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Perfectly working Sierra installation. GA-Z170-D3H, i7 Skylake, 32GB RAM, (iMac 14,2) (Success)

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I'll do that tomorrow ;) midnight here now...
In the mean time have a look at the other suggestions in that linked post. Might help....
Thank you. Past midnight by me also. Yes, I've spent hours and hours on this without success. I've tried various system configurations, Shilohh's method, Pike's substitutions, as well as the various kexts (Lilu and NvidiaGraphicsFixit).
 
Thank you. Past midnight by me also. Yes, I've spent hours and hours on this without success. I've tried various system configurations, Shilohh's method, Pike's substitutions, as well as the various kexts (Lilu and NvidiaGraphicsFixit).
This is the CLOVER folder in the EFI partition. I've edited the config.plist to remove my serials etc. These have been replaced with '??????????'

It's possible some of the other fixes you've tried are messing things up? Might be worth deleting your clover folder in EFI partition and starting from Multi-beast step.

One last thing (which I did!) you should double check before any of the above... Are you sure your monitor is plugged into your graphics card's HDMI slot? If it's plugged into the motherboard's slot, then it obviously won't work. (But the motherboard slot will work if you are using Intel530 graphics as the fallback).
 
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This is the CLOVER folder in the EFI partition. I've edited the config.plist to remove my serials etc. These have been replaced with '??????????'

It's possible some of the other fixes you've tried are messing things up? Might be worth deleting your clover folder in EFI partition and starting from Multi-beast step.

One last thing (which I did!) you should double check before any of the above... Are you sure your monitor is plugged into your graphics card's HDMI slot? If it's plugged into the motherboard's slot, then it obviously won't work. (But the motherboard slot will work if you are using Intel530 graphics as the fallback).
Thank you. I'll give that I try.

Yes, perhaps one of my previous fixes have messed something up, which was transmitted to the USB, since I did not take that out with all of my messing around. I just built another fresh USB install, erased my SSD, erased my ROM and will once again be starting from step one.

Yes, I'm plugged into the graphics card. I'm using the DVI as a main monitor, but have had a second monitor plugged into the HDMI.

Once again, thank you.

Ron
 
Thank you. I'll give that I try.
Yes, I'm plugged into the graphics card. I'm using the DVI as a main monitor, but have had a second monitor plugged into the HDMI.
I'd do everything with a single monitor to start with. There are also sometimes issues with multiple monitors, so best to start simple.
 
I'd do everything with a single monitor to start with. There are also sometimes issues with multiple monitors, so best to start simple.
Only one monitor is plugged in at this point, but still without luck. The config.plist arrived corrupted (I assume there was something inadvertently deleted when the confidential information was deleted). No worries; I went through the file with text editor and found a few minor differences; however, I had a an extra kext (AppleIntelSKLGraphicsFrameBuffer), which I deleted.

Not sure if the next step for me will be waiting until high sierra comes out with better nvidia GPU support or alternatively going with an ATI graphics board, which I'm told is not as problematic as the Nvidia GPUs
 
Only one monitor is plugged in at this point, but still without luck. The config.plist arrived corrupted (I assume there was something inadvertently deleted when the confidential information was deleted). No worries; I went through the file with text editor and found a few minor differences; however, I had a an extra kext (AppleIntelSKLGraphicsFrameBuffer), which I deleted.

Not sure if the next step for me will be waiting until high sierra comes out with better nvidia GPU support or alternatively going with an ATI graphics board, which I'm told is not as problematic as the Nvidia GPUs

Very odd. Your setup seems pretty much identical to mine. (Your card is extreme and mine is gaming; only difference I can see). The black screen issue is certainly NVIDIA related. Either Clover isn't loading the drivers properly, or they aren't sticking with pref pane settings or perhaps you aren't using the correct Nvidia drivers. I can't think of anything else. There are some other suggestions on this thread. Good luck!

(finally, I assume you are not using iMac15,1 or iMac17,1 or MacPro 6,1 system definitions? if you are, then some of those other fixes you tried are needed, but not if you are using iMac14,2)
 
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Perfect guide, thanks to you Ive installed the Hac much faster than the regular Win10 with all its drivers for everything :thumbup:

One ISSUE though. When I turn the computer off, it seems to be turning off, screen comes off, fans comes off but after a little while the computer starts turning on all over again and I am at back at my login to the os x system. Any suggestion?
Thank you very much!
 
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