OpenCore v0.5.9 Intel SkyLake Sanity Check

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


  • UEFI - Audio section is missing
  • UEFI - ReservedMemory section is missing

ACPI

Add

  • You might need something like SSDT-EC.aml or SSDT-EC-USBX-DESKTOP.aml. See the ACPI Docs
  • SSDT-NUC6-SC.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-INTELPM.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory
  • SSDT-UIAC.aml Make sure this file is in your OC/ACPI directory

Patch

Quirks

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

Booter

Quirks

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

DeviceProperties

Add

  • AAPL,ig-platform-id = 05003b19 iGPU set correctly

Kernel

Add

  • Lilu.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory and the first kext listed here
  • WhateverGreen.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • VirtualSMC.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • CPUFriend.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • NVMeFix.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • AppleALC.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • IntelMausiEthernet.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • USBInjectAll.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • IntelBluetoothFirmware.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory
  • itlwm.kext make sure this Kext is in your OC/Kexts directory

Quirks

  • AppleCpuPmCfgLock = Yes You should disable CFG-Lock in your bios instead of using this
  • AppleXcpmCfgLock = Yes You should disable CFG-Lock in your bios instead of using this
  • AppleXcpmExtraMsrs = No
  • AppleXcpmForceBoost is missing. Normally set to No
  • CustomSMBIOSGuid = No
  • DisableIoMapper = Yes
  • DisableRtcChecksum = Yes but should normally be No
  • DummyPowerManagement is missing. Normally set to No
  • ExternalDiskIcons = No
  • IncreasePciBarSize = No
  • LapicKernelPanic = No
  • PanicNoKextDump = Yes
  • PowerTimeoutKernelPanic = No but should normally be Yes
  • ThirdPartyDrives = No
  • XhciPortLimit = No enable if you have USB issues

Misc

BlessOverride

Boot

  • PollAppleHotKeys = Yes but should normally be No
  • ShowPicker = Yes
  • TakeoffDelay is missing. Normally set to 0
  • HibernateMode = None
  • PickerMode = Builtin
  • HideAuxiliary = Yes but should normally be No
  • PickerAttributes = 0
  • PickerAudioAssist = No
  • Timeout = 5

Debug

  • AppleDebug = No but should normally be Yes
  • ApplePanic = No but should normally be Yes
  • DisableWatchDog enabling this will help debugging
  • Target see the Debugging Docs for more info on debug target numbers
  • DisplayLevel is missing. Normally set to 2147483714
  • DisplayDelay is missing. Normally set to 0

Entries

Security

  • AllowNvramReset = Yes
  • AllowSetDefault is missing. Normally set to Yes
  • AuthRestart is missing. Normally set to No
  • BlacklistAppleUpdate is missing. Normally set to Yes
  • Vault = Optional
  • HaltLevel is missing. Normally set to 2147483648
  • ExposeSensitiveData is missing. Normally set to 6
  • ScanPolicy = 0

Tools

  • You can remove the tool EFIs here

NVRAM

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

Add

  • UIScale = 01
  • boot-args = alcid=1 igfxonln=1

PlatformInfo

  • Automatic = Yes
  • UpdateDataHub = Yes
  • UpdateNVRAM = Yes
  • UpdateSMBIOS = Yes
  • UpdateSMBIOSMode = Create

Generic

  • SpoofVendor = Yes
  • AdviseWindows is missing. Normally set to No
  • SystemProductName = iMac17,1
  • MLB is set
  • ROM is set
  • SystemSerialNumber is set
  • SystemUUID is set

UEFI

  • ConnectDrivers = Yes

Drivers

  • VBoxHfs.efi
  • OpenRuntime.efi
  • AppleGenericInput.efi
  • OpenCanopy.efi

APFS

  • EnableJumpstart = Yes
  • HideVerbose = Yes
  • JumpstartHotPlug = Yes but should normally be No
  • MinDate = 0
  • MinVersion = 0

Input

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

Output

  • TextRenderer = BuiltinGraphics
  • ConsoleMode = -blank-
  • Resolution = Max
  • ClearScreenOnModeSwitch = No
  • IgnoreTextInGraphics = Yes but should normally be No
  • ProvideConsoleGop = Yes
  • DirectGopRendering = No
  • ReconnectOnResChange = No
  • ReplaceTabWithSpace = No
  • SanitiseClearScreen = No

ProtocolOverrides

  • AppleAudio = No
  • AppleBootPolicy = No
  • AppleDebugLog = No
  • AppleEvent = No
  • AppleImageConversion = No
  • AppleKeyMap = No
  • AppleRtcRam = Yes but should normally be No
  • AppleSmcIo = Yes but should normally be No
  • DataHub = No
  • DeviceProperties = No
  • FirmwareVolume = Yes but should normally be No
  • HashServices = Yes but should normally be No
  • OSInfo = No
  • UnicodeCollation = No

Quirks

  • DeduplicateBootOrder is missing. Normally set to Yes
  • ExitBootServicesDelay = 0
  • IgnoreInvalidFlexRatio = No
  • ReleaseUsbOwnership = Yes but should normally be No
  • RequestBootVarRouting = Yes
  • TscSyncTimeout = 0
  • UnblockFsConnect is missing. Normally set to No