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Intel NUC8 BEH & BEK Hackintosh

With Thunderbolt Hot-Plug Works without flashing

EFI for Intel NUC8 i3/i5/i7 BEH/BEK with OpenCore bootloader

MY NUC8i3BEH Spec:

Peripherals

What works and What doesn't or WIP:

• Intel® Iris® Plus 655 iGPU HDMI Output
• Intel® Iris® Plus 655 iGPU - H264 & HEVC
• ALC235 Internal Speakers
• ALC235 HDMI Audio Output
• All USB Ports
• SpeedStep / Sleep / Wake
• Intel I219-V
• Controller NVME PciE Gen3x4
• Controller SATA III
• Thunderbolt 3 port (hotplug without fw flash)
• AC 9560 Wireless + Bluetooth
• PWRB & SLPB
• microSDXC Card Reader
• NVRAM
• All Sensors (CPU, NVME, SATA, FAN)
• Windows 11 boot from OpenCore

Benchmark

MacOS bootable USB creation:

• Read the Dortania guide for creating your USB from Windows or macOS
• Guide Dortania - USB creation

Post Install

For proper sleep it is recommended to set these commands from the terminal.

sudo pmset standby 0
sudo pmset autopoweroff 0 
sudo pmset proximitywake 0
sudo pmset powernap 0 
sudo pmset tcpkeepalive 0
sudo pmset womp 0
sudo pmset hibernatemode 0

For anyone who has flashed a modified Thunderbolt firmware and wants to restore the original one I provide you with the original firmware.

BIOS Settings:

To start, choose "Load Defaults" (choose from the menu or press F9 in the BIOS setup).

Then change:

1. Devices Section:

In "Onboard Devices" section → "Onboard Devices Configuration" panel → Set "SD Card" to Enabled.

In "USB" section → "USB Configuration" panel → Set "Portable Device Charging Mode" to "Off".

In "USB" section → "USB Ports" panel → Set both "USB2 Header Connector" ports to Enabled.

In "Video" section → "Video Configuration" panel → Confirm that "IGD Minimum Memory" is set as 64 MB.

In "Video" section → "Video Configuration" panel → Confirm that "IGD Aperture Size" is set to 256 MB.

In "Onboard Devices" section → "Legacy Device Configuration" panel → Set "Enhanced Consumer IR" to Disabled.

In "Onboard Devices" section → "Legacy Device Configuration" panel → Set "HDMI CEC Control" to Enabled.

3. SECURITY Section:

In "Security Features" section → Set "Intel VT for Directed I/O (VT-d)" to Enabled.

In "Security Features" section → Set "Intel Software Guard Extension (SGX)" to Disabled.

In "Security Features" section → Set "Thunderbolt Security Level" to "Legacy Mode".

5. POWER Section:

In "Secondary Power Settings" section → Set "Wake on LAN from S4/S5" to "Stay Off".

In "Secondary Power Settings" section → Set "PCIe ASPM Support" to Disabled.

7. BOOT Section:

In "Secure Boot" section → "Secure Boot Configuration" panel → Set "Secure Boot" to Disabled.

In "Boot Priority" section → "UEFI Boot Priority" panel → Confirm that "UEFI Boot" is Enabled.

In "Boot Configuration" section → "UEFI Boot" panel → Set "Fast Boot" to Disabled.

In "Boot Configuration" section → "UEFI Boot" panel → Set "Boot USB Devices First" to Enabled.

In "Boot Configuration" section → "UEFI Boot" panel → Set "Boot Network Devices Last" to Disabled.

In "Boot Configuration" section → "UEFI Boot" panel → Set "Startup Sound" to Disabled.

In "Boot Devices" section → "Boot Devices" panel → Set "Thunderbolt Boot" to Enabled.

In "Boot Devices" section → "Boot Devices" panel → Set "Optical Boot" to Disabled.

In "Boot Devices" section → "Boot Devices" panel → Set "Network Boot" to Disabled.

In "Boot Devices" section → "Boot Display Configuration" panel → Set "Display F7 to Update BIOS" to Disabled.

Press F10 to save and exit.

Special Config:

• Usb port mapping performed

See ioreg for more clarification

Credits

• Apple for macOS.
• Intel for this mini pc.
• Acidanthera for OpenCore and all the lovely hackintosh work.