Hi,
After almost 3 months of searching, reading, fixing etc my Asus ZenBook works great
![headbang :headbang: :headbang:](/images/smilies/headbang.gif)
CPU, SSD M.2 and WIFI is native supported in new High Sierra.
PM works great(battery around 7hours in normal usage).
Generally i can say that it's perfect model for hackintosh laptop nowdays
Model: Asus UX430UA
OS: 10.13.2 (17C205)
Clover: 4380
FileSystem: APFS
SMBIOS: MacBookPro14,1
Wifi: replaced to "Broadcom BCM94352Z M.2 NGFF 802.11AC 867Mbps BT 4.0 DW1560 for Mac Hackintosh"
CPU: Kaby Lake i7-7500U
GPU: Intel HD Graphics 620
Display: 14`
RAM: 8GB 2133MHz DDR4
HDD: 512GB SATA3 M.2 SSD
More info
https://www.asus.com/Laptops/ASUS-ZenBook-UX430UA/Tech-Specs/
Benchmarks:
CPU:
https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/3590954
Compute:
https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/compute/981634
So far so good
![Wink ;) ;)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
laptop works in 100%(without fingerprint sensor)
working:
- wifi 2,4/5Ghz
- BlueTooth 4.0
- eth USB 10/100/1000 LAN
- USB2/3/C works fine - generate custom SSDT for USBInjectAll.kext
- AirDrop
- GPU/CPU full acceleration(used ssdtPRGen.sh for PM) - "Intel HD Graphics KBL CRB 1536 MB" - native support
- all sensors, cpu, gpu, fans without any problems(average temperature 35-39' in normal usage)
- m.2 Sandisk, trim - native support
- USB-C/3/2
- battery, cycle count etc, battery life ~7h with regular use and ~2,5h with external display 4K video
- sleep/wake(on charger and battery)
- brightness, slider, auto change level(battery/charger) 16 levels
- keyboard backlight 3 levels AsusNBFnKeys.kext + DSDT patches from EMlyDinEsh
- HDMI external display(4K) on micro hdmi(NvidiaGraphicsFixup.kext)
- HDMI audio
- audio(speakers, microphone) - AppleALC.kext Lilu.kext inject id = 3 ALC295
- Headphones (with jack sense) -
had to change Audio MIDI Setup because of crackling sound(TODO)
- FN keys via AsusNBFnKeys.kext (brightness, audio)
- imessage, facetime, hand-off
- camera USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam
- card reader(in system pref "This computer doesn't contain any Apple Internal Memory Card Readers." but in USB "Flash Card Reader/Writer") so it works as regular pendrive
- touchpad horizontal/vertical scrolling, 3 fingers(mission control etc) ELAN 1200
- fingerprint sensor ELAN:Fingerprint - device is recognised in Sytem Info but now port HS09 is disabled
TODO:
- fix headphones crackling sound
- guide?
Very useful links(must read):
RehabMan guides:
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/readme-common-some-unsolved-problems-in-10-12-sierra.202316/
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/faq-read-first-laptop-frequent-questions.164990/
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/guide-patching-laptop-dsdt-ssdts.152573/
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/guide-patching-dsdt-ssdt-for-laptop-backlight-control.152659/
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/guide-native-power-management-for-laptops.175801/
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...rol-using-applebacklightinjector-kext.218222/
Other(must read)
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/installing-sierra-on-asus-zenbook-ux410ua.223811/
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...10uak-macos-sierra-installation-guide.224591/
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...6-wifi-not-working.227506/page-3#post-1547302
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/asus-ux430ua-external-display-hdmi-not-working.227721/
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/wip-voodooi2c-i2c-trackpad-limited-support.204227
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/asus-ux430ua-kaby-lake-hd-620-hdmi-audio-not-working.228018/
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/asus-ux430ua-alc295-audio-headphones-crackling.228992/
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/asus-ux430ua-keyboard-backlighting.226619/page-2
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/an-idiots-guide-to-imessage.196827/
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...d-limited-support.204227/page-80#post-1571791
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/asus-ux430ua-fingerprint-trackpad-touch-id.230671/
Useful stuff:
https://github.com/vit9696/AppleALC
https://github.com/RehabMan/Laptop-DSDT-Patch
https://github.com/KernCheh/UX303LA/tree/master/EFI kexts/Asus DSDT patches
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/wip-voodooi2c-i2c-trackpad-limited-support.204227/
Useful apps:
Clover ->
https://sourceforge.net/projects/cloverefiboot/
Clover Configurator ->
http://mackie100projects.altervista.org/download-clover-configurator/
MaciASL ->
https://bitbucket.org/RehabMan/os-x-maciasl-patchmatic/downloads/
DPCIManager ->
https://sourceforge.net/projects/dpcimanager/
IORegistryExplorer ->
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/guide-how-to-make-a-copy-of-ioreg.58368/
patchmatic ->
https://bitbucket.org/RehabMan/os-x-maciasl-patchmatic/downloads/
Brightness Slider(if you have a problems with fn keys) ->
https://itunes.apple.com/pl/app/brightness-slider/id456624497?mt=12