This is my complete EFI folder to be used for hackintosh on Asus A43SJ notebook with multibooting:
- Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.6
- macOS Mojave 10.14
- Ubuntu 18.04, and
- Windows 10.
- Clone whole repo: $
git clone https://github.com/badruzeus/Hackintosh-Asus-A43SJ - Download Specific Folder only.
- Model: Asus A43SJ-VX400D (K43SJ Board) 2012
- CPU: Intel Core i3-2330M (4) @ 2.20GHz (2nd Gen)
- Chipset: Intel® HM65 Express Chipset
- GPU: Nvidia GeForce GT 520M (Fermi GF119M) @ 1GB
- RAM: 4GB DDR3 SDRAM @ 1333MHz (upgradable to 8GB)
- HDD: 500GB SATA @ 5400rpm (GUID Partition Table)
- Audio: Realtek ALC269-VB HD Audio Controller
- Wifi: AzureWave AR9002WB-1NG (Atheros AR9285)
- Ethernet: Realtek RTL8168BE PCI-e Gigabit Ethernet
- Others: 1 USB3.0 + 2 USB2.0 ports, Elan PS/2 TouchPad, HDMI/VGA, Asus WebCam, 14.0" 16:9 HD (1366x768) LED, Pioneer DVD-RW, (SD/ MS/ MS Pro/ MMC) Card Reader, 6-Cell @5200mAh 56Wh Lithium-ion Battery
- BIOS: Ver. 317 (Asus).
- Clover Bootloader binary, config.plist, drivers for legacy/uefi, themes, etc..
- Patched ACPI Tables (DSDT-SSDT) for Graphics, Audio, Wifi, Ethernet, Battery, etc..
- 3rd party kexts for working devices under Mac OS X El Capitan (10.11) and macOS Mojave (10.14)
- Windows 10 EFI (bootmgfw.efi), Ubuntu 18.04 boot (grubx64.efi) \Optional.
- QE/CI Enabled Graphics (GFX0 DSDT Patch), 1366x768 @ 60MHz Native Display resolution
- ACPI Display brightness with hot keys / slider (PNLF DSDT Patch + AsusACPIBackLightPanel.kext)
- Realtek ALC269-VB Audio in-out (HDEF DSDT Patch, with Lilu + AppleALC)
- Atheros AR9285 Wifi (AirPort DSDT Patch)
- Realtek RTL8168BE en0 (DSDT Patch + RealtekRTL8111.kext)
- ELAN TouchPad (EmlyDinesh's ApplePS2SmartTouchpad.kext)
- Battery Indicator (DSDT Patch + Rehabman's ACPIBatteryManager.kext)
- WebCam (with CamTwist as helper)
- Bluetooth (with IOath3kfrmwr.kext as helper)
- AsMedia ASM1042 USB3.0 Port (CalDigit*.kext), USB2.0 Ports (EH0 DSDT Patch)
- Sleep and Wake (PRW DSDT Patch, OS Dependent)
- Better Mach and Graphics Power Management (ACPI_SMC_Platform Inject via FakeSMC)
- Mac App Store Access (NullEthernet DSDT Patch).
- Realtek USB2.0 CardReader
- HDMI / VGA Ports (not tested)
- Random Graphics crash issue with GF119 under macOS 10.14
- Unsolved "AppleUSBHostPort::interruptOccurred: overcurrent detected" warnings (not error).
- macOS versions used are Retail from Mac App Store, using createinstallmedia for USB Installer
- Platform Datas (SN, ROM, UUID) used here are ALL FAKE. So, you need to regenerate them.
- Don't use Patched DSDT-SSDT if you have different BIOS version (need to configure config.plist - ACPI section)
- To boot with Clover UEFI, you need to configure BIOS (Press Esc when mach power on > Select Setup):
- Go to "Boot" menu and make sure that "UEFI Boot" option is "Enabled"
- Select Add New Entry
- Give it a name (for example: clover) and locate path to EFI Partition
- Set Clover entry (w/o quotes) as: "\efi\clover\cloverx64.efi"
- Confirm the changes by pressing "Create", then use it as 1st boot entry.
- To get GT 520M working under macOS 10.14 (18A391), use /Extras/CoreDisplay binary and place to:
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreDisplay.framework/Versions/A - Install /Extras/AirPortAtheros40.kext to SLE using Kext Utility for a working AR9285 Wifi under 10.14.
- Install /Extras/AppleIntelSNB~.kext to SLE using Kext Utility for a working Intel MEI under 10.14.
- To fix Display Color Banding issue under 10.11.x or 10.14, just place /Extras/DisplayVendorID-da9 to:
/System/Library/Displays/Contents/Resources/Overrides
- Multibooting Windows, Ubuntu, PhoenixOS & macOS using Clover (UEFI)
- Fixing Display Color Banding issue with Nvidia graphics (Hackintosh)
- Video demonstration about Full Graphics Acceleration support (QE/CI enabled) under macOS.
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