leoaslan2603 / x230-hackintosh

macOS for ThinkPad X230

X230-Hackintosh

macOS for ThinkPad X230 (Mojave & Catalina)

March 2, 2020 - Clover bootloader (OpenCore soon)

Pre-Installation

1. Update BIOS!!!

• Modified BIOS: Github

2. BIOS settings

BIOS settings

Item	Setting
Config/Network/Wake On Lan	Disabled
USB UEFI BIOS Support	Enabled
Always On USB	Disabled
USB 3.0 Mode	Enabled
Power Intel Rapid Start Technology	Disabled
Serial SATA Controller Mode Option	AHCI
Security Predesktop Authentication	Disabled
Security Chip	Disabled
Memory Protection Execution Prevention	Enabled
Virtualization	Disabled
Fingerprint Reader	Disabled
Anti Theft	Disabled
Computrace	Disabled
Secure Boot	Disabled
Startup Network Boot	PCI Lan
UEFI/Legacy Boot	UEFI Only
CSM Support	Disabled
Boot Mode	Quick

3. Hardware

Compenent	Reference
CPU	Intel Core i5-3320M vPro
RAM	DDR3L 12GB Bus 1600MHz
GFX	Intel HD Graphics 4000
Sound	Realtek ALC269
Display	12.5" IPS LCD
WIFI	Intel Centrino® Advanced-N 6205

What will work

• Power Management (C/P-States, Fan RPM, Speedstep, etc)
• HD Intel Graphic Card (HD4000)
• Sleep (Sleep from menu + lid close sleep)
• Camera
• Ethernet
• Battery Status
• Brightness
• Keyboard, Trackpad and Trackpoint
• Sound (automatic headphone detection, mute, volume controls fully working)
• USB Ports
• SD Card Reader
• Bluetooth

Not working

• Fingerprint Reader
• VGA

WIFI

Inbuilt Intel WiFi won't work out of the box.

You can flash the BIOS and remove the whitelist if you plan to use Broadcom WLAN cards

• Atheros AR5B95 (Lenovo Part number: 20002357) - 802.11a/b/g/n 2.4 GHz (Drop support 10.14 and newer)
• Dell DW1510 – 802.11a/b/g/n 2.4 GHz & 5 GHz (Broadcom) (Drop support 10.15)
• Dell DW1515 – 802.11a/b/g/n 2.4 GHz & 5 GHz (Atheros)
• Dell DW1550 – 802.11ac 2.4 GHz & 5 GHz (Broadcom) (Recommended, natively 10.14 10.15)

Installation

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Post-Installation

1. Tools needed

• Clover Installer (https://github.com/CloverHackyColor/CloverBootloader/releases)
• OpenCore (soon)

2. Kexts used

• ACPIBatteryManager.kext
• ACPIPoller.kext
• AppleALC.kext
• BrcmBluetoothInjector.kext (requires for BrcmPatchRAM3.kext)
• BrcmFirmwareData.kext
• BrcmPatchRAM2.kext (BrcmPatchRAM3.kext for Catalina)
• EFICheckDisabler.kext
• FakeSMC.kext
• IntelMausi.kext
• Lilu.kext
• USBPorts.kext
• VoodooPS2Controller.kext
• VoodooSDHC.kext
• WhateverGreen.kext

3. Patched

• Copy patch to /ACPI/patched/

Issue:

Sound after sleep issues

• CodecCommander loaded in /L/E w/ Kext Utility

Reband Broadcom Wireless

• Reband as APPLE AIRPORT EXTREME: LINK

DW1510 on Catalina

• Copy IO80211Family.kext on on my EFI to CLOVER/kexts/10.15/

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