[SUCCESS] High Sierra Gigabyte Z370 HD3-OP | i7 8700 | GTX 1080Ti Asus Strix

[mikhailkp]

I installed Mojave at first but the only thing that made me rollback to
High Sierra is because there's no official NVIDIA driver in Mojave.


Need: USB 16GB
Laptop used: my trusty old MacBook Pro 15" 2012 running on Mojave

System Specs:
Intel i7 8700
Gigabyte Z370 HD3-OP (removed the Optane drive)
Asus Strix GTX 1080Ti
32GB 3000 Mhz Crucial Ballistix
750w Seasonic M12ii Evo
couple of TB's Drive lol
Asus VP249QGR 24" 144hz
Asus VZ279H 27" 60hz
Samsung 55" Curved 4k
Audio Interface: Focusrite 18i20 (5.1) + (Hyper X Cloud II for gaming in windows)
Speakers: 3x Mackie Mr5MK3 | 2x Presonus Eris E5 | 2x Mackie CR3 | Sub: Mackie MR10sMk3

1TB SSD SATA (Windows Drive)
250 GB Kingston A2000 NVME (for Hackintosh)
I highly encourage for you to use separate
boot drive specifically for Hackintosh.


First of all take note that I didn't bother fixing the on-board audio because i don't use it.
My job is sound design and recording so i use external audio interface such as
Focusrite 18i20, Avid MBox Pro 3, Native Instruments K6.
Thanks for understanding.

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Download High Sierra on Mac Site using Mac OSX:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/macos-high-sierra/id1246284741?ls=1&mt=12
BACKUP LINK:

How to download and install macOS - Apple Support

Download and install current or previous versions of the Mac operating system on compatible Mac computers.

support.apple.com

Straightforward Installation using Unibeast.
- https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...ierra-on-any-supported-intel-based-pc.235474/
→ UEFI Boot Mode

Important: FORMAT USB TO MAC OS EXTENDED - GUID!!
MBR won't work tried several times lol

NVIDIA driver IMPORTANT!! if you are going to install Nvidia GPU:
RADEON cards are supported out of the box i think..

1. Download - https://support.apple.com/kb/DL2034
2. 387.10.10.10.40.135 (NVIDIA DRIVER) - https://images.nvidia.com/mac/pkg/387/WebDriver-387.10.10.10.40.135.pkg


BIOS SETTINGS

DO. NOT. UPDATE. BIOS. TO F12 up
rollbacked to F1 BIOS everything worked so well

1. Save & Exit → Load Optimized Defaults
2. M.I.T. → Advanced Memory Settings Extreme Memory Profile(X.M.P.) : Profile1
   BIOS → DISABLE CSM → SECURE BOOT: DISABLE (important)
3. BIOS → Fast Boot : Disabled
4. BIOS → LAN PXE Boot Option ROM : Disabled
5. BIOS → Storage Boot Option Control : UEFI
6. Peripherals → Trusted Computing → Security Device Support : Disabled
7. Peripherals → Network Stack Configuration → Network Stack : Disabled
8. Peripherals → USB Configuration → Legacy USB Support : Auto
9. Peripherals → USB Configuration → XHCI Hand-off : Enabled (important)
10. Chipset → Vt-d : Disabled
11. Chipset → Wake on LAN Enable : Disabled
12. Chipset → IOAPIC 24-119 Entries : Enabled
    
    (Disable internal graphics if you are not using iGPU)

- DISCONNECT EXTERNAL MONITORS
- ONE MONITOR ONLY BEFORE YOU PROCEED TO THE INSTALLATION PROCEDURE
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→ F12 to boot from USB
→ Install High Sierra
→ Disk Utility
→ Format designated drive to Mac os extended - GUID (needs to be fresh formatted)
→ I renamed mine to "Hackintosh High Sierra"
→ After installation it will Restart
→ F12 again to boot from USB
→ Select "Hackintosh High Sierra" - installation will continue wait for a couple of minutes
→ PC will restart again
→ F12 to boot from USB
→ Select "Hackintosh High Sierra"

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Desktop mode:

→ Open Multibeast
→ USB 3 is supported out of the box no need to install
checked this a couple of times and speed test - everything works well
→ Clover Boot Mode UEFI
→ Fake SMC → i installed fake smc plugins - your choice if you want
→ Install LAN - IntelMausiEthernet v2.3.0 (needs reboot to work)
→ Mac Pro or iMac it's ur choice -- Mac Pro worked for me
→ NVIDIA Web Drivers Boot Flag




→ → → RESTART PC → → →

you can remove the usb drive at this point
→ F12 to boot from clover "Hackintosh High Sierra"

→ Install the Security Update (2gb)
Security Update 2020-002 (High Sierra)

→ → → RESTART PC → → →

→ F12 to boot from clover "Hackintosh High Sierra"

→ Install WebDriver 387.10.10.10.40.135 (NVIDIA DRIVER)

→ → → RESTART PC → → →
F12 to boot if you are using windows and mac on 2 separate drives.

you can now put second or third monitor

I installed SwitchResX for multiple monitor configuration.

Install what you want. everything is working fine now.
i changed the keyboard modifier also from windows key command to control.


Cheers!

 

[zzmadd]

Hi there, can you share your EFI please?

 

[iLikeHackintosh]

How Kingston A2000 NVME performs?