The 4K Dell OptiMac - 9020 MT - Core i7-4790 - Radeon RX 570 - LG 4K IPS Monitor

[trs96]

You'll also have to fill out your hardware profile to get any further help. https://www.tonymacx86.com/account/account-details

 

[SoMuchInfo]

Hi, Great guide, many thanks for the effort. Im very tempted to go this route for my Hackintosh build.

Could you please tell me whether it would be possible to add a Firewire card to this setup?
From what I understand, mojave can support firewire devices but Im wondering if there may be an issue due to it being based on a 2014 imac 15,1 which has no FW connector.

Cheers

 

[trs96]

tell me whether it would be possible to add a Firewire card to this setup?

It will work with a compatible Firewire card via the PCIe x1 or x4 slot. Makes no difference whether the iMac had Firewire or not.

 

[SoMuchInfo]

It will work with a compatible Firewire card via the PCIe x1 or x4 slot. Makes no difference whether the iMac had Firewire or not.

Great, Thank you for the response!
I saw another post listing OS X compatible card (Startech I think) I'll give it a go.

 

[nicksoph]

So yeah I followed the mini guide to the T,

Ive NOT checked thoroughly but there is at least 1 difference between yours and the config.plist in https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...overview-for-the-experienced-4k-ready.279108/ - (Plugintype), and there may be others in the config.plist which Ive not noticed and the BIOS settings are critical and those cant be checked those from PR files.

 

[trs96]

Ive NOT checked thoroughly but there is at least 1 difference between yours and the config.plist

Nick, did you say you're running two 4K monitors after the UEFI modifiction ? Did you ever try 1080p monitors before you did that ? I'm thinking that maybe makes a difference whether or not dual monitors will work. Increasing DVMT to 96 MB may be the thing that is important here.

 

[trs96]

So then I remembered you said 14.3 worked for a lot of people so I changed it to 14.3 with clover configurator and I still had the same problem.

Have you tried changing the Primary Display BIOS setting to Intel HD Graphics instead of Auto ? If not give that a go. Also try the SMBIOS of iMac 14,1 as that is for an iMac that only has Iris Pro 5200 gfx and no Nvidia GPU.

 

[triplec76]

Are there any newer iMac models that would be applicable to this build? Sidecar requires fairly newer hardware. I think the oldest is the 5k from 2015 or iMacs 2017 or newer. I believe the 2015 5k iMac is 17,1.

 

[trs96]

Are there any newer iMac models that would be applicable to this build? Sidecar requires fairly newer hardware. I think the oldest is the 5k from 2015 or iMacs 2017 or newer. I believe the 2015 5k iMac is 17,1.

You could test it by booting from a USB with a newer SMBIOS. I don't recommend going past iMac 15,1 longer term as it will have other "side effects" when you do.

@triplec76 was wondering if you could remove your 510 temporarily and test dual monitors with onboard gfx. Do they work for you ?

 

[triplec76]

You could test it buy booting from a USB with a newer SMBIOS. I don't recommend going past iMac 15,1 longer term as it will have other "side effects" when you do.

@triplec76 was wondering if you could remove your 510 temporarily and test dual monitors with onboard gfx. Do they work for you ?

Thank you for the info, as usual.

Unfortunately I don't have two DP monitors and I don't have a DP to HDMI adapter for my second monitor. If I find an adapter I will test it out.