- Joined
- Aug 19, 2016
- Messages
- 460
- Motherboard
- ASUS Prime X299 Deluxe
- CPU
- i9-7900X
- Graphics
- Vega 64
- Mac
- Classic Mac
- Mobile Phone
Hi All,
After a few tests with ElCapitan and Sierra, used before with that little Motherboard
I was thinking about High Sierra clean install... and after few tries -> Success
I was thinking about my fist Hackintosh and It was much more difficult than this time
so... with some more details.. maybe it will help someone
Hardware:
CPU: Intel i5-4590 Haswell
Memory: 16GB (2x8) Corsair Vengeance Pro
GPU: Intel HD4600
PSU: Unknown
SSD Samsung 850 Pro 256Gb + HDD 500Gb
System: OS X 10.13 (before 10.11 and 10.12 - no, I don't have any old EFI files, cfg)
Network: LAN Realtek 8111G
Bluetooth: Bluetooth CSR 4.0 Dongle
// changed BIOS Settings
All default without:
- SETTING\Advanced\USB\Configuration\ XHCI - Enabled
- SETTING\Advanced\Super IO Configuration\ Serial(COM) Port 0 - Disabled
- SETTING\Advanced\Windows 8/8.1 Configuration\ Windows 8/8.1 Feature - Disabled
- SETTING\Advanced\Windows 8/8.1 Configuration\ MSI Fast Boot and Fast Boot - Disabled
Step 1 : USB Drive preparation:
A. Prepared USB drive formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) - named: USB
B. Download High Sierra from AppleStore
C. Open terminal and paste:
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/USB --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app --nointeraction
D. Mount EFI partition from your USB drive with CloverConfigurator, EFI Mounter or any other way...
E. Download and copy my (unzipped) gr4590-EFI folder attached below, on your USB EFI partition.
F. Open config.plist from USB drive EFI/CLOVER/config.plist
1) Go to SMBIOS section, choose iMac 14,2 and then follow necessary steps detailed in @P1LGRIM 's "An iDiots's Guide To iMessage" (if you want use iMessage and FaceTime services.
2) Go to Kernel and Kext Patches and verify FakeCPUID - should be: 0x0306C0
and Apple RTC, AppleIntelCPUPM and KernelPm should be checked too.
---then Save and your are ready to go
*** shared gr4590-EFI folder contain most important files like
actual apfs.efi in EFI/CLOVER/drivers64UEFI folder
and Realtek8111.kext
Step 2 : Installation:
A. - Put your USB drive in USB 2.0 port
- boot your PC, click F11 for choose boot priority (F8 for ASUS)
and choose your UEFI USB Drive
- choose Install macOS High Sierra
B. After boot Installation menu
*** choose Disk Utility and erase some disk as Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
if you didn't do it before...
then go back and click Install macOS...
C. Very important note:
When your will start to Install OS X
your PC will reboot a few times..
so every reboot after starting Installation
click F11 -> choose "boot from USB ... "
and then choose your HardDrive/SSD name (every time)
Step 3 : Post-Installation:
A. Mount your EFI partition from your USB drive and a second one from your HDD/SSD
B. Copy EFI folder from your USB to EFI partition of your HDD/SSD
C. Not important: Open Clover Configurator, go to Boot section and uncheck Verbose(-v)
then for example you can choose "CustomLogo" -> (Apple) for better boot effect
*** If you want automatic OS X boot: at Default Boot Volume you have to write name of your system HDD/SSD drive
D. Download and copy ssdt.aml to EFI/CLOVER/ACPI/patched/ on your HDD/SSD
**thanks to HeL0 which shared his 4590 ssdt long time ago
*** this file is only for i5-4590 processor users!
E. Download AppleALC.kext, lilu.kext and copy to EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other
*** after a lot of fails with other old kexts I found a good one which work with HighSierra and ALC887
F. Reboot
G. *If you didn't do it before, set in your BIOS, default boot drive - your SSD/HDD with OS X
H. Have fun with your new Hackintosh
// At this moment, I think everything works great
- I make a few benchmarks (cpu/gpu) - OK
- Rear and front USB - OK
- Rear and front Audio - OK
- Integrated SD card reader - OK
- Bluetooth test - OK
If you find something to change or you have some new ideas/advices to this thread
don't wait and share
Have a nice day!
//Update 11-12-2017
--System reinstalled with 10.13.2 without any problems
After a few tests with ElCapitan and Sierra, used before with that little Motherboard
I was thinking about High Sierra clean install... and after few tries -> Success
I was thinking about my fist Hackintosh and It was much more difficult than this time
so... with some more details.. maybe it will help someone
Hardware:
CPU: Intel i5-4590 Haswell
Memory: 16GB (2x8) Corsair Vengeance Pro
GPU: Intel HD4600
PSU: Unknown
SSD Samsung 850 Pro 256Gb + HDD 500Gb
System: OS X 10.13 (before 10.11 and 10.12 - no, I don't have any old EFI files, cfg)
Network: LAN Realtek 8111G
Bluetooth: Bluetooth CSR 4.0 Dongle
// changed BIOS Settings
All default without:
- SETTING\Advanced\USB\Configuration\ XHCI - Enabled
- SETTING\Advanced\Super IO Configuration\ Serial(COM) Port 0 - Disabled
- SETTING\Advanced\Windows 8/8.1 Configuration\ Windows 8/8.1 Feature - Disabled
- SETTING\Advanced\Windows 8/8.1 Configuration\ MSI Fast Boot and Fast Boot - Disabled
Step 1 : USB Drive preparation:
A. Prepared USB drive formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) - named: USB
B. Download High Sierra from AppleStore
C. Open terminal and paste:
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/USB --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app --nointeraction
D. Mount EFI partition from your USB drive with CloverConfigurator, EFI Mounter or any other way...
E. Download and copy my (unzipped) gr4590-EFI folder attached below, on your USB EFI partition.
F. Open config.plist from USB drive EFI/CLOVER/config.plist
1) Go to SMBIOS section, choose iMac 14,2 and then follow necessary steps detailed in @P1LGRIM 's "An iDiots's Guide To iMessage" (if you want use iMessage and FaceTime services.
2) Go to Kernel and Kext Patches and verify FakeCPUID - should be: 0x0306C0
and Apple RTC, AppleIntelCPUPM and KernelPm should be checked too.
---then Save and your are ready to go
*** shared gr4590-EFI folder contain most important files like
actual apfs.efi in EFI/CLOVER/drivers64UEFI folder
and Realtek8111.kext
Step 2 : Installation:
A. - Put your USB drive in USB 2.0 port
- boot your PC, click F11 for choose boot priority (F8 for ASUS)
and choose your UEFI USB Drive
- choose Install macOS High Sierra
B. After boot Installation menu
*** choose Disk Utility and erase some disk as Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
if you didn't do it before...
then go back and click Install macOS...
C. Very important note:
When your will start to Install OS X
your PC will reboot a few times..
so every reboot after starting Installation
click F11 -> choose "boot from USB ... "
and then choose your HardDrive/SSD name (every time)
Step 3 : Post-Installation:
A. Mount your EFI partition from your USB drive and a second one from your HDD/SSD
B. Copy EFI folder from your USB to EFI partition of your HDD/SSD
C. Not important: Open Clover Configurator, go to Boot section and uncheck Verbose(-v)
then for example you can choose "CustomLogo" -> (Apple) for better boot effect
*** If you want automatic OS X boot: at Default Boot Volume you have to write name of your system HDD/SSD drive
D. Download and copy ssdt.aml to EFI/CLOVER/ACPI/patched/ on your HDD/SSD
**thanks to HeL0 which shared his 4590 ssdt long time ago
*** this file is only for i5-4590 processor users!
E. Download AppleALC.kext, lilu.kext and copy to EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other
*** after a lot of fails with other old kexts I found a good one which work with HighSierra and ALC887
F. Reboot
G. *If you didn't do it before, set in your BIOS, default boot drive - your SSD/HDD with OS X
H. Have fun with your new Hackintosh
// At this moment, I think everything works great
- I make a few benchmarks (cpu/gpu) - OK
- Rear and front USB - OK
- Rear and front Audio - OK
- Integrated SD card reader - OK
- Bluetooth test - OK
If you find something to change or you have some new ideas/advices to this thread
don't wait and share
Have a nice day!
//Update 11-12-2017
--System reinstalled with 10.13.2 without any problems
Attachments
Last edited: