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Prime B460i-PLUS hackintosh

OpenCore configuration for running macOS 14 on the ASUS Prime B460i-PLUS motherboard. Without obsolete or cosmetic patches, the goal is simply macOS 14 working well on compatible hardware.

<details><summary>Notes</summary>

For features listed as in-scope that are not working as expected, it may be beneficial for all to open an issue here
Where something is listed as out-of-scope more explicit information will surely be found in various places across the internet, or in the OpenCore documentation
TextMate (github.com/textmate/textmate) is free software useful for editing config.plist
WiFi and Bluetooth work natively in macOS 14 with m.2 Broadcom BCM94360NG
VirtualSMC plug-ins for this board have been moved into the PlugIns directory of VirtualSMC.kext and config.plist reflects that choice
Using more than one display with Intel HD 630 has issues

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Accelerated graphics on supported Intel and AMD GPUs
Built-in audio
Built-in ethernet
Airport and Bluetooth using a natively supported device
USB
CPU power management
PCIe active-state power management
System wake, sleep, and shutdown
macOS installation and updates
System stability

</details> <details><summary><code>out-of-scope</code></summary>

Apple ID problems
UEFI Secure Boot
OpenCore Security and FileVault
Airport and Bluetooth using a device that is not natively supported
DRM and hardware video decoding or encoding
NVMe problems

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Firmware Settings

Use ASUS firmware version 1003 or newer.

Advanced → System Agent (SA) Configuration

Field	Value
VT-d	Enabled
Graphics Configuration → DVMT Pre-Allocated	64M*
USB Configuration → Legacy USB Support	Disabled
USB Configuration → XHCI Handoff	Enabled
Onboard Devices Configuration → Serial Port	Off

* 64M HD 630 Graphics, 32M connectorless

Advanced → System Agent (SA) Configuration - using discrete graphics

Field	Value
Graphics Configuration → Primary Display	PEG
Graphics Configuration → IGPU Multi-Monitor	Enabled

Boot

Field	Value
CSM (Compatibility Support Mode) → Launch CSM	Disabled
Secure Boot → OS Type	Other OS
Boot Configuration → Fast Boot	Disabled

Source: dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Install-Guide/config.plist/comet-lake.html#intel-bios-settings

Intel Graphics

Edit the DeviceProperties section of your config.plist according to your configuration.

<details><summary>Connectorless (using PCIe AMD GPU)</summary>

The default config.plist in this repo is configured in this way.

...
<key>DeviceProperties</key>
<dict>
    <key>Add</key>
    <dict>
        ...
        <key>PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x2,0x0)</key>
        <dict>
            <key>AAPL,ig-platform-id</key>
            <data>AwDImw==</data>
        </dict>
        ...
    </dict>
</dict>
...

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Intel graphics should work well with a single display. Prefer DisplayPort instead of HDMI where possible.

...
<key>DeviceProperties</key>
<dict>
    <key>Add</key>
    <dict>
        ...
        <key>PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x2,0x0)</key>
        <dict>
            <key>AAPL,ig-platform-id</key>
            <data>BwCbPg==</data>
            <key>framebuffer-patch-enable</key>
            <data>AQAAAA==</data>
            <key>framebuffer-pipecount</key>
            <data>AgAAAA==</data>
            <key>framebuffer-portcount</key>
            <data>AgAAAA==</data>
            <key>framebuffer-con1-enable</key>
            <data>AQAAAA==</data>
            <key>framebuffer-con1-type</key>
            <data>AAgAAA==</data>
        </dict>
        ...
    </dict>
</dict>
...

Refer to README-Intel-Graphics.md

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SMBIOS

OpenCore will generate a complete SMBIOS for your system according to information provided in the PlatformInfo section of config.plist and a dataset derived from Apple firmwares. GenSMBIOS is a python script that uses acidanthera's macserial to generate required serials and unique identifiers.

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Edit the PlatformInfo section of your config.plist so that the MLB, ROM, SystemSerialNumber and SystemUUID values are unique to your machine.

...
<key>PlatformInfo</key>
<dict>
    ...
    <key>Generic</key>
    <dict>
        ...
        <key>MLB</key>
        <string>M0000000000000001</string>
        ...
        <key>ROM</key>
        <data>ESIzRFVm</data>
        ...
        <key>SystemSerialNumber</key>
        <string>W00000000001</string>
        <key>SystemUUID</key>
        <string>00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000</string>
    </dict>
    ...
</dict>
...

PlatformInfo → Generic	Source
MLB	*Board Serial
ROM	*Apple ROM
SystemSerialNumber	*Serial
SystemUUID	*SmUUID

* GenSMBIOS output, iMac20,1

GenSMBIOS: github.com/corpnewt/GenSMBIOS

Reset NVRAM

At the picker, press space, choose Reset NVRAM.

Reset NVRAM at first boot and whenever the bootloader files have changed.

Post-Install

USB

Generate a valid USBPorts.kext.

Refer to README-usbtool.command.md

NVMe

NVMeFix is a set of patches for the Apple NVMe storage driver, IONVMeFamily. Its goal is to improve compatibility with non-Apple SSDs.

Refer to github.com/acidanthera/NVMeFix

Dortania Post-Install

Refer to dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Post-Install/