Acer Aspire 7 A715-42G Opencore EFI and some info for running macOS Ventura 13.6.1. If someone succeeds Leave a comment and tell me if you want to try it hahaha
| Item | Info |
|---|---|
| Model | Acer Aspire 7 A715-42G |
| CPU | AMD Ryzen™ 5 5500U Processor |
| DGPU | Nvidia Geforce GTX 1650 4GB |
| RAM 1 | Hynix DDR4 8GB 3200 MHz |
| RAM 2 | TRANSCEND DDR4 8GB 3200 MHz |
| Disk | WD Black SN770 1TB (Run on PciGen3) |
| WIFI | Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX200 160Mhz |
| Bluetooth | With Intel combo card |
| Ethernet | Realtek RTL8111 |
| Audio | Realtek ALC255 |
| LCD Panel | 15.6 FHD IPS 144Hz |
| Opencore Version | 0.9.4 |
| SMBIOS used | MacBookPro16,3 (Need to enter your information generated by GenSMBIOS) |
| Target MacOS Version | MacOS Ventura 13.6.1 |
| Item | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | ✅ | |
| iGPU/APU | ✅ | AMD Radeon Graphics working with (NootedRed.kext) |
| DGPU | ❌ | Completely disabled using (SSDT-dGPU-Off.aml) and a boot arg -wegnoegpu |
| Brightness Control | ✅ | |
| HDMI V out | ✅ | Audio Not tested yet |
| USB | ✅ | All ports working |
| Keyboard | ✅ | |
| Audio | ✅ | AppleALC kext working with layout-id 31 |
| Ethernet | ✅ | RealtekRTL8111 Kext |
| Intel WIFI | ✅ | AirportItlwm Kext |
| Battery | ✅ | VoodooBatteryStatus Kext |
| Shutdown/Reboot | ✅ | Sometimes you have to reboot 2-3 times to enter Mac OS. |
| Item | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Internal Mic | ❓ | Known AMD Issue, works with external ones |
| External Mic 3.5 Jack | ❓ | Not Fix This |
| Bluetooth | ❓ | Not Fix This |
| Trackpad | ❓ | Not Fix This |
| Sleep | ❓ | Not Fix This |
| WebCam | ❓ | Not Fix This |
| Hardware Acceleration | ❓ | Apps requiring hardware acceleration crashes, more info here. This can be prevented by disabling hardware acceleration on those apps or by increasing the VRAM size to 1GB+. You can use Smokeless UMAF AMD Tool. |
- Secure Boot Disabled
- Fast Boot Disabled
Done with SSDTTime in Windows 11
| Table | Description |
|---|---|
| SSDT-EC | Adds a fake Embedded Controller device |
| SSDT-PLUG-ALT | Fixes CPU definitions |
| SSDT-USBX | Enables USB Power Management |
| SSDT-XOSI | Spoof macOS to Windows for some ACPI features |
| SSDT-dGPU-Off | Disables dGPU Completely |
- NootedRed It wouldn't have been possible without this project
- 833M0L3 github repo for a boilerplate README
- AMD-OSX Forum and the dedicated Thread users.
- 833M0L3 for EFI and the most kext references.
- Dortania for the guides.
- Apple for macOS.
- Anyone else that helped to develop and improve hackintoshing.