OpenCore-ASRock-Z490M-ITX-ac
2+ Month review
- working everyday without any problems.
- Put it to sleep eveyday it wakes up next morning.
- Never crashed (yet 🙂
- It works just fine
Was it worth it compared to buying a normal Apple device? This table can give you an idea, but for me it was. At least for the time being
| Device | Specs | Geekbench MultiCore | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| I5 10600 | 500GB NVME 16GB RAM | 6269 | 600GBP |
| M1 MacMini | 512GB NVME 16GB RAM | 7385 | 1099GBP |
Working:
- Sleep/awake
- Bluetooth
- Wifi with BCM9460CS2
- HDMI PORT
- DP PORT
- On-Board Rear Audio
Not Working
- HDMI audio from the iGPU – no clue how to make it work, if you figure out please let me know 🙂
Not Tested
- Well I have no ideia if iMessage and those sort of things are working because I dont use them.
- dGPU as I dont use any.
- USB Type-C port speed, works fine with an Type-A to Type-C adapter though.
- Front panel audio
Software
- OpenCore 0.6.3
- MacOS Big Sur 11.0.1 (20B29)
- SMBios: IMac20,1 (opencore recomendation for comet lake)
Kexts
- Beaware the USBMap.kext that I mapped using the USBMapTool disables all from usb headers. If you need them. Replace this with InjectUSBAll and do the proper mapping using the USBMapTool. I will probably change this as soon as I get a new case.
Hardware List
- ASRock Z490M ITX ac
- CPU 10600 (non k) stock cooler
- Kingston HyperX 2x8GB 2400Mhz (could be better )
- Sabrent Rocket NVME 4.0 512GB
- Wifi /BT Card BCM9460CS2 on Ebay
- Wifi Adapter M.2 key E adapter
- GPU: iGPU Intel 630
Update to Big Sur.
I downloaded the full installation with the gibmacos to prepare an usb drive just in case. In the end just opened with installer from within Catalina and followed the steps, 35min later everything was working perfectly. No need to do any change.