<< Solved >> Monterey Update failure: No port micro restart (we don't support SMC on this platform)

[iLikeHackintosh]

I'm unable to update from Big Sur to Monterey, I get error and system reboots:

No port micro restart (we don't support SMC on this platform)

Bootloader: Clover 5142
SMBIOS: iMacPro1,1

Big Sur runs smootlhy without issues.

 

[DebChakra]

Same here. Following…

 

[iLikeHackintosh]

I have not found the solution yet. Might be that impossible with Clover or I cannot figure aout the needed bit.

 

[iLikeHackintosh]

I suspect that this might be the Quirks issue. Below are listed quirks settings.

    <key>Quirks</key>
    <dict>
        <key>AvoidRuntimeDefrag</key>
        <true/>
        <key>DevirtualiseMmio</key>
        <true/>
        <key>DisableIoMapper</key>
        <true/>
        <key>DisableLinkeditJettison</key>
        <true/>
        <key>EnableSafeModeSlide</key>
        <true/>
        <key>EnableWriteUnprotector</key>
        <true/>
        <key>FuzzyMatch</key>
        <true/>
        <key>MmioWhitelist</key>
        <array>
            <dict>
                <key>Address</key>
                <integer>4278190080</integer>
                <key>Comment</key>
                <string>Generic: PCI root is a 0x1000 page memory region used by some firmwares</string>
                <key>Enabled</key>
                <false/>
            </dict>
            <dict>
                <key>Address</key>
                <integer>4275159040</integer>
                <key>Comment</key>
                <string>Haswell: SB_RCBA is a 0x4 page memory region, containing SPI_BASE at 0x3800 (SPI_BASE_ADDRESS)</string>
                <key>Enabled</key>
                <false/>
            </dict>
        </array>
        <key>PowerTimeoutKernelPanic</key>
        <true/>
        <key>ProtectMemoryRegions</key>
        <true/>
        <key>ProvideCustomSlide</key>
        <true/>
        <key>RebuildAppleMemoryMap</key>
        <true/>
        <key>SyncRuntimePermissions</key>
        <true/>
        <key>XhciPortLimit</key>
        <true/>
    </dict>

 

[iLikeHackintosh]

I had some progress. I decided to create USB installer and interestingly I were able to boot installer from it. But after installing installer on disk, I got another issue.

A required firmware update could not be installed.

 

[iLikeHackintosh]

Seems that I found the workaround.

I changed SMBIOS from iMacPro to iMac16.2 and were able to upgrade without issues.

Then I reverted SMBIOS back to iMacPro after upgrade and everything works fine

 

[Simon70]

Solved same problems in same way. The USB installer idea solved the loop.
Thanks.

 

[iLikeHackintosh]

Solved same problems in same way. The USB installer idea solved the loop.
Thanks.

Good to know. Seems that this is then working soluton on case of same symptoms.

 

[maclinuxg4]

hello i am iam interess by EFI for Z170-UD5-TH to monterey, can you share it?