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- OSX 10.10 Yosemite
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- Intel i5 4690K tuned up to 4.4 ghz / core
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- Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 970 SLI 2x
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neilhart's Q4 - a Z170 mini-ITX project for OS X
Good to hear these updates. Meanwhile we have more kexts to work with, or another update, I keep gaming csgo and crysis 3. keep up neil!
I purchased an Intel Skylake i5-6500 CPU as I needed to be working on this system. The i7-6700T is on order and will arrive sometime…
So using the lead that ammulder has provided: see post # 2 http://www.tonymacx86.com/desktop-compatibility/176407-testing-thread-skylake-platform-os-x.html
I have the ASUS Z170I Pro Gaming up and running.
Window 10 Enterprise Eval - Using Win 10 I am able to confirm that all of the major functions of the system are functional. I have Win 10 installed on a small SSD which I can move into the system with ease when I need/want.
OS X - I have El Capitan 10.11.1 installed on two partitions of a Samsung SM951 AHCI m.2 card and boot UEFI mode from the /EFI partition using Clover v 3292.
While I am booting and running OS X El Capitan, it is far from a useable system.
I have a USB to PS2 adapter attached for a keyboard. I do not have a PS2 mouse solution.
So to have control of the system, I am using screen sharing. I am doing this with an Intel Pro 1000 quad port Ethernet card installed in the one PCIe slot. This works fairly well and is repeatable.
The means that I am using the on board Intel HD Graphics 530, in the non-accelerated mode, as I have not found a way to run accelerated.
There are many issues - sound almost works, Quick time and VLC video do not work however videos over Chrome and/or Safari do play but with out sound. The system hangs at boot if I use a FakeSMC that has the Hardware Monitor sensors included.
Using the “KILL A WATT” meter, the system idles at 31 watts and under Prime95 torture test runs at 83 watts. Again this is with the i5-6500 CPU.
Anyway I now have two bootable partitions, so I can continue to experiment with less risk of locking myself out.
Good modding,
neil
Good to hear these updates. Meanwhile we have more kexts to work with, or another update, I keep gaming csgo and crysis 3. keep up neil!