Hackintosh Guide for GIGABYTE Z490 Vision D Motherboard

This guide it's updated to OpenCore 0.7.2 and tested on my main device.

Specs:

Component	Name
Motherboard:	Gigabyte Vision D Z490
CPU:	Intel i9 10900K
RAM:	Kingston KHX3733C19D4/8GX 3777Mhz 2x8GB CL16
iGPU:	Intel UHD 630
Display:	LG 38GN950 (3840x1600@75Hz)
NVMe 1:	Samsung 970 EVO Plus
NVMe 2:	Hitachi HFM128GDJTNG-8310A
Wifi/BT:	Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201)
Audio:	Realtek ALC1220-VB
Ethernet 1:	Intel 2.5GbE
Ethernet 2:	Intel 1GbE

These are all the external ports of this PC.

Working

• Tested with Big Sur and Monterrey
• Wifi
• Bluetooth:
• Audio: Realtek ALC1220-VB (Thanks to AppleALC.kext with layout-id=1 setted in Device Properties)
• USB: All internal and external ports (Thanks to USB-map.kext)
• Ethernet: Both Working
• HDMI: Yes, but no multimonitor.
• Shutdown: Yes
• Restart: Yes

Not working

• Sleep/Wake: Not, for now...

INSTALLATION GUIDE

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Making the Booteable USB

From macOS:

Link to Apple's Guide

Download installers: Monterrey Beta 5(Execute de .pkg to extract the installer) - Big Sur - Catalina - Mojave - High Sierra

1. Connect a >=16 GB pendrive.
2. Open Disk Utility and Erase the USB with the name: MyVolume.
3. Open Terminal and use the proper commands for your macOS installer:

• Monterrey: sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ 12\ Beta.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume
• Big Sur: sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Big\ Sur.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume
• Catalina: sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Catalina.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume
• Mojave: sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Mojave.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume
• High Sierra: sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume

From Windows:

Link to Dortania's Guide

From Linux:

Link to Dortania's Guide

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BIOS Settings:

• Make Sure you have Latest BIOS vF20
• After Updating the BIOS,...(IN PROCESS)

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OpenCore Configuration (IN PROCESS)

Here it's my config.plist and the explanation:

ACPI

Booter

DeviceProperties

Kernel

Misc

NVRAM

PlatformInfo

UEFI

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Post Install (IN PROCESS)

Open Terminal.app and run those commands:

sudo rm /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist
sudo rm /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist

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BenchMarks:(IN PROCESS)

Cinebench R23:

GeekBench 5:

https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/

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Credits

Apple (macOS)

OpenCore Team (Bootloader)

Dortania (Guide)