[Guide] Intel NUC7/NUC8 using Clover UEFI (NUC7i7Bxx,NUC8i7Bxx,etc)

[Leesureone]

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Hi, Does anyone know if there is a problem to get a new serial for NUC8, in my case NUC8i5. I wish to use Macmini8,1 (model 2018). I have tried both GenSMBIOS.command and OpenCore Configurator (0.6.7) hundreds of times. Every time it shows "We’re sorry, but this serial number isn’t valid. Please check your information and try again." I read something that they are going to change their systems from 2021, but does it also involve 2018 model?

The error message you are getting is exactly what you want to see, it means that serial number is available. See attached link

Fixing iMessage and other services with OpenCore | OpenCore Post-Install

 

[danilovitch]

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The error message you are getting is exactly what you want to see, it means that serial number is available. See attached link

Fixing iMessage and other services with OpenCore | OpenCore Post-Install

Thanks Leeasureone, I shall try that. I always used the third option and found it strange to not get any other option at all than the first.

 

[cyonix]

@cyonix I'm not sure I understand what you are asking. The GitHub post states each user would need to flash their own Thunderbolt controller at the risk of bricking it. Then if successful I don't see what the end result would be. Hot Plugging enabled? Did you see the issue one NUC8 user posted even after succesfulflashing?
To be more specific what are you asking me to incorporate into the EFI folders?

It's right, that everybody need to flash the own nuc tb controller (small risk to brick the controller), but the effort of this, is the native detection inside the mac os, so hotplugging and special modes, like target mode notebook can attached to nuc. I need a customized TB...aml with works with flashed tb controller. My current config, cant sleep and displayport not always works

 

[danilovitch]

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The error message you are getting is exactly what you want to see, it means that serial number is available. See attached link

Fixing iMessage and other services with OpenCore | OpenCore Post-Install

Thanks! It worked great as you said and I shall perhaps be more brave next time!

 

[Leesureone]

It's right, that everybody need to flash the own nuc tb controller (small risk to brick the controller), but the effort of this, is the native detection inside the mac os, so hotplugging and special modes, like target mode notebook can attached to nuc. I need a customized TB...aml with works with flashed tb controller. My current config, cant sleep and displayport not always works

Thanks for clarifying, I don’t often use thunderbolt with this device but when I do I have whatever device plugged in at start up and have the bios set to legacy mode for thunderbolt and it works fine. The sleep issue being reported by you and the other NUC8 user on GitHub may or may not be fixed by a custom SSDT, the original posting is over a year old. Maybe there is more information on it in another location, regardless it’s not something I think I have enough interest or probably more importantly ability to help with.

 

[firepandem]

Hi @Leesureone I have NUC8i7BEH and was running mojave with Clover just fine for a few years until yesterday when I made the mistake of updating the bios from 41 to 87. Since then I could not pass the loading screen on startup (it take forever with slow progress bar). In verbose mode, I see that is stops right after a line that looks like this:

apfs_module_start:1334: load: com.apple.filesystems.apfs, ...

I'm not sure what to do to correct this. I'm willing to switch to OpenCore but I'm having a hard time finding a good guide for this NUC system. I have access to another mac (running yosemite) as well as a mojave app install file.

Can you help?

 

[Leesureone]

Hi @Leesureone I have NUC8i7BEH and was running mojave with Clover just fine for a few years until yesterday when I made the mistake of updating the bios from 41 to 87. Since then I could not pass the loading screen on startup (it take forever with slow progress bar). In verbose mode, I see that is stops right after a line that looks like this:


I'm not sure what to do to correct this. I'm willing to switch to OpenCore but I'm having a hard time finding a good guide for this NUC system. I have access to another mac (running yosemite) as well as a mojave app install file.

Can you help?

Hi, can you check and see if your bios settings match these after the update?
Boot->Boot Configuration, disable "Network Boot"
- Power->Secondary Power Settings, "Wake on LAN from S4/S5", set to "Stay Off"

These settings are important but are already set as needed by "Load Defaults"
- Devices->Video, "IGD Minimum Memory" set to 64mb or 128mb
- Devices->Video, "IGD Aperture Size" set to 256mb
- Boot->Secure Boot, "Secure Boot" is disabled

 

[firepandem]

Yes those are the settings I still have

 

[firepandem]

OK I think I missed the network boot. I'll give it another try.

 

[firepandem]

same issue. no Chnages