Please Help me, on Moving to Clover 5160 has caused my Clover to not shutdown

[Malee Elliott]

Hi All, 

I am relatively new to all this and have been trying to upgrade my Catalina which has been running perfectly for 4 years . But now I keep getting messages that my OS is out of date and some applications I can not upgrade. To start with I was trying to install Sequoia using open core, but I was advised here that I could use Clover 5160. So I have updated to clover 5160 but now the system will not restart, shutdown or sleep. Applications close down and I am left with an empty desktop and frozen mouse, with the computer still running. This is also effecting efforts to try and install Sequioa, the installation will proceed to the stage at 12 mins, when I think it wants to reboot but it just freezes the same way. I have DUCK DUCKED and Duck Ducked trying to find a solution to no avail.  I hope someone here can point me in the right direction.

 

All the best

 

 

Hardware Overview:

 

  Model Name: iMac

  Model Identifier: iMac18,3

  Processor Name: 8-Core Intel Core i9k

  Processor Speed: 3.60 GHz

  Number of Processors: 1

  Total Number of Cores: 8

  L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB

  L3 Cache: 16 MB

  Hyper-Threading Technology: Enabled

  Memory: 32 GB

  Boot ROM Version: 1037.40.118.0.0

  Apple ROM Info: Apple ROM Version.

Board-ID : Mac-AA95B1DDAB278B95

⌘  Powered by Clover revision: 5160 (master, commit 7b08a616e)

  SMC Version (system): 2.41f2

 

Motherboard ROG Asus RX-590-F

GPU: Asus RX590 8gb

Processor Intel I9

Coffee lake chipset

Memory 2x16gb

Booting from WD black m.2

 

config.plist

[verdazil]

52 minutes ago, Malee Elliott said:

I was advised here that I could use Clover 5160

In my opinion, this was bad advice. While Clover is still a fully functional downloader, it is certainly outdated. The main problem is that the authors of this bootloader were never able to provide a full structured manual. What is there does not stand up to any criticism. So when a new OpenCore bootloader came out with great tools and great tutorials, the vast majority of users switched to it. Accordingly, the probability of receiving qualified assistance with the OpenCore bootloader is much higher. For example, I open your config and see that half of the parameters are missing. Who will deal with this and compare your config with the sample? Could it be the one who gives such great advice? I, for one, have no such desire.

Edited 21 hours ago by verdazil

[Anto65]

@Malee Elliott  Try EFI.zip putting it in a bootable USB and see if it boots Catalina ( BMC kexts are currently excluded )

 

( Click on the Reset Nvram icon before booting it )

 

 

Please add your hardware specs in your signature

https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/336486-video-how-to-add-a-signature/#comment-2647874

 

Edited 20 hours ago by Anto65

[Malee Elliott]

HI Anto 65.

That did not work, and resetting nvrm I think has caused the computer to no longer boot at all. Stuck on the apple progress bar

[Anto65]

Replace 

Config.plist.zip

[Malee Elliott]

In your efi or mine. ..

 

[Anto65]

my

 

if not work try this one Clover-EFI.zip ( F11 BEFORE BOOT )

Edited 18 hours ago by Anto65

[Malee Elliott]

I managed to get the system back using my old 5098 clover, your open core hangs very early in boot. I HAD PREVIOUSLY set up the OC but couldnot get it too work. I HAVE A THREAD started on here regarding the problems i was having. But my efi did boot longer. Not sure how to link to it

[Malee Elliott]

Thank you the last efi booted with the new clover and rebooted and shutdown work. I will transfer to install usb drive and see if i can upgrade. THANK YOU

[Malee Elliott]

Thank u again....uupgrade ok, no sound will check out tomorrow

[Anto65]

3 hours ago, Malee Elliott said:

 Not sure how to link to it

https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/360187-helprequired-sequoia-install-crashing-rog-rx390-f-with-rx590-gpu/#comment-2827057

 

try to enable XhciPortLimit quirks I didn't do it , if I'm not mistaken the Audio  goes over the usb ( Realtek USB audio based boards (commonly ALC4080 and ALC4082) 

I suggest you map the usb ports 👋

 

If you want to give OC another try OC-EFI.zip

 

" resetting nvrm I think has caused the computer to no longer boot at all "

 

Unfortunately when switching from Clover to OC and vice versa it is recommended to reset the nvram, try using the CleanNvram.efi tool instead (then reboot again) before starting with OC
Certain Asus MB from past experiences have this defect

 

Please check your Signature ? MB ?

Edited 15 hours ago by Anto65