[Guide] Intel Kaby Lake NUC7 using Clover UEFI (NUC7i7BNH, NUC7i5BNK, NUC7i3BNH, etc)

[Lifeline99]

That is a very welcome enhancement, will give it a try.

I'm still confused as to how Apple 2017 hardware is KBL with many of the same IGPUs outputting 4K and above @60 (example iMac 18,1). Are they not using the native KBL either at the moment, or also some kind of spoof?

As recommended, will follow up with the folks at pixel clock patch project.

curious if you've been able to make any progress on this..thanks to this fantastic community, Ive been able to get everything up and running on my NUC7i5BNH, but like you have been unable to get a 4k 60Hz video signal out of the NUC (via displayport). Still, OSX@30Hz > Windows@60Hz.

 

[RehabMan]

curious if you've been able to make any progress on this..thanks to this fantastic community, Ive been able to get everything up and running on my NUC7i5BNH, but like you have been unable to get a 4k 60Hz video signal out of the NUC (via displayport). Still, OSX@30Hz > Windows@60Hz.

You can get 4k@60 by spoofing Skylake. It is covered in post #1.
I made it pretty easy to switch between KBL native and SKL spoof.

 

[Lifeline99]

You can get 4k@60 by spoofing Skylake. It is covered in post #1.
I made it pretty easy to switch between KBL native and SKL spoof.

Yes, I saw that and will absolutely give it a go. Perhaps its not rational, but I was hoping to find a 'native' solution, given that real kaby lake macs with the same GPU exist in the wild that can drive 4k@60. Is there any downside to spoofing Skylake for graphics? I'd hate to give up everything else that works.

 

[RehabMan]

Yes, I saw that and will absolutely give it a go. Perhaps its not rational, but I was hoping to find a 'native' solution, given that real kaby lake macs with the same GPU exist in the wild that can drive 4k@60. Is there any downside to spoofing Skylake for graphics? I'd hate to give up everything else that works.

An ioreg from such KabyLake Macs with the external 4k@60 monitor connected would be useful.

 

[Lifeline99]

An ioreg from such KabyLake Macs with the external 4k@60 monitor connected would be useful.

I can probably get my hands on the latest 13" macbook pro, but this particular model has the 650 HD, not the 640 HD of the NUC. Is that problematic, or would the ioreg still be useful?

 

[Lifeline99]

I can probably get my hands on the latest 13" macbook pro, but this particular model has the 650 HD, not the 640 HD of the NUC. Is that problematic, or would the ioreg still be useful?

more specifically, its a 14,2

 

[RehabMan]

I can probably get my hands on the latest 13" macbook pro, but this particular model has the 650 HD, not the 640 HD of the NUC. Is that problematic, or would the ioreg still be useful?

Still potentially useful.
Make sure it is connected to the same monitor you're trying to use.

 

[Lifeline99]

Still potentially useful.
Make sure it is connected to the same monitor you're trying to use.

will do. any particular flags I should run ioreg with?

 

[RehabMan]

will do. any particular flags I should run ioreg with?

No.
Just run IORegistryExplorer.app v2.1.
Then File -> Save.
Compress resulting ioreg as ZIP, attach here.

 

[Lifeline99]

My particular NUC is the NUC7i5BNH. Is there any utility in changing my SMBIOS to 14,1 (13-inch macbook pro, no touchbar)? The internals seem more similar to that unit (core i5, 640 HD).