selkie707 Posted February 12, 2017 Author Share Posted February 12, 2017 Thanks for trying to help but when I try you whole clover folder I get this screwed up graphical screen. I just tried your dsdt and config.plist and it booted up fine but my problem still persist. I wonder if it's related to bios settings. I've got the most important things enabled so I'm not sure why I'm having such a hard time with this thing. ======Update Also with your DSDT and config.plist, after a good 30 mins of sleep, when I woke up the machine it just rebooted. I have no clue what's going on with my machine now. I just wish @Benjudas still had his machine and maybe he could look into it also. I'm gonna try El Capitan again. Np, starting to think your computer just hates you and has decided it doesn't want to sleep. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaggah Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Im still going at it man. Every other usb installers I made don't wanna work except for the first Sierra one I made which is what I'm using now to boot off the ssd on an USB adapter. =======UPDATE So after a lot of tweaking and investigating, I finally managed to get a full shutdown. The thing I did differently was the script from [Guide] Fix issue of "Disk not ejected properly" - OSx86 10.11 (El Capitan) - InsanelyMac Forum. I did it early this morning but fell asleep and didn't restart the machine. Before I left the house today for work, I went ahead and did a shut down as soon as machine got to login screen, I didn't bother to login. I just shut the machine from there, and to my surprise it shut off with no funny business. Now I'm not sure if it's because there was nothing running which caused that but I performed that before and it was still happening. So all in all, im not sure if the script from that post made a difference so more testing to be done. If that fixed the issue for me, Ill be a happy camper. Even though the script doesn't seem to work for that purpose on Sierra anyways, so we shall see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booty156 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Hello, I am a total noob when it comes to mac... What software do I need to install Sierra on my HP XW8600? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaggah Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 If you follow the first post, you'll be good to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booty156 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 OK thanks, but I stuck on the 'certain program' bit? What program? Create a USB installer with a certain program that automates making a clover installer usbs, make sure you formatted the USB with MBR and not GPT before using the installer or the computer will not be able to boot from it. I'm stuck on what program and what to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaggah Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 That program is prohibited here, just google sierra installer with beast and it should be the first in the result . Tha'ts that typical program.. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booty156 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Ok thanks! Sorry to be a pain but whats this program called? Run a certain program which helps you install drivers and boot-loader after installing OSX. Thanks btw! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaggah Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 It's program with beast in its name.. There's one to create the usb and the other one is to install the kexts and clover bootloader after you're done installing OS X. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booty156 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Ah thanks got it now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaggah Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Ok great, it's not so hard as long as you know how to search on google. Do some research on what it is you're looking for and you're most likely to find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booty156 Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 When I'm using that program with beast it it's name. Do I click Legacy or UEFI Boot mode? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booty156 Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 I've tried UEFI Boot Mode and the computer will not boot from the USB just goes straight to windows... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booty156 Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Never mind i've completed it all, except for the part where you have to create an SSDT? Can anyone help me on that. My CPU is an Xeon x5460 3.16ghz. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaggah Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 I'm not using an SSDT either. Our CPUs are old and it'd require extra work in order to get proper SSDT. I just never bothered with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booty156 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Ok thanks, i've done my own ssdt myself don't know if it matters tho, but my computer works fine now. It just don't boot without the usb attached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaggah Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 what step did you take to create the ssdt? You should be all fine without the usb installer as long as you install clover boot loader properly to the hard drive.. One trick is, to copy the CLOVER folder from the usb installer to the desktop, and then install the boot loader to the hard drive, after that the efi will be mounted on the desktop, just copy and paste/replace the CLOVER folder that's inside the mounted mounted efi partition. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booty156 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 I created the SSDT with this: https://github.com/Piker-Alpha/ssdtPRGen.sh. I just added my CPU detailes in the user config file and ran the it in terminal. And thanks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booty156 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 what step did you take to create the ssdt? You should be all fine without the usb installer as long as you install clover boot loader properly to the hard drive.. One trick is, to copy the CLOVER folder from the usb installer to the desktop, and then install the boot loader to the hard drive, after that the efi will be mounted on the desktop, just copy and paste/replace the CLOVER folder that's inside the mounted mounted efi partition. I've tried to do this but it still wouldn't boot without the USB... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaggah Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Are you using only one hard drive in there? Make sure the hard drive is set to boot first under bios and you install the bootloader with the same options ticked as when you installed on the usb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booty156 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Only one hard drive. And yes I have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaggah Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 You must be missing something upon installing the bootloader. Did you make sure you select ESP only and not uefi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selkie707 Posted February 21, 2017 Author Share Posted February 21, 2017 Only one hard drive. And yes I have Make sure the hard drive is not plugged into the SAS ports on the motherboard. Try various SATA ports an booting off of them. Boot from your usb and use https://sourceforge.net/projects/cloverefiboot/ to install clover with the settings specified in the OP. Make sure you select the HDD and not your usb when you install. Define what you mean by not boot. What is on the screen, what happens, etc. Will help us to help you. By chance did you ever run the other program you were supposed to after installing, which has multiple beasts in the name. That should have installed the boot loader on the hdd to begin with. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaggah Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Thanks for clarifying that out selkie707. I've been having the itch of selling my workstation, even though now things seem to be working well with it. I'd definitely try keep it for a while until I get rid of my precision 690. Any new discoveries with the xw8600 since the hack? Anything worth noting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booty156 Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Yeah, I got it working myself it just needed like 5 reboots until it worked properly. I'm not sure what was wrong with it but it's been fully working for 2 days now. Thanks all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaggah Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Alright great to hear. Enjoy your hackintosh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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