nmelihsensoy/opencore-msi-z370

Hackintosh OpenCore EFI for MSI Z370 SLI PLUS

Hackintosh MSI Z370 SLI PLUS

This repository contains OpenCore EFI for booting macOs Monterey with the following configuration:

Component	Model
Motherboard & Chipset	MSI Z370 SLI PLUS
CPU	Intel Coffee Lake Family
GPU	iGPU with onboard HDMI output
Hard Drive	Sata SSD Main, NTFS NVMe SSD Side
WiFi/Bluetooth	Intel Wireless-AC 9260
USB Ethernet	Android USB Ethernet/RNDIS

BIOS

• Bios Version: 7B46vAB2(Beta version)

EFI

• OpenCore Version: 0.8.0 DEBUG
• Drivers:
  • OpenCanopy.efi
  • OpenRuntime.efi
  • HFSPlus.efi
  • NTFS.efi From Clover?
• Kexts:
  • VirtualSMC.kext 1.2.9 DEBUG
  • Lilu.kext 1.6.0 DEBUG
  • WhateverGreen.kext 1.5.8 DEBUG
  • AppleALC.kext 1.7.1 DEBUG
  • IntelMausi.kext 1.0.7 DEBUG
  • USBInjectAll.kext 2018-1108
  • AirportItlwm.kext v2.1.0 stable Monterey
  • IntelBluetoothFirmware.kext v2.1.0
  • NVMeFix.kext 1.0.9 DEBUG
  • BlueToolFixup.kext 2.6.1 DEBUG
  • HoRNDIS.kext Notarized HoRNDIS

Installation

• Download macOs recovery image and create the USB with this guide.

• Change SMBIOS data with following this guide.

• Copy EFI folder from this repo to the USB.

• USB's Folder Structure:

  • com.apple.recovery.boot
  • EFI
    • BOOT
    • OC

• Boot the USB and start the macOs Installer.

Troubleshooting

Black Screen | There is no output with onboard HDMI/DVI | iGpu showing only 7MB VRAM.

• Complete all steps with the -igfxvesa boot flag by editing:

  • config.plist>NVRAM>Add>7C436110-AB2A-4BBB-A880-FE41995C9F82>boot-args

• Install & Open Hackintool

  • In Connectors->Advanced tab, check the VRAM 2048MB, Enable HDMI20(4K), Hotplug Reboot Fix options.
  • Click Generate Patch button to generate XML tree.

• Open your config.plist with TEXT EDITOR and replace the PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x2,0x0) node with the generated one. For more information see here

• Remove the -igfxvesa flag.