Gigabyte H270N-WIFI

macOS Sonoma 14.5, OpenCore 1.0.0

Note

Remember to fill SMBIOS info with GenSMBIOS

CPU: Intel Core i3-7100; Kaby Lake

GPU: Intel HD Graphics 630

RAM: 16GB 2133MHz DDR4

Motherboard Model: Gigabyte GA-H270N-WIFI

BIOS revision: F8d

Motherboard Model Website: https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-H270N-WIFI-rev-10

Audio Codec: Realtek ALC1220

Ethernet Card: Intel Ethernet Dual GbE LAN I219-V (both ports works)

Wifi/BT Card: Intel Wireless 8265/ 8275 (MB stock card)

Other installed OSs: Windows 11 23H2, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Guides used:

Dortania’s OpenCore Install Guide.

What's working:

• iGPU with full acceleration.

• Sound.

• Ethernet

• Wifi and bluetooth. (I’m using the stock builtin card that comes with the motherboard)

• AirPort, AirDrop

• iMessages, Facetime

• All USB ports; USB3, USB-C, USB2 (You'll need Hackintool to assign USB ports properly)

What isn’t working:

• DRM in Apple TV application. (Only trailers works fine)
• Sleep - To avoid problems with this issue, disable all switches in Energy Saver section of Settings - In Lock Screen, set 'Turn display off when inactive' to 'Never'

Notes:

SMBIOS info:

I set SMBIOS to iMacPro1,1.

Intel HD Graphics 630

In OpenCore config.plist, in DeviceProperties section, I added this:

PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x2,0x0)
layout-id                 Data         <00001259>

Fixing the ethernet connection

Both ethernet ports work fine, the main port needs the kext IntelMausi.kext the other one uses SmallTree-Intel-211-AT-PCIe-GBE.kext.

Fixing sound:

By following the guide of fixing sound, I got sound. I use the green aux output, and I choose Internal Speaker as my output device in Sound Preferences.

In OpenCore config.plist, in DeviceProperties section, I added this:

PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1F,0x3)
layout-id                 Data         <21>

Wifi and Bluetooth:

I only needed to add three kexts files in the Kexts folder.

AirportItlwm.kext, IntelBluetoothFirmware.kext and BlueToolFixup.kext

USB Mapping

I used Hackintool to map my USB ports. Then added SSDT-EC-USBX.aml and SSDT-UIAC.aml in ACPI folder. Also USBPorts.kext (which is created by Hackintool).

boot args:

keepsyms=1 debug=0x100 alcid=21

SMBIOS info:

You'll need to use GenSMBIOS to get your SMBIOS information.

Getting the required files

ACPI files: Check SSDTs section in Dortania guide.

Kexts: Mark a note of the Kexts mentioned in the Kernel - Add section of config.plist file. I've added RestrictedEvents.kext to have access to the new os updates, but keep in mind you'll need to set SecureBootModel to Disabled to install them.

Picker Variant: Check the guide 'OpenCore beauty treatment' in Dortania page.

Tools and Drivers: These are taken from OpenCorePKG package.

Installing Sonoma 14.5

You'll need to set SecureBootModel to Disabled during the installtion process. You can change it back to Default, after the installtion process is complete. You have to make sure that you are using AirportItlwm.kext that is made for Sonoma 14.4 or later.