Guide: Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3 (UEFI) on Mountain Lion 10.8 - MultiBeast 5
COMPONENTS
- Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3 Motherboard
- Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 HD3000
- Dual MSI GTX 460 Hawk (N460GTX)
- Noctua NH-D14 120mm & 140mm SSO CPU Cooler
- CORSAIR Vengeance LP 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600
- 120 GB OWC Mercury Electra 3G SSD
- Seasonic SeaSonic X760 -760W 80Plus Gold Certified ATX12V PSU
- Fractal Design Define R3 Arctic White w/ USB 3.0
OTHER
- Apple OS X Mountian Lion @ App Store
- Apple Magic Trackpad
- Apple Wireless Keyboard
- 2x Dell UltraSharp LED IPS LCD U2412M
Background:
- Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L (R.I.P)
- Gigabyte EP45-DS3R (R.I.P)
- Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3
- MSI Z77A-GD80 (Returned)
- Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP5 TH
Downloads:
- TonyMacx86 - Link
- UniBeast
- Multibeast
Procedure:
Update BIOS to UEFI (version U1H): Link
Set BIOS to the following: Link
- If using the onboard HD400 video
- Primary Graphics to IGFX
- Internal Memory Size to 64mb
- DVMT Total Memory Size to MAX
- UniBeast
- Follow this tutorial: Link
- Stop after completing steps 1 and 2.
- Boot from flash drive
- I normally boot in verbose mode just incase (-v)
- More info: Link
- Install Mountain Lion
- Follow this tutorial: Link
- Follow: “STEP 3: Install Mac OS X Lion”
- Complete initial setup.
- Run MultiBeast and select the following options:
- Reboot and enjoy your hackintosh
Notes:
- If you want your HD4000 + discrete graphics use this guide: Link