![]() I always set up two partitions, one for the installation and one to clone the new installation later.Ĭlose Disk Utility and click to start the installation, selecting the first partition. Wait.Īt the “Install OS X”, go into the top menu Utilities and use Disk Utility to setup up your target drive. The light grey became a darker grey screen. The system will run through the kext inventory and finally with to black followed to light grey screen. Power on the system, press the F7 key to bring up the “Please select boot device” screen.Īt the Chimera screen, enter “-v -x” command arguments (no quotes). Note that there are no USB 2.0 ports on the rear panel of the ECS motherboard.Īs needed add a header cable to bring out a USB 2.0 port to accept the USB installer device.Īs needed add the target hard drive to the system (and remove any other). The idea is to have these files in the root of the installer for convience:Įasy Voodoo 2.8.0 Audio Installer V2 (Miikko).mpkg Then drag copies of SuperDuper.app, Multibeast.app, and Kext_Wizard.app to the root of the USB installer. While here, put copies in the Root of the USB and into /System/Library/Extensions. Now drag the RealtekRTL8111.kext and the VoodooTSCSync.kext into the /Extra/Extensions folder. Select you USB installer and go the the /Extra/Extensions folder. ![]() Set show all files to show all files (search for this app if you don’t already have it). Round up copies of SuperDuper! (shareware cloning software) and Kext Wizard.Īlso go get a copy of Easy Voodoo 2.80 here: Extract to VoodooTSCSync.kext.Īlso download the Mavericks version of Multibeast.app. and search for VoodooTSCSync to download tsc.tar. and download RehabMan-Realtek-Network-2013-0819.zip. I found that a slightly modified USB installer made life better.īuild an 8GB USB flash driver installer using UniBeast v3.0.1 per Tony’s guide: I went through this process several times just to confirm that the patch was really needed. Needless to say I held my breath when I installed the patched BIOS for the first time. Go here to read about this topic and download the software tools: I installed Window 8.1 and ran the PmPatch utility in a Windows command window. I downloaded a copy of the BIOS from the ECS web site. I found that I had to patch the BIOS before any OS X installer would run. The motherboard has only the original BIOS available. WiFi: There is a half card size MPCIe slot - not populated And/or HDMI cable to DVI.Īudio: Power Speakers attached to rear panel green jack. Video: Intel HD4600 to active DP/DVI adapter. ![]() PSU: Using a Dell power brick, 19.5VDC 6.7A. Storage: 250 GB 2.5” HDD for this guide (will switch to an mSATA III system drive) Motherboard: ECS H87H3-TI a THIN Mini-ITX form factor If you are not up to speed on THIN Mini-ITX motherboards, go do some internet searches. This system was not an easy hack and I discovered a number issues (read below) and I do not recommend this motherboard for any one other then experienced hackers. Building a CustoMac Hackintosh: Buyer's Guide
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