Hello all
So I’ve been trying for the last few days to get Windows 11 installed on my Mac Pro. 128Mb Ram, 3.46Ghz, 1080Ti flashed etc.
My issue is that before I was on the 138.0.0.0 Boot Rom. I could simply put a USB in created in Rufus and select EFI Boot from the boot picker and it would load. However i then decided I wanted a dual boot system with macOS. So I thought about having Monterey with OpenCore as a method of getting into an OS should Windows fail or whatever. Then I realised my Boot Rom was out of date so I thought to go back to High Sierra and use the Mojave installer to get the Boot Rom update. This completed successfully and now displays 144.0.0.0
However since then I have been unable in any way possible to get it to boot windows 8, 10, 11 usb sticks created by Rufus. I attach the screenshot's showing what’s happening. Once I select the EFI BOOT from the picker to load up the USB, the fans just spin up, it crashes solid and then eventually unfreezes and goes to the verbose mode screen. I’ve tried multiple NVRAM resets, 4 in succession, holding Alt and all sorts. The computer responds if I want to boot macOS it’s fine. Or if I use an OCLP installer to install macOS it’s fine. I’ve even tried loading OpenCore onto a USB and then going into the EFI Boot of OpenCore symbol and then selecting UEFI_NTFS and it just displays a black screen.
I’m at a total loss what to do next. Please help & advise.
So I’ve been trying for the last few days to get Windows 11 installed on my Mac Pro. 128Mb Ram, 3.46Ghz, 1080Ti flashed etc.
My issue is that before I was on the 138.0.0.0 Boot Rom. I could simply put a USB in created in Rufus and select EFI Boot from the boot picker and it would load. However i then decided I wanted a dual boot system with macOS. So I thought about having Monterey with OpenCore as a method of getting into an OS should Windows fail or whatever. Then I realised my Boot Rom was out of date so I thought to go back to High Sierra and use the Mojave installer to get the Boot Rom update. This completed successfully and now displays 144.0.0.0
However since then I have been unable in any way possible to get it to boot windows 8, 10, 11 usb sticks created by Rufus. I attach the screenshot's showing what’s happening. Once I select the EFI BOOT from the picker to load up the USB, the fans just spin up, it crashes solid and then eventually unfreezes and goes to the verbose mode screen. I’ve tried multiple NVRAM resets, 4 in succession, holding Alt and all sorts. The computer responds if I want to boot macOS it’s fine. Or if I use an OCLP installer to install macOS it’s fine. I’ve even tried loading OpenCore onto a USB and then going into the EFI Boot of OpenCore symbol and then selecting UEFI_NTFS and it just displays a black screen.
I’m at a total loss what to do next. Please help & advise.
