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Gigabyte Designare z390 EFI - OpenCore

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Gigabyte z390 Designare Hackintosh

Status: Success | Stable

z390 Designare

OpenCore macOS-stable macOS-stable

DISCLAIMER:

As you embark on your Hackintosh journey you are encouraged to READ the entire README and Dortania guides before you start, or check out some Youtube videos to get an understanding of the install process. It will save many a message instructing you to read the manual. I am not an expert, I haven't forced you to do anything, so put on your big boy pants and take responsibility for any mess you get yourself into.

With that said I'm happy to help when/where I can. When you encounter bug or want to improve this repo, consider opening an issue or pull request. You can also find a wealth of knowledge on Reddit, TonyMacX86 or Google.

Introduction

This is not a guide!

This is not a complete guide. It should only be used as a reference. I provide tips and tricks that I learned on my journey in building a hackintosh. The best way of using this is as a supplement to the OpenCore guide; if you have questions about how to setup your specific hardware, are unclear about what to do, or would like to see the settings I've used.

I understand that some may simply copy the EFI folder to their EFI partition. For clarity the EFI folder needs to go onto the EFI partition.

EFI (partition)
	EFI
	├── BOOT
	├── OC

It should work and your Gigabyte z390 Designare based hackintosh should boot and work fine. You will at minimum need to generate SMBIOS values if you want Apple services to work. Note that all error reporting/logging has been turned off in the config.plist. You will have a difficult time trouble shooting with the setup provided. You can easily turn on the error reporting and logging if you follow the Dortania guide. Best of luck.

NOTE if you simply wish to copy my EFI please do the following:

  1. Properly set your BIOS settings (Del to get into bios)
  2. Generate SMBIOS values and add them in the config.plist (MacPro7,1)
  3. Rename one of the config... files in the OC folder to config.plist (see release or notes below for details).
  4. Prepare your install USB
  5. Move the entire EFI folder (with your modifications) to the proper partition on your USB (or hard drive once the install is complete).
  6. Install - You need to select F12 to get the boot menu options and boot from the USB each time the computer restarts until you've copied the EFI folder onto the hard drive. You may also need to select the correct boot option during install, although this is typically done automatically.
This is a guide!

To install macOS follow the guides provided by Dortania 🤔

⚠️ HIGHLIGHTED CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS EFI ⚠️

Choose your config

  • Choose your preferred config.plist file and rename it to config.plist:

    • config-no-wifi-bt.plist - disables the internal WiFi and bluetooth
      • most similar to older Releases. Use this if you have installed a 3rd party PCIE WiFi/bt card (Fenvi or other).
      • all WiFi and Bluetooth related kexts are disabled. If you need BluetoolFixup for your card you'll need to enable it. Also the child items listed below are commented out, simply remove the '#' at the front of the key value to enable them.
    • config-wifi-bt.plist - enables builtin WiFi and bluetooth
      • use this if you don't have PCIE card but want to enable builtin Intel WiFi/bt
      • Kexts provided for Ventura, and Sonoma. Restricted by Min/Max Version values.
Update or fresh install instructions for 14.4+

When updating from 14.x to 14.4+, or installing 14.4+ the following is recommended:

  • Set SecureBootModel to Disabled (not default)
  • Disable all WiFi kexts if any
  • Disable all Bluetooth kexts if any
  • Addrevpatch=sbvmm to boot-args (if you want to update through the System Settings, otherwise just download the full installer)

After updating:

  • Reset SecureBootModel to Default (or j160 for MacPro7,1)
  • Enable all WiFi and Bluetooth kexts (latest versions already included in the EFI)

Note: All WiFi and Bluetooth kexts in the release are enabled by default.

Shout out and credits

Shout out to baughmann the OG of this repo. He entrusted it to my care while he's moving on to bigger and better things. All the best to him and many thanks for his contribution.

Applebreak1 - z390-Designare-Customac - I used notes from him and CaseySJ to get Thunderbolt working

Credit to all these great people whom I don't know but have made my hackintosh dreams come true:

Benchmarks (Geekbench 5) 🏎

CPU:

Compute (GPU):

Hardware

UEFI

My system

Category Component Note
CPU Intel Core i7-9700k Other motherboard compatible CPUs shouldn't be an issue
MB Gigabyte Designaire Z390 (rev 1.0)
GPU Saphire Pulse RX 5700 XT agdpmod=pikera needed for 5000 & 6000 series AMD cards (key is set in config.plist)
NVME WD Black 250 GB Boot drive
NVME Crucial P3 4TB Home folder
NVME WD Black 1TB Raid 0 - extra drive (using PCIE adapter)
NVME HP EX950 1TB Raid 0 - extra drive (using PCIE adapter)
SSD WD Blue 2TB Video and photo storage
SSD WB Blue 250GB Backup boot drive for testing OS update/upgrades
HD Seagate Iron Wolf 6TB Used as internal time machine backup
Ethernet Intel I211 and Intel I219 Dual Gigabit LAN (both working)
Memory 64GB / 3200MHz DDR4
WiFi & BT Intel® CNVi interface 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Works with regular Intel WiFi/bluetooth limitations
Case O11 Dynamic I have the white version.
Monitor LG UltraWide 49 49" UltraWide 32:9 Dual QHD (5120 x 1440) IPS Display

baughmann's system

Component Product
CPU Intel Core i9 9900K
MB Gigabyte Designaire Z390 (rev 10)
GPU AMD Radeon VII 16 GB
SSD Samsung EVO 970 (NVMe - 1TB)

baughmann's other system

Component Product
CPU Intel Core i7 8700K
MB Gigabyte Designaire Z390 (rev 10)
GPU AMD Radeon VII 16 GB
SSD Samsung 860 EVO SSD (1TB)

Other Configurations

Main software
Component Version
macOS Sonoma 14.4.1
OpenCore v0.9.9
ACPI Files
Component
SSDT-AWAC.aml
SSDT-DMAR.aml
SSDT-DTPG.aml
SSDT-EC-USBX-DESKTOP.aml
SSDT-PMC.aml
SSDT-SBUS-MCHC.aml
SSDT-TB3.aml
Kernel extensions
Kext Version
AppleALC 1.8.9
IntelMausi 1.0.7
Lilu 1.6.7
RestrictEvents 1.1.3 - only needed with SMBIOS MacPro7,1
SMCProcessor 1.3.2
SMCSuperIO 1.3.2
USBPorts 1.0.0
VirtualSMC 1.3.2
WhateverGreen 1.6.6
Additional Kexts* Used to enable builtin WiFi and bluetooth
AirportItlwm 2.2.0 - enable WiFi on Ventura
AirportItlwmS-14.0 2.3.0 alpha -enable WiFi on Sonoma 14.0-14.3
AirportItlwmS 2.3.0 alpha - enable WiFi on Sonoma 14.4+
BlueToolFixup 2.6.8
IntelBluetoothFirmware 2.4.0
IntelBTPatcher 2.4.0
USBPortsWFBT 1.0.1 - disables ports 11 & 12, and enable port 8 & 14

Additional Kexts included in the EFI enable the internal WiFi and Bluetooth. The USB map used (USBPortsWFBT.kext) is changed to disable port 11& 12 and enable port 8 & 14. See the USB section below for more details.

UEFI drivers
Driver Version
HfsPlus.efi 1.0.0
OpenRuntime.efi OpenCorePkg 0.9.9
ResetNvramEntry.efi 0.9.9
Screenshots

About this Mac

Desktop

Installation Notes

UEFI/BIOS settings

Note DEL key gets you into BIOS Setting during boot.

Update (or downgrade) your motherboard's BIOS firmware

Use BIOS version F9i or F9 (don't use F9j). You can download F9i from this repo's releases page or F9 (the latest version) from Gigabyte's website.

BIOS configuration

Visit the BIOS configuration page to ensure that your BIOS is configured properly.

Note: If you've recently updated your BIOS firmware, you will need to double-check these as some of them get reset after updating!

Thunderbolt working
  • Added ACPI files and updated config to enable Thunderbolt

DiableIoMapper is set to false to enable AppleVTD as outlined below. Set to true if you are having issues with your Fenvi WiFi BT card.

  • Enabled AppleVTD

    • Since Monterey 12.3.0, AppleEthernetE1000 driver kit natively attaches to i211 ethernet. However, if the ethernet port is occupied without having AppleVTD enabled, the system will experience freeze, crash, and etc. To avoid having these issues, we need to enable AppleVTD.
    - Enable VT-d in BIOS, 
- Set DisableIoMapper to false
- Drop OEM DMAR Table in config.plist
- Inject modified DMAR Table(Reserved Memory Regions removed) in config.plist
    • Removed AppleIGB kext as it's not needed with AppleVTD enabled.
Customizing the config.plist

Read the official OpenCore Desktop Guide for Coffee Lake when making changes to the config.plist and the guide's Gather Files section when picking drivers and kexts.

The following fields have been replaced by [REPLACEME] (for ease of ⌘+F):

If you're not using internal WiFi/bt you can remove the Additional Kexts in the Kext listing and take a snapshot with Propertree to update your config file. If you don't know what this means, just ignore it, everything will work fine 😀.

Own prev-lang-kbd

In the config.plist file you set the default language as outlined in the guide. You can either add it as a string or as a hex data using ProperTree

The setting is found in the config.plist under:

  • NVRAM
    • 7C436110-AB2A-4BBB-A880-FE41995C9F82

Format is lang-COUNTRY:keyboard as shown below:

  • 🇺🇸 | [0] en_US - U.S --> en-US:0 OR 656e2d55 533a30 in HEX
Key Type Value
prev-lang:kbd String en-US:0

Language is set to English but you can find alternatives here:

AppleKeyboardLayouts

Ventura, or Sonoma?

The EFI folder should work for either Ventura, or Sonoma.

I would avoid installing Sonoma 14.4 as it had issues with USB mapping.

I'm primarily using this EFI with Sonoma 14.4.1 at the moment. Prior to this I was running Ventura without issue.

Generate your own SMBIOS

Use GenSMBIOS to create your own serial #... based off of your preferred model.

  • MacPro7,1 -What I used
    • See below if you want to keep iMac19,1

Note: If you use a different SMBIOS model other than MacPro7,1 or iMac19,1. The provided USB mapping will not work. You will need to edit the USBPorts.kext file. You can right click on the file and select Show Package Contents. From there you can open the Info.plist file in ProperTree and change MacPro7,1 to whatever Model ID you've chosen. This should provide a working USBPorts.kext.

Keeping SMBIOS iMac19,1

If you've used a previous version from this repo and everything is working for you, I would recommend you keep the iMac19,1 SMBIOS so that you don't have to generate new serial numbers etc. In this case you can simply use Propertree to delete the entire PlatformInfo portion of the config.plist file and replace it (copy and paste) with the PlatformInfo from your existing config.plist file.

Alternatively you can manually update the PlatformInfo by adjusting the following:

Key Type Value
CustomMemory Boolean False
MLB String [REPLACEME] ^*^
ROM Data 11223344 5566 ^*^
SystemProductName String iMac19,1
SystemSerialNumber String [REPLACEME] ^*^
SystemUUID String [REPLACEME] ^*^
*Replace these with your values

NOTE: If you have everything working with your own USB mapping file. KEEP IT. Replace the provided USBPorts.kext file with the one in your existing EFI folder and perform a snapshot in Propertree for good measure.

USB Mapping (active ports)

The latest version of USBPorts.kext included will work with either SMBIOS iMac19,1 or MacPro7,1.

MacOS has a fifteen port limit. You can read more about the details in the guide. Depending on your specific needs you may want to customize/recreate the port mapping.

USB Mapping - config-no-wifi-bt.plist (USBPorts.kext)

This USBPorts.kext file provided enables the following ports:

USB-Ports

For reference the associated ports are outlined in the following diagrams (modified from CaseySJ):

Motherboard Ports

Rear-IO

USB Mapping - config-wifi-bt.plist (USBPortsWFBT.kext)

Note the difference from the USBPorts.kext is the enabling of ports 8 & 14 and disabling of ports 11 & 12. This was done to enable the internal WiFi and bluetooth.

This USBPortsWFBT.kext file provided enables the following ports:

USB-Ports

For reference the associated ports are outlined in the following diagrams (modified from CaseySJ):

Motherboard Ports

Rear-IO

Custom RAM Config

If you're using SMBIOS iMac19,1 you can safely ignore this and just ensure Kernel>Add> RestrictEvents.kext> Enabled is False in the config.plist file.

Using the SMBIOS MacPro7,1 will require either CustomMemory to be configured or RestrictEvents.kext to be installed. I've enabled the RestrictEvents.kext as default. If you want to create the custom memory values the details can be found in the guide.

Audio Setup

There are three options available that I'm aware of. You can use alcid 7, 11, or 16. All three are used by different Designare EFIs available online. I'm using alcid 11 because it works for what I need. If you have specific audio requirements and alcid 11 isn't working try the other values. Previous EFIs in this repo used alcid=7.

NOTE: Alcid values can be added to the 'NVRAM > boot-args' key or DeviceProperties. The boot-args value will override the DeviceProperties value if both are used. You only need one. This EFI uses the DeviceProperties method.

Audio output quirks

3.5mm jack will show as Internal Speakers depending on the alcid you've chosen:

alcid= Front jack Rear jack
7 Headphones Internal Speakers
11 Headphones Internal Speakers
16 Internal Speakers Headphones

audio-options

alcid decimal to hex value table

Decimal Hex value
7 07000000
11 0B000000
16 10000000

Audio setting method used in EFI

DeviceProperties>Add

Key Type Value
PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1F,0x3) Dictionary
layout-id Data 0B000000

Status

What's working ✅
  • GPU hardware acceleration / performance
  • iMessage, FaceTime, App Store, iTunes Store. Generate your own SMBIOS
  • Intel I219-V Ethernet port
  • Intel I211 Ethernet port
  • Internal WiFi and bluetooth - WiFi not fully tested on Ventura
  • Audio jacks - front and rear 3.5mm audio jacks work with quirks (see Audio Setup for details)
  • Shutdown / Restart / Sleep
  • USB 3.0/3/1 - USB map created.
  • Graphical Boot menu OpenCanopy (I included it in the EFI but I don't use it as I generally skip the boot menu.)
  • Thunderbolt
  • Sidecar - reported working, I haven't tested
  • Conitunity Camera - working when iPhone is connected by USB
  • WiFi on Ventura - works but I primarily use Ethernet
What's not working ⚠️
  • All empty . Your hack should work wonderfully.
Untested 🧪
  • Boot chime - should work I just haven't bothered
  • FileVault - should work I just haven't tried it
  • Windows/Linux from OC boot menu - I'm not dual booting my system but there's no reason it shouldn't work. May require some EFI changes.
Change log 🪵

  • 26 Mar 2024

    • Update to OpenCore 0.9.9
    • All kexts update to the latest version at time of release
    • Dropped Monterey in the EFI - can use a previous release for Monterey
    • Sonoma - Issues with Fenvi cards remain (can be patched using OCLP)
    • Cleaned up the config.plist file removing unneeded keys

  • 15 Nov 2023

    • Update to OpenCore 0.9.6
    • All kexts at latest available versions
    • Sonoma support added and working
    • Sonoma - WiFi support broken with Fenvi cards (can be fixed with OCLP)

  • 9 Aug 2023

    • Updated to OpenCore 0.9.4

    • Added NVRAM key values for Bluetooth fix for Ventura 13.4+

    • Updated all kexts to latest available versions

  • 16 May 2023

    • Update to OpenCore 0.9.2
    • Disable CaseySJ patch and enable new DisableIoMapperMapping quirk (addresses the same issue)
    • Updated all kexts to latest available versions

  • 8 Mar 2023

    • Update to OpenCore 0.9.0

    • Dropped support for BigSur (can use previous EFI versions if needed)

      • removed BigSur kexts

    • Enabled Thunderbold support (tested with OWC Thunderbolt Dock)

    • Updated BIOS to F9

    • Enabled AppleVTD

  • 21 Dec 2022

    • Update to OpenCore 0.8.7
    • Enable/disable internal WiFi and bluetooth - rename your chosen config.plist
    • Moved to primarily booting Ventura 13.1 (using ethernet, not WiFi)

  • 14 Oct 2022

    • Update to OpenCore 0.8.5
    • Enable internal WiFi and bluetooth in EFI 2 - see Releases
    • Change of USB port mapping in EFI 2 for internal bluetooth

  • 8 Sept 2022

    • Update to OpenCore 0.8.4
    • Include SmallTree kext for BigSur (disabled for Monterey with MaxVersion value)
    • Enable DisableIoMapper by default to resolve networking issues #67
    • Ventura beta remains bootable and working

  • 7 Aug 2022

    • Minor update to README added USB mapping changes

    • USBPorts.kext modified to be used with either SMBIOS iMac19,1 or MacPro7,1

    • NOTE: Old USBPorts.kext for SMBIOS iMac19,1 referenced iMacPro19,1 incorrectly #61 and may not have been working properly.

  • 6 Aug 2022

    • Transfer of repo from baughmann to seven-of-eleven
    • Update to OpenCore 0.8.3
    • Updated readme format/details
    • Change of SMBIOS from iMac19,1 to MacPro7,1 only b/c that's what I'm using
    • Change alcid from 7 to 11
    • Ventura beta 4 is bootable and working

  • 11 October 2021

    • Updated to OpenCore 0.7.4
    • No longer need slide=0
    • Removed a bunch of hacky stuff (including USB ports unlimiter)
    • Rebuilt config.plist from the ground-up to remove legacy crap that has built up over time
    • Boot times seemed to have improved
    • Tried and failed to use BIOS version F9j

  • 30 May 2021:

    • Confirmed compatability with Big Sur 11.4

  • 10 April 2021:

    • Updated OpenCore to 0.6.9
    • Fixed USB port issue occurring after upgrade to 11.3 by re-disabling USBInjectAll.kext, re-enabling USBPorts.kext (this mobo's USB map) and setting Kernel > Quirks > XhciPortLimit to 0
    • Updated all kexts and drivers that needed updating

  • 10 April 2020:

    • Updated OpenCore to 0.6.8
    • Updated all Kexts and Drivers for which there was an update
    • Fixed all non-fatal warnings at startup
    • Ensured compatability with macOS Big Sur 11.2.3 (20D91)

  • 15 December 2020:

    • Updated to OpenCore 0.6.4
    • Updated All Kexts and Drivers for which there was an update
    • Ensured compatability with macOS Big Sur 11.1 (20C69)

  • 1 December 2020:

    • Modified BIOS suggestions to get Sidecar working (thanks @QueercoreTrash for #19)
    • Added a BIOS configuration page with screenshots for user assistance.

  • 16 Nov 2020:

    • Updated to macOS Big Sur from Catalina
    • For some reason, with Big Sur and OC 0.6.3, we no longer need AirportBrcmFix for the Fenvi BT/WiFi Card
    • Changed slide=1 to slide=0
    • Kept USBPorts.kext inside the config.plist, but disabled it because it seems as though USBInjectAll.kext does the trick

  • 13 August 2020:

    • Verified that supplemental update 10.15.6 19G73 => 19G2021 works without issues.

  • 10 August 2020:

    • Added SmallTreeIntel82576.kext for enabling the secondary Ethernet port

  • 4 August 2020:

  • 1 August 2020:

    • Updated OC to version 0.5.9
    • Updated all kexts and drivers to the latest
    • Removed ApfsDriverLoader.efi because it was rolled into OC starting with 0.5.9

  • 13 June 2020:

    • Updated OC, Kernel Extensions, and Drivers to be compatible with latest macOS update 10.15.5 (and supplemental update).
    • Somehow the boot picker remembers my choice now, meaning that emulated NVRAM is somehow working?
    • IMPORTANT: Upgraded from DEBUG to RELEASE:
      • Changed all drivers and OC files from the DEBUG versions to RELEASE versions because I seem to have a stable system.
      • Modified config.plist to no longer generate logs (log level now 0).
      • If you're having problems, switch back to DEBUG mode yourself by following this guide.

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Gigabyte Designare z390 EFI - OpenCore

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