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[deeveedee]

@MakAsrock I took a quick look at your config.plist and don't see any glaring issues, other than the fact that you're using SMBIOS MacMini8,1 with a 12th Gen Intel PC.  I suspect that if you are having issues, it's more because you're attempting to use an SMBIOS for an 8th Gen Intel platform that expects an iGPU than because of your use of -no_compat_check.  I would think that with 12th Gen Intel / no iGPU / dGPU that you'd be using MacPro7,1 which is supported by Tahoe.

[MakAsrock]

10 minutes ago, deeveedee said:

@MakAsrock I took a quick look at your config.plist and don't see any glaring issues, other than the fact that you're using SMBIOS MacMini8,1 with a 12th Gen Intel PC.  I suspect that if you are having issues, it's more because you're attempting to use an SMBIOS for an 8th Gen Intel platform that expects an iGPU than because of your use of -no_compat_check.  I would think that with 12th Gen Intel / no iGPU / dGPU that you'd be using MacPro7,1 which is supported by Tahoe.

So, I was just trying to test the effect of the -no_compat_check boot argument. The result was negative. I'll try it tomorrow on a different system unit with 10th Gen Intel a UHD630 iGPU and a Radeon RX 560x dGPU. 

Then I'll write back and tell you what happened.

[LockDown]

14 hours ago, deeveedee said:

@LockDown and @MakAsrock

I'm probably misunderstanding what you're saying, so could you please clarify? - thank you.  I routinely install macOS Tahoe with boot-arg -no_compat_check or with Booter Patch "Skip board ID Check" using unsupported SMBIOS MacMini8,1.  I can perform this installation on systems with only UHD630 iGPU and with systems that have both dGPU Radeon RX 560x and iGPU UHD630.

 

Under what conditions does -no_compat_check or Skip Board ID check no longer work for installing Tahoe on systems with unsupported SMBIOS?

Im referring installation in general, as we are not in Tahoe thread.

Note: Pic not mine

 

Last time i did a fresh install ( not nessesarily Tahoe). i only mentioned Tahoe to test the "Repaired feature that SMBIOS choosing automatically according to OS version."

 

If i use unsupported smbios WITHOUT -no_compat_check or "Skip board ID Check", i get this  (which is obvious)

 

If i use unsupported smbios WITH -no_compat_check or  "Skip board ID Check", i get this (disregard whatever OS version is in the pic)

 

I have yet to try in Tahoe if the latter still accuring on a clean install

Edited 49 minutes ago by LockDown