MSI MPG B460I Gaming - hackintosh - OpenCore 0.96 - Ventura 13.6.1

configuration

MSI MPG B460I Gaming - iTX motherboard
CPU: Intel Core i9-10850K
CPU cooler: Arctic Liquid Freezer II 240
RAM: Patriot Viper Steel DDR4 64GB 3200MHz
PSU: Mars Gaming MPII550 650W

storage: Sabrent 2TB NVME
case: MetallicGear Neo Mini v2 - Silver - an iTX motherboard

total cost: 1.233 EUR / 1.490 USD

specifications

CPU contains an iGPU: Intel UHD Graphics 630 1536 MB
LAN: Realtek 8125B 2.5G
WiFi / Bluetooth card: Intel AX200NGW
Audio: Realtek® ALC1200
max. memory frequency supported by mobo: 2933 MHz - makes no sense to buy a faster / more expensive RAM
I/O Controller: NUVOTON NCT6687

ACPI

RHUB ACPI path: PCI0.XHC.RHUB
USB controller ACPI path: _SB.PCI0.XHC

comments

WARNING !!! since upgrading to Ventura I have crashes, file-system gets corruption turns out Monterey and Ventura are only working with specific NVME M.2 controllers. I'll have to replace it with WD branded. Read more

• the iGPU is driving a 34" monitor - 3440 x 1440 @ 60Hz over DispLayPort
• monitor attached via HDMI has a pink coloration after login - see FIX below
• the max refresh rate the mobo supports over HDMI is 30Hz by the specs, but still it outputs 60Hz with the fix below
• Ethernet has to be adjusted to manual 1000baseT - this motherboard has a Realtek 8125B 2.5G LAN connection - Update: manual adjustment not needed since I updated to OC 0.95 and Ventura5 and replaced all the .kexts
• audio works - so far the rear Stereo output has been tested
• sleep works, shutdown works
• USB3 finally works
• Handoff / Continuity, AirDrop works since I updated to OC 0.95 and Ventura
• if you want to have boot chim, then plug your jack cable into the Red Line-out at the back and set 'AudioSupport' in config.plist to True (it's False now). If you prefer to use the front output of the motherboard - that corresponds to 'Headphones' in audio settings - then change the 'AudioOut' in config.plist to 3

BIOS settings

• Secure boot OFF
• MSI Fast boot Off
• Fast boot OFF
• Intel VT-D is ON (DisableIoMapper has to be True in Opencore config.plist)
• CFG Lock OFF
• SW Guard OFF
• Above 4G ON
• C1E support ON

Benchmarks

Cinebench 23 - 16.030 pts

Vray 5 - 13.015

Geekbench 5 - 1.288 / 10.391

NVMe R/W speed tops at 2.900 MB/s

Wi-Fi & BlueTooth

works with: AirportItlwm.kext BlueToolFixup.kext IntelBluetoothFirmware.kext ...since I updated to OC 0.95 and Ventura however handoff / continuity / universal keyboard does not work

Fixing Shutdown

3 major steps was needed:

• proper USB mapping with setting the onboard LED controller to 'internal' as suggested elsewhere

• applying the shutdown fixes found here https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Post-Install/usb/misc/shutdown.html in case of this mobo the USB contoller path in FixShutdown-USB-SSDT.aml needs to be changed from '_SB.PCI0.XHC.PMEE = Zero' to '_SB.PCI0.XHC = Zero'

• I also turned off ErP Ready in BIOS

  without these my hackintosh would turn on by itself after a few seconds or randomly during the night