wu-hongjun / hackintosh-aero-15w

[Hackintosh] Configuration for Gigabyte Aero 15W-V7.

Hackintosh Configuration for Gigabyte Aero 15W

In my opinion, this hackintosh you guys made are still too young, sometimes naive. -- The Elder.

Don't forget to star this project if you like it!

Current Clover Version of the Project: 4558

Current macOS Version of the Project: 10.14.0

I sold this laptop so this project has ended.

However, with Mojave support you should be good for a long time!

Update

• [20190331] This guy has a good tutorial but I am not a professor just so you know.
• [20181101] Officially ending this project because I bought a Thinkpad X1E. Thank you for support!
• [20180927] Official macOS 10.14.0 support! Also Brightness issue fixed as well!
• [20180926] Upgrading to macOS 10.14.0 is a smooth upgrade from app store.
• [20180901] I updated a FIX for 10.13.6 to skip the GUI while booting. Also has minor changes to file hierarchy.
• [20180830] I updated all kext to the newest version. Also changed AppleALC back to VoodooHDA.
• [20180807] macOS 10.13.6 is a safe update and it also solves the brightness issue.
• [20180721] Released a release fixing the ethernet. All users are suggested to upgrade to this version.

Introduction

This EFI configursation is capable for installing too. Replace the EFI folder in the Installation USB.

If you want to download the EFI files to try your luck, you can check out the Configuration Release.

Or, if you are interested in the theme I used, check it out over here: Minimalism.

Or, if you want to see how it looks like in System Information, you can check it out here: SystemInfo.

Main Information

Developer: @Errrneist

Warning

• DO NOT USE FILEVAULT DURING INSTALLATION!!! 100% DISK BREAK AFTER REBOOT GUARANTEED.

Announcements

• Links below in the Quick Link section will navigate you to different macOS versions.
• If you cannot mount EFI via Clover Configurator, then here is a Guide for mounting EFI using TERMINAL.
• AppleALC is becoming problemsome and periodically not working, so I replaced with the newest VoodooHDA 2.9.1.
• Therefore, the speaker is not working but at least the headphone jack works.
• Please tell me if you solved this problem!

Quick Link

• macOS 10.12.6
• macOS 10.13.1
• macOS 10.13.5
• macOS 10.13.6
• macOS 10.14.0

Guide Link

• Link to this post in TonyMacX86
• How to install macOS via UniBeast
• Patch Laptop DSDT and ACPI Files for Post Installation
• macOS 10.13 High Sirra General Laptop Support
• macOS 10.13 High Sirra Common Problems

Specs

• CPU: Intel Core i7-7700HQ 4C8T @2.8GHz
• GPU: HD630 + NVIDIA GTX 1060 (Disabled)
• Wifi: BCM943602BAED
• RAM: 16GB DDR4 2400MHZ SODIMM
• Screen: 15' FHD
• SSD1: Liteon SATA SSD 512GB (macOS)
• SSD2: Toshiba NVMe SSD XG3 1TB (Windows)
• SDXC: Samsung EVO Select 128GB (Ubuntu)
• Ethernet: Intel Mausi Ethernet Controller
• BlueTooth: OK
• WebCamera: OK
• Audio: OK(Headphone)
• Microphone: OK
• AppleALC: OK
• NVMe Controller: OK
• USB 3.0 bus: OK
• Backlight Control: OK
• Airdrop: OK

Special Thanks

Individual

• RehabMan

Organization

• TonyMacX86
• PCBeta

Donate

• Donating to this project is optional as the intention of this project is build on each other's work and benefit everyone.
• However, if you would like to buy me a coffee, you can do that using QR codes (WechatPay/AliPay or Venmo).

Best, Errrneist.

hackintosh-aero-15w's Issues

AppleBusPowerController

I'm using Aero 15w and have burned a bootable usb drive(macOS 10.14.0 included).
But When I tried to boot my computer, it stopped with an prohibit symbol and cannot enter the installation.
This is the latest message showed in Verbose Mode:

AppleBusPowerController ... Power Supply Unavaliable..

I got a little confused and dont know how could I solve this problem.

Possible to use your files on 2018 version of the Aero15W with i7-8750H?

Hi Errneist,

do you think i will be able to use your files, as is, on the 2018 Gigabyte Aero 15 W v8 or will i have to change much?
From my understanding, there should not be much of a difference hardware wise, except for the processor...

Thanks

Dose GTX1070 works?

Dose GTX1070 works?

Is dedicated GPU working?

Dose HDMI work?

I can't use HDMI

Keyboard and Mouse dont work

Hello, I have an aero 15x v8, I am creating the installer using unibeast but when I start the computer with the usb and the message to choose language appears, I can not use the mouse or the keyboard, it seems that I did not recognize my USB ports or drivers, you have had similar problems?

I'm using MacOS Mojave with Unibeast 9

Aero 14

Will this work with the gigabyte aero 14?
My aero has a i7-7700HQ cpu and gtx 1060 gpu.

Apple ALC not working in 10.13.5

During post-install, when replacing EFI folder with EFI folder from repository, sound doesn't work. I've also tried installing all of the kexts manually. I'm not sure if I'm missing any steps. Any point in the right direction would be greatly appreciated, thanks.