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fusion71au
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So, this about OS X and UEFI Windows 8 on a legacy mode.

 

Today I accidentally discovered that Clover applies DSDT/config.plist to Windows also or may be I am wrong. I booted into windows with basic clover config and saw my screen resolution was not correct. And I did clover installation and booted, but now I see correct screen resolution.

 

So does clover has any influence on windows booting also? If yes, how do I boot into windows without DSDT/config.plist taking effect?

It does if you did a reboot, not a shutdown I guess. My old Asus N43SM does that quite often ( boot into windows first, then os x > nvidia gpu fires up although it was disabled in the dsdt, and if I do it in reverse order, nvidia gpu is gone from windows )

Maybe for some systems or BIOSes, the graphics settings are "remembered" from the last booted OS (if rebooting the computer instead of cold booting from complete power off)?

 

I don't think Clover patches the native DSDT when booting Windows (at least it's not meant to). However some users with dual graphics have reported strange issues if IGP is not disabled in BIOS- eg see this open ticket.

 

 

Update, clover can inject dsdt to windows if the dsdt is found in clover/acpi/windows folder

The EFI/CLOVER/ACPI/Windows folder is designed to inject SLIC.aml (not DSDT.aml)---> for OEM Windows activation :wink_anim:.

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Liquid Ice
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Hello World, 

 

I have a quick question maybe you can help me answer. I am wondering considering the changes to iMessage & Facetime would it be easier to run a macpro 3,1 profile with 13 digit MLB ???

 

Currently I have a Macmini 6,2 profile and was thinking of switching to a iMac 13,2 after installing Ozmosis (because I do not have Intel HD4000 enabled), but with the changes to Apple Services I am considering MacPro 3,1. 

 

Please share your thoughts, my hardware is as follows:

 

Clover Bootloader

Gigabyte Z77 UP5 TH (CSM disabled, C-states disabled)

Intel i7 3770K (ivy Bridge)

AMD 7950 (GOP Bios)

apple broadcom wifi & bluetooth 4.0

 

Let me know if you need anything other information. 

 

Thanks in advance, 

 

Liquid_ic

midi-sama
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I don't think that it's a problem to change SMBIOS, I use MacBook Pro as SMBIOS, but the SmUUID I added made it "look like" I have iMac (my mlb+rom are taken from a real imac), tho SmUUID is not really needed, MLB+ROM are the only things needed, MAYBE, you can copy the whole SMBIOS + MLB + ROM to your hack from the real mac you're using, but that may affect Power Management.

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fusion71au
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@Liquid Ice,

 

If you want to generate a valid MLB as opposed to cloning the values from a real Mac, we are currently limited to 13 character MLBs from older Macs (since the pattern of 17 character MLBs have not been fully worked out).  As @midi has pointed out in the post above, only the MLB/ROM combination is relevant for iMessage/FT activation and at least for the moment, can be mixed and matched with ANY SMBIOS/system serial.

 

For the SMBIOS variables, the most important is ProductName/MacModel

ProductName ---> Determines how the hack actually functions in OSX eg speed step, sleep, power management

System Serial ---> Determines the Mac model you see in the "About" screen

System-ID ---> Used to calculate Hardware UUID

Board-id ---> Largely cosmetic

 

If your hack functions OK with a MacPro 3,1 SMBIOS, by all means use it with the corresponding MLB/ROM to activate iMessage/FT.  If, however, you find the iMac 13,2 definition works better for speedstep/sleep/power management, you can just set ProductName to iMac13,2 while MLB/ROM and all the other SMBIOS IDs can be set for MacPro3,1.

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