lshbluesky / OC-GA-B250M-DS3H-Hackintosh

🍧 Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H Hackintosh 🍦

🍧 Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H Hackintosh 🍦

🌿 System Specification

Name	Description
CPU	Intel 7th Gen Kaby Lake Core i3-7100 3.90 GHz
MainBoard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H
Graphics	Intel HD Graphics 630
Memory	DDR4 PC4-19200 2400 MHz 4G x2
SSD	Samsung 870 EVO SSD 250 GB
Sound	Realtek HD Audio ALC 887
Ethernet	Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
Wi-Fi / Bluetooth	Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX210 160MHz
BIOS	AMI UEFI BIOS (Version F9)

🍃 Supported macOS & OpenCore Versions

• macOS Sierra 10.12.6
• macOS High Sierra 10.13.x
• macOS Mojave 10.14.x
• macOS Catalina 10.15.x
• macOS Big Sur 11.x
• macOS Monterey 12.x
• macOS Ventura 13.x
• macOS Sonoma 14.x
• OpenCore r0.9.9

❄️ ACPI SSDT Hot Patches

No.	SSDT Name	ACPI Rename Required	ACPI Patch Type	OEM DSDT Override
1	SSDT-DMAC.aml	X	Injection	X
2	SSDT-EC-USBX.aml	X	Injection	X
3	SSDT-GPRW.aml	O	Hot Patch & Override	O
4	SSDT-HPET.aml	X	Preset Variable Method	O
5	SSDT-MCHC.aml	X	Injection	X
6	SSDT-OSYS.aml	X	Assign & Injection	O
7	SSDT-PLUG.aml	X	Injection	X
8	SSDT-XPTS.aml	O	Hot Patch & Override	O

🍁 BIOS Settings

• M.I.T
  • Advanced Frequency Settings
    • Advanced CPU Core Settings
      • Hypet-Threading Technology : Enabled
      • Intel Speed Shift Technology : Enabled
• BIOS
  • Fast Boot : Disabled
  • OS Type : Windows 8 / 10
  • Secure Boot : Disabled
• Peripherals
  • Super IO Configuration
    • Serial(COM) Port : Disabled
    • Parallel Port : Disabled
  • USB Configuration
    • XHCI Hand-Off : Enabled
    • Port 60/64 Emulation : Disabled
  • SATA And RST Configuration
    • SATA Mode : AHCI
• Chipset
  • VT-d : Disabled
    • If DisableIoMapper is set to True, VT-d can be set to Enabled.
  • DVMT Pre-Allocated Memory : 128 MB

⚠️ Issues

• The S3 Sleep and Wake functions do not work.

  • It is speculated that there is a problem with the sleep and wake functions when using only the Intel HD Graphics 630 iGPU.
  • However, depending on whether the SMBus is loaded or not, the operation results of the Sleep and Wake functions will vary.
  • When SSDT-SBUS-MCHC.aml is loaded, the screen comes on well when the computer wakes up after entering sleep, but the cooler fan does not turn off even after entering sleep.

• Hibernate Mode 25 (S4 Sleep) works but there is a glitch issue on first wake up.

  • There is a problem that a blue glitch screen appears on the first screen of booting from the OpenCore bootloader to macOS when waking up from Hibernation 25 sleep mode.

  • Solution

    1. The workaround for this issue is to give no input to the keyboard and mouse until the glitch appears and the signal disappears from the monitor screen.
    2. After the screen is turned off, click the mouse again or press any key on the keyboard to wake the screen up, and the login GUI screen in macOS will display normally after that.

  • Note

    • When I add AAPL,GfxYTile = 01000000 (Data) properties, a black screen appears instead of a blue glitch screen. Of course, if no input is given to the mouse or keyboard and the monitor signal is lost, wake the screen again and the screen will come back up normally.
    • And, once I've done the above solution, the next time I wake up from sleep, there's no glitch or black screen problem. This means that after fixing the glitch issue once, Hibernation 25 sleep mode works perfectly. However, when I reset the NVRAM, the glitch or black screen problem occurs again.

✅ Working

• Intel HD Graphics 630 QE/CI
• Intel HD Graphics 630 AGPM
• Realtek ALC 887
• Speed Step & Power Management (XCPM)
• Realtek Wired Network
• Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX210 160MHz
• Intel AX210 Bluetooth
• USB 3.0
• Night Shift
• iCloud & App Store
• iMessage & FaceTime
• Hibernation 25 (S4 Sleep) & Wake

❌ Not Working

• None (Everything works. ✨)