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I have my system working in large part (the system in my signature), but have been trying today to get the SMBIOS settings correct.

 

Today I did the following,

 

- installed the latest Clover Configurator (5.4.4.0)

- set the machine to a 19,2 (which is an i7-8700 and I have an i7-8700k).

- generated a serial number with the generate button and checked it at checkcoverage.apple.com

When I do this check, I get the message,

"We’re sorry, but this serial number isn’t valid. Please check your information and try again."

I thought I should get the message,

"We're sorry, the number you have provided cannot be found in our records. Please verify the number and   try again"

 

- generated a random SMUUID using the "generate" button in Clover Configurator.

- replaced the first 12 characters of the board serial number with the serial number I used above

I left the the last 5 characters what they were.

- saved the plist.config file and restarted.

On restart, I get a different looking clover screen (it is tan in color). If I try to boot OSX, I immediately get the stop sign. I switched on verbose, but that doesn't give me any error messages, I get the stop sign immediately. I have restored back to the stable system, but I need to complete this step and get the SMBIOS settings right. I am wondering if there is some issue with calling the system 19,3 when I am using High Sierra 10.13.6 (17G5019) . The apple 19, computers are newer and I guess they may not expect them to be running High Sierra.

 

Any suggestions?

 

LMHmedchem

On 6/24/2019 at 10:31 PM, Picasso said:

You have to change Smbios in Clover menu - 18,3.

Boot and change in Confyg sys.

Otherwise, boot with USB installation.

 

Thanks. Do you think that 18,3 is a better system definition to use? I got this to boot using 19,2, and the -no_compat_check flag, but the system has some instability and has restarted twice from just moving the mouse. I have an i7-8700k and 19,2 is the only definition with that processor. That doesn't really help if it's not  stable.

 

I can change back to 18,3 if you think that will be more stable using the hardware in my signature and 10.13.

 

LMHmedchem

Edited by LMHmedchem

I recommend 18.3, because was the Sys Def that I used for Final Cut. Using all the potential of the GPU + iGPU (Decoding/encoding h264 and 265).

(Now I change because I have Radeon VII).

I don't think processor works a lot better with different Smbios. 

 

Regards!

Edited by Picasso
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