[Guide] Intel NUC7/NUC8 using Clover UEFI (NUC7i7Bxx,NUC8i7Bxx,etc)

[riyasd]

Thank you Leesureone for the EFIs you post, they save sooo much time . To help you on verification, your NUC7EFIOC5.8.zip. on page #90 works well on my NUC7i5BNH with 16Gb Ram (Samsung) and a Samsung EVO 1TB M2 drive on Catalina 10.15.4

It's great that it's working for you. I almost have the same model as you : NUC7i7BNH. With Leesureone's file, everything is working except the crackling sound.

Is it possible for you to share your EFI Folder ? I just want to compare with mine. Thanks

 

[calpeadst]

Hi All,

With Leesureone's instructions I've successfully installed Hackintosh on NUC8i3BEH2 (actually it took more to read the cross-documentation than the actual install).

What I haven't been able to form a definitive opinion is whether a separate wifi card (either M.2 native/with adapter/USB type) is required for Continuity case ethernet connection is used. If yes, what combination would be better suited (not asking about compatible devices but about general performance):
- internal BT of the Intel card + USB wifi;
- internal BT + wifi combo;
- USB BT + USB wifi.

BT part of the Intel card works fine to connect to phone/headphones, however the Turn off bluetooth switch is grayed out and I don't know if this is supposed to happen.

Thanks

 

[Leesureone]

Hi,

I"ve tried all the possible Layout-ID's (1, 3, 11, 15, 44, 66) found in Hackintool. But the issue is same. Every time I launch Hackintool, by default, the layout ID is set to 3 (even if it's different in config.plist). With IORegistryExplorer (HDEF) also, the layout ID is still same : 03 00 00 00. For example, when I changed it to 01 00 00 00, it's correctly reflected in config.plist file but not in IORegistryExplorer (screenshot attached)

Thanks for your helpView attachment 470862

I forgot that to get audio working on the NUC7 I had to resort to changing the ID using alcid=3 in the boot arguments (so its stuck at 3). Here is where to change it to other IDs.

 

[Leesureone]

I have a NUC8I7BEH and I'm using Clover

See the attached, delete SDDT, UIAC.aml

 

[Leesureone]

Hi All,

With Leesureone's instructions I've successfully installed Hackintosh on NUC8i3BEH2 (actually it took more to read the cross-documentation than the actual install).

What I haven't been able to form a definitive opinion is whether a separate wifi card (either M.2 native/with adapter/USB type) is required for Continuity case ethernet connection is used. If yes, what combination would be better suited (not asking about compatible devices but about general performance):
- internal BT of the Intel card + USB wifi;
- internal BT + wifi combo;
- USB BT + USB wifi.

BT part of the Intel card works fine to connect to phone/headphones, however the Turn off bluetooth switch is grayed out and I don't know if this is supposed to happen.

Thanks

For continuity you need to have OS X think you have native WIFI/Bluetooth so that means an adapter, a new W/B card and disable the onboard wireless and Bluetooth functions. You will also need a custom USB SSDT or USB port kext to enable the internal usb headers. Nothing else works.

 

[Leesureone]

Hello everyone! Just wanted to ask if NUC8i5BEK is compatible with Thunderbolt 3 devices.

Thank you!!!

Like anything Hackintosh the answer is a resounding....maybe. What device?

 

[vinotico]

It's great that it's working for you. I almost have the same model as you : NUC7i7BNH. With Leesureone's file, everything is working except the crackling sound.

Is it possible for you to share your EFI Folder ? I just want to compare with mine. Thanks

Here is my EFI file . I had the NUC7 running with Clover before OC, had no Audio and fixed with Layout 1 and SoundFlower , for OC used Leesureone's file as is which uses Layout 3 and it works too. I use my NUC7 mostly as a headless using Remotix to remote login and the audio works fine, no crackling, also via HDMI connected directly and no issues. Hope this helps.

 

[titi95]

Hello everyone,
does anyone have any ideas about my sleep mode problem with my NUC8? (my previous post: #3050) ?
Thank you very much.

 

[Leesureone]

It's great that it's working for you. I almost have the same model as you : NUC7i7BNH. With Leesureone's file, everything is working except the crackling sound.

Is it possible for you to share your EFI Folder ? I just want to compare with mine. Thanks

You really should update your signature with the Nuc model

my configuration:
NUC8I5BEH2
RAM : 16Go
Bios: BECFL357.86A.0078
EFI file: NUC8EFIOC5.8-2

Good evening, everyone.

I often have a problem when exiting the sleep mode, the display on the screen flashes continuously (about 5 seconds stopped then display about 1/2 second then stop again...) and I am forced to make a sudden stop and restart.

Do you know this problem ?
Thanks

Its how USB is configured. I set the EFI folder up for the i7s but the i5 is different. You can try the Clover EFI folder or the OC5.7 on a usb drive and see if sleep works. If it does I can fix it.

 

[titi95]

I've tested with OC5.7 but it doesn't get any better than this, here's what happens:
I performed the test with the menu apple + suspend activity and also by pressing the on/off button with the same result.

1/ The screen goes off immediately.
2/ After a few seconds, the fan stops then the light on the on/off button becomes flashing.
3/ After about 2 seconds the fan starts again, the light on the on/off button becomes steady again, but the display does not light up immediately.
then the screen lights up for 0.5 seconds and goes off again.
After about 2 minutes the fan stops and the on/off button becomes flashing again, then restarts as before without the display.

Sometimes it happens that it stays in standby with the flashing on/off button without restarting itself, in this case if I press the on/off button it comes out of standby mode, the screen lights up and everything works normally.