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Hello everyone! After two weeks of trying, numerous hacks and fixes and reinstalls, I have finally got a MacOS Catalina 10.15.7 up and running, with no issues at all. I will be detailing how I achieved this, maybe it will help out people who got stuck. Especially those people who were dumb enough like me, to cheap out on $20 and got an MSI MECH card. Here are a few shots of the current build: System installed, all components are visible and good to go MSI RX 5700 XT MECH OC OpenCL score on GeekBench5 MSI RX 5700 XT MECH OC Metal score on GeekBench5 And here's a list of my current components:
Everything is working smooth and nice, however the ride here was incredibly bumpy. Let me tell you a bit about that. The first steps I took:I have found a group online call iHackLine, who - for a small amount of donation - give you a Clover EFI and installer and complete guide to get MacOS up and running. This was my first mistake. Don't get me wrong, the guys are nice, they answered roughly 60 emails, multiple times a day. However this kind of solution is for people who don't care about their system, buy the perfect parts and just want it done. There is a tiny bit of issue with this tho, the same I have encountered. IF anything goes wrong, you are in the dark, and you rely on other people solving things for you, often waiting hours or days. For this very reason, I would not recommend this method. And this is not about just this group, this is about the "post your EFI" or "fix my EFI please" kind of posts. I wasted two weeks with this mentality. Getting in the right direction:After two weeks of numerous crashes, black screen, installer failure, I have joined the Discord channel called /r/Hackintosh Paradise (invite link: https://discord.gg/u8V7N5C ) and threw in my problem. The very first reactions were about my GPU, then when they realized I'm still using a Clover EFI built for me and not by me, I was told to get an OpenCore up and running from scratch, and I will have better chances. So that's what I did. I took a peek at OpenCore before, but it seems too much of a hassle, and too complicated at the time. Note that I'm a software developer, so this was just pure laziness on my end, for which I have paid the price. The most important thing that I can tell you when working with OpenCore is that: READ THE GUIDE AND FOLLOW IT EXACLTY. Took me about 30 minutes to get an installer and a complete working OpenCore pendrive up without a hassle. It's really not hard, it's really not bad, just takes a little bit of time. After booting up OpenCore, I have met once again the dreaded Black Screen and nothing else issue. Some things I have tried:So after the black screen problem I have tried numerous fixes, such as:
The latter one was a hassle, because of the PCI path of the GPU. Everyone has different PCI Path depending on the motherboard, the controller etc. If you want to figure it out, the easiest method is to boot up a Windows installation, and find it in the Device Properties https://dortania.github.io/Getting-Started-With-ACPI/Universal/spoof.html Once you got the address, you need to convert it to a PciRoot(num x num)/Pci(num x num, num x num) etc etc.. Then you need to add that key into your config.plist under the devices section. The links above have way more than the required information to implement these fixes for yourself, so before proceeding, please try them and see if it works for you, because from now on, things will get risky and complicated. The actual Guide...ish:If you have reached this point whilst reading everything above, you are already smarter than I was 2 days ago! Here are my recommendations of what to do/get before even starting anything at all:
IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON BUYING AN MSI 5700 XT, DON'T! Seriously, don't do it. Be smarter than me. When it comes to MacOS, it's REALLY PICKY about the GPUs. It might work out of box, might not even boot. Get the GPU closest to the REF 5700 XT vBios-wise. That would be anything from Sapphire. Nitro+ or Pulse, you have a lot better chance to get it up and running. Don't cheap out on this one if you are just buying a card. If you already have an MSI - or anything else really but Sapphire - FIRST TRY THE STEPS BELOW, then come back to this section if it's not working. I will put it in SPOILER so you will not be tempted to go this route right away. So you have tried everything and all failed. When I came to this point I was so desperate I was willing to trash my card completely to get MacOS up and running. If you guessed at this point, you probably guessed right. We are doing a vBIOS flash on the GPU. !DISCLAIMER! I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE YOU DO TO YOUR CARD... THIS GUIDE IS PURELY INFORMATIONAL AND CAN CAUSE IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE TO YOUR GPU. IF YOU DO CONTINUE THAT IS SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK WITHOUT TRYING TO HOLD ANYONE ELSE RESPONSIBLE !DISCLAIMER! If you are desperate or brave enough to come to this point, I will outline what I did with my card to get it up and working. First of all, get AtiFlash or AMD VBFlash. AtiFlash is a tool that works in a DOS environment. IT IS RECOMMENDED TO FLASH OUTSIDE OF WINDOWS, IN A DOS ENVIRONMENT. Windows can screw up a lot. Sudden resource spikes, UAC, tons of stuff can go wrong that will kill your card. However, when I booted up a DOS with AtiFlash, it couldn't see my card, while in Windows it did, so I had to use Windows. First I will help you pick the correct BIOS for your GPU, then you absolutely have to follow the correct flashing guide down to the letter. The flashing guide itself can be found at: https://bit.ly/3jvBCnC To find a correct vBIOS for your card, we will use TechPowerUp!-s vBIOS database. Head over to this site - https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/ - and filter for Sapphire cards only. MAKE SURE YOU MATCH THE MODEL AS WELL! DO NOT TRY TO FLASH 5700XT ON A REGULAR 5700, ETC! If you open a vBIOS link you will see a bunch of information on left-hand panels. Make sure that these absolutely match with your own card:
Once you got a correct, matching Sapphire vBIOS follow the GPU Flashing guide above. If you have correctly done the GPU flashing, and you can boot up and get image, you can continue down below. If you have added any GPU Black Screen fixes to your Config.Plist, remove them, but keep the agdpmod boot argument. If you have screwed up flashing, then get back to the flashing guide again and check the restore part. If you are done with above, I will then start detailing what worked for ME with MY SPECIFIC PARTS to get MacOS up and running. If you have different PC parts, you can try to follow along, might work if there are just slight differences.
<key>PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x2,0x0)</key> <dict> <key>AAPL,ig-platform-id</key> <data>AwCYPg==</data> <key>device-id</key> <data>AwCSPg==</data> <key>framebuffer-patch-enable</key> <data>AQAAAA==</data> <key>framebuffer-stolemem</key> <data>AAAwAQ==</data> </dict>!<
If you encounter a black screen at this point, you can go through this list:
If you have done everything correctly, you should be able to log-in into your MacOS with your dGPU, which now should work perfectly out of box. You can test with GeekBench5 to see if it worked correctly. When you are done with this, make sure you follow the post-install part of OpenCore guide. Do not skip out on that one. Wrapping up:I got everything up and running, there are a few glitches which I partially cared or do not care about at all, so here's a short list of what's not working for me:
I was lucky with the audio as alcid=1 did the job right out of the box for me with this motherboard. So as a closing note, here's my list of SSDTs and KEXTs. PLEASE DO NOT COPY THESE. FOLLOW THE OPENCORE GUIDE AND GATHER YOURS CORRECTLY! SSDT:
I have used pre-compiled AMLs which have worked perfectly for me, in return, I barely know anything about how they internally work, so if you are interested in it, make sure you compile them yourself. KEXTs:
Do not copy this list. You might need different KEXT for your network not IntelMausi, you might not need XHCI-unsupported at all. Please gather your KEXTs according to the OpenCore guide! Drivers:
And my BIOS settings for my motherboard:
This is it folks. If you have any questions about my config or setup, feel free to drop a message to me ON DISCORD Lostra#7177. If you have any other questions not related to my setup, you can try to ask me, but most likely I will not be able to answer. I'm not a pro by any means. This is my first and only Hackintosh Build. However the folks on the discord server are really nice hand helpful, they might do some magic for you that I can not. I will not upload my EFI folder and my Config.Plist, please do not ask me to do so, there is simply no point in it... Everyone needs a different setup. Make sure you follow the guide and build your own. “Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.” ― Otto von Bismarck Credits:I have to thank iHackLine for getting me into all of this, and the GPU out for install, back in after done method came from them. They also answered tons of emails and tried their best to help me out with my **** GPU. Huge thanks to Dortania for OpenCore and all the well-written and incredible guides for it. Lest not forget, and huge thanks to every single OpenCore contributor on GitHub. I also have to thank the users of "/r/Hackintosh Paradise" Discord Server for pointing me in the correct direction. [link] [comments] |
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