simon-fauconnier / ryzen-hackintosh

Hackintosh powered by amd ryzen 3900x and Aorus x570 pro (ATX)

ryzen-hackintosh (opencore)

Hackintosh powered by amd ryzen 3900x and Aorus x570 pro (ATX), Opencore 0.8.6

The Build

• CPU: Amd ryzen 3900x
• CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken x63
• Motherboard: x570 Aorus Pro (ATX)
• Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 2x8 GB DDR4-3200
• Storage (macOS): Sabrent Rocket PCIe M.2 2280 SSD 1TB
• Storage (Windows): Sabrent Rocket PCIe M.2 2280 SSD 1TB + Crusial MX500 1TB SSD
• Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT Nitro+ SE
• Power Supply: SeaSonic GX-1000
• Wifi-bluetooth card: Fenvi FV-T919 (native support)
• Case: NZXT H510 Elite
• Monitor: BenQ EX3501R (21/9)

Information

macOS Monterey v12.6.1

EFI configured with the vanilla-opencore tutorial : https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Install-Guide/

The information in config.plist/platormInfo/Generic has been deleted. Please generate new ones with GenSMBIOS (https://github.com/corpnewt/GenSMBIOS), with the SMBIOS MacPro7.1

ACPI/SSDT-EC_USBX built manually following the "Getting started with ACPI" tutorial : https://dortania.github.io/Getting-Started-With-ACPI/

BIOS settings

Now works with the latest motherboard BIOS versions (tested with versions F36d).

Access the bios by pressing the F2 key on computer startup.

Boot/Fast Boot -> Disabled

Boot/CSM Support -> Disabled

Boot/Secure Boot/Secure Boot -> Disabled

Settings/IO Ports/Above 4G Decoding -> Enabled

Settings/IO Ports/USB Configuration/XHCI Hand-off -> Enabled

Kext

• AppleALC.kext (v1.7.5)
• Lilu.kext (v1.6.2)
• VirtualSMC.kext (v1.3.0)
• WhateverGreen.kext (v1.6.1)
• NVMeFix.kext (v1.1.0)
• AppleIGB.kext (v5.11.4-mb)
• RestrictEvents.kext (v1.0.9)

CPU Management (optional):

• AMDRyzenCPUPowerManagement.kext
• SMCAMDProcessor.kext

What works?

• Very stable

• Audio (Audio codec : ALC1220-VB, type 7)

• iMessage

• HandOff, continuity

• AirDrop

• Time Machine

• USB (2.0 and 3.0)

• Sleep

• If the characters are displayed strangely on the screen, uncheck the option Allow extended dynamic range in system settings / monitor.

What's not working yet?

• Ethernet :(

USB Mapping

I did a custom USB mapping for the "Aorus x570 Pro (ATX)" motherboard, all ports are mapped except USB-C. This kext must be used with MacPro7.1 smbios.

Usefull tools

• AMD Power Gadget: (https://github.com/trulyspinach/SMCAMDProcessor) -> Monitoring CPU
• Liquidctl: (https://github.com/jonasmalacofilho/liquidctl/releases) -> Fan settings (light and speed)
• MonitorControl: (https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl) -> Monitor brightness and contrast control
• ProperTree: (https://github.com/corpnewt/ProperTree) -> .plist reader

Fix Adobe products crashes

https://gist.github.com/naveenkrdy/26760ac5135deed6d0bb8902f6ceb6bd