Stuck on EXITBS:START

[Dofik Dofran]

I know that this is quick fixable, but for me it`s not. I have a Aspire 3 A315-59 with I5-1235U and Iris Xe graphics. So, back to winter 2026, i buyed this laptop and started to hackintosh it. Quirks, EFIs, Kexts, ACPI, config, and i done the opencore EFI. When i tried to boot: i started this chain. Every fix isn`t work for me. Only all that i seen EXITBS:START. I tried -igfxvesa, tried another quirks, ACPIs, kexts, and anything isn`t work, and i stop this project. Week early, i again start this project because i fing the NootedGreekext, i tried again and anything didn`t work again. I tried all guids, and fail again. Maybe some experts know what problem i have. I attached my EFI folder and the last log. Thank.  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1j02Pngii2B0A8oK2NRYl17oLcOs8jzmY?usp=drive_link

opencore-2026-05-14-121706.txt

[Allan]

Hello and welcome to InsanelyMac.

 

Create your hardware signature: 

 

And take a look here: 

 

[Dofik Dofran]

I arleady saw the nootedgreen but i do everything and its still on exitbs

[Dofik Dofran]

On 5/14/2026 at 9:16 PM, Allan said:

Hello and welcome to InsanelyMac.

 

Create your hardware signature: 

 

And take a look here: 

I arleady saw the nootedgreen but i do everything and its still on exitbs

 

[Slice]

But there is still no graphics for your GPU.

[deeveedee]

@Dofik Dofran This is a good reference for Open Core issues, including your EXITBS:START issue.  Even if you resolve this, 12th generation graphics will be a challenge.

[Dofik Dofran]

Okay, but my question isn't in graphics, i stucked on exitbs.

 

[deeveedee]

@Dofik Dofran When you read this reference, what possible fixes did you find?

[Dofik Dofran]

19 hours ago, deeveedee said:

@Dofik Dofran When you read this reference, what possible fixes did you find?

I do everything that sayed in this, but still no luck. Now i go to clover but here too i have a problem: kdp_core zlib memory 0x7000

[Slice]

On 5/20/2026 at 12:34 PM, Dofik Dofran said:

Okay, but my question isn't in graphics, i stucked on exitbs.

 

If your graphics is unsupported then you can’t move to system. You will be stucked on one or another place.

[deeveedee]

6 hours ago, Dofik Dofran said:

I do everything that sayed in this, but still no luck. Now i go to clover but here too i have a problem: kdp_core zlib memory 0x7000

Search for 12th Generation Intel hackintosh and you'll find solutions like this, this and this.  I don't have a 12th gen system to test, but I suspect you'll find what you need if you examine the solutions posted by others.

 

EDIT: One other thing... I didn't examine your EFI very closely, but I did notice that you are missing SSDT-XOSI to pair with your ACPI patch that renames _OSI -> XOSI.

Edited May 21 by deeveedee

[Dofik Dofran]

On 5/21/2026 at 5:03 PM, deeveedee said:

missing SSDT-XOSI to pair with your ACPI patch that renames _OSI -> XOSI.

i do that, and the solutions that you send didnt work for me.. I didn't know what the reason is, i arleady debugged opencore, tried clover, other acpi's, quirks and no works.

[deeveedee]

@Dofik Dofran I'm sorry I couldn't help you.

[LockDown]

7 hours ago, Dofik Dofran said:

tried clover, other acpi's, quirks and no works.

Can you attach your clover's plist

[strangeron]

Some motherboards require SetupVirtualMap/True. Try (Booter/Quirks-SetupVirtualMap).

[Dofik Dofran]

On 5/23/2026 at 4:00 AM, LockDown said:

Can you attach your clover's plist

 

configOrig.plist

[Dofik Dofran]

On 5/23/2026 at 4:00 AM, LockDown said:

Can you attach your clover's plist

Did you find something?

[FirstCustomac]

@Dofik Dofran Try spoofing to a different CPUID other than 706E5. Like 806EC.

 

 

[LockDown]

On 5/27/2026 at 2:02 PM, Dofik Dofran said:

Did you find something?

Quirks revised. make sure you're using latest clover

 

config_quirks_revised.zip

Edited May 29 by LockDown

[Dofik Dofran]

On 5/29/2026 at 4:21 AM, FirstCustomac said:

Try spoofing to a different CPUID other than 706E5. Like 806EC.

Still no result..

[Dofik Dofran]

On 5/28/2026 at 11:38 PM, spakk said:

 

Hi,

 

I’ve been following your posts for a while regarding installing macOS on your hardware, and I have a few questions first. Which macOS version or build are you planning to install?

From what I can tell, your hardware has a few limitations. Alder Lake systems are still problematic under macOS since this platform was never officially supported by Apple. Your graphics card could also cause issues, depending on the model, you may end up without proper graphics acceleration or the system might not even boot into the desktop environment.

That said, it may still be possible as an experimental setup, just without any guarantee of stability or success. I already revised your faulty config.plist and also wrote a guide on how I think you could potentially boot into the macOS desktop.

Here you can find the guide, the config.plist, and the remaining files.

 

The analysis of your config.plist for the Acer Aspire 3 A315-59 revealed the following:

 

Critical Issues in Your Uploaded config.plist

 

Problem	Severity	Explanation
FakeCPUID 0xA0655	CRITICAL	This is a Coffee Lake CPU ID — completely incorrect for an Alder Lake i3-1235U. Causes kernel panics.
Missing ProvideCurrentCpuInfo	CRITICAL	Alder Lake requires this quirk to boot properly.
Missing iGPU DeviceProperties	CRITICAL	No framebuffer patches = no proper graphics output (VESA only).
-igfxvesa in boot-args	CRITICAL	Forces VESA mode = no hardware acceleration.
Missing SSDTs	CRITICAL	Missing: SSDT-PLUG, SSDT-EC, SSDT-PNLF, SSDT-RHUB.
SMBIOS MacBookPro16,4	ISSUE	This is a 2020 Intel MacBook Pro SMBIOS and does not properly fit Alder Lake. Better choice: MacBookPro16,1 or MacBookAir10,1.
KernelAndKextPatches	OUTDATED	Deprecated since OpenCore 0.6.0.
DSDT Fixes	OUTDATED	Deprecated keys.
XhciPortLimit	OUTDATED	Deprecated since macOS 12.3 — proper USB mapping is required.
ResizeGpuBars = -1	ISSUE	Should be set to 0 for laptops.
Missing Kext List	CRITICAL	No kexts defined = no Wi-Fi, no audio, no trackpad support.
Missing UEFI → Quirks	ISSUE	ProvideConsoleGop is deprecated.

 

Corrected config.plist (OpenCore 0.9.9+ / macOS Sonoma)

 

Attached.

 

Summary of Changes

Section	Before (your config)	After (corrected)
FakeCPUID	0xA0655 (Coffee Lake)	Removed (not needed with ProvideCurrentCpuInfo)
ProvideCurrentCpuInfo	Missing	Enabled (required for Alder Lake)
iGPU	-igfxvesa (VESA only)	Framebuffer patches for Iris Plus 655 spoof
SMBIOS	MacBookPro16,4	MacBookPro16,1 (better laptop compatibility)
SSDTs	None	6 SSDTs added
Kexts	None defined	14 kexts added
XhciPortLimit	true (deprecated)	false (USB mapping required)
KernelAndKextPatches	Outdated	Removed
DSDT Fixes	Outdated	Removed
ResizeGpuBars	-1	0 (recommended for laptops)
Boot-Args	-v -igfxvesa debug=0x100 keepsyms=1	-v keepsyms=1 debug=0x100 alcid=1

 

Download the latest OCAT-Win64.zip here:
https://github.com/ic005k/OCAuxiliaryTools/releases/tag/20250001

 

With this tool, you can easily manage your config.plist, download all required drivers and kexts, insert this prepared configuration into your EFI partition, and also analyze or fix configuration issues. You should still watch tutorials on YouTube or ask the community here if needed.

 

 

These kexts are already referenced inside the config.plist. You only need to activate/download them using OCAT-Win64 (OCAuxiliaryTools).

 

EFI/OC/Kexts/
├── Lilu.kext
├── VirtualSMC.kext
├── SMCBatteryManager.kext
├── SMCProcessor.kext
├── WhateverGreen.kext
├── AppleALC.kext
├── VoodooI2C.kext
├── VoodooI2CHID.kext
├── AirportItlwm.kext (Sonoma version!)
├── IntelBluetoothFirmware.kext
├── IntelBTPatcher.kext
├── USBInjectAll.kext (mapping only)
├── RealtekRTL8111.kext
├── ECEnabler.kext
├── BrightnessKeys.kext
└── NVMeFix.kext

 

Important Notes

 

1. Alder Lake E-Cores
   macOS Sonoma does not properly support Alder Lake E-Core scheduling. You should disable E-Cores in BIOS or test using cpus=1 in boot-args.
2. Intel Wi-Fi 8265
   The Sonoma version of AirportItlwm is still experimental. Alternative: use a USB Wi-Fi adapter such as the TP-Link Archer T2U Nano (Realtek 8811CU).
3. USB Mapping
   After the first installation, you must create a proper USB map using USBToolBox or Hackintool and replace USBInjectAll with your custom USB map.

 

Download:
https://github.com/USBToolBox/tool/releases

Download the Windows.exe version, generate the USB map and driver, then place it into EFI/OC/Kexts/.

 

4. Audio Layout-ID
   alcid=11 is only a starting value. If audio does not work, test:

• alcid=13
• alcid=28
• alcid=56

 

5. SMBIOS Serial Number
   Replace the serial number and SmUUID with your own unique values generated using GenSMBIOS.

 

Download:
https://github.com/corpnewt/gensmbios

 

EFI_new

 

I tried your efi folder, but still no result. For fist i have a errors with drivers like them revise isn`t good, but i just set new drivers in efi folder and this error is gone. But there is still exitbs, i tried cpus=1 and in my bios there is no option for disabling e-cores.

[spakk]

1 hour ago, Dofik Dofran said:

I tried your efi folder, but still no result. For fist i have a errors with drivers like them revise isn`t good, but i just set new drivers in efi folder and this error is gone. But there is still exitbs, i tried cpus=1 and in my bios there is no option for disabling e-cores.

Please upload the current OpenCore debug log so we can check what is causing the problem.

[Dofik Dofran]

22 hours ago, spakk said:

Please upload the current OpenCore debug log so we can check what is causing the problem.

 

opencore-2026-05-31-183212.txt

[spakk]

6 hours ago, Dofik Dofran said:

 

opencore-2026-05-31-183212.txt 256 kB · 1 download

Please upload the config.plist file you last used to boot.

 

There are some unusual or contradictory entries in the log.

Before I make any definitive statements, I'd like to check

the actual configuration and compare the log entries with the settings you've configured.

 

Without the config.plist file, anything further would be pure speculation.

[Dofik Dofran]

5 hours ago, spakk said:

Please upload the config.plist file you last used to boot.

 

There are some unusual or contradictory entries in the log.

Before I make any definitive statements, I'd like to check

the actual configuration and compare the log entries with the settings you've configured.

 

Without the config.plist file, anything further would be pure speculation.

i used the config that you send (

 

On 5/28/2026 at 11:38 PM, spakk said:

 

Hi,

 

I’ve been following your posts for a while regarding installing macOS on your hardware, and I have a few questions first. Which macOS version or build are you planning to install?

From what I can tell, your hardware has a few limitations. Alder Lake systems are still problematic under macOS since this platform was never officially supported by Apple. Your graphics card could also cause issues, depending on the model, you may end up without proper graphics acceleration or the system might not even boot into the desktop environment.

That said, it may still be possible as an experimental setup, just without any guarantee of stability or success. I already revised your faulty config.plist and also wrote a guide on how I think you could potentially boot into the macOS desktop.

Here you can find the guide, the config.plist, and the remaining files.

 

The analysis of your config.plist for the Acer Aspire 3 A315-59 revealed the following:

 

Critical Issues in Your Uploaded config.plist

 

Problem	Severity	Explanation
FakeCPUID 0xA0655	CRITICAL	This is a Coffee Lake CPU ID — completely incorrect for an Alder Lake i3-1235U. Causes kernel panics.
Missing ProvideCurrentCpuInfo	CRITICAL	Alder Lake requires this quirk to boot properly.
Missing iGPU DeviceProperties	CRITICAL	No framebuffer patches = no proper graphics output (VESA only).
-igfxvesa in boot-args	CRITICAL	Forces VESA mode = no hardware acceleration.
Missing SSDTs	CRITICAL	Missing: SSDT-PLUG, SSDT-EC, SSDT-PNLF, SSDT-RHUB.
SMBIOS MacBookPro16,4	ISSUE	This is a 2020 Intel MacBook Pro SMBIOS and does not properly fit Alder Lake. Better choice: MacBookPro16,1 or MacBookAir10,1.
KernelAndKextPatches	OUTDATED	Deprecated since OpenCore 0.6.0.
DSDT Fixes	OUTDATED	Deprecated keys.
XhciPortLimit	OUTDATED	Deprecated since macOS 12.3 — proper USB mapping is required.
ResizeGpuBars = -1	ISSUE	Should be set to 0 for laptops.
Missing Kext List	CRITICAL	No kexts defined = no Wi-Fi, no audio, no trackpad support.
Missing UEFI → Quirks	ISSUE	ProvideConsoleGop is deprecated.

 

Corrected config.plist (OpenCore 0.9.9+ / macOS Sonoma)

 

Attached.

 

Summary of Changes

Section	Before (your config)	After (corrected)
FakeCPUID	0xA0655 (Coffee Lake)	Removed (not needed with ProvideCurrentCpuInfo)
ProvideCurrentCpuInfo	Missing	Enabled (required for Alder Lake)
iGPU	-igfxvesa (VESA only)	Framebuffer patches for Iris Plus 655 spoof
SMBIOS	MacBookPro16,4	MacBookPro16,1 (better laptop compatibility)
SSDTs	None	6 SSDTs added
Kexts	None defined	14 kexts added
XhciPortLimit	true (deprecated)	false (USB mapping required)
KernelAndKextPatches	Outdated	Removed
DSDT Fixes	Outdated	Removed
ResizeGpuBars	-1	0 (recommended for laptops)
Boot-Args	-v -igfxvesa debug=0x100 keepsyms=1	-v keepsyms=1 debug=0x100 alcid=1

 

Download the latest OCAT-Win64.zip here:
https://github.com/ic005k/OCAuxiliaryTools/releases/tag/20250001

 

With this tool, you can easily manage your config.plist, download all required drivers and kexts, insert this prepared configuration into your EFI partition, and also analyze or fix configuration issues. You should still watch tutorials on YouTube or ask the community here if needed.

 

 

These kexts are already referenced inside the config.plist. You only need to activate/download them using OCAT-Win64 (OCAuxiliaryTools).

 

EFI/OC/Kexts/
├── Lilu.kext
├── VirtualSMC.kext
├── SMCBatteryManager.kext
├── SMCProcessor.kext
├── WhateverGreen.kext
├── AppleALC.kext
├── VoodooI2C.kext
├── VoodooI2CHID.kext
├── AirportItlwm.kext (Sonoma version!)
├── IntelBluetoothFirmware.kext
├── IntelBTPatcher.kext
├── USBInjectAll.kext (mapping only)
├── RealtekRTL8111.kext
├── ECEnabler.kext
├── BrightnessKeys.kext
└── NVMeFix.kext

 

Important Notes

 

1. Alder Lake E-Cores
   macOS Sonoma does not properly support Alder Lake E-Core scheduling. You should disable E-Cores in BIOS or test using cpus=1 in boot-args.
2. Intel Wi-Fi 8265
   The Sonoma version of AirportItlwm is still experimental. Alternative: use a USB Wi-Fi adapter such as the TP-Link Archer T2U Nano (Realtek 8811CU).
3. USB Mapping
   After the first installation, you must create a proper USB map using USBToolBox or Hackintool and replace USBInjectAll with your custom USB map.

 

Download:
https://github.com/USBToolBox/tool/releases

Download the Windows.exe version, generate the USB map and driver, then place it into EFI/OC/Kexts/.

 

4. Audio Layout-ID
   alcid=11 is only a starting value. If audio does not work, test:

• alcid=13
• alcid=28
• alcid=56

 

5. SMBIOS Serial Number
   Replace the serial number and SmUUID with your own unique values generated using GenSMBIOS.

 

Download:
https://github.com/corpnewt/gensmbios

 

EFI_new