[Guide] ASUS Vivobook X542UA

[igorgr24]

Hello, everybody!

I have ASUS Vivobook X542UA, MacOS Mojave 10.14.5

My hardware is:
- Intel Core i5-8250U
- Graphics Intel UHD 620
- 16Gb DDR4
- m2 SSD WD Blue 250Gb SATA
- SATA HDD 1Tb
- Realtek ALC294 codec
- WiFi+BT replaced with Broadcom BCM94352
- screen replaced with B156HAN01.1 - it's a cheap IPS, gamut is 72% of sRGB. Only 6 bits/pixel is available (262 thousands of colors only), but it's much more better, than native TN.

What is DOES NOT work:
- Internal microphone - when no headphones connected, in sound devices appears 2 * Line In, both not working. When headphones + ext. mic connected - everything is working.
- GPIO pinning of touchpad - in my case it's work only in polling mode. All gestures works.

In attached files you can find my EFI folder and kexts you should install to /L/E. You must generate your own serial numbers and place them to config.plist (SMBIOS section) using PlistEdit Pro. You can generate these numbers in Clover Configurator.

Credits to Feartech and ben9923 - they help me a lot.

UPD 7/17/19: Updated Clover and some kexts.
UPD 7/26/19: Added USB Type-C support
Download AsusSMC here, there is own daemon, required to install.

 

[Feartech]

Hello, everybody!

I have bought ASUS Vivobook X542UA, and installed a week ago 10.14.3 -> 10.14.4

My hardware is:
- Intel Core i5-8250U
- Graphics Intel UHD 620
- 8Gb DDR4
- m2 SSD WD Blue 250Gb
- SATA HDD 1Tb
- Realtek ALC294 codec
- WiFi replaced with Broadcom
- USB Bluetooth dongle ASUS USB-BT400

Most of all done, but:
- Hibernate and Sleep doesn't work properly. Wake up immediately after sleep. After Hibernate in 10 minutes wake up and kernel panic.
- Instable system work. Good after boot, and after 6-8 hours programs possible becomes freeze and crash.
- Both USB 3.0 ports doesn't work as USB 3.0 (no device recognizes), but both working with USB 2.0 devices
- Built-it microphone doesn't work. Working layout with AppleALC is only 12, I tried about 10 other options. Built-in speakers working, external heaphones+mic works.

Help, please! What else should I tune?

use a proper config,plist from the laptop guide:

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and also do this for your USB:

[Guide] Creating a Custom SSDT for USBInjectAll.kext

Overview One of the serious issues most users will face with 10.11.x (and later, including 10.12.x) is the new USB stack in OS X/macOS. It has a much heavier reliance on ACPI, and as a result is much more likely to expose bugs in your ACPI implementation of _PLD, and _UPC. It is covered in...

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[igorgr24]

I created SSDT, and did some patches in DSDT.
It seems the SpeedStep is working, system become more stable, USB ports working fine.

Problem stills:
- Hibernate and Sleep doesn't work properly. Wake up some seconds after sleep. After Hibernate in some minutes wake up but no kernel panics more.
- Built-it microphone doesn't work. Working layout with AppleALC is only 12, I tried about 10 other options. Built-in speakers working, external heaphones+mic works. When no ext headphones connected, I see Built-In Speakers as audio out - it's correct. But in audio in I see two dead Line-In - it's incorrect, there it must be only one built-in mic.

 

[Feartech]

I created SSDT, and did some patches in DSDT.
It seems the SpeedStep is working, system become more stable, USB ports working fine.

Problem stills:
- Hibernate and Sleep doesn't work properly. Wake up some seconds after sleep. After Hibernate in some minutes wake up but no kernel panics more.
- Built-it microphone doesn't work. Working layout with AppleALC is only 12, I tried about 10 other options. Built-in speakers working, external heaphones+mic works. When no ext headphones connected, I see Built-In Speakers as audio out - it's correct. But in audio in I see two dead Line-In - it's incorrect, there it must be only one built-in mic.

NullCPUPowerManagement.kext shouldn't be needed on laptops

config.plist is not per guide as mentioned before

 

[igorgr24]

NullCPUPowerManagement.kext shouldn't be needed on laptops

Removed NullCPUPowerManagement.kext from L/E.
Bluetooth mouse stop works after ~1 hour. And continues only after switch off/on bluetooth on Hack.

Sleep: system slept (power indicator began blinking), next 3 seconds power indicator and HDD indicator switched on, screen stills off, and no response.

config.plist - I'll try to modify it next morning, and I'll write about the results

 

[Feartech]

Removed NullCPUPowerManagement.kext from L/E.
Bluetooth mouse stop works after ~1 hour. And continues only after switch off/on bluetooth on Hack.

Sleep: system slept (power indicator began blinking), next 3 seconds power indicator and HDD indicator switched on, screen stills off, and no response.

config.plist - I'll try to modify it next morning, and I'll write about the results

ok

 

[igorgr24]

So, I tried both RehabMan's configs:
config_HD615_620_630_640_650.plist
config_HD615_620_630_640_650_spoof.plist

Result of both:

Mouse is moving, but system doesn't continue.

What I did wrong?
As I understand - my config.plist should not work properly, but one of RehabMan's must.

 

[igorgr24]

After a couple of hours I got working config.plist, based on RehabMan's config_HD615_620_630_640_650.plist

System working. Still no sleep - immediately wake up after blinking (1-2 sec) power LED. After wake up screen is OFF, but after keyboard/mouse screen is turning ON normally, system normally continues to work.

What can I do else to get normal sleeping?

P.S. Wow, screen brightness working!!!

 

[Feartech]

After a couple of hours I got working config.plist, based on RehabMan's config_HD615_620_630_640_650.plist

System working. Still no sleep - immediately wake up after blinking (1-2 sec) power LED. After wake up screen is OFF, but after keyboard/mouse screen is turning ON normally, system normally continues to work.

What can I do else to get normal sleeping?

P.S. Wow, screen brightness working!!!

InjectKexts should be set to Detect not sure why you changed this

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[igorgr24]

InjectKexts should be set to Detect not sure why you changed this

Without InjectKexts=Yes system can't boot - as photo above, progress bar about 2/3, no mouse cursor appears.

Thank you a lot for your help to me!