Hackintosh on Asus ROG Maximus X Code via OpenCore

This is light configuration to run macOS smoothly. I didn't get any kernel panics science after macOS install. This config is based on OpenCore Vanilla Desktop Guide.

Hardware configuration

Component	Model
CPU	Intel Core i7 8700K (5GHz OC) UHD630 (Geekbench 6: CPU/OpenCL/Metal)
Motherboard	Asus ROG Maximus X Code
RAM	2×32GB Crucial Ballistix 3200MHz (3733MHz OC)
Audio Chipset	ALC-S1220
Ethernet	Intel I219-V
WiFi & Bluetooth	Apple BCM94360CS2 802.11ac WLAN + Bluetooth LE 4.0
OS Disk (NVMe)	WD_BLACK SN750 500GB (macOS Ventura)
OS Disk (NVMe)	Samsung PM981 256GB (Windows 11)

Before you start make sure you have

• Working hardware
• BIOS version >= 2701
• Actual OpenCore
• Populated PlatformInfo > Generic section in config.plist, can be easyly done with macserial tool from OpenCore utilities.
• Compile ACPI/*.dsl to *.aml

Installation

BIOS Settings

• Exit → Load Optimized Defaults [Yes]
• Advanced → System Agent (SA) Configuration → VT-d [Enabled]
• Advanced → System Agent (SA) Configuration → DVMT Pre-Allocated [64M]
• Advanced → PCH-FW Configuration → PTT Configuration → PTT [Enable]
• Advanced → APM Configuration → ErP Ready [Enable(S5)]
• Advanced → Platform Misc Configuration → PCI Express Native Power Management [Enable]
• Advanced → Platform Misc Configuration → Native ASPM [Enable]
• Advanced → USB Configuration → Legacy USB Support [Disabled]
• Advanced → CPU Configuration → Intel Virtualization Technology [Enabled]
• Boot → Fast Boot [Disabled]
• Boot → CSM (Compatibility Support Module) → Launch CSM [Disabled]

What's behind the scenes

You must download all not bundled kexts and drivers from repositories by yourself.

Kexts

• Legacy_USB3.kext - Plist-only kext for USB port mapping
• IntelMausi.kext - Another intel driver for Ethernet
• AppleALC.kext - Getting audio to work as easy-peasy
• Lilu.kext - ✨ magic 🪄 (patch engine)
• VirtualSMC.kext - Emulator of native hardware SMC module
• WhateverGreen.kext - Need for GPU support (even for disabling discrete GPU)

EFI drivers

• VirtualSMC.efi - only needed if you use File Vault 2 or authrestart.

dGPU support

I had success with PowerColor RX6600XT Red Devil, more information on GPU Buyers Guide.

Not necessary but if you have any issues:

1. Remove IGPU props injection from DeviceProperties

   OpenCore-Maximus-X-Code/config.plist

   Lines 426 to 432 in f922f43

   	<key>PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x2,0x0)</key>
   	<dict>
   	<key>rps-control</key>
   	<data>
   	AQAAAA==
   	</data>
   	</dict>

2. Force set dGPU video ouput in BIOS:

• Advanced → System Agent (SA) Configuration → Graphics Configuration → Primary Display [PEG]

Issues

1. The macOS limit of USB ports is 15 per hub-device but it counts not only physical but also protocol based. So if one physical port can be used by two protocols such as 3.0 (SS) and 2.0 (HS), in this way in system he actually own two of fifteen addresses (eg. HS01/SS01). You can see the real USB mapping in this picture. Due to these limits I disable a internal HS12 which utilized by AURA Sync. Also internal HS11 port is utilized by Bluetooth from m.2 NGFF wifi+bt combo module.

USB ports mapping

USB 2.0		USB 3.0
Port NAME	Port ADR	Port NAME	Port ADR
Type-A
HS03	03	SS03	13
HS04	04	SS04	14
HS05	05	SS05	15
HS06	06	SS06	16
HS07	07
HS08	08
HS09	09
HS10	0a
Headers
HS01	01	SS01	11
HS02	02	SS02	12
HS13	0d
HS14	0e
Internal
HS11	0b
HS12	0c

Note: As you can see only two ports are avaliable on Super-Speed (USB 3.0) and this is front USB 3.0 header. But keep in mind, USB ports provided by ASMedia hubs also avaliable (rear Type-C, Type-A and front panel header).