zpoo32 Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 I have tried everything! My laptop is exactly the same as @SavageAUS 's and nothing works! (I use Savage's sanity check clover) In Sierra, it doesn't even show progress, and in High Sierra, it stops at the 0 seconds error! I will post in more detail if required. I have tried patching, boot arguments, everything, please help! Thank you in advance! (Also, my Time Zone is AU, so it may take a while to reply, sorry!) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/334012-question-tp500ln-can-not-boot-into-installer/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
SavageAUS Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 (edited) Can you post your Clover folder (minus serials) and I'll take a look when I can. Also which bios revision are you on? Screen resolution? WiFi module? Edited May 6, 2018 by SavageAUS Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/334012-question-tp500ln-can-not-boot-into-installer/#findComment-2612683 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zpoo32 Posted May 6, 2018 Author Share Posted May 6, 2018 My clover folder is the one you uploaded for a sanity check, so you don't really need to take a look. (You patched the AHCI thing, but it didn't work, so I got the windowserver ran for 0 seconds error) My bios revision is 200, I have tried desperately to update it, but it refuses, because there is a mismatch of model numbers, even though I literally put in my serial number on ASUS' website My screen resolution is 1366x768, My wifi module is Intel 7260, I can put in the old one if necessary, Thank you! (Also, my specific model is: TP500LN-CJ035H, and in the BIOS, it says it is a TP500LNG, would a difference to yours here cause the patches to not work?) Sorry that I am super new to this, I think I posted in the wrong section because I can't boot the installer. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/334012-question-tp500ln-can-not-boot-into-installer/#findComment-2612747 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SavageAUS Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 Yeah my bios did the same thing. I'm getting ready for work but the only thing I can think of is in my config.plist I have a fakeid set for WiFi. Try remove it and also delete the brcm kexts from the kexts folder and the fakebrcm WiFi kext as those make my WiFi work. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/334012-question-tp500ln-can-not-boot-into-installer/#findComment-2612755 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zpoo32 Posted May 6, 2018 Author Share Posted May 6, 2018 Thank you! I'll try that when I get back from school. Btw, do you have an updated clover folder with newer kexts (E.g. Osxaptiofix3)? I could probably use it. Thank you anyway. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/334012-question-tp500ln-can-not-boot-into-installer/#findComment-2612756 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SavageAUS Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 (edited) 11 hours ago, zpoo32 said: Thank you! I'll try that when I get back from school. Btw, do you have an updated clover folder with newer kexts (E.g. Osxaptiofix3)? I could probably use it. Thank you anyway. Yeah I'll upload it after I get home from work. I'm in AU as well, Australia, Adelaide. This is my current clover folder minus my specifics. If this doesnt work as is try remove / uncheck ACPI > AddDTGP and FixAirport https://www.dropbox.com/s/fi3r2wpc1sn60b7/CLOVER.zip?dl=0 Edited May 7, 2018 by SavageAUS Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/334012-question-tp500ln-can-not-boot-into-installer/#findComment-2612757 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zpoo32 Posted May 7, 2018 Author Share Posted May 7, 2018 (edited) Thank you! Testing just now. Also what wifi card do you use? Does airdrop, handoff, etc work? (Since we have the same laptop) Sorry if I took a lot of your time. (Btw, I'm in Sydney) Edit: also, what specifics would I need to re-add? Edited May 7, 2018 by zpoo32 Added stuff Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/334012-question-tp500ln-can-not-boot-into-installer/#findComment-2612784 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SavageAUS Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 (edited) 15 minutes ago, zpoo32 said: Thank you! Testing just now. Also what wifi card do you use? Does airdrop, handoff, etc work? (Since we have the same laptop) Sorry if I took a lot of your time. (Btw, I'm in Sydney) Edit: also, what specifics would I need to re-add? You would just need to add serial number generated in clover under smbios (hit generate a few times) and check on Apple's site (Google "apple coverage") and enter the generated serial number and check to see if it's in use if it is repeat the above if you get an error about wrong serial it's fine. You can also make sure the serial number matches the smbios type (macbook pro 11,1) by going to the everymac website. I use an azurewave aw-ceh123 wifi bt combo card. Unsure about handoff etc as i dont have an iPhone yet. Also check kextstopatch section as I use an ssd. If you don't you can disable the patch if you do use an ssd then it's fine as is. Edited May 7, 2018 by SavageAUS Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/334012-question-tp500ln-can-not-boot-into-installer/#findComment-2612787 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zpoo32 Posted May 7, 2018 Author Share Posted May 7, 2018 I have tried everything, to no avail. I have tracked down the problem to incompatible DSDTs and SSDTs, and they are uploaded. What patches have you made, so I can apply them to my own? (Also I do have an SSD, how did I survive 2.5 years of HDD?) DSDT.zip Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/334012-question-tp500ln-can-not-boot-into-installer/#findComment-2612849 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SavageAUS Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 (edited) So you can boot without my dsdt and ssdt's? I just followed rehabman's guide to disable the Nvidia gpu. The only ssdt that might be incompatible is the SSDT-UIAC because we have different WiFi cards. Edited May 7, 2018 by SavageAUS Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/334012-question-tp500ln-can-not-boot-into-installer/#findComment-2612850 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zpoo32 Posted May 8, 2018 Author Share Posted May 8, 2018 Wait so this one? https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/guide-disabling-discrete-graphics-in-dual-gpu-laptops.163772/ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/334012-question-tp500ln-can-not-boot-into-installer/#findComment-2612878 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SavageAUS Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Yes I followed that guide to patch my dsdt and ssdt's. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/334012-question-tp500ln-can-not-boot-into-installer/#findComment-2612880 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zpoo32 Posted May 8, 2018 Author Share Posted May 8, 2018 OK, I'll try it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/334012-question-tp500ln-can-not-boot-into-installer/#findComment-2612881 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zpoo32 Posted May 14, 2018 Author Share Posted May 14, 2018 Hi! I have got my laptop nearly completely working! One of the problems I have is that macOS only detects my detachable RAM and not the 4 built into the motherboard ones. Did you fix it? Also, what other DDST/SDST patches have you made so that I can apply them as well? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/334012-question-tp500ln-can-not-boot-into-installer/#findComment-2613516 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SavageAUS Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 (edited) I never did any specific RAM patches. macOS has always detected my 8Gb. Which version of Clover are you using? Edited May 14, 2018 by SavageAUS Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/334012-question-tp500ln-can-not-boot-into-installer/#findComment-2613520 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zpoo32 Posted May 14, 2018 Author Share Posted May 14, 2018 What the hell?! It says 8GB now? The frick Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/334012-question-tp500ln-can-not-boot-into-installer/#findComment-2613522 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SavageAUS Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Reboot a few times and check each time. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/334012-question-tp500ln-can-not-boot-into-installer/#findComment-2613523 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zpoo32 Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 (edited) Hi I fixed all my problems, and I optimized your clover heavily with Rehabman's help on tonymacx86, and I even got the camera and other stuff working. Also, I disabled the trim patch, because I have an SSD and APFS has its own 'trim' and it is redundant and slows down boot and everything if the patch is enabled. I added a lot of kexts, improved reliability a lot, added more specific info with research, full Mojave support (I have tested, it is amazing), patched the APFS driver file to not have the text and to boot faster, the list goes on. I'm just putting this out there. (also, I broke my card reader, so I don't know if it works on mac) (btw, I have this issue where my laptop cannot sleep and apparently it is a hardware issue. Has this happened to you? (also, heres the link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OWIsozLI7WG42Gy5I1k0M9QcItcvGOHT/view?usp=sharing ) Edited June 22, 2018 by zpoo32 Damn it the file didn't upload correctly so I put it on gdrive! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/334012-question-tp500ln-can-not-boot-into-installer/#findComment-2621675 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SavageAUS Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 (edited) 6 minutes ago, zpoo32 said: Hi I fixed all my problems, and I optimized your clover heavily with Rehabman's help on tonymacx86, and I even got the camera and other stuff working. Also, I disabled the trim patch, because I have an SSD and APFS has its own 'trim' and it is redundant and slows down boot and everything if the patch is enabled. I added a lot of kexts, improved reliability a lot, added more specific info with research, full Mojave support, patched the APFS driver EFICLOVER.rarCLOVER.rarCLOVER.rar file to not have the text and to boot faster, the list goes on. I'm just putting this out there. (also, I broke my card reader, so I don't know if it works on mac) (btw, I have this issue where my laptop cannot sleep and apparently it is a hardware issue. Has this happened to you? (also, had to compress clover twice to go under 10mb) Thanks for the info. Yes sleep is an issue unless you disable the touchscreen. Can you upload that clover.rar elsewhere its not working on here, dropbox or something. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Edited June 22, 2018 by SavageAUS Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/334012-question-tp500ln-can-not-boot-into-installer/#findComment-2621676 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zpoo32 Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 (edited) Updated! Oh, and if you use windows on it, you will love this: https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/7cpf8k/get_rid_of_the_terrible_asus_smart_gesture_and/ It is amazing and I am highly impressed! Oh, and you may want to also replace my wifi kexts with yours, and replace my dsdt and ssdt patches with yours, ours are slightly different and I couldn't get the full nvidia disable patch to work. Other than that, it is good to go. Edited June 22, 2018 by zpoo32 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/334012-question-tp500ln-can-not-boot-into-installer/#findComment-2621677 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SavageAUS Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, zpoo32 said: Updated! Oh, and if you use windows on it, you will love this: https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/7cpf8k/get_rid_of_the_terrible_asus_smart_gesture_and/ It is amazing and I am highly impressed! Oh, and you may want to also replace my wifi kexts with yours, and replace my dsdt and ssdt patches with yours, ours are slightly different and I couldn't get the full nvidia disable patch to work. Other than that, it is good to go. Thanks, i'll take a look at the differences. I did notice you have apfs and ApfsDriverLoader.efi, you only need ApfsDriverLoader.efi. Also i believe you should be using a fakeid for graphics in devices section 0x04128086. I have attached my current CLOVER folder. https://www.dropbox.com/s/8oef9rovz5tpczq/CLOVER.zip?dl=0 Edited June 22, 2018 by SavageAUS Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/334012-question-tp500ln-can-not-boot-into-installer/#findComment-2621687 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zpoo32 Posted June 23, 2018 Author Share Posted June 23, 2018 (edited) OK, thanks! I'll just check with WinMerge 2.15.4 and see the differences. Edit: also, you may want to look at my post, where Rehabman said some changes. https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/help-tp500ln-ssdts-dsdt-patches-for-dgpu-do-not-work.251940/ Also, why didn't you use Rehabman's custom Clover? Edited June 23, 2018 by zpoo32 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/334012-question-tp500ln-can-not-boot-into-installer/#findComment-2621831 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SavageAUS Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 OK, thanks! I'll just check with WinMerge 2.15.4 and see the differences. Edit: also, you may want to look at my post, Also, why didn't you use Rehabman's custom Clover?I prefer to stick to main stream clover, personal preference. The changes in your config compared to mine were minimal, I can't boot if I don't drop oem, which is why I have dsdt + ssdt's. I don't need that spoof ssdt because my Nvidia card is disabled by dsdt + ssdt (followed rehabman's guide) the only thing I have is a slightly slow boot apart from that my laptop is rock solid even running Mojave beta 2.Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/334012-question-tp500ln-can-not-boot-into-installer/#findComment-2621832 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zpoo32 Posted June 23, 2018 Author Share Posted June 23, 2018 (edited) There were some small optimizations, like the more accurate CPU and Memory options, etc. Also, macOS boots so quickly on mine (not as fast as a mac with its extreme SSD, plus obvious full support, but still faster than any other os that doesn't suck)! BTW, do you use HFS+J or APFS? Oh, and yeah, I couldn't patch my dGPU, so that's why I use the spoof. Also, not dropping OEM works fine for me. Edit: Sphere theme? Edited June 23, 2018 by zpoo32 Added more boot info Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/334012-question-tp500ln-can-not-boot-into-installer/#findComment-2621837 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SavageAUS Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 There were some small optimizations, like the more accurate CPU and Memory options, etc. Also, macOS boots so quickly on mine (not as fast as a mac with its extreme SSD, plus obvious full support, but still faster than any other os that doesn't suck)! BTW, do you use HFS+J or APFS? Oh, and yeah, I couldn't patch my dGPU, so that's why I use the spoof. Also, not dropping OEM works fine for me. Edit: Sphere theme?I use APFS. Yes Sphere theme from Clover Theme Manager.Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/334012-question-tp500ln-can-not-boot-into-installer/#findComment-2621838 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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