X99 Chipset Folder

[MaLd0n]

use specific dsdt fo mobo

msi for msi, etc

never use dsdt from other mobo/diff model

[laudou]

My explanation was not clear, I am afraid. That is exactly what I intend to do: use the MSI DSDT with the MSI motherboard.

Thanks again

[MaLd0n]

[ref]laudou[/ref],

[laudou]

Hi

AS easy and trouble free was my Mojave installation on the Asus mobo, as difficult the installation on my MSI mobo is. I must say that I have always had some kind of problems with this computer: MSI-X99-SLI-Plus + i7-5820K. Booting has never been an automatic thing. For that reason, I am trying to do a clean install with my USB drive created with Olarila software; unfortunately, I cannot boot from the usb installation drive. Booting always hangs on "could not runtime area". I tried plugging the usb drive in usb 2,0 and usb 3.0 ports with the same problem. I am wondering if it could be a bios setting issue but I have no idea what it could be. Can you help?

Thanks

I made another attempt using the10.14. final Mojave image instead of the 10.14.1 and I was eventually able to boot from usb after the booting process hung on "kextd stall[1], (240s): "AppleACPICPU" for about 20 minutes. The installation is under way now. I will keep you informed. . The installation stopped within two minutes of completing the first step with a "damaged or incomplete' error message". I am back to square one: I cannot install Mojave on my Asus based computer.

[MaLd0n]

[ref]laudou[/ref], sound like a driver uefi problem, AptioMemoryFix-64.efi

[laudou]

AptioMemoryFix-64.efi should or should not be present in the UEFI drivers folder?

[MaLd0n]

u need test other driver

https://nickwoodhams.com/x99-hackintosh-osxaptiofixdrv-allocaterelocblock-error-update/

[laudou]

Thanks. I will test other drivers. After making the change suggested in the link you sent me, I get another error: "Could not get SMCprovider".

[MaLd0n]

u use fakesmc or virtualsmc?

[laudou]

Fakesmc

[laudou]

Hi

Using an EFI folder from another user with the same MSI motherboard but different CPU, I was able to avoid the "Could not allocate runtime area". The booting process hangs for a long time on "Timeout" but it eventually gets to the white Apple logo with the empty progress bar which does not start moving at all even after waiting for hours. I modified the EFI folder by selecting my CPU fakeSMC from the scroll down list: "Haswell E", I then placed your DSDT in the patched folder. But I wonder what I should do with all the SSDT patches found in the patched folder; are they CPU dependant? Then, should I delete them? I consider I have made important progress toward successful booting but I am not there yet.

[MaLd0n]

[ref]laudou[/ref], u dont need ssdt, need some patches, check here

https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/335650-kernelandkextpatches-1013x1014x-x99/

[laudou]

Hi

Thanks for your reply. I removed all the SSDT from the ACPI folder, but the result is the same. Thanks for the link you sent me, but I am afraid this stuff is beyond my competence.

[MaLd0n]

[ref]laudou[/ref], this problem is very common in x99

check if 4G is enable in bios, if yes, try disable

[laudou]

Hi

4G is not enabled in the bios. I will continue running tests and keep you informed.

Thanks

[MaLd0n]

[ref]laudou[/ref],

[laudou]

Hi

Sorry for the delay. I spent hours trying to install Mojave on my MSI X99 based Hackintosh. I believe that the results will surprise you as much as they surprised me. Selecting the Olarila USB installation in the bios as the first booting device always ended up on "Couldn't allocate runtime area" no matter what I tried. Then I chose a random working Mojave hard drive as the first booting device in the bios, but at he Clover boot window, I selected the Olarila usb installer. And it worked. I was able to complete the installation on a first hard drive. To make sure I was not dreaming I repeated the process on a second hard drive. And it worked too. Not content with those results, I installed Mojave on an external SSD drive. And it worked. I now have fully working computer. There is one thing that I did not try and I wanted to ask you about: could I use the X99 Clover folder found in the downloads of this site to replace the Clover folder found on the Olarila usb installer and hope that my computer would boot normally with that modified usb installer?

Thanks for taking the time to read me.

[MaLd0n]

[ref]laudou[/ref], u can use this folder, but u need check if ur processor need a mandatory patch