OpenCore v0.6.2 Intel Coffee Lake Sanity Check

https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Install-Guide/config.plist/coffee-lake.html


  • UEFI - ProtocolOverrides section is missing
  • #Motherboard Type this shouldn't be here

ACPI

Add

  • ssdt-i7-9700.aml is disabled. Either enable it or remove it to get rid of this warning
  • SSDT-EC-USBX-MSI.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-PMC.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-Keyboard-DE.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-PLUG-MSI.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-SBUS-MCHC.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-UIAC.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-AWAC.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-HACK-MSI.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-XOSI.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-ARPT-RP07-MSI.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory

Delete

Patch

Quirks

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

Booter

MmioWhitelist

Quirks

  • AvoidRuntimeDefrag = Yes
  • DevirtualiseMmio = No but should normally be Yes
  • DisableSingleUser = No
  • DisableVariableWrite = No
  • DiscardHibernateMap = No
  • EnableSafeModeSlide = No but should normally be Yes
  • EnableWriteUnprotector = Yes but should normally be No
  • ForceExitBootServices = No
  • ProtectMemoryRegions is missing. Normally set to No
  • ProtectSecureBoot = No
  • ProtectUefiServices is missing. Normally set to Yes
  • ProvideCustomSlide = Yes
  • ProvideMaxSlide is missing. Normally set to 0
  • RebuildAppleMemoryMap is missing. Normally set to Yes
  • SetupVirtualMap = Yes
  • SignalAppleOS = No
  • SyncRuntimePermissions is missing. Normally set to Yes

DeviceProperties

Add

  • AAPL,ig-platform-id = 07009b3e iGPU set correctly

Delete

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
  • SMCProcessor.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • SMCSuperIO.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
  • CodecCommander.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • IntelMausiEthernet.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • IntelMausi.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • USBPorts.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • AGPMInjector.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • RadeonBoost.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory

Block

Emulate

  • DummyPowerManagement is missing. Normally set to No

Patch

Quirks

  • AppleCpuPmCfgLock = No
  • AppleXcpmCfgLock = No Make sure CFG-Lock is disabled in your bios
  • AppleXcpmExtraMsrs = No
  • AppleXcpmForceBoost = No
  • CustomSMBIOSGuid = No If you have a Dell or VIAO motherboard, please enable this
  • DisableIoMapper = No but should normally be Yes
  • LegacyCommpage is missing. Normally set to No
  • ExternalDiskIcons = No
  • IncreasePciBarSize = No
  • LapicKernelPanic = No If you have an HP laptop, please enable this
  • PanicNoKextDump = No but should normally be Yes
  • PowerTimeoutKernelPanic = Yes
  • ThirdPartyDrives = No
  • XhciPortLimit = No enable if you have USB issues

Misc

BlessOverride

Boot

  • PollAppleHotKeys = Yes but should normally be No
  • ShowPicker = No but should normally be Yes
  • TakeoffDelay = 0
  • HibernateMode = None
  • PickerMode = External but should normally be Builtin
  • HideAuxiliary = Yes but should normally be No
  • PickerAttributes = 2
  • PickerAudioAssist = No
  • Timeout = 1 but should normally be 5

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 = Yes
  • AllowSetDefault = Yes
  • ApECID is missing. Normally set to 0
  • AuthRestart = Yes but should normally be No
  • BootProtect = Bootstrap
  • DmgLoading is missing. Normally set to Signed
  • EnablePassword is missing. Normally set to No
  • Vault = Optional
  • HaltLevel = 2147483648
  • ExposeSensitiveData = 3
  • ScanPolicy = 0

Tools

  • You can remove the tool EFIs here

NVRAM

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

Add

  • UIScale = 01
  • boot-args = -blank- You need to add alcid=<layout> here since you are using AppleALC.kext
  • csr-active-config = 00000000
  • prev-lang:kbd = 64652d44453a33 (de-DE:3)
  • SystemAudioVolume = 46

Delete

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 is missing. Normally set to No
  • SystemMemoryStatus is missing. Normally set to Auto
  • SystemProductName = iMac19,1
  • MLB is set
  • ROM is set
  • SystemSerialNumber is set
  • SystemUUID is set

UEFI

  • ConnectDrivers = Yes

Drivers

  • HfsPlus.efi
  • OpenRuntime.efi
  • ApfsDriverLoader.efi was merged into OpenCore under the UEFI/APFS section as of OpenCore v0.5.8
  • AudioDxe.efi
  • NdkBootPicker.efi

Protocols

APFS

  • EnableJumpstart = Yes
  • HideVerbose = Yes
  • JumpstartHotPlug = No
  • MinDate = 0
  • MinVersion = 0

Audio

  • AudioSupport = Yes
  • AudioDevice = PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1F,0x3)
  • AudioCodec = 0
  • AudioOut = 0
  • MinimumVolume = 20
  • PlayChime = Yes
  • VolumeAmplifier = 0

Input

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

Quirks

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

ReservedMemory