Applied new System Definition and now system won't boot

[jasonwbarnett]

I built my 2nd hackintosh about 2 weeks ago. It has been running smoothly until today... I stupidly tried to run ssdtPRGen.app and then applied a new system definition and now it won't boot. It gets stuck at the System uptime in nanoseconds. I can't even boot using -x -v.

I found that if I boot into the USB drive installer, open terminal, and then delete "/Volumes/Macintosh HD/Extra/DSDT.aml" and "/Volumes/Macintosh HD/Extra/org.chameleon.Boot.plist", I can then boot from my Macintosh HD using the -x -v. Once I'm in Mac OS X, I try to run Multibeast (I used the same options as I originally did) again and after a restart I'm in the exact same situation, a non bootable hackintosh.

Picture of boot problem: http://cloud.ja.sonbarnett.com/image/1i2e1I3f0h39

Let me know if you have any pointers. Thanks



Chimera: v2.1.1 (Latest to date)
Motherboard: GA-Z77N-WIFI
Processor: i7-3770K
System Definition: iMac 12,2 [originally working] (I've tried MacMini 6,2 and Mac Pro 5,1 too)

 

[stehor]

the proper sys def for your system is MacMini6,1 5,1 will break your install because it has ecc ram and yours dont. btw u can use mac drive for windows and fix the system def

 

[jasonwbarnett]

I found the cause and solution to the problem. When I ran the ssdtPRGen.app, it generated ~/Desktop/ssdt_pr.aml. Then after that, I ran Multibeast (with UserDSDT or DSDT-Free checked) it copied the ssdt_pr.aml from ~/Desktop/ssdt_pr.aml and put it to /Extra/DSDT.aml. For whatever reason, my machine couldn't boot with the generated DSDT.

I was able to fix the problem by removing /Extra/DSDT.aml and ~/Desktop/ssdt_pr.aml.

This thread is solved.

 

[jasonwbarnett]

P.S. after all of that... I'm using the iMac 12,2 system definition and my Geekbench score rocketed to 14743... I have no idea why.

 

[stehor]

because u are using the wrong system def 12,2 is for i7 not i5 also why are not using the correct one MacMini6,1

 

[Asus-Freak]

P.S. after all of that... I'm using the iMac 12,2 system definition and my Geekbench score rocketed to 14743... I have no idea why.

If it's working well for you than don't worry 'bout it. More than likely you probably only getting two p-states, with a proper Macmini6,2 SSDT you may get 6 or 7. But with that said, there are no rules regarding what sys def to use, hell, everyone been using MacPro 3,1 for years.

 

[RehabMan]

i found the cause and solution to the problem. When i ran the ssdtprgen.app, it generated ~/desktop/ssdt_pr.aml. Then after that, i ran multibeast (with userdsdt or dsdt-free checked) it copied the ssdt_pr.aml from ~/desktop/ssdt_pr.aml and put it to /extra/dsdt.aml. For whatever reason, my machine couldn't boot with the generated dsdt.

I was able to fix the problem by removing /extra/dsdt.aml and ~/desktop/ssdt_pr.aml.

This thread is solved.

ssdt != dsdt.

 

[MacPc]

How do you mac drive to fix the issue?