EFI for Intel Desktop 12600K - Opencore 0.9.5 - Z690M AORUS ELITE DDR4 - macOS Sonoma 14.1 - AMD RX 5500XT

Note Description
macOS Sonoma 14.1
Motherboard Gigabyte Z690M AORUS ELITE DDR4
GPU AMD RX 5500XT
Processor Intel® Core™ i5-12600K
NVME SSD XPG S41 TUF 512Gb
RAM 2x XPG Gammix D45 8Gb 3600Mhz DDR4
Wifi/Bluetooth WIFI 6E FENVI FV-AXE3000RGB - 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;

Update config.plist in PlatformInfo > Generic with YOUR informations.

1. MLB (Board Serial)
2. ROM (Mac Address)
3. SystemSerialNumber (Serial)
4. SystemUUID (SmUUID)

Please use genSMBIOS for generate values for above itens.
Please use ProperTree for configure/edit your config.plist.

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 Auto.
  • Hyper-Threading
  • Execute Disable Bit
  • EHCI/XHCI Hand-off
  • OS type: Windows 8.1/10 UEFI Mode
  • SATA Mode: AHCI