EFI Hackintosh Laptop ASUS Vivobook 16x M1603QA

💻 Specs :

• Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
• iGPU: AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
• Storage: SSD INTEL 512GB 670P M.2 SSDPEKNU512GZX1 PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe
• Ram: 8GB DDR4 on board + 8GB DDR4 SO-DIMM
• Wireless & Bluetooth: Mediatek MT7921 Intel AX200 (Replaced)
• Audio Codec: ALC256
• MacOs Version: Sequoia 15.0

🔧 Important Tips

• When USB Mapping using USBToolbox, enable Use Native Classes in the Settings to avoid USB issues. Mainly stall at startup and possibly sleep.
• Set the VRAM to at least 1 GB for Apps to be able to run without any lags.
• Some Apps like Adobe Photoshop need AMDFriend or use AMDHelper to be able to run. See the details here.
• For iServices to work, use stable version of itlwm and Heliport instead of Airportitlwm.
• Sometimes the audio suddenly gone when I use audio from audio jack. The solution is to open settings and stay on Mic Input, then change into Line In.
• Docker Minikube or Nox Android Emulator works because using they using VirtualBox as driver. Use latest VirtualBox 6 to make it work.

🔋 Optimization Tips

• Use OC Little Daliensky app to disable internet on sleep
• Disable Smokeless UMAF Core Performance Boost.
• Disable Mac Spotlight and use third party Spotlight like Raycast.
• Use RyzenAdj for tuning optimization.

Spotlight

Disable Spotlight

sudo mdutil -a -i off

Delete existing index

sudo mdutil -aE

Enable Spotlight

sudo mdutil -a -i on

RyzenAdj

The optimization may be different on other cpus. Use debug=0x144 on boot-args and run as sudo. You might need to run chmod +x ryzenadj or xattr -c ryzenadj.

Note: You need to run this every time you boots (Maybe including hibernation wake) and I'm still trying to find solution for this.

Standard RyzenAdj Optimization

sudo ryzenadj --stapm-limit=25000 --fast-limit=25000 --slow-limit=25000 --tctl-temp=85

Maximize RyzenAdj Optimization

sudo ryzenadj --stapm-limit=15000 --fast-limit=15000 --slow-limit=15000 --tctl-temp=75 --power-saving

⚙️ BIOS

Default

• SATA Mode: AHCI

Smokeless UMAF

• AMD CBS > NBIO Common Options > GFX Configuration > iGPU Configuration: UMA_SPECIFIED (So that the VRAM can be changed)
• AMD CBS > NBIO Common Options > GFX Configuration > UMA Frame buffer Size: 2G (2G Recommended, 1G Minimum)
• AMD CBS > CPU Common Options > Core Performance Boost: Disable (Reduce Heat and Power Usage) or Enable (Gaming Performance)
• AMD PBS > s3/Modern Standby Support: s3 Enable (For sleep to work)

📈 Working

• USB Ports
• HDMI port & audio
• Internal Audio, Internal Mic, & Headphone Jack
• Trackpad
• Keyboard (Backlight, Volumes & Brightness Control)
• Wifi & Bluetooth (Intel)
• Sleep & Wake (Clamshell, Menu, & Idle)
• Hibernation (Yes, works with hibernatemode 25. Probably unstable)
• Some Apps (Firefox, VSCode, Discord, etc)
• Some VMs/Emulators (Nox, iPhone Simulator, Docker (Minikube))
• Some Games (Roblox, etc)
• iServices (iMessage & Facetime)
• HID Key PWRB & SLPB

📉 Not Working / Unstable

• Advanced OpenGL Apps (Chrome, FL Studio, etc)
• Fingerprint (MacOs/Windows)