esmith1966 Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 It is possible to install Big Sur on a E6530 laptop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takiller Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 Yes of course it is possible , try following the E6540 guide and see for yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted August 14, 2020 Administrators Share Posted August 14, 2020 Tuh tuh tuh... Big Sur was announced compatible with models not older than MacBook Pro late 2013 and MacBook Air 2013. None of these include Ivy Bridge/HD4000 platforms. Expect support to start at Haswell only... https://www.apple.com/macos/big-sur-preview/ This being said, Big Sur beta so far supports Ivy Bridge HD4000 graphics (IntelHD4000 + Capri framebuffer kexts are present) so you should be Ok for the time being. Maybe not when final version gets released at fall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esmith1966 Posted August 14, 2020 Author Share Posted August 14, 2020 E6530 won't work huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted August 14, 2020 Moderators Share Posted August 14, 2020 So far in beta4, it's still supported, but most likely not in the release version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esmith1966 Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 I used the EFI from the E6540 thread and updated the kexts... I was able to boot to the install screen. Formatted a blank SSD and installed. A couple of reboots then... I was able to get to this point in the install process. It seems to be hanging on igpu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted September 10, 2020 Moderators Share Posted September 10, 2020 Did you update the Config file for E6530 instead of E6540 with Haswell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esmith1966 Posted September 11, 2020 Author Share Posted September 11, 2020 No... only updated the KEXTS... I can examine the config file to see what I can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esmith1966 Posted September 11, 2020 Author Share Posted September 11, 2020 Strange thing... The laptop no longer boots from and/or recognizes any of the SSD drives... Even when booting from a USB drive, no internal drives are recognized or even seen by the computer... Could this be a hardware failure? I have a HD in the cd-rom caddy and not even that drive is seen... AND It does not even post... only the logo appears When I take all the drives off, it will boot off a usb drive... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted September 11, 2020 Moderators Share Posted September 11, 2020 Did you press the Reset NVRam from OC Picker? Seems to be an issue on some hardware. Did it on my E6430 and it'll only show the Dell logo. I had to remove the battery, the HDD, move the ram to a different slot. After several attempts, I was able to get to the BIOS, reset to default and change the BIOS settings again. It then finally boot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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