Hmm... The config in your EFI presents some questionable settings. It uses WEG without any pertinent boot arguments or device properties. It uses AppleALC, which the RX580 doesn't need. It also updates the SMBIOS with just some BootROM version and release date, a puzzling choice... Perhaps you could elaborate on these settings.
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MP 1,1-5,1 Manually Configured OpenCore on the Mac Pro
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Hmm... The config in your EFI presents some questionable settings. It uses WEG without any pertinent boot arguments or device properties. It uses AppleALC, which the RX580 doesn't need. It also updates the SMBIOS with just some BootROM version and release date, a puzzling choice... Perhaps you could elaborate on these settings.
I am using converters. Display ports-->DVI-->Monitor Input on both monitors.
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>DeviceProperties</key>
<dict>
<key>Add</key>
<dict>
<key>PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x3,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)</key>
<dict>
<key>@0,name</key>
<data>QVRZLE9yaW5vY28=</data>
<key>ATY,EFIVersion</key>
<data>MDEuMDEuMTgz</data>
<key>CFG,CFG_FB_LIMIT</key>
<data>BA==</data>
<key>CFG,CFG_PTPL2_TBL</key>
<data>ggAAAHwAAAB2AAAAcAAAAGoAAABkAAAAXgAAAFgAAABSAAAATAAAAEYAAABAAAAAOgAAADQAAAAuAAAAKAAAAA==</data>
<key>PP,PP_PowerPlayEnabled</key>
<data>AQAAAA==</data>
<key>PP,PP_WorkLoadPolicyMask</key>
<data>CA==</data>
<key>agdpmod</key>
<data>cGlrZXJhAA==</data>
<key>model</key>
<data>QU1EIFJhZGVvbiBSWCA1ODA=</data>
<key>rebuild-device-tree</key>
<data>AA==</data>
<key>shikigva</key>
<data>kA==</data>
</dict>
</dict>
<key>Delete</key>
<dict>
<key>PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x3,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)</key>
<array>
<string>ATY,EFIVersion</string>
</array>
</dict>
</dict>
</dict>
</plist>
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<key>CFG,CFG_FB_LIMIT</key>
<data>BA==</data>BA== is 04 in HEX, so if you have 5 you will have to set BQ== there etc.
The RX580 doesn't need it. I saw in your config no innie, no Hardware acceleration and no radeonboost.
Hi
i want to use OpenCore with Fusion Drive.
Dose OC support Fusion Drive? If it is, what drive should i Bless?
If it isn't, should i Bless the Windows SSD?
Thank you.
i want to use OpenCore with Fusion Drive.
Dose OC support Fusion Drive? If it is, what drive should i Bless?
If it isn't, should i Bless the Windows SSD?
Thank you.
No. I'm on Mojave 14.6. But, if it works now it should work 2 OSs up. Remember that you're playing with beta software. They may have not added the driver back, yet.
edit: Just completed my Catalina installation. RX500 works OOB.
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Now OpenCore and Big Sur Beta while without AppleALC there is no sound on HDMI it is checked. AppleALC does not interfere with anything if we even turn it on
Patched BigSur already worked, I'd need also patched BaseSystem.dmg (or any custom Ramdisk DMG) to load from OpenCore , also using csr-active-config
/w8AAA== is not suffice (there is some other OpenCore.efi subcheck on DMG structure validation), getting this output message:
Code:
DMG has been altered
OCB: LoadImage failed - Unsupported
Halting on critical error@vit9696 could you make this configurable ?
Thanks
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Is there any reason why a MP with OC won't boot Catalina 10.15.6 from a clone backup on a USB hard drive? I recently made a clone with CCC, formatting the drive as APFS (unencrypted) beforehand. When I select the drive in the boot picker it begins booting then stops almost immediately, displaying an icon with a line through it, before returning to the picker.
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Ok, so I've read about 110 pages of this thread now to try and understand the DRM and hardware acceleration issue. Wondering if the community could answer one or two questions.
Some background however.
My system is as follows:
-Xeon X5690 3.46Ghz
-Sapphire RX580 8Gb unflashed
-SSD with Mojave in Bay 1
-SSD with Catalina 10.15.6 and Opencore in Bay 2
-I currently have the VMM flag turned off
I've thus far just performed the basic Opencore 0.59 install from the Wiki coupled with the OpenCanopy installation.
It is currently set to display the boot picker and will then progress to the Catalina OS. I have signed into iCloud and all my data has been pulled down without issue.
Bar the TV app, everything else in Catalina appears to be working. If I download a purchased movie, then it will play but it will not let me stream a purchased movie. Apple TV + content streams fine.
I've gone back to the Mojave installation and the behaviour is the same. It will not stream a purchased movie (it did before Opencore) but it will play a downloaded purchased movie.
I am able to access Netflix in the Catalina installation via Chrome.
One thing I have noticed is that my monitor will occasionally just go black for a few seconds during random actions and then display signal again with no intervention from me.
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Ok so having read through this thread from the start, my understanding is that in the early days full spoofing of iMac Pro was used and this was deemed unsafe for the Mac Pro in case it messed with the firmware.
It would appear now though that a few months back it was deemed safe to use the UpdateSMBIOS key for iMacPro hybridisation in order to enable hardware acceleration as per the Wiki. Once hardware acceleration is enabled, then the UpdateSMBIOS is set as "True" and this can be left on without any issues. As long as the VMM is turned off, then updates will not occur and my Mac Pro will not be screwed by an update.
If I wished to update however, then I would need to change UpdateSMBIOS to "false" and turn the VMM "on" before checking for an update. Once, I've updated, I then set SMBIOS as "True" again and turn the VMM "Off".
Is this a correct understanding of the current state of affairs?
Also, given my issues with streaming TV app content, am I correct in my assumption that enabling the hardware acceleration as per the Wiki will resolve the issue?
Some background however.
My system is as follows:
-Xeon X5690 3.46Ghz
-Sapphire RX580 8Gb unflashed
-SSD with Mojave in Bay 1
-SSD with Catalina 10.15.6 and Opencore in Bay 2
-I currently have the VMM flag turned off
I've thus far just performed the basic Opencore 0.59 install from the Wiki coupled with the OpenCanopy installation.
It is currently set to display the boot picker and will then progress to the Catalina OS. I have signed into iCloud and all my data has been pulled down without issue.
Bar the TV app, everything else in Catalina appears to be working. If I download a purchased movie, then it will play but it will not let me stream a purchased movie. Apple TV + content streams fine.
I've gone back to the Mojave installation and the behaviour is the same. It will not stream a purchased movie (it did before Opencore) but it will play a downloaded purchased movie.
I am able to access Netflix in the Catalina installation via Chrome.
One thing I have noticed is that my monitor will occasionally just go black for a few seconds during random actions and then display signal again with no intervention from me.
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Ok so having read through this thread from the start, my understanding is that in the early days full spoofing of iMac Pro was used and this was deemed unsafe for the Mac Pro in case it messed with the firmware.
It would appear now though that a few months back it was deemed safe to use the UpdateSMBIOS key for iMacPro hybridisation in order to enable hardware acceleration as per the Wiki. Once hardware acceleration is enabled, then the UpdateSMBIOS is set as "True" and this can be left on without any issues. As long as the VMM is turned off, then updates will not occur and my Mac Pro will not be screwed by an update.
If I wished to update however, then I would need to change UpdateSMBIOS to "false" and turn the VMM "on" before checking for an update. Once, I've updated, I then set SMBIOS as "True" again and turn the VMM "Off".
Is this a correct understanding of the current state of affairs?
Also, given my issues with streaming TV app content, am I correct in my assumption that enabling the hardware acceleration as per the Wiki will resolve the issue?
I'm new to using OC, but when I updated from 10.15.5 to 10.15.6 I only temporarily set VMM to On (during the update) - I didn't touch anything to do with SMBIOS. I don't use TV app, but the free VideoProc app shows I've got hardware h264/265 encode and decode enabled.
the drive must plugged in one of the onboard USB2.0 connections
you can‘t boot from a USB3.x card
Thanks IndioX, I was using one of the front USB 2.0 ports.
I thought I'd run CCC again on the drive in case it helped, and noticed that the clone partition with the system on wasn't mounting. CCC advised to run First Aid on it, which I did and it's now mounting fine. I'm running a quick differential backup and will then test again. It'll probably work fine now but I'll report back.
Edit: still not booting off the cloned disk. CCC's blog has some discussion of issues with creating a new bootable backup when starting from 10.15.5+: https://bombich.com/kb/ccc5/macos-catalina-known-issues. I've submitted a ticket, so will see what they say.
It seems like due to changes with Catalina, the partition you're cloning to must be formatted APFS non-encrypted. You can then boot into the clone and turn File Vault on. I presume I can then reboot into my regular install, leave the USB drive plugged in, and FV will continue encrypting in the background? Don't really want to have to remain booted from the USB drive until 500GB is encrypted over USB 2. Could leave it overnight though if I must.
I thought I'd run CCC again on the drive in case it helped, and noticed that the clone partition with the system on wasn't mounting. CCC advised to run First Aid on it, which I did and it's now mounting fine. I'm running a quick differential backup and will then test again. It'll probably work fine now but I'll report back.
Edit: still not booting off the cloned disk. CCC's blog has some discussion of issues with creating a new bootable backup when starting from 10.15.5+: https://bombich.com/kb/ccc5/macos-catalina-known-issues. I've submitted a ticket, so will see what they say.
It seems like due to changes with Catalina, the partition you're cloning to must be formatted APFS non-encrypted. You can then boot into the clone and turn File Vault on. I presume I can then reboot into my regular install, leave the USB drive plugged in, and FV will continue encrypting in the background? Don't really want to have to remain booted from the USB drive until 500GB is encrypted over USB 2. Could leave it overnight though if I must.
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For updates, you can keep hybridization enabled; you just need to turn on the VMM flag.
Without enabling hardware acceleration (hybridization and WEG), you will not have DRM for Netflix in Safari. Things may be different for other apps and services. I would enable hardware acceleration and check. Make sure to let us know if it works.
For item 1 - you need to set the VMM flag. See the section "Toggle the VMM flag" in the first post.
You can try loading from rEFInd. Place these EFI Drivers in the drivers directory and modify the attached nsh startup script to your needs and place it next to your shell.efi tool. Start shell.efi (if your text mode does not work use the attached rEFInd version) and it should load whatever is requested in the startup.nsh script.