ohhfaibaa Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 Hi, Required efi folder / clover to boot macos for my hp elitebook 8730w. Config as follows. Processor: Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor P8400 2.26 ghz penryn RAM: 4GB Graphics: ati radeon hd 3670 Audio: SoundMAX integrated digital HD audio *Also suggest which version supported for above configuration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted November 20, 2022 Administrators Share Posted November 20, 2022 https://osxlatitude.com/forums/topic/2998-platforms-requirements-for-os-xmacos https://osxlatitude.com/forums/topic/8238-supportedunsupported-gpus-graphics-cards https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Install-Guide/config.plist/penryn.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohhfaibaa Posted November 23, 2022 Author Share Posted November 23, 2022 I have already tried dortania guide but not succeed via opencore method Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted November 23, 2022 Administrators Share Posted November 23, 2022 Clover probably better suited for legacy C2D platforms with non-UEFI BIOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohhfaibaa Posted November 24, 2022 Author Share Posted November 24, 2022 My bios support UEFI and also tried thru clover (olarila clover for socket - lga 775) but macos install option disappeared. If possible pls share clover based on my configuration (socket - PGA478, BGA479) Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted November 24, 2022 Administrators Share Posted November 24, 2022 You can look at the guides I've posted for old Penryn-based Dell Latitude D630 and/or D830 in the Guides section (obviously). They're specific to those Dell and without your full systems specs (eg: audio codec, LAN card, wireless card, type of keyboard/touchpad, etc.), we won't be able to give you any working EFI, but you'll get pointers out of those guides. Target macOS High Sierra 10.13, that's the last version to officially support (and to the full) your hardware platform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohhfaibaa Posted November 25, 2022 Author Share Posted November 25, 2022 What details you required from my laptop to create EFI? I had already tried every possible way to install macos but not succeed. It is very challenging. Please help me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted November 26, 2022 Administrators Share Posted November 26, 2022 On 11/24/2022 at 9:06 PM, Hervé said: [...] without your full systems specs (eg: audio codec, LAN card, wireless card, type of keyboard/touchpad, etc.), we won't be able to give you any working EFI [...] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohhfaibaa Posted November 26, 2022 Author Share Posted November 26, 2022 Hey Hervé!! thanks for prompt response. please find my complete system specification for making EFI. my spec.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted November 26, 2022 Administrators Share Posted November 26, 2022 So... BIOS: F.20 (with AHCI support it would seem) CPU: Intel Penryn C2D P8400 FSB-1066 @2.26GHz RAM: 4GB DDR2-800 (PC2-6400) dGPU: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3670 2GB (PCI id 1002:9593) Display: 1680x1050 built-in LCD Audio: Analog Devices AD1984A Codec IO Controller: Intel ICH9-M USB: USB2.0 ports Disk: 160GB Hitachi HTS543216L9A300 5400rpm SATA-II HDD LAN: Intel 82567LM Gigabit Ethernet Wireless: Intel Wifi Link 5300 AGN TouchPad: Synaptics SD card reader: Ricoh R/RL/5C476(II) (PCie) Optical drive: TSSTcorp TS-L633M CD/DVD writer Should run macOS High Sierra pretty well, though it'll be slow on that SATA-II 5400rpm HDD which you should consider replacing by a SATA SSD. I see the you've been posting on various forums these last few months to try and get macOS installed on this old laptop so I assume you're now familiar with bootloader, etc. I suggest that: you use Clover and start with an older version installed as follows: Clover for UEFI booting only Install Clover in the ESP UEFI Drivers AudioDxe DataHubDxe FSInject SMCHelper ApfsDriverLoader AptioMemoryFix Fat PartitionDxe Ps2MouseDxe UsbMouse.Dxe VBoxHfs Themes (optional) Install Clover Preference Pane (optional) you may use version r5035 for instance: Clover_v2.5k_r5035.pkg.zip once Clover is installed, run Clover Configurator app and mount the freshly created EFI partition of the USB installer Clover Configurator.zip open this EFI partition and transfer the files & folders from the Clover pack below to the EFI/Clover folder. The pack may not be100% complete to match all of your hardware (keep looking for kexts as required) but should get you going: EliteBook_8730w_Clover_Pack.zip For audio, experiment with the various layout ids specified in the AppleALC wiki. For your Synaptics touchpad, look here though it's old stuff (I've no experience with anything other than ALPS touchpads). For your Intel Wireless card, look here. For graphics acceleration, you'll have to experiment with the various ATI framebuffer personalities that may apply to Mobility Radeon HD 3670 (I've no experience with this): This is all without any guarantee of any kind so be prepared for additional home work. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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