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- Dec 24, 2012
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- Motherboard
- Gigabyte H270N-WIFI
- CPU
- i3-7100
- Graphics
- Intel HD 630
- Mac
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Note
This guide assumes that you have access to working Mac computer and that your hardware configuration matches the one listed below. Wifi and Bluetooth work but I replaced the mini PCIe wifi card with a BCM94360CS2 which has native Apple support until Ventura. For Sonoma I had to use a workaround explained below.
Hardware
Wifi and Bluetooth
Geekbench 6
This guide assumes that you have access to working Mac computer and that your hardware configuration matches the one listed below. Wifi and Bluetooth work but I replaced the mini PCIe wifi card with a BCM94360CS2 which has native Apple support until Ventura. For Sonoma I had to use a workaround explained below.
Hardware
- GIGABYTE GA-H270N-WIFI LGA1151 Intel H270 Mini ITX DDR4 Motherboard
- I replaced the original mini PCie card with a BCM94360CS2 and a mini PCI-E to 12+6 Pin
- Intel Core i3-7100 7th Gen Core Desktop Processor 3M Cache,3.90 GHz
- SSD Lexar NS100 1TB 2.5” SATA III
- macOS Sonoma 14.1.1
- Load Optimized Default
- Under BIOS Tab:
- Windows 8/10 Features = Other OS
- Storage Boot Option Control = UEFI
- Under Peripherals Tab:
- Initial Display Output = IGFX
- In USB Configuration:
- XHCI Handoff = Enabled
- Under Chipset Tab:
- VT-D = Disabled
- Internal Graphics = Enabled
- DVMT Pre-Allocated = 64M
- Save and Exit
- Onboard Bluetooth and Wifi = N/A
- BCM94360CS2 card = Bluetooth and WiFi
- Ethernet = Both LAN1 and LAN2
- Onboard Bluetooth = No
- GPU = Both HDMI (x2) and DVI
- Shutdown = Yes
- Restart = Yes
- Sleep = No
- Sound = Line out and digital out. line in and mic in
- USB ports = All of them
- Download the latest release of the OpenCore Legacy Patcher (only for Post-Install Root Patch)
- Create your own drive as a bootable macOS Sonoma installer
- Now mount the EFI partition of your instal drive and make sure it is empty
- Download my EFI project's latest release HERE and unzip the archive, this will give you a single folder named EFI
- Copy the EFI folder to the root of your instal drive EFI partition
- Download config.plsit from the my repository HERE
- Download OpenCore Configurator to edit config.plist
- Under the NVAM section, expand 7C436110-AB2A-4BBB-A880-FE41995C9F82 and add the following to boot-args "-v keepsyms=1 debug=0x100 alcid=21"
- Under PlattformInfo, select the DataHub - Generic - PlattformNVRAM. Select iMAC20,1, this will populate several fields required for the boot to work properly.
- Save your config.plist
- Move the saved config.plist into the EFI/OC folder of your EFI partition (of your instal drive)
- Boot the PC from the newly create EFI partition.
- Install Sonoma.
- After the installation you can copy the content of your install drive EFI to your main drive EFI and edit config.plist to remove any arguments "-v keepsyms=1 debug=0x100 alcid=21" as they are no longer needed and your boot time will improve.
- At first boot, open OpenCore Legacy patcher and run "Post-Instal Root Patch", this will instal additional login item that will enable any natively supported wifi card to work in Sonoma, like BCM94360CS2.
Wifi and Bluetooth
Geekbench 6
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