Hackintosh (OpenCore, Z390 Aorus Pro WiFi, 9700K, UHD 630)

Personal Hackintosh (OpenCore) configuration for Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Pro WiFi, Intel Core i7-9700K and Intel UHD Graphics 630

Disclaimer

This is my personal configuration and I made it publicly available for educational and inspirational purposes only. Please learn how to configure and install OpenCore using the OpenCore Install Guide.

I\’m not responsible for any damage nor will I give support.

Note: Don\’t use or trust any OpenCore files (drivers, kexts, etc.) that are not from the official sources. Always gather/compile them yourself.

Software

• OpenCore: 0.6.9
• macOS: 11.3.1 (Big Sur)

Hardware

• Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Pro WiFi
  • Note: WiFi/Bluetooth is handled by an external card (see below).
• CPU: Intel Core i7-9700K
• iGPU: Intel UHD Graphics 630
• GPU: ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Advanced OC (disabled)
• RAM: Corsair 16GB DDR4 Vengeance LPX 3200 MHz
• SSD:
  • Crucial MX500 500GB, M.2
  • WD_BLACK SN750 NVMe 1TB, M.2 (not mounted)
  • Crucial BX100 250GB, 2.5″ (not mounted)
  • Crucial M500 120GB, 2.5″ (not mounted)
• WiFi/Bluetooth: Fenvi T919

Peripherals

• Mouse: Logitech G Pro X Superlight
• Keyboard: KBC Poker 3
• Headset: Kingston HyperX Cloud
• Speakers: Audioengine A2
• Monitor: Acer Nitro XF252Q (1080p)

Features

Only essential features are listed below and may be incomplete, but updated/fixed if necessary.

Working

• Hardware Acceleration
• Onboard/Front/HDMI Audio
• Ethernet
• USB 2.0/3.0/3.1
• iServices
  • FaceTime
  • iMessage
• Airdrop
• Bluetooth
• WiFi

config.plist

Values that are {{REPLACE_ME}} must be replaced with actual values.

Quirks

DeviceProperties/Add/PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x2,0x0)

• With macOS 10.15.5 the recommended value 07009B3E for AAPL,ig-platform-id isn\’t working (anymore) for Intel UHD 630 and will result in a black screen.
  • Fix: Use the alternative value 00009B3E.
• Using only the suggested keys from the OpenCore Coffee Lake Guide AAPL,ig-platform-id, framebuffer-patch-enable and framebuffer-stolenmem aren\’t sufficient and will result in a black screen after the OpenCore boot sequence.
  • Fix: iGPU BusID Patching is necessary. After several reboots, it\’s port 3 and busID 04 to get a video signal (Note: AAPL,ig-platform-id must be set to a working value beforehand).

Benchmark

Geekbench

Bookmarks

• BIOS Settings
• Generate PlatformInfo values
• OpenCore Sanity Checker

General Recipes

Prevent Unneeded Volumes from Mounting Automatically

# Get Volume UUID
$ diskutil info /Volumes/<volume_name> | grep \'Volume UUID\'

# Edit `/etc/fstab` with `vifs` and add Volume UUID to disable auto-mount
$ sudo vifs

# Add new line on bottom
UUID=<volume_uuid> none ntfs ro,noauto