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:warning: I no longer have this machine so active updates to either the Clover or OC EFIs is unlikely. That being said, if you have any issues with using it or with your Precision Workstation feel free to email or open an issue and I'll gladly try to help you.

Dell Precision T3610 Workstation Hackintosh

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Note: You're nothing but an a-hole if you sell EFI folder (config) that's readily available for free. -- stole this from mighil because it's right on

If this helps you, thank mighil and maldon since they did the hard work (and the many others who gave us Clover, OpenCore, kexts, etc)!

This is based on his X79 Catalina guide. Before finding this I had a usable machine but performance wasn't great. I improved things a bit by switching to OpenCore; the X79 guide took me the rest of the way.

Budget Dell Precision T3610 Xeon Build (~$350)

Clover and OpenCore EFI folders required for a Dell Precision T3610 hackintosh running macOS Catalina (up to 10.15.7) or Big Sur (up to 11.4).

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System Specs

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PartModel Number
CPUXeon E5-2637 V2 @ 3.0 GHz Xeon E5-1620v2 @ 3.7GHz (Quad-Core)
PSUDell 80+ Gold 425W
Dell 80+ Gold 685W
MotherboardDell 09M8Y8 Revision 3
BIOSA19
ChipsetIntel C602/X79
MemoryMicron 8GB DDR3-1333MHz ECC x 4 (PN: 18KSF1G72PDZ-1G4E)
Samsung 8GB DDR3-1333MHz ECC x 4 (PN: M393B1K70DH0-CK0)
GPUHP NVIDIA GK107GL Quadro K2000 2GB (ROM: v80.07.9b.00.07) - slot 1
MSI RX 570 GAMING X 8GB - slot 1
Display CableRankie 4k DP to HDMI cable (CableMatters adapter didn't work well)
StoragePNY CS900 240GB SSD (Revision CS900J13) x2
BluetoothASUS USB-BT400 (Firmware: v14 c4096)
EthernetIntel 82579LM (onboard)
USBRenesas uPD720201 USB 3.0 Host Controller
Inateck KT4006 2-port PCI-E USB 3.0 Express Card
SoundRealtek ALC3220 (ALC280) (Layout ID: 3)
KeyboardMicrosoft Surface (connected via Bluetooth)
Logitech MX Keys (connected via Bluetooth)
MouseLogitech M590 (connected using Logitech Unified receiver)
BootloaderClover 5119 OpenCore 0.5.9

BIOS Configuration

You can find screenshots of the BIOS configuration options I used in Screenshots/BIOS.

  1. Reset to optimized defaults
  2. Secure Boot disabled
  3. Enable VT for Direct I/O disabled (Virtualization Support can be enabled if you need it for Docker, etc)
  4. Disks set to AHCI mode (default is RAID)
  5. Fast Boot set to 'thorough'
  6. CPU XD support enabled
  7. TPM disabled
  8. Legacy ROM disabled (required for the Quadro but not for the Radeon)

Readme

Differences from the X79 guide

Before You Proceed

You should modify the EFI (a lot) if your system specs are different. I use the settings for my motherboard. My system has a Renesas USB 3.0 controller which is a pain in the ass to get to work (have yet to figure that out but supposedly it's possible). Chances are you'll have a different CPU at the very least which may require some changes. If you're not using an AMD GPU, expect a bunch of changes to be required, too. You'll also need to add SMBIOS information (serial number, board serial number, UUID) as they've been removed from my config.plist to protect my Apple ID.

If you're using the Clover EFI, you shouldn't need to change much beyond adding SMBIOS details (serial number, etc).

If you're using the OpenCore EFI, you'll need to change at least the following:

What Does Work

CPU Power Management

USB Mapping

NOTE: This section is outdated and not very useful currently so have a look at the SSDTs and USB injector kext in the latest EFI for how I find best to approach port mapping with current OC and Big Sur.

T3610 USB Ports

#Port Name
1HP12
2HP11
3HP13
4HP16
5HP15
6unsupported
7unsupported
8unsupported
9HP24

I recommend that you disable USB 3.0 ports in the BIOS and then use the USB injector kext from this repo or create your own using Hackintool. The left-most port on the front panel will no longer work and the three on the bottom rear will no longer work. I was unable to get them to work properly with USB 3.0 enabled as the Renesas drivers don't work on Catalina.

If you add the Inateck USB 3.0 controller card like I did it will work OOB but will not show up as available USB ports in Hackintool or USBMap tool. The controller shows up as a PCIe device rather than a USB controller. Don't be alarmed by this as it will work correctly anyway.

macOS Updates

What Doesn't Work (or hasn't been tested)

- USB 3.0 (XHCI shows up in IOReg but requires work to get Renesas controller working)

Geek Bench

Geek Bench 5 scores

How to create a bootable macOS Catalina USB install drive? (on MacOS)

Refer to this guide from 9to5mac

RX 570 Installation Gotchas

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