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Please help! Updated clover and all went south :(

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csmatt45

csmatt45

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hi there.
Please help. I was finally running smooth, happy, etc. Then I made the fatal error of updating the clover version. Ended up with the one that shows the winter scene when you boot. That killed all and wouldn't let me boot at all.
I went through a bunch of posts, finally was able to get back into the old version with flash drive.
Followed some instructions and deleted some things in the configure.
Restarted, and now it's all really messed up.
I must have made a critical error and deleted a line I should not have because now I can't even get into the OS at all.
Upon doing anything in the bios, I hit enter, and screen goes black everytime. Doesn't matter what drive I choose.
At this point, I'd like to just swipe everything and start over. Totally from scratch. Problem is, I can't go anywhere past the bios to make that happen.
Can anyone tell me how to bail out and start clean again from here? Or am I doomed because I did some permanent damage?
Please help!
Thank you.
 
CustoMac Mini
H370N WIFI |  i3 8100 |  HD 630
csmatt45 said:
Upon doing anything in the bios, I hit enter, and screen goes black everytime. Doesn't matter what drive I choose.
At this point, I'd like to just swipe everything and start over. Totally from scratch. Problem is, I can't go anywhere past the bios to make that happen.
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Can you please explain what you mean by this?
  1. Do you mean that when you enter the BIOS Setup screen for your motherboard and press Enter, then your video display goes black?
  2. Or do you mean that when you hit the BIOS key to choose a Boot Drive, then select any boot drive (USB or SDD/HDD) then the screen just goes black (right away) and the Clover Boot menu never shows up?
If #2 describes your problem, then the first thing would be to create a new USB installer with UniBeast. You should then be able to boot from the USB disk..

The Clover settings on your Mojave hard drive are probably corrupted, but that should not interfere with your ability to boot from the USB flash disk.

Once you can boot from USB and the Clover boot screen comes up, select your Mojave disk and press Enter. The system should start to boot into Mojave. If this succeeds, you can reinstall Clover by downloading the latest version from the web (or use MultiBeast 11.0.1 to install Clover on the Mojave disk). And then be sure to mount the EFI partitions from the Mojave disk and from the USB flash disk, then copy the config.plist from the USB EFI/CLOVER folder to the Mojave EFI/CLOVER folder.

Then shutdown the system, remove the USB flash disk, and reboot in the normal way from the Mojave disk.
 
Thx so much for the thorough reply.

My answer to the first set would be #2.
I get to the Snow theme screen (updated version of clover), then pick any disc, and all immediately goes black. I can go into the options and such, but no matter what, if I pick a disc, it all crashes.

I am still able to get into the bios via the F12 key.

Once, I was able to get back to the older black and green version of clover by using my flash drive created from my macbook. That was when I tried to fix things and screwed it up. I didn't know I had screwed it up, so I did a restart and have been locked out ever since.

So you are saying I should wipe the USB flash drive, make a new one, then try again?

I'm a little confused about you saying I should then install the newest version of clover again. Wouldn't I just be recreating this all again? Shouldn't I try to get the older version again? Please clarify that if you can.
Thx again for your reply.
 
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H370N WIFI |  i3 8100 |  HD 630
I am still trying to understand the problem you're facing. Let me see if I have this right:
  • You can actually reach the Clover Boot screen by booting your main Mojave disk (not the USB flash disk)?
  • But when you choose any of the boot disks shown there (in the Snow theme), your screen goes black?
You have an 8th generation Intel core processor on a Gigabyte H370N WiFi motherboard. Your CPU has the UHD630 internal graphics processor and your motherboard has 2 HDMI ports and one DisplayPort. I am also assuming that you are not using a discrete graphics card.

It could be that your Platform ID is not configured correctly and video output goes black. But it could be any of several other issues. So let's go thru this:
  1. Which video port are you using? If you switch to a different one, do you get video?
  2. Enable verbose boot flag. You can do this from the Clover Boot screen. Just go to "Options" and enter -v in the Boot Arguments field and then boot from the Mojave disk. You might need to have your smartphone available and take a video of all the messages that get displayed before the screen goes blank. Capture the last frame from the video and post here.
  3. Please also upload your config.plist (but put dummy values for Serial Number in SMBIOS section).
As you can see, I am trying to determine if the internal graphics card is simply misconfigured (hence no video) or if there is something more severe like a randomseed or memory allocation failure or worse!
 
Hi again.
CaseySJ said:
  • You can actually reach the Clover Boot screen by booting your main Mojave disk (not the USB flash disk)?
  • But when you choose any of the boot disks shown there (in the Snow theme), your screen goes black?
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yes, this is exactly correct.

CaseySJ said:
I am also assuming that you are not using a discrete graphics card.
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this is also correct. no additional card.

CaseySJ said:
It could be that your Platform ID is not configured correctly and video output goes black.
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I have a feeling this may be correct (with my limited understanding). I made the mistake of trying to mess with the config at 2am when very tired and flustered. Was trying to get a second monitor to work, but my comp wouldn't do it. I guess the H370N has issues with that.

CaseySJ said:
Which video port are you using? If you switch to a different one, do you get video?
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As you said, I have 2 hdmi ports and the display port. The computer works fine with the HDMI2 being used. I have plugged several monitors in there, all good. using the other hdmi port, The display is mirrored on boot, clover, etc, until it gets to the OS login (so I know there is nothing wrong with the physical jack or connector). when the hackintosh was working, once I logged in, the second monitor would go black and "sleep", but everything has always been fine on the hdmi2 port. I don't think that would have caused this directly... I think it was me trying to "fix" it that caused it, haha.

CaseySJ said:
Please also upload your config.plist (but put dummy values for Serial Number in SMBIOS section).
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will do as soon as I get home...

Thank you!
 
CustoMac Mini
H370N WIFI |  i3 8100 |  HD 630
CaseySJ said:
I am still trying to understand the problem you're facing. Let me see if I have this right:
  • You can actually reach the Clover Boot screen by booting your main Mojave disk (not the USB flash disk)?
  • But when you choose any of the boot disks shown there (in the Snow theme), your screen goes black?
You have an 8th generation Intel core processor on a Gigabyte H370N WiFi motherboard. Your CPU has the UHD630 internal graphics processor and your motherboard has 2 HDMI ports and one DisplayPort. I am also assuming that you are not using a discrete graphics card.

It could be that your Platform ID is not configured correctly and video output goes black. But it could be any of several other issues. So let's go thru this:
  1. Which video port are you using? If you switch to a different one, do you get video?
  2. Enable verbose boot flag. You can do this from the Clover Boot screen. Just go to "Options" and enter -v in the Boot Arguments field and then boot from the Mojave disk. You might need to have your smartphone available and take a video of all the messages that get displayed before the screen goes blank. Capture the last frame from the video and post here.
  3. Please also upload your config.plist (but put dummy values for Serial Number in SMBIOS section).
As you can see, I am trying to determine if the internal graphics card is simply misconfigured (hence no video) or if there is something more severe like a randomseed or memory allocation failure or worse!
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Hey Casey. Wanted to thank you for all your help. Unfortunately, after the clover update, no matter what, I couldn't get it going. I'm not sure if it's possible to permanently break something at only a software level, be even after a swipe, remade flash drive install, New os install, etc, I couldn't get the ssd to even show in the bios. It was weird. I also know it wasn't always the case, since I did have it Rolling before the update.
I've got to ask, does anyone know why there are no clear warnings about this update? Or why it hasn't been pulled down while it's sorted? I saw after the fact that it's a common issue, but for someone like me that saw the update prompt and thought I was doing the right thing, it seems it can really create havoc.
Anyways, luckily, purchased the parts on Amazon prime, so sent back ssd, motherboard, and cpu for refund. Will buy new and give another go soon.
 
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H370N WIFI |  i3 8100 |  HD 630
CustoMac Mini
H370N WIFI |  i3 8100 |  HD 630
csmatt45 said:
But why is it that someone can buy identical parts, and follow everything to the letter, and still hit problems?
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Alas that's why they call it a "hack"intosh. Seems the process turns us all into hackers whether we like it or not. Small differences or one missed checkbox or one missed hex value can make a difference. Some motherboards require BIOS to be flashed to new or different versions. Sometimes we have to clear CMOS (or re-flash the same BIOS version) to clear the memory map or other leftovers (similar to Cmd-Option-P-R on real macs to reset NVRAM). Sometimes the USB flash disk itself may be corrupted or the downloaded Mojave installer itself may be corrupted. Sometimes DRAM DIMMs plugged into only Bank B should be moved to Bank A. Sometimes 4K monitors don't work and it's better to use 1080p monitors.

So as you can see even "identical parts" can be different...
 
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CaseySJ said:
Alas that's why they call it a "hack"intosh. Seems the process turns us all into hackers whether we like it or not. Small differences or one missed checkbox or one missed hex value can make a difference. Some motherboards require BIOS to be flashed to new or different versions. Sometimes we have to clear CMOS (or re-flash the same BIOS version) to clear the memory map or other leftovers (similar to Cmd-Option-Shift-P-R on real macs to reset NVRAM). Sometimes the USB flash disk itself may be corrupted or the downloaded Mojave installer itself may be corrupted. Sometimes DRAM DIMMs plugged into only Bank B should be moved to Bank A. Sometimes 4K monitors don't work and it's better to use 1080p monitors.

So as you can see even "identical parts" can be different...
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Ahh. Gotcha.
Any guess what may have happened on mine?
And one other question. I have investigated this, went over the buy list, etc. But IYO, is there one or two of the recommended builds that you think is the least problem prone and most likely to be successful than another?
 
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H370N WIFI |  i3 8100 |  HD 630
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