BigSur 11.1 + Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Pro WiFi + 9900KS + 5700XT

Credited to https://github.com/shiruken/hackintosh

Installation guide for my vanilla Hackintosh v3 build dual-booting macOS Catalina and Windows 10. The version numbers reported in this guide were the releases available at the time of installation and more than likely can be replaced with the latest iteration.

EFI: Copy of current EFI directory from the macOS boot drive

The Build
Prepare Install Media
Install Clover
Gather Kexts
Configure Clover
BIOS Settings
Prepare for macOS Installation
Install macOS Catalina
Post Installation
Install Windows 10
Final Clover Configuration
Benchmarks
Issues
Upgrade Log
References
Resources

The Build

CPU: Intel Core i7-9900KS Special Edition
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i RGB PLATINUM (Connected to CPU_FAN and F_USB2)
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO WIFI
Memory: 2 x Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB DDR4-3200
Storage (macOS): PNY XLR8 CS3030 2 TB M.2 NVME SSD (M2M Slot)
Storage (Windows): PNY XLR8 CS3030 2 TB M.2 NVME SSD (M2A Slot)
Video Card: Sapphire 5700 XT Nitro+ Special Edition
Sound Card: Sound BlasterX G1
Webcam + Mic: Logitech BRIO
Wireless Card: Fenvi T-919 (Bluetooth connect to HS11)
Power Supply: Corsair RM1000x 80+ Gold
Case: LIAN LI PC-O11 Dynamic Razer Edition Black
Monitor: Dell S2719DG 27" LED QHD GSYNC Monitor
Keyboard: Logitech MX Keys Advanced Wireless
Mouse: Logitech MX Master 3 Wireless Mouse

View the build on PCPartPicker: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/kBK7TC (Mismatched)

Prepare Install Media

Download the macOS BigSur installer (v11.1) from the Mac App Store
Open Terminal and format the target USB drive as with the following command:

diskutil partitionDisk /dev/{YOUR_DISK_ID} GPT JHFS+ "USB" 100%
Create the bootable macOS installer:

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Big\ Sur.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume
Once the program finishes, your USB drive should now be called Install macOS Catalina

Install Clover

Download Opencore Install Package (0.6.5) and Opencore Configurator
Install OpenCore to the USB device and customize with the EFI folder I have included.

Gather Kexts

AppleALC.kext (v1.4.3)
IntelMausiEthernet.kext (v2.5.0)
Lilu.kext (v1.3.9)
USBInjectAll.kext (v0.7.1)
VirtualSMC.kext (v1.0.9)
- SMCProcessor.kext
- SMCSuperIO.kext
WhateverGreen.kext (v1.3.4)

Use Clover Configurator to mount the EFI partition of the USB drive
Copy the downloaded .kexts to EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other/ on the USB drive EFI partition
Copy VirtualSmc.efi to EFI/CLOVER/drivers/UEFI/ on the USB drive EFI partition

The exact kexts and drivers I used during my installation can be found in EFI_install/.

Configure Config.plist

The configuration plist for the installation is heavily based upon Dortania's OpenCore Install Guide for the Coffee Lake microarchitecture. The major difference is with how the iGPU is enabled because I encountered difficulties when using device property injections. Each section of the configuration used during installation is documented below. A sanitized version of the config file can be found in EFI_install/CLOVER/. You will need to use Clover Configurator or macserial to generate a valid serial number and board serial number for the iMac19,1 SMBIOS.

ACPI

Boot

Boot Graphics

CPU

Devices

Disable Drivers

GUI

Graphics

Kernel and Kext Patches

Rt Varibles

SMBIOS

System Parameters

BIOS Settings (Version F12c)

BIOS/MacOS_Bios_Pre: Load this BIOS settings or manually do BIOS Settings below
Save & Exit
- Load Optimized Defaults
M.I.T.
- Advanced Frequency Settings
  - Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P.) → Profile 1
- Smart Fan 5 Settings
  - CPU_FAN (or whichever header was used for the AIO CPU cooler)
    - Speed Control → Full Speed
    - Control Mode → Voltage
BIOS
- Windows 8/10 Features → Windows 8/10
- CSM Support → Disabled
Peripherals
- Initial Display Output → IGFX
- Internal Graphics → Enabled
- DVMT Pre-Allocated → 32M
- DVMT Total Gfx Mem → 256M
- Audio Controller → Enabled (I have disable in my case)
- Above 4G Decoding → Enabled
- USB Configuration
  - Legacy USB Support → Enabled
  - XHCI Hand-off → Enabled
- Network Stack Configuration
  - Network Stack → Disabled
Chipset
- Vt-d → Disabled
Power
- Intel Platform Trust Technology (PTT) → Disabled
- ErP → Disabled
- RC6 (Render Standby) → Enabled
Save & Exit
- Choose Save and Exit to save BIOS settings and reboot

Prepare for macOS Installation

Connect DisplayPort or HDMI cable to the graphics card output
Insert macOS Installer USB drive into the USB 3.0 port adjacent to Ethernet connector
Connect keyboard and mouse to USB 2.0 ports
Remove any other SSD and Drives from your computer

Install macOS Catalina

Restart computer and select the USB drive as the default BIOS boot device
Select Install macOS Catalina as the Clover boot volume
Launch Disk Utility and format the destination drive (Samsung 970 Evo)
- Name: Macintosh SSD
- Format: Mac OS Extended (Journaled) or APFS (will be reformatted as APFS during installation)
- Scheme: GUID Partition Map
Launch Install macOS and select the Macintosh SSD drive as the destination
- As the system restarts, keep selecting Boot macOS Install from Macintosh SSD from the Clover menu
- If the system freezes, use the power button to shut down the computer and turn off the power supply. Wait a few minutes before restarting to continue the installation process.
Once the installation is complete, select Boot macOS from Macintosh SSD from the Clover menu
- Proceed through the normal macOS setup but delay signing into iCloud until post installation is complete

Post Installation

BIOS/MacOS_Bios_Ins: Load this BIOS settings

Make macOS Drive Bootable

Mount the EFI partition of Macintosh SSD and copy over the entire EFI directory from the USB drive
Shutdown the computer
Boot up the bios setting and select the internal drive (PNY 2TB M2M SLOT) as the default BIOS boot device
Select Boot macOS from Macintosh SSD from the Clover menu
You should now have a bootable macOS installation!

Note: You can now remove the USB drive but keep it handy for debugging issues with your Hackintosh.

Side Note

Enable the Discrete Graphics Card with Headless iGPU

Modify the Clover configuration on the EFI partition of Macintosh SSD
- Boot
  - Remove the -wegnoegpu boot argument
  - Add the agdpmod=pikera boot argument
- Devices
  - Clear value of IntelGFX field
  - Add new device: PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x2,0x0)
    - Add property: AAPL,ig-platform-id - 0300983E - DATA
- Graphics
  - Uncheck Inject Intel
Reboot the computer and modify the BIOS Settings
- Peripherals
  - Initial Display Output → PCIe Slot 1
- Chipset
  - Internal Graphics → Enabled
  - DVMT Pre-Allocated → 64M
  - DVMT Total Gfx Mem → 256M
Save the changes and reboot the computer
Disconnect the HDMI cable from the motherboard and connect a DisplayPort cable to the graphics card
You should now be using the natively-supported discrete graphics card (as of macOS 10.15.1) to power your display(s) in conjunction with the headless iGPU for compute tasks.
- Hackintool can be used to verify the availability of the iGPU for hardware decoding under the VDA Decoder system parameter.

Note: You should also make these changes to your USB drive Clover configuration so that it can properly boot your system if the Macintosh SSD EFI partition gets messed up. If you don't update the configuration, you'll have to swap back to using the integrated graphics instead of the discrete graphics card.

Map USB Ports

Apple's USB driver implementation restricts macOS to only 15 HS/SS ports. During the installation process, we utilized RehabMan's USBInjectAll kext and USB port limit kext patches to com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHostFamily and com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCI to circumvent this restriction. While useful during installation, it is generally recommended that these workarounds be removed in favor of a custom SSDT or port injector kext for the final system configuration to avoid buffer overruns and sleep/wake issues. In order to map out the custom port injection for the system, we will be using corpnewt's USBMap Python script and following along with the process described in Carl Mercier's YouTube video.

If you have the Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO WIFI motherboard and want the same USB port mapping I utilize, you can download my USBMap.kext, SSDT-USBX.aml, and SSDT-USBX.dsl and skip to Step 5.

Add the change EHC1 to EH01 and change EHC2 to EH02 patches to the ACPI Clover configuration on the EFI partition of Macintosh SSD and reboot

Open Terminal and run the following commands to download and execute the USBMap script:

git clone https://github.com/corpnewt/USBMap
cd USBMap
chmod +x USBMap.command
./USBMap.command

Press d then [enter] to begin the port discovery process. Using a USB device (e.g. flash drive), systematically test each external USB port to identify its corresponding ID. The complete USB port layout for the Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO WIFI motherboard is detailed in the image below. Once the desired ports have been identified, press q then [enter] to return to the main menu.
Press p then [enter] to begin creating the custom port mapping kext
1. Press a then [enter] to enable all ports
2. Using the list of identified ports, enter the numbers of the ports you want to disable
  - No more than 15 XHC ports can be enabled
  - 2,3,4,9,11,12,14,15,16,18,25 → HS02,HS03,HS04,HS09,HS11,HS12,HS14,USR1,USR2,SS02,SS09
    - Disables Bluetooth, AIO control, and USB 2.0 for the two ports immediately beneath the HDMI port
  - The enabled ports are red and the disabled ports are gray in the image above
3. Press k then [enter] to build the custom USBMap.kext file
4. Allow the program to move the files to your EFI partition or copy them manually:
  - USBMap.kext → EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other/
  - SSDT-USBX.aml → EFI/CLOVER/ACPI/patched/
  - SSDT-USBX.dsl → EFI/CLOVER/ACPI/patched/
Modify the Clover configuration on the EFI partition of Macintosh SSD
- ACPI
  - Remove the change EHC2 to EH02 patch (not present on this system)
- Kernel and Kext Patches
  - Remove the com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHostFamily kext patch
  - Remove the com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCI kext patch
Delete the USBInjectAll.kext from EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other/ on the EFI partition of Macintosh SSD
You should now have fully custom-mapped USB ports on your system! Use the USBMap script after a reboot to verify the correct ports are enabled.

Enable FileVault

FileVault is used to encrypt the startup disk on your Hackintosh. Enabling it is entirely optional but probably a good idea for the security conscious, especially if you are building a portable system. Before turning on the feature, you will need to make sure you have several drivers installed to allow Clover to interact with the encrypted drive. These instructions are based on the advice from this tonymacx86 comment and this vanilla laptop guide.

If present, remove any of the following outdated Clover-installed FileVault 2 UEFI drivers:
- AppleImageCodec.efi
- AppleKeyAggregator.efi
- AppleKeyFeeder.efi
- AppleUITheme.efi
- FirmwareVolume.efi
- HashServiceFix.efi
Download AppleSupportPkg v2.0.9 and copy the following two drivers to EFI/CLOVER/drivers/UEFI/:
- AppleGenericInput.efi
- AppleUiSupport.efi
Modify the Clover configuration on the EFI partition of Macintosh SSD
- Boot
  - Default Boot Volume → Preboot
- GUI
  - Remove Preboot from hidden volumes (if present)
Open System Preferences > Security & Privacy and navigate to the FileVault tab
- Click Turn On FileVault and select an option for setting the recovery key
- Wait for encrypting to complete
Restart your system, which should now default to the FileVault Preboot from Preboot option, and enter your password at login to decrypt the system drive.

Note: You should also make these changes to your USB drive Clover configuration so that it can properly boot your system if the Macintosh SSD EFI partition gets messed up. If you don't update the configuration, then the Clover bootloader will not be able to properly handle the FileVault-encrypted drive.

Enable TRIM for Solid State Drives

Open Terminal and enter the following command:

sudo trimforce enable
Verify TRIM was enabled in System Report:

Fix CPU Type in About This Mac

For some reason, If you are not using Core i9 and about This Mac and System Report do not properly identify as Intel Core i7 processor and list it as an 'Intel Core i9' instead of an 'Intel Core i7.' This can easily be fixed by using Clover Configurator to set the CPU Type to 0x0705 and rebooting.

Install Clover Theme

The easiest way to download and install third-party Clover themes is using Clover Theme Manager.

Launch the application and enter your password when prompted to mount the EFI partition of Macintosh SSD.
Click the Install button on the list of available themes to download the theme to your EFI/CLOVER/themes/ directory. 3. Select the theme to use during boot via the drop-down menu or manually entering the name in the Theme field on the GUI section of Clover Configurator.

Install Windows 10

Windows 10 will be installed on the Intel 660p Series NVMe drive located in the M2M slot of the motherboard. This is necessary to avoid issues with Windows updates interferring with the Clover EFI partition because of drive enumeration ordering. The installation requires at least an 8 GB USB flash drive for creating the bootable Windows installer.

Download the Windows 10 ISO
Create the bootable Windows installer:
- If using macOS, launch Boot Camp Assistant and follow the process to create the Windows 7 or later version install disk
- If using Windows, use the Media Creation Tool or Rufus to flash the ISO
Shut down the system and temporarily remove all other storage devices to avoid issues during installation.
Restart the computer and select the installer USB drive as the default BIOS boot device.
Follow the instructions to install Windows
- You may need to format the destination drive (Intel 660p Series) prior to installation
Once installation is complete, shut down the computer, replace all the removed drives, and select the Clover EFI drive (Samsung 970 Evo) as the default BIOS boot device.
You should now have a Hackintosh dual-booting macOS and Windows! Just select the desired operating system from the Clover bootloader.
- My configuration defaults to booting macOS after a short five-second delay
- If there is an extraneous Boot Windows from EFI option on the bootloader, check and uncheck the Legacy Scan option on the GUI section of Clover Configurator.

Hide Windows Drive in macOS

Follow these instructions to prevent the Windows drive from automatically mounting in macOS:

Open Terminal and enter the following command to get the Volume UUID:

diskutil info /Volumes/{YOUR_WINDOWS_DRIVE_NAME}
Enter sudo vifs to add the following line to /etc/fstab:

UUID={YOUR_UUID} none ntfs rw,noauto
Restart your system and the Windows partition will no longer automatically mount.

Final Clover Configuration

A sanitized version of my final config file can be found in EFI/CLOVER/. Each section of the configuration in Clover Configurator is also documented below.