rea1l1 Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Hey guys, So yesterday I followed Jake Lo's guide for High Sierra: https://osxlatitude.com/forums/topic/8506-dell-latitude-inspiron-precision-vostro-xps-clover-guide/?tab=comments#comment-74275 HW: * i7-4610m Haswell * incl. dual graphics intel hd4600* and variation of radeon hd 8600m line on 1366x768<-- would like to disable radeon, only use intel Progress: * reset bios, set ahci, EFI (booting EFI)* * pulled ram stick slot B * inserted usb via lone left usb port * created HS clover boot installer EFI (notable deviation from guide: install option clover preference pane is greyed out) * booted verbose --> won't boot to installer --> black wall of white text Now, I suspect that I may have done something wrong prepping the USB, so here is a quick recap on following that guide: * erased USB w/ Disk Utility and set to GUID mode * created High Sierra installer via Mojave installation command line * downloaded generic EFI folder, High Sierra Bootpack folder, HFS+ ktext * merged HS bootpack folder with generic EFI folder and added HFS+ ktext * installed up to date Clover * mounted EFI partition via Clover Configurator * merged generic EFI folder with EFI bootsector folder So I'm stuck at the black screen with white wall of text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSglDOFypRcs5Dj_tZZR3tet5qWoi-57N6TrxkDuiIJC_-WOw-XB3yKNlgFZh7uJOT2mX3bQBVtdtwg/pub Any ideas? You guys rock. Thank you so much for all that you've done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted March 11, 2019 Administrators Share Posted March 11, 2019 It's HD4600 graphics (4th gen Haswell Intel graphics), not HD4000 (3rd gen Ivy Bridge Intel graphics). Are you attempting installation in BIOS legacy mode of UEFI mode? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rea1l1 Posted March 11, 2019 Author Share Posted March 11, 2019 Everything is set up for UEFI, but per your question I double checked my bios and noted it was set to support legacy booting, so that's been disabled. Here is current stuck position: If you'd like I can review all BIOS settings and rewrite the installation media before requesting further assistance. Thank you for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted March 12, 2019 Moderators Share Posted March 12, 2019 Give this a try, replace into /EFI/Clover Set BIOS to UEFI / Legacy Option ROMs enabled E6440-HS:Mojave.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rea1l1 Posted March 15, 2019 Author Share Posted March 15, 2019 Sadly this did not solve the issue. It did make those sound errors go away. I still am stuck on: kextd stall[0], (240s) 'iGPU' Also tried creating a Mojave installer and same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rea1l1 Posted March 15, 2019 Author Share Posted March 15, 2019 I found this interesting post which suggests its cpu DSDT related: //tonycrap link removed upon request from respected community member: future readers might search "[solved] Dell Inspiron 3250 CPU Swap, Kext Stall, Unsupported CPU Error", but be aware that site is taboo I'll work on implementing their solution and post update. --- and update... removing dsdt files didn't do anything for me, but I'm also a newb, so perhaps I don't know how to actually remove them properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rea1l1 Posted March 5, 2020 Author Share Posted March 5, 2020 Thought I'd offer an update. The motherboard on the E6440 failed soon after this attempt. I replaced it with another from ebay. I retried that tutorial and got to the installer quickly. I suspect my difficulties were due to the failing hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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