esmith1966 Posted September 13, 2020 Author Share Posted September 13, 2020 "Reset NVRam" worked... BUT this EFI folder does not seem to 'like' my machine... Whenever I boot using the folder, I can only use drives connected to the USB ports. It seems to lock out the SATA drives in this laptop. "Did you update the Config file for E6530 instead of E6540 with Haswell." That is beyond my skill level... I just know when things dont work and try to hack away until it does... Attached is a copy of the EFI file... It uses the ACPI files that are in my clover catalina EFI... (an attempt to hack at this...) EFI.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esmith1966 Posted September 13, 2020 Author Share Posted September 13, 2020 Can someone help with this issue? Its acting as if the chipset or SATA interface is disabled... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted September 13, 2020 Moderators Share Posted September 13, 2020 Try adding this kext CtlnaAHCIPort.kext.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esmith1966 Posted September 14, 2020 Author Share Posted September 14, 2020 Should I use that original E6540 EFI folder OR the one I modified with E6530 ACHI files... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted September 14, 2020 Moderators Share Posted September 14, 2020 Use yours with DSDT from your E6530 of course. I'm assuming the DSDT/SSDT-6 are from your E6530 and was working with Clover prior? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esmith1966 Posted September 14, 2020 Author Share Posted September 14, 2020 Yes... they are from your boot pack actually... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esmith1966 Posted September 14, 2020 Author Share Posted September 14, 2020 I tried resetting NVRAM and/or clearing NVRAM and that didn't work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted September 15, 2020 Moderators Share Posted September 15, 2020 Here, replace with this. You might have to tweak it some more after installation E6530_NVS-Disabled_BS_OC0.6.2.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esmith1966 Posted September 15, 2020 Author Share Posted September 15, 2020 Installed to a blank SSD... Working with the last EFI posted... Will be fine-tuning it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esmith1966 Posted September 16, 2020 Author Share Posted September 16, 2020 2nd SATA port identifies a HD, but cannot partition / erase / read /write to that drive... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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