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[remington]

@remington what version of Mojave do you use? your EFI folder didn't help me strange - same PC specs...

What's your BIOS version?

Here's my BIOS config:

BIOS version 3801 x64

"EZ Mode"
X.M.P. -> Disabled
EZ System Tuning -> Normal

"Advanced Mode" (Press F7)
Extreme Tweaker
  Ai Overclocking Tuner > Auto
  Extreme Tweaking > Disabled
Advanced Items
  System Agent (SA) Configuration > VT-d > Disable
  PCH Configuration > IOAPIC 24-119 Entries > Disabled
  APM Configuration > Power on by PCI - E/PCI > Disabled
  USB Configuration > Legacy USB Support > Enabled
  USB Configuration > Keyboard and Mouse Simulation > Disabled
Boot Menu
  Fast Boot > Enabled
  Boot Logo Display > Disabled
  Secure Boot > OS Type > Other OS
  Exit > Save Changes

 

[vrudikov]

What's your BIOS version?

Here's my BIOS config:

BIOS version 3801 x64

"EZ Mode"
X.M.P. -> Disabled
EZ System Tuning -> Normal

"Advanced Mode" (Press F7)
Extreme Tweaker
  Ai Overclocking Tuner > Auto
  Extreme Tweaking > Disabled
Advanced Items
  System Agent (SA) Configuration > VT-d > Disable
  PCH Configuration > IOAPIC 24-119 Entries > Disabled
  APM Configuration > Power on by PCI - E/PCI > Disabled
  USB Configuration > Legacy USB Support > Enabled
  USB Configuration > Keyboard and Mouse Simulation > Disabled
Boot Menu
  Fast Boot > Enabled
  Boot Logo Display > Disabled
  Secure Boot > OS Type > Other OS
  Exit > Save Changes

The same. Only one thing:
USB Configuration > Legacy USB Support > Auto

Change to:
USB Configuration > Legacy USB Support > Enabled

P.S.: no change. very strange

 

[remington]

P.S.: no change. very strange

Disconnect all USB devices except mouse and keyboard. Some USB Hub will keep computer from going to sleep.

 

[vrudikov]

Disconnect all USB devices except mouse and keyboard. Some USB Hub will keep computer from going to sleep.

Wait. Sleep works for me. Computer goes to sleep, and when I awake it - discs start spinning, all lights turn on on motherboard, mouse lights turn on, but not monitor. This is my main issue - it means that I have issue with iGPU or monitor. But monitor works everywhere. He got awake for Windows

 

[remington]

Wait. Sleep works for me. Computer goes to sleep, and when I awake it - discs start spinning, all lights turn on on motherboard, mouse lights turn on, but not monitor. This is my main issue - it means that I have issue with iGPU or monitor. But monitor works everywhere. He got awake for Windows

If you turn monitor off and on does it show anything? HDMI is know to have issues with black screen after sleep. Did you try DisplayPort cable?

 

[vrudikov]

If you turn monitor off and on does it show anything? HDMI is know to have issues with black screen after sleep. Did you try DisplayPort cable?

No. Ok. Give me some time. I have a monitor with DP. Need to check

P.S.: checked with DP - the same thing. Black monitor after wake. I installed Mojave 10.14.6. Maybe issue in the latest version of MacOS

 

[remington]

Very interesting... I managed to do a clean install of Catalina on a separate disk and deep sleep does work. I think there are some remants from Mojave that's keeping Catalina from going into deep sleep. So doing a clean install is the answer.

 

[vrudikov]

@remington ok. can you confirm install steps for Catalina, plz. I will create USB for Catalina then
1) bios config

BIOS version 3801 x64

"EZ Mode"
X.M.P. -> Disabled
EZ System Tuning -> Normal

"Advanced Mode" (Press F7)
Extreme Tweaker
  Ai Overclocking Tuner > Auto
  Extreme Tweaking > Disabled
Advanced Items
  System Agent (SA) Configuration > VT-d > Disable
  PCH Configuration > IOAPIC 24-119 Entries > Disabled
  APM Configuration > Power on by PCI - E/PCI > Disabled
  USB Configuration > Legacy USB Support > Enabled
  USB Configuration > Keyboard and Mouse Simulation > Disabled
Boot Menu
  Fast Boot > Enabled
  Boot Logo Display > Disabled
  Secure Boot > OS Type > Other OS
  Exit > Save Changes

2) After install - run MultiBeast, choose

Quick Start > UEFI Boot Mode
Drivers > Audio > AppleALC
Drivers > Audio > 100/200/300 Series Audio Support (HDAS -> HDEF)
Drivers > Misc > FakeSMC Plugins
Drivers > Misc > FakeSMC HWMonitor Application
Drivers > Network > Intel > IntelMausiEthernet v2.4.0
Drivers > USB > USBInjectAll
Drivers > USB > Remove XHCI USB Port Limit
Customize -> Graphics > Core Graphics Fixup AKA WhateverGreen
Customize -> System Definition -> iMac17,2

Reboot.

After this step you gonna have Hackintosh kexts in /Library/Extensions and as pastrychef said this is bad, because we should keep /Library/Extensions clean. So we can leave as is or clean(remington please leave a note here what you actually did on this step)

3) What else?

 

[Stork]

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After this step you gonna have Hackintosh kexts in /Library/Extensions and as pastrychef said this is bad, because we should keep /Library/Extensions clean. So we can leave as is or clean(remington please leave a note here what you actually did on this step)

Leave the kexts in /L/E/ folder as MultiBeast knows best. BTW, MultiBeast puts FakeSMC kext in .../others/ folder.

 

[remington]

This is simplest way to install Catalina manually since UniBeast/MutliBeast Catalina isn't out.

1) Format USB Stick using Disk Utility or commandline.

You will need bootable USB Stick to install and boot Catalina just in case if your EFI partition on hard disk is corrupted.

2) Install Clover to USB Stick using Customize
All the following items should be checked
- Clover for UEFI booting only
- Install Clover in the ESP
UEFI Drivers (Select only 5 drivers)
- FSInject
- SMCHelper
- ApfsDriverLoader
- VBoxHfs
- OsxAptioFix3Drv

3) Open EFI folder and copy kexts to /EFI/Clover/kexts/Other
AppleALC.kext
FakeSMC.kext
FakeSMC_ACPISensors.kext
FakeSMC_CPUSensors.kext
FakeSMC_GPUSensors.kext
FakeSMC_LPCSensors.kext
IntelMausiEthernet.kext
Lilu.kext
USBInjectAll.kext
WhateverGreen

4) Copy your customized config.plist to /EFI/Clover

Now you will use the installer inside Catalina downloaded from App store in your /Application folder.

5) Use terminal and type this:

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Catalina.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/[USB Stick]

6) Reboot and select USB Stick as bootable device.

7) Install Catalina to hard disk and it will reboot 3 times.

8) Once installation is done and you're in Catalina. You will need to do the Clover process again including drivers, kexts and config.plist for the hard disk so you can boot without using the USB Stick.

There is no need to install kexts in /L/E folder.

Reminder... Boot from new Clover on USB stick and install new Clover on same disk where Catalina is installed. Do not boot from old Clover otherwise you'll have problems.