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How To Fix Magenta or Pink HDMI Display On Hackintosh

pink or magenta screen on HDMI displayport

When you have a Hackintosh desktop or laptop display on the external TV or Monitor with HDMI and the color comes out Pink or Magenta, which means the output display of the frame buffer is configured to DP (4) by default. We need to change the connector and type to 0x00080000 which is HDMI for

Create Your First Laptop Hackintosh

Catalina 15.5 hackintosh

Update 5/3/2021 – Installed Big Sur 11.3 and everything works perfectly with macBook Pro 13,2. Clover 5130 config  , OpenCore 0.6.6 config ,  if you have the exact same model. ,  Create your first Laptop Hackintosh means installing macOS Catalina 15.5 on your Windows Laptop. It’s not hard but not easy, the best thing is

How To Fix Low Backlight Level with BacklightFixup.kext

Catalina Display Backlight Control Panel

Clover boot loader seems NOT to handle Lilu.kext, WhateverGreen.kext and SSDT-PNLF.aml well when it comes to setting the backlight level on Hackintosh while OpenCore boot loader sets the maximum brightness every time. In the case of low backlight with Clover, we can use and its SSDT-PNLF.aml to set the brightness to maximum.

OpenCore Boot Loader for Hackintosh

OpenCore_boot_Menu

. has been the best boot loader for Hackintosh, since the macOS Catalina 10.15.4+, there are quite a few bugs with the newer versions, r5089-5098 don’t scan boot volumes. The only versions seem to work are 5107-5115 but still buggy. My HP x360 i7-4510u Haswell HD4400 only works with r5107 or newer while M7-J120dx works with r5078.

How To Fix Kernel Panic (KP) Reboot After Sleep/Wake Catalina 10.15.4 On Haswell HD4600

xcode_kp_catalina_fix_haswell

Catalina 10.15.4 with the supplemental update seems to be the trouble maker for most hackintoshes compared to the 10.15.3. The new Clover boot loader is quite buggy. The Haswell HD4400 and HD4600 have kernel panic reboot after sleep/wake when using AppleAlc.kext (1.4.8) to patch IDT 92HD91Bxx sounds with Lilu.kext 1.4.3. The only way to work