Another ASUS prime H270 pro - Intel I7 7700 - ASUS ROG Strix GTX1080

[1421Panda]

Hi,

I am new to Hackintosh and am not the most computer savvy person. I decided to attempt to Hackintosh my PC as I have enjoyed/prefer using the applications and layout of Mac OSX. I have been using a mid-2012 MacBook Air and am still surprised at how well it continues to run.

After following several guides and multiple attempts compounded by my lack of understanding I found a guide that finally worked. 2 days of attempts at installing High Sierra have finally paid off. This guide outlined below may be useful for those with similar PC’s components. I must admit though that I wrote this just as much for my benefit as for others.

For the most part I followed Jimmakos01’s CustomMacPro Build: Gigabyte Z270X ULTRA GAMING - i7 6700K - GTX 1060.

Link: https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...gaming-i7-6700k-gtx-1060.231054/#post-1580532



Components

Components were sourced from Umart as a prebuilt system: Umart View 1080 Powered by Asus Gaming PC.
Link: https://www.umart.com.au/Umart-View-1080-Powered-by-Asus-Gaming-PC_37296G.html

Brand + Item

Thelmaltake View 27
ASUS PRIME H270-PRO
COUGAR -STE500PSU
INTEL -I7 7700, 3.6GHZ, 8MB, LGA1151
ASUS - ROG GTX1080 STRIX GAMING OC
COOLERMASTER - HYPER212X
TP-LINK - ARCHERT9E
CORSAIR - VENGENCE DDR4 2X8GB 2400MHZ
CRUCIAL - MX300 275GB SATA M.2 2280SS SSD

The TP-Link Archer T9E is not included as part of the build and was purchased separately.
Link: https://www.umart.com.au/TP-Link-Archer-T9E-AC1900-Dual-Band-PCI-Express-Adapter_31624G.html

The Micron M600 M.2 card that High Sierra was installed on was purchase separately from Kogan AUS.
Link: https://www.kogan.com/au/buy/micron-m600-512gb-m2-type-2280ss-sed-solid-state-drive-micron/


Notes - Assembly:
The Micron M600 M.2 card was installed in M.2_2 port disabling SATA 6Gb port #6.


Notes – System Specification:
The Asus Prime H270 Pro motherboard contains the following chipsets/features:

• 219-V Intel gigabit LAN
• Realtek ALC887 audio codec
• Intel High Definition Audio Codec (HDA)
• ASMedia USB 3.1 controller – 2 x 10Gb/s ports

Installation Guide:

Required programs and kexts:

UniBeast 8.1.0
https://www.tonymacx86.com/resources/unibeast-8-1-0.353/

MultiBeast 10.1.1
https://www.tonymacx86.com/resources/multibeast-high-sierra-10-1-1.354/

KextBeast 2.0.1
https://www.tonymacx86.com/resources/kextbeast-2-0-1.310/

Clover Configurator 4.57.3.0
http://mackie100projects.altervista.org/download-clover-configurator/

Lilu.kext 1.2.1
https://github.com/vit9696/Lilu/releases

AppleALC.kext 1.2.1
https://github.com/vit9696/AppleALC/releases

iMessageDebug
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/how-to-fix-imessage.110471/

Nvidia Web Driver 378.10.10.10.25.102
http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/127670/en-us

Nvidia Cuda Driver 387.99
http://www.nvidia.com/object/macosx-cuda-387.99-driver.html

OSX High Sierra install app
App Store


Hint: Prior to starting have your system specs/ user guides and pen and paper to take note of different options selected and kexts installed etc.


Bootable USB:

The bootable USB was created as per the High Sierra Guide.
In disk utility select your chosen USB and click erase.
Rename the USB and format as Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
and GUID Partition Map.
Click Erase and Done
Open Unibeast and press continue and agree.
Select the newly reformatted USB, ignore graphics configuration option and select UEFI Bootloader.

Once UniBeast has completed installing onto the USB, and paste the folder containing the Required programs and .kexts.


Installation:


Now is a good time to backup existing drives and to update your BIOS and ME.

I will be installing High Sierra onto a separate/new SSD and as such removed my current SSD and HD’s. Thus saving them from any mistakes I may make.


Insert your High Sierra boot USB
Boot up the PC to be Hackintoshed and press F2 to open BIOS settings (ASUS motherboards).
In the Tools tab, select reset bios / load optimised defaults and restart.

Once again enter into the BIOS and change the following settings:

Advanced

CPU Configuration
-Intel Virtualisation Technology = Enabled

System Agent (SA) Configuration
-VT-d = Disabled

Graphics Configuration
-Primary Display = PCIE
-IGPU Multi-Monitor = Disabled

USB Configuration
-XHCI Hand-off = Enabled

Boot
Fast Boot = Disabled

Secure Boot
-OS Type = Other OS
-Boot Option Priorities = High Sierra Boot USB (at top of list)

Exit - Save and Reset.


Your computer should now load up the Clover Boot Screen.

Select the High Sierra USB
Select your language and Disk Utility
Erase the drive High Sierra is to install on.
Rename and format the drive as Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
Erase and exit disk utility

In the option window select install High Sierra.

(Your computer will restart)

Now select (clover boot screen) the drive High Sierra was installed onto to complete installation.


Post Installation:

Open Multibeast

Quickstart
- Select UEFI Boot Mode

Drivers
Audio
- Select Required ALC audio driver (in my case ALC887/888b)
- Select 100 / 200 series audio

Disk
- Select Intel Generic AHCI SATA

Misc
- Select FAKESMC, FAKESMC plugins, FAKESMC HARDWARE MONITOR

Network
- Select IntelMausiEthernet v2.3.0

USB
-Select Increase Max Port Limit

Bootloaders
- Select Clover UEFI Boot Mode + Emulated NVRAM

Customise
Graphics Configuration
- NVIDIA Web Drivers Boot Flag
-NVIDIA Graphics Fixup

System Definitions
- Select 18,3 (Intel I7 7700(k))

After the above options have been selected click build and install


Note: Do not reboot


Install Graphics drivers (NVIDIA Web Driver and NVIDIA Web Driver) ignore the restart to complete install button/step.

Now to complete graphics install and to have properly working audio, drag and drop Lilu.kext and AppleALC.kext onto your desktop and run KextBeast. KextBeast will install any .kext located on your desktop folder.

To complete audio setup open Clover Configurator in the left pane select Mount EFI. Find your PC High Sierra Boot drive and select mount partition. Open EFI then Clover folders and select the .Config file.

Select the ACPI pane:
- Check the patches section ensure the following is present

Comment | Find* [HEX] | Replace [HEX] | Disabled
Change HDAS to HDEF | 48444153 | 48444546 |

Select the Devices pane:
-Audio Inject 11

After the above step's it’s finally time to reboot and cross your fingers.

To fix iMessage follow the procedure as outlined in either Jimmakos01 CustomMacPro Build or Fix iMessage guide.

If you have read through Jimmakos01 CustomMacPro Build you will have noticed that I have missed out deleting FakeGPU.kext (Library/Extensions and delete the FAKEGPU.kext). The FakeGPU.kext is installed with Select FAKESMC, FAKESMC plugins, FAKESMC HARDWARE MONITOR and can cause kernel panic.

What Works:

• sleep and wake
• front USB ports (only ones tested so far)
• front audio ports
• NVIDIA driver and GTX1080 Graphics card
• iTunes, App store etc.

To Do:

• iMessage
• Facetime

Instabilities:

• Occasional crash when booting into High Sierra – Possibly caused by the FAKEGPU.kext I forgot to delete. The PC seems to crash when it switches over onto NVIDIA graphics/drivers.
• Crackly audio [Solved] caused by some weird ground loop when in contact with my MacBook Air when charging.

I might not bother with the iMessage or Facetime fix, as I don’t utilise the applications.


Questions:

Will removing the FAKEGUP.kext fix my occasional boot problems?

When deleting FAKEGPU.kext is it just a matter of moving the FAKEGPU.kext file to the trash and emptying, or are there further steps that need to be completed?

I would like to create regular bootable 1 to 1 backups. I have had a look around the forums and found out about CloneZillar, is this the way to go?

 

[BreBo]

@1421Panda, please update your profile (personal details) with your Motherboard or Make/Model, CPU and Graphics Card.

Profiles need to contain at least your primary system to assist others with helping you.

 

[A-Funny-Name]

Any updates? Did you remove the FAKEGPU.kext

 

[A-Funny-Name]

Also did you get the rear audio ports to work?

 

[BreBo]

Any updates? Did you remove the FAKEGPU.kext

Also did you get the rear audio ports to work?

1421Panda was last seen: Dec 12, 2017

 

[A-Funny-Name]

1421Panda was last seen: Dec 12, 2017

Thanks for letting me know.

Well fo the greater good... I have a very similar build. Every thing seems to be going well I have the same issues, no iMessage, no rear audio.

Which is fine as I don't really care. I might try and have a look into it, if I work it out I will post back here

 

[1421Panda]

I've been just a bit slack on this forum...

I haven't managed to get iMessage working. To be honest I haven't really given it a good go as I don't use it.
Although I don't recall removing the FAKEGPU.kext. For whatever reason, my Hackintosh started booting up every time without crashing.
I haven't tested the rear audio ports but my front ones work fine. I usually use a zoom UAC2 audio AIO with no problems.
I haven't updated as everything I need currently works and I'm worried that if I do it would take me ages to get the Hackintosh working again.

I'll check the rear audio ports tonight.
Any other details I'm happy to post, just ask.

Cheers, and sorry about the late reply.

 

[1421Panda]

The rear audio ports don't work. I'll have to look up a fix for this.

 

[A-Funny-Name]

The rear audio ports don't work. I'll have to look up a fix for this

Thanks for getting back to me!

I never found this in the BIOS:
USB Configuration
-XHCI Hand-off = Enabled

I don't really know what it does, but hey everything seems to work!

 

[zzmadd]

I have the same motherboard: ASUS H270 Pro with an i3-7100 and I have an issue with Shut Down that leads to Reboot.
Have seen there are fixes like Rehabman patch for the _PTS but I'm unsure how to implement it.
Does anyone have a clue how this can be fixed?