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[LateBloomer]

@kgp

Hello,

I'm hoping to get some guidance as I'm currently stuck at getting my NVMe drive to work. Also, I'm not using a Samsung drive, but an Intel 600p one. I'm on ASUS Deluxe ii with 6800k. Funny thing is that I had this same NVMe drive working no problem while I was on 10.12.3. Now that I've done a clean install of 10.12.6, the steps of getting it to work are different. At least according to your (KGP) guide (Another thing is I've used a different NVMe guide for 10.12.3.). However, this time around I'm trying to follow your guide all the way through if possible.

I think I'm misunderstanding how to properly execute the following steps of your guide:

As far as I could tell step 3 is getting completed correctly, but step 4 isn't.

I'm usually fairly competent when it comes to following instructions, but certainly not in this instance. Any insight, guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

[kgp]

@kgp

Hello,

I'm hoping to get some guidance as I'm currently stuck at getting my NVMe drive to work. Also, I'm not using a Samsung drive, but an Intel 600p one. I'm on ASUS Deluxe ii with 6800k. Funny thing is that I had this same NVMe drive working no problem while I was on 10.12.3. Now that I've done a clean install of 10.12.6, the steps of getting it to work are different. At least according to your (KGP) guide (Another thing is I've used a different NVMe guide for 10.12.3.). However, this time around I'm trying to follow your guide all the way through if possible.

I think I'm misunderstanding how to properly execute the following steps of your guide:

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As far as I could tell step 3 is getting completed correctly, but step 4 isn't.

I'm usually fairly competent when it comes to following instructions, but certainly not in this instance. Any insight, guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

What happens during step 4?

 

[LateBloomer]

What happens during step 4?

I'm currently at work, so I can't look it up, but it gives some sort of error. If I remember correctly it says: location isn't valid or doesn't exist. I'm not 100% sure. I will try it again and let you know for sure.

Here's what I did. I downloaded Rehabman's patch. I just left it in Downloads as it is. Well, I unzipped it, but didn't do anything beyond that. Then proceeded to execute step 3. Initially it didn't go through as it needed some "dev edition" something-something. It asked to download it, which I did. After it was downloaded I redid step 3 and it completed it successfully. Afterwards, I went for step 4 and that's when I kept getting an error message. Once again, I will confirm exactly what error message it is as soon as I'll get home.

 

[kgp]

I'm currently at work, so I can't look it up, but it gives some sort of error. If I remember correctly it says: location isn't valid or doesn't exist. I'm not 100% sure. I will try it again and let you know for sure.

Here's what I did. I downloaded Rehabman's patch. I just left it in Downloads as it is. Well, I unzipped it, but didn't do anything beyond that. Then proceeded to execute step 3. Initially it didn't go through as it needed some "dev edition" something-something. It asked to download it, which I did. After it was downloaded I redid step 3 and it completed it successfully. Afterwards, I went for step 4 and that's when I kept getting an error message. Once again, I will confirm exactly what error message it is as soon as I'll get home.

Yup, we need to know the exact error message..

 

[LateBloomer]

Yup, we need to know the exact error message..

Sounds good. I will get it and report back with it to see if it'll shed some light on where I went wrong. Thanks.

 

[LateBloomer]

Yup, we need to know the exact error message..

So I tried doing it again. Here is what I got. I didn't have an error like I did last time I tried, but at the same time I have no idea where to find supposedly created patched HackrNVMeFamily-10.12.6.kext. Or am I missing something?

Here is step 3

Here is step 4

 

[kgp]

So I tried doing it again. Here is what I got. I didn't have an error like I did last time I tried, but at the same time I have no idea where to find supposedly created patched HackrNVMeFamily-10.12.6.kext. Or am I missing something?

Here is step 3

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Here is step 4

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Everything looks fine! The HackrNVMeFamily-10.12.6.kext should be in the same directory where you execute patch_nvme.sh!
I suppose in your case that would be the patch-name.git directory.... Take a look with much care!

 

[LateBloomer]

Everything looks fine! The HackrNVMeFamily-10.12.6.kext should be in the same directory where you execute patch_nvme.sh!
I suppose in your case that would be the patch-name.git directory.... Take a look with much care!

Well, I did take a look numerous times and I don't see anything. 'patch-name.git' directory doesn't even sound like an actual directory. If it is then it most certainly over my head.

Directory where 'patch_nvme.sh' is located was the first place I looked in. That file is in my Downloads folder. As you can see it's not in there:

At this point I'm not sure where else I can look.

I suppose I could try using your HackrNVMeFamily-10_12_6.kext. I'm not sure if the fact that you have a different mobo will make it obsolete for my use.

 

[LateBloomer]

Well, I did take a look numerous times and I don't see anything. 'patch-name.git' directory doesn't even sound like an actual directory. If it is then it most certainly over my head.

Directory where 'patch_nvme.sh' is located was the first place I looked in. That file is in my Downloads folder. As you can see it's not in there:

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At this point I'm not sure where else I can look.

I suppose I could try using your HackrNVMeFamily-10_12_6.kext. I'm not sure if the fact that you have a different mobo will make it obsolete for my use.

Alright! Got it to work. Went back and found the guide I used before and that method still works. At least it did for me. The best part it literally took less than five minutes.

Now if I could only get the ThunderboltEX 3 card to work, I'll be on seventh cloud.

Either way, Thank you for your help @kgp. I really appreciate your time.

 

[kgp]

Alright! Got it to work. Went back and found the guide I used before and that method still works. At least it did for me. The best part it literally took less than five minutes.

Now if I could only get the ThunderboltEX 3 card to work, I'll be on seventh cloud.

Either way, Thank you for your help @kgp. I really appreciate your time.

Have a look to the ThunderboltEX 3 Instructions E.5) being part of my Skylake-X/X299 macOS High Sierra 10.13 Desktop Guide. All instructions should be also valid for X99 and 10.12.6.