OSXAptioDrvFix

[ggzz]

When do we really need OSXAptioDrvFix? I ask because I have tried both the Fix2 and Fix and both work. I'm hesitant to try booting without it.

 

I read the docs and it says it's for AMI Aptio boards. I have MSI z170A board.. Sometimes the fixes work and other times it can't allocate memory region.. other times I get "does printf work?" error message.

 

Any ideas? Is it really necessary for me to have this driver installed?

[Pavo]

OsxAptioFix is required at all times for macOS to be able to boot, AMI is the type of firmware and yes MSI Z170 has AMI firmware. If v1 works I would recommend using that, because v2 has those known issues. Use one or the other, not both.

[ggzz]

OsxAptioFix is required at all times for macOS to be able to boot, AMI is the type of firmware and yes MSI Z170 has AMI firmware. If v1 works I would recommend using that, because v2 has those known issues. Use one or the other, not both.

 

 

Yeah I ended up using the first one. v2 had way too many bugs on High Sierra.

I just tested this before I saw your answer. I deleted all the AptioDrivers and tried to boot, it got stuck at the plus signs lol.

 

I ended on the clover screen after restarting, starting a UEFI shell and copying the AptioDrvFix from a USB to the HDD.

For anyone that made the stupid mistake that I just did:

 

1. StartUEFI Shell from Clover Boot Screen.

2. Press Enter and then type: "Map FS*"

3. "FS0:"

4. "ls"

5. "cd EFI\CLOVER\drivers64UEFI"

6. "cp FS9:\EFI\CLOVER\drivers64UEFI\OsxAptio* ."

 

where FS0 is my HDD and FS9 was my USB. I had no other way of booting because the stupid USB wouldn't boot 10.13.2 lol..

 

 

So yeah, it's required no matter what.. I ended up sticking with v1 (so far so good) instead of v2 (so many boot issues on HighSierra for me).