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Gigabyte Designare z390 EFI - OpenCore
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Can't seem to [REPLACEME] #30

Closed jahwookie closed 3 years ago

jahwookie commented 3 years ago

This is the i9-9000 system we've discussed recently. Everything running smooth as butter under Big Sur, except I keep failing on one fine tuning point: tried several times using the SMBIOS utility to generate new serial, UUID numbers, but they don't stick. Maybe this previously handy tool is outdated. Any other methods to try, or suggestions on something I might be missing? Thanks.

baughmann commented 3 years ago

You mean when you restart and then go into the config.plist the changes aren't there anymore?

Verifiy real quick you've taken the following steps

  1. Get the config.plist on your main partition (i.e. don't edit it in the EFI partition)
  2. Change the text of the SNs manually using the SNs you got from the SMBIOS utility
  3. Paste the modified config.plist onto the EFI partition in the OC folder and overwrite the existing .plist
  4. Restart
  5. Re-verify the config.plist SNs are still there?
jahwookie commented 3 years ago

Good question! Actually, they ARE still in the config.plist, but don't show up when I open "About This Mac" from the apple on the top bar. Thinking now I should disconnect the other drives to make sure which one I'm booting from.

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You mean when you restart and then go into the config.plist the changes aren't there anymore?

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baughmann commented 3 years ago

As in the SN field is blank in "About this Mac"?

jahwookie commented 3 years ago

Well, blank unless you count [REPLACEME].

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As in the SN field is blank in "About this Mac"?

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baughmann commented 3 years ago

Lol. Maybe try clearing your NVRAM? I'm not sure that it would make much of a difference though...

jahwookie commented 3 years ago

I'll try that and some other things, and report back later. Thanks, as always, Nick.

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Lol. Maybe try clearing your NVRAM? I'm not sure that it would make much of a difference though...

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jahwookie commented 3 years ago

Okay, all clear and good to go. I'm realizing that using Carbon Copy Cloner on internal drives can create cases of mistaken identity, even as to which drive is booting the system. Now I've got it narrowed down to the 970 Pro NvME drive, which is a lot faster than the identical drive I've disconnected for now. I think backing up to externals is the way to go for me going forward! Thanks, JW

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On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 11:29 AM John Wehmeyer qubitual@gmail.com wrote:

I'll try that and some other things, and report back later. Thanks, as always, Nick.

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Lol. Maybe try clearing your NVRAM? I'm not sure that it would make much of a difference though...

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hellojere commented 3 years ago

@jahwookie Seems like something changed to worse with internal drives and Carbon Copy Cloner lately. For me it's forcing an identical name as the original drive no matter what, making booting quite a lottery.

Seems like externals are the way to go for the time being indeed.

baughmann commented 3 years ago

@jahwookie We good to close this issue?

jahwookie commented 3 years ago

Yes, Nick! I simply made the mistake of having two identical, bootable drives in the same system (CC Cloner even duplicates the name). So, I was mistaken as to which one was booting until I disconnected the other. One thing I did want to add, as more a report and a question: after successfully doing the 11.1 upgrade from Apple, my graphics started going black for a few seconds, periodically at first, then so often the machine was not usable. So, I plugged in your 12.15 updated EFI, which entirely cleared up the issue. Thank you very much for that!

I did notice this time, when clearing out the EFI section in the bootable drive, an extra folder called "Apple" that I'm pretty sure was not part of your older package, and which I don't think I've seen before. It appeared to be firmware of some sort, and I wasn't sure which way to go, but went ahead and trashed it with the rest. From the result, that seems to have been the right thing to do. Yes?

Best, and definitely can close the issue as requested.

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baughmann commented 3 years ago

@jahwookie Sweet, glad I could help!

Yeah, I haven't done much investigation of the Apple folder that occasionally gets created on EFI partitions. My mindset is, if the OS generated it once, it can easily re-generate it again if it needs to. I tend to delete them whenever making EFI changes.

Best of luck with your new OS, and take care.