EFI.Z490.Vision.D

Hackintosh OpenCore EFI for Gigabyte Z490 Vision-D

• OpenCore 0.5.9 + ACPI
• Config by OpenCore Desktop Guide recommends -> Comet Lake
• Based on Hackintosh-Intel-i9-10900k-Gigabyte-Z490-Vision-D Config. Thanks to: SchmockLord.
• Based on Gigabyte Z490 Vision D (Thunderbolt 3) + i5-10400 + AMD RX 580 EFI. Thanks to: CaseySJ.
• Config clean-up removed unused properties, duplicity and legacy settings
• Minimal Drivers HFSPlus.efi, OpenRuntime.efi only
• Latest Kexts 1.6.2020

Hardware

• Intel i9-10900k
• Gigabyte Z490 Vision D (Audio: Realtek ALC1220-VB, 1Gbit Ethernet: Intel I219-V, 2.5Gbit Ethernet: Intel I225-V)
• Gigabyte Radeon 5500 XT
• Fenvi T919 Wireless Card (Wifi/BT – BCM94360CD)

Tested

• GPU: AMD Radeon (contains: agdpmod=pikera) and Intel UHD 630 (i9 iGPU)
• Wifi + BT
• All USB ports
• All Ethernet ports (Intel I219-V + I225-V)
• Audio: Realtek ALC 1220 – VB (with: layout-id=11)
• Thunderbolt 3 (tested: Universal Audio Apollo x8p)
• Sleep/Wake
• Shutdown/Restart

Installation/configuration

• Create Install USB disk Open Core Desktop Guide
• Mount EFI partition with MountEFI or Hackintool
• Copy EFI folder to the root of the EFI partition
• In Config navigate to PlatformInfo → Generic and edit: MLB, ROM, SystemSerialNumber, SystemUUID (new you can generated by: GenSMBIOS)
• Change BIOS-Settings (by section: BIOS)
• Reboot from the installation media and install macOS.

ACPI

• SSDT-AWAC.aml – CPU power management
• SSDT-EC-USBX-DESKTOP.aml – Hides the Embedded controller and creates a fake one for macOS
• SSDT-PLUG-DRTNIA.aml – Alternative to the real time clock (RTC)
• SSDT-TB3.aml – Thunderbold 3 support
• SSDT-UIAC.aml – USB port mapping

Kexts

Order by run in config.plist

• Lilu v1.4.5 – Acidanthera plug-in manager
• VirtualSMC v1.1.4 – Emulates the SMC chip found on real macs, without this macOS will not boot.
• WhateverGreen v1.4.0 – Lilu plugin providing patches to select GPUs on macOS.
• VirtualSMC → SMCProcessor – Used for monitoring CPU temperature.
• VirtualSMC → SMCSuperIO – Used for monitoring fan speed.
• USBInjectAll v0.7.1 – Used for injecting Intel USB controllers on systems without defined USB ports in ACPI.
• FakePCIID v1.3.15 – Support for kext to attach to any IOPCIDevice
• FakePCIID → FakePCIID_Intel_HDMI_Audio – Support for unsupported HDAU devices which provide HDMI-audio.
• FakePCIID → FakePCIID_Intel_I225-V – 2.5Gbit Ethernet (Intel I225-V)
• AppleALC v1.5.0 – Lilu plug-in, for managing internal Realtek ALC-1220 audio.
• IntelMausiEthernet v2.5.1d1 – Intel onboard LAN driver for macOS.
• NVMeFix – Lilu plug-in, for managing power consumption on NVMe SSDs NVMeFix
• USBWakeFixup – Fix for ACPI device with the right wakeup params (systems without a working EC) USBWakeFixup

BIOS

• Thanks to: CaseySJ ; Guide original + Screenshots
• Update to F3 version
• Press F2 if necessary to toggle into Advanced Mode
• Save & Exit → Load Optimized Defaults (defaults and optimized setup)
• Favorites
  • Extreme Memory Profile(X.M.P) → Profile1
  • CSM Support → Disabled
  • VT-d → Disabled
• Settings → IOPorts
  • Initial Display Output → PCIe 1 Slot (if GPU in slot 1) or IGFX (if using iGPU to display monitor)
  • Internal Graphics → Enabled (not Auto)
  • Above 4G Decoding → Enabled
• Settings → IOPorts → Thunderbolt
  • Security Level → No Security
  • Thunderbold Boot Support → Boot once
• Settings → IOPorts → Thunderbolt → Discrete Thunderbolt Configuration
  • GPIO3 Force Pwr → Enabled
• Settings → IOPorts → USB Configuration
  • XHCI Hand-off → Enabled
• Boot → Windows 10 Features → Other OS
• Boot → CSM Support (confirm that it’s “Disabled”)
• Save & Exit → Save Profiles

Sources

• Gigabyte Z490 Vision D (Thunderbolt 3) + i5-10400 + AMD RX 580 by: CaseySJ
• Hackintosh-Intel-i9-10900k-Gigabyte-Z490-Vision-D by: SchmockLord