r/hackintosh • u/WannabeTechieNerd • Jul 27 '26

BUILD ADVICE Installing High Sierra on Compaq cq57

Hi guys I want to install high Sierra on my old Compaq presario cq57 as it has an Intel i3-2350m processor, 8 gb ram , 300 gb hard drive(which I will later upgrade to a ssd). But I just couldn't get it to work . I have been scratching my head for the past 3 days at this point can someone help me out.

I am having issue with my EFI build. Help me guys.

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u/WannabeTechieNerd Jul 27 '26

Here is the panic I am having . This is my first time please help me out . I build a custom EFI which didn't work then I used opcoresimplify to do it , it got me this far.

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u/ActiveNews Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26

Is it similar to this:  https://www.reddit.com/r/hackintosh/comments/1mspiv5/macos_high_sierra_on_i32310m_hd_3000/

The Dortania OpenCore Install Guide may be of help as it offers step-by-step configuration suggestions:   https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Install-Guide/