How to Fix Help upgrading my machine

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How to Fix Help upgrading my machine

This mini-guide provides a structural approach to troubleshoot and fix the issue.

Prerequisites

  • Confirm your hardware specifications (CPU, GPU, Motherboard).
  • Ensure you have a bootable recovery USB and backup your EFI.

Fix Steps

  1. Boot with -v keepsyms=1 debug=0x100 to identify the exact kernel panic.
  2. Validate your config.plist using ocvalidate.
  3. Ensure your EFI matches the Dortania guide specifications for your CPU generation.

Verification

  • Reboot and verify if the functionality is restored and stable under typical usage.

Original Question:

Hi guys,
I'm a hackintosh user but completely clueless about any building and programming topics, I have an old machine assembled by a friend and would still like to be able to use it as it works.
The need is to upgrade work programmes (Photoshop, Premiere) which do not run with the current operating system.
After following a few guides and attempting to install Catalina from USB, which failed miserably, I am asking you for help.
Can I upgrade to Catalina or higher OS?
This is my machine...

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