Elad Nava Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Hi fellow mainboard users,I'd like to share my success story of installing macOS Sierra (10.12.4) on this incredibly cheap but powerful motherboard. First, install El Capitan on a blank disk. I wrote an extremely detailed guide (applicable to noobs as well) for installing El Capitan on Hackintosh, check it out! http://eladnava.com/install-os-x-10-11-el-capitan-on-hackintosh-vanilla/ Then, update to macOS Sierra by following this guide: Finally, update to Sierra 10.12.4 via the App Store updates. Make sure to re-run audio_cloverALC-120.command after updating to 10.12.4, otherwise, you'll get randomly-occurring kernel panics. Audio Getting the on-board ALC 887 (0x10ec0887) to work is tricky, but I was able to do it by trying lots of kexts and scripts, until I found a combination of 2 that worked: 1. HDAEnabler1.kext - by toleda (https://github.com/toleda/audio_kext_enabler) 2. audio_cloverALC-120.command - by toleda (https://github.com/toleda/audio_CloverALC) The HDAEnabler1.kext can be copied safely to EFI/Clover/kexts/10.12/. The audio_cloverALC-120.command needs to be run (after mounting the EFI partition via diskutil) and the correct Audio_ID for our ALC 887 is 1. Note that you will need to go into the System Preferences -> Sound -> Output and select the hardware device for this to work! Both files are attached. Networking The on-board RTL 8169 ethernet controller works great after installing the attached Ethernet-RTGNICv2.0.6For10.7.mpkg. Graphics Depends on your card. In my case, the GTX 650 worked out of the box (without graphics injection or what-not) with QE/CI support. AsusP8H61-M-LX-R2.0-Sierra.zip 3 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/322353-asus-p8h61-m-lx-r20-macos-sierra-10124-100-working/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
bocajoe Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Thanks for taking the time for the updated guide with Sierra. Can you share what BIOS settings are necessary for the install? 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/322353-asus-p8h61-m-lx-r20-macos-sierra-10124-100-working/#findComment-2397875 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renard45 Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 onboard graphics supported or not? thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/322353-asus-p8h61-m-lx-r20-macos-sierra-10124-100-working/#findComment-2490779 Share on other sites More sharing options...
irog12 Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 Like you I have the same mobo. Running core i5, this is a solid mobo for hackintosh. A few years ago I ran into a bios mod for the motherboard and tried it. Flashed the bios and surprisingly the board runs native power management on any Mac OS. I let clover do the dsdt patching since then. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/322353-asus-p8h61-m-lx-r20-macos-sierra-10124-100-working/#findComment-2515526 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qustom Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Hi there! I have almost the same motherboard, Asus P8H61-MX. I can't seem to even get to the Clover Bootloader menu? When I try to boot with the USB it gets stuck at a black screen with a blinking underscore in the top left corner. Can you tell me your BIOS settings? My specs are: Asus P8H61-MX Intel Core i5 3350P 3.10 Ghz quadcore (Ivy Bridge) Geforce GTX 660 2GB 8GB Kingston HyperX ram 250GB Samsung 850 Evo SSD I have tried several setups with different bootloaders (Uni'beast, i Boot disk, Clover bootloader, followed different guides on reddit and this forum) but nothing seems to work. What am I doing wrong? Regards Qustom Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/322353-asus-p8h61-m-lx-r20-macos-sierra-10124-100-working/#findComment-2567441 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkobold Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 I'm having issues with this motherboard. After some time, between 5 minutes and 2 hours my mouse just hangs. Anyone with this motherboard have the same issue? Thanx Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/322353-asus-p8h61-m-lx-r20-macos-sierra-10124-100-working/#findComment-2606882 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadoc Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 I have almost the same motherboard, Asus P8H61-M LE. My specs are: Asus P8H61-M LE Intel Core i3 2120 3.30Ghz Geforce GTX 1050ti 4GB 16GB ram 250GB SSD Sandisk I can do the first part of the installation and when restarting I can´t boot to finish the install... The clover Efi Shows 4 options for me choose one of then and no one boot now. What boot args did You use to install the High Sierra on cloverEfi config.plist? tks... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/322353-asus-p8h61-m-lx-r20-macos-sierra-10124-100-working/#findComment-2607274 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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