Acer Nitro AN515-45 (AMD Ryzen) - Black Screen Immediately After Verbose [OpenCore]

Acer Nitro AN515-45 (AMD Ryzen) - Black Screen Immediately After Verbose [OpenCore]

Hey everyone,

I’m currently trying to install macOS on my AMD laptop, and I’m hitting a brutal black screen wall right when the graphics driver is supposed to initialize.

Hardware Details:

  • CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800H (Zen 3 Cezanne)
  • GPU: AMD Radeon Graphics (Integrated) & dGPU (Disabled via boot-args/SSDT)
  • RAM: 16GB DDR4
  • Laptop Model: Acer Nitro 5 (AN515-45)
  • Screen: 144Hz FHD Internal Panel
  • OpenCore Version: 1.0.0 (i lowkey dont remember which version and i dont know how to check, pls help)
  • macOS Version: Ventura

The Problem: My system boots into the OpenCore picker perfectly. Originally, it was freezing at the ACPI/PCI tracking line, but I resolved that. Now, the verbose text scrolls beautifully, clears the NRed (NootedRed) and RestrictEvents initializations, flashes white for a split second, and then goes completely black.

The laptop stays fully powered on, and the keyboard backlight and Caps Lock toggle are 100% responsive, meaning the OS is alive in the background—the internal display panel backlight just refuses to turn on.

What I Have Already Tried:

  1. Basic Boot Args: Running -v keepsyms=1 debug=0x100 alcid=3
  2. PCI Fix: Added npci=0x3000 (and tried npci=0x2000), which successfully got me past the initial ACPI/PCI freeze.
  3. Graphics Kext: Using the latest NootedRed.kext (with WhateverGreen.kext completely removed as required).
  4. Backlight Arguments: Tried amdgpu_bl=1 and amdgpu_bl=0 to force backlight routing.
  5. Display Tricks: Tried -nef to disable external framebuffers, -edidbeta for the 144Hz panel, and even tested -radvesa to force basic safe graphics mode, but it still results in a black screen.
  6. Hardware Tricks: Tried closing the laptop lid for 15 seconds to force sleep/wake and toggled brightness keys.

Does anyone with an AMD Acer Nitro 5 know the exact framebuffer patch or backlight tweak needed to make NootedRed cooperate with this internal screen?

EFI folder for any corrections
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1k0REt62bPmyol9bnZ3FYLEkLPXd7Ioiw?usp=drive_link

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