mngyuan / hackintosh-x79-i7-4930k-rx-580

notes on hackintosh experience

Asus Sabertooth X79 with i7 4930k & RX 570 Hackintosh

I updated this machine to Catalina directly from High Sierra and had to swap the 1050 Ti for an RX 570.

Hardware

• i7 4930k
• MSI RX 570 OC
• Asus Sabertooh X79
• Kingston V300 (sv300s37a240g)
• TP-Link tl-wdn4800 n900
• Sabrent BT-UB40

Running High Sierra 10.15.6, SMBIOS system definition MacPro6,1

Working

• Audio
• iMessage
• Bluetooth/WiFi/Ethernet
• Dual monitors
• Sleep

Not working

• Airdrop

Resources

Guide on updating hackintosh

Vanilla Hackintosh Guide from /r/hackintosh

Kext Updater Tool

IO80211Family.kext for TP-Link tl-wdn4800 n900

RX 580 HDMI port fix

Overview

This time around, hackintoshing has matured a lot, even in the last 1.5 years since I reinstalled High Sierra on this machine, and updating was much simpler than a clean install.

1. Removed nvda_drv=1 from boot options
2. Removed NvidiaWeb from SystemParameters
3. Updated Clover through Clover Configurator
   • I'm using UEFI so I had to check the Install Clover to UEFI only option
   • Using list of kexts in /EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other, checked kexts I needed in the installer
4. Updated kexts through Kext Updater Tool
5. Installed Catalina (through App Store)
6. Installed IO80211Family.kext to get wifi
7. Downgraded IntelMausiEthernet.kext back to 2.2.0 to get ethernet working again
8. Applied above RX 580 HDMI port fix to get proper displaysleep, HDMI ports working
9. Modified energy saver to prevent sleep

Notes

I'm using a RX580 fix because previously this machine had a Sapphire Pulse RX 580 installed, but it was causing the PSU to trip.

I'm using the orange icon fix to fix internal drives showing as external drives.