[Solved] High Sierra on Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Ultra Gaming Wifi - stuck installing...(ACPI)

[Eikeweb]

Hi there,

after about six years with my old Hackintosh it was time to move on. So I decided on the newest hardware and assembled it quite easily. I followed all the rules of the latest installation guide here, but the installation keeps getting stuck.
Just after clover (before the MacOS installer from the USB stick) there is a hang. I attached a screenshot of the error.



Although I looked for hours here (and else), I couldn't find a solution to that. I double checked everything in the BIOS and nothing makes a difference. When I drop all OEM the installer hangs on "FakeSMCKeyStore".
I have seen there are people with almost exactly the same specs, who didn't have any trouble at all installing.
Probably I missed something, maybe someone has a good tip for me. (Clover Setup / config list?)

Help is very much appreciated !!!
Thanks, Eike

 

[P1LGRIM]

These errors are typically the result of too many unnecessary DSDT/ACPI fixes in the config.plist.

Attach your config.plist.

 

[Eikeweb]

Hi P1LGRIM,

thanks very much for the quick reply!
Here is my config.plist from the UniBeast created USB stick. (Clover Folder)
Indeed there are a lot of parameters included.

Hope this will help to find what causes the hang.
Greeting, Eike

 

[P1LGRIM]

Here is my config.plist from the UniBeast created USB stick. (Clover Folder)

No need to paste it into the thread - Attaching it is quite enough.

See if these modifications make any difference :

 

[UtterDisbelief]

Hi there.

I'm not an expert on this, but ...

You could try changing:

<key>CsrActiveConfig</key>
<string>0x3</string>

to

<key>CsrActiveConfig</key>
<string>0x67</string>

... and see if that makes any difference. (This disables SIP which may allow certain kexts to load that are otherwise blocked by 03)



(Sorry @P1LGRIM - it looks like we posted at the same time! )

 

[Eikeweb]

checking...

 

[Eikeweb]

So I tried it all again from scratch but had the same outcome.
I downloaded the MacOS again and the latest UniBeast, then created a new USB stick.

Maybe it has something to do with the BIOS: Z370 Aorus Ultra Gaming Wifi (F1)
So my config.plist doesn't match. Does anyone have a successful installation on that?

UniBeast created: Clover Version 2.4k rev 4428

 

[Eikeweb]

No need to paste it into the thread - Attaching it is quite enough.

See if these modifications make any difference :

Hi,
thanks to your efforts, but unfortunately both hacks didn't work. I got exactly the same error as in the screenshot.
Any other idea, what I could try? I am pretty lost on this...

 

[Eikeweb]

Hi there.

I'm not an expert on this, but ...

You could try changing:

<key>CsrActiveConfig</key>
<string>0x3</string>

to

<key>CsrActiveConfig</key>
<string>0x67</string>

... and see if that makes any difference. (This disables SIP which may allow certain kexts to load that are otherwise blocked by 03)



(Sorry @P1LGRIM - it looks like we posted at the same time! )

thanks for the help, but sadly it didn't make a difference. Running out of ideas...

 

[cmn699]

thanks for the help, but sadly it didn't make a difference. Running out of ideas...

See if editing your ACPI_Drop Tables in the config.plist opened in CCV as shown in uploaded image could help.