OpenCore v0.6.6 AMD Zen Sanity Check

https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Install-Guide/AMD/zen.html

ACPI

Add

  • SSDT-RTCAWAC.aml is not needed on AMD
  • SSDT-ALS0.aml is not needed on AMD
  • SSDT-PNLF.aml is not needed on AMD
  • SSDT-SBUS.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-Disable_GPU_PEG0.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-EC.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-GPI0.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-MCHC.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-PLUG.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-USB-Reset.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-USBX.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-XOSI.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory

Delete

Patch

Quirks

  • FadtEnableReset = No
  • NormalizeHeaders = No
  • RebaseRegions = No
  • ResetHwSig = No
  • ResetLogoStatus = Yes

Booter

MmioWhitelist

Patch

Quirks

  • AllowRelocationBlock = No
  • AvoidRuntimeDefrag = Yes
  • DevirtualiseMmio = Yes but should normally be No
  • DisableSingleUser = No
  • DisableVariableWrite = No
  • DiscardHibernateMap = No
  • EnableSafeModeSlide = Yes
  • EnableWriteUnprotector = No
  • ForceExitBootServices = No
  • ProtectMemoryRegions = No
  • ProtectSecureBoot = No
  • ProtectUefiServices = Yes but should normally be No
  • ProvideCustomSlide = Yes
  • ProvideMaxSlide = 0
  • RebuildAppleMemoryMap = Yes
  • SetupVirtualMap = Yes but should normally be No
  • SignalAppleOS = No
  • SyncRuntimePermissions = Yes

DeviceProperties

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Kernel

Add

  • Lilu.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory and the first kext listed here
  • SMCProcessor.kext VirtualSMC plugins don't work on AMD
  • SMCSuperIO.kext VirtualSMC plugins don't work on AMD
  • SMCLightSensor.kext VirtualSMC plugins don't work on AMD
  • SMCBatteryManager.kext VirtualSMC plugins don't work on AMD
  • AMFIPass.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • AppleALC.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • VirtualSMC.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • AsusSMC.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • BlueToolFixup.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • BrightnessKeys.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • ForgedInvariant.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • IntelBTPatcher.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • IntelBluetoothFirmware.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • IntelBluetoothInjector.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • NVMeFix.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • RealtekRTL8111.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • RestrictEvents.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • USBToolBox.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • UTBDefault.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • VoodooI2C.kext/Contents/PlugIns/VoodooI2CServices.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • VoodooI2C.kext/Contents/PlugIns/VoodooGPIO.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • VoodooI2C.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • VoodooI2C.kext/Contents/PlugIns/VoodooInput.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • VoodooI2CHID.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • VoodooPS2Controller.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • VoodooPS2Controller.kext/Contents/PlugIns/VoodooInput.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • VoodooPS2Controller.kext/Contents/PlugIns/VoodooPS2Keyboard.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • VoodooPS2Controller.kext/Contents/PlugIns/VoodooPS2Mouse.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • VoodooPS2Controller.kext/Contents/PlugIns/VoodooPS2Trackpad.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • WhateverGreen.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • XHCI-unsupported.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • itlwm.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory

Block

Emulate

  • DummyPowerManagement = No this needs to be enabled

Force

Patch

  • 2 patches found - Did you apply the kernel patches correctly? Please review the Kernel Docs
  • Catalina 10.15.4 CPUFAMILY_INTEL_PENRYN patch is missing or incorrect
  • Big Sur 11.3 CPUFAMILY_INTEL_PENRYN patch is missing or incorrect

Quirks

  • AppleCpuPmCfgLock = No
  • AppleXcpmCfgLock = Yes but should normally be No
  • AppleXcpmExtraMsrs = No
  • AppleXcpmForceBoost = No
  • CustomSMBIOSGuid = Yes This is only required if you have a Dell or VIAO motherboard
  • DisableIoMapper = Yes but should normally be No
  • DisableRtcChecksum = Yes
  • ExtendBTFeatureFlags = No
  • LegacyCommpage = No
  • ExternalDiskIcons = No
  • ForceSecureBootScheme = No
  • IncreasePciBarSize = No
  • LapicKernelPanic = No If you have an HP laptop, please enable this
  • PanicNoKextDump = Yes
  • PowerTimeoutKernelPanic = Yes
  • SetApfsTrimTimeout = -1
  • ThirdPartyDrives = No
  • XhciPortLimit = No enable if you have USB issues

Scheme

Misc

BlessOverride

Boot

  • ConsoleAttributes = 0
  • PollAppleHotKeys = No
  • ShowPicker = Yes
  • TakeoffDelay = 0
  • HibernateMode = None
  • LauncherOption = Disabled LauncherOption set correctly
  • LauncherPath = Default
  • PickerMode = External
  • HideAuxiliary = No
  • PickerAttributes = 17
  • PickerAudioAssist = No
  • Timeout = 5
  • PickerVariant = Auto

Debug

  • AppleDebug = No but should normally be Yes
  • ApplePanic = No but should normally be Yes
  • DisableWatchDog = Yes
  • Target see the Debugging Docs for more info on debug target numbers
  • DisplayLevel see Debugging Docs for more info debug display levels
  • DisplayDelay = 0

Entries

Security

  • AllowNvramReset is missing. Normally set to Yes
  • AllowSetDefault = Yes
  • ApECID = 0
  • AuthRestart = No
  • BlacklistAppleUpdate = Yes
  • DmgLoading = Signed
  • EnablePassword = No
  • Vault = Optional
  • SecureBootModel = Disabled SecureBootModel set correctly
  • HaltLevel = 2147483648
  • ExposeSensitiveData = 6
  • ScanPolicy = 0

Serial

Tools

  • You removed the tool EFIs

NVRAM

  • LegacyEnable is missing. Normally set to No
  • LegacyOverwrite = No
  • WriteFlash = Yes

Add

  • DefaultBackgroundColor = 00000000
  • boot-args = -v debug=0x100 keepsyms=1 amfi=0x80 -igfxblt -vi2c-force-polling -lilubetaall You need to add alcid=<layout> here since you are using AppleALC.kext
  • run-efi-updater = No
  • csr-active-config = 030a0000
  • prev-lang:kbd = -blank- (-blank-)
  • SystemAudioVolume = 46

Delete

LegacySchema

PlatformInfo

  • Automatic = Yes
  • UpdateDataHub = Yes
  • UpdateNVRAM = Yes
  • UpdateSMBIOS = Yes
  • UpdateSMBIOSMode = Custom This is only required if you have a Dell or VIAO motherboard

CustomMemory

Generic

  • SpoofVendor = Yes
  • AdviseWindows is missing. Normally set to No
  • ProcessorType = 0
  • SystemMemoryStatus = Auto
  • MaxBIOSVersion = No
  • SystemProductName = MacBookPro16,3 this is not a suggested SMBIOS for AMD systems. See PlatformInfo Docs
  • MLB is set
  • ROM is set
  • SystemSerialNumber is set
  • SystemUUID is set

UseRawUuidEncoding

UEFI

  • ConnectDrivers = Yes

Drivers

  • Need either VBoxHfs.efi, OpenHfsPlus.efi or HfsPlus.efi here
  • OpenRuntime.efi is missing
  • Array
  • Array
  • Array
  • Array
  • Array

APFS

  • EnableJumpstart = No but should normally be Yes
  • GlobalConnect = No If you have an HP motherboard and can't see APFS drives in OpenCore, please enable this
  • HideVerbose = Yes
  • JumpstartHotPlug = No
  • MinDate = -1 but should normally be 0
  • MinVersion = -1 but should normally be 0

AppleInput

Audio

  • AudioSupport = No
  • AudioDevice = PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1b,0x0)
  • AudioCodec = 0
  • PlayChime = Auto
  • SetupDelay = 0

Input

  • KeyFiltering = No
  • KeyForgetThreshold = 5
  • KeyMergeThreshold is missing. Normally set to 2
  • KeySupport = Yes
  • KeySupportMode = Auto
  • KeySwap = No
  • PointerSupport = No
  • PointerSupportMode = ASUS
  • TimerResolution = 50000

Output

  • You should have exactly 12 settings in the UEFI/Output section
  • TextRenderer = BuiltinGraphics
  • ConsoleMode = -blank-
  • Resolution = Max
  • ForceResolution = No
  • ClearScreenOnModeSwitch = No
  • IgnoreTextInGraphics = No
  • ProvideConsoleGop = Yes
  • DirectGopRendering = No
  • ReconnectOnResChange = No
  • ReplaceTabWithSpace = No
  • SanitiseClearScreen = No
  • UgaPassThrough = No

ProtocolOverrides

  • You should have exactly 18 settings in the UEFI/ProtocolOverrides section
  • AppleAudio = No
  • AppleBootPolicy = No
  • AppleDebugLog = No
  • AppleEvent is missing. Normally set to No
  • AppleFramebufferInfo = No
  • AppleImageConversion = No
  • AppleImg4Verification = No
  • AppleKeyMap = No
  • AppleRtcRam = No
  • AppleSecureBoot = No
  • AppleSmcIo = No
  • AppleUserInterfaceTheme = No
  • DataHub = No
  • DeviceProperties = No
  • FirmwareVolume = Yes This is only required if you plan to use FileVault
  • HashServices = No If you plan to use FileVault2, please enable this
  • OSInfo = No
  • UnicodeCollation = No

Quirks

  • DisableSecurityPolicy = No
  • ExitBootServicesDelay = 0
  • IgnoreInvalidFlexRatio = No
  • ReleaseUsbOwnership = Yes but should normally be No
  • RequestBootVarRouting = Yes
  • TscSyncTimeout = 0
  • UnblockFsConnect = No If you have an HP system, please enable this

ReservedMemory

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