X299 Mobo with unsupported NVRAM

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Oli.mathieu · November 28, 2020

Hello everyone
It's known that "big sur" installation is not possible without NVRAM
Unfortunately I have never managed (even with Opencore guide) to get NVRAM work.
Here is my SSDT and my ACPI folder
Any help would be much appreciated
Thanks in advance

X299 Creaor - System DSDT.dsl.zip ACPI.zip

Edited November 30, 2020 by Oli.mathieu

MaLd0n · November 29, 2020

what error appear? post one photo in error screen

Oli.mathieu · November 29, 2020

Here what happen
I boot on the USB installer
verbose ends
I format the SSD (APFS)
I launch the installation on the formatted SSD
A reboot take place around "12 min remaining" - Not a good sign isn't it ?
I boot on "MacOS Installer" from Opencore GUI
verbose ends
The progress bar appears
The display resolution change
2 seconds after it reboots (with verbose) - it's an infinite loop

Thanks in advance

2nd reboot and loop after aple logo progress.jpg.zip

MaLd0n · November 30, 2020

what ur gpu?

Oli.mathieu · November 30, 2020

Same issue with RX 5600 XT / RX 5700 XT / GT710

Edited November 30, 2020 by Oli.mathieu

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