OpenCore v0.6.6 Intel Coffee Lake Sanity Check

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


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

ACPI

Add

  • SSDT-PLUG.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-PMC.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-UIAC.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-EC.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

Quirks

  • AllowRelocationBlock is missing. Normally set to No
  • AvoidRuntimeDefrag = Yes
  • DevirtualiseMmio = Yes
  • 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 = 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
  • ShrinkMemoryMap was deprecated in OpenCore v0.5.7 - See RebuildAppleMemoryMap instead
  • SignalAppleOS = No
  • SyncRuntimePermissions is missing. Normally set to Yes

DeviceProperties

Add

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

Block

Kernel

Add

  • Lilu.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory and the first kext listed here
  • XHCI-unsupported.kext you probably don't need this
  • VirtualSMC.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
  • WhateverGreen.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • AppleALC.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory

Block

Emulate

  • DummyPowerManagement is missing. Normally set to No

Patch

Quirks

  • AppleCpuPmCfgLock = Yes but should normally be No
  • AppleXcpmCfgLock = Yes You should disable CFG-Lock in your bios instead of using this
  • AppleXcpmExtraMsrs = No
  • AppleXcpmForceBoost = No
  • CustomSMBIOSGuid = No If you have a Dell or VIAO motherboard, please enable this
  • DisableIoMapper = Yes
  • 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 = Yes
  • PowerTimeoutKernelPanic = Yes
  • SetApfsTrimTimeout is missing. Normally set to -1
  • ThirdPartyDrives = No
  • XhciPortLimit = Yes turn off after USB port mapping

Misc

BlessOverride

Boot

  • HideSelf was deprecated in OpenCore v0.5.9
  • PollAppleHotKeys = Yes but should normally be No
  • ShowPicker = Yes
  • TakeoffDelay = 0
  • HibernateMode = None
  • LauncherPath is missing. Normally set to Default
  • PickerMode is missing. Normally set to Builtin
  • 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 = Yes
  • Target see the Debugging Docs for more info on debug target numbers
  • DisplayLevel = 2147483714
  • DisplayDelay = 0

Entries

Security

  • AllowNvramReset = Yes
  • AllowSetDefault = 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
  • Vault = Optional
  • HaltLevel = 2147483648
  • ExposeSensitiveData = 6
  • ScanPolicy = 0

Tools

  • You can remove the tool EFIs here

NVRAM

  • LegacyEnable = No
  • LegacyOverwrite = No
  • WriteFlash = Yes

Add

  • UIScale = 01
  • boot-args = -v debug=0x100 keepsyms=1 alcid=1 slide=169
  • prev-lang:kbd = 72752d52553a323532 (ru-RU:252). Unless you speak Russian, remove this entry or fill it in with your language

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 = iMac19,1
  • MLB is set
  • ROM = 112233000000 You should set this to your NIC MAC address. See PlatformInfo Docs
  • SystemSerialNumber is set
  • SystemUUID is set

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

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

  • ExitBootServicesDelay = 0
  • IgnoreInvalidFlexRatio = No
  • ReleaseUsbOwnership = No
  • RequestBootVarFallback was deprecated in OpenCore v0.5.9
  • RequestBootVarRouting = Yes
  • TscSyncTimeout is missing. Normally set to 0
  • UnblockFsConnect = No If you have an HP system, please enable this

Output

  • You should have exactly 12 settings in the UEFI/Output section
  • TextRenderer = BuiltinGraphics
  • ConsoleMode = -blank-
  • ForceResolution is missing. Normally set to No
  • ClearScreenOnModeSwitch = No
  • IgnoreTextInGraphics = No
  • ProvideConsoleGop = Yes
  • DirectGopRendering = No
  • ReconnectOnResChange = No
  • ReplaceTabWithSpace = No
  • UgaPassThrough is missing. Normally set to No

Audio