I can't start the USB stick

[drakengard780]

Good morning, could you give me a hand? I created the stick with OpenCore Unfortunately it doesn't start, it remains stuck on the Windows logo and the open red padlock.

[jlempen]

Hi @drakengard780,

If it remains stuck on the Windows logo with the red padlock, it means that your SGO2 is not even able to boot the OpenCore bootloader... You'll find a whole lot of troubleshooting info about such problems at https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Install-Guide/troubleshooting/extended/opencore-issues.html

But first of all, please be aware that this repo will only work with the "high-end" Intel Core m3-8100Y version of the Surface Go 2.

Then make sure you created your USB stick with one of the methods described in the https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Install-Guide/installer-guide/ and that you filled your own PlatformInfo generated with CorpNewt's GenSMBIOS tool in the config.plist file as described in https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Install-Guide/config.plist/kaby-lake.html#platforminfo

If the above troubleshooting steps won't fix your problem, you'll need to enable verbose booting in your config.plist file in order to see what's going on during your boot process. To do so, set Misc -> Boot -> PickerMode to Builtin and add -v to the boot-args line in NVRAM -> Add -> 7C436110-AB2A-4BBB-A880-FE41995C9F82. Save your config.plist file and reboot. That should show you where the boot process gets stuck and hopefully you'll find a solution to your problem in https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Install-Guide/troubleshooting/extended/opencore-issues.html

[jlempen]

One thing that comes to mind is that the folder structure in your EFI partition is wrong. Make sure that the BOOT and OC folders both reside in an EFI folder in your EFI partition!

[jlempen]

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