ASUS ZenBook UX305FA

2021-02-15

UX305FA – Big Sur

Big Sur 11.1 on ASUS UX305FA

Hardware

ASUS ZenBook UX305FA
Intel(R) Core(TM) M-5Y10c
Intel HD 5300 (1920 x 1080)
8 GB Ram
Wifi and bluetooth: Replaced with Broadcom BCM94352Z
BIOS version 213

Overview

Updated to Big Sur 11.1

Removed these following configurations since I don’t use them at all.

Ambient light sensing
Keyboard: Function keys – Brightness

What works: (necessity order)

Keyboard
Touchpad
Video: Intel HD 5300
USB
Stock USB to Ethernet adapter
Wifi and bluetooth (BCM94352Z)
Audio: microphone, internal audio and HDMI audio
Internal webcam
Battery: Status and native power management
Card reader
Sleep

What doesn’t work

Intel wireless – definitely needs to be replaced
No other things so far

Not tested

File Vault 2
Hibernation
Or any other which I don’t need

BIOS

Restore Defaults
Advanced/VT-d: Disabled
Advanced/Graphics Configuration/DVMT Pre-Allocated: 128M
Boot/Fast Boot: Disabled
Boot/Lauch CMS: Disabled
Security/Secure Boot Control: Disabled

OpenCore

Latest version – 0.6.4
Install Guide
Post-Instll Gude

ACPI notes:

SSDTs for UX305FA:

SSDT-PLUG
SSDT-EC
IRQ SSDT
SSDT-PNLF
SSDT-GPI0
The first three can be generated by SSDTTime

Install

Create USB using createinstallmedia method
Install OpenCore to USB (check the following image)
Copy HFSPlus.efi from /drivers

Prepare AML files and Kexts

mkdir -p ~/workspace/HACKINTOSH/UX305FA/build/kexts
cd ~/workspace/HACKINTOSH/UX305FA/build/
mkdir acpi

cd ~/workspace/HACKINTOSH/UX305FA/build/
git clone https://github.com/corpnewt/ProperTree

cd ~/workspace/HACKINTOSH/UX305FA/build/
git clone https://github.com/corpnewt/GenSMBIOS
cd GenSMBIOS
chmod +x GenSMBIOS.command
./GenSMBIOS.command
# Choose one and copy to config.plist

# DSDT.aml needs to be dumped from Windows or Linux before running the following steps
cd ~/workspace/HACKINTOSH/UX305FA/build/
git clone https://github.com/corpnewt/SSDTTime.git
cd SSDTTime
chmod +x SSDTTime.command
./SSDTTime.command
# 1. Select D to load the DSDT.aml (drag and drop DSDT.aml to the terminal)
# 2. FixHPET: Select 1 -> C -> enter
# 3. FakeEC Laptop: Select 3 -> enter
# 4. PluginType: Selct 4 -> enter
# 5. Files are generated in Results under SSDTTime: Copy *.aml files to EFI/OC/ACPI/. Open patches_OC.plist and copy its content to EFI/OC/config.plist
cp -rp Results/SSDT-HPET.aml Results/SSDT-EC.aml Results/SSDT-PLUG.aml ~/workspace/HACKINTOSH/UX305FA/build/acpi/

# USBPorts.kext is generated by Hackintool

# Build
sudo xcode-select -s /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer

# Lilu
cd ~/workspace/HACKINTOSH/UX305FA/build
git clone https://github.com/acidanthera/Lilu.git
git clone https://github.com/acidanthera/MacKernelSDK
cd Lilu
cp -R ./../MacKernelSDK .
xcodebuild -configuration Debug
cp -R build/DEBUG/Lilu.kext ./../
xcodebuild
cp -R build/Release/Lilu.kext ./../kexts/

# WhateverGreen
cd ~/workspace/HACKINTOSH/UX305FA/build
git clone https://github.com/acidanthera/WhateverGreen.git && cd WhateverGreen
cp -R ./../MacKernelSDK ./../Lilu.kext .
xcodebuild
cp -R build/Release/WhateverGreen.kext ./../kexts/

# VirtualSMC
cd ~/workspace/HACKINTOSH/UX305FA/build
git clone https://github.com/acidanthera/VirtualSMC.git && cd VirtualSMC
cp -R ./../MacKernelSDK ./../Lilu.kext .
xcodebuild
cp -R build/Release/VirtualSMC.kext build/Release/SMCBatteryManager.kext build/Release/SMCLightSensor.kext ./../kexts/

# AppleALC
cd ~/workspace/HACKINTOSH/UX305FA/build
git clone https://github.com/acidanthera/AppleALC.git && cd AppleALC
cp -R ./../MacKernelSDK ./../Lilu.kext .
xcodebuild
cp -R build/Release/AppleALC.kext ./../kexts/

# BrcmPatchRAM3
cd ~/workspace/HACKINTOSH/UX305FA/build
git clone https://github.com/acidanthera/BrcmPatchRAM.git && cd BrcmPatchRAM
cp -R ./../MacKernelSDK ./../Lilu.kext .
xcodebuild
cp -R build/Products/Release/BrcmBluetoothInjector.kext build/Products/Release/BrcmFirmwareData.kext build/Products/Release/BrcmPatchRAM3.kext ./../kexts/

# AirportBrcmFixup
cd ~/workspace/HACKINTOSH/UX305FA/build
git clone https://github.com/acidanthera/AirportBrcmFixup.git && cd AirportBrcmFixup
cp -R ./../MacKernelSDK ./../Lilu.kext .
xcodebuild
cp -R build/Release/AirportBrcmFixup.kext ./../kexts/

# CPUFriend
cd ~/workspace/HACKINTOSH/UX305FA/build
git clone https://github.com/acidanthera/CPUFriend.git && cd CPUFriend
cp -R ./../MacKernelSDK ./../Lilu.kext .
xcodebuild
cp -R build/Release/CPUFriend.kext ./../kexts/

cd ~/workspace/HACKINTOSH/UX305FA/build/
git clone https://github.com/corpnewt/CPUFriendFriend.git
cd CPUFriendFriend
chmod +x CPUFriendFriend.command
./CPUFriendFriend.command
# CPUFriendDataProvider.kext is generated in Results under CPUFriendFriend. Copy it to EFI/OC/Kexts/
cp -rp Results/CPUFriendDataProvider.kext ./../kexts/