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chris1111 / Wireless-USB-Big-Sur-Adapter

Drivers for Realtek 802.11n and 802.11ac USB Wi-Fi adapters. Packages for macOS
https://chris1111.github.io/Wireless-USB-Big-Sur-Adapter/
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Installing on Mac OS Monterey Hackintosh leads to Boot-Stuck on Apple Logo #178

Closed rgvxsthi closed 2 years ago

rgvxsthi commented 2 years ago

Hi there chris!

First of all, thanks so much for this amazing driver and doing all of the great work for the community. Really appreciate it!

I have recently converted one of my laptops, an Acer Nitro 5 an15-51 to a Hackintosh device (Mac OS Monterey) using this resource (with all EFI and Kexts intact). I believe that the EFI folder already has the drivers on there, but trying to install the WiFi indicator using your driver leads to my device getting stuck on the Apple Logo. My WiFi adapter is a TL-WN725N.

The steps I have followed are as follows:

  1. Install using latest available Monterey version with macrecovery.py (python ./macrecovery.py -b Mac-E43C1C25D4880AD6 -m 00000000000000000 download)
  2. After installation, replace EFI folder from USB and reboot without the USB.
  3. Downloaded the driver from Wireless USB Big-Sur Driver from chris1111 and installed it. I can confirm that the WiFi works and can see the lights on the device (and can connect on the last screen of the Driver installation step where it asks you to "reboot the device to complete installation")
  4. Clicked on "Reboot" which is required to complete the installation of the driver, doing which leads to an unbootable device (stuck on Apple logo)

Any help on this would be much appreciated!

rgvxsthi commented 2 years ago

Moved to OpenCore specific driver issues page.