Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 6th Gen [Ventura 13 - Windows 11]

Clover EFI for Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 6th Gen - macOS Ventura 13

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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 6th Gen

Specifications:

• BIOS: v1.50
• CPU: i7-8650U (Kaby Lake-R, 2.1 GHz up to 4.2 GHz, Quad-Core)
• GPU: Intel UHD 620
• Display: WQHD 2560x1440 (non-touch) 14" 300 nit
• RAM: 16 GB (2x8) DDR3 2133MHz
• Audio: ALC3286
• SSD: WDC PC SN720 SDAQNTW-512G-1001
• WiFi & Bluetooth: Intel AC-8265 M.2 (replaced to BCM94360CS2 with NGFF M.2 adapter)
• Fingerprint reader
• HD webcam
• Multigesture SMBus/RMI Synaptics touchpad with 3 buttons
• 2 level Backlight keyboard
• 57 Whr Battery
• Connectors:
  • 2x USB-Type C - Thunderbolt 3
  • 2x USB 3.1 Gen 1 (1x USB charging)
  • 1x Ethernet dongle (Intel I219V4 PCI-e)
  • 1x HDMI
  • 3.5mm combo-jack audio

BIOS settings:

• Secure Boot: Disabled
• UEFI: Enabled
• CSM: Disabled
• Virtualization, VT-d: Enabled
• Hyper-Threading: Enabled
• Anti-Theft: Disabled
• Intel SGX: Software Controlled
• Disable Fingerprint at I/O
• Thunderbolt device: Enabled
• For Thunderbolt 3 hot-plug (higher power consumption):
  • Thunderbolt BIOS Assist Mode: Disabled
  • Security Level: No security
  • Support in Pre Boot Environment: Disabled
• For Thunderbolt 3 without hot-plug (lower power consumption but need to plug your device before boot)
  • Thunderbolt BIOS Assist Mode: Enabled

What is working?

• AirDrop, Handoff (only with Broadcom cards)
• iCloud, Messages, App Store, FaceTime, etc.
• Instant WiFi Hotspot with iPhone (only with original Apple Broadcom cards, such as BCM94360CS2)
• Intel UHD 620 (QE/CI, hardware decode/encode, VP9, HDMI)
• Sound (incl. combo-jack, HDMI out)
• Thunderbolt 3 (with hot-plug support)
• USB ports
• Ethernet dongle
• TrackPad, TrackPoint and Keyboard (incl. native multi-gestures, FN keys)
• FileVault
• Battery (~0.5 W when TB3 hot-plug is disabled, ~2W when enabled)
• Sleep
• Power Management
• Webcam
• SD card reader

What isn't working?

• Fingerprint reader
• Hibernation
  • I think it's fixable, but just not worth the trouble for me. Just use normal sleep (hibernationmode=3) like on real MacBooks
• Original Samsung PM NVMe SSD
  • Causing kernel panics. Not fixable, replace your drive with an aftermarket one. I used KINGSTON A2000 and WDC PC SN720, but feel free to choose anything other than Samsung

Issues:

• With Intel wifi the Bluetooth is not functioning properly, AirDrop is not working. Recommended to replace it with an original Apple BCM94360CS2 card to get fully-working functionality like on real Macs
• HDMI isn't working if you start the system with plugged in, disconnect before start and reconnect it after macOS is up and running.
  • Fixable with EDID patch
• HDMI breaks after sleep/wake, need to re-plug
  • Fixable with EDID patch
• Audio sometimes just goes blank at random (rarely): A quick lid close/open solves this, issue needs to be debugged and reported to the Acidanthera team
• Thunderbolt 3 (I only have an ADT-Link R43SG-TB3 device with RX 470, so maybe other devices are good, but I don't have more TB3 devices to test with):
  • If you disconnect the eGPU the notebook will freeze (high CPU usage), you need to restart
  • After sleep hot-plug is not working with the TB3 eGPU (device not detected)
    • Workaround: Plug the TB3 in, put the notebook into sleep, wake it up. It may fail sometimes, try it again if that is the case

Installation:

• Create a macOS USB Installer with any method you now.
  • For creating Monterey Installer USB on Windows, use my guide: [GUIDE] Creating Clover macOS Monterey Installer USB on Windows
  • On macOS you can download the macOS Installer from App Store, or with gibMacOS, and create the USB Installer with the official "createinstallmedia" method
  • On Windows you can create High Sierra - Catalina Installer USB with gibMacOS
• Mount your USB’s EFI and paste my CLOVER and BOOT folder from my bootpack folder to it
  • On Windows you can mount your USB’s EFI with MiniTool Partition Wizard
    • Open MiniTool, select your USB drive’s EFI partition, right click, select “Change Letter”, Click OK, Apply, OK
  • After that you can manage the EFI using Explorer++ in administrator mode
  • On macOS you can use Terminal to mount, or use EFI Mountain Snow.app to mount your USB EFI
  • If there is no EFI folder inside the EFI partition you need to create that first

Example Structure:

• After finished, next step is to boot the Installer USB
  • I suggest to boot with config_debug.plist because if anything will go wrong you’ll see the logs of what causing that.
  • In Clover, select “Options” below the partitions, select “Configs”, then select “config_debug.plist”
• Install macOS
  • Don’t forget to boot from your USB after restarts
    • If you install Monterey boot from Preboot only!
• After installing you need to mount your USB’s EFI and your System Drive’s EFI then copy the CLOVER and BOOT folder to your System Drive’s EFI
  • (again, if there is no EFI folder, you need to create it first)
• Unmount and remove your USB Installer and restart your system

Post Installation

• Open up your config.plist with Clover Configurator.app, on SMBIOS tab, generate new SMBIOS, then you can log-in to iServices now
• Download YogaSMC.app to manage your fan speed, charging threshold, other SMC related things

That’s it!

Credit for tylernguyen for his hard work for creating SSDTs for Thunderbolt 3, he did an excellent job. Check out his work on the OpenCore side if you want

 Happy Hackintoshing! 

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