haswell

Hi All, So my first venture over to Opencore has gone well however but it has thrown up a concern. If for any reason I get an unclean shutdown i.e. I'm at the picker list I think...crap I forgot to plug in that USB drive and push the reset button (no shutdown or restart option at the pick...

Running an older setup of Gigabyte GA-H97N-WiFi Intel Core i3 4360 / Intel Core i7 4790 16 GB ram Onboard 4600 intel GPU 250 GB SSD (for OS install) 1 TB spinning rust (for home directory) And wanted to document getting it upgraded to Big Sur with working 4K. A little history: The machine had...

Hello :) I need to update my Haswell build (currently running El Capitan) to the most current Mac OS possible due to software requirements. I tried to update via the guide to no avail, so I'm planning on doing a fresh install. Is this setup compatible with Catalina, or do I need to stick with...

Hi, maybe I can find the help I need here, I'm a beginner and English is not my first languaje, so please be patient. I made two hackintosh whit diferents setups (both with Opencore 0.6.5), this are the specis: The one with Catalina Mother: ASUS Z97m-Plus Procesor: Intel Core i5 3.4gh 4th...

Hello, I've just updated from High Sierra to Big Sur after buying a new GPU (from GTX 1050Ti to RX 570). After everything went right, I started noticing that now the Mac OS is running really slow to perform basic tasks such as opening another chrome tab. I performed a vanilla clean install and...

I install Big Sur to my haswell's laptop(i5-4210U), it can install Big Sur system, the system auto reboot, and it stuck atIOKit Daemon (kernelmagagerd) stall[1], (240s):'PXSX' and tx_flush:1074 disk1 xid 1116 tx stats:# 120 finish 120 enter 206 wait 1 19823us close 113us flush 1563us Could...

update 2020-12-22: The same config can be used to either upgrade to Big Sur or do a fresh installation of Big Sur. See below for details This is a rewrite of my previous guide using Clover. I am getting ready to install BigSur on it, but decided to first convert from Clover to OpenCore. Because...

Hello @Feartech I installed Big Sur release in my system (z97-hd3) using a USB pen drive and it went smoothly. The only issue so far is that the USB 3.1 ASmedia 2142 controller pcie card is not loaded and the USB 3.1 external disk is not recognized as such when connected. Attached are some...

Lenovo ThinkPad X240 using OpenCore (0.5.9) Considering i haven't finished the OpenCore Bootloader guide yet, due to the big number of request for a OpenCore guide, here is the Open Core guide which is much more stable and faster than Clover, i have been using the OpenCore Bootloader since...

Lenovo ThinkPad T440P using OpenCore (0.5.9) Considering i haven't finished the OpenCore Bootloader guide yet, due to the big number of request for a OpenCore guide, here is the Open Core guide which is much more stable and faster than Clover, i have been using the OpenCore Bootloader since...

Lenovo ThinkPad T440S using OpenCore (0.6.7) . The up to date EFI and the more detailed usage explanation can be found at: https://github.com/Sniki/Lenovo-Thinkpad-T440S Warning ! RESET NVRAM: please do not use this option, there is an issue from Lenovo's side on the 2-3 recent versions of...

ASUS K550JX - MacOS Catalina - Full Guide (ASUS K550JK GUIDE COMING SOON...) Hello! This is a guide on how to install macOS Catalina 10.15 on your ASUS K550JX. To be clear, I will provide all the files, folders, SSDT´s and DSDT´s I used on my Laptop, but bear in mind that you may need...

My OpenCore (0.5.6) Catalina build (10.15.3) is running fine except for occasional freeze & kernel panics (maybe once or twice a day). Mobo is Gigabyte H87M-D3H, CPU is Core i5-4460, HD4600(headless) + RX 560 4GB. My config.plist is attached. Here is the report when the system freezes. I am...

Hi there, When trying to upgrade from Mavericks to Catalina, (using this guide https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/unibeast-install-macos-catalina-on-any-supported-intel-based-pc.285366/) … I seem to be stuck on Step 2 > Part 11 (At Select OS Installation screen choose Catalina and click...

Update 12/22/2020: OpenCore guide updated to include Big Sur. Update 12/20/2020: Finally switched to OpenCore. See this new post Update 12/24/2019: Update to Catalina 10.15.2 was as smooth as it were a real MacBook. This is a rewrite of my previous guide that outlined High Sierra...

Overview The Optiplex 9030 is a 23" All in One system based on Haswell processors. It comes in two main different types: Integrated graphics type and a variation with AMD R7 A265. This guide is just for the integrated graphics HD4600 and HD4400 version. I cannot recommend this enough as a...

I followed the installation guide for Mojave: 1- I created the bootable USB using UEFI Boot Mode; 2- I tried to change as much settings that I could from the bios, but I could not change: -disable CFG-Lock -Set OS Type to Other OS -Set XHCI Handoff to Enabled Cause in my Bios these settings...

So, I joined the hackintosh family a week ago! But, I've run into some problems since then. I installed the system using a nvidia gtx670 and gtx570, following this guide to the T...

Hi! I have been trying to install Mojave on my Dell Inspiron 3847 which has both Intel Graphics and an NIVDIA GTX 750-ti. It has continued to hang at IOConsoleUsers: gIOScreenLockState 3 as seen in the screenshot. I have tried countless configs and Clover config changes and kexts and...

Hey. I just installed Mac OS 10.13.6 with unibeast and im new to hackintosh generally. Everything Works fine except the graphics acceleration. The window, Launchpad and dock Animations Look glitchy and are slow. How to I fix this ? My laptop Specifications are: - Lenovo flex 2-15 - Intel...