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First inject drivers: https://gist.github.com/TomCan/9644966

Change to AHCI mode from IDE mode:
You can use the MS Fix it tool or edit the registry yourself.
Link to tool here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922976/
Regedit:
1. Exit all Windows-based programs.
2. Press [Win] + R or take the RUN option from the start menu.
3. Now type Regedit there and press Enter Key to open up the Registry Editor Window. (If you receive the User Account Control dialog box, click Continue.)
4. Locate and then click the following registry sub key: 

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The operation on file \\.\PhysicalDrive failed ...

Fix:
1) Physical disk should be offline in the host OS.
2) Clear readonly attribute with diskpart

```
diskpart
list disk
select disk 5

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sensor:
  - platform: rest
    name: leetify
    resource: https://api.leetify.com/api/profile/76561197990921651 #replace the profile id with your own profile id, from eg: https://api.leetify.com/api/profile/76561197990921651
    json_attributes:
      - games
      - recentGameRatings
    value_template: 'OK'
    scan_interval: 600
  - platform: template

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Intel have introduced a "feature" for computers/laptops with Intel Graphics Adapters, that automatically adjusts the brightness/contrast 
of your screen depending on the image being shown on the display

Furthermore, they have removed the option to disable this functionality when the system is running on AC power (in other words, when not 
running on battery). I was not able to find it in "Intel Graphics Settings" control panel, or the "Intel® Graphics Command Center" 
downloaded from the Mirosoft Store (not even the Beta version).

The problem is, this "feature" seems to work in a counter-intuitive way: When there is dark (more black) content shown on the screen, 
the brightness is DIMMED, and when there is mostly light content (more white), the brightness increases!  The brightness adjustment is 
not instant, but takes a few seconds - so some people may not even notice the effect.

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Source: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/458195/how-to-disable-startup-chime-on-macbook-pro-5-2-2009

`OK after spending countless hours on this, I finally figured it out. And in the end, I didn't even need Mac OS X for it.

Boot into Ubuntu, open a terminal window and issue the following commands:

sudo rm /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/SystemAudioVolume-7c436110-ab2a-4bbb-a880-fe41995c9f82
printf "\x07\x00\x00\x00\x00" > ~/SystemAudioVolume-7c436110-ab2a-4bbb-a880-fe41995c9f82
sudo cp ~/SystemAudioVolume-7c436110-ab2a-4bbb-a880-fe41995c9f82 /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
And yes, deleting and then creating and copying the var back to /sys/efi/efivars was the ONLY method that worked. Attempting to write 

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To validate that any MAC address is unicast, simply confirm that the second character of the mac address (ie, the second character of the first octet, specifically speaking) is one of 0,2,4,8,A,C,E

for example
02:00:00:00:00
04:00:00:00:00
0A:00:00:00:00
0E:00:00:00:00
E2:00:00:00:00
F2:00:00:00:00
F2:00:00:00:00