[Guide] Lenovo G50-70 El Capitan Using Unibeast

[eshroom]

You forgot HFSPlus.efi. Always read carefully.

Thanks, fixed it!

Now I have the laptop randomly restarting. Some googling seems to place it on the Realtek or IOPCIFamily and IONetworkingFamily kexts. Report below. Any ideas?


*** Panic Report ***
panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff8015ef7dbe): "thread_invoke: preemption_level 1, possible cause: blocking while holding a spinlock, or within interrupt context"@/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/xnu/xnu-3248.20.55/osfmk/kern/sched_prim.c:2053
Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff812f1e34f0 : 0xffffff8015ede792
0xffffff812f1e3570 : 0xffffff8015ef7dbe
0xffffff812f1e3600 : 0xffffff8015ef482f
0xffffff812f1e3640 : 0xffffff8015fc97a0
0xffffff812f1e36b0 : 0xffffff801648875c
0xffffff812f1e36e0 : 0xffffff80164887bf
0xffffff812f1e3700 : 0xffffff801648df20
0xffffff812f1e3720 : 0xffffff801648df5d
0xffffff812f1e3730 : 0xffffff7f96d2a8fe
0xffffff812f1e3770 : 0xffffff7f96d95831
0xffffff812f1e37c0 : 0xffffff7f96d4efda
0xffffff812f1e37f0 : 0xffffff7f96d4c16e
0xffffff812f1e3820 : 0xffffff7f96d4c6d3
0xffffff812f1e3830 : 0xffffff7f96d4deec
0xffffff812f1e3860 : 0xffffff7f96d3280d
0xffffff812f1e38e0 : 0xffffff7f96d604a4
0xffffff812f1e3bb0 : 0xffffff7f96d601c7
0xffffff812f1e3be0 : 0xffffff7f96da9fb4
0xffffff812f1e3c10 : 0xffffff7f96daa28a
0xffffff812f1e3c70 : 0xffffff7f96da9d47
0xffffff812f1e3cb0 : 0xffffff7f96d7c309
0xffffff812f1e3d00 : 0xffffff7f96ca3818
0xffffff812f1e3d80 : 0xffffff7f96c39d86
0xffffff812f1e3e10 : 0xffffff80164b7288
0xffffff812f1e3e80 : 0xffffff7f96c39619
0xffffff812f1e3ee0 : 0xffffff7f96c3e92b
0xffffff812f1e3f20 : 0xffffff7f96c3e689
0xffffff812f1e3f40 : 0xffffff80164b40f1
0xffffff812f1e3f80 : 0xffffff80164b41e6
0xffffff812f1e3fb0 : 0xffffff8015fcbf77
Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHostFamily(1.0.1)[2E215465-71AC-3DE4-B0A5-27BE9C329936]@0xffffff7f96c05000->0xffffff7f96c6dfff
dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHostMergeProperties(1.0.1)[34EB02C0-AEE5-3A74-BEC5-6B5B7C676A8C]@0xffffff7f96c01000
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(900.4.1)[C0B6A2C9-07D8-3E39-886D-06253C7FFD49]@0xffffff7f96c77000->0xffffff7f96d0efff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[6ADFE830-2986-35D2-8C2F-6ABEDBC94F6A]@0xffffff7f9672c000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHostFamily(1.0.1)[2E215465-71AC-3DE4-B0A5-27BE9C329936]@0xffffff7f96c05000
com.realtek.driver.RtWlanU(1827.4)[24DDFA6C-C845-390E-870F-92330196C84E]@0xffffff7f96d21000->0xffffff7f96fecfff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily(3.2)[4DFA207F-1D23-3DD2-A1FF-F4B90D5D3E3F]@0xffffff7f96bcd000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(900.4.1)[C0B6A2C9-07D8-3E39-886D-06253C7FFD49]@0xffffff7f96c77000

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Boot args: kext-dev-mode=1 dart=0 -gux_defer_usb2 nv_disable=1 rootless=0

Mac OS version:
15C50

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 15.2.0: Fri Nov 13 19:56:56 PST 2015; root:xnu-3248.20.55~2/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 17EA3101-D2E4-31BF-BDA9-931F51049F93
Kernel slide: 0x0000000015c00000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8015e00000
__HIB text base: 0xffffff8015d00000
System model name: MacBookPro11,1 (Mac-189A3D4F975D5FFC)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 2552163947674
last loaded kext at 2006827675331: com.apple.filesystems.smbfs 3.0.0 (addr 0xffffff7f96b33000, size 413696)
loaded kexts:
org.voodoo.driver.VoodooHDA 2.8.8
com.realtek.driver.RtWlanU 1827.4
org.rehabman.voodoo.driver.PS2Mouse 1.8.18
org.rehabman.voodoo.driver.PS2Trackpad 1.8.18
net.osrom.kext.Disabler 1.0.1
org.rehabman.voodoo.driver.PS2Keyboard 1.8.18
org.rehabman.driver.FakePCIID 1.2.0
org.rehabman.voodoo.driver.PS2Controller 1.8.18
org.rehabman.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager 1.60.4
org.netkas.driver.FakeSMC 1394
com.apple.filesystems.smbfs 3.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsDevicePolicy 3.7.7
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.6.1
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHD5000Graphics 10.1.2
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.70
com.apple.driver.AppleTyMCEDriver 1.0.2d2
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelFramebufferAzul 10.1.2
com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0
com.apple.driver.pmtelemetry 1
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.1
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.4.3f4
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHV 1
com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl 3.12.6
com.apple.driver.AppleFIVRDriver 4.1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleOSXWatchdog 1
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 3.1
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelSlowAdaptiveClocking 4.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight 170.8.3
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.2.13
com.apple.driver.CoreStorageFsck 517.20.1
com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver 3.0.1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0
com.apple.BootCache 38
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 3.7.7
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 2.8.5
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 3.1.8
com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBEHCIPCI 1.0.1
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 2.1
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.7
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 163
com.apple.security.quarantine 3
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 8
com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl 3.12.6
com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily2 203.14
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 204.3
com.apple.vecLib.kext 1.2.0
com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 108.0.1
com.apple.driver.CoreCaptureResponder 1
com.apple.driver.corecapture 1.0.4
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl 3.12.6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI 1.0.14d1
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.4.3f4
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 4.4.3f4
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelLpssUART 2.0.59
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 11
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy 1.0.0
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 6.0.0d7
com.apple.iokit.IOSlowAdaptiveClockingFamily 1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert 1.1.0
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.9
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.14d1
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.4.1
com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBHostCompositeDevice 1.0.1
com.apple.driver.CoreStorage 517.20.1
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 3.2
com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBHub 1.0.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice 3.7.7
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily 1.8
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily 1.8
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily 1.8
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI 2.6.2
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 3.7.7
com.apple.driver.AppleXsanScheme 3
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 900.4.1
com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCIPCI 1.0.1
com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCI 1.0.1
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelLpssI2C 2.0.59
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelLpssDmac 2.0.59
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 2.8.1
com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBEHCI 1.0.1
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelLpssGspi 2.0.59
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 900.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHostFamily 1.0.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHostMergeProperties 1.0.1
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 2.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1
com.apple.security.sandbox 300.0
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore 2
com.apple.driver.AppleMobileFileIntegrity 1.0.5
com.apple.driver.AppleCredentialManager 1.0
com.apple.driver.DiskImages 417.1
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 2.1
com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily 31
com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore 28.30
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 4.0
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.9
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.4
com.apple.kec.Libm 1
com.apple.kec.pthread 1
com.apple.kec.corecrypto 1.0
Model: MacBookPro11,1, BootROM MBP111.0138.B16, 2 processors, Intel Core i3, 1.90 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 2.16f58
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4400, Intel HD Graphics 4400, Built-In
Memory Module: BANK0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, Samsung, M471B5173EB0-YK0
Memory Module: BANK1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, Samsung, M471B5173EB0-YK0
Serial ATA Device: WDC WD10JPCX-24UE4T0, 1 TB
Serial ATA Device: PLDS DVD-RW DA8A6SH
USB Device: USB 2.0 Bus
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: USB 3.0 Bus
USB Device: Bluetooth Radio
USB Device: Lenovo EasyCamera
USB Device: USB2.0-CRW
USB Device: 802.11n WLAN Adapter
Thunderbolt Bus:

 

[RehabMan]

Thanks, fixed it!

Now I have the laptop randomly restarting. Some googling seems to place it on the Realtek or IOPCIFamily and IONetworkingFamily kexts. Report below. Any ideas?

Looks to me like your problem is caused by the USB WiFi drivers you installed.

USB WiFI is not recommended. The drivers are of poor quality.

 

[eshroom]

Looks to me like your problem is caused by the USB WiFi drivers you installed.

USB WiFI is not recommended. The drivers are of poor quality.

Spot on. I removed the wifi adapter and no restarts in 14 hours.

Any ideas what my options are? It seems it is quite difficult to find a wifi card on the Lenovo whitelist, and I haven't found anyone online with success in custom bios for G50-70.

I have found a way of unlocking the MSR - but I don't think this is the same as removing whitelist block and in any case it requires windows - which I have removed...

 

[daigosx]

Installed with no problems, used Multibeast to install FakeSMC, Ethernet driver and Clover. On reboot trackpad and keyboard weren't working.
Tried rebooting from USB with same result.
VoodooPS2Controller.kext is in the CLOVER/kext/10.11 folder on both EFI partitions (USB/HDD)
Rebooted installer, tools->terminal, copied VoodooPS2Controller.kext to /L/E, fixed permissions and ownership (chmod chown), touch /L/E, rebooted system again and all was fine.

I was happy but I wanted more so I started the migration assistant to copy files from my old lapintosh to the new one and went to sleep . The new lapintosh can't boot anymore (bootloop) from hdd nor usb, any suggestions?
Reinstalling is not a problem but I like solving issues which may happen again to me or someone else when reinstalling (and losing data) is not a solution.
I tried booting with -v but wasn't able to read the messages cause the machine quickly reboots.
The best info I can provide are:

• bootloop happens early during the boot process
• latest messages are about cpu

Thank you

 

[RehabMan]

I...
I was happy but I wanted more so I started the migration assistant to copy files from my old lapintosh to the new one and went to sleep . The new lapintosh can't boot anymore (bootloop) from hdd nor usb, any suggestions?

Suggestion: Don't use Migration Assistant.

 

[RehabMan]

Spot on. I removed the wifi adapter and no restarts in 14 hours.

Any ideas what my options are? It seems it is quite difficult to find a wifi card on the Lenovo whitelist, and I haven't found anyone online with success in custom bios for G50-70.

I have found a way of unlocking the MSR - but I don't think this is the same as removing whitelist block and in any case it requires windows - which I have removed...

Info regarding compatible WiFi is in the FAQ.

http://www.tonymacx86.com/el-capita...faq-read-first-laptop-frequent-questions.html

 

[eshroom]

Thanks for all the help. Unfortunately I am out of my depth. I am going with Yosemite which is stable on the laptop and with the hardware I have.

If I didn't have a whitelist then I would definitely have gone internal.

 

[daigosx]

Suggestion: Don't use Migration Assistant.

I found it by myself I was just asking suggestions to investigate and solve the issue...
FYI: Migration Assistant copied system files too, so I had to reinstall.

Next steps:

1. install and configure all the software I need to work (Office, Eclipse, SQL Developer and other Java related stuff): easy
2. try an hdmi to vga converter: very easy, will give you feedback
3. wait some days and install the wifi/bt replacement card: medium
4. enjoy

 

[eshroom]

I am no longer able to download Yosemite from the App Store so El Capitan it is.

I found a Mediatek based WiFi USB adapter (Asus N53) running with BearExtender. When I get past the Whitelist problem, I will change to PCIe.

So now the only thing not working is sleep. It will sleep, but it will only wake by holding the power button (for longer than a second, but not so long it turns the computer off).

Any ideas?

Thanks again for all the help!

 

[RehabMan]

I am no longer able to download Yosemite from the App Store so El Capitan it is.

I found a Mediatek based WiFi USB adapter (Asus N53) running with BearExtender. When I get past the Whitelist problem, I will change to PCIe.

So now the only thing not working is sleep. It will sleep, but it will only wake by holding the power button (for longer than a second, but not so long it turns the computer off).

Any ideas?

Thanks again for all the help!

USB WiFi not recommended. The drivers are poor and cause instability, especially with sleep.