OpenCore v0.6.0 Intel Broadwell-E Sanity Check

https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Install-Guide/config-HEDT/broadwell-e.html


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

ACPI

Add

  • SSDT-9-revised.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-ALS0.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-ALZA.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-BR2A-ARPT.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-BR3C-GFX1-HDAU-Full.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-BR3C-GFX1-HDAU.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-DTGP.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-EC-2.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-EHC.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-EVMR.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-EVSS.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-GLAN-LAN0.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-HECI.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-HPET.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-IDER.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-INI.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-LPC0.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-MCEH.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-PNLF.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-PRW.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-RP01-SM951-SSD0.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-RP04-ARP1.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-RP05-LAN1.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-RP07-XHC2.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-RP08-Intensity Pro.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-SAT1 - 2.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-SAT1-3.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-SAT1.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-SLEEP.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-SMBS.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-VSND.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-X99-2018_3.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-X99-All.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-X99-All_27.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-X99-NH0-V1.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-X99-NH0.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-X99-TB3-V2.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-X99-TB3-V3.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-XHCI-1.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • X99- USB ports All.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • X99- USBX.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • X99- XCPM.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • X99_RenameXXX.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • X99_SSDT-IRQ.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory

Block

Patch

Quirks

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

Booter

MmioWhitelist

Quirks

  • AvoidRuntimeDefrag = Yes
  • DevirtualiseMmio = No Note you may get allocation issues at boot with this disabled
  • DisableSingleUser = No
  • DisableVariableWrite = Yes but should normally be No
  • DiscardHibernateMap = No
  • EnableSafeModeSlide = Yes
  • EnableWriteUnprotector = Yes
  • ForceExitBootServices = No
  • ProtectCsmRegion was deprecated in OpenCore v0.5.7 - See ProtectMemoryRegions instead
  • ProtectMemoryRegions is missing. Normally set to No
  • ProtectSecureBoot = Yes but should normally be No
  • ProtectUefiServices is missing. Normally set to No
  • ProvideCustomSlide = Yes
  • ProvideMaxSlide is missing. Normally set to 0
  • RebuildAppleMemoryMap is missing. Normally set to No
  • SetupVirtualMap = Yes
  • ShrinkMemoryMap was deprecated in OpenCore v0.5.7 - See RebuildAppleMemoryMap instead
  • SignalAppleOS = No
  • SyncRuntimePermissions is missing. Normally set to No

DeviceProperties

Add

Block

Kernel

Add

  • Lilu.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory and the first kext listed here
  • VirtualSMC.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • AGPMEnabler.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • AppleALC.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • BrcmFirmwareData.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • BrcmNonPatchRAM2.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • BrcmPatchRAM2.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • CodecCommander.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • IntelMausiEthernet.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • SMCProcessor.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • SMCSuperIO.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • USBInjectAll.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • VoodooTSCSync.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • WhateverGreen.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • XHCI-x99-injector.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory

Block

Emulate

  • Cpuid1Data = f2060300000000000000000000000000 you need correct CPU spoofing here
  • Cpuid1Mask = ffffffff000000000000000000000000

Patch

Quirks

  • AppleCpuPmCfgLock = No Make sure CFG-Lock is disabled in your bios
  • AppleXcpmCfgLock = No Make sure CFG-Lock is disabled in your bios
  • AppleXcpmExtraMsrs = Yes
  • AppleXcpmForceBoost = No
  • CustomSMBIOSGuid = No If you have a Dell or VIAO motherboard, please enable this
  • DisableIoMapper = Yes
  • DummyPowerManagement = No
  • ExternalDiskIcons = No
  • IncreasePciBarSize = No
  • LapicKernelPanic = No
  • PanicNoKextDump = Yes
  • PowerTimeoutKernelPanic = Yes
  • ThirdPartyDrives = Yes
  • XhciPortLimit = No enable if you have USB issues

Misc

BlessOverride

Boot

  • HideSelf was deprecated in OpenCore v0.5.9
  • PollAppleHotKeys = Yes but should normally be No
  • ShowPicker = No but should normally be Yes
  • TakeoffDelay = 5000 but should normally be 0
  • HibernateMode = None
  • PickerMode = External but should normally be Builtin
  • HideAuxiliary = No
  • PickerAttributes = 0
  • PickerAudioAssist = No
  • Timeout = 0 but should normally be 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 = Yes
  • AllowSetDefault = No but should normally be Yes
  • AuthRestart = Yes but should normally be No
  • Vault = Secure but should normally be Optional
  • HaltLevel = 2147483648
  • ExposeSensitiveData = 3
  • ScanPolicy = 983299. Initially you want 0 here, but once you are up and running check Scanpolicy Docs for why you should change this

Tools

  • You removed the tool EFIs

NVRAM

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

Add

  • UIScale = 01
  • DefaultBackgroundColor = 00000000
  • boot-args = -v darkwake=0 npci=0x2000 keepsyms=1 debug=0x100 alcid=1
  • 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 = 656e2d55533a30 (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

DataHub

Generic

  • SpoofVendor = Yes
  • AdviseWindows = No
  • SystemProductName = iMacPro1,1
  • MLB is set
  • ROM is set
  • SystemSerialNumber is set
  • SystemUUID should be set to your generated SmUUID. See the PlaformInfo Docs

PlatformNVRAM

SMBIOS

UEFI

  • ConnectDrivers = Yes

Drivers

  • HfsPlus.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
  • BootLiquor.efi

Audio

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

Input

  • KeyFiltering is missing. Normally set to No
  • KeyForgetThreshold = 5
  • KeyMergeThreshold = 2
  • KeySupport = Yes
  • KeySupportMode = Auto
  • KeySwap = Yes but should normally be No
  • PointerSupport = No
  • PointerSupportMode = -blank-
  • TimerResolution = 65000 but should normally be 50000

Output

  • You should have exactly 11 settings in the UEFI/Output section
  • TextRenderer = BuiltinGraphics
  • ConsoleMode = -blank-
  • Resolution = Max
  • ClearScreenOnModeSwitch = No
  • IgnoreTextInGraphics = No
  • ProvideConsoleGop = Yes
  • DirectGopRendering = No
  • ReconnectOnResChange = No
  • ReplaceTabWithSpace = No
  • SanitiseClearScreen = No
  • UgaPassThrough is missing. Normally set to No

Protocols

Quirks

  • DeduplicateBootOrder is missing. Normally set to Yes
  • ExitBootServicesDelay = 0
  • IgnoreInvalidFlexRatio = No but should normally be Yes
  • ReleaseUsbOwnership = No
  • RequestBootVarFallback was deprecated in OpenCore v0.5.9
  • RequestBootVarRouting = Yes
  • TscSyncTimeout is missing. Normally set to 0
  • UnblockFsConnect = No