README.md

Vanilla Hackintosh running MacOS Mojave

Introduction

Hardware

• Intel Core i9-9900K
• ASRock Z390 Phantom Gaming-ITX/AC
• Corsair LPX 32GB (2x16GB) 3200MHz DDR4
• Samsung 970 EVO 2TB - NVMe PCIe M.2
• CORSAIR SF Series, SF600, SFX
• Louqe GHOST S1
• Fractal Design Celsius S24
• BCM94352Z Wi-Fi + BT

Hardware swap

I swapped the integrated Wi-Fi+BT module with BCM94352Z. It is an easy process, two screws and you can replace it. Antenna are unchanged.

What works

• Integrated GPU with hardware acceleration
• Audio
• Ethernet
• Wi-Fi
• Bluetooth
• Sleep
• Airdrop

What doesn't work

• Thunderbolt Type-C

Installation

Motherboard

Flash bios 1.50.

Change the following settings:

• Advanced > Chipset Configuration > VT-d -> Disabled
• Advanced > USB Configuration > XHCI Hand-off -> Enabled

MacOs Mojave

1. Create a bootable USB stick
2. Mount EFI
3. git clone https://github.com/bydavy/EFI-ASRock-Z390-Phantom-Gaming.git .
4. Install MacOS
5. Mount your EFI partition from the hard drive with Clover Configurator and copy EFI from usb stick to hard drive

Context

Kext

1. Audio

• AppleALC.kext
• VoodooHDA.kext

2. Bluetooth

• BrcmFirmwareRepo.kext
• BrcmPatchRAM2.kext
• BT4LEContiunityFixup

3. Wi-Fi

• AirportBrcmFixup

4. Ethernet

• IntelMausiEthernet.kext

Sleep

• Crash on sleep: fix was to install AptioMemoryFix-64.efi and EmuVariableUefi-64.efi
• Sleep wake cycle: fix was a custom DSDT (somehow an XDCI device was waking up the pc)

USB mapping

This EFI has a custom DSDT to map USB ports used.

Files

Go to the data repository.