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Hardware and BIOS

Display panels

  • Recommended IPS sisplay:

    • LP125WH2-SLT1 (FRU: NA)
    • LP125WH2-SLB3 (FRU: 04W3919)

  • For FHD or 2K display, you can use nitrocaster's mod kit or buy a ThinkPad X230/330 with FHD/2K mod kit form xyte.ch.

  • By default, the framebuffer-patch for HD models is enabled in the config under DeviceProperties > PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x2,0x0).

  • If your model uses a FHD/2K panel, you need replace AAPL,ig-platform-id to 04006601.

Keyboard

  • Support both stock 6-row keyboard (optional LED backligh) or 7-row classic keyboard Xx20 series.
  • With 7-row classic keyboard, you can follow this guide for work in X230: Guide.

Storage

  • The primary drive bay accommodates 2.5-inch, 7mm drives and supports SATA III (6Gb/s) speeds. Recommended SSD: Samsung 870 Evo 2021.

  • An mSATA SSD can be installed in the second MiniPCI Express slot that provides a SATA II (3Gb/s) interface. Recommended mSATA SSD: Samsung 860 Evo mSATA.

WiFi and Bluetooth

  • Make sure that the card is of mPCIe form factor. I replaced it with the DW1550 card.

If your laptop did not come with WWAN, you can purchase additional antennas to add to your laptop. This is useful when using WiFi/Bluetooth cards that have 3 antennas.

  • The AzureWave AW-CB160H (BCM94360HMB) support BT 4.0 and 802.11a/g/n/ac. This works out of the box without additional kexts and has been stable.

Thanks to zxystd with Open Intel Wireless, now Built-in Intel Wireless can support for Hackintosh.

  • If you use combo BT+WIFI (AC7260, BCM94352HMB, etc), to enable the Bluetooth functions, you need to cut or tap over pin 51 on the card: example.

However, there exists other alternatives with better WiFi and Bluetooth standards, but additional kexts are required. See dortania/Wireless-Buyers-Guide.

BIOS Settings

  • At the minimum, these BIOS settings must be made to install and run macOS without any problems:
Main Menu Sub 1 Sub 2 Sub 3 Setting
Config Network Wake On Lan Disabled
USB USB UEFI BIOS Support Enabled
Always On USB Disabled
Serial ATA (SATA) Mode AHCI
Security Security Chip Disabled
Memory Protection Execution Prevention Enabled
Anti-Theft Current Setting Disabled
Computrace Current Setting Disabled
Secure Boot Disabled
Startup UEFI/Legacy Boot UEFI Only
CSM Support No
Boot Mode Quick

Modding the BIOS

  • A simple method to install a modified BIOS is available here (no external programmer required).

Modded BIOS Settings

  • The following are further optimization settings that can be figured once your BIOS is modded.

These settings are universally recommended optimizations for your hackintosh

Main Menu Sub 1 Sub 2 Sub 3 Setting
Advanced System Agent (SA) configuration Graphics Configuration DVMT Pre-Allocated 128MB
DVMT Total Gfx Mem MAX