HP EliteBook 840G2 with Opencore 0.5.7/Catalina 10.15.4 can't boot first install

[maxb2000]

Seems that with Fast Boot enabled the boot time in macOS is better with the new EFI folder from the top

[Axon_80]

My latest EFI on pre-release opencore 0.6.3

EFI.zip

[maxb2000]

I fully updated my OpenCore 0.6.2 configuration for HP EliteBook 840 G2. it has the latest kexts from October 2020 including the latest VoodooPS2Keyboard, VoodooSMBus and VoodooRMI.

 

2 kexts where removed due size limit:

 

AirportItlwm.kext

 

IntelBluetoothFirmware.kext

 

Please set your serial number and ApCCID if you plan to use this config.

EFI.zip

[aufuk1]

Hi,

 

VoodooPS2Controller, VoodooRMI, VoodooSMBUS

 

When I add these 3 kexts, the multitouch sometimes works. There are times when I restart the computer it doesn't work. For this we need to make a separate setting from Opencore?

 

[maxb2000]

16 hours ago, aufuk1 said:

Hi,

 

VoodooPS2Controller, VoodooRMI, VoodooSMBUS

 

When I add these 3 kexts, the multitouch sometimes works. There are times when I restart the computer it doesn't work. For this we need to make a separate setting from Opencore?

 

 

First, make sure that you have the latest version and you have it configured correctly like here:

 

 

Then make sure that UEFI Native is enabled

 

[aufuk1]

Hello, thanks for the answer.
I did what you wrote, it works on first load. But when I restart the computer, it doesn't work. I'm sharing my EFI folder.

 

http://www.mediafire.com/file/l6qycgb4tx99mi6/EFI_840g2_OC63.zip/file

 

HP EliteBook 840 G2

Intel Core i5 5300U

[aufuk1]

Hello, thanks for the answer.
I did what you wrote, it works on first load. But when I restart the computer, it doesn't work. I'm sharing my EFI folder.

 

http://www.mediafire.com/file/l6qycgb4tx99mi6/EFI_840g2_OC63.zip/file

 

I guess it works because it sees VoodooPS2Trackpad.kext in VoodooPS2Controller.kext, which was previously in memory at the first load. Trackpad not working as it does not see this on second reboot.

 

HP EliteBook 840 G2

Intel Core i5 5300U

[Axon_80]

820 G2

EFI on pre-release OC 0.6.4

EFI.zip

[LasVegas]

it appears that everyone posting their EFI folders here are using RehabMan's original ACPI files for Clover. Is this true? Has anyone made any adjustments for newer firmware versions?

[liniaunu]

îs sidecar working for you guys ?

[pctmac]

On 11/3/2020 at 11:20 PM, Axon_80 said:

820 G2

EFI on pre-release OC 0.6.4

EFI.zip

 

Hi

When I try to download your file I get an 404 error, page not found. Is that only me ?

Thanks

[pctmac]

HI

 

I'm trying to install Catalina on a 840 G2 i5-5300U Graphics HD5500 bios M71 1.27 with your EFI as several of them are fully fonctional.

 

I tried with EFI from sharad9401 (20-08-2020) and Trackpad Fix-OC 0.6.1 from erko2001 (29-09-2020) with same result.

 

When I select Install Catalina from my USB, I have the progression bar which is completely on the right and looks very bad : looks like there is an issue with graphic ? Obvioulsy I can't see the install program when the apple dissapear.

 

have you any idea ? 

 

moreover, this is my first hack with opencore, I do not know how to get the debug on the screen, as when you add -v as a boot option on Clover from the menu.

 

Thanks for your help

Edited January 15, 2021 by pctmac

[Jake Lo]

You can add verbose mode to bootarg in the Config file under NVRam section

 

[pctmac]

Ok I found and added -v as bootargs.

 

I am trying the EFI above from Axon_80 sent on Nov 3 2020 and tried to install Catalina on my HP Elitebook 840 G2 i5-5300U Graphics HD5500 bios M71 1.31, 2x4Go ram, SSD 128Go from a USB stick.

 

After selecting Install Catalina from USB in the menu, I then have the following errors and nothing happen :

Dependency com.apple.iokit.IOHIDSystem fallback to com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily succeeded. Please fix your kext!

OC: Prelink injection VoodooRMI.kext\Contents\PlugIns\RMIIC2.kext () - Invalid Parameter

 

I  tried to disable VoodooRMI.kext/Contents/PlugIns/RMII2C.kext, VoodooRMI.kext/Contents/PlugIns/VoodooInput.kext and VoodooRMI.kext/Contents/PlugIns/RMISMBus.kext : the second error is not displayed anymore (but the first one is still there) but the boot is still stuck and nothing happen.

 

I would appreciate some help

Thanks

My config.plist and opencore debug files, all the rest of EFI is the same as the one from Axon_80

 

opencore-2021-01-29-172643.txt config.plist

 

I also tried the EFI -Trackpad Fix-OC 0.6.1 from erko2001 29-09-2020 and booting from an SDD with an up to date Catalina and It stops on the following screen :

 

 

 

the corresponding debug file :

opencore-2021-01-29-213806.txt

[pctmac]

Up

 

Anyone to help me on above message ?

 

I add a question: how to get an equivalent of the preboot.log from Clover with OC ? I only get this opencore-date-time.txt file

 

Thanks

opencore-2021-01-29-172643.txt config.plist opencore-2021-01-29-213806.txt

[Jake Lo]

@pctmac

with Axon_80's file, replace the Voodoops2 with this one. Should fix the error

VoodooPS2Controller.kext.zip

[pctmac]

On 2/12/2021 at 6:47 AM, Jake Lo said:

@pctmac

with Axon_80's file, replace the Voodoops2 with this one. Should fix the error

VoodooPS2Controller.kext.zip 82.61 kB · 2 downloads

 

Thanks. I made huge progress, almost done but still not complete. EDIT  see at the end of this post

 

What I  did :

1/ reseted the BIOS and set the following :

Fast Boot - off

Boot Mode - UEFI Native

Video memory size 64MB

Sata speed 6.0Gbs

Deep Sleep - off

Wake on lan - Disable

 

2/ put the VoodooPS2Controller.kext above in the Axon_80's EFI posted 8 Oct 2020.

 

3/ made the following change in the config.plist (file attached):

add -v args

debug :

   set AppleDebug, ApplePanic, DisableWatchDog to Yes

   set Target to 67

set security ScanPolicy to 0

 

I was then able to boot and install bigsur. After 3 reboot selecting Install BigSur, on the 4th reboot (see picture boot2), I selected BigSur on my SSD and was thinking it would be ok but it hang and never finish to launch bigsur (picture boot 4).

 

So there is 2 issues :

1/ on all reboot, the -v start to display on the screen the message with #[EB..] line (see picture boot 3) but then when the kernel is loading, the screen become unreadable (see picture boot 1), until the graphics interface show the BigSur install menu.

If I remove the -v, I do have the Apple and then it reboot (see picture boot 4).

 

2/ on the 4th reboot, I launch bigsur from the menu but after the Apple is displayed, the progression bar is strange, it hangs and reboot (see picture boot 4).

 

Any though are welcome.

Thanks 

config.plist

 

 

EDIT : Looking at the USB, I find a panic.txt file with the first line :

 

"Rooting from the live fs of a sealed volume is not allowed on a RELEASE build\n"com.apple./AppleInternal/BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/apfs/apfs-1677.81.1/kext/apfs_vfsops.c:2031

 

After a quick search, I found apparently a solution : I put SecureBootModel to Disabled in config.plist Misc/Security and voilà ! I was able to complete the installation.

 

So it remains the display problem of the progression bar when I boot.

 

The new issue I have is the following : I copied the EFI from my USB to my SSD. But I do have a second SSD on the nvme with Fedora.

And when I boot, I do not know how to easily select my nmve SSD for Fedora or the SATA SSD for bigsur. The equivalent of the F12 on legacy bios.

Is there no way to have the 2 SSDs in the menu from the bios ?

 

I know have to configure my Intel WIFI.

 

Thanks

Edited February 13, 2021 by pctmac

[pctmac]

On 9/21/2020 at 10:29 PM, erko2001 said:

Hello guys,

I managed to update @Axon_80 s EFI files to new OpenCore format.

 

• New config.plist created based on OpenCore 0.6.1 also compatible with 0.6.2
• Unnecessary kexts and drivers are removed
• Boot time significantly increased
• This EFI is configured for integrated Intel Wifi card with AirportItlwm.kext. Native Wifi and Airport supported. For Broadcom use included kexts for broadcom in KEXTs folder.
• No issue with sleep and wake functions.
• All the kexts are updated (21.09.2020)
• Full secureboot with apECID support
• Native-like trackpad support with all gestures.

 

 

This EFI is mainly for 820 G2 but also works with 840 G2

 

Keep in mind that you NEED to change a few things in config.plist in order to get iMessages etc.  ALSO for full secureboot you need to generate an unique apECID for yourself. 

 

The things that you need to change yourself are marked in red in the screenshot.

 

In order to create apECID go to https://www.python.org/shell/ and paste the following code. The number that shell prints is your unique apECID number.

import secrets; print(secrets.randbits(64))

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EFI.7z

 

Hi erko2001

 

When I paste my ApECID in the config.plist, PlistEditPro says "Invalid value".

 

The number returned by https://www.python.org/shell/ has 20 digits with a 0 at the end. If I remove this last 0, then PlistEditPro accept it.

 

How long is supposed to be an ApECID ?

 

I also notice you have SecureBootModel set to j680 : can you advise what does mean this value ?

 

I had to put Disabled to be able to boot from the EFI from Axon_80

 

Thanks

 

Thanks

[pctmac]

1 hour ago, Hervé said:

Why do you post about Big Sur in a Catalina thread? Please open a separate thread for the benefits of everyone, you included.

While the title mention Catalina, most of the posts above are referring to both Catalina and BigSur. 

 

I also tried both.

 

This is almost the only place where this HP EliteBook 840 G2 is adressed and many people here have successfully installed both versions.

[pctmac]

17 hours ago, pctmac said:

 

Hi erko2001

 

When I paste my ApECID in the config.plist, PlistEditPro says "Invalid value".

 

The number returned by https://www.python.org/shell/ has 20 digits with a 0 at the end. If I remove this last 0, then PlistEditPro accept it.

 

How long is supposed to be an ApECID ?

 

I also notice you have SecureBootModel set to j680 : can you advise what does mean this value ?

 

I had to put Disabled to be able to boot from the EFI from Axon_80

 

Thanks

 

Thanks

 

So I put the 19 digit returned for ApECID, put my new SMBIOS with serial made with genSMBIOS, put SecureBootModel to Default and restarted ; but quite quickly, I had a reboot with an error on the secure boot and ending by a restart:recovery.

 

So I put SecureBootModel to Disabled, then BigSur started normally. I logged to Apple and everything is ok (message etc)

 

I was able to connect to Wifi but it seems unstable ; sometime I am disconnected and need to reconnect.

 

A small issue : when viewing a video on youtube with Brave in full screen, it turns black after a few seconds. If I stop and restart the video, it appears again few second and disappear again.  Viewing with Safari is ok, might be rather a Brave issue.

 

I noticed that when I close the screen the HP goes to sleep, but when I open agin the screen, it remains at sleep : I have to press the power button to wake up : same for you ?

 

So everything seems ok, except the remaining issue of the progression bar that do not appears properly under the Apple logo : any thought on this ? 

So apparently everything

 

Thanks

[Axon_80]

My last EFI for HP 820G2. OC 0.6.7 beta.

Works for the 820 G2 i5. Does not test for other HP G2.

 

EDIT:

Opencanopy works.

 

EFI.zip

Edited February 24, 2021 by Axon_80

[acetuk]

6 hours ago, Axon_80 said:

My last EFI for HP 820G2. OC 0.6.7 beta.

Works for the 820 G2 i5. Does not test for other HP G2.

EFI.zip 5.91 MB · 1 download

As always thanks for this. Downloaded, tested and booting really nicely and very quickly.

Two small things I am seeing. I am back to the original standard boot picker as Opencanopy will not start despite trying a few things in the EFI. Is this working for you? It's the first time Opencanopy has failed to work on me and I can't see why that is happening.

 

Secondly the keyboard map seems to have slightly changed. Alt used to map to the Command key but that seems to have moved to the windows key (left side of the keyboard) and menu key (right side). Again, are you seeing this as well?

 

But again thanks for uploading this. I was struggling to get 0.6.6 working for me and was staying on 0.6.5 until I had more time to work on it.

[acetuk]

14 minutes ago, acetuk said:

As always thanks for this. Downloaded, tested and booting really nicely and very quickly.

Two small things I am seeing. I am back to the original standard boot picker as Opencanopy will not start despite trying a few things in the EFI. Is this working for you? It's the first time Opencanopy has failed to work on me and I can't see why that is happening.

 

Secondly the keyboard map seems to have slightly changed. Alt used to map to the Command key but that seems to have moved to the windows key (left side of the keyboard) and menu key (right side). Again, are you seeing this as well?

 

But again thanks for uploading this. I was struggling to get 0.6.6 working for me and was staying on 0.6.5 until I had more time to work on it.

A couple of quick points to my post.

 

Firstly this is on a HP840 G2. Secondly the keyboard change was easy to fix by just changing the modifier keys in Settings. It's only OpenCanopy that isn't working as I was expecting but the laptop boots really nicely and so far I am seeing no issues.  Thanks again.

[pctmac]

On 9/29/2020 at 2:42 PM, erko2001 said:

 

 

 

 

After I posted my last EFI, I managed to solve trackpad not recognising after sleep issue and now it works like a charm. The issue was related with the configuration of VoodooPS2Controller.kext . 

VoodooSMBus.kext and VoodooRMI.kext were unable to lock SMbus after device goes to sleep because of the Apple's SMbus drivers. After editing configuration of VoodooPS2Controller the issue was resolved. 

@acetuk You can try this EFI with addition of your M.2 specific configurations. It may can work.

 

 

 

EFI-Trackpad Fix-OC 0.6.1

 

Hi erko2001

 

Can you detailed the edits you made to VoodooPS2Controller ?

you have used VoodooPS2Controller version 1.9.2, Copyright Apple Computer, Inc. 2000-2003, David Elliot 2007, RehabMan 2012-2013

 

I tried to use latest version 2.2.1 available here https://github.com/acidanthera/VoodooPS2/releases/tag/2.2.1 with OC 0.6.4 or OC 0.6.5 but when it wake up from sleep, the trackpad does not work.

 

I also notice when whatching a video full screen (file with quicktime player or youtube in Brave) I might loose the trackpad if I quit the fullscreene mode and only way to recover access is to plug an external mice.

 

Thanks VM.

Edited February 24, 2021 by pctmac

[Axon_80]

@acetuk

I don't use opencanopy and don't even know it didn't work, but I fixed it. I always modify the keyboard so that it works like in windows and it does not matter to me that the ALT key and windows kay are changed.

Edited February 24, 2021 by Axon_80