[OC 0.6.6] Big Sur - MSI B360M Mortar + I5-8400

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This is my second time for building a Hackintosh PC. Though, I have experienced a few kernel panics. However, it has finally been succeed. The following was my journey.

Important Note:

Do not use Asgard SSD or SAMSUNG PM981. Unless you really enjoy tons of kernel panics.

Do not use Asgard SSD or SAMSUNG PM981. Unless you really enjoy tons of kernel panics.

Do not use Asgard SSD or SAMSUNG PM981. Unless you really enjoy tons of kernel panics.

Very Very Very Important, so, I said this three times.

Hardware:

CPU: Intel I5-8400 Coffee Lake
GPU: MSI RX560 AERO ITX 4G OC Edition
RAM: 16GB DDR4-2133 (Yes, I have had these old RAM for a long time. But it is OK with Hackintosh.)
Motherboard: MSI B360M Mortar
Audio Codec: Realtek ALC892 (alcid = 3)
Ethernet Card: Intel V219
Wifi/BT Card: Fenvi T919
BIOS revision: V16

BIOS Settings:

1. Save & Exit → Restore Defaults : Yes
2. Settings \ Advanced \ Integrated Peripherals → Network Stack : [Disabled]
3. Settings \ Advanced \Integrated Peripherals → Intel Serial IO : [Disabled]
4. Settings \ Advanced \ Integrated Graphics Configuration → DVMT Pre-Allocated : 128MB+ (Or 64MB if that’s the highest you can go)
5. Settings \ Advanced \ USB Configuration → XHCI Hand-off : [Enabled]
6. Settings \ Advanced \ USB Configuration → Legacy USB Support : [Auto]
7. Settings \ Advanced \ Windows OS Configuration → MSI Fast Boot : [Disabled]
8. Settings \ Advanced \ Windows OS Configuration → Fast Boot : [Disabled]
9. Overclocking → Extreme Memory Profile(X.M.P) : [Enabled]
10. Overclocking \ CPU Features → Intel Virtualization Tech : [Enabled]
11. Overclocking \ CPU Features → Intel VT-D Tech : [Disabled]
12. Settings \ Boot → Boot mode select : [LEGACY+UEFI]
13. Settings \ Boot → Boot Option #1 : UEFI: “macOS_flash_drive_name“

About config.plist

PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x2,0x0) -> AAPL,ig-platform-id -> 0300913E
boot-args -> -v debug=0x100 keepsyms=1 alcid=3 shikigva=80 igfxfw=2 vsmcgen=1
UEFI -> Quirks -> ReleaseUsbOwnership: YES ( For "AppleNVMe assert failed" issue )

Please use Sanity Checker to help you setting config.plist. It is really useful for me.

SMIBIOS: iMac19,2 ( Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, 2019)

What's working: Everything, including iService and Airdrop.

what isn't working: None.