ASRock Z390M-ITX/ac macOS Catalina 10.15.3~10.15.7

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system information gpu acceleration chassis

Hardware

Item Model
CPU Intel Core-5 9600KF
MotherBoard ASRock Z390M-ITX/ac
Wi-Fi BCM94360CS2 + NGFF-convertor
GPU Sapphire RX560XT 4G D5
RAM G.SKILL 32GB(16GB x 2) 2400MHz DDR4
SSD1 WD_BLACK SN750 NVME 500GB for Windows
SSD2 HP S700 500GB (SATA3.0) for Hackintosh
Power FSP MS450
Cooler be Quiet! BK008 Pure Rock Slim
Chassis Mechanic master cube C24

Wi-Fi and Bluetooth module

ASRock Z390M-ITX/ac has a Intel Wi-Fi module(M.2 E-key) which can not driven by macOS. I replaced it by a BCM94360CS2.

What Works

  • GPU with hardware acceleration
  • Audio
  • Ethernet
  • Wi-Fi(2.4GHz and 5GHz)
  • Bluetooth
  • USB 2.0, USB 3.0, type-C, front panel USB 3.0
  • Airdrop
  • CPU boost

What I have not tested yet

  • Sleep
  • iMessage
  • Logo scale in booting stage 1

HWMonitor

This EFI uses VirtualSMC.kext as the SMC emulator. Only HWMonitorSMC2 is able to display the hardware information correctly.