xuhom / ROG-Zephyrus-G14-GA402-Hackintosh

Hackintosh for ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 (GA402) 2022.

ROG Zephyrus G14 (GA402) Hackintosh [WIP]

Hackintosh for ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 (GA402) 2022.

Currently not all functions and components work properly ( especially trackpad ), but many important components like CPU and GPU working.

Specifications

Hardware

• Model : GA402RJ
  • GA402RK ( RX 6800S SKU ) should work too
• CPU : AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS 3.2 GHz ( Rembrandt )
• ( iGPU : AMD Radeon 680 )
  • no way to make it work
• dGPU : AMD Radeon RX 6700S 8 GB
  • It is named 6700, but it has same Navi 23 chip as the desktop 6600 series.
  • Must be set primary by MUX switch setting with Armoury Crate app on Windows.
• Memory : DDR5-4800MHz 16 GB ( 8 GB onboard + 8 GB SO-DIMM )
• WiFi : Intel AX210 WiFi 6 ( replaced from original MediaTek M.2 2230 card )

Software

• macOS Monterey 12.6.1 (21G217)
• OpenCore 0.8.7 nightly (8cdab5b)

Current status

Working

• CPU with 8 cores and 16 threads enabled
  • CPU power management with AMD Power Gadget and RyzenAdj
  • ryzenadj command is attached to this repo.
• dGPU acceleration
  • 120Hz LCD
    • HiDPI custom resolution with one-key-hidpi
  • 4K / 60Hz output via HDMI / USB-C (Right) ports
• WiFi ( card replacing required )
• PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD
• All USB ports
• Keyboard
• Internal speaker
• Battery status
• Integrated camera

Not working / Problems

• BIOS version 315 or newer
  • The system became very unstable after updating to BIOS 315, I have to stay on BIOS 312.
• Radeon 680 iGPU
  • Probably never works, that's why I bought the laptop with dGPU.
  • Left USB-C DP alt doesn't work because of it's controlled by iGPU.
• Trackpad
  • I2C controlled, no idea to enable AMD I2C device.
• Sleep / Hibernation
• Hardware video decode / encode acceleration
  • VideoProc says no acceleration at all.
• Hardware LCD backlight brightness control
  • Only software control available with MonitorControlLite.
• Keyboard backlight brightness control
  • Always on
• Keyboard Fn hotkeys
  • Only sound hotkeys work
• macOS Ventura
  • Stuck at ACPI: sleep states even if using OpenCore nightly.
  • Installer works, but first boot after install fails.
• Longer battery life
  • Even in dGPU mode, Windows should run for 3 hours but it only runs for around an hour and a half in macOS.
  • In iGPU mode, Windows should run for 10 hours, but iGPU doesn't work in macOS.

Configurations

config.plist

DevirtualiseMmio / MmioWhitelist

In spite of the laptop doesn't have TRX40 chipset, DevirtualiseMmio quirk is required to avoid stuck on [EB|#LOG:EXITBS:START]. MmioWhitelist is also required to avoid blackout issue.

dGPU DeviceProperties

• device-id : FF730000
  • spoofed as RX 6600 series.
• no-gfx-spoof : True
  • required to use WhateverGreen.kext without blackout issue.
• agdpmod : pikera
  • required to use WhateverGreen.kext without blackout issue.
• @0,name : ATY,Henbury
  • must to be set to enable GPU accelaration.

Kexts

• AGPMInjector.kext
  • to attach AGPM to Framebuffer
• DirectHW.kext
  • required to use ryzenadj command. read this doc for detail.
• RadeonSensor.kext
  • to get dGPU temperature.
• RestrictEvents.kext / SMCRadeonGPU.kext
  • to change CPU name on About This Mac.

NVRAM

• boot-args
  • debug=0x44 : to enable DirectHW.kext
• ExposeSensitiveData : 15
  • to show machine name in AMD Power Gadget.

boot-args

• csr-active-config : FF0F0000
  • due to replacing IOPCIFamily.kext, SIP must be disabled.

PlatformInfo

MacPro7,1 smbios is required to enable internal display. ( iMacPro1,1 doesn't work ) I don't know why.

You should set your own MLB / ROM / SystemSerialNumber / SystemUUID .