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ASUS A556U (X556UQ) - Hackintosh Mojave 10.14.6

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Screenshot

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Technical Specifications

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Name	Specifications
Processor	Intel Core i5 - 6200U
Memory	1x 4 GB DDR4 2133 Mhz + 1x 8 GB DDR4 2133 Mhz
Storage	SSD M.2 SATA Silicon Power 240 GB
Video	Integrated Intel HD 520 + NVIDIA 940MX
Wi-Fi + Bluetooh	Qualcomm Atheros 9565
Ethernet	Realtek RTL8111
Audio	Realtek ALC255
Touchpad	ELAN 1000 I2C Interface
Screen Size	15,6 Inch
Screen Resolution	1920 x 1080
Others	1x Card Reader, 1x WebCam, 1x VGA Port, 1x HDMI, 1x Combo Audio Jack, 1x USB 2.0, 1x USB 3.0 Type A, 1x USB 3.0 Type C, 1x Optical Drive

What Works Well

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✅ Intel HD 520 (With QE/CI)

✅ All USB Port

✅ VGA Port

✅ Keyboard

✅ Touchpad

✅ Onboard Ethernet

✅ Wi-Fi

✅ Webcam

✅ Battery Status

✅ FN Keys (Almost all key working)

✅ Native Power Management

✅ Optical Drive

What Works (with Notes)

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⚠️ Audio (Internal mic work but not auto switchable)

⚠️ Bluetooth (Boot to Windows/Linux/VM to load firmware)

⚠️ Restart, Sleep, Shutdown (Sleep with Apple Logo Menu and FN + F1 works fine, but on close and open LID the screen is turned off but the laptop engine and LED indicator are still on and when wake up its open login screen again)

Does Not Work

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❌ NVIDIA 940MX (Optimus - impossible to get working at the moment)

❌ iMessage (TODO fix)

❌ FaceTime (TODO fix)

Not Tested

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1. SD Card Reader

2. HDMI

Kexts List

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• CLOVER/Kext/Other

  Lilu

  AppleALC

  AsusSMC (Need Patch DSDT/SSDT)

  CPUFriend

  HibernationFixup

  NoTouchID

  RealtekRTL8111

  RTCMemoryFixup

  USBInjectAll (Need Patch DDST/SSDT)

  VirtualSMC + All Plugins

  VoodooPS2Controller

  WhateverGreen

• Library/Extensions

  VoodooI2C + VoodooI2CELAN (Need GPIO Pinning)

• System/Library/Extensions (Backup original file first)

  IO80211Family.kext (For ATH9565)

  corecrypto.kext

  corecapture.kext

SSDT/DSDT Patches

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• [syn] Rename _DSM methods to XSDM

• [audio] Audio Layout 27 (edited from other audio patch)

• [bat] ASUS N55SL/VivoBook

• [igpu] Brightness fix

• [usb] USB3 _PRW 0x0D Skylake (instant wake)

• [sys] SMBUS Fix

• [sys] IRQ Fix

• [sys] HPET Fix

• [sys] Fix Mutex with non-zero SyncLevel

Additional DSDT/SSDT Patches for kext and other fix

• VoodooI2C + VoodooI2CELAN

  Follow this tutorial

• AsusSMC

  Follow this tutorial

• Disable DGPU

  Follow this tutorial

• USBInjectAll

  Follow hackintool USB Port Patching

Credits

Thanks to everyone who made this possibile: RehabMan, alexandred, black-dragon74, Mieze, acidanthera, every contributor to the repos/guides and the whole Hackintosh community.