/EFI-Z690M-AORUS-ELITE-AX-DDR4-I5-12600KF-RX5700XT

EFI for Hackintosh Sonoma

EFI for Intel Desktop 12600KF - Opencore 0.9.5 - Z690M AORUS ELITE AX DDR4 - macOS Sonoma 14.0 - AMD RX 5700XT

Note Description
macOS Sonoma 14.0
Motherboard Gigabyte Z690M AORUS ELITE AX DDR4
GPU AMD RX 5700XT
Processor Intel® Core™ i5-12600KF
NVME SSD Fanxiang S790 2TB
RAM 2x VENGEANCE 16Gb 3600Mhz DDR4
Wifi/Bluetooth AX210 - Bluetooth 5.2
Ethernet Intel® I225-V 2.5GbE LAN
SMBIOS iMacPro1,1
  • Opencore version: 0.9.5

Basic Steps

  1. Generate and complete your SMBIOS infos - ALWAYS;
  2. Adjust your BIOS;
  3. Install macOS and enjoy :)
  4. Rempap USB ports (if needed) - ALWAYS;

Compatible SMBIOS

SMBIOS Description
MacPro7,1 Because GPU integrated in 12th gen without support for Apple.
iMacPro1,1 Because GPU integrated in 12th gen without support for Apple.

BIOS Settings

Disable

  • Fast Boot
  • Secure Boot
  • Serial/COM Port
  • Parallel Port
  • VT-d (can be enabled if you set DisableIoMapper to YES)
  • Compatibility Support Module (CSM).
  • Thunderbolt(For initial install, as Thunderbolt can cause issues if not setup correctly)
  • Intel SGX
  • Intel Platform Trust
  • CFG Lock (MSR 0xE2 write protection)
    • This must be off, if you can't find the option then ENABLE AppleXcpmCfgLock.
    • Your hack will not boot with CFG-Lock enabled.

Enable

  • VT-x
  • Above 4G decoding.
    • This must be on, if you can't find the option then add npci=0x2000 to boot-args.
    • Do not have both this option and npci on boot-args enabled at the same time.
    • When enabling Above4G, Resizable BAR Support may become an available on some motherboards. Please ensure this is DISABLED instead of set to Enabled.
  • Hyper-Threading
  • Execute Disable Bit
  • EHCI/XHCI Hand-off
  • OS type: Windows 8.1/10 UEFI Mode
  • SATA Mode: AHCI