Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H Hackintosh Howto.md

Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H (rev1.0) Hackintosh

My Hackintosh setup for Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H rev1.0 motherboard using OS X 10.14 Mojave.

GA-Z77-DS3H onboard devices:

• Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 Gigabit Ethernet controller
• Realtek ALC887 audio chipset

Other components:

• Intel Core i7-3770
• Radeon RX VEGA 56 GAMING OC 8G

BIOS Settings

Latest beta BIOS: version F11a (2013/11/13 update)

• Save & Exit > Load Optimized Defaults
• Peripherals > SATA Mode Selection - AHCI (Required)
• BIOS Features > Intel Virtualization Technology - Enabled (needed for Docker to work)
• BIOS Features > OS Type - Windows 8 (in order for option CSM Support to show up)
• BIOS Features > CSM Support - Never (to use higher resolutions in Clover boot menu - 1440p in my case)

Clover

Drivers:

• ApfsDriverLoader
• FSInject
• OsxAptioFix3Drv
• SMCHelper
• UsbKbDxe
• VBoxHfs

Sources:

• Ivy Bridge Hackintosh Guide

DSDT

No need to generate a patched DSDT.aml file, AFAICT.

Sound

Install the following Kexts to /Library/Extensions:

• Lilu (required by AppleALC)
• AppleALC

USB

Install USBInjectAll to /Library/Extensions.

Sources:

• Custom SSDT for USBInjectAll

Vega 56 Undervolting

tbd...

Sources:

• VGTab Utility
• VGTab Guide in English

Tricks

Slow boot time

Disable trim on SSD's

$ sudo trimforce disable

Tricks

Boot flags

If the system does not boot (crash), flags -v (verbose), -x (safe mode), -f (ignore caches) and -s (single user mode - gives you a Unix shell) can help, see Chameleon boot help.

4K Advanced Format hard disk

To boot on a 4K Advanced Format hard disk, check How to fix the boot0 error for your Hackintosh and boot0 Error: The Official Guide.

EBIOS read error

The "EBIOS read error" at boot time is provoked by a connected USB memory card reader, check EBIOS read error: Error 0x31 Block 0x0 Sectors 0.

Prevent OS X from mounting a volume

sudo vifs

Example:

# Do not mount NTFS disk 'Windows 7 Boot'
LABEL=Windows\0407\040Boot none ntfs ro,noauto

# Do not mount NTFS disk 'HD502HJ'
LABEL=HD502HJ none ntfs ro,noauto

# Mount NTFS disk 'HD204UI' in read-write mode (experimental: at your own risk)
# Option 'nobrowse' is mandatory. You will have to manually open /Volumes/HD204UI
# using the Finder or Disk Utility
LABEL=HD204UI none ntfs rw,auto,nobrowse

# Do not mount ExFAT disk 'WD20EZRX'
LABEL=WD20EZRX none exfat rw,noauto

Sources:

• Write in NTFS using Mavericks
• Prevent a partition from mounting in OS X

Other tools and links

• /usr/sbin/bdmesg: displays Chameleon/Chimera boot messages
• HWMonitor/HWSensors: display information from hardware sensors (requires MultiBeast Drivers > Misc > FakeSMC Plugins)
• AtherosE2200Ethernet: most up to date and stable driver for Qualcomm Atheros AR8161 Ethernet controller
• audio_RealtekALC: OS X Realtek ALC onboard audio with Chameleon/Chimera
• Chameleon project page
• Clover EFI bootloader project page
• DPCIManager: list the PCI devices attached to your machine
• Chameleon Wizard: utility for Chameleon (closed source application)

License

Do whatever you like, this is public domain.