- Joined
- Jun 18, 2020
- Messages
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- Motherboard
- Thinkpad X1 Carbon 4th Gen
- CPU
- Intel Core i5-6200U
- Graphics
- Intel HD Graphics 520
Hi guys! I'm super new to this community and as I was getting a new laptop, I thought I'd convert my old Thinkpad x1 carbon gen 4 into a Hackintosh machine.
The reference I've used is here:
The only difference is that I've used High Sierra, not El Capitan.
I've got it working, and running. I fixed battery status, backlight, and everything I needed.
Today, as I was messing with Audio on this machine, I changed inject ID/layout in config.plist and saved and rebooted this machine -- and it stopped booting.
This actually happened before(because I accidentally deleted a kext), and I could always go back and use my bootable USB stick to boot into SSD to fix my issue. But this time, nothing has been working!
Obviously, I cannot boot from SSD, so I tried my USB stick and it didn't work. So I thought maybe I should re-create the bootable USB and still didn't boot.
To create my bootable USB stick, I followed this guide strictly. (with the latest version I could download)
When I first installed it on the machine, it worked just fine, but this time pretty much anything I've tried hasn't been working.
I've attached a picture(and I'm sorry! I HATE when people take a photo of the screen but there's no way to screenshot or anything...).
Since I've tried from both SSD and USB, I think this is an issue with my laptop:
-Could be the BIOS setting(although NOTHING have been changed since I started working on this project)
-Hardware issue? Hard to believe but...
I've tried:
-Unplugged the battery(thought it would reset the hardware)
-Swapped SSD and my Linux SSD booted just fine
-Again, I recreated CLOVER bootable USB.
-I can go into single-user mode.
I don't think I need to zip the CLOVER folder but just in case if you need it, please ask and I'd be happy to upload the zipped file.
Under EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other/
-FakeSMC
-GenericUSBXHCI
-Lilu
-USBInjectAll
-VoodooPS2Controller
-WhateverGreen
config.plist came from config_HD515_520_530_540.plist
PS: I'm amazed at how much info and effort that this community has put into making this possible! Thank you all!
I appreciate any input/help
Thanks!
The reference I've used is here:
GitHub - pive/x1carbon2016-osx-elcapitan: Thinkpad x1 Carbon 4th gen 2016 (skylake) running Mac OS X 10.11.6
Thinkpad x1 Carbon 4th gen 2016 (skylake) running Mac OS X 10.11.6 - pive/x1carbon2016-osx-elcapitan
github.com
I've got it working, and running. I fixed battery status, backlight, and everything I needed.
Today, as I was messing with Audio on this machine, I changed inject ID/layout in config.plist and saved and rebooted this machine -- and it stopped booting.
This actually happened before(because I accidentally deleted a kext), and I could always go back and use my bootable USB stick to boot into SSD to fix my issue. But this time, nothing has been working!
Obviously, I cannot boot from SSD, so I tried my USB stick and it didn't work. So I thought maybe I should re-create the bootable USB and still didn't boot.
To create my bootable USB stick, I followed this guide strictly. (with the latest version I could download)
[Guide] Booting the OS X installer on LAPTOPS with Clover
Overview One of the first challenges you'll face in installing OS X to your laptop will involve getting the OS X installer to boot from USB. This guide is for those wishing to use Clover (and in fact the only bootloader supported here). Both installing using Clover UEFI and Clover legacy are...
www.tonymacx86.com
I've attached a picture(and I'm sorry! I HATE when people take a photo of the screen but there's no way to screenshot or anything...).
Since I've tried from both SSD and USB, I think this is an issue with my laptop:
-Could be the BIOS setting(although NOTHING have been changed since I started working on this project)
-Hardware issue? Hard to believe but...
I've tried:
-Unplugged the battery(thought it would reset the hardware)
-Swapped SSD and my Linux SSD booted just fine
-Again, I recreated CLOVER bootable USB.
-I can go into single-user mode.
I don't think I need to zip the CLOVER folder but just in case if you need it, please ask and I'd be happy to upload the zipped file.
Under EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other/
-FakeSMC
-GenericUSBXHCI
-Lilu
-USBInjectAll
-VoodooPS2Controller
-WhateverGreen
config.plist came from config_HD515_520_530_540.plist
PS: I'm amazed at how much info and effort that this community has put into making this possible! Thank you all!
I appreciate any input/help
Thanks!