[Guide] Intel Kaby Lake NUC7 using Clover UEFI (NUC7i7BNH, NUC7i5BNK, NUC7i3BNH, etc)

[studiox]

Thanks for the perfect guide.
Just to reach out: has anyone tried installing on an SSD connected to the SATA interface? My Internal drive does not show up in disk util, however I can boot from it perfectly (contains Win10 atm. that will be wiped with disk util)

Seems all comments are related to NVMe.

Nuc: NUC7i7BNH
Memory: 32G
OS tried: Sierra, and High Sierra.
plist: config_nuc7.plist

I have not installed any specific kext into clover, apart form suggested FakeSMC, GenericUSBXHCI, IntelMausiEthernet and Lilu/IntelGraphics.

Bios is configured to AHCI (not raid)

Have I missed something essential?

I can give you all an update, if anyone else gets the same problem. I managed to use disk utility and install onto another drive. My Windows formatted Intel SSD did not work at all, i.e. did not show up. Changed to another (Samsung) SSD that was pre-formatted with HFS and worked like a charm.

Edit: My nice NUC and OSX got other issues. First the ethernet kext was broken, perhaps during download so I grabbed the one from UniBeast and everything worked fine.

However HDMI is another story, I know that is has been bought up here before but getting consistent HDMI output is really a pain. My main display is a 4k ASUS monitor connected with USB-C->Display Port adapter and everything is working fine, including Audio (that my monitor supports) But I'm relying on my amplifier to support me with sound, as I don't want to use my TV all the time. This works somewhat ok in Windows but has been a pain in the NUCs (Even my previous ones)

However in this case audio over HDMI works when you have rebooted the first time (post install) but after that, not at all. Does not seems to matter how your config.plist looks like. Perhaps 1 of 10 reboots works. DP work all the times, and the internal speakers as well. Even a Windows designed USB sound card worked fine. But not HDMI....

HDMI is detected when I plug in the HDMI cable. Screen preference shows up the control panel (when you "combine" them) but my screen is black. Perhaps this is due to some weird scenario where my amplifier does not handshake correctly with the NUC. But things work in Windows 10 and the BIOS POST works fine on both DP and HDMI.

I know that others have issues with the 7:th generation of NUCs, even in Windows. I'm at 4k resolution on my main screen and 1080p on my TV. Not sure why it's not working. On my previous NUC it worked 9 out of 10 times, here the ratio is the opposite.

 

[BrownChild]

Hello and thanks in advance for the advice.

I have a Intel NUC6i5SYK which I am having issue with getting the audio to work. I had it working before perfectly until I try to install windows and that where it when downhill for me.

Just to give you as much info as I can. I have the latest BIOS (version 0061)update and followed all the steps here create by RehabMan:

[Guide] Intel Skylake NUC6 (and Skull Canyon) using Clover UEFI (NUC6i5SYK, NUC6i7KYK)

Everything installed correctly but the audio. I did everything in this guide at lease 30 times with no luck for the audio. Please help. If there is any additional info you need please let me know.

 

[studiox]

Just to give you as much info as I can. I have the latest BIOS (version 0061)update and followed all the steps here create by RehabMan:

[Guide] Intel Skylake NUC6 (and Skull Canyon) using Clover UEFI (NUC6i5SYK, NUC6i7KYK)

This thread is only targeting the NUC7 and not the NUC6 that you have. I'd suggest you reach out in another thread.

 

[RehabMan]

Hello and thanks in advance for the advice.

I have a Intel NUC6i5SYK which I am having issue with getting the audio to work. I had it working before perfectly until I try to install windows and that where it when downhill for me.

Just to give you as much info as I can. I have the latest BIOS (version 0061)update and followed all the steps here create by RehabMan:

[Guide] Intel Skylake NUC6 (and Skull Canyon) using Clover UEFI (NUC6i5SYK, NUC6i7KYK)

Everything installed correctly but the audio. I did everything in this guide at lease 30 times with no luck for the audio. Please help. If there is any additional info you need please let me know.

Off-topic.
Reply in NUC6 guide thread:
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...g-clover-uefi-nuc6i5syk-nuc6i7kyk-etc.207848/

 

[star-affinity]

Anything special to think about for the 10.12.6 update, or? Thinking about giving it a go soon… Thanks!

 

[RehabMan]

Anything special to think about for the 10.12.6 update, or? Thinking about giving it a go soon… Thanks!

I suspect it will work.
Eventually, I'll update the repo to use native KBL graphics.
You can experiment on your own...

 

[star-affinity]

I suspect it will work.
Eventually, I'll update the repo to use native KBL graphics.
You can experiment on your own...

Worked fine to update via the App Store!

But I do have a problem that was there before the update – no video on my TV which the NUC is connected to via HDMI (but the TV seems detected in MacOS when I remote control it via Screen Sharing.app). This worked before on MacOS 10.12.5 (which is what I had initially) but seems to have stopped working for some reason and the update to 10.12.6 didn’t change that. Maybe a change to native Kaby Lake graphics drivers will fix this? I also noticed that the NUC thinks it’s connected to a projector (my Panasonic TV) and audio out via the TV it thinks goes through DisplayPort. Hmm…

 

[RehabMan]

Worked fine to update via the App Store!

But I do have a problem that was there before the update – no video on my TV which the NUC is connected to via HDMI (but the TV seems detected in MacOS when I remote control it via Screen Sharing.app). This worked before on MacOS 10.12.5 (which is what I had initially) but seems to have stopped working for some reason and the update to 10.12.6 didn’t change that. Maybe a change to native Kaby Lake graphics drivers will fix this? I also noticed that the NUC thinks it’s connected to a projector (my Panasonic TV) and audio out via the TV it thinks goes through DisplayPort. Hmm…

Read post #1, "Problem Reporting".

 

[jukes]

App Store update 10.12.5→10.12.6 worked great for me (NVMe). No sleep issues or audio problems. Using iMac18,1 system specification.

Thank you @RehabMan.

 

[star-affinity]

Read post #1, "Problem Reporting".

Hmm… Now when I came back after being away from home some days I have video just fine on my TV via HDMI from the NUC. Don't know what fixed it – maybe it was just the TV that needed to be power cycled.

It still says that ”Type” is ”DisplayPort” in System Preferences > Sound > Output for my Panasonic-TV (despite being connected to the NUC via HDMI) but since sound is working just fine I guess I can ignore that? The other oddity I've mentioned is that the AirPlay menu in the upper right corner of the screen looks like in the attached screen shot, i.e. MacOS thinks the TV is connected as a projector. But I gues that's nothing to worry about in this case? Like I said, things seems to work fine, so for now I think I will skip posting the troubleshooting files I prepared, saving you some time.

Thanks again for all the help! Looking forward to trying the Kaby Lake native graphics whenever you have the updated repository ready. Cheers!