[GUIDE] OC Monterey Acer Nitro 5 AN515-52 + Core i7 8750H + Samsung 1TB 960 EVO PCIE NVME

[Feartech]

I guess I'm struggling....

 

[sameerasw]

You said in post #13 that you had the 11.5GB Monterey installer.

Create your Install USB using the Guides @Feartech pointed you to.

Fix your EFI folder as explained above.

Install macOS on the target drive.

I only have Windows and Linux devices so I can't build any installer after big Sur right?
I downloaded Monterey without knowing....

I was gonna make a Catelina installer, then complete and upgrade with my downloaded Morey file from macOS itself later...
But I cannot go further than creating the USB because I only get a black screen when I boot the USB. And the log sys this, I might try a big sur install as the last effort and t go to Monterey from that.

00:000 00:000 OC: Boot failed - Invalid Parameter
00:033 00:033 OCB: StartImage failed - Invalid Parameter

 

[Middleman]

@sameerasw,

Hi, I've read your post and questions. Give me a few minutes so I can look at your EFI and see what the issue is.

 

[Middleman]

Okay @sameerasw,

I had a look at your posted EFI...and it seems you had simply not used the 12.3 EFI I had posted at the beginning. This is why it wasn't booting because you were missing key kexts as well as required ACPI file settings etc.

I post it here below for you again, updated to OC 0.9.7. Please add your SMBIOS details under the Platform Info section in the config.plist. Once that is done it will work with both Big Sur and Monterey.

If you want to you can edit your details on the config.plist using OC Auxiliary Tool (OCAT).

 

[sameerasw]

Okay @sameerasw,

I had a look at your posted EFI...and it seems you had simply not used the 12.3 EFI I had posted at the beginning. This is why it wasn't booting because you were missing key kexts as well as required ACPI file settings etc.

I post it here below for you again, updated to OC 0.9.7. Please add your SMBIOS details under the Platform Info section in the config.plist. Once that is done it will work with both Big Sur and Monterey.

If you want to you can edit your details on the config.plist using OC Auxiliary Tool (OCAT).

The problem is that I don't have another mac so I can't create install recovery after Catelina... So I need to install catelina first but it doesn't give me any output on display....

 

[Feartech]

The problem is that I don't have another mac so I can't create install recovery after Catelina... So I need to install catelina first but it doesn't give me any output on display....

you can use windows to create an installer

 

[sameerasw]

you can use windows to create an installer

I made progress..... I made my own set of kexts and drivers and everything, did changes according to coffee lake and made my USB.... Booted it....

I saw verbose on my UEFI screen until "watchdog status 1" which I assume is good... But then, All black screen (screen still on).... Just like using any of the EFI folders mentioned here this theread.... I'm on Intel HD630 and I did he correct changes and device model as MacBookPro15,1 sice both share the same iGPU. My last OC logs are below, Shouldn't i be getting the selection screen? Any help on what I might be dealing wrong her

22:095 00:025 OCB: Matched fs 79621698
22:120 00:024 OCB: Adding entry type (T:1|F:0|G:1) - PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1D,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/NVMe(0x1,EF-EC-EB-17-07-18-7C-70)/HD(5,GPT,2B410137-959E-4B86-B062-A5440F1FC52B,0x1DBF3000,0x100000)/\EFI\BOOT\Bootx64.efi
22:145 00:024 OCB: Get visibility for boot entry <null string> - Not Found
22:169 00:024 OCB: Discarding already present DP
22:193 00:024 OCB: Adding bless entry on disk - PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1D,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/NVMe(0x1,EF-EC-EB-17-07-18-7C-70)/HD(5,GPT,2B410137-959E-4B86-B062-A5440F1FC52B,0x1DBF3000,0x100000)
22:218 00:024 OCBP: Blessed file is missing
22:242 00:024 OCBP: Blessed folder is missing
22:267 00:024 OCBP: Predefined <nil> \System\Library\CoreServices\boot.efi is missing - Not Found
22:291 00:024 OCBP: Predefined <nil> \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi was found
22:316 00:024 OCB: Adding entry type (T:32|F:0|G:0) - PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1D,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/NVMe(0x1,EF-EC-EB-17-07-18-7C-70)/HD(5,GPT,2B410137-959E-4B86-B062-A5440F1FC52B,0x1DBF3000,0x100000)/\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi
22:341 00:024 OCB: Get visibility for boot entry <null string> - Not Found
22:365 00:024 OCB: Discarding already present DP
22:390 00:024 OCB: Building entry from Boot0080
22:415 00:025 OCB: Fixed DP - PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1D,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/NVMe(0x1,EF-EC-EB-17-07-18-7C-70)/HD(3,GPT,9A4D535E-7EAC-4285-B880-1A28D4B227D0,0xD685000,0x1056E000)/VenMedia(BE74FCF7-0B7C-49F3-9147-01F4042E6842,AB5E7C0F60F3D941931EF7A22EABA868)/\51A34B6B-2316-47F6-8878-B3DB0B235FC5\System\Library\CoreServices\boot.efi
22:439 00:024 OCB: Assuming DP is full-form or lacks suffix
22:464 00:024 OCB: Short-form DP could not be expanded
22:488 00:024 OCB: Building entry from Boot0001
22:513 00:024 OCB: Assuming DP is short-form (prefix)
22:537 00:024 OCB: Expanded DP - PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1D,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/NVMe(0x1,EF-EC-EB-17-07-18-7C-70)/HD(5,GPT,2B410137-959E-4B86-B062-A5440F1FC52B,0x1DBF3000,0x100000)/\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi
22:562 00:024 OCB: Expanded DP remainder - \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi
22:586 00:024 OCB: Matched fs 79621698
22:611 00:024 OCB: Adding entry type (T:32|F:0|G:0) - PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1D,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/NVMe(0x1,EF-EC-EB-17-07-18-7C-70)/HD(5,GPT,2B410137-959E-4B86-B062-A5440F1FC52B,0x1DBF3000,0x100000)/\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi
22:636 00:024 OCB: Get visibility for boot entry <null string> - Not Found
22:660 00:024 OCB: Discarding already present DP
22:685 00:024 OCB: Adding bless entry on disk - PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1D,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/NVMe(0x1,EF-EC-EB-17-07-18-7C-70)/HD(5,GPT,2B410137-959E-4B86-B062-A5440F1FC52B,0x1DBF3000,0x100000)
22:709 00:024 OCBP: Blessed file is missing
22:734 00:025 OCBP: Blessed folder is missing
22:759 00:024 OCBP: Predefined <nil> \System\Library\CoreServices\boot.efi is missing - Not Found
22:783 00:024 OCBP: Predefined <nil> \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi was found
22:808 00:024 OCB: Adding entry type (T:32|F:0|G:0) - PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1D,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/NVMe(0x1,EF-EC-EB-17-07-18-7C-70)/HD(5,GPT,2B410137-959E-4B86-B062-A5440F1FC52B,0x1DBF3000,0x100000)/\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi
22:832 00:024 OCB: Get visibility for boot entry <null string> - Not Found
22:857 00:024 OCB: Discarding already present DP
22:881 00:024 OCB: Building entry from Boot0000
22:906 00:024 OCB: Assuming DP is short-form (prefix)
22:930 00:024 OCB: Expanded DP - PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1D,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/NVMe(0x1,EF-EC-EB-17-07-18-7C-70)/HD(5,GPT,2B410137-959E-4B86-B062-A5440F1FC52B,0x1DBF3000,0x100000)/\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi
22:955 00:024 OCB: Expanded DP remainder - \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi
22:979 00:024 OCB: Matched fs 79621698
23:004 00:024 OCB: Adding entry type (T:32|F:0|G:0) - PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1D,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/NVMe(0x1,EF-EC-EB-17-07-18-7C-70)/HD(5,GPT,2B410137-959E-4B86-B062-A5440F1FC52B,0x1DBF3000,0x100000)/\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi
23:055 00:051 OCB: Get visibility for boot entry <null string> - Not Found
23:080 00:025 OCB: Discarding already present DP
23:105 00:024 OCB: Adding bless entry on disk - PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1D,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/NVMe(0x1,EF-EC-EB-17-07-18-7C-70)/HD(5,GPT,2B410137-959E-4B86-B062-A5440F1FC52B,0x1DBF3000,0x100000)
23:129 00:024 OCBP: Blessed file is missing
23:154 00:024 OCBP: Blessed folder is missing
23:178 00:024 OCBP: Predefined <nil> \System\Library\CoreServices\boot.efi is missing - Not Found
23:203 00:024 OCBP: Predefined <nil> \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi was found
23:227 00:024 OCB: Adding entry type (T:32|F:0|G:0) - PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1D,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/NVMe(0x1,EF-EC-EB-17-07-18-7C-70)/HD(5,GPT,2B410137-959E-4B86-B062-A5440F1FC52B,0x1DBF3000,0x100000)/\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi
23:252 00:024 OCB: Get visibility for boot entry <null string> - Not Found
23:276 00:024 OCB: Discarding already present DP
23:301 00:024 OCB: Processing blessed list
23:325 00:024 OCB: Adding bless entry on disk - PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x14,0x0)/USB(0x10,0x0)/HD(1,GPT,0000032D-2730-C7D6-FA3D-DA015A060000,0x800,0x1CDF000)
23:350 00:024 OCBP: Blessed file is missing
23:374 00:024 OCBP: Blessed folder is missing
23:399 00:025 OCBP: Predefined <nil> \System\Library\CoreServices\boot.efi is missing - Not Found
23:424 00:024 OCBP: Predefined <nil> \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi is missing - Not Found
23:448 00:024 OCBP: Predefined <nil> \EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.EFI was found
23:473 00:024 OCB: Adding entry type (T:1|F:0|G:1) - PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x14,0x0)/USB(0x10,0x0)/HD(1,GPT,0000032D-2730-C7D6-FA3D-DA015A060000,0x800,0x1CDF000)/\EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.EFI
23:497 00:024 OCB: Get visibility for boot entry <null string> - Not Found
23:521 00:024 OCB: Trying to detect Microsoft BCD
23:546 00:024 OCB: Registering entry EFI [Auto] (T:1|F:0|G:1|E:1|B:0) - PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x14,0x0)/USB(0x10,0x0)/HD(1,GPT,0000032D-2730-C7D6-FA3D-DA015A060000,0x800,0x1CDF000)/\EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.EFI
23:570 00:024 OCB: Not adding hidden auxiliary entry OpenShell.efi (tool|B:0) -> OpenShell.efi
23:595 00:024 BEP: Reset NVRAM entry, preserve boot 0, apple 0
23:619 00:024 OCB: Not adding hidden auxiliary entry Reset NVRAM (os|B:1) -> <null string>
23:644 00:024 OCB: Showing menu...
23:668 00:024 OCHK: InitHotKeys
23:693 00:024 OCKM: Allocated key repeat context 7874AF98 78751E18 78751E98
23:718 00:025 OCAE: Set screen resolution to 1920x1080 - Success
23:742 00:024 OCTY: Registered handler

 

[Feartech]

I made progress..... I made my own set of kexts and drivers and everything, did changes according to coffee lake and made my USB.... Booted it....

I saw verbose on my UEFI screen until "watchdog status 1" which I assume is good... But then, All black screen (screen still on).... Just like using any of the EFI folders mentioned here this theread.... I'm on Intel HD630 and I did he correct changes and device model as MacBookPro15,1 sice both share the same iGPU. My last OC logs are below, Shouldn't i be getting the selection screen? Any help on what I might be dealing wrong her

missing your zipped EFI

 

[sameerasw]

missing your zipped EFI

My bad

 

[Feartech]

My bad

is not in the correct format:

<dict>
                <key>Comment</key>
                <string>OSI Rename</string>
                <key>Count</key>
                <integer>0</integer>
                <key>Enabled</key>
                <true/>
                <key>Find</key>
                <data>X09TSQ==</data>
                <key>Limit</key>
                <integer>0</integer>
                <key>Replace</key>
                <data>WE9TSQ==</data>
            </dict>

missing a lot of info from:

<key>PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x2,0x0)</key>
            <dict>
                <key>AAPL,ig-platform-id</key>
                <data>CQClPg==</data>
            </dict>

Lilu.kext should be first in the list

missing satellite kexts for VoodooI2C.kext - set this up after installation

should be using MacBookPro15,2