Hello,
I'm brand new to the world of Hackintosh and PC Building in general. I have the parts listed below in my system and have been trying for months to get it to boot Mojave with no luck. I recently found this thread, and it has been incredibly helpful by describing issues with this particular hardware (which I too am having issue with), but my unfamiliarity with these different programs and customization have left me overwhelmed. I'm hoping someone can walk me through a more customized guide to make my system work, since I'm having to stray off the path of conventional guides for these unique hardware issues without knowing what I'm doing. I'll list below the steps I've tried and the results of them.
My specs:
CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Silent Loop 280 94.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS XI HERO (WI-FI) ATX Motherboard
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory
Storage: Samsung 970 EVO 1TB M.2-2280 NVMe Solid State Drive
Case: be quiet! Dark Base 700 ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Antec 850 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
These parts are intended to also be included, but are not installed until the system can boot:
Storage: Samsung 970 EVO 2 TB M.2-2280 NVMe Solid State Drive
Video Card: ASRock Radeon RX 580 8 GB Phantom Gaming X Video Card
Custom: JIUWU External 1394B PCIe Card Firewire 800 IEEE1394B PCI Express
I should also mention that my BIOS is version 1005, which some posters say worked for them.
-I first attempted to use UniBeast and MultiBeast from a guide on the tonymacx86 website titled:
unibeast-install-macos-mojave-on-any-supported-intel-based-pc.259381
(I'm not posting complete links because I've posted this 6 times and it keeps being deleted for "advertising" hopefully the description is enough for it to be found)
I've created the boot drive several times, in different combinations of UEFI and Legacy, and only gotten the error message:
Reboot and Select proper Boot device
or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key
Based on the guide, I did the following to my BIOS:
- To access BIOS/UEFI Setup, press and hold Delete on a USB Keyboard while the system is booting up
BIOS is automatic
- Load Optimized Defaults
Done
- If your CPU supports VT-d, disable it
Done by default, verified
- If your system has CFG-Lock, disable it
Done by default, verified
- If your system has Secure Boot Mode, disable it
Deleted secure boot keys to disable it.
- Set OS Type to Other OS
Done
- If your system has IO Serial Port, disable it
Either I do not have this, or cannot find it in any settings.
- Set XHCI Handoff to Enabled
Done
- If you have a 6 series or x58 system with AWARD BIOS, disable USB 3.0
I don’t think this applies to me
- Save and exit.
Done
I also tried enabling the CSM to get boot priorities and overrides in all combinations, but these haven't gotten me any further.
-After I found this thread, I started attempting to use Clover and Clover Configurator based on another site.
I couldn't install Clover on my MacBook Air, and I realized it was supposed to go onto the USB. Once loaded there, I tried to use the Configurator to add the ACPI Fix, as copied from NCMacGuy 's ZIP (Thanks!). This got me a new error:
boot0af: error
I followed this guide to solve it from insanelymac.com, but it just started in legacy mode with no drive detected.
301255-how-to-fix-the-boot0af-error-using-clover
-Like I said, now that I am straying from guides and trying to mix and match suggestions and patches from different advice sources without having any idea of what it is I'm doing, I'm a bit overwhelmed. I can provide any more information if anyone here is willing and able to help me with customized steps for this machine. Please let me know what you need (and most likely some brief steps on how I can get it for you.)
Thanks.
