Hi,
After almost 3 months of searching, reading, fixing etc my Asus ZenBook works great
CPU, SSD M.2 and WIFI is native supported in new High Sierra.
PM works great(battery around 7hours in normal usage).
Generally i can say that it's perfect model for hackintosh laptop nowdays
Model: Asus UX430UA
OS: 10.13.2 (17C205)
Clover: 4380
FileSystem: APFS
SMBIOS: MacBookPro14,1
Wifi: replaced to "Broadcom BCM94352Z M.2 NGFF 802.11AC 867Mbps BT 4.0 DW1560 for Mac Hackintosh"
CPU: Kaby Lake i7-7500U
GPU: Intel HD Graphics 620
Display: 14`
RAM: 8GB 2133MHz DDR4
HDD: 512GB SATA3 M.2 SSD
More info
https://www.asus.com/Laptops/ASUS-ZenBook-UX430UA/Tech-Specs/
Benchmarks:
CPU:
https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/3590954
Compute:
https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/compute/981634
So far so good
laptop works in 100%(without fingerprint sensor)
working:
- wifi 2,4/5Ghz
- BlueTooth 4.0
- eth USB 10/100/1000 LAN
- USB2/3/C works fine - generate custom SSDT for USBInjectAll.kext
- AirDrop
- GPU/CPU full acceleration(used ssdtPRGen.sh for PM) - "Intel HD Graphics KBL CRB 1536 MB" - native support
- all sensors, cpu, gpu, fans without any problems(average temperature 35-39' in normal usage)
- m.2 Sandisk, trim - native support
- USB-C/3/2
- battery, cycle count etc, battery life ~7h with regular use and ~2,5h with external display 4K video
- sleep/wake(on charger and battery)
- brightness, slider, auto change level(battery/charger) 16 levels
- keyboard backlight 3 levels AsusNBFnKeys.kext + DSDT patches from EMlyDinEsh
- HDMI external display(4K) on micro hdmi(NvidiaGraphicsFixup.kext)
- HDMI audio
- audio(speakers, microphone) - AppleALC.kext Lilu.kext inject id = 3 ALC295
- Headphones (with jack sense) -
had to change Audio MIDI Setup because of crackling sound(TODO)
- FN keys via AsusNBFnKeys.kext (brightness, audio)
- imessage, facetime, hand-off
- camera USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam
- card reader(in system pref "This computer doesn't contain any Apple Internal Memory Card Readers." but in USB "Flash Card Reader/Writer") so it works as regular pendrive
- touchpad horizontal/vertical scrolling, 3 fingers(mission control etc) ELAN 1200
- fingerprint sensor ELAN:Fingerprint - device is recognised in Sytem Info but now port HS09 is disabled
TODO:
- fix headphones crackling sound
- guide?
Very useful links(must read):
RehabMan guides:
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/readme-common-some-unsolved-problems-in-10-12-sierra.202316/
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/faq-read-first-laptop-frequent-questions.164990/
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/guide-patching-laptop-dsdt-ssdts.152573/
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/guide-patching-dsdt-ssdt-for-laptop-backlight-control.152659/
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/guide-native-power-management-for-laptops.175801/
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...rol-using-applebacklightinjector-kext.218222/
Other(must read)
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/installing-sierra-on-asus-zenbook-ux410ua.223811/
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...10uak-macos-sierra-installation-guide.224591/
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...6-wifi-not-working.227506/page-3#post-1547302
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/asus-ux430ua-external-display-hdmi-not-working.227721/
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/wip-voodooi2c-i2c-trackpad-limited-support.204227
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/asus-ux430ua-kaby-lake-hd-620-hdmi-audio-not-working.228018/
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/asus-ux430ua-alc295-audio-headphones-crackling.228992/
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/asus-ux430ua-keyboard-backlighting.226619/page-2
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/an-idiots-guide-to-imessage.196827/
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...d-limited-support.204227/page-80#post-1571791
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/asus-ux430ua-fingerprint-trackpad-touch-id.230671/
Useful stuff:
https://github.com/vit9696/AppleALC
https://github.com/RehabMan/Laptop-DSDT-Patch
https://github.com/KernCheh/UX303LA/tree/master/EFI kexts/Asus DSDT patches
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/wip-voodooi2c-i2c-trackpad-limited-support.204227/
Useful apps:
Clover ->
https://sourceforge.net/projects/cloverefiboot/
Clover Configurator ->
http://mackie100projects.altervista.org/download-clover-configurator/
MaciASL ->
https://bitbucket.org/RehabMan/os-x-maciasl-patchmatic/downloads/
DPCIManager ->
https://sourceforge.net/projects/dpcimanager/
IORegistryExplorer ->
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/guide-how-to-make-a-copy-of-ioreg.58368/
patchmatic ->
https://bitbucket.org/RehabMan/os-x-maciasl-patchmatic/downloads/
Brightness Slider(if you have a problems with fn keys) ->
https://itunes.apple.com/pl/app/brightness-slider/id456624497?mt=12