OpenCore-ASUS-PRIME-H310M

This guide covers the installation of macOS 11.0 Big Sur Beta on an ASUS H310M-E motherboard

Hardware Configuration

• Intel Core i3 9100
• Asus Prime H310M-E
• 2 x 4GB 2400Mhz RAM
• 1 x 240GB Kingston M.2 PCIE NVMe SSD + 1 x 120GB WD GREEN SATA 2.5" SSD + 1 x 1TB Samsung ST1000 HDD
• MSI GT 710 2GD3H LP DDR3

Pre-requisites

• A Mac, hack, or pre-existing VM add link
• A USB Drive (Minimum 16GB)
• OpenCore Pkg's Latest Release
• EFI Mounter v3.1
• gibMacOS
• ProperTree
• GenSMBOIS
• config.plist

Installation

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1. Creating the USB

Downloading the Installer

• Open gibMacOS.command from the downloaded gibMacOS.
• Press M to change the Max OS, then enter 10.16 to update the catalog to Big Sur.
• Press C to change the catalog, then enter 4 to select the developer catalog.
• Select the number for the Big Sur beta to start downloading it.

• Once finished, open the InstallAssistant.pkg that was downloaded - it will be located in the gibMacOS/macOS Downloads/developer/XXX-XXXXX - Install macOS Beta folder. This package from Apple will create Install macOS Big Sur Beta.app in your /Applications folder.
• Run the InstallAssistant.pkg and point this to whichever drive you're booting off of, this is where the Install.app will be dropped: Screenshot

Creating the Installer

Open Disk Utility and format your USB as follows:

• Name: MyVolume
• Format: Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
• Scheme: GUID Partition Map

On completion, run the following command in Terminal:

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Big\ Sur\ Beta.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume

Installing the OpenCore Bootloader

• Mount your USB's EFI Partition if not already mounted using EFI Mounter v3.1. (You can cross-verify the drive number from with Disk Utility)
• Copy the EFI folder from the downloaded OpenCore Pkg's Release to the root of your EFI Partition.

Configuring the Bootloader

• Go to the Drivers folder in your EFI and delete all the files except HfsPlus.efi, OepnRuntime.efiandOpenCanopy.efi`.
• Copy the following kexts to the Kexts folder in your EFI:

Kexts
Lilu
VirtualSMC
WhateverGreen
AppleALC
RealtekRTL8111
USBInjectAll
XHCI-unsupported

• Copy the following SSDTs to the ACPI folder of your EFI:

SSDTs
SSDT-PLUG-DRTNIA
SSDT-EC-USBX-DESKTOP
SSDT-AWAC
SSDT-PMC

• Place the downloaded config.plist in EFI/OC/.
• Run ProperTree.command from the downloaded ProperTree.
• Open the config.plist file in ProperTree using Cmd/Ctrl+O or File->Open.
• Perform a Clean Snaphot by pressing Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + R or File->OC Clean Snapshot and navigating to EFI/OC.
• Open GenSMBIOS.command from the downloaded release of GenSMBOIS.
• Choose option 3. Generate SMBIOS.
• Enter iMac19,1 if you are using iGPU to drive your display or iMac19,3 if iGPU is used only for computing tasks and doesn't drive a display.
• Copy the following data to the desired fields under PlatformInfo->Generic:

`Type` to Generic -> SystemProductName.
`Serial` to Generic -> SystemSerialNumber.
`Board Serial` to Generic -> MLB.
`SmUUID` to Generic -> SystemUUID.

• If you are using iGPU to drive the display, then enter the following under DeviceProperties->Add->PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x2,0x0):

Key	Type	Value
AAPL,ig-platform-id	Data	07009B3E
framebuffer-patch-enable	Data	01000000
framebuffer-stolenmem	Data	00003001

• Save the file and exit.

BIOS Configuration

Reset to Defalut BIOS Keys.

Disable

• Fast Boot
• Secure Boot
• Serial/COM Port
• Parallel Port
• CSM
• Intel SGX
• Intel Platform Trust
• CFG Lock

Enable

• VT-d
• VT-x
• Above 4G decoding
• Hyper-Threading
• Execute Disable Bit
• EHCI/XHCI Hand-off
• OS type: Windows 8.1/10 UEFI Mode
• DVMT Pre-Allocated(iGPU Memory): 64MB

Detailed Guides

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https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Install-Guide/