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【Hackintosh】黑苹果 - AMD Ryzen Hackintosh (5950X + Gigabyte Aorus X570 Pro Wifi - Ventura & OpenCore)

Posted by 西维蜀黍 on 2021-05-01, Last Modified on 2023-05-02

Spec

  • CPU: Ryzen 9 5950X
  • Motherboard: Gigabyte AORUS X570 Pro (Bios Revision - F37b) (overclock)
  • RAM: Corsair Pro Vengeance 32GB (16GB * 2) DDR4 3600Mhz
  • Graphics: Sapphire RX 6800 XT
  • Case : Lian Li PC-O11DW Dynamic
  • SSD:
    • Samsung 990 PRO SSD PCIe 4.0 WD SN850 1TB PCIE4 (m.2 slot 1) - macOS
    • Samsung 970 EVO PLUS 1T (m.2 slot 2) - storage
    • WD SN770 2TB PCIE4 (m.2 slot 2) - storage
  • PSU: Corsair RM1000x 80 Plus Gold 1000W
  • WiFi-Bluetooth: Fenvi T919 BCM94360CD 802.11AC WI-FI With Bluetooth 4.0 PCIe
  • Cooling : Thermaltake TH 360 ARGB AIO
  • Network Card: Comfast Aquantia AQC107 Intel x520-DA1 (with RJ45 adaptor)
  • Installed Operating Systems: Ventura 13.3.1
  • Bootloader: OpenCore 0.9.1

Note

  • If I insert WD SN850 1TB PCIE4 into m.2 slot 2，and insert WD SN770 2TB PCIE4 into m.2 slot 2，the speed of SN850 PCIE4 decreases. Considering WD SN850 1TB PCIE4 is the system disk, SN850 should be inserted into slot 1(refer to the detailed benchmark)

Works and Not-works

Things that don’t work

  • Sound including the case’s front and back headphones 3.5mm port

Things that work

  • Airdrop
  • WiFi / Bluetooth
  • iCloud
  • Hardware Acceleration
  • Facetime
  • Handoff

BIOS Setting

Bios Settings

  • Enter BIOS -> Press Delete -> Enter Setup

  • Save & Exit -> Load Optimized Defaults

  • Boot -> CSM Support -> Disabled

    • Must be off, GPU errors like gIO are common when this option in enabled

  • Boot -> Fast boot -> Disabled

  • Boot -> Secure boot -> Disabled

  • Tweaker - Advanced CPU Settings - SVM Mode Enable

  • Settings -> IO Ports -> Above 4G Decoding -> Disabled

  • Settings - IO Ports - Onboard LAN Controller Disable

  • Settings -> IO Ports - Disable onboard network adapter

  • Settings -> IO Ports -> USB Configuration -> Legacy USB Support -> Auto

  • Settings -> IO Ports -> USB Configuration -> XHCI Hand-off: enable

Disable

  • Serial/COM Port
  • Parallel Port

Enable

  • Above 4G decoding(This must be on, if you can’t find the option then add npci=0x2000 to boot-args. Do not have both this option and npci enabled at the same time.)

    • If you are on a Gigabyte/Aorus or an AsRock motherboard, enabling this option may break certain drivers(ie. Ethernet) and/or boot failures on other OSes, if it does happen then disable this option and opt for npci instead

  • 2020+ BIOS Notes: When enabling Above4G, Resizable BAR Support may become an available on some X570 and newer motherboards. Please ensure this is Disabled instead of set to Auto.

  • EHCI/XHCI Hand-off

  • OS type: Windows 8.1/10 UEFI Mode （my motherboard doesn’t have this setting）

  • SATA Mode: AHCI

Download OpenCore

Base OpenCore Files

Summary

Things that I use

  • ACPI
  • Drivers
    • HfsPlus.efi (must required)
    • OpenCanopy.efi
    • OpenRuntime.efi (must required)
    • ResetNvramEntry.efi (optional)
      • 如果不load 这个.efi，在开机时，就不会有 reset nvram选项
  • Kexts
    • Lilu1.6.4 (must required)
    • VirtualSMC 1.3.1 (must required)
    • WhateverGreen 1.6.4(must required)
    • AppleALC 1.8.1（optional）
      • for ALC1220-VB
    • SmallTreeIntel82576.kext SmallTree I211-AT patch 1.3.0（optional）
      • for Intel I211-AT
      • 如果不使用板载网卡，其实就不需要了
    • AMDRyzenCPUPowerManagement 0.7.1
      • for all power management features. This kext is also required if you would like to use AMD Power Gadget.
      • Bootloaders like OpenCore will link each kext in the order they present in config file, so make sure AMDRyzenCPUPowerManagement.kext comes before SMCAMDProcessor.kext as it serves as a dependency.
    • SMCAMDProcessor 0.6.6 (optional)
      • If you’re using VirtualSMC you can also load SMCAMDProcessor.kext to publish sensor data.
    • USBMap(must required)
    • RestrictEvents 1.1.0 (must required)
    • AppleMCEReporterDisabler (must required)
      • If you want to use MacOS 12.3 or higher with an AMD processor, you need this
  • Tools
    • 直接随着Opencore的更新直接更新即可

Firmware Drivers (.efi)

HfsPlus.efi

  • Needed for seeing HFS volumes(ie. macOS Installers and Recovery partitions/images). Do not mix other HFS drivers

OpenRuntime.efi

OpenCanopy.efi

Kexts (.kext)

Must haves

Without the below 2, no system is bootable:

  • VirtualSMC
    • mulates the SMC chip found on real macs, without this macOS will not boot
    • Alternative is FakeSMC which can have better or worse support, most commonly used on legacy hardware.
  • Lilu
    • A kext to patch many processes, required for AppleALC, WhateverGreen, VirtualSMC and many other kexts. Without Lilu, they will not work.
    • Note that Lilu and plugins requires OS X 10.8 or newer to function

Graphics

Audio

How to debug: https://github.com/acidanthera/AppleALC/wiki/Installation-and-usage

Ethernet

Intel I211-AT

  • SmallTreeIntel82576.kext
    • Required for Intel I211 NICs, based off of the SmallTree kext but patched to support I211
    • Required for most AMD boards running Intel NICs

Comfast Aquantia AQC107

For Aquantia AQC107, it is natively supported in macOS.

For Big Sur, we need a patch under Kernel-Patch in OpenCore Config:

   		<dict>
				<key>Comment</key>
				<string>AQC 107 10 GbE v2</string>
 				<key>Count</key>
				 <integer>1</integer>
				 <key>Enabled</key>
				 <true/>
				 <key>Find</key>
				 <data>
				 D4TAAgAA
				 </data>
				 <key>Identifier</key>
				 <string>com.apple.driver.AppleEthernetAquantiaAqtion</string>
				 <key>InfoPlistPatch</key>
				 <false/>
				 <key>Name</key>
				 <string>AppleEthernetAquantiaAqtion</string>
				 <key>Replace</key>
				 <data>
				 Zg8fRAAA
				 </data>
				 <key>Skip</key>
				 <integer>0</integer>
			</dict>

Ref

USB

USBMap

Bluetooth

X570 WIFI Pro BLUETOOTH

https://github.com/OpenIntelWireless/IntelBluetoothFirmware

  • Supported Devices: 0x8087, 0x0029

Download the latest release, inject the Kext files into the Bootloader and then restart.

Do not inject the Kext files to /Library/Extensions or /System/Library/Extensions as it may likely break your system.

  • IntelBluetoothFirmware.kext

    Driver to upload the firmware.

  • IntelBluetoothInjector.kext

    Codeless Kext that enables On/Off switch on the Bluetooth settings panel, not necessary to install.

Troubleshooting

In case there is something wrong with the driver, please run the following command in Terminal:

$ log show --last boot | grep IntelFirmware

WiFi

  • Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6

CPU

AMDRyzenCPUPowerManagement - for all power management features. This kext is also required if you would like to use AMD Power Gadget.

  • Bootloaders like OpenCore will link each kext in the order they present in config file, so make sure AMDRyzenCPUPowerManagement.kext comes before SMCAMDProcessor.kext as it serves as a dependency.

SMCAMDProcessor

  • If you’re using VirtualSMC you can also load SMCAMDProcessor.kext to publish sensor data.

SSDTs (.aml)

See https://dortania.github.io/Getting-Started-With-ACPI/ssdt-methods/ssdt-easy.html

config.plist Setup

Highlight

GPU

If your not using a RX 6800 or any other Navi or Big Navi GPU then remove agdpmod=ignore from the boot arguments.

  • agdpmod=pikera
    • Renames board-id to board-ix effectively disabling boardID checks, this is based off of Pike.R.A’s work here(opens new window)
    • This is also required for all Navi GPUs due to the difference in framework with the x6000 drivers

-> if 6800, use either agdpmod=pikera or agdpmod=ignore

  • 我很长时间都在用 npci=0x2000 agdpmod=ignore，没碰到什么问题

自定义值

  • MLB
  • ROM
  • SystemSerialNumber
  • SystemUUID

PATCH INFO FOR SETTING THE CORRECT CORE COUNT FOR YOUR CPU

Core Count patch needs to be modified to boot your system. Find the three algrey - Force cpuid_cores_per_package patches and alter the Replace value only.

Changing B8000000 0000/BA000000 0000/BA000000 0090* to B8 0000 0000/BA 0000 0000/BA 0000 0090* substituting with the hexadeciamal value matching your physical core count.

Note: The three different values reflect the patch for different versions of macOS. Be sure to change all three if you boot macOS 10.13 to macOS 12

See the table below for the values matching your CPU Core Count.

CoreCount Hexadecimal
6 Core 06
8 Core 08
12 Core 0C
16 Core 10
32 Core 20

So for example a 6 Core 5600X Replace value would result in these replace values, B8 06 0000 0000/BA 06 0000 0000/BA 06 0000 0090 Or a 12 Core 5900X that I have it setup as standard would result in these replace values, B8 0C 0000 0000/BA 0C 0000 0000/BA 0C 0000 0090

Ref

ACPI

  • SSDT-USBX (USB power tables)
  • SSDT-PLUG (CPU power management)
  • SSDT-SBRG (Correcting EC, RTC memory & IRQ conflicts)
    • Changes Device/Vendor IDs of SBRG
  • SSDT-SBUS-MCHC (SMBus Support)
    • Fixing SMBus support
  • SSDT-XHC (USB rename’s)
    • Aorus X570 USB Renames

Booter

Quirks

Settings relating to boot.efi patching and firmware fixes, for us, we need to change the following:

Quirk Enabled Comment
DevirtualizeMmio NO Note TRx40 requires this flag
EnableWriteUnprotector NO
RebuildAppleMemoryMap YES
SetupVirtualMap YES - Note B550, A520 and TRx40 boards should disable this. Newer BIOS versions of X570 also require this off - X470 and B450 with late 2020 BIOS updates also require this disabled
SyncRuntimePermissions YES

DeviceProperties

Kernel

Misc

NVRAM

Platforminfo

The following parts are needed to be updated by generating one via GenSMBIOS tool:

  • MLB
  • ROM: MAC Address
  • SystemSerialNumber
  • SystemUUID

Download from https://github.com/corpnewt/GenSMBIOS

$ git clone https://github.com/corpnewt/GenSMBIOS
$ cd GenSMBIOS
$ chmod +x GenSMBIOS.command
$ ./GenSMBIOS.command 
  #######################################################
 #                     GenSMBIOS                       #
#######################################################

MacSerial v2.1.8
Current plist: None
Plist type:    Unknown

1. Install/Update MacSerial
2. Select config.plist
3. Generate SMBIOS
4. Generate UUID
5. Generate ROM
6. List Current SMBIOS
7. Generate ROM With SMBIOS (Currently Enabled)

Q. Quit

Please select an option:3
  #######################################################
 #                  Generate SMBIOS                    #
#######################################################

M. Main Menu
Q. Quit

Please type the SMBIOS to gen and the number
of times to generate [max 20] (i.e. iMac18,3 5):MacPro7,1
  #######################################################
 #               MacPro7,1 SMBIOS Info                 #
#######################################################

Type:         MacPro7,1
Serial:       F5KY309MP7QM
Board Serial: F5K902104QXK3F7A8
SmUUID:       8BDCC3A0-9251-4222-AA16-D344B673C48C
Apple ROM:    04489AAB6E63

Press [enter] to return...
  • copy Type part to Generic -> SystemProductName.
  • copy Serial part to Generic -> SystemSerialNumber.
  • copy Board Serial part to Generic -> MLB.
  • copy SmUUID part to Generic -> SystemUUID.
  • We set Generic -> ROM to either an Apple ROM (dumped from a real Mac), your NIC MAC address, or any random MAC address (could be just 6 random bytes, e.g., 11223300 0000.

Reference

Install macOS

Booting the OpenCore USB

So you’re now ready to finally put the USB stick into your computer and boot off of it. Remember that most laptops and some desktops will still default to the internal drive with Windows, and you’ll need to manually select OpenCore in the BIOS boot options. You’ll need to check in the user manual or use a bit of google to find out what Fn key accesses the BIOS and boot menu(ie. Esc, F2, F10 or F12)

Once you boot the USB, you’ll likely be greeted to the following boot options:

  1. Windows
  2. macOS Big Sur
  3. OpenShell.efi
  4. Reset NVRAM

For us, Option 2. is the one we want.

macOS Installer

So you’ve finally got the installer booted, got through the verbose and hit the installer! Now that you’ve gotten this far, the main things to keep in mind:

  • Drives you wish to install macOS on must be both of GUID partition Scheme and APFS
    • High Sierra on HDD and all Sierra users will need to use macOS Journaled(HFS+)
  • The drive must also have a 200MB partition
    • By default, macOS will setup freshly formatted drives with 200MB

Once you start the installation, you will want to wait until the system restarts. You will once again want to boot into OpenCore, but rather than selecting your USB installer/recovery - you will want to select the macOS installer on the hard drive to continue installation. You should get an apple logo, and after a few minutes you should get a timer at the bottom saying “x minutes remaining”. This may be a good time to get a drink or snack as this will take a while. It may restart a couple more times, but if all goes well, it should finally plop you at the “Setup your Mac screen”

You’re in! 🎉 You will want to go through the Post-Installation pages to finish setting up your system.

Post-Install

拷贝 EFI 引导到 disk

$ diskutil list

# disk1s1 需要根据实际情况来修改
$ sudo diskutil mount disk1s1

# 把引导U盘的引导分区也 mount，拷贝 EFI folder

# 注意，如果需要修改EFI中的内容（比如 kext），先在U盘中修改，保证能引导后，再把change copy 到硬盘中的EFI中

Screenshot

CPU OverClock

  • ratio: 45.55
  • Calibration: HIGH
  • Voltage: 1.3625V

Benchmark

CPU

Big Sur 11.6.7

GeekBench 5 Auto PBO

  • 1485 singlei-core
  • 12237 multi-cores

https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/20999123

GeekBench 6

Auto PBO

  • 1804 singlei-core
  • 9870 multi-cores

https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/790357

Cinebench R23

Overclock profile:

  • Profile

    • ratio: 45.55

    • Calibration: HIGH

    • Voltage: 1.3625V

  • Benchmark

    • 27724 multi-cores
    • NA singlei-core

Auto PBO

  • 26011 multi-cores
  • 1405 singlei-core

Ventura 13.2

GeekBench 5

https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/21049429

Auto PBO

  • 12478 multi-cores
  • 1479 singlei-core

GeekBench 6

https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/895463

Auto PBO

  • 9829 multi-cores
  • 1807 singlei-core

Cinebench R23

Overclock profile:

  • Profile

    • ratio: 45.55

    • Calibration: HIGH

    • Voltage: 1.3625V

  • Benchmark

    • NA multi-cores
    • NA singlei-core

Auto PBO

  • 25066 single-core
  • 1365 multi-cores

Graphic Card

Geekbench

GFXBench

SSD

Refer to https://swsmile.info/post/hackintosh-support-pcie-m2-ssd/#conclusion

Update Notes

Reference

Successful Hackintosh

Driver

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