dREAmCaTCHeR Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 On 7/20/2024 at 11:52 AM, deeveedee said: I like both the G4 and G5 Mini platforms. To be honest, I don't think the G6 Mini is a good value compared to what you get with the G4 and G5 Minis. I don't think Intel was making significant advances from 8th to 9th to 10th gen CPUs and the HP PL1/PL2 power limits in BIOS are overly restrictive (my opinion) after the G4 Mini. I have not personally tested the G6 Mini, but I have thoroughly tested the G4 and G5 Minis and they are excellent for their tiny form-factor. If you are still considering the purchase of a tiny platform with 10th gen Intel CPU, this thread by @rafale77 may also interest you. If you want a G4 or G5 Mini with Radeon Graphics, this thread may interest you. My G4 Mini with RX 560x is my favorite new hack. I ordered an elite desk 800 g4 mini and ended up receiving a hp prodesk 600 g4 mini, however Last night I got to install sonoma 14.6 using the efi from this thread, had to do secureboot disabled after reading your notes on needing to do so for the install to finish then reverted back to the default, right now everything seems to be working, I swapped out the intel wifi that came with it and placed in AX210 NGW using the AirportItlwm.kext and the speeds are pretty decent enough. My only letdown is the i/o module i bought for the rear panel type-c seems to not work, as my system doesn't power on properly when it's inserted. Will be looking into it later tonight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeveedee Posted August 6 Author Share Posted August 6 I have attached a new EFI to Post #1. This new EFI is based on Open Core 1.0.1 and includes the changes below. In the OC config.plist, Misc > Security > SecureBootModel needs to be changed to Disabled to install / upgrade Sonoma and Sequoia. OC 1.0.1 EFI R001 EFI/BOOT: Update BOOTx64.efi EFI/OC: Update OpenCore.efi EFI/OC/Drivers: Update OpenRuntime.efi, AudioDxe.efi, ResetNvramEntry.efi EFI/OC/Kexts: Upgrade AppleALC.kext from 1.9.0 -> 1.9.1 Upgrade Lilu.kext from 1.6.7 -> 1.6.8 Upgrade RestrictEvents.kext from 1.1.3 -> 1.1.4 Upgrade VirtualSMC.kext from 1.3.2 -> 1.3.3 Upgrade WhateverGreen.kext from 1.6.6 -> 1.6.7 EFI/OC/config.plist ACPI > Add: Remove DMAR ACPI > Delete: Remove DMAR ACPI > Patch: Add Base, Count, OemTableId and/or TableSignature as needed to restrict ACPI patches TPM._STA: reduce Find/Replace length to minimum necessary _PTS: Add byte to Find/Replace length to fix incorrect ACPI patch in DSDT EFI/OC/Tools: Update tools EFI/OC/ACPI: Remove DMAR 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeveedee Posted August 8 Author Share Posted August 8 (edited) I'd like to take a vote on SecureBootModel for future EFIs. If you would prefer to have SecureBootModel=Disabled, give this post a "Like" emoji. If you would prefer to keep SecureBootModel=j174, give this post a "Laugh" emoji. Please don't clutter this thread with comments or replies about SecureBootModel. If this post gets enough participation (more than 5 reactions) and it gets more "Likes" than "Laughs," I'll change SecureBootModel in future EFIs. Thank you. Vote If you prefer future EFIs to be posted with SecureBootModel=Disabled, "Like" this post If you prefer future EFIs to be posted with SecureBootModel=j174, "Laugh" this post EDIT: If this post does not get enough voter participation (more than 5 reactions), I'll leave SecureBootModel unchanged (SecureBootModel=j174) in future EFIs. Edited August 8 by deeveedee 13 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeveedee Posted August 20 Author Share Posted August 20 (edited) Has anyone used the Wi-Fi m.2 2230 slot in our EliteDesk 800 G4 / G5 Mini for an SSD? If so, how's the performance and what SSD did you use? Pinging @datafeedexpert. EDIT: Here's a thread that claims that our Wi-Fi 2230 slot supports a SSD. I'll wait for someone else to test this and report their findings. EDIT2: I no longer need this Wi-Fi 2230 solution. I developed a solution for installing a 2230 NVMe SSD in the second m.2 slot of our Minis here. Edited September 10 by deeveedee 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robi39 Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 Not sure if it was this post or another post but somebody mentioned that if you want a more powerful mini PC, you should look at the Lenovo mini PC with AMD graphics. Does anyone remember which model was that? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datafeedexpert Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 1 hour ago, robi39 said: Not sure if it was this post or another post but somebody mentioned that if you want a more powerful mini PC, you should look at the Lenovo mini PC with AMD graphics. Does anyone remember which model was that? Thank you. Thinkstation P330 Mini i5-8500 / i7-8700 With AMD RX560 (4x mDP Output) & Intel UHD 630 1x HDMI 1x DP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robi39 Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 Awesome, thank you @datafeedexpert I saw that you have a M720Q, I just got one and just ordered a WX4100 for it, have you tried upgrading yours with a video card? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datafeedexpert Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 1 minute ago, robi39 said: Awesome, thank you @datafeedexpert I saw that you have a M720Q, I just got one and just ordered a WX4100 for it, have you tried upgrading yours with a video card? no i don't try on M720Q 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeveedee Posted September 21 Author Share Posted September 21 (edited) On 9/20/2024 at 12:36 PM, robi39 said: Not sure if it was this post or another post but somebody mentioned that if you want a more powerful mini PC, you should look at the Lenovo mini PC with AMD graphics. Does anyone remember which model was that? Thank you. This is the thread that I referred to. If I were building a 10th gen Intel Mini PC, this would be the one. EDIT: I'm biased now after creating and maintaining the macOS solutions and thoroughly enjoying them, but I think that these two hacks are the best value: Intel Graphics UHD630 (this thread) AMD Radeon Graphics RX 560x The HP EliteDesk 800 G4 and G5 Mini platforms are very well made, fully supported by Windows 11 (because they are 8th and 9th Gen Intel) and run macOS extremely well. Edited September 23 by deeveedee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robi39 Posted September 29 Share Posted September 29 On 9/20/2024 at 5:03 PM, deeveedee said: This is the thread that I referred to. If I were building a 10th gen Intel Mini PC, this would be the one. EDIT: I'm biased now after creating and maintaining the macOS solutions and thoroughly enjoying them, but I think that these two hacks are the best value: Intel Graphics UHD630 (this thread) AMD Radeon Graphics RX 560x The HP EliteDesk 800 G4 and G5 Mini platforms are very well made, fully supported by Windows 11 (because they are 8th and 9th Gen Intel) and run macOS extremely well. Thank you, I just put together a M720Q with the WX 4100 graphics, if you wait it out you can get the M720Q for about $50 and the WX 4100 is about $50 as well, so for about $100 you have a pretty good tiny PC that runs macOS pretty well. The P330/P340 is out of my price range. Has anyone tried the HP Elitedesk 705 G4 with the 2400GE and the RX560X graphics, it has the same port for the graphics as the 800 G4/G5? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeveedee Posted September 29 Author Share Posted September 29 @robi39 Very happy about your new hack. Congratulations. This thread is dedicated to the HP EliteDesk 800 G4 and G5 Mini. It would be best for you post questions about other platforms in the appropriate thread. If the appropriate thread for those platforms does not exist, feel free to create one. To help others, you could post details about your new hacks in those appropriate threads. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeveedee Posted October 11 Author Share Posted October 11 (edited) I don't see any compelling reasons to upgrade to Open Core 1.0.2 from 1.0.1, so if you're happy with your hack, you can leave it alone. For those who want to upgrade to OC 1.0.2, the EFI changes are below. for the EFI attached to Post #1 are below. As of the writing of this post, the EFI attached to Post #1 is still based on OC 1.0.1 without any of the updates below. The Open Core EFI attached to Post #1 has been updated with the changes below. Upgrading to Open Core 1.0.2 Upgrade BOOT/BOOTx64.efi Upgrade OC/OpenCore.efi Upgrade OC/Drivers/*.* (except HfsPlus.efi) Upgrade OC/Tools/*.* Upgrade OC/Kexts AppleALC.kext 1.9.1 -> 1.9.2 Lilu.kext 1.6.8 -> 1.6.9 RestrictEvents.kext 1.1.4 -> 1.1.5 VirtualSMC.kext 1.3.3 -> 1.3.4 SMCProcessor.kext 1.3.3 -> 1.3.4 SMCSuperIO.kext 1.3.3 -> 1.3.4 WhateverGreen.kext 1.6.7 -> 1.6.8 OC/config.plist Add UEFI > Unload Change Misc > Security > SecureBootModel: Disabled Edited October 12 by deeveedee Added SBM: Disabled 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeveedee Posted October 12 Author Share Posted October 12 The EFI attached to Post #1 has been updated to Open Core 1.0.2 with the changes in my previous post. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeveedee Posted 11 hours ago Author Share Posted 11 hours ago There have been several questions about installing a 9th Gen Intel CPU on an EliteDesk 800 G4 Mini motherboard. See this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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