High Sierra Boot Stuck on stall "AppleACPICPU"

[AminoAdrian90]

Hi everyone,

I've been trying to update my Hackintosh from El Capitan to High Sierra for a while now. It worked out fine in the beginning, but after erasing my hard disk and rebooting, I'm getting stuck at "kextd stall: AppleACPICPU" (see picture).
I can't figure out how to get pass it, as I'm not an expert. But I'm really desperate right now... I hope someone can help me.

This is my setup:
Mainboard: GA-Z87X-UD5H
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K CPU @ 3,50GHz
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 970

Further information:
- My config.plist is attached
- inside the EFI kext "Other" folder I put: FakeSMC.kext; Lilu.kext; NvidiaGraphicsFixup_1.2.2.kext; 78938-NullCPUPowerManagement-1.0.0d2.kext
- No, I didn't forget about the apfs.efi
- I am not able to disable CPU VT-d (it is greyed out on "enabled")

Thanks!

 

[jcds83]

Your config.plist is not good. I don't understand when I open it with TextEdit for instance why every key begins with a #.

 

[BreBo]

@AminoAdrian90, please update your profile (personal details) with your Motherboard (Mobo), CPU and Graphics Card.

Profiles need to contain at least your primary system to assist others with helping you.

Remove NullCPUPowerManagement-1.0.0d2.kext as you don't need it.
Fix for failure NVIDIA Web Driver on High Sierra, black screen, panics.

 

[AminoAdrian90]

@BreBo Ok, I will!
@jcds83 Is there anything else I should remove from my config.plist? Thanks!

 

[jcds83]

@jcds83 Is there anything else I should remove from my config.plist? Thanks!

First you should install the latest version of Clover. See in the Clover Builds section from Downloads tab.
I've tried to cleanup your config.plist by removing all # and I can now open it in Clover Configurator.
It seems that you don't use anymore an ATI card, so I've removed all references to it.
If you have changed your graphic card, you should also make a new DSDT.aml. Do you know how to do it? If not, see here How to create your own DSDT using MaciASL | tonymacx86.com
With a new DSDT, you need to build a new SSDT.
You drop the MATS table; according to RehabMan, it is not necessary. Just add to config.plist/ACPI/DSDT/Fixes/FixHeaders=true
if using the latest Clover.

 

[AminoAdrian90]

First you should install the latest version of Clover. See in the Clover Builds section from Downloads tab.
I've tried to cleanup your config.plist by removing all # and I can now open it in Clover Configurator.
It seems that you don't use anymore an ATI card, so I've removed all references to it.
If you have changed your graphic card, you should also make a new DSDT.aml. Do you know how to do it? If not, see here How to create your own DSDT using MaciASL | tonymacx86.com
With a new DSDT, you need to build a new SSDT.
You drop the MATS table; according to RehabMan, it is not necessary. Just add to config.plist/ACPI/DSDT/Fixes/FixHeaders=true
if using the latest Clover.

Thanks a lot for the advice!
I'm using the latest version of Clover. When I take out the MATS table, I'm getting stuck even earlier (at "MACH Reboot"), so I left it in my config.plist.
As I wasn't sure about my Graphics Card, I removed it completely. Now, this is what happens: after the second kextd stall "AppleACPICPU" message, the Apple Logo appears, but the bar won't start filling up. After a while the spinning Wheel appears. This is where I get stuck.
Any ideas? I'm kind of desperate at this point :/

 

[RehabMan]

Thanks a lot for the advice!
I'm using the latest version of Clover. When I take out the MATS table, I'm getting stuck even earlier (at "MACH Reboot"), so I left it in my config.plist.
As I wasn't sure about my Graphics Card, I removed it completely. Now, this is what happens: after the second kextd stall "AppleACPICPU" message, the Apple Logo appears, but the bar won't start filling up. After a while the spinning Wheel appears. This is where I get stuck.
Any ideas? I'm kind of desperate at this point :/

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