Mojave random boot failure

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A non-Apple computer configured to run macOS using compatible PC hardware combined with a custom bootloader and configuration files to emulate a real Mac environment.

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OpenCore is a modern Hackintosh bootloader that provides near-native macOS behavior and is the recommended bootloader for new installations.

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The EFI folder contains the bootloader, drivers, kexts, and configuration files required to boot macOS on a Hackintosh.

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Kexts (kernel extensions) are drivers that enable hardware functionality such as audio, Ethernet, USB, and graphics.

john55b · November 7, 2021

Hi,

Attached is a ZIP of my CLOVER directory I am using for my Hackintosh with IDs blanked out. I'm using Clover 5102.

Over the last two months or so, I've been experiencing intermittent boot failures into macOS Mojave on my Hackintosh. I installed a security update for Mojave and before then, everything worked absolutely fine. Now, *sometimes* when I select macOS from the Clover menu I am greeted with a black screen. If I CTRL-ALT-DELETE it usually works absolutely fine second time around. I dual-boot with Windows 10 and if I restart from Windows into macOS, it seems to increase the chances of this happening. But it doesn't happen all the time in this scenario. It's weird. Not a dealbreaker, because when it does boot, it functions perfectly. But something is clearly a little wonky...sometimes. And I'd like to have an understanding of what is going on if anyone knows!

I took a photo of the screen when booting macOS in verbose mode when the boot failure happens happens. See attached photograph. The two lines at the bottom appear when booting fails. I'm assuming this output is from Clover; I don't get to the clearscreen and then fullscreen boot log (which I assume is from the OS).

Specifically, the output lines starting with the following appear when booting fails.

[EB:`MM:AKMR] ...
[EB:`B:MN] ...

Do you have any idea as to what I could start looking at to try and fix this intermittent problem? Do I need to update my Clover setup? Or perhaps resubmit to have my DSDT files repatched?

Thanks in advance!

Specs:
9700k
RX580
Z390 Aorus Pro

CLOVER.zip

Edited November 7, 2021 by john55b

MaLd0n · November 7, 2021

use olarila efi folder for ur hardware and avoid problems

https://www.olarila.com/topic/5676-hackintosh-efi-folders-for-all-chipsets-clover-and-opencore/

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