High Sierra system lockup/freeze [HELP]

Hello all,

I have installed macOS High Sierra as a dual boot (separate hard drives) on my system using the vanilla guide.

Here are my specs/other relevant info before I talk issues:

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MOTHERBOARD: MSI X99A Sli Plus

BIOS Version: E7885IMS.1D0

CPU: i7 5820K

GPU: Gigabyte Xtreme 1080ti

HDD: Samsung EVO 840 120GB (I have installed macOS to this drive, windows is on a 960 evo M.2)

RAM: 24GB DDR4 2666 MHZ (using 6/8 slots) (XMP Enabled in BIOS)

KEXTS:

AppleALC.kext

VirtualSMC.kext

IntelMausiEthernet.kext

VoodooPS2Controller.kext

Lilu.kext

WhateverGreen.kext

USBInjectAll.kext

XHCI-unsupported.kext

In my 'drivers64UEFI' folder:

ApfsDriverLoader-64.efi

HFSPlus-64.efi

AppleImageLoader-64.efi

OsxAptioFix2Drv-free2000.efi

EmuVariableUefi-64.efi

My boot args are:

-v

npci=0x2000 (seems to be vital to X99 hacks)

dart=0

debug=0x100

keepsyms=1

SMBIOS:

I used clover to select iMac14,2. I pasted the board serial back into Rt Variables.

I used uuidgen to make my SmUUID.

For more specifics, here is my config.plist (filebin link):

https://filebin.net/h5lksxk1z5dclkim

Also, here is my whole EFI folder (google drive link to .zip file):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/13kb--kMRW0M541GeZB4asjxWlQRcXeiP/view?usp=sharing

I was also able to grab a console log before it froze this morning (filebin link):

https://filebin.net/ooyd2n7t04ftrny7

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I said that I used to vanilla guide which is true. I followed this gitbook guide,

https://hackintosh.gitbook.io/-r-hackintosh-vanilla-desktop-guide/

Specifically, for config.plist per hardware I followed the Haswell section.

POST INSTALL:

After macOS install, I installed Clover (v4910) to my 840 EVO in the same manner

I used to install it to my flash drive. I mounted the EFI partition with the command

line and copied my EFI from my USB over to my 840 EVO. I then used this script

(https://github.com/Benjamin-Dobell/nvidia-update) to update my nvidia drivers.

PROBLEMS:

Sometimes I get a boot error 'couldnt allocate runtime area'. I think this is common

with X99 hacks, so I just CTRL-ALT-DEL to reboot. Sometimes I have to do this

more than once, but it boots usually after one reset.

The major problem is that when I log in, everything seems fine for ~30s to a minute,

sometimes longer. Then I get a hard freeze of the whole OS. Cursor is frozen,

clock stops, totally locked up. I really have no idea why this is. I have done a fair

bit of trouble shooting to no avail. I provided all the relevant info/files above that

I could think of. Hoping someone in the community has ran into this before or can help

me out. I do know X99 is rather tricky, specifically with MSI boards.

Thanks a lot for any help.

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