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Issues with Asus Z97-a El Capitan 10.11.1 Clover

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Hi everyone,

I followed this guide (http://www.tonymacx86.com/el-capita...-el-capitan-any-supported-intel-based-pc.html) and installed El Capitan from scratch on my "Willie" build (Asus Z97-a, i7 4790k, GTX750). All in all it works but I get a few inconvenient issues:

- I get random problems:
EDIT: Probably due to sleep mode issue [a) For instance Network used to work OOTB but then at some point after a reboot it stopped working and I needed to install drivers from multibeast (now it works again).]
EDIT: not an issue then... [b) GTX750 was not found at first but then it worked ok after a restart.]
EDIT: disabling sleep seems to fix this [c) Sound works but sometimes, upon reboot, it doesn't work anymore. Restarting the machine seem to fix this.]
d) front USB (USB2/3) seems to work, now for some reason my external USB drive (USB3 port on the back) cannot be seen anymore after a reboot. I tried restarting several times -> disk is still not seen. I moved it to a different USB3 port (on the front) and now it is detected correctly. Similar issue with my Bluetooth dongle that never worked in 10.11.1 when plugged on a USB2 port on the back and now works normally when plugged into a USB2 port on the front. This dongle used to work well on any USB port in Yosemite and earlier
e) I didn't check yet if USB3 works at full speed or is limited to USB2 transfer rate.

EDIT: fixed [My blutooth USB dongle is not working anymore (used to work in Yosemite and earlier). Is there anything I can do about this?]

I know nothing about Clover, yet. Upon startup I need to hit enter in order to select the boot drive. Is there a way to make this automatic? I would like to be able to reboot the machine remotely without the need to be here to hit enter during startup.
-> I read this (http://www.tonymacx86.com/basics/174322-how-set-clover-automatically-boot-system-drive.html) and this (http://www.tonymacx86.com/basics/174321-how-mount-efi-partition.html) and thus checked my config.plist file. AFAIU it should auto-boot to the OSX drive after 3 secondes, right?
Code:
<dict>
		<key>Arguments</key>
		<string>dart=0</string>
		<key>DefaultVolume</key>
		<string>El Capitan</string>
		<key>Legacy</key>
		<string>PBR</string>
		<key>Log</key>
		<true/>
		<key>Secure</key>
		<false/>
		<key>Timeout</key>
		<integer>3</integer>
		<key>XMPDetection</key>
		<string>NO</string>
	</dict>

NTFS-3g seems to be broken in 10.11. What is the best option to get write access on NTFS volumes? Activate the hidden feature trough CLI? Anything else?

I had no TRIM support for my SSD. I didn't find anything about trim support in multibeast 8 or in the installation guide.
Code:
sudo trimforce enable
in the terminal fixed this.

Thank you very much in advance for your help.

Best,
-a-

EDIT:
I got back from lunch and now sound doesn't work anymore and my bluetooth trackpad cannot connect (bluetooth prefpan is still there though)... Again, restarting the machine fixed this.
could there be an issue with suspend/sleep or something?
 
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Hi everyone


OK here is the issues I am still having:

a) sleep mode -> wake seem to break a few things (network at least) so I disabled sleep until I find a fix

b) USB3 ports in the back only accept USB2 devices. All USB2 ports as well as front USB3 ports seem to work properly. Front USB3 ports accept USB3 devices but I didn't test yet if the speed rate corresponds indeed to USB3 or if I only get USB2 transfer rate.

c) Bluetooth dongle works for all BT devices tested so far (including apple magic mouse) but not for the apple trackpad (pairing fails). Could this be due to the USB issue?

d) EDIT: solved (see next post below) Clover doesn't automatically boot on the system drive after 3 seconds. As far as I can tell the config.pflist file has the setting to have auto-boot after 3 seconds.

e) NTFS write access. What would be the best option?

Thank you very much in advance for your input.
Best,
-a-
 
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I know nothing about Clover, yet. Upon startup I need to hit enter in order to select the boot drive. Is there a way to make this automatic? I would like to be able to reboot the machine remotely without the need to be here to hit enter during startup.
-> I read this (http://www.tonymacx86.com/basics/174322-how-set-clover-automatically-boot-system-drive.html) and this (http://www.tonymacx86.com/basics/174321-how-mount-efi-partition.html) and thus checked my config.plist file. AFAIU it should auto-boot to the OSX drive after 3 secondes, right?
Code:
<dict>
		<key>Arguments</key>
		<string>dart=0</string>
		<key>DefaultVolume</key>
		<string>[COLOR="#FF0000"][B]El Capitan[/B][/COLOR]</string>
		<key>Legacy</key>
		<string>PBR</string>
		<key>Log</key>
		<true/>
		<key>Secure</key>
		<false/>
		<key>Timeout</key>
		<integer>3</integer>
		<key>XMPDetection</key>
		<string>NO</string>
	</dict>

SOLVED! The red text should be replaced by the name of my OSX drive. Actually Clover was looking for a drive named El Capitan and couldn't find it.

I wonder if there would be a way to use some "absolute" designation here (like disk0s1 or the UUID) in order for me to be able to rename my OSX drive to whatever I like without the need to edit the config.plist file...

Edit: Apparently this can be done in some way: http://clover-wiki.zetam.org/configuration/boot
However
Code:
LastBootedVolume
doesn't work for me for some reason...

I also tried my GUID that I found using Clover Configurator -> Boot log. However it didn't work either. I still get to the selection screen with no timeout... Only volume name seems to work in my case...
 
Hi

Looks like a nice post too bad no one is replying. Got almost identical setup but AMD graphic card. My Hackintosh is working now for 2 years and started to have issues since updated my bios from A13 to A18 or A23

I did test and going back to A13 resolves all the issues i`m having but trying to get it work right with new BIOS.

Will get back to you with findings. Starting from scratch on Saturday.
 
Hi

Looks like a nice post too bad no one is replying. Got almost identical setup but AMD graphic card. My Hackintosh is working now for 2 years and started to have issues since updated my bios from A13 to A18 or A23

I did test and going back to A13 resolves all the issues i`m having but trying to get it work right with new BIOS.

Will get back to you with findings. Starting from scratch on Saturday.

Hallelujah! I'm not alone in the dark ;)

Thanks for your input. I never checked what is the BIOS version running on my Z97s. I never upgraded it but I'll check which one was the default one on my boards.

Looking forward to reading from you.
Best,
-a-
 
Hallelujah! I'm not alone in the dark ;)

Thanks for your input. I never checked what is the BIOS version running on my Z97s. I never upgraded it but I'll check which one was the default one on my boards.

Looking forward to reading from you.
Best,
-a-

Hi

I was fighting with this whole weekend and can confirm - Bios A13 is holy grail for me. All issues are gone when using this version. Updating bios is causing unknown ACPI platform etc issues.

Still randomly got some freezing when browsing internet, or switching between windows - found today on other forum that using any XMP profiles for memory casn cause it.

Everything apart of this works fine. Sleep same as you disabled but in my case i have Radeon 7XXX and its always coming back with Black screen. Tested with Intel and sleep was working fine. Not using any DSDT or SSDT

Imessage and facetime works like oryginal :p
 
Hi

I was fighting with this whole weekend and can confirm - Bios A13 is holy grail for me. All issues are gone when using this version. Updating bios is causing unknown ACPI platform etc issues.

Still randomly got some freezing when browsing internet, or switching between windows - found today on other forum that using any XMP profiles for memory casn cause it.

Everything apart of this works fine. Sleep same as you disabled but in my case i have Radeon 7XXX and its always coming back with Black screen. Tested with Intel and sleep was working fine. Not using any DSDT or SSDT

Imessage and facetime works like oryginal :p

Thanks for this information :)

I'm currently on holiday and will return to work next week.
I'll look into what BIOS version I am running ASAP.

Best,
-a-
 
At boot it says BIOS Revision 1205

(ASUS Z97-A ACPI BIOS Revision 1205)

...?
-a-
 
Any news on the sleep front?
In my case it imitates sleep, then completely reboots after wake.
No error messages in the konsole...

Asus Z97-A - 18 GB - 4790K - El Capitan 10.11.3

My first build so I´m hopefully just missing something easy.
Would be nice if it was at least waking up - even with problems - then I´ll have a starting point.
 
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