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ASUS G750JX / OSX Mavericks INSTALL GUIDE

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NEW INSTRUCTIONS FOR 10.9.2:
I posted new instructions and all the stuff you need for 10.9.2 pretty much vanilla install here
http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?39406-ASUS-G750JX-OSX-Mavericks-INSTALL-GUIDE/page20

PREFACE:

This is not 100% final installation as I'm still working with audio and wireless radios and I'm trying to get the Chameleon bootloader to show up from the BIOS when I boot so I don't have to use USB stick to get boot loader.
THIS IS FIXED and working - SEE UPDATE

A great thing about installing on ASUS G750JX is that almost all things that were in previous installation guides here on TonyMac forums under Laptop Mountain lion support > G750JX are unnecessary. This is as close to vanilla installation as I could get.

Touchpad also works. You will however need to hook up ethernet cable to laptop so you have ethernet until I figure out how to get wireless radios working.

One thing to note is that you will need to have on one of the hard drives Windows 8 installed and on that installation of Windows 8 you will need to download some kind of NFS+ support for Windows 8 (I use bundle from Paragon with NFS+ and NTFS support so I can have NTFS support in OSX and NFS+ in Windows 😎 but I think since that's a paid product you can use anything else that will just read NFS+ partitions in Windows 8.

ASUS G750JX I have flashed a bios 208

So without much writing here's what I did.

BIOS SETTINGS
go to ADVANCED and disable VT-d
go to BOOT and disable Fast Boot
Underneath Fast Boot, enable Launch CSM
You should now see a new option: Launch PXE OpROM policy. Enable this option. This allows your computer to boot via Legacy BIOS not UEFI.

INSTALLATION:

Standard Unibeast preparation:

1. On a mac download the Mavericks installation from App Store
2. Follow the steps for Unibeast and create a USB stick - Select Laptop support in addition to OSX 10.9 Mavericks App Store install
3. Once you have created and finished Unibeast USB stick preparation make sure you download the patched 10.9 kernel from step 13 and replace the mach_kernel on the USB stick with the one you download (you might have to show all files in OSX you are working on to see mach_kernel file on the root of USB drive), put the USB stick into your ASUS 750JX and boot from it
4. On bootloader screen, pick Unibeast Installer (no flags needed) and hit enter
5. It will take a bit, so be patient and OSX installer will show up
6. Go to Disk Utility > Do the standard Create Partition on a second drive > Make it GUID Partition > MacOS Extended Journaled and call it Mavericks
7. Exit Disk Utility and continue with installation



8. Once the installation finishes you will get a message how OSX Mavericks can't set the startup disc. This is FINE! Don't worry.
9. Now, restart and boot back into Windows 8
10. Install in Windows 8 NFS+ support
11. Restart and boot again into Windows 8
12. Once you have booted into Windows 8 now you should see the Mavericks volume and all the files there
13. Download this patched kernel (UPDATE: this is now recommended patched kernel by RehabMan: http://www.tonymacx86.com/mavericks-laptop-support/114677-haswell-early-reboot-mavericks-locked-msrs... ) as it allows Sleep and UseKernelCache to work properly (OLD one - do not use this unless you have problems with RehabMan's http://www.osx86.net/files/file/3631-kernel-os-x-mavericks-109-amd/ )
14. Open Mavericks volume in Explorer and overwrite mach_kernel with the one you downloaded
15. Restart and boot from the USB stick
16. Pick OSX Mavericks HDD volume and hit enter
17. OSX Mavericks will welcome you with the setup screen - follow through on standard process (iCloud might give you a funky message but that's not a big deal)



18. Welcome to OSX Mavericks on ASUS G750JX! 🙂





UPDATE:

Once you install the Mavericks you want to run the latest Multibeast 6.0 (see TonyMac) before the restart.

What you will be installing is the following:



The idea here is to have Chameleon and everything else installed into S/L/E, modify the SMBIOS.plist and have local hdd Extra folder.

If you are going to use Clover as boot see install notes in the post later in this thread so you can take out USB stick booting completely and adjust some location of some kexts and how to use the config file I included in the files.

Thanks to PeanutButterSpice and slayer2333 from TonyMac forums for trying as well on this and giving me ideas on what to do to get this working without it I would have probably not been able to look at the right place to make this work.


UPDATE 01:

Got audio and wifi working fine now!

The trick was that ASUS G750JX is using Broadcom chip.. in order to to make it recognized in Mavericks you have to update the IDs in the IO80211Family kext.. You go in and go into Plugins and update the IDs inside AirPortBrcm4360.kext > info.plist to include the following:

pci14e4,43b1
pci14e4,4331
pci14e4,4353
pci14e4,432b

Adding these will enable your Wifi.

The audio is working with VoodooHDA 2.84.

The problem I'm having is with hardware acceleration on GTX770M.. the card it properly recognized and working just fine but when I play videos HTML5 or Flash it doesn't matter it crashes it.. I can watch videos just fine if I disable hardware acceleration in Flash but H.264 HTML5 videos will not work for some reason.

Suggestions are welcome!

CUDA installs fine though.

UPDATE 2:

And I finally solved the last issue with hardware acceleration. I changed the System Definition to Mac Pro 5.1 and now everything works great.


The only last thing that remains is to get BIOS to recognize the SSD with the OSX Mavericks installation so I can boot without the USB stick boot loader. But that's really a minor issue.

Amazing! This ASUS G750JX is now an OSX Mavericks BEAST!


UPDATE 3:

The loading without the USB stick has been resolved now. I am using Clover. I will write up the guide for this as I'm still fine tuning things.

UPDATE 4:

I have used RehabMan's patched kernel (here: http://www.tonymacx86.com/mavericks-laptop-support/114677-haswell-early-reboot-mavericks-locked-msrs...) and indeed things are working MUCH better. UseKernelCache is working and I have increased my boot times now to desktop in about 10 secs instead of 30+. One side effect is that I don't see USB 3.0 recognized after installing GenericXHCI kext. Looking into this.

UPDATE 5:

Bluetooth 4.0 is now working as well. You have to enable the ASUS G750JX broadcom bluetooth IDs in BroadcomBluetoothTransport kext. We are fortunate because the Bluetooth in this laptop is BCM4352 so it's compatible fully with OSX Mavericks.

To enable go:
0. Find the IOBluetoothFamily.kext in S/L/E and copy it to desktop
1. Show Package Contents on it
2. Go into Plugins and show package on BroadcomBluetoothTransport
3. Open info.plist file and locate this entry:

Broadcom2045FamilyUSBBluetoothHCIController_P

CFBundleIdentifier
com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport
IOClass
BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport
IOProviderClass
IOUSBDevice
idProduct
33293
idVendor
1452


4. Right above this entry and after

IOKitPersonalities


(So in between those put the following)

Broadcom2046FamilyUSBBluetoothHCIController_3404

CFBundleIdentifier
com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport
IOClass
BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport
IOProviderClass
IOUSBDevice
LMPLoggingEnabled

idProduct
13316
idVendor
5075



5. This is it, SAVE and use Kext Wizard or similar to install and overwrite the existing IOBluetoothFamily.kext in S/L/E

6. Reboot and voila.. You have Bluetooth 4.0


NEW INSTRUCTIONS FOR 10.9.2:
I posted new instructions and all the stuff you need for 10.9.2 pretty much vanilla install here
http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?39406-ASUS-G750JX-OSX-Mavericks-INSTALL-GUIDE/page20
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pcfr33k wrote:
@cruzin_cruzing,

Can you just patch the Bios image downloaded from Asus site?

Yes, you can. I couldn't flash the modified one through WinFlash because my BIOS was already at the latest version. If you're on an older version, it should work. You could do it through Asus EasyFlash too, but I haven't tried that either. I'm just going with the proven method.

cruzin_cruzing wrote:
Yes, you can. I couldn't flash the modified one through WinFlash because my BIOS was already at the latest version. If you're on an older version, it should work. You could do it through Asus EasyFlash too, but I haven't tried that either. I'm just going with the proven method.


Thanks for sharing this information. What is the included patch.txt file all about? Specific to our hardware or just Aptio Bios hardware? I have no idea what to setup inside there.

Thanks

Edited:

Figured it out. Its just giving it instructions on what to change and where for Haswell. Sorry about that.

pcfr33k
Level 8
@Bozzified,

Would you happen to have your config.plist for clover and instructions for setting it up. I want to create GUID Journaled extended for the hard drive. Most likely take out the windows SSD drive for now and install on the data drive (format). I read I t may be better to format the EFI partition as Fat then put the clover folder in there or install clover in there?

Is your SSDT and DSDT for Bios 208? I patched mine so the DSDT could be slightly different. Did you use Pike's script for SSDT and DSDT?

Thanks

Hey, I have G750JW and I have a good running Mavericks 10.9.3.
I just want to know if I have true hardware acceleration because even though I have a transparent menu bar and I also have the latest Nvidia drivers installed from the site, but it doesn't say QE/CI in the system info. Also I read somewhere that if you have QE/CI working, you will get a ripple effect when you add new items to the dashboard.

I mean ever since I installed the Nvidia driver from the internet the graphics is clean and at full resolution, though things do seem a little sluggish in some ways.

Also, at boot when I use the -v command I can see the it says "6/19/14 9:39:04.000 PM kernel[0]: GeforceSensors: still waiting for accelerator to start..."

I don't get it

pcfr33k
Level 8
I figured out the issue. You cannot patch the rom from asus site with coderush patcher at least the version you attached. You have to do it exactly as per your instructions. Flash the one you want to patch then patch the backup.

This is the message I got from the rom I downloaded and patched from asus.

Body of PE32+ image section patched with the patching information etc then
reconstruct: Aptio capsule checksum and signature can now become invalid.

no such message with the one I patched from the backup image. Weird?

pcfr33k wrote:
I figured out the issue. You cannot patch the rom from asus site with coderush patcher at least the version you attached. You have to do it exactly as per your instructions. Flash the one you want to patch then patch the backup.

This is the message I got from the rom I downloaded and patched from asus.

Body of PE32+ image section patched with the patching information etc then
reconstruct: Aptio capsule checksum and signature can now become invalid.

no such message with the one I patched from the backup image. Weird?

The one from the website is inside some container. The backup is just the ROM image.

cruzin_cruzing wrote:
The one from the website is inside some container. The backup is just the ROM image.


That explains it. Thanks

muddamy
Level 7
hi all. I'm new owner of asus ROG and new in here. Just wondering, is anybody try dual boot windows 8 and mac os x on the same drive? And one more thing, is anybody here installing mac os x on G56jr? I read the post from beginning and its running on g750jx. But if somebody have any idea how to or guide to install os x mavericks on my g56jr, please help me.. Thanks in advance. 😄

Kantm
Level 7
Hi Bozzified,

You are my new god. Thank you so much for your help. Below are my laptop info:

G750JX T4064H
my bluetooth is Qualcomm Atheros
my wifi is Atheros AR9845

I will try with your new tutorial and materials when i come back.

Updated: hi, i couldnt download the mach_kernel in the link you provided, the page said not found... i'll try do with the 10.9.2 that i found on this thread somewhere then...

Update 2: Hi, i got to boot with the usb created by unibeast already, but it gave me black screen. I read around and try -v with GraphicsEnabler=YES, it stuck at BluetoothHCIController …

also, I tried accessing the usb from windows, got the Paragon HFS+, after it is installed, still doesnt see the usb content, only a "UEFI" drive with 200MB just as before the installation... disk management still see a big partition of it, but labeled as Fat32... i have 2 usb created with disk ultilties on mac. both of them formatted with mac journal, ... i don't get it.

Kantm wrote:
Hi Bozzified,

You are my new god. Thank you so much for your help. Below are my laptop info:

G750JX T4064H
my bluetooth is Qualcomm Atheros
my wifi is Atheros AR9845

I will try with your new tutorial and materials when i come back.

Updated: hi, i couldnt download the mach_kernel in the link you provided, the page said not found... i'll try do with the 10.9.2 that i found on this thread somewhere then...

Update 2: Hi, i got to boot with the usb created by unibeast already, but it gave me black screen. I read around and try -v with GraphicsEnabler=YES, it stuck at BluetoothHCIController …

also, I tried accessing the usb from windows, got the Paragon HFS+, after it is installed, still doesnt see the usb content, only a "UEFI" drive with 200MB just as before the installation... disk management still see a big partition of it, but labeled as Fat32... i have 2 usb created with disk ultilties on mac. both of them formatted with mac journal, ... i don't get it.


Not sure why you couldn't download the mach_kernel.. I just tried and it downloads fine.. take this link

http://www.bozzified.com/screenshots/mach_kernel-rcmWUpOIvx.

The period at the end has to be there

Sorry.. forgot to mention that you have to replace the NVidia drivers on your Unibeast from 10.9.

So when you created the USB stick and you turned on hidden files as I told you in previous post.. You want to go to System/Library/Extensions folder on USB, delete the files beginning with NVDA*..

More precisely these files:
NVDAGF100Hal.kext
NVDAGK100Hal.kext
NVDANV50HalTesla.kext
NVDAResman.kext
NVDAResmanTesla.kext
NVDAStartup.kext

and replace with the files I am giving you in this zip file
http://www.bozzified.com/screenshots/NVDAkexts-xjKCd0g0Fa.zip

The reason is that you will need to use those files to boot installer and then when you install OSX, you will want to install official new 10.9.3 Nvidia drivers in OSX first thing.

Creating USB please follow this guide:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/374-unibeast-install-os-x-mavericks-any-supported-intel-based-pc.html

Considering your G750JX is not DB-71 like mine you are using a different Bluetooth and Wifi chipset.. This chipset is not really supported on OSX so far (maybe it changed I haven't looked it). Maybe someone else here who has this chipset may give you an advice.

The easiest thing for you would be to get a small bluetooth dongle you plug into the USB.. (I bought one for $15 ASUS Bluetooth one and it worked great when I tested) and some people even went and simply opened the laptop and plugged out the wifi card and replaced it with a compatible one. It seems that it wasn't a big issue to do it.

But let's not worry about bluetooth and wifi for now. Just try to install OSX.. it will work without wifi/bluetooth for now.