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    "Random" reboots - Could not recover SATA HDD after 5 attempts

    Thanks again. I did not have Whatevergreen ...I do now ....but I sad to say that the problem is still on going :( latest crash report attached ..
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    "Random" reboots - Could not recover SATA HDD after 5 attempts

    Hi again! First, thank you so much for spending this much time on this - really much appreciated! I have changed the few things you suggested I changed, most of them was really me stabbing in the dark and trying to do "something" ... your changes mostly put it back to where I started - except...
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    "Random" reboots - Could not recover SATA HDD after 5 attempts

    Thanks for your reply - its a place to start :). The Graphic card is a Nvidia 1070X - and it has no problems on the windows side. (no problems on Windows at all, can run for days without issues) I am using the web drivers downloaded from here Any ideas on how I could create more useful...
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    "Random" reboots - Could not recover SATA HDD after 5 attempts

    Hi All, My Hackingtosh has been up and running for a few weeks now. When it is running - its doing so very nicely. However, a few times a day - the machine freezes up - and reboots. I am guessing it has to do with the drive/fs ... but I do not know where to start debugging. The error is...
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    [Solved] Installation trouble - kexts stall/kernel is waiting for external credential

    FakeSMC.kext is present in \EFI\CLOVER\kexts\Other OH!! update!! I checked my config.plist and it was a mess .... I replaced it with a template I found here on tonymacx86 ....and now I managed to boot!! WOHOOO!!!!
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    [Solved] Installation trouble - kexts stall/kernel is waiting for external credential

    So I experimented a little bit ... and it seems the problem is related to USB ... and I can not find all the recommended options for my bios (EVGA). But - with boot flags and setting USB to 'ownership and Injection' I was able to get to the installer again - Every reboot as part of the...
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    [Solved] Problems booting USB from EVGA Z170-K

    Thank you both for your help - I got past that part and got everything up and running. Unfortunately I updated clover and really messed things up ...I am currently trying to re-install ...and failing miserably at that :/. I started a new thread in high Sierra to deal with those issues. thanks again
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    [Solved] Installation trouble - kexts stall/kernel is waiting for external credential

    Hi, I had hackingtosh up and running, but I was playing around with he latest version of clover and somehow managed to break it ... enough that I decided I would just re-install everything. But this time I cannot get through the installer. See attached screenshot, there seem to be several...
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    [Solved] Problems booting USB from EVGA Z170-K

    So based on your feedback I downloaded and created a new USB install disk with High Sierra. Unfortunately I am not able to get to the installer. I am stuck with a. white apple. I have tried using verbose mode to get a better understanding of what is going on - here is what it looks like: Any...
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    [Solved] Problems booting USB from EVGA Z170-K

    just a quick update - I managed to get the usb stick to boot. I wasn't setting the GUID option right when erasing the usb on the Mac ... I didn't have the option so I ignored it ... which was a mistake. https://www.macobserver.com/tips/quick-tip/how-to-format-drive-guid/. ....now I get the...
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    [Solved] Problems booting USB from EVGA Z170-K

    I have tried El Capitan and Movaje - currently I am trying to use 'El Capitan' - I honestly do not care which version, except I would like to have Nvidia acceleration working at the end - so I figured Movaje is not the right way for me to go yet. Would you recommend a different one for me to...
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    [Solved] Problems booting USB from EVGA Z170-K

    My apologies, I had tried to do that ..but I think I listed my hardware under a build - corrected now
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    [Solved] Problems booting USB from EVGA Z170-K

    Hello there, I searched forums and I found a few posts somewhat related to my problem, but nothing that gives me a clear answer ...so here goes! I got a EVGA Z170 Classified-K Motherboard (https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188181) On my "real" mac I followed the...
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