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Asus- X540LJ Hackintosh OpenCore Files

Asus-X540LJ-Hackintosh-OpenCore

Asus X540LJ Hackintosh working OpenCore 0.6.8 EFI with macOS Big Sur 11.2.3

Asus Vivobook X540LJ

• Bootloader: OpenCore 0.6.8
• macOS: 11.2.3 Big Sur

Specifications:

• MainBoard: Asus X540LJ.
• Processor: Intel Core i3-4005U @ 1.7GHz (Haswell)
• RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600mhz (Duel channel)
• Graphic:
  • Intel HD5400
  • NVIDIA GeForce 920M 2GB
• Network:
  • Wifi: Atheros AR9565
  • Ethernet: Realtek RTL810xE
• Audio: Realtek ALC255 (layout-27)
• Touchpad: ELAN 1100 (I2C)
• SD Card Reader Realtek RTS5286
• Storage: SSD 500GB

WORKING:

• Power Management
• Intel HD Graphics 5400
• Sound (Internal Speaker and Headphone working)
• Mic (Internal and External both working)
• Wifi
• Bluetooth
• SD Card Reader
• Ethernet
• Adjust brightness
• USB 2.0 and 3.0
• Trackpad (All gestures supported)
• Sleep (working while power adapter is not connected and using battery)
• Battery Stat
• Tempareture Monitor
• Apple Store
• iCloud ( iMessage + all iCloud functions )
• Fn feature (not all button works)

Not WORKING:

• Nvidia 920M GPU (will never work due to how MacOS handles optimus laptops)

BIOS Settings:

• Vt-d: Enable
• DVMT Pre-Allocated : 64M

Installation:

• Change the BIOS settings.
• Just put this EFI to your USB EFI partition.
• Install macOS Big Sur.
• No need to install any additional kext to macOS extention. All driver will be loaded automatically.
• After install mount the USB EFI and copy this to your HDD EFI.
• Change the serial numbers and other things. You can find the tutorial from here.

Bluetooth fix:

• To get bluetooth work, you have to put your laptop to sleep mode for once.

Credits

@shammu2bd for base files