/OpenCore-Thinkpad-T430s

Hackintosh for Thinkpad T430s with OpenCore bootloader

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Thinkpad T430s Hackintosh with OpenCore 0.6.1

So I think maybe this is the first OC folder for our Thinkpad T430s. I have tried several different macOS versions and premade EFIs, but in my opinion this one which I made is the most compatible one for Mojave 10.14.6, at least on my own machine.

I don't guarantee that this config will work great on your machine, so it is highly recommended to use this repository for reference only.

You will have to generate your own serial number, motherboard serial, system UUID, etc.

My hardware specs

  • CPU: Intel Core i5-3320M.
  • RAM: 8 GB.
  • SSD: Crucial BX500 256 GB (in main 2.5" slot).
  • Orico caddy bay.
  • Screen: TN 1600x900.

Software

  • OpenCore 0.6.1.
  • macOS Catalina 10.15.6.
  • Works much better with macOS Mojave 10.14.6.
  • Kexts: AppleALC, BrcmBluetoothInjector, BrcmPatchRAM3, IntelMausi, Lilu, WhatEverGreen, VirtualSMC, SMCBatteryManagement, SMCProcessor, SMCSuperIO, VoodooInput, VoodooPS2Controller.

What's working (as I have tested so far)

  • Intel HD Graphics 4000 w/ QE-CI.
  • Speaker, headphone jack output and intergrated microphone (alcid=28).
  • Keyboard.
  • Backlight control via Fn-F8/F9.
  • TrackPoint and TrackPoint buttons.
  • Wifi via TPLink TL-WN725N. Kexts and utilities provided by chris1111.
  • Battery status.
  • USB ports.
  • Sleep.

Not working well

  • Trackpad is sluggish. I don't really know how to fix it.

Not working

  • Intergrated Wifi and Bluetooth.
  • Touchpad lower buttons.
  • VGA output.
  • Hard disk LED (it turns on forever, no blinking, etc.).

Not tested

  • DisplayPort output (shown in Hackintool but not tested).
  • Intergrated camera (it's broken on my laptop).

Improving compability

  • This OC configuration is not guaranteed to work on your machine out of the box. If so, follow below guides on DSDT/SSDT patching for better compability.
  • Dump and patch your own DSDT.aml as guided here. Replace the prebuilt DSDT.aml in OC/ACPI with yours.
  • Follow Dortania's guide on Ivy Bridge power management fix here. Replace the prebuilt SSDT-PM.aml in OC/ACPI with yours (the default name of the generated SSDT is ssdt.aml, you'll need to rename it to SSDT-PM.aml).
  • Enable USBInjectAll.kext in config.plist and use Hackintool.app to generate your own USBPorts.kext, SSDT-EC-USB.aml and SSDT-UIAC.aml (plenty of guides about this are available on Google). Put your USBPorts.kext to OC/Kexts and the SSDTs into OC/ACPI. Finally disable USBInjecAll.kext like the way you enabled it.
  • Run these commands in a terminal for better sleeping compability: 
    sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0
sudo pmset autopoweroff 0 
sudo pmset powernap 0 
sudo pmset standby 0
sudo pmset proximitywake 0
  • If you have an extra HDD installed in your DVD slot (via a caddybay), you'll need to replace your AppleAHCIPort.kext with the older one which I provided in the Extra folder in this repo (courtesy of fusion71au at InsanelyMac) to have your HDD recognized in macOS.
    • Make a backup of your current /S/L/E/AppleAHCIPort.kext then delete it.
    • Copy the provided kext into /S/L/E. Remember to correct its permissions and perform a kextcache update.
    • You should put the disk on which you installed macOS in the default 2.5" slot rather than in the DVD slot.

Changelog

11-Sep-2020: initial build
16-Sep-2020: changed for better compability with Mojave. Catalina is not fully supported. Updated additional guides on DSDT/SSDT patching.

Special thanks