I got a new PC at work and since I've been using macOS for the past 6-7 years on a Macbook I completely feel out of the loop on how to use Windows efficiently.
Specs
- Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B450M-K
- CPU: Intel i3 10100F
- GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GT 710
- Audio Codec: ALC887
- Ethernet Card: Realtek RTL8111
- Wifi/BT Card: BCM94360CD with an adapter
I remembered having a stable hackintosh back in the day and decided I would try my luck in hackintoshing this PC.
This build has been running for the past month. I first got Catalina up and running, but later went for an update to Big Sur without any major issues.
I tested a bunch of things and I think everything is working, even sleep.
The issues I encountered during the setup process were:
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Install - kept failing, couldn't figure out why. I then noticed I have an unsupported NVMe drive so I added a cheap 120GB SSD just for macOS purposes
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Ethernet - fixed by changing enableEEE to No in RealtekRTL8111.kext
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WiFi - fixed by using AirportBrcmFixup.kext in Catalina. This broke in Big Sur, but I added a IO80211Catalina.kext along with AirportBrcmFixup.kext
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Audio - even though ASUS' website states the codec being ALC887 I used alcid=66 for ALC897 which fixed the issue with audio
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USB - used USBMap to map out my ports
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iServices - took ages to figure out, even chatted with Apple to see if I'm blacklisted. Ended up being Keychain.. Deleted everything under 'login' and everything works now
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