Summary and USB Flash Drive PB3/DP4 Clean Install Proposal
The workgroup composition below should especially help all yet not successful users in contacting and interacting with those users, who already have been able to successfully boot an USB Flash Drive PB3/DP4 Clean Installer/Upgrader by means of my distributed EFI folder and by following all instructions contained in my 10.13 High Sierra Desktop Guide (originating post of this thread).
I propose the following 5 working groups, whose members should interact with posts or private messages (also with me) in order to successfully boot with the respective mobo configurations a USB Flash Drive DP3/DP4 Clean Installer/Upgrader with the EFI folder contained in my EFI-10.13-TM-040817a.zip once more attached below. Note that I 100% successfully verified this EFI folder with the ASUS X99-A II (bios version 1701) and the i7-6950X (identical hardware configuration with yours) with respect to both PB3/DP4 clean install and PB3/DP4 Update from 10.12.16 and DP3.
Alternatively, one finds below in addition to EFI-10.13-TM-040817a.zip a simplified config.plist with all apparently critical MatchOS entries removed, just in case that somebody still encounters problems with the config.plist of the EFI folder contained in EFI-10.13-TM-040817a.zip.
Note that all Broadwell-E users should be able to directly apply the EFI folder contained in EFI-10.13-TM-040817a.zip as well as the alternative config.plist configuration without any further modifications. All Haswell-E users have to perform before the "CPU Type", "FakeCPUID" and "XCPM KernelToPatch Entry" changes indicated in the originating post of this thread (10.13 High Sierra Desktop Guide). Further note, that the EFI folder already contains the most actual Clover Bootloader Configration (v. 4128)
Before performing the current USB Flash Drive PB3/DP4 Clean Installer/Upgrader test and investigation, please check your BIOS settings with respect to those depicted in the originating post of this thread (10.13 High Sierra Desktop Guide) and verify also that you posses the latest BIOS firmware version for your respective mobo configuration.
Proposed Workgroup Composition:
1.)
ASUS X99-A II, ASUS X99-A
2.)
ASUS X99 Deluxe II, ASUS X99 Deluxe
3.)
ASUS X99 Rampage V Edition 10
4.)
ASUS X99 Sabertooth
5.)
Gigabyte X99M
Success Feedback:
@kgp,
@dsm - ASUS X99-A II, i7-6950X
@Obecny -
#post 175, #post 192 ,
#post 203 and
#post 207 - ASUS X99 Deluxe II, i7-6900K
@GDS -
#post 217 ,
#post 220 and
#post 222 - ASUS X99 Deluxe II, e5-2696v4
@wayne2401 -
#post 6 - ASUS X99 Deluxe II, i7-6900K
@dnetcrawler -
#post 15 - ASUS Rampage V Edition 10, i7-6900K
@robinqu -
#post 20 - ASUS X99-A, i7-6850K
@pete1959 -
#post 37 - ASUS X99 Sabertooth, e5-2690 & Gigabyte X99M, i7-5960
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I am looking forward in receiving as soon as possible your hopefully positive feedback!
Cheers and a successful and fruitful collaboration in between all of us!
Don't give up or get upset, deceived and depressed if you do not succeed immediately
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