[Guide] HP Elite 8300 & 6300 Pro (all form factors) using Clover UEFI hotpatch

[soundbase]

Is it possible to do a Big Sur installation with this guide. Im happy with Catalina for now. But would like to get up to Big Sur.

Or is there an issue with Big Sur and the HP 8300/6300 hardware?

 

[trs96]

Is it possible to do a Big Sur installation with this guide.

The two important things to consider. Is my graphics supported in Big Sur ? Is the SMBIOS I'm using supported ? If both of those are working in Big Sur then check into whether the Kexts and OC version are new/updated enough for Big Sur. They probably will be if Sniki tested that efi folder with Big Sur.

All the usual precautions apply. Back up your working EFI folder first. Have a backup of all important data. Try out the install on a secondary SSD if possible so you can easily go back to Catalina if need be.

 

[soundbase]

The two important things to consider. Is my graphics supported in Big Sur ? Is the SMBIOS I'm using supported ? If both of those are working in Big Sur then check into whether the Kexts and OC version are new/updated enough for Big Sur. They probably will be if Sniki tested that efi folder with Big Sur.

All the usual precautions apply. Back up your working EFI folder first. Have a backup of all important data. Try out the install on a secondary SSD if possible so you can easily go back to Catalina if need be.

Thanks @trs96. I'll check up on my graphics and SMBIOS for Big Sur.

And yeah like you mentioned will do the install on a secondary SSD.

 

[soundbase]

Is seem to be having a huge lag issue with machine. So I did the setup on it and everything was working fine. But now the whole machine seems to be lagging. Like when launching apps they take ages to launch. Like I was just trying to open VLC and it took like 5minutes for it to open.

Anyone know could be causing the lag?

 

[taskrov]

The 560 is still supported. You would have to switch to a supported SMBIOS though. Monterey dropped many Macs from support so what you're using now probably didn't make the cut for Monterey. Unfortunately, Sniki hasn't posted a Monterey guide as he probably never bothered to upgrade that far. I'd give MacPro6,1 a try first.

You would need to upgrade to a newer OC version. 0.6.7 would not be new enough.

Desktop Ivy Bridge | OpenCore Install Guide

Pull your existing drive out and try it out on a spare blank drive/SSD to not put your current install at risk.

Thank you. I will try the following:

1. Grab latest OC and update my EFI on an USB to make sure BS boots
2. Clone BS on a spare SSD
3. Update as usual

I will report back here.

 

[bdkauff]

Thanks for chiming in soundbase!

Just so I'm clear on the steps: Would I replace the EFI folder with Sniki's in the pre-installation stage where it says "Open the EFI partition of your USB drive..." And then generally follow the guide from there on out as normal?

And for generating unique serial and SmUUID, can I follow this, trs96? https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...gensmbios-video-tutorial.308444/#post-2232046

could someone confirm that this is generally what I need to do?

 

[Feartech]

could someone confirm that this is generally what I need to do?

yes

 

[bdkauff]

yes

thank you!

 

[bdkauff]

Hello! I just got Catalina running on my 8300 with exactly zero hickups. I used Sniki's OC EFI folder as suggested, and it worked a charm. Thank you @soundbase and @trs96!!

The only thing that isn't working is Bluetooth. It doesn't show up in System Prefs or System Report-> Hardware-> Bluetooth. It worked with my previous install (Sierra). Wifi works just fine.

My wifi/bluetooth card is the Fenvi BH1200 with BT 4.0.2.

Based on a quick search of the thread, I have already made sure that the USB kext has only 13,2 smbios in it.

Anything else to try?

 

[trs96]

Anything else to try?

You could enable the XHCI port limit patch, reboot and then run Hackintool to determine which port your internal header is on. That has to be included in your USB ports kext for BT to function. You can make your own, specific to your system. Snik's is rather complicated as it includes all kinds of different Macs, not just the iMac 13,2.