[GUIDE] Getting R9 290/390 (non-X) to work on Sierra (10.12) AND High Sierra (10.13)

[ruibas]

I tried this and it worked! I have a sapphire r9 390. My luxmark score was around 16100...thanks for the help
Rest of the system is:
Gigabye GA-H97m-D3h
i7 4790k
16 GB Ram

What is your SMBIOS ? I have the same hardware with you. Can you share your config.plist with me please ?

 

[slead]

What is your SMBIOS ? I have the same hardware with you. Can you share your config.plist with me please ?

Here is the config.plist, I have replaced the serial number with xxxxxxxxxxxx.
Addtionally, I just checked how many kexts I need for my setup.
- modified AMD8000Controller.kext
- modified AMDRadeonX4000.kext
- Lilu.kext
- Whatevergreen.kext
- AppleALC.kext
- FakeSMC.kext
- AppleHDA.kext (for sound)
- RealtekRTL8111.kext (network card)

Hopefully that is helpful.

 

[jcur0806]

I'm eyeballing this thread every day hoping that the guide gets updated soon Can't wait to have my hackintosh working again

 

[SithToast]

I would now just sum it up and say the following to get the AMD R9 390 working in High Sierra:
- do the hex editor thing in the first post
- install the newest AppleALC.kext, Lilu.kext and WhateverGreen.kext in S/L/E with kext wizard
- rebuild kext cache with kext wizard
- reboot

And you should be done.
I don't even have my IGP from the motherboard enabled in the bios. The HDMI cable now just connects directly from the AMD GFX card to the monitor.

Good luck to everyone.

@onkz
your first post is much appreciated mate, thanks

I got my XFX card working!

Here's how I did it (I'm not sure if some of these steps can be omitted):
Did Hex Edit steps in first post.
Checked LoadVBios - found a Sapphire BIOS that matched slead's.
Checked inject ATI.
Fake ID of 0x67b01002
FB set to Radeon.
Had latest versions of appleALC, Lilu and WhateverGreen inside of my kexts/other folder.
Rebuilt caches.
Restarted.

And like Slead, I don't even need IGP to load up MacOS in style

 

[slead]

I just upgraded to 10.13.1 and had to re-install the AMD8000Controller.kext and AMDRadeonX4000.kext with the kext wizard. After that, a restart and all was fine again.

 

[jaye1]

I followed the steps on my Sapphire Nitro R9 390 and I get stuck on gIOScreenLockState 3 loop, any clue to why it happens?

 

[justr]

I got my XFX card working!

Here's how I did it (I'm not sure if some of these steps can be omitted):
Did Hex Edit steps in first post.
Checked LoadVBios - found a Sapphire BIOS that matched slead's.
Checked inject ATI.
Fake ID of 0x67b01002
FB set to Radeon.
Had latest versions of appleALC, Lilu and WhateverGreen inside of my kexts/other folder.
Rebuilt caches.
Restarted.

And like Slead, I don't even need IGP to load up MacOS in style

So, adding my success report. This is on a legacy clover install!

Did Hex steps from first post.
LoadVBios in config-- using the bios I edited for El Cap
Checked inject ATI
Fake ID of 0x67b01002
FB set to Radeon
Latest AppleALC, Lilu, WhateverGreen in kexts/other
Rebuilt caches
Resarted.

AND: Using DP direct from GPU to 4k60 monitor, with Bios, Clover, loading screen all visible throughout the whole process. At the last step I get a busy white screen, flash to black, then the desktop fades in-- card is recognized and accelerated. (R9 290, 4GB OC.) I haven't had a chance to test FCPX, Lightroom GPU accel, or any other graphics tests yet. But that's the next step.

 

[Schnecky]

Hello everyone,
so I'm running High Sierra right now and trying to get my R9 290 to work properly.
My system:

• i5 2500K
• Asus P8P67 Pro
• R9 290 (Slot 2) + 8500 GT (Slot 1)

Graphics acceleration is working fine so far, I'm scoring 66fps in the Cinebench OpenGL Test (my 8500GT is reaching only 4 FPS).
The issue is that I can only choose 120Hz Refresh Rate with the Nvidia, not with the Radeon. Why is this ?

What I've done so far:

• All the instructions from the first post
• De-Init for the Radeon
• Inject ATI
• Inject Nvidia

 

[BreBo]

@Schnecky, 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.

 

[mclex2111]

Hello everyone, I’m running High Sierra and managed to get working the R9 290, what I’ve done so far is:

Didn’t used the HEX steps from the first post, I’ve just set in Clover Configurator

FB set to Radeon
Port: 4
Inject ATI
Fake ID 0x67B01002