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- Aug 19, 2011
- Messages
- 16
- Motherboard
- Z170N-WIFI
- CPU
- i3-6100
- Graphics
- HD530
- Mac
- Mobile Phone
Hi Guys,
I installed High Sierra on my Z170N-WIFI with i3 cpu and 16GB and an NVME drive a while ago, using these guides & it was v.g. all round, thaks to those who write them - much appreciated.
A bit glitchy at the top left of the screen sometimes, but it all worked - dual booting win10 too.
I took some clonezilla copies of the system disc at various stages just in case...and maybe one of them was good.
Sadly, it recently stopped working.
What was I thinking updating the BIOS?
Anyway, as soon as the BIOS was updated, HS would no longer boot.
Even the USB stick booted the same. Got to the Apple logo & stopped at the beginning of the progress bar.
I reverted the BIOS back down to the version I originally had, F20. and started again, F7 to set defaults etc.
So I went through all ALL of the BIOS settings I could & found one which had changed.
And I replaced the NVME & restored one of the Clonezilla images & that appeared to restore OK, as it shutdown at the end.
There's no Clover boot menu anymore, it just boots into windows.
Getting a bit further with the boot process.
I'm sure that it's a BIOS setting, but I've been through them a number of times, so here they are:
Load Optimized Defaults (f7)
VT-d, disabled
Can't find any CFG-Lock, (can't disable it)
Secure Boot Mode, disabled
OS Type is set to "Other OS"
No IO Serial Port
XHCI Handoff set to Enabled
It's not a 6 series or x58 system with AWARD BIOS, disable USB 3.0
Also tried these values all tried, no difference:
XMP disabled
All Clocks - auto
All Voltage - auto
SmartFan - disabled
Fastboot - disabled
PXE-boot - disabled
Storage boot option - uefi/not used
Other PCI devices - uefi/not used
Initial Display - IGFX or PCIe no difference
Internal Graphics Support - Enabled / disabled / auto
Intel BIOS guard - disabled
Legacy USB Support - enabled / disabled
The USB stick boots exactly the same as the NVME, (but a bit slower of course).
Attached is the panic screen - says something about the intel graphics, but it's just internal 530 as it was before - and "initial display" setting doesn't make a bit of difference, not whether the Internal Graphics is EN/Auto/DIS.
I'm more than 50% sure that I've broken it, but as it's my only OSX platform I can't actually make a new installer & start again ;-(
So I'm hoping some kind soul will point me in the direction of a fix or the next diagnostic step.
Thanks in advance.
Salvador.
My cunning plan was to update the system to Catalina - apparently you can go straight there from HS. Just as well because there are no other OSX downloads available from the Applestore.
I installed High Sierra on my Z170N-WIFI with i3 cpu and 16GB and an NVME drive a while ago, using these guides & it was v.g. all round, thaks to those who write them - much appreciated.
A bit glitchy at the top left of the screen sometimes, but it all worked - dual booting win10 too.
I took some clonezilla copies of the system disc at various stages just in case...and maybe one of them was good.
Sadly, it recently stopped working.
What was I thinking updating the BIOS?
Anyway, as soon as the BIOS was updated, HS would no longer boot.
Even the USB stick booted the same. Got to the Apple logo & stopped at the beginning of the progress bar.
I reverted the BIOS back down to the version I originally had, F20. and started again, F7 to set defaults etc.
So I went through all ALL of the BIOS settings I could & found one which had changed.
And I replaced the NVME & restored one of the Clonezilla images & that appeared to restore OK, as it shutdown at the end.
There's no Clover boot menu anymore, it just boots into windows.
Getting a bit further with the boot process.
I'm sure that it's a BIOS setting, but I've been through them a number of times, so here they are:
Load Optimized Defaults (f7)
VT-d, disabled
Can't find any CFG-Lock, (can't disable it)
Secure Boot Mode, disabled
OS Type is set to "Other OS"
No IO Serial Port
XHCI Handoff set to Enabled
It's not a 6 series or x58 system with AWARD BIOS, disable USB 3.0
Also tried these values all tried, no difference:
XMP disabled
All Clocks - auto
All Voltage - auto
SmartFan - disabled
Fastboot - disabled
PXE-boot - disabled
Storage boot option - uefi/not used
Other PCI devices - uefi/not used
Initial Display - IGFX or PCIe no difference
Internal Graphics Support - Enabled / disabled / auto
Intel BIOS guard - disabled
Legacy USB Support - enabled / disabled
The USB stick boots exactly the same as the NVME, (but a bit slower of course).
Attached is the panic screen - says something about the intel graphics, but it's just internal 530 as it was before - and "initial display" setting doesn't make a bit of difference, not whether the Internal Graphics is EN/Auto/DIS.
I'm more than 50% sure that I've broken it, but as it's my only OSX platform I can't actually make a new installer & start again ;-(
So I'm hoping some kind soul will point me in the direction of a fix or the next diagnostic step.
Thanks in advance.
Salvador.
My cunning plan was to update the system to Catalina - apparently you can go straight there from HS. Just as well because there are no other OSX downloads available from the Applestore.