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- Apr 7, 2020
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- Motherboard
- Asus VivoMini UN65u
- CPU
- i5 7200U
- Graphics
- Intel HD Graphics 620
- Mac
- Mobile Phone
The Asus UN65U is a desktop mini PC that uses laptop components to keep the size and power requirements down.
Motherboard: ASUS UN65U VivoMini
CPU: Intel Core i5-7200U @2.5GHz-3.1GHz
GPU: Intel HD Graphics 620 1536 MB
Audio: Conexant CX20751/2 @ Intel Sunrise Point-LP PCH - High Definition Audio
RAM: 2x16GB Kingston 2133 MHz DDR4
HDD: Samsung 840 SSD 250GB
Ethernet: Realtek PCI GbE Family Controller
WiFi: Intel Dual Band Wireless AC 7265
Kexts I used for installation:
Airportitlwm.kext
AppleALC.kext
Lilu.kext
RealtekRTL8111.kext
SMCProcessor.kext
SMCSuperIO.kext
VirtualSMC.kext
WhateverGreen.kext
Boot flags (Using OpenCore 0.6.3):
keepsyms=1 alcid=3
What works:
WiFi: Airportitlwm 1.2 alpha works
LAN: Realtek 8111 works
USB: All USB slots (2.0 & 3.0 and front USB) working
Bluetooth: works
Sleep: works
iMessage: works
FaceTime: works with a Wyze Camera v2 flashed as a webcam
Graphics: Intel HD 620 seems to work fine w/ DP and HDMI and reports metal support. Currently driving a 2K HP Monitor over DP
Audio: Audio jack in back and DP/HDMI audio work properly
What doesn't work:
Nothing - as far as I can tell everything works correctly.
Quirks:
Video: When I boot up the screen will display properly for ~5 seconds, then the screen will turn off for about 15s while the SSD light blinks furiously, then the screen will reappear and everything will work great. The same thing happens when recovering from sleep. No idea what is going on, but I figure it is just an extra 15s of boot/wake up. Video looks good - transparency is fine and the drift screensaver looks good with no stuttering.
EFI Structure
I used Open Core 0.6.3 and the latest kexts downloaded on Nov 16. I tried using the normal guides but kept getting kernel panics. I wound up downloading 4 different EFI folders and piecing together the config.plist entries and kexts until it was working. This is based off of the iMac18,1 as that seems the closest match for the 7200U/HD620 which never shipped in a mac.
I installed Windows 10 on a separate drive and am able to dual boot using the Open Core GUI boot screen.
Airportitlwm 1.2.0 alpha is the first version that has been stable on this box. It now recovers from sleep and connects to 2.4 and 5Ghz networks with no problems. I get around 95mbps download w/ 13ms ping which is enough for casual use.
See attached EFI folder for details. Use ProperTree to edit the config.plist and GenSMBIOS to get a new iMac18,1 serial number, motherboard serial number, and UUID in PlatformInfo. Also, the current PlatformInfo->Generic->ROM is set to 11223344 5566 which isn't going to work well with iMessages, etc. - update it to match your MAC address.
Install
I was originally running Catalina with a year old version of Clover, but when I tried to update it for Big Sur Beta everything blew up. It seemed like a better idea to get a clean Open Core install than keep trying to hack together Clover.
I downloaded the Big Sur 11.0.1 GA release and used createinstallmedia to make a USB boot stick installer. I replaced the EFI folder on the USB drive with this one and booted up, formatted the drive as APFS and installed. Once installed I updated the EFI on the SSD with this. Fairly painless except for the 20-30 attempts with different combinations of other EFI folders I downloaded ...
Thanks!
I figured that enough people posted their stuff that I ought to give back - hopefully this will help someone out.
Thanks to everyone for their contributions!
EFI Changes:
11/19/2020 I removed IntelMausi, NoTouchID, and NVMeFix and reuploaded the fixed EFI because they don't seem to be needed for a UN65U.
11/25/2020 Changed APPL,ig-platform-id to <05001C59> since that seems to work better for VM65 and it works equally well for UN65U.
Motherboard: ASUS UN65U VivoMini
CPU: Intel Core i5-7200U @2.5GHz-3.1GHz
GPU: Intel HD Graphics 620 1536 MB
Audio: Conexant CX20751/2 @ Intel Sunrise Point-LP PCH - High Definition Audio
RAM: 2x16GB Kingston 2133 MHz DDR4
HDD: Samsung 840 SSD 250GB
Ethernet: Realtek PCI GbE Family Controller
WiFi: Intel Dual Band Wireless AC 7265
Kexts I used for installation:
Airportitlwm.kext
AppleALC.kext
Lilu.kext
RealtekRTL8111.kext
SMCProcessor.kext
SMCSuperIO.kext
VirtualSMC.kext
WhateverGreen.kext
Boot flags (Using OpenCore 0.6.3):
keepsyms=1 alcid=3
What works:
WiFi: Airportitlwm 1.2 alpha works
LAN: Realtek 8111 works
USB: All USB slots (2.0 & 3.0 and front USB) working
Bluetooth: works
Sleep: works
iMessage: works
FaceTime: works with a Wyze Camera v2 flashed as a webcam
Graphics: Intel HD 620 seems to work fine w/ DP and HDMI and reports metal support. Currently driving a 2K HP Monitor over DP
Audio: Audio jack in back and DP/HDMI audio work properly
What doesn't work:
Nothing - as far as I can tell everything works correctly.
Quirks:
Video: When I boot up the screen will display properly for ~5 seconds, then the screen will turn off for about 15s while the SSD light blinks furiously, then the screen will reappear and everything will work great. The same thing happens when recovering from sleep. No idea what is going on, but I figure it is just an extra 15s of boot/wake up. Video looks good - transparency is fine and the drift screensaver looks good with no stuttering.
EFI Structure
I used Open Core 0.6.3 and the latest kexts downloaded on Nov 16. I tried using the normal guides but kept getting kernel panics. I wound up downloading 4 different EFI folders and piecing together the config.plist entries and kexts until it was working. This is based off of the iMac18,1 as that seems the closest match for the 7200U/HD620 which never shipped in a mac.
I installed Windows 10 on a separate drive and am able to dual boot using the Open Core GUI boot screen.
Airportitlwm 1.2.0 alpha is the first version that has been stable on this box. It now recovers from sleep and connects to 2.4 and 5Ghz networks with no problems. I get around 95mbps download w/ 13ms ping which is enough for casual use.
See attached EFI folder for details. Use ProperTree to edit the config.plist and GenSMBIOS to get a new iMac18,1 serial number, motherboard serial number, and UUID in PlatformInfo. Also, the current PlatformInfo->Generic->ROM is set to 11223344 5566 which isn't going to work well with iMessages, etc. - update it to match your MAC address.
Install
I was originally running Catalina with a year old version of Clover, but when I tried to update it for Big Sur Beta everything blew up. It seemed like a better idea to get a clean Open Core install than keep trying to hack together Clover.
I downloaded the Big Sur 11.0.1 GA release and used createinstallmedia to make a USB boot stick installer. I replaced the EFI folder on the USB drive with this one and booted up, formatted the drive as APFS and installed. Once installed I updated the EFI on the SSD with this. Fairly painless except for the 20-30 attempts with different combinations of other EFI folders I downloaded ...
Thanks!
I figured that enough people posted their stuff that I ought to give back - hopefully this will help someone out.
Thanks to everyone for their contributions!
EFI Changes:
11/19/2020 I removed IntelMausi, NoTouchID, and NVMeFix and reuploaded the fixed EFI because they don't seem to be needed for a UN65U.
11/25/2020 Changed APPL,ig-platform-id to <05001C59> since that seems to work better for VM65 and it works equally well for UN65U.
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