High Sierra 10.13.6 Hackintosh

These are my Hackintosh installation instructions. Heavily based on these ones:

Build

Motherboard: Asus Z170-a ATX LGA1151
- Series: Intel 200 Series
- Chipset: Intel Z170
- Socket: Intel LG 1151
- Audio: Realtek ALC892 5.1 Audio
- LAN: Intel® I219V
CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5Ghz Quad-Core (SkyLake), Intel® HD Graphics 530
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6Gb
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16Gb (2x8Gb) DDR4-3000
Storage: Crucial MX300 525Gb 2.5" SSD

Ai Overclock
- AI Overclocker Tuner > X.M.P.
Advanced Items
- CPU Configuration > Intel Virtualization Technology > Enabled (needed for Docker)
- System Agent (SA) Configuration > VT-d > Disabled
- PCH Configuration > IOAPIC 24-119 > Disabled
- USB Configuration > Legacy USB Support > Auto
- USB Configuration > XHCI Hand Off > Enabled
- APM Configuration > Power on by PCI - E/PCI > Disabled
Boot Menu
- Fast Boot > Disabled
- Boot Logo Display > Disabled
- CSM > Disabled (needed to enable full resolution at boot and clover)
- Secure Boot OS Type > Other OS
Exit > Save Changes

At Clover boot screen, go into Options > USB
- enable USB Ownerhip
- enable USB Injection
At Clover boot screen, choose Boot Mac OS X from USB
Disk Utilty
- Select Target Disk
- Erase > Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
Don't bother to enable Network, Location, or Reporting nothing to be done now.
On reboot select MacOS on Target Drive on the Clover boot screen

Multibeast
1. Drag and drop Multibeast to Application folder
2. Run Multibeast and select the following settings:
  - Quick Start > UEFI Boot Mode
  - Drivers > Audio > Realtek ALC892 > ALC892
  - Drivers > Audio > Realtek ALCxxx > 100/200/300 Series Audio Support
  - Drivers > Audio > Realtek ALCxxx > Optional 3 Port (5.1) Audio
  - Drivers > Misc > FakeSMC
  - Drivers > Misc > FakeSMC HWMonitor
  - Drivers > Network > Intel > IntelMausiEthernet v2.2.0
  - Drivers > USB > Increase Max Port Limit
  - Bootloaders > Clover v2.3k r3766 UEFI Boot Mode
  - Customize > System Definitions > iMac > iMac 17,1
3. Save your config
4. Run and Close
Fixing Ethernet Device Name (needed for apple store etc.)
- In Terminal run sudo rm /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist
Clover Configurator
1. Mount EFI partition
2. Load config file
3. Change settings in config:
  - Boot > darkwake=0 prevent sleep problems
  - Rt Variables > CsrActiveConfig > 0x67 disable SIP temporarily
  - Devices > Audio > ResetHDA > ✓
  - System Parameters > Inject Kexts > Yes
  - System Parameters > Inject System ID > ✓
  - System Parameters > Nvidia Web > ✓
4. Save
EFI Partition (Already mounted earlier in Clover)
1. Navigate to `EFI(patition)/EFI/CLOVER/ACPI/patched in the Finder
2. Copy in the SSDT file you downlaoded for your processor
3. Rename to SSDT.aml
Reboot

BIOS
- Set startup partition to newly created OSX EFI partition
Audio setup (because it doesn't work yet)
- Run the audio_cloverALC120.command file
- enter password
- Say yes (y) to all questions (for Asus Z170-A)
In Terminal
- run ifconfig
- Check that it returns en0 instead of en1, the line should look like:
```
en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500`
```
Clover Configurator
1. Load the Clover config file follow steps 1 and 2 from earlier
2. Select/install EmuVariableUefi in Install Drivers. This creates an emulated NVRAM
3. Reset Rt Variables > CsrActiveConfig > 0x3 to renable SIP
Run the NVIDIA driver (see above to install correct version)
Patch to make NVIDIA work under iMac 17,1: https://www.reddit.com/r/hackintosh/comments/46v9ui/which_smbios_or_system_profile_works_best_for/d08wsbt/
Reboot

Done!