Acer Aspire VX15 Hackintosh

Specs	Details
Model	Acer Aspire VX15 (VX5-591G)
OpenCore	0.7.0
OS	macOS Big Sur 11.2
CPU	Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 7300HQ
RAM	16 GB DDR4 2400MHz
iGPU	Intel HD Graphics 630
dGPU	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050M
Touchpad	ELAN 0501 ( PS2-Basic and I2C-Advanced )
Wireless	Replace with BCM94360CS2 + Adapter
Audio	ALC255

Tested and working

Not working

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050M
DRM
SD Card reader
and a few other minor bugs

Guide

BIOS Settings (Version 1.08)

Set Supervisor Password
Disable Password on Boot
Disable Secure Boot
Set touchpad: Advance

OpenCore config

Follow these instructions to configure your OpenCore: https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Install-Guide/
ACPI Hotpatch: https://github.com/daliansky/OC-little
Audio layout ID 29 or 3 or 31

USB Mapping

USB Mapping: https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Post-Install/usb/intel-mapping/intel.html
USB Mapping: https://github.com/corpnewt/USBMap
USB Mapping: https://github.com/USBToolBox/tool
Or using Hackintool

Fix HDMI audio

Patch framebuffer: https://github.com/acidanthera/WhateverGreen/blob/master/Manual/FAQ.IntelHD.en.md
Add kext: FakePCIID.kext (kext at this repo)

Fix iServices

Fix iServices: https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Post-Install/universal/iservices.html

Fix brightness key

Use patch SSDT-BKEY.aml
And at Root > ACPI > Patch:

XQ11 Rename

Key	Type	Value
Comment	String	Change _Q11 to XQ11 (Brightness Down)
Count	Number	0
Enabled	Boolean	True
Find	Data	5F513131
Limit	Number	0
Replace	Data	58513131

XQ12 Rename

Key	Type	Value
Comment	String	Change _Q12 to XQ12 (Brightness Up)
Count	Number	0
Enabled	Boolean	True
Find	Data	5F513132
Limit	Number	0
Replace	Data	58513132

Fix Dual Boot

I use macos and window 10 on the same ssd

In my case, windows 10 was installed earlier so I must place mac partition in between efi partition and windows partition

First EFI partition	Second is Macos partition	Last Windows partition

To dual boot mac and windows you should change \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi to \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw-orig.efi Then OC should be detect your winows 10 efi in Boot menu

IF OC Bootloader NOT AUTO DETECT WINDOWS 10 EFI follow below steps:

Bless Override

In your config.plist at Misc/BlessOverridedd add new child \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw-orig.efi
Then reboot you should see your EFI partition appear, but you can not rename this entry.

Add custom Windows 10 entry

First you should add OpenShell.efi in your OC\driver and add it to config.plist to find Pciroot
Boot Into OpenCore and Select OpenShell.efi, you’ll be Greeted with Screen like this (image from another one).

Select your EFI Partition (The first entry of your boot drive. In my case it FS0:, the first ssd entry)
Enter map > \map_table.txt to save your drive map data. Remember which FS drive your EFI is!
Now exit from OpenShell and boot Mac OS.
Get into your EFI drive (I'm assuming you're old hat at this by now) and open map_table.txt Note the device string that identifies your EFI drive.

Edit your config.plist file with the following changes:

At Misc -> Entries create a new item with the following:

Key	Type	Value
Comment	String	Windows 10 Entry
Name	String	Windows 10
Enabled	Boolean	YES
Auxiliary	Boolean	NO
Arguments	String
Path	String	Your EFI Device String/\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw-orig.efi

As an example, this is my Path string:

PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x17,0x0)/Sata(0x0,0x0,0x0)/HD(1,GPT,000001B3-2A80-3AAD-A6DE-D50166030000,0x800,0x64000) /\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw-orig.efi

Remember space before /\EFI\

At Misc -> Boot -> LauncherOption, set to Full
At Misc -> Security -> ScanPolicy set to 0

Fix timezone: https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/fix-incorrect-time-in-windows-osx-dual-boot.133719/

Credits

Thanks to Acidanthera, RehabMan, dortania, alexandred, daliansky, dongcodebmt

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