to 8-8-8-24.

25 November 2015

Upgraded to Yosemite (10.10.05).

In the new Unibeast, it is necessary to uncheck the "inject NVIDIA" in the graphics options.

Multibeast settings saved on the system (Documents).

Useful bootflags reference:

http://www.macbreaker.com/2012/01/list-of-common-hackintosh-boot-flags_29.html

http://www.tonymacx86.com/wiki/index.php/Org.chameleon.Boot.plist

7 July 2016

Cloning a Hackintosh to a New Hard Disk Drive in 5 Easy Steps

6 December 2019

Upgraded to Mojave.

When upgrading the OS or copying to a new drive using CCC, note that you need to boot from external media (USB) and, run Multibeast to fix the boot partition.

Mojave no longer support NVidia GPUs. Swapped in the current recommended AMD card: Sapphire RX 580 Pulse 8GB - NewEgg

15 December 2020

Upgraded to Catalina (10.15.7)