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[GUIDE] Asus N551JW (CN067H) Mojave 10.14.1 Vanilla install


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THIS GUIDE WILL APPLY TO N551 SERIES WITH SIMILAR HARDWARE AND RESPECTIVE ROG VERSIONS WITH THE RIGHT CHANGES

 

 

System Specification:

 

-    Processor : Intel Core i7-4720HQ 2.6Ghz
-    Chipset: Intel HM86 Express Chipset
-    Ram : 16gb DDR3L 1600 Mhz
-    Graphics: Integrated Intel HD Graphics 4600 – GeForce GTX 960M (Not supported so disabled)
-    HDD: 500 Gb SSD Samsung 850 EVO 
-    Card Reader: Realtek PCI-E 
-    Webcam: HD WebCam  (Chicony Electronics Co.)
-    Lan: Realtek PCI-E Gigabit ethernet controller
-    WiFi + BT : AzureWave AW-CE123H 
-    Audio Realtek ALC668 (internal speakers + external sub-woofer)
-    3 USB 3.0 Port, HDMI port, mDP port


USB INSTALL:

 

Use CreateInstallMedia metod + Clover, you will find the config.plist i used in the attachments;

 

Kext in Usb Media:

 
-    FakeSMC
-    Lilu
-    RealtekRTL8111
-    AirportBrcmFixup
-    ApplePS2SmartTouchPad
-    WhateverGreen
-    UsbInjectAll

 

 

POST-INSTALL

 

Kext and Configuration:

 

-    Install Clover on HDD and use the attached Config_final.plist as reference

-    Install kext in /Library/Extension 


SYSTEM 

 

-    FakeSMC.kext
-    AcpiBatteryManager.kext
-    AppleBacklightFixup.kext
-    Lilu.kext

 

-    SSDT-PNLF for Backlight Slider (put in EFI/CLOVER/ACPI/PATCHED)


KEYBOARD & TOUCHPAD

 

-    ApplePS2SmartTouchPad.kext
-    AsusNBFnKeys.kext

-    Patch _Q0F to XQOF in Config.plist
-    Patch _Q0E to XQOE in Config.plist (this two patch needed for Backlight Fn Keys)


-    SSDT-PS2K for Keyboad and FN Keys works

 

AUDIO

 

-    APPLEALC.kext
-    CodecCommander.kext

 

-    SSDT-ALC668 (put in EFI/CLOVER/ACPI/PATCHED)
-    Use Layout-Id 3 for standard audio or 27/28 if your model have External Sub-Woofer (change exit in SysPref  > Sound)


USB 

 

-    FakePCIID.kext

-    FakePCIID_XHCIMux.kext
-    UsbInjectAll.kext

 

-    Refer to this GUIDE For a simple USB Port configuration with Intel FB-Patcher


GRAPHIC iGPU HD4600

 

-    WhateverGreen.kext

 

-    Patch _REG > XREG in Config.plist
-    Patch _OFF > XOFF in Config.plist  (this two patch are needed for Discrete GPU disabling)
-    SSDT-DGPU for Discrete Graphic Disabling (put in EFI/CLOVER/ACPI/PATCHED)

 

-    Refer to this GUIDE for perfect iGPU setting with Intel FB-Patcher


WiFi & BT AZUREWAVE AW-CE123H

 

-    AirportBrcmFixup.kext
-    BrcmFirmwareRepo.kext
-    BrcmPatchRAM2.kext
-    BT4LEContinuityFixup.kext

 

-    Set BootArg “brcmfx-country=XX” without quotes (change XX with your country code e.g. US or IT)

 

LAN 

 

-    RealtekRTL8111.kext

 

SD CARD READER

 

-    Sinetek-rtsx.kext

 

 


DSDT PATCH NEEDED:

 

-     Extract DSDT/SSDT with Clover and Disassemble using REFS.TXT 
 

-     Refer to DSDT/SSDT Patching Guide HERE

 

APPLY THIS FIX IN DSDT:

 

-    [sys] Fix PARSEOP_ZERO Error (Aggressive)
-    [bat] Asus G75VW Battery Fix
-    [sys] Haswell LPC
-    [sys] OS Check Fix (Windows 8)
-    [sys] RTC Fix
-    [sys] IRQ Fix
-    [sys] SMBUS Fix 
-    [sys] HPET Fix
-    [sys] Fix_WAK Arg0 v2
-    [sys] Fix Mutex with non-zero SyncLevel
-    Fn Brightness Keys Patch *
-    KeyboardBacklight Patch (Haswell/Ivy) *
-    Keyboard Backlight Sleep Fix * 

[*] txt file for patch attached

Compile & Patch DSDT file and put in EFI/CLOVER/ACPI/PATCHED

 

 

VARIOUS

 

How to get FHD resolution in Clover and Apple start page: 

 

-    Activate CSM in BIOS 
-    Install CsmVideoDxe-64.efi in EFI/Clover/drivers64UEFI (can be added during Hdd Clover install or with Clover Configurator later)
-    Set 1920x1080 resolution in config.plist/GUI
-    Apply a 1920x1080 theme with CloverThemeManager


How to merge Audio Channel for Internal speakers and Sub-Woofer works together:

 

-    Work in progress, i’ll update guide as soon as i find a solution

 

Enjoy your new, full working N551JW Mojave Hackintosh


If i forgot something or you have a question feel free to ask me.

 

 

Credit and Thanks to:
@RehabMan, @Vit9696 and all other devs for the guides, kexts and support they give for free. 

 
 

config_usb_media.plist

config_final.plist

SSDT and patch.zip

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