<< Solved >> Mojave Installer Would Not Show Up, Stuck at "IOReturn IONVMeController::CreateSubmissionQueue"

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Goal

To install macOS Mojave 10.14.6 with Samsung M.2 SSD 970 EVO Plus.


Issue

I have followed UniBeast installation guide, but the installer would not show up.

The images of log with verbose mode are attached as "log-1_1.jpg" and "log-1_2.jpg".



I found "AppleNVMe Assert failed" and "IOReturn IONVMeController::CreateSubmissionQueue" messages in the log, so
I tried removing M.2 NVMe SSD and rebooting.
However, the installer still didn't show up.
Here is the log of this trial.

The log of this trial are attached as "log-2_1.jpg" and "log-2_2.jpg".



Related issues

Mohave Installation Stuck On "IOReturn IONVMeController::CreateSubmissionQueue"...

Hello All, I've been trying to get OS X Mohave or High Sierra installed on my PC for two days now. Whenever i start the installation from clover, it gets this far and then stops completely (verbose in attached image) "IOReturn IONVMeController::CreateSubmissionQueue(uint16_t, uint8_t)::2742:SQ...

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Configuration

PC

Motherboard	ASRock Z390 Extreme 4
CPU	Intel i7-8700
GPU	Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CPU integrated)
RAM	CFD Crucial DDR4-2666 16GB x2
SSD	Samsung M.2 SSD 970 EVO Plus
HDD	Western Digital 4TB HDD WD40EZRZ-RT2 (SATA)
Combo Drive	ASUS BC-12D2HT (SATA)
PSU	RAIDMAX Cobra Power RX-800AE-M

Note that 970 EVO Plus needs firmware update, so I updated it.

Tool & Software Download | Samsung Semiconductor Global

Download various software related to your product, including Samsung Magician, designed for use with Samsung's memory products, and find related information.

www.samsung.com

BIOS

Ver. 2.30

I made the following changes from default setting:

Advanced\Chipset Configuration
VT-d: Enabled -> Disabled
Share Memory: Auto -> 64MB (https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/solved-how-to-enable-uhd-630-on-mojave.264327/)

Advanced\Super IO Configuration
Serial Port: Enabled -> Disabled

Advanced\USB Configuration
XHCI Hand-off: Disabled -> Enabled


UniBeast/Clover

UniBeast 9.20
Clover EFI installer v2.4k r4920

I didn't make any modification on config.plist.


Host Mac

MacBook Air Mid 2012

 

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with Samsung M.2 SSD 970 EVO Plus

Did you update the firmware ?

<< Solved >> - Do the Samsung 970 EVO Plus drives work ? New Firmware Available 2B2QEXM7

Hi all, Some weeks ago Samsung introduced some new M2 NVM SSDs. I wanted to purchase the older 970 Evo model to create a dual boot system for my Intel Skull Canyon . The new drive is only slightly more expensive and I don't mind the additional 1000 MB/s write speeds. Are there any users that...

www.tonymacx86.com

 

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Did you update the firmware ?

<< Solved >> - Do the Samsung 970 EVO Plus drives work ? New Firmware Available 2B2QEXM7

Hi all, Some weeks ago Samsung introduced some new M2 NVM SSDs. I wanted to purchase the older 970 Evo model to create a dual boot system for my Intel Skull Canyon . The new drive is only slightly more expensive and I don't mind the additional 1000 MB/s write speeds. Are there any users that...

www.tonymacx86.com

Thanks for the reply.
Yes, I updated it.

I downloaded "NVMe SSD-970 EVO Plus Firmware" from here and burned it to USB using Rufus on Windows 10.
Then I booted the USB from the machine I wanted install macOS, and I saw the log showing successfully updated the firmware.

 

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Looks remarkably similar to this :

If you use UEFI version 2203 or later the system will hang during the boot of macOS at apfs_module_start:1393. @mattystonnie has created a patch that fixes this.

 

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Looks remarkably similar to this :

Wow, that is exactly what I have looked for, totally overlooked.
Following the mentioned guide, I successfully have completed installation of Mojave on NVMe SSD.

Thanks a lot!