Hackintosh-Gigabyte-Z390-GAMING-X-i7-9700k

Procedure and some source file including EFI used when I install hackintosh Catalina 10.15.1

Organization

• EFI-Main: I use this to successfully boot Hackintosh.
• EFI-OtherMethod: This is for other method part.
• EFI-heiguoxiaobing: This is copied from 黑果小兵's dmg.
• EFI-warehouse: A lot of file which may contain what you want to try for something.
• EFI-z390-370: This is a EFI for my configuration. I brought it from xianyu.

Configuration

Hardware

	Type
Montherboard	Gigabyte Z390 Gaming X
CPU	I7-9700K
AMD Graphics Card	Sapphire RX590 8G
RAM	16GB 3200MHz DDR4 X 2
Solid State Drives	SAMSUNG 970 EVO NVMe M.2 500GB

Operating System

macOS Catalina 10.15.1

BIOS Version

Current Issues

• Cannot shut down normally. Coredump when shut down

Steps to install

BIOS Setting

1. Load Optimized Defaults
2. Disable VT-d
3. Close CSM Support
4. Disable Secure Boot Mode
5. Close IO Serial
6. Enable XHCI Handoff
7. Set OS type to Other OS
8. Disable intel graphics
9. Save and Exit

Create a Bootable USB and Install

1. Download dmg from here.
2. Using etcher to create a bootable USB with above dmg. If the initial EFI cannot work for you, try to change it with Mine-EFI. I have tried a lot, this is the version with whom I successed. I have also provided other versions of EFI I have tried in this repo to offer you a chance to try again. Inserting the Bootable USB in USB 2.0 slot may contribute to a successful installation.
3. If you stall at the last two minutes of 1st installation phase. Try delete AptioMemoryFix.efi or use v1, v2, v3, free200, etc. It's maybe wrong of EFI about memory. According to this, try OsxAptionFix3Drv-64.efi or OsxAptioFixDvr-64.efi instead of AptioMemoryFix.efi. I solved this problem by deleting OsxAptionFixDrv-64.efi. Even if it still stalls at last two minutes of 1st installation phase, wait enough time and reboot physically, I have entered into MacOS successfully.
4. After installation successed, replace the EFI floder of Hackintosh HD's EFI partion with that of Bootable USB's. Clover Configration app can ease this step. Remember to make a backup before replacement and don't change content of Bootable USB.

Dual System With Ubuntu

The Bootable USB in above steps still needed

1. Install Ubuntu

• Install with something else method
• Install Boot loader on the MacOS's EFI partition
• Add a partition to mount point /

2. Recover MacOS EFI

• After Ubuntu installation finished, reboot and boot from previous Bootable USB. Check the changed files in MacOS's EFI partion by compare the size of files in Bootable USB's and Hackintosh HD's. Through my practice, replace BOOT floder in Hackintosh HD's EFI partition with that of Bootable USB's.

3. The last thing is to chang the boot order in BIOS to boot from clover
4. If the clover GUI cannot see Ubuntu, enter into MacOS and use clover configuration to modify config.plist checking the gui>scan>linux. Then save and reboot to see ubuntu in clover GUI.

Other Method for Creating a Bootable USB

I previously successed with the following method but failed to do it again. I guess that I havn't biult the EFI partition correctly. According to this website: After download macOS Catalina in a real Mac,

1. Insert the USB drive
2. Open /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility
3. Highlight the USB drive in left column
4. Click on the Partition tab
5. Click Current and choose 1 Partition
6. Click Options...
7. Choose GUID Partition Table
8. Under Name: type USB (You can rename it later)
9. Under Format: choose Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
10. Click Apply then Partition
11. Open /Applications/Utilities/Terminal
12. Run

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Catalina.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/USB /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Catalina.app --nointeraction

13. Download the most recent standalone Clover installer from the download section.
14. Install UEFI or Legacy Clover version using the USB (Install macOS Catalina) as the target.
15. Navigate to /EFI/CLOVER/ and replace config.plist with example config.plist (attached below)
16. Navigate to /EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other/ and add FakeSMC.kext
17. (Optional) Navigate to /EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other/ and add your ethernet kext
18. (Optional) Navigate to /EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other/ and add NullCPUPowerManagement.kext

Play Together

This is a note I took when trying to installing a MacOS on my customized desktop. I hope this would help you. It's what I enjoy when my student life is not hard. If you have questions, make an issue and I'll try. In addition, contributions is welcomed. I will add you to the list of contributors. Let's have fun together.