E7450 OC Big Sur Installation help

[Justin Wallis]

I made a clone of a working Big Sur,

It works after like 10 restarts; sometimes it loops, but usually i get stuck at these screens. Not sure what i did wrong. I’m using Jake Lo’s efi file, plus i also installed this; (And disabled SIP for it to work) https://github.com/chris1111/Wireless-USB-OC-Big-Sur-Adapter

 

the reason i use gensmbios is bc i'm using different apple id's on each clone.

 

I added me efi to check out. is it the adapter kexts/plugin that is messing things up? thanks

EFI.zip

[Jake Lo]

You should disable all Brcm* kexts and patches for Broadcom since you're using an external USB wifi.

[Justin Wallis]

Gotya! TY!  So i will have to take off; AirportBrcmFixup, BrcmBluetoothInjector, BrcmFirmwareData, BrcmPatchRAM3 when i'm using and RtWlanU & RtWlanU1827 from Wireless USB OC Big Sur Adapter-V6.

 

I wish there was a way to have both these kexts working in conjunction. If i free gift a hackintosh to someone, i would like to have an backup (external usb wifi) way of accessing internet for them, if the wireless adapter ever disconnects and without having to change the EFI.

 

BTW, the Internal and USB wifi sets of kexts both worked together (mac boots consistently without issue) on the original build (with internal wifi/bt card installed) and not on the clone drive (used on an e7450 without a wifi card installed), which takes 10+ restarts/loops to boot properly.

 

I made a discussion topic on the plugin page to hopefully see about finding a fix also: https://github.com/chris1111/Wireless-USB-OC-Big-Sur-Adapter/discussions/22

edit: plugin developer says just take off AirportBrcmFixup when using the plugin

 

Thank you!