Precision 5510: unable to install Ventura

[Justin Wallis]

Computer: Precision 5510 I7, Touchscreen edition, 32GB Ram

 

I followed these Precision 7x10 BIOS settings (i didn't see anything for 5510 and & installer says use other DELL related BIOS settings).

The EFI is used from @Jake Lo's Precision 5510 guide (the only thing i did with the EFI is change the name to EFI)

 

I tried it with and without the Intel 8260NGW wifi Card installed and I also tried a USB stick with Ventura 13.1 & 13.01 (with same exact results).

 

It sticks here:

 

2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th....20'th +  try, is just looks like this at the end:

 

I've had success for years, using same EFI's from Jake Lo. But, this is the first time trying Ventura ones. The USB was formatted in GUID, Journaled.

 

A Video of hang/errors when trying to boot Ventura Installer shows lots of "Failed bootstrap...":

https://imgur.com/dR1IOXB

 

I'm all outta guesses. Can't be the BIOS, the new one (recommended) just came out in July 2022. I have the last recommended one v1.7.0. I might try updating to the new BIOS update after i get the Installer figured out. Since it's so new. I am interested if anyone else has success with the newest BIOS before i try that.

 

Maybe i should try a totally different USB?

Should i try Ventura 13.0?

Maybe i should take the Wifi card out, then reset NVRam and try it? I forgot to reset the NVRam after i took it out last time.

 

It's the TouchScreen model of Precision 5510, that shouldn't make a difference right? I've had it disabled in BIOS settings the whole time. I have the BIOS settings EXACTLY as mentioned in the above article, i've checked them several times.

 

Does anyone have any recommendations? Or am i missing something? TY!

 

[Jake Lo]

what's the display resolution?

try adding to boot arg

-igfxvesa

[Justin Wallis]

The display resolution is 61-Inch 3840 x 2160) Maybe because it's a 4k Touchscreen or something. I don't really know why.  

 

I used OCC v2.62.1.0 to add the -igfxvesa boot arg. At first i replaced -igfxmpc, but added it back later. I'm guessing I should keep -igfxmpc also? Maybe i should try another install with both flags?

 

So, Ventura ended up Installing, but i had to force restart like 3 times during installation. Either because it was stuck or kernel panic. When it actually booted into MacOS Ventura, the Graphic Acceleration and Wi-fi wasn't working.  (It's super laggy when loading Launchpad, etc). The Touchscreen works though!! Wasn't expecting that! 

 

I had to turn the display down from 2160 as the default! wowza, everything was so small.

 

Also, tried doing all the Post-Install stuff, and during the ComboJack Install, the last step, when typing "sudo ./install.sh" it said "unknown command". I even switched the terminal to bash from zsh. I was pointing to the install file (was in the folder on terminal), so i'm not sure why that didn't work. 

 

And i also have to wait to use genSMBIOS for when i get internet, and i don't have an usb-c ethernet dongle yet. Was going to do that part when i get wifi working.

 

How do you suppose i can fix the wifi and graphic acceleration issue?  Maybe try the install again? I was under impression Intel wifi cards work out of box now.  Thank you!

 

[Jake Lo]

No, don't know where you get that impression. You'll need the alpha version for Ventura Airportitlwm.kext and IntelBluetoothFirmware,kext + IntelBTPatcher + BlueToolFixup for Bluetooth.

As for the 4k display, you'll need to find the right patches for it. Read up on Whatevergreen

[Hervé]

There's no official support for SKL HD5x0 graphics in Ventura. See our posted documentation in the hardware info section. You must use SMBIOS MBP14,1 + latest version of Lilu + Whatevergreen + inject the correct KBL graphics parameters. You may also consult my E7270 Ventura guide for pointers.

 

See the Whatevergreen Github page + User Manual.

[Justin Wallis]

Okay. So at the FAQIntelHD: https://github.com/acidanthera/WhateverGreen/blob/master/Manual/FAQ.IntelHD.en.md 

It's telling me i can try the boot-arg igfxframe= then try all these (the mobile ones in the next picture), and one of them should fix the Graphics Acceleration?

 

 My boot arguments looks like this specifically:

Only thing added from original precision 5510 EFI was adding the -igfxframe=xxxxxxxx

Example: debug=0x100 agdpmod=vit9696 -igfxmpc -igfxframe=0x193B0005 -igfxdarkwake=1 alcdelay=500 alcid=72 -v

 

I took out the "-igfxvesa" for testing because it disables intel graphics (and that was only used for getting through to the installer i'm guessing). That is correct, right? Doesn't look like i need any other flags. In the "Spoiler: SKL Connectors" Dropdown Area the only spot that uses 530 is igfxframe=191B0006, but I get the same spot it hangs at.

 

Spot it hangs at, after what seems like the end of the loader, after it flickers (which is i guess the graphics acceleration not loading properly):

[Justin Wallis]

I tried the 14 mobile and 4 desktop skylake framebuffer boot args with no success.  ( igfxframe=191B0006 and so on, all of them listed on the above image) 

Shoot. It says i need to try the Kaby Lake ones instead for macos 13 Lol, woops, trying these!!:

 

So, boot arg needs to be:  igfxframe=591B0000  without the dash ( - ) in front of it?  Starting over...   What does the dash even do, why do some boot args have it and some don't?

[Jake Lo]

try this, my ventura config file but edited for 4k display. 

config-4k.plist.zip

[Justin Wallis]

Thank You SOOOOO Much!!!!!  It worked!!!  Graphics Accelerated!!!!  You're the mannn!!!   

 

 

I was dying trying to configure myself. But, i feel like i learned a little bit along the way, and i'm grateful!

 

Now, i will try to get: "alpha version for Ventura Airportitlwm.kext and IntelBluetoothFirmware,kext + IntelBTPatcher + BlueToolFixup for Bluetooth" working.

https://openintelwireless.github.io/IntelBluetoothFirmware/FAQ.html#what-additional-steps-should-i-do-to-make-bluetooth-work-on-macos-monterey-and-newer

 

Which is: I think this one:

https://github.com/OpenIntelWireless/itlwm

And these:

https://github.com/OpenIntelWireless/IntelBluetoothFirmware

https://github.com/acidanthera/BrcmPatchRAM

 

Will post pics when Wifi / Bluetooth works!!!!   Yaaayyyy!!!

[Justin Wallis]

I didn't replace BluetoolFixup.kext, because there is a newer version of BluetoolFixup.kext in the kext folder already. 

(Newer than the one downloaded from https://github.com/acidanthera/BrcmPatchRAM) 

 

But, when i add these to my Kexts folder:

 

Then press "scan/browse" inside of Kernel, then click save (inside of the same OCC V2.62.1.0), I get a KP:

 

My Working EFI Folder (With No Intel Wifi/BT): *Was too big (35mb .zip) to upload via this website.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/nel372cabdm7rc5/Precision_5510_4k_0C_0.8.5_-_Ventura.zip/file

(This is just Jake's precision 5510 EFI folder, with his above .plst file for 4K. But, with the above mentioned kexts (for intel wifi/BT) added to the kext folder, but not added to .plst file)

 

I updated to 13.1 successfully tho 

 

 

Also: I did notice i still get black screen after either sleep or poss screensaver. Is there an easy fix for that also? Thanks!!! 

 

Is there anything that i need to do before adding the Intel Airport/BT kexts that is causing this conflict/kp?

Do i need to disable the brcm wifi kexts first or something?   ***( I eventually didn't get this intel wifi/bt kext error/kp when i dragged the kexts from the efi/kexts folder to OCC, instead of dragging from different folder to occ to for some reason ) ***

 

Thank You!!