Stuck on AppleNVMe Asser Failed/apfs_module_start: 1689, please help!

Stuck on AppleNVMe Asser Failed/apfs_module_start: 1689, please help!

Hello friends,

I've been scratching my head about this for days! I'm trying to install Catalina with Open Core on my second M.2 SSD (Samsung 970 Evo Plus), and I keep getting stuck on the 1689 error. I've checked and re-checked the Dortania guide, googled it non-stop, and searched this subreddit. I've tried updating my BIOS, formatting the SSD to GUID partition and updating the drivers, completely recreating my USB from scratch. Nothing works!

Could it be a problem with the Samsung SSD? I read on another post that they can be problematic but it is the second of two SSDs I have in my PC (the other has Windows 10 installed on it) and this is happening after I hit boot to MacOS in Open Core, so I don't get to select a destination hard drive or anything. Please help! Thanks in advance!

Specs:
CPU: Intel i7 10700k
GPU: Nvidea RTX 2060 OC 6GB
RAM: G. Skill Ripjaws V 32GB DDR4 3200Mhz
Motherboard: ASUS TUF Gaming Z-490 Plus Wifi
SSD: Crucial P1 1TB NVMa M.2 (Windows 10 installed)
SSD No. 2: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500GB NVMe M.2 (Blank)
Audio codec: Realtek ALC S1200A
Ethernet card: Intel I219-V
BIOS Version: 1410

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