So you're saying there is nothing that I can enable/disable in Opencore to activate my BCM943602 chipset (which is advertised on the first page of this thread) for Bluetooth?
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MP 1,1-5,1 Manually Configured OpenCore on the Mac Pro
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So you're saying there is nothing that I can enable/disable in Opencore to activate my BCM943602 chipset (which is advertised on the first page of this thread) for Bluetooth?
No, I'm saying this it NOT an OpenCore issue; OpenCore does not "activate" that chipset. I happen to own precisely the same Wi-Fi/Bluetooth module and it has never needed "activation". The only known real issue I'm aware of (and, again, quite unrelated to OpenCore) is that if you boot into Mojave and then go back to Big Sur, you'll lose Bluetooth until you boot for a second time. Again, seek advice on this issue, if you need it, on a different thread, or via private messaging. This is NOT an OpenCore issue.
ok, so i have a major problem. have a mac pro 4,1 flashed to 5,1 with updated firmware aka 144.0.0.0.0 and installed opencore with sip disabled. that all worked, now when i bless then restart, i see the bootloader, and when i select the mac hd, it shows the progress bar then goes to black screen. the monitor used is one hooked up via hdmi. only way i can see anything is by plugging a monitor into the dvi on my rx 570 and then i can see the desktop but nothing on the hdmi. if i have any other monitor plugged into the dvi or display ports, i don't see the bootloader.
is there a way to make it so that hdmi displays the bootloader and the desktop afterwards? (if someone says use a config file, please explain... (command line n00b here))
*edit* using opencore 0.7.2 file
is there a way to make it so that hdmi displays the bootloader and the desktop afterwards? (if someone says use a config file, please explain... (command line n00b here))
*edit* using opencore 0.7.2 file
Hi. I'm here again. After many tries to recover my old windows installation (converting the partition scheme with mbr2gpt tool), and not much less windows blue screen with installation process described in first page, I got a working windows 10, selectable through open core boot picker. But is there a way to change boot disk from remote connection?
EDIT: a saw that BootCamp windows control panel pre-select boot partition in OC boot picker, so it should be possible to change OS from remote. But there is a problem that made me not realise that the panel was working: at every attempt to restart windows, MacPro remains stuck on windows shutdown. Furthermore, Windows build 1903 keeps trying to download version 20H2, but after a few attempts (and several restarts) it uninstalls everything and starts all over again.
EDIT: a saw that BootCamp windows control panel pre-select boot partition in OC boot picker, so it should be possible to change OS from remote. But there is a problem that made me not realise that the panel was working: at every attempt to restart windows, MacPro remains stuck on windows shutdown. Furthermore, Windows build 1903 keeps trying to download version 20H2, but after a few attempts (and several restarts) it uninstalls everything and starts all over again.
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EDIT 2: case solved! After another bunches of tries, windows 10 build 1903 installed KB4592449 update, and won't propose again to install 20H2 (after 7 tries). And now it shutdowns/reboots without issues.
For now it's OK for me, but I'm curious if and how (starting from scratch with newer build or through Windows Update) someone has installed newer builds of Windows 10 or Windows 11.
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My impression is that Windows 11 won't ever run on the MacPro5,1:
Windows processor requirements Windows 11 supported Intel processors
This specification details the Intel processors that can be used with Windows 11 customer systems that include Windows products, including custom images.
docs.microsoft.com
But never say never, perhaps?
I think it's highly likely that Win11 will run under Parallels; after all, Big Sur ran cleanly on Parallels under Mojave, so I can see the Parallels lot emulating the needed Intel CPU settings...My impression is that Windows 11 won't ever run on the MacPro5,1:
Windows processor requirements Windows 11 supported Intel processors
This specification details the Intel processors that can be used with Windows 11 customer systems that include Windows products, including custom images.docs.microsoft.com
But never say never, perhaps?
Edit: Here's what Parallels say:
Since Windows 11 Insider Preview has just been released recently, the Parallels Engineering team is studying changes introduced in the new operating system to deliver full compatibility in future Parallels Desktop updates.
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OK, cool. But if we're talking about native booting and not virtualization?
Simply won't run. The Xeon Westmere-EP line of processors isn't in the MS-approved list, so NoGo...
I'm afraid that many of the latest posts are manifestly off-topic. Please, post your Windows issues somewhere else. Most of the above observations have nothing to do with OpenCore.
However it could be that under the VM you still need a real compatible processor... or maybe, OpenCore could fake it.
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Installing Windows 10 on cMP with OpenCore is a topic covered on the first page. It seems not off-topic at all... but I won't insist on the argument.
You already did and posted 2 more....
The ultimate 10 posts are about this Windows f*** and not related to OpenCore.
Exactly, and I guarantee that the method described in post #1 works perfectly.
However, if you for whatever reason decide to install it in another way, it's a pure Windows install issue , so look for another thread or open a new one .
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With (or without) OpenCore you will NOT be able to install Windows 11 on cMP, only Windows 10. You need TPM 2.0 support.
I have 21H1 (the May 2021 update) up and running, but I did a clean install. This is with OpenCore version 0.69 and I used the instructions on the first post.
Please keep this thread on topic. Matters about Windows that have nothing to do with OpenCore should not be discussed here.
Can I ask if and how to distinguish in the OpenCore boot picker two windows volumes? Can I make the picker use the volume name or assign another kind of label or a personalized icon for each volume?
I believe that you can include a file named .disk_label.contentDetails with the desired label next to the bootmgfw.efi file in the Windows EFI volume. For icons, there is also the "Flavours" system. See PickerAttributes in the documentation.
I Have made my own EFI with OCLP 0 . 2 .5 It works great on my Mac Pro 5 1 but when I Add SSDT for titan ridge using Apollo thunderbolt 3 the progress bar stop at a moment with open core package 072 it works ? Any Idea ?
For now I have copied the files Kext From the EFI Made with My OCLP configuration and put in OPencore package
For now I have copied the files Kext From the EFI Made with My OCLP configuration and put in OPencore package
I have a MacPro 5,1 successfully running OC 0.7.0 and Catalina 10.15.7 (19H1217). What is the proper procedure to receive the latest security update (19H1323)? I only get a prompt to install Big Sur in the standard software update and downloading the (19H1323) installer separately results in a "your system does not support this update".
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