Toleda's audio_cloverALC-130_v0.1.command new fix to Realtek ALC 888b audio problem

[cmn699]

I tried Toleda's audio_cloverALC-130_v0.1.command (alpha) to fix audio in my GA-H61M-HD2 MoBo+Intel Celeron G1610+ATI Radeon 5450 Graphics when I installed macOS High Sierra on an old LiteON 256GB SSD from a Windows Laptop connected outside the case to a SATA Cable and SATA Power .

This time I did not use a macOS HighSierra USB Installer but went for directly installing the downloaded MacOS HighSierra on the LiteON SSD

After disconnecting the SATA disk where I have previously installed macOS HighSierra, I connected the new SSD to its Power and SATA cable pulled outside the case. This SSD has an old installation of Windows 10 on it.

• I made sure the macOS High Sierra Installer is still in the Applications folder of the Sierra 10.12.5 SATA disk.[Image]

• I launched the terminal and ran diskutil list command to check the LiteOn SSD and my Sierra System disk.

• Then I launched Disk Uility and to erase the LiteOn SSD.

• Initially I erased it using GUID Partition Map and MacOS Extended(Journaled) Format scheme.

• I launched from Applications folder the previously downloaded macOS HighSierra installer

• I agreed to the License to use the installer

• Initially only the macSSierra System disk is displayed.
  
• To locate my target disk (macOSHighSierra) , I had to click the "Show all Disks" option.

• Since it was an SSD I was prompted to upgrade the file format to APFS.

• I selected APFS Upgrade

• The installation started

• It rebooted once and the second time , It was not showing up in the Clover Boot Boot Manager , even if I selected the partially installed disk through F-12 .
  
• Only my Sierra System disk and its Recovery HD will show up in Clover Boot Manager Screen.

• After a couple of failed trials with reformat using APFS upgrade, finally I decided to reformat it as MacOS Extended (Journaled) and did not choose the prompt to Upgrade.

• This time it booted properly on the second round and I could install it.

• I then installed Clover EFI bootloader 4097 downloaded from the Net as UEFI Mode .

• I booted again with the macOS Sierra System as the first boot to get to Clover Boot Manger and then used the previous Boot flags.

• Once back on the Desktop, I used CCV-V and mounted the EFI of High Sierra disk.

• I added FakeSMC and my RTL Ethernet Kext in "kexts>Other"

• I edited the config.plist like I have done on MacOS Sierra and prior installation of High Sierra.

• I rebooted the System and this time I chose the HighSierra at F12 boot menu to enter Clover Boot Manager.

• Once back on Desktop, I downloaded Toleda's audio_cloverALC-130_v0.1.command (alpha)zip and launched Terminal and dragged and dropped the command.

• On reboot I got the audio.

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[vulgo]

I then installed Clover EFI bootloader 4097 downloaded from the Net as UEFI Mode

Do this before you start installing and install apfs.efi to /efi/clover/drivers64uefi.

I edited the config.plist like I have done on MacOS Sierra and prior installation of High Sierra.

In config.plist remove SMBIOS->BiosVersion and SMBIOS->BiosReleaseDate if present

I added FakeSMC and my RTL Ethernet Kext in "kexts>Other"

Ensure FakeSMC is latest version.

After a couple of failed trials with reformat using APFS upgrade, finally I decided to reformat it as MacOS Extended (Journaled) and did not choose the prompt to Upgrade.

Should work ok with the above steps.

 

[cmn699]

Do this before you start installing and install apfs.efi to /efi/clover/drivers64uefi.

In config.plist remove SMBIOS->BiosVersion and SMBIOS->BiosReleaseDate if present

Ensure FakeSMC is latest version.

Should work ok with the above steps.

Thank you for your input; I appreciate your suggestions.
Unfortunately the trial failed. Here is what I did in brief:

• I reformatted the SSD

• Started with CLOVER EFI 4097 installation ,
  
• apfs.efi harvesting from the HighSierra Beta Installer and
  
• Installation of apfs.efi into CLOVER_drivers64UEFI folder
  
• Re-downloading from Tonymac, FAKESMC.kext to kexts>Other
  
• Editing SMBIOS ROM BIOS Version and Release Date as suggested.
• Like before, post installation second reboot ended witha CLOVER Boot Manager Screen showing only my Sierra and its Recovery HD; High Sierra was missing!

Since I was doing a trial with SSD I took numerous images through out the installation to document all the various stages.
Relevant images are uploaded to clarify the above message.
Thank you once again for your interest and efforts on the topic.

 

[vulgo]

So Clover sees the drive after the first reboot (this is when the firmware update would run on a real mac), installation is started then after a second reboot Clover doesn't see the drive anymore. Not sure if clearing the SMBIOS values from the options menu will use the default values, or empty values. There is also FirmwareFeatures that has changed. You might try with these

BiosVersion: IM142.88Z.0119.B01.1706261827
BiosReleaseDate: 06/26/2017
FirmwareFeatures: 0xe007e137

Really there is not much need for those values to be in your config plist (there was for a while when the APFS firmwares first came out but Clover has been updated now). All you normally need is the product name and the values unique to your machine, serial number etc.

 

[cmn699]

So Clover sees the drive after the first reboot (this is when the firmware update would run on a real mac), installation is started then after a second reboot Clover doesn't see the drive anymore. Not sure if clearing the SMBIOS values from the options menu will use the default values, or empty values. There is also FirmwareFeatures that has changed. You might try with these

BiosVersion: IM142.88Z.0119.B01.1706261827
BiosReleaseDate: 06/26/2017
FirmwareFeatures: 0xe007e137

Really there is not much need for those values to be in your config plist (there was for a while when the APFS firmwares first came out but Clover has been updated now). All you normally need is the product name and the values unique to your machine, serial number etc.

I might try the BIOS version , Release date and FirmwareFeatures you have indicated in my next trial.

I am wondering whether the Firmware of the SSD I am using could be a factor for not accepting installation using APFS .

This disk has no problem to install the system using macOS Extended (Journaled) File Format in GUID Partition Map scheme.

Details of LiteOn SSD 256GB:
Model:LcS:256M6S
Manufactured :Nov 2013. [See image]

I took it out of my Asus Laptop (Windows 10) to test SSD in APFS for Hackintosh macOS High Sierra as a direct Installation through currently running macOS Sierra in SATA Mechanical drive. . I did not have a newer spare SSD to test run High Sierra Beta and 'borrowed' this disk from Laptop.