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[brunogermain]

MacBookPro14,1 would be a better choice

what happens when you don't boot using cpus=1?

Will change to 14,1

Without cpus=1 it hangs at apple logo or, if it boots, goes into the login loop described in the first post

 

[Feartech]

Will change to 14,1

Without cpus=1 it hangs at apple logo or, if it boots, goes into the login loop described in the first post

boot verbose and take a pic to upload

 

[brunogermain]

There you go

 

[Feartech]

There you go

you have some old kext versions


Use this to make sure your kexts are up to date:

profdrluigi / kextupdater / Downloads — Bitbucket

bitbucket.org

 

[brunogermain]

updated everything, but the only way to boot is with cpus=1 flag

 

[brunogermain]

also tried replacing VirtualSMC with FakeSMC, but no change.
would it be worth trying VoodooTSCSync?

 

[Feartech]

also tried replacing VirtualSMC with FakeSMC, but no change.
would it be worth trying VoodooTSCSync?

certainly worth a try

I assume you are using the latest version of High Sierra? it may be worth trying Mojave

 

[brunogermain]

certainly worth a try

I assume you are using the latest version of High Sierra? it may be worth trying Mojave

VoodooTSCSync with IOCPUNumber set to 7 did the trick!
I can boot super fast without cpus=1 flag.
My only concern now is that while AppleIntelInfo and Intel Power Gadget show power management working, HWMonitor only sees 2 CPU cores instead of 4.

 

[Feartech]

VoodooTSCSync with IOCPUNumber set to 7 did the trick!
I can boot super fast without cpus=1 flag.
My only concern now is that while AppleIntelInfo and Intel Power Gadget show power management working, HWMonitor only sees 2 CPU cores instead of 4.

your processor in your hardware only has 2 cores:

Intel® Core™ i7-7500U Processor (4M Cache, up to 3.50 GHz ) Product Specifications

Intel® Core™ i7-7500U Processor (4M Cache, up to 3.50 GHz ) quick reference guide including specifications, features, pricing, compatibility, design documentation, ordering codes, spec codes and more.

ark.intel.com

 

[brunogermain]

your processor in your hardware only has 2 cores:

Intel® Core™ i7-7500U Processor (4M Cache, up to 3.50 GHz ) Product Specifications

Intel® Core™ i7-7500U Processor (4M Cache, up to 3.50 GHz ) quick reference guide including specifications, features, pricing, compatibility, design documentation, ordering codes, spec codes and more.

ark.intel.com

I know... This thread is about a friend's hackintosh, same laptop, same hardware, apart from from the processor, which is an i5-8250U, 4 cores