HackinDROM App for OpenCore EFI Creation and Update

[CaseySJ]

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Me not understand the problem...

 

[Inqnuam]

Me not understand the problem...

Magic Mouse suddenly stopped working.. no more battery and didn't noticed
I think I need a break

 

[CaseySJ]

...
I think I need a break

No problem, take 3 months. Then we'll be ready to rewrite the guides and redo the videos.

 

[ffk]

Did this happen with OC 0.6.8?

No, but 0.6.8 was on Mojave. Only had Catalina running on 0.6.8 briefly.

before that I was on 0.6.6 but that was a while back on high Sierra. So this user folder and the system may have some older crap lying around.

If you select Gigabyte Z390 Designare OpenIntelWireless it will configure everything for Intel WiFi and Intel Bluetooth.

I had selected that when I did the update. But I overlooked the multiple versions of Airportitlwm for the different versions of OS X. I also overlooked the SSDT’S.

i may grab a spare ssd and start from scratch with a fresh install.

 

[CaseySJ]

No, but 0.6.8 was on Mojave. Only had Catalina running on 0.6.8 briefly.

before that I was on 0.6.6 but that was a while back on high Sierra. So this user folder and the system may have some older crap lying around.

Is the restart problem happening in Catalina?

I can audit your EFI folder if you do the following:

• Mount your macOS SSD using HackinDROM App.
• Then click the Archive icon as shown below.
• An archive will be created on the Desktop and all serial numbers will be automatically removed.
• Simply post that file.

I had selected that when I did the update. But I overlooked the multiple versions of Airportitlwm for the different versions of OS X. I also overlooked the SSDT’S.

All of those Kexts for different versions of macOS can stay Enabled at the same time! The correct version is injected conditionally depending on which version of macOS we are booting, so we never have to worry.

 

[Inqnuam]

All of those Kexts for different versions of macOS can stay Enabled at the same time! The correct version is injected conditionally depending on which version of macOS we are booting, so we never have to worry.

You are a legend

 

[ffk]

Is the restart problem happening in Catalina?

Yup. It's happening on another user on this computer too. It may be something from previous systems or orphaned files from older apps that get lost in the system.

I just did a reinstall. Only unchecked 2 of the SSDT's cause I'm not a fan of leaving things in there if they aren't being used. Though I can see if you're testing different configs I can see the benefit in leaving them lying around.

So here is the EFI I just did a reinstall of if you'd like to give it an audit, but I'm pretty confident there's something in the system messing with things...

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*** I just tried creating a new user account. It when through the macOS new user stuff and once the user was created I tried restarting from that user. The process stopped with just a desktop background and the cursor. Force quit window shows no apps running, not even the finder, but leaves me with nothing to do but press the reset button to reboot.

 

[Inqnuam]

Yup. It's happening on another user on this computer too. It may be something from previous systems or orphaned files from older apps that get lost in the system.

I just did a reinstall. Only unchecked 2 of the SSDT's cause I'm not a fan of leaving things in there if they aren't being used. Though I can see if you're testing different configs I can see the benefit in leaving them lying around.

So here is the EFI I just did a reinstall of if you'd like to give it an audit, but I'm pretty confident there's something in the system messing with things...

____________________________

*** I just tried creating a new user account. It when through the macOS new user stuff and once the user was created I tried restarting from that user. The process stopped with just a desktop background and the cursor. Force quit window shows no apps running, not even the finder, but leaves me with nothing to do but press the reset button to reboot.

Dont you have issues with LittleSnitch?
Can you try without LittleSnitch?

 

[Inqnuam]

I'm not a fan of leaving things in there if they aren't being used.

double "-v" flag in your Boot Arguments

 

[CaseySJ]

Yup. It's happening on another user on this computer too. It may be something from previous systems or orphaned files from older apps that get lost in the system.

I just did a reinstall. Only unchecked 2 of the SSDT's cause I'm not a fan of leaving things in there if they aren't being used. Though I can see if you're testing different configs I can see the benefit in leaving them lying around.

So here is the EFI I just did a reinstall of if you'd like to give it an audit, but I'm pretty confident there's something in the system messing with things...

____________________________

*** I just tried creating a new user account. It when through the macOS new user stuff and once the user was created I tried restarting from that user. The process stopped with just a desktop background and the cursor. Force quit window shows no apps running, not even the finder, but leaves me with nothing to do but press the reset button to reboot.

Please backup your EFI folder and try the attached.

• Rename the top level folder to just EFI (instead of EFI-ffk)
• Copy serial numbers into PlatformInfo --> DataHub section.

Some of the changes made:

• Itlwm.kext should not be used in conjunction with AirportItlwm.kext. It's one or the other. I have deleted Itlwm.kext.
• AirportItlwm.kext requires SecureBootModel set to Default, which has been done.
• OpenHfsPlus.efi should not be used, and it should definitely not be used in conjunction with HfsPlus.efi. I have deleted OpenHfsPlus.efi.
• DeviceProperties were empty. Although not technically needed, it is good to set Platform ID to 0x3E980003 (headless). This has been done.
• OpenCanopy configuration has been tweaked.
• Boot Chime has been set up. It can be enabled/disabled from System Preferences --> Sound --> Sound Effects --> Play sound on startup.
• Kernel quick XhciPortLimit has been turned off. This is not needed because USB SSDT is mapping no more than 15 ports.
• Removed -v argument from boot-args. Verbose mode can be enabled in OpenCanopy by pressing CMD-V before selecting boot disk.

All of these settings are already in the EFI available in HackinDROM App.

EDIT: This EFI requires BIOS —> BOOT —> CFG-Lock —> Disabled.