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- Jan 23, 2016
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- Motherboard
- Giga W480m
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- I9-10900k
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- Mac
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I have been trying for a couple of days to get this up and running with Catalina.
So far have tried Unibeast and Opencore. I have tried using every Z490 EFI that I can find in this site and attempting to boot. ( I installed Catalina onto a NVMe from my real Mac mini 2014. I have always found this easier and had less trouble using Clover to get machines to boot.)
Unibeast stops at the +++++++++++++++ . I have fooled with just about every combo of settings in clover and have tried with Clover config to mess with it further with zero success. It always fails at the +++.
Opencore had gotten further but not by much. I get past the hang, but it stops at "Apple NVm". just after the PCI device start.
I am wondering if anyone has any other EFI files to throw my way that I will try. I am running out of ideas but will keep bulldozing thru it.
The board is nice and the Thunderbolt 2 card (HP - Intel TB2 from eBay) and the Thunderbolt 3 card (Asus TB3 from eBay) both work. The TB2 card works 100%, but he TB3 card has worked about 75% of the time with turning the screen on.
Bios settings I have tried is VT-d off, secure boot - off, XHCI- tried both on and off, CSM to off, AHCI mode not Raid, Fast boot off, Audio- on and off, network- on and off, onboard video or PCI-e video card (didn't make any difference). I have tried two different NVMe's- a WD black and an Inland. Tried four different brands of DDR4 from 2400 to 3200 using one stick and dual channel in different slots- no difference.
Any assistance will be appreciated. Thank you
So far have tried Unibeast and Opencore. I have tried using every Z490 EFI that I can find in this site and attempting to boot. ( I installed Catalina onto a NVMe from my real Mac mini 2014. I have always found this easier and had less trouble using Clover to get machines to boot.)
Unibeast stops at the +++++++++++++++ . I have fooled with just about every combo of settings in clover and have tried with Clover config to mess with it further with zero success. It always fails at the +++.
Opencore had gotten further but not by much. I get past the hang, but it stops at "Apple NVm". just after the PCI device start.
I am wondering if anyone has any other EFI files to throw my way that I will try. I am running out of ideas but will keep bulldozing thru it.
The board is nice and the Thunderbolt 2 card (HP - Intel TB2 from eBay) and the Thunderbolt 3 card (Asus TB3 from eBay) both work. The TB2 card works 100%, but he TB3 card has worked about 75% of the time with turning the screen on.
Bios settings I have tried is VT-d off, secure boot - off, XHCI- tried both on and off, CSM to off, AHCI mode not Raid, Fast boot off, Audio- on and off, network- on and off, onboard video or PCI-e video card (didn't make any difference). I have tried two different NVMe's- a WD black and an Inland. Tried four different brands of DDR4 from 2400 to 3200 using one stick and dual channel in different slots- no difference.
Any assistance will be appreciated. Thank you