OpenCore v0.6.6 AMD Zen Sanity Check

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


  • UEFI - APFS section is missing
  • UEFI - Audio section is missing
  • UEFI - ProtocolOverrides section is missing
  • UEFI - Output section is missing
  • UEFI - ReservedMemory section is missing

ACPI

Add

  • DSDT.aml You should not be including your dumped DSDT. Please review the ACPI Docs.
  • SSDT-EC.aml is disabled. Either enable it or remove it to get rid of this warning
  • You might need something like SSDT-EC.aml or SSDT-EC-USBX-DESKTOP.aml. See the ACPI Docs

Block

Patch

Quirks

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

Booter

MmioWhitelist

Quirks

  • AllowRelocationBlock is missing. Normally set to No
  • AvoidRuntimeDefrag = Yes
  • DevirtualiseMmio = No If you have TRx40(ie. 3rd Gen ThreadRipper), please enable this
  • DisableSingleUser = No
  • DisableVariableWrite = No
  • DiscardHibernateMap = No
  • EnableSafeModeSlide = Yes
  • EnableWriteUnprotector = Yes but should normally be No
  • ForceExitBootServices = No
  • ProtectCsmRegion was deprecated in OpenCore v0.5.7 - See ProtectMemoryRegions instead
  • ProtectMemoryRegions is missing. Normally set to No
  • ProtectSecureBoot is missing. Normally set to No
  • ProtectUefiServices is missing. Normally set to No
  • ProvideCustomSlide = Yes
  • ProvideMaxSlide is missing. Normally set to 0
  • RebuildAppleMemoryMap is missing. Normally set to Yes
  • SetupVirtualMap = Yes but should normally be No
  • ShrinkMemoryMap was deprecated in OpenCore v0.5.7 - See RebuildAppleMemoryMap instead
  • SignalAppleOS = No
  • SyncRuntimePermissions is missing. Normally set to Yes

DeviceProperties

Add

Block

Kernel

Add

  • Lilu.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory and the first kext listed here
  • NullCPUPowerManagement.kext set the DummyPowerManagement quirk instead of using this kext
  • RealtekRTL8111.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • VirtualSMC.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • WhateverGreen.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • AppleALC.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • SmallTreeIntel82576.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory

Block

Emulate

Patch

  • AMD kernel patches
  • Catalina 10.15.4 CPUFAMILY_INTEL_PENRYN patch found
  • Big Sur 11.3 CPUFAMILY_INTEL_PENRYN patch is missing or incorrect

Quirks

  • AppleCpuPmCfgLock = No
  • AppleXcpmCfgLock = No
  • AppleXcpmExtraMsrs = No
  • AppleXcpmForceBoost = No
  • CustomSMBIOSGuid = No If you have a Dell or VIAO motherboard, please enable this
  • DisableIoMapper = No
  • DummyPowerManagement was moved in OpenCore v0.6.2 - See Kernel -> Emulate
  • LegacyCommpage is missing. Normally set to No
  • ExternalDiskIcons = No
  • ForceSecureBootScheme is missing. Normally set to No
  • IncreasePciBarSize = No
  • LapicKernelPanic = No If you have an HP laptop, please enable this
  • PanicNoKextDump = No but should normally be Yes
  • PowerTimeoutKernelPanic = No but should normally be Yes
  • SetApfsTrimTimeout is missing. Normally set to -1
  • ThirdPartyDrives = No
  • XhciPortLimit = No enable if you have USB issues

Misc

BlessOverride

Boot

  • BuiltinTextRenderer was deprecated in OpenCore v0.5.6 - See UEFI/TextRenderer
  • ConsoleBehaviourOs was deprecated in OpenCore v0.5.6
  • ConsoleBehaviourUi was deprecated in OpenCore v0.5.6
  • ConsoleMode has been moved to UEFI/Output section as of OpenCore v0.5.6
  • Resolution has been moved to UEFI/Output section as of OpenCore v0.5.6
  • HideSelf was deprecated in OpenCore v0.5.9
  • PollAppleHotKeys = No
  • ShowPicker = Yes
  • UsePicker was deprecated in OpenCore v0.5.6
  • TakeoffDelay = 0
  • HibernateMode = None
  • LauncherPath is missing. Normally set to Default
  • HideAuxiliary is missing. Normally set to No
  • PickerAudioAssist is missing. Normally set to No
  • Timeout = 5

Debug

  • AppleDebug is missing. Normally set to Yes
  • ApplePanic is missing. Normally set to Yes
  • DisableWatchDog enabling this will help debugging
  • 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 = No but should normally be Yes
  • AllowSetDefault = No but should normally be Yes
  • ApECID is missing. Normally set to 0
  • AuthRestart = No
  • BlacklistAppleUpdate is missing. Normally set to Yes
  • DmgLoading is missing. Normally set to Signed
  • EnablePassword is missing. Normally set to No
  • RequireSignature was deprecated in OpenCore v0.5.6 - See Vault
  • RequireVault was deprecated in OpenCore v0.5.6 - See Vault
  • Vault is missing. Normally set to Optional
  • HaltLevel = 2147483648
  • ExposeSensitiveData = 6
  • ScanPolicy = 0

Tools

  • You removed the tool EFIs

NVRAM

  • LegacyEnable = No
  • LegacyOverwrite = No
  • WriteFlash = No but should normally be Yes

Add

  • UIScale = 01
  • boot-args = -v debug=0x100 keepsyms=1 alcid=1 npci=0x2000
  • csr-active-config = 00000000
  • nvda_drv = 31 Remove this setting completely. It is no longer used as of OpenCore v0.5.7
  • prev-lang:kbd = en-US:0 (en-US:0)

Block

LegacySchema

PlatformInfo

  • Automatic = Yes
  • UpdateDataHub = Yes
  • UpdateNVRAM = Yes
  • UpdateSMBIOS = Yes
  • UpdateSMBIOSMode = Create If you have a Dell or VIAO motherboard, please set this to Custom

Generic

  • SpoofVendor = Yes
  • AdviseWindows = No
  • SystemMemoryStatus is missing. Normally set to Auto
  • MaxBIOSVersion is missing. Normally set to No
  • SystemProductName = iMacPro1,1
  • MLB should be set to your generated board serial. See PlatformInfo Docs
  • ROM = 112233000000 You should set this to your NIC MAC address. See PlatformInfo Docs
  • SystemSerialNumber should be set to your generated system serial number. See the PlaformInfo Docs
  • SystemUUID should be set to your generated SmUUID. See the PlaformInfo Docs
  • SystemParameters this shouldn't be here

UEFI

  • ConnectDrivers = Yes

Drivers

  • VBoxHfs.efi
  • OpenRuntime.efi is missing
  • FwRuntimeServices.efi has been replaced by OpenRuntime.efi as of OpenCore v0.5.7
  • ApfsDriverLoader.efi was merged into OpenCore under the UEFI/APFS section as of OpenCore v0.5.8
  • AppleUsbKbDxe.efi

Input

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

Protocols

Quirks

  • AvoidHighAlloc was deprecated in OpenCore v0.5.6
  • DisableSecurityPolicy is missing. Normally set to No
  • ExitBootServicesDelay = 0
  • IgnoreInvalidFlexRatio = No
  • ReconnectOnResChange was deprecated in OpenCore v0.5.6 - See Output/${setting}
  • IgnoreTextInGraphics was deprecated in OpenCore v0.5.6 - See Output/${setting}
  • ProvideConsoleGop was deprecated in OpenCore v0.5.6 - See Output/${setting}
  • ReleaseUsbOwnership = No
  • RequestBootVarFallback was deprecated in OpenCore v0.5.9
  • RequestBootVarRouting = Yes
  • TscSyncTimeout is missing. Normally set to 0
  • ReplaceTabWithSpace was deprecated in OpenCore v0.5.6 - See Output/${setting}
  • SanitiseClearScreen was deprecated in OpenCore v0.5.6 - See Output/${setting}
  • ClearScreenOnModeSwitch was deprecated in OpenCore v0.5.6 - See Output/${setting}
  • UnblockFsConnect = No If you have an HP system, please enable this