No arguments are initialized for method [_STA]

[sulliops]

Trying to follow the guide with VMware Workstation Pro 16.1.1 on a platform with a Ryzen 5 5600x, and I repeatedly get the same error when trying to boot the macOS Big Sur 11.3.1 installer VDMK provided in the guide.

I've made sure to set the SATA address of the normal hard drive to 0:3 and that doesn't return any issues. Any ideas?

[Ken5998]

Try with this:

Add the OpenCore entry into the VM BIOS

Select the VM and near the Power button select Power On to Firmware from the dropdown list

• Select Enter setup
• Configure boot options
• Delete boot option -> remove OpenCore (this is the OpenCore from the USB or VMDK installer)
• Add boot option -> search for EFI, [PciRoot... and select it
• Select -> -> BOOTx64.efi
• Input the description -> insert something like OpenCore AMD or just Opencore
• Commit changes and exit
• Select Configure boot options
• Change boot order -> set the OpenCore entry at first position, then Commit changes and exit
• Exit the Boot Maintenance Manager
• Select OpenCore and boot to macOS

[Sirk8989]

I have the same problem. I try your solution but don´t work for me.

EDIT: Solved! Thank you!!

[sulliops]

@Ken5998 still encountering the same issue after following your instructions.

[lilnasxlover]

I have the same problem. I try your solution but don´t work for me.

EDIT: Solved! Thank you!!

How did you get it working? I'm trying to install and it shows this

[Sirk8989]

I have the same problem. I try your solution but don´t work for me.
EDIT: Solved! Thank you!!

How did you get it working? I'm trying to install and it shows this

Just wait a lot of time, finally it charge. The load it´s very slow every time but work.

[lilnasxlover]

It has very slow performance even after installing VMware Tools.... I've tried every method to fix it but it won't work...

[thomasaldershof]

It would be very nice if this could be solved. It feels like the loading time comes basically from this error. It's weird cause the installer feels a lot faster.

[lilnasxlover]

It would be very nice if this could be solved. It feels like the loading time comes basically from this error. It's weird cause the installer feels a lot fast

I agree

[hax4dazy]

Just wait a lot of time, finally it charge. The load it´s very slow every time but work.
Seems like this does just take a lot of time to go through. It took around 5 minutes on my AMD Ryzen 3800. Strangely it lagged my host system to bits as well

[Leconnnnnfine]

Hello !
After doing all of the steps of @Ken5998 , i still have an error :

"A fault has occurred causing a virtual CPU to enter the shutdown state. If this fault had occurred outside of a virtual machine, it would have caused the physical machine to restart. The shutdown state can be reached by incorrectly configuring the virtual machine, a bug in the guest operating system, or a problem in VMware Workstation.

Click OK to restart the virtual machine or Cancel to power off the virtual machine."

And the last line is still

"No arguments are initialized for method [_STA]"

Hardware used :
-Ryzen 5 5500
-RTX 3060
-B550 GAMING X V2

Tutorial used for botable USB
Tutorial used for instalation
EFI Folder