OpenCore-20241124

OpenCore 1.0.2 for Qiyida X99-D4

Working macOS version: Sequoia 15.0

BIOS

Warning

• STOCK BIOS STUCK AT EXITBS(KERNEL PANIC) AND WON'T BOOT.
• TO USE THIS EFI(OR USING OPENCORE), YOU MUST FLASH YOUR BIOS TO HUANANZHI X99-F8 BIOS.
• DUE TO (BIOS) DEVICE PATH DIFFERENTS, SOME DEVICES ARE NOT WORKING.

DISCLAIMER

• FLASHING BIOS AT YOUR OWN RISKS.
• ALWAYS HAVE A BACK UP OF YOUR ORIGINAL BIOS AND BETTER HAVE A SPI PROGRAMMER(IN CASE YOU BRICKED YOUR BIOS).

Build specs(setup):

• Qiyida X99-D4 (Chinese mobo: Review – Qiyida X99-D4 – An Affordable chinese Motherboard for Xeon with White PCB)
• Intel Xeon E5-1630v3
• 3*8GB + 1*4GB 2133MHz REG ECC
• AMD RX570 4GB
• 512GB SATA SSD
• (optional) WDC-433SU2MBK USB 2.0 11ac/n/a(5GHz) WiFi

WORKING

• SATA1, SATA3 Ports
• USB Ports(both USB2 and USB3)
• 5.1 AUDIO Ports
• M.2, NVME/NGFF Slot (Thanks @narcyzzo for confirmation here)
• PCIE 1x slot

NOT WORKING

• SATA2, SATA4 Ports
• Ethernet port(NIC)

NOT TESTED

• P/S2 Ports

HOW TO FLASH BIOS & CONFIGURATIONS

OPENCORE

Version: 1.0.2

macOS Version: Sequoia 15.0

PLEASE USE OCAuxiliaryTools TO EDIT CONFIG.PLIST

GENERATE NEW SMBIOS, THEN LOOK FOR ROM FIELD, REPLACE FIRST 6 DIGITS WITH 0016CB, EXAMPLE: A0B1C2001122 → 0016CB001122

DON'T DISABLE OR REMOVE Ethernet in Settings > Network OR YOU WILL NOT ABLE TO USE APPLE SERVICES ↓

SEE Fixing iMessage and other services with OpenCore