kushwavez 132 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 (edited) (A really good & compatible notebook for hackintoshing) Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 6th Gen (20KH, should work with other variants too) (Big Sur 11.1 - Windows 10) Specifications: BIOS: v1.50 CPU: i5-8250U (Kaby Lake-R, 1.6 GHz up to 3.4 GHz, Quad-Core) GPU: Intel UHD 620 Display: 1920x1080 ( non-touch IPS) 14” 300 nit RAM: 8 GB DDR3 2133MHz Audio: ALC3286 SSD: KINGSTON SA2000M8500G (500 GB NVMe) (~2400 MB/s read, ~2000 MB/s write) WiFi & Bluetooth: Intel AC-8265 M.2 (replaced to BCM94360NG) Fingerprint reader HD webcam Multigesture SMBus/RMI Synaptics touchpad with 3 buttons 2 level Backlight keyboard 57 Whr Battery Connectors: 2x USB-Type C - Thunderbolt 3 2x USB 3.1 Gen 1 (1x USB charging) 1x Ethernet dongle (Intel I219V4 PCI-e) 1x HDMI 3.5mm combo-jack audio BIOS settings: Secure Boot: Disabled UEFI: Enabled CSM: Disabled Virtualization, VT-d: Enabled Hyper-Threading: Enabled Anti-Theft: Disabled Intel SGX: Software Controlled Disable Fingerprint at I/O Thunderbolt device: Enabled For Thunderbolt 3 hot-plug (higher power consumption): Thunderbolt BIOS Assist Mode: Disabled Security Level: No security Support in Pre Boot Environment: Disabled For Thunderbolt 3 without hot-plug (lower power consumption but need to plug your device before boot) Thunderbolt BIOS Assist Mode: Enabled What is working: AirDrop, Handoff, iCloud, Messages, App Store, FaceTime, etc. (only with BCM94360NG) Intel UHD 620 (QE/CI, hardware decode/encode, VP9, HDMI) Sound (incl. combo-jack, HDMI out) Thunderbolt 3 (with hot-plug support) USB ports Ethernet dongle TrackPad, TrackPoint and Keyboard (incl. native multi-gestures, FN keys) FileVault Battery (~0.5 W when TB3 hot-plug is disabled, ~2W when enabled) Sleep Power Management Webcam SIP is enabled by default What isn’t working: Fingerprint reader (disabled in BIOS) Issues: Although we have OpenIntelWireless for Intel WiFi, it’s quite unusable in my case (v1.1.0). It’s really slow (4 MB/s) and disconnecting quite often, the ping is also really high sometimes (spiking up to ~3000ms when pinging google.com). Sleep also breaks the connection. For reconnecting I have to reboot the whole system. Bluetooth quality is also really bad unfortunately, also disconnecting quite often. I suggest everyone to just get a compatible BCM94360NG or an original Apple BCM94360CS2 with an adapter for OOB support, excellent speed, AirDrop & Handoff support and for best Bluetooth quality (you can buy these cards from ebay, Aliexpress or Amazon) Not tested: Hibernation Installation: Download the bootpack zip Click here -> Lenovo_X1_Carbon_6th_Clover_v5129.zip (Clover v5129) Create an installer with any method you know (- Mac: createinstallmedia, Windows: Transmac, Vmware, Win32diskimager, gibMacOS) Copy my bootpack folder to the USB's EFI folder Boot with the Installer USB If you stuck in boot, reboot and in the Clover bootloader select "config_debug.plist" -> you'll have more informations about the freeze To disable SIP boot with "config_debug.plist" Post Installation: Generate a new Serial Number with Clover Configurator.app for yourself (open up your config.plist with CC then -> SMBIOS -> Serial Number -> Generate New) Windows 10 dual-boot (on one drive): My GUIDE to create a dual-boot with Windows 10 on the same drive: Some pictures: macOS Big Sur 11.1 PCI Device list Working Trackpad Useful Applications for Mac: EFI Mountain Show -> To easily mount your EFI Clover Configurator -> To easily manage your config.plist https://mackie100projects.altervista.org/download-clover-configurator/ PlistEditPro -> Advanced plist editor https://www.fatcatsoftware.com/plisteditpro/ iStat Menus -> To monitoring your devices https://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/ Boom 3D -> To significantly increase your audio quality https://www.globaldelight.com/boom/ TextMate -> a basic code editor just like Notepad++ on Windows https://macromates.com Modified Wineskin to run basic Windows 32-bit or 64-bit (or DX9 games) applications on Catalina -> https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/fobx5t/i_didnt_want_to_boot_windows_every_time_when_i/ CrossOver 20 -> Run DirectX 11 applications on Catalina=< https://www.codeweavers.com/crossover/ MaciASL -> View/Edit your .aml, .dsl files https://bitbucket.org/RehabMan/os-x-maciasl-patchmatic/downloads/ Hackintool -> All useful info, tools in one place https://github.com/headkaze/Hackintool IORegistryExplorer V2.1 -> To view your IO tables https://github.com/vulgo/IORegistryExplorer/releases/tag/v2.1 App Cleaner -> To delete your apps with caches https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/ Intel Power Gadget -> To see your frequencies https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-power-gadget Carbon Copy Cloner -> Advanced macOS drive backup utility https://bombich.com Commander One -> A Total Commander alternative for macOS https://mac.eltima.com/file-manager.html Useful Applications for Windows: Total Commander -> To easily manage EFI https://www.ghisler.com mountvol b: /s -> To mount your system drive EFI EasyUEFI -> To manage boot orders and any bootloaders with ease https://www.easyuefi.com/index.html MiniTool Partition Wizard -> To mount your USB EFI, and manage other drives https://www.minitool.com/partition-manager/ Notepad++ -> Basic code editor for all type of files https://notepad-plus-plus.org gibMacOS -> A python script for downloading/creating macOS Internet Recovery USB from Windows (working internet is needed when installing) https://github.com/corpnewt/gibMacOS Credit for tylernguyen for his hard work for creating SSDTs for Thunderbolt 3, he did an excellent job Notes: You should use Thunderbolt BIOS Assist mode to lower your power consumption, but you'll lose hot-plug Changelog: 2021.01.27: Updated to Clover v5129 -> Recovery is now working 2021.01.24: Downgraded WhateverGreen from v1.4.6 to v1.4.5. v1.4.6 caused kernel panic with Installer USB's (failed to route the function IsTypeCOnlySystem). 2021.01.21: Fixed TouchPad, TrackPoint: Fixed not loading VoodooRMI & VoodooPS2, removed BrcmPatchRAM, not needed for BCM94360NG, updated bootpack 2021.01.13: Initial upload Edited 14 hours ago by kushwavez Updated to v5129 Link to post Share on other sites
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