New Intel NUC NUC8i7BEH compatibily

[RehabMan]

Main problem I have at this point is that shutdown or restart causes a hang (sleep too). I doubt fixing WhateverGreen.kext will help, but I'll do that first before continuing. Then I have a bunch of other things to try...

Do you have the lockup problem on restart/shutdown on your system?

I found one other user that had the same issue on desktop with CoffeeLake.

And the issue was resolved with a BIOS update:
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...or-coffee-lake-cpu.238311/page-7#post-1832464

So, I guess there is hope that Intel will provide a similar fix in BIOS eventually.

(also, ran into another laptop CoffeeLake user that has the same issue, but don't have the link handy)

 

[Justdoit]

Looks like the shutdown/reboot issue is common among Coffee Lake platform.

So, I guess there is hope that Intel will provide a similar fix in BIOS eventually.

Can we push Intel to make the BIOS fix faster? They also have a forum community and many Intel customer service people are answering questions there. The only challenging part is how to describe the issue to Intel. I don't think we can say that we are installing macOS on NUC.

 

[vdubtc]

Was able to successfully install Mojave 10.14.1 beta 4 with full graphics acceleration and it seems decently stable with the exception of power management (hard shutdowns /reboot freeze) as previously noted.

Standing by for updated BIOS.

 

[Justdoit]

Was able to successfully install Mojave 10.14.1 beta 4 with full graphics acceleration

Glad to see that everything is working on your nuc. I'm now trying to fix iMessages but having difficulties to generate a valid serial number matching MacBookPro15,2 model. The Clover Configurator didn't have the MacBookPro15,2 model in the list. Do you know the S/N 4-digit Suffix for this model? Maybe I can just use the older iMac16,2 model instead.

 

[P1LGRIM]

The Clover Configurator didn't have the MacBookPro15,2 model in the list.

You are either mistaken or your Clover Configurator is not up to date :

 

[RehabMan]

Maybe I can just use the older iMac16,2 model instead.

I'm using iMac16,2.
Generally, I use an invalid serial#... (I use G0 prefix).

 

[Justdoit]

You are either mistaken or your Clover Configurator is not up to date

Thank you for the info. I was able to get an S/N with latest Clover Configurator v5.2.1.0. My previous version was Clover Configurator Vibrant, seems a little bit dated. I've got my iMessage working using MacBookPro15,2 with newly generated S/N. The 4-digit suffix for MacBookPro15,2 is JHCD.

 

[maxmatteo]

thanks for all your work & testings!

I am planning to run MacOS on my NUC8-I5 soon... looks like we are missing a fix for the standard reboot/shutdown issue?

did anyone get the thunderbolt/firewire connection to work?(will need that for an audio interface..not display)

 

[maxmatteo]

so i build my personal rough setup guide: https://gist.github.com/mstaack/1c0ed921983ad4a2a2fb584d32030095

after installation "12 minutes remaining" i did a power off (as stated in a post here)

then clover -> boot Installation from disk (not usb default installl)

then i boot into the "continued" "setup screen and it hangs with "about 15 minutes to install"

any ideas what i am doing wrong? (have not used self compiled lilu/whatsgreen for installation the latest release should be ok?)


cheers max

 

[vdubtc]

You’re not doing anything wrong. All of us have experienced this and it’s due to cpu power management and it’s going to require a BIOS update from intel. I’m not sure how we’d be able to push our request on the IntelNUC forum, but this is all I’m waiting on for.

I had to do my install on my Hackintosh desktop (Z370-P + i5-8600k), remove the SSD and reinstall in the NUC8i5. From there I booted from USB and got into Mojave with full graphics acceleration(on a 4k display via HDMI) it was decently stable but I experienced a random shutdown when I went to change my startup disk in System Preferences.