How to work with 0071 Bios

[rjocoleman]

Can't downgrade from 0071 bios, the usual recovery methods including pulling the security jumper and the power button menu do not work. 0071 bios includes security updates and is one-way upgrade.

With this bios you can't boot, to fix this you need to add a patch for RTC to the clover DSDT patches.:

<dict>
  <key>Comment</key>
  <string>Fix NUC BIOS DSDT Device(RTC)</string>
  <key>Disabled</key>
  <false/>
  <key>Find</key>
  <data>oAqTU1RBUwE=</data>
  <key>Replace</key>
  <data>oAqRCv8L//8=</data>
</dict>

After applied the system can boot again.

[mhvp]

How and were do place this code?

[rjocoleman]

Clover config.plist. Along side these patches: https://github.com/sarkrui/NUC8i7BEH-Hackintosh-Build/blob/master/EFI/CLOVER/config.plist#L13

[sarkrui]

@mhvp You may want to try this config. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sarkrui/NUC8i7BEH-Hackintosh-Build/master/EFI/CLOVER/config_BIOS_0071.plist Let me know if it works, thanks!

[Vincz]

Hi guys! So I bought a Nuc8i3BEH2 and tried the method in the Readme. The product came with the BIOS 0064, so it wasn't working. I did update it in 0071 (btw, 0073 is out now). I installed OSX from the provided links (tried both the 10.14.2 and the 10.14.6). The installation works great but after two reboot, I got a Kernel Panic and if I select the clover config for 0071 at startup, it starts but before the end of the loading bar completion, it reboots (without Kernel Panic this time). To boot, I use the EFI stuff I copied from this repository to my USB stick. Should I find a way to copy directly the content to the EFI folder of the SSD instead ? Am I doing something wrong? Thank you !

[sarkrui]

@mhvp Did you try this one? https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sarkrui/NUC8i7BEH-Hackintosh-Build/master/EFI/CLOVER/config_BIOS_0071.plist

[Vincz]

Yes, I tried, but without success. Just to be sure about the process:

1. I download an image from here https://mirrors.dtops.cc/iso/MacOS/daliansky_macos/ (the latest for example).
2. I burn it to an USB key with Etcher
3. I install Mac Os X (by booting on the usb key at the beginning, then from the hard drive after the first steps of the install). Just to be sure, but at this point, I still don't need to use the EFI folder from this repo, right?
4. The I put the content of this repository on an other USB stick
5. I boot from this newly created USB Stick with the config_BIOS_0071 file,

Right?

[sarkrui]

Hi @Vincz, everything looks fine. You may check:

• If BIOS settings were proper?
• When updating EFI, please reset NVRAM from Clover (from which you have options of volumes to boot)

[Vincz]

Ok, now it works. I add to remove whatevergreen module in order to boot. I think I add the same problem describe here https://github.com/sarkrui/NUC8i7BEH-Hackintosh-Build/issues/7

[leopku]

whatevergreen

Hi Vincz, can you give a help about how to remove whatevergreen? Thanks.

[Vincz]

whatevergreen

Hi Vincz, can you give a help about how to remove whatevergreen? Thanks.

Hi :) Mount the EFI folder and remove the module from the EFI folder /EFI/Clover/kexts/others/whatevergreen.kext (something like that), reboot and you are good to go.

[leopku]

whatevergreen

Hi Vincz, can you give a help about how to remove whatevergreen? Thanks.

Hi :) Mount the EFI folder and remove the module from the EFI folder /EFI/Clover/kexts/others/whatevergreen.kext (something like that), reboot and you are good to go.

Thanks a lot.

[leopku]

I install Mojave into my NUC8i7BEH successfully finally. It seems that whatevergreen doest no matter during installation.

In previous installation, audio card and graphic card were both NOT recognized correctly. And boot menu of clover display not correctly too.

The final installation, I using the newest Mojave 10.14.6 image (18G87 with clover 5033) from blog.daliansky.net and EFI from https://github.com/randyzhong/OS-X-NUC8i7BEH-Clover. It was very smooth during whole installation. And audio card and graphic card were recognized correctly.

BTW, my BIOS version was 0072. It came from buying and I did not downgrade it.

Hope my experience can help some one who want to install hackintosh with Mojave.

[wilsonnkwan]

Hi, I am facing some issues. So I am a total noob here, just be to be clear. Please bear with me if my questions are like idiotic.

I have the NUCi78BEH. My bios firmware is 0071. I have set the bios as per suggested. The image I used is 5033 from daliansky. But because I do not have a mac or know how to create a bootable clover EFI, I used the 5050 daliansky image (which already have a partition for the EFI). I installed the 5033 and when I tried to use the 5050's EFI (copying in the EFI into the thumbdrive that you provided from this GITHUB), it failed to boot in, no matter whether is there a whatevergreen.ktext.

I tried downgrading to 0056 as suggested but it failed. I suspect the system has a way to block downgrading. Please help. I bought a NUC8 specially for this.

Thanks

[wilsonnkwan]

BTW, my BIOS version was 0072. It came from buying and I did not downgrade it.

Hey bro, your BIOS 0072, can you double check? Because I searched through the internet, there's no mention of this BIOS version for NUC8 before. there is a 0072 but that is for NUC7. Kinda stuck here.

[ghost]

BIOS version 0072 is correct. I also have a NUC8i7BEH and it came with 0072 and wasn’t able to downgrade it.

[wilsonnkwan]

BIOS version 0072 is correct. I also have a NUC8i7BEH and it came with 0072 and wasn’t able to downgrade it.

You don't happen to have the bios file right? I want to replicate what Leopku did, but with 0071, It doesn't seem like it is possible. As of now with his instruction, mine get stuck at after the apple logo, i can move my mouse and it crash and restart.

[ghost]

I installed the 5033 and when I tried to use the 5050's EFI (copying in the EFI into the thumbdrive that you provided from this GITHUB), it failed to boot in, no matter whether is there a whatevergreen.ktext.

I used the EFI from Leesureone (post here with download link). Mount the EFI partition, remove the old and copy in the EFI directory from Leesureone). That should boot.

Good luck!

[ghost]

BIOS version 0072 is correct. I also have a NUC8i7BEH and it came with 0072 and wasn’t able to downgrade it.

You don't happen to have the bios file right? I want to replicate what Leopku did, but with 0071, It doesn't seem like it is possible. As of now with his instruction, mine get stuck at after the apple logo, i can move my mouse and it crash and restart.

The EFI from Leesureone fixes that! I should also work for 0071. I haven’t found a way to extract my current bios file.

[wilsonnkwan]

BIOS version 0072 is correct. I also have a NUC8i7BEH and it came with 0072 and wasn’t able to downgrade it.

You don't happen to have the bios file right? I want to replicate what Leopku did, but with 0071, It doesn't seem like it is possible. As of now with his instruction, mine get stuck at after the apple logo, i can move my mouse and it crash and restart.

The EFI from Leesureone fixes that! I should also work for 0071. I haven’t found a way to extract my current bios file.

OMGosh, you are da man, I got it working. Gonna do further testing. If it works well, I'll post a summary for things I did. Thank you kind sir.

[ghost]

Great! Don’t forget to install clover on the drive you installed to, you can also copy the EFI folder to the EFI partition. Then use clover configurator to generate a serial number so that iMessage etc works correctly.

[wilsonnkwan]

Okey, not sure if the rest of you face this issues:

1. Intel gpu cant boot with two screens attached
2. Second display some times cannot display Anyone face this?

[mhvp]

Okey, not sure if the rest of you face this issues:

1. Intel gpu cant boot with two screens attached
2. Second display some times cannot display Anyone face this? I have the very same problem. Start-up with one monitor everything is fine. Start-up with both monitors the start-up procedure freezes.

Start-up with one monitor once osx has booted and the desktop appears plugged the second monitor in and it works. Would love to have a solution so that you don't have two unplug and plug in the second monitor

[wilsonnkwan]

My audio is muffled. Like it feels like the audio is playing from a distance. I am suspecting the channel might be wrongly configured or driver is wrong. Any ideas?

EDIT: perfect sound when the audio jack is not fully plugged in. But slight movement will cause the audio to go off. Checked the speakers on another computer, speakers are fine, so should be the software config

[puppyfat]

I am having audio issues with my new NUC8i7BEH. I used the EFI from LeisureOne and didn't change anything, not even serial numbers and such. Just copied it straight over. This fixed my issues with kernel panic which seems common on 0072 firmware. But it doesn't recognise audio at all. There are 3 plists in that EFI folder. Should I try the other ones? Or just try a fresh install and see if that solves the problem? I'm fairly new to hackintosh this is my second one and I didn't understand a heap the first time around. Clover Configurator's "generate serial" button isn't working for me either so I didn't know what a validserial would look like.

[wilsonnkwan]

Anyone tried 64GB of ram? Mine stop at the apple logo and keep restarting

[ghost]

The max memory that can be used is 32GB.

[csrutil]

@wilsonnkwan @jacealot Try to modify the slot count to 4 in SMBIOS

[wilsonnkwan]

The max memory that can be used is 32GB.

Actually, turns out the NUC system can support to 64GB. I have another NUC8i7BEH that is running the 64GB dimms now.

But may be modifying the channels may work? or can it be the ram is incompatible?

[wilsonnkwan]

Anyone tried with Catalina?

[frenchieman971]

Hello guys, having exactly an 8i7BEH codename NUC8BEB with i7-8559U processor and BIOS 0081....any chance to boot with Clover or OC ? Someone can share the EFI folder please ?