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Thanks for the tips, but I'm very noob and I'm not very familiar with programming!
I bought a 970 PLus 1 TB
I installed via card on pci 4X. Recognized by Disk Utility, formatted and installed High Sierra, but does not boot!
I saw that you need to upgrade EFI to the new version 144.00 ...
But I have no idea what this procedure is like! Could you help me with the steps please? One more thing, will the M2 be external or is there any possibility of being internal?
Sorry for my english!
Thanks
 
Hdalio said:
Thanks for the tips, but I'm very noob and I'm not very familiar with programming!
I bought a 970 PLus 1 TB
I installed via card on pci 4X. Recognized by Disk Utility, formatted and installed High Sierra, but does not boot!
I saw that you need to upgrade EFI to the new version 144.00 ...
But I have no idea what this procedure is like! Could you help me with the steps please? One more thing, will the M2 be external or is there any possibility of being internal?
Sorry for my english!
Thanks
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For help in upgrading your firmware, refer to the thread below instead of this one...

MP5,1: What you have to do to upgrade to Mojave (BootROM upgrade instructions thread)
 
I need to stay at the High Sierra! I don't have a metal card! Is there any other alternative?
 
tsialex said:
No. A METAL supported GPU is a requirement for the firmware upgrade.
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I did it! But with the same Nvidia card!
Updated the firmware!
 

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I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, I'm on Boot ROM 138 and just installed a new 2.93 GHz 6 core Xeon today and the RX 560 yesterday. Everything is running fine now with no screen artifacts(had a gtx 660 ti originally when I bought it). However when I go to this part where I install the firmware(after downloading like 6gb from the App Store for Mojave) I press Shut Down and it has me enter my password for some helper tool. Then it thinks for a second and does nothing, click Shut Down again and it repeats the cycle.

I tried shutting it down and it obviously didn't do anything. I'm on the latest version of Mojave 10.14.6.

I'm just trying to get my Boot ROM to 144.
 

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Warhawk15 said:
I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, I'm on Boot ROM 138 and just installed a new 2.93 GHz 6 core Xeon today and the RX 560 yesterday. Everything is running fine now with no screen artifacts(had a gtx 660 ti originally when I bought it). However when I go to this part where I install the firmware(after downloading like 6gb from the App Store for Mojave) I press Shut Down and it has me enter my password for some helper tool. Then it thinks for a second and does nothing, click Shut Down again and it repeats the cycle.

I tried shutting it down and it obviously didn't do anything. I'm on the latest version of Mojave 10.14.6.

I'm just trying to get my Boot ROM to 144.
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Read the first post of the thread MP5,1: What you have to do to upgrade to Mojave (BootROM upgrade instructions thread). Pay attention with the notes, there are several pitfalls while upgrading MP5,1 firmware.
 
Please pardon my newbie question, but on machines with T2 security chip can I still dump the Bootrom? If so how can I do it? Does it require soldering work? (target machine mac book air 2019)
 
sharik777 said:
Please pardon my newbie question, but on machines with T2 security chip can I still dump the Bootrom? If so how can I do it? Does it require soldering work? (target machine mac book air 2019)
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It's a totally different way to store the BootROM. It's the T2 that validates and upload the BootROM to the processor now.
 
flowrider said:
^^^^Not to mention the sharik777 posted to the wrong forum?

Lou
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Posting on the wrong forum is relatively common, but it's a weird question for a one post newbie…

Anyway, AFAIK, you can't remove iCloud lock or a MDM profile from a T2 Mac…
 
Hdalio said:
I did it! But with the same Nvidia card!
Updated the firmware!
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Nvidia card since Kepler also has Metal support. Can perform the 144.0.0.0.0 bootROM upgrade. Sounds like you misunderstood that your card has no Metal support.

e.g. My 1080Ti clearly shows Metal supported in High Sierra (with web driver activated)
1080Ti Metal.png


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One thing that I saw in the distribution file and and got me thinking about the way Apple is releasing updates now:

All these releases are 10.14.6: =/

18G84,18G86,18G87,18G88,18G89,18G90,18G91,18G92,18G93,18G94,18G95,18G96,18G97,18G101,18G102,18G103

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In my devices all with 10.14.6 show me 18G1007 for iMac 15.1 and macbook pro 11.5. For mac pro is 18G103. Very strange. With iMac i have issue few time when i install suplemental update 2. Installation freeze and i have to restore back from time machine. After a week i try again and update go normal. Thanks
 

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tsialex said:
Catalina 10.15.1 DP1 has the same EFI firmware as Catalina DP10, no changes. Firmwares creation date still September 17.
Mac:EFI version:
IM13,1288.0.0.0.0
IM14,1140.0.0.0.0
IM14,2140.0.0.0.0
IM14,3140.0.0.0.0
IM14,4200.0.0.0.0
IM15,1231.0.0.0.0
IM16,1231.0.0.0.0
IM16,2231.0.0.0.0
IM17,1173.0.0.0.0
IM18,1178.0.0.0.0
IM18,3178.0.0.0.0
IM19,11037.0.73.0.0
MB10,1182.0.0.0.0
MB8,1185.0.0.0.0
MB9,1187.0.0.0.0
MBA5,1260.0.0.0.0
MBA6,1118.0.0.0.0
MBA7,1190.0.0.0.0
MBP10,1258.0.0.0.0
MBP10,2281.0.0.0.0
MBP11,1157.0.0.0.0
MBP11,2157.0.0.0.0
MBP11,4195.0.0.0.0
MBP12,1187.0.0.0.0
MBP13,1240.0.0.0.0
MBP13,2262.0.0.0.0
MBP13,3262.0.0.0.0
MBP14,1202.0.0.0.0
MBP14,2202.0.0.0.0
MBP14,3202.0.0.0.0
MBP9,1229.0.0.0.0
MM6,1281.0.0.0.0
MM7,1245.0.0.0.0
MP6,1133.0.0.0.0
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I am confused. According with this list i can't find my mid 2015 macbook pro 15 inch and my boot ROM version look to be out of date even my os is with latest Mojave update.
 

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bobica said:
I am confused. According with this list i can't find my mid 2015 macbook pro 15 inch and my boot ROM version look to be out of date even my os is with latest Mojave update.
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Some Macs use the EFI firmware of others, yours probably use MBP11,4. The EFI list is from Catalina now.
 
bobica said:
I am confused. According with this list i can't find my mid 2015 macbook pro 15 inch and my boot ROM version look to be out of date even my os is with latest Mojave update.
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I just saw your screenshot, MBP114.0184.B00 is a early High Sierra firmware. Your MacBook Pro is not updating firmware correctly. When this happens, it's very rare, I erase the main disk, then do a Internet Recovery.

Since it's a so old firmware maybe you will get Sierra or High Sierra via Internet Recovery and will need to update it again. After each update, let's say Sierra to High Sierra, do the main disk erase/format and the Internet Recovery again. I never needed to do more than two times the Internet Recovery.
 
tsialex said:
I just saw your screenshot, MBP114.0184.B00 is a early High Sierra firmware. Your MacBook Pro is not updating firmware correctly. When this happens, it's very rare, I erase the main disk, then do a Internet Recovery.

Since it's a so old firmware maybe you will get Sierra or High Sierra via Internet Recovery and will need to update it again. After each update, let's say Sierra to High Sierra, do the main disk erase/format and the Internet Recovery again. I never needed to do more than two times the Internet Recovery.
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Ok Alex, i try to do this and i let you know. Thanks man!
 
tsialex said:
I just saw your screenshot, MBP114.0184.B00 is a early High Sierra firmware. Your MacBook Pro is not updating firmware correctly. When this happens, it's very rare, I erase the main disk, then do a Internet Recovery.

Since it's a so old firmware maybe you will get Sierra or High Sierra via Internet Recovery and will need to update it again. After each update, let's say Sierra to High Sierra, do the main disk erase/format and the Internet Recovery again. I never needed to do more than two times the Internet Recovery.
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Firmware is updating automatic i presume. Maybe is better to upgrade to Catalina and after i go back in Mojave from time machine
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tsialex said:
BTW, did you changed the Apple OEM SSD for an 3rd party AHCI or NVMe? If so, install it back.
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Oh yes is a WD BLACK NVME 500GB SSD with adapter
 
bobica said:
Firmware is updating automatic i presume. Maybe is better to upgrade to Catalina and after i go back in Mojave from time machine
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No, it's not. You have a BootROM version before the change of the EFI versioning from hexa to decimal with the High Sierra to Mojave transition. Should be 194.0.0.0.0 now, the last Mojave one. First Catalina is 195.0.0.0.0.

Again:

Did you changed the Apple OEM SSD for an 3rd party AHCI or NVMe? If so, install it back.
 
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bobica said:
In my devices all with 10.14.6 show me 18G1007 for iMac 15.1 and macbook pro 11.5. For mac pro is 18G103. Very strange. With iMac i have issue few time when i install suplemental update 2. Installation freeze and i have to restore back from time machine. After a week i try again and update go normal. Thanks
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18G1007 is probably a beta security update release.
 
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