ASUS N56V (Booting but some functions are not working)

[jaydelta]

I´m using a ASUS N56V with this spec´s

The specs are:
- Intel i7 3610QM (Ivy Bridge)
- 8GB DDR3 1600MHz
- Intel HM76 Chipset
- Intel HD4000 + Nvidia GT 650M 2GB
- Soundcard RealTek ALC663
- Lan Atheros L1 Gigabit Ethernet
- Wifi Atheros AR9485WB-EG

In therms of performance its great, its fluid. I´m booting in UEFI mode.
I did create my USB following dortania guide, did installed with no problems.

I did attach here my EFI (complete), maybe some tech here can figure out why my Wifi, Ethernet and Sound aren´t working.
If so, what can I do and HOW?

And we have another problem. I can´t boot without USB Stick (Installer of Mac), and I followed some guides in YT by copy EFI USB to EFI folder in Mac but no sucess. I even created a partition with EFI etc etc... nothing. Still need the USB.

 

[P1LGRIM]

Not a Desktop - Moved to Laptop Support.

 

[Middleman]

I did attach here my EFI (complete), maybe some tech here can figure out why my Wifi, Ethernet and Sound aren´t working.
If so, what can I do and HOW?

And we have another problem. I can´t boot without USB Stick (Installer of Mac), and I followed some guides in YT by copy EFI USB to EFI folder in Mac but no sucess. I even created a partition with EFI etc etc... nothing. Still need the USB.

Hi jaydelta,

Okay well I looked at this. For the LAN ethernet you could try AtherosE2200Ethernet.kext
> https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Install-Guide/ktext.html#ethernet
> https://github.com/Mieze/AtherosE2200Ethernet/releases

For some Atheros E2500 LAN uses Realtek chips so you could also try RealtekRTL8111.kext.
> https://github.com/Mieze/RTL8111_driver_for_OS_X/releases
Just remember to turn off the AtherosE2200Ethernet.kext and use only one kext.

For the Atheros wireless you could try looking at this repository which has a few kext listings for:
Atheros AR9565, AR9462, AR9463, AR9485, AR9485 and a few others. Just look down the page, you should see a list
of zipped kexts. > https://github.com/FIRSTPLATO/opencore-atheros-kext

As to sound well AppleALC should be more than sufficient for your needs.
Realtek ALC663 is supported by Opencore so you can try layout ids of 3, 4, 15, 28, 99. You can do this by adding the line alcid=x to your NVRAM boot-arg (so x is the layout-id you want to test).

As to your drive boot up issue, it could be you have MBR (Master Boot Record) instead of GUID partition format on the hard drive - that's why the EFI on the HDD/SSD is maybe not being detected. I suggest you use the Disk Utility on your USB stick (boot using macOS Recovery) and check the main drive. You may have to reformat the main drive (and do the install again) in order to transfer over your USB's EFI properly.