PM981

Samsung

PM981

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Error show when trying to download

If you’re kernel panicking when you start the download it’s likely a compatibility problem with your SSD. Since it’s a Samsung 980 it’s probably incompatible, Samsung NVMes are not supported. Some might work but others like the PM981 are absolutely not supported and despite what a few people who hav

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AdidasSlav in r/hackintosh

January 20, 2026 6:20 PM

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Anyone knows how to solve this issue?

tried nvme=-1, it doesn t work, the bootloader gets stuck(but doesn t throw a kernel panic though), the bios sadly doesn t support disabling pci e lanes, but i will look into the ssdt files. the thing is one of my nvmes is a Samsung pm981 which seems to be notorious for this kind of kernel panic, wi

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Due-Association5974 in r/hackintosh

March 3, 2026 7:45 AM

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I am looking for advice and opinions on this personal project

You’ll need: External SSD / enclosure Steps: Install Windows to the external SSD Boot into Windows Install VMWare Install macOS via DMG to the NVMe SSD through VM Build an Opencore EFI on a USB stick Boot the Samsung SSD from the USB stick EFI Deal with endless glitching and unreliable boot because

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AdidasSlav in r/hackintosh

November 15, 2025 2:24 PM

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Inspiron 3505 w/PM991?

This is what the Dortania guide states. AMD's Desktop Bulldozer (15h), Jaguar (16h) and Ryzen (17h) CPUs Laptop CPUs are not supported Note not all features of macOS are supported with AMD, see below However, this should work fine with your CPU. https://github.com/trulyspinach/SMCAMDProcessor Samsun

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howfastcanyoucountit in r/hackintosh

December 15, 2025 3:07 PM

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MacOS installer gets stuck at 12 minutes remaining

macOS installer time estimation is indeed trash, normally it tooks around 1 hours to finish the installation depend on drive speed and network speed. but check your SSD. You're using a Samsung PM981 (MZVLB...), which is notorious for freezing at the 12-minute mark in macOS. You might needNVMeFix.kex

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Itchy-Mention-351 in r/hackintosh

February 21, 2026 6:26 AM

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