[Guide] Booting The USB Installer Using OpenCore

[Feartech]

Everything is installed and working, i even swapped from itlwn to the Airport one for Monterey and thats working. As far as i can tell the only thing i have left to investigate and see if i can figure out is the audio combo port, headphones work but the mic just reads as line in and doesn't function. I am going to do a live cd for linux and double check my audio card make sure the one i am using is right, and if it is then i don't think there will be a fix as it only has 2 codes 3 and 13 and i have tried em both.

My machine came with an Intel Wifi card, at the time there were no kexts for it

swapped it over for a BCM94360NG which requires no kexts and all features work

audio can be a pain with mic and line output etc

there is a guide here:

AppleALC-Guides/AppleALC_Layout-ID at main · 5T33Z0/AppleALC-Guides

Guides for working with the AppleALC source code to get audio working on Wintel machines running macOS. - 5T33Z0/AppleALC-Guides

github.com

but not for the faint of heart!

 

[ggbgbgb]

i couldn't find the config.plist in the boot usb

 

[Feartech]

i couldn't find the config.plist in the boot usbView attachment 563097

please read the faq for proper hardware profile setup:

[FAQ] READ FIRST! Laptop Frequent Questions

This is an updated FAQ from the Original Thread: https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/faq-read-first-laptop-frequent-questions.164990/post-1045259 Before asking a question, many common questions are already commonly asked and answered, and many answers exist in the sticky threads in this forum...

www.tonymacx86.com

 

[Feartech]

Post 1 has been updated with OpenCore version 0.9.3 and latest kexts

With this latest version, XhciPortLimit has been updated to work on later versions of macOS

So no need to install Catalina first, then do the USB port mapping and then update to later versions of macOS

 

[trs96]

With this latest version, XhciPortLimit has been updated to work on later versions of macOS

So no need to install Catalina first, then do the USB port mapping and then update to later versions of macOS

Good to hear the XHCIPortLimit works with newer versions.

 

[Feartech]

updated post 1 EFI to show ResetNvram on Picker

 

[trs96]

Still need to change post #1 in the intro section.

Despite this guide is in Big Sur Section, I highly recommend at this time to install Catalina so you can perform proper USB discovery using this guide:

after installation, reason being is that XhciPortLimit is broken in Big Sur and Monterey and is required for USB port discovery.

Once you have Catalina installed and the above USBPorts.kext correctly configured, then you can update to latest OpenCore and kexts and then upgrade to Big Sur or Monterey

 

[hibari]

Hi Guys

I have some problem when installing Monterey. I made a USB boot device with OpenCore Legacy Patcher (v1.0.1), and used it to try installing OS. When I click the Monterey installer in OCLP boot picker, it will take a black screen a little while and go back the boot picker, the installer did not start installing process (Boot picker -> click installer -> back to Boot picker ... loop forever).

Did anyone know how to solve this problem.

 

[Feartech]

Hi Guys

I have some problem when installing Monterey. I made a USB boot device with OpenCore Legacy Patcher (v1.0.1), and used it to try installing OS. When I click the Monterey installer in OCLP boot picker, it will take a black screen a little while and go back the boot picker, the installer did not start installing process (Boot picker -> click installer -> back to Boot picker ... loop forever).

Did anyone know how to solve this problem.

my guide does not use legacy patcher....

 

[hibari]

my guide does not use legacy patcher....

I using the Ivy Bridge architecture laptop, and the iGPU (HD4000) did not support Monterey any more. The Monterey did not need patch to support dropped hardware ?