Alienware 14 - El Capitan / Sierra on Clover

Jake Lo · September 25, 2015

The specs:

BIOS A09 (Sata Operation -> AHCI mode, Bootlist Option -> UEFI)
4th Generation Intel Core i7-4700MQ Haswell processor (6MB Cache, up to 3.4GHz w/ Intel Turbo Boost)
Slot-Loading Dual Layer DVD Burner, DVD+-RW, Stealth Black with Soft Touch Finish, 63WHr 8-Cell Primary Battery
8GB Dual Channel DDR3L at 1600MHz
750GB 7200RPM SATA III 6Gb/s Hard Drive, 256GB mSATA
14.0" High-definition WLED (1920 x 1080)
1 GB DDR5 nVidia GeForce GT 750M using NVIDIA Optimus technology
Integrated Intel HD4600 GPU (PCI ven id 0x8086, dev id 0x0416)
Killer NIC 1202 802.11n WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0
Killer E2200 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet
Integrated HD Webcam
Realtek PCIE CardReader
Backlit Keyboard
2 x USB 3.0 ports; 1 x USB 3.0 port with PowerShare; 1 x HDMI port; 1 x Mini Display-Port
1 x Audio microphone port; 1 x headphones/microphone combo port; 1 x headphone/speaker port
Slots One half mini-card slot; 2 x full mini-card slots

Working:
Full QE/CI with HD 4600 / Disable nVidia GeForce GT 750m through DSDT/SSDT

Wireless (Replaced with supported device)

HDMI Video/ DP Video/ HDMI Audio

Internal Speaker/Headphone/Mic
USB 3.0
Webcam

LAN

WIP:
Sleep/Wake (Wake up right away = GLAN)

Update: I no longer have this system, try replacing with this DSDT for sleep

Not Working:
ExpressCard

Keyboard Functions:

Fn+Home = Disabled Touchpad

Fn+F6, F7, F8 = Mute, volume control

Fn+PageUP/PageDown = Brightness control

Steps:

Follow Clover UEFI Guide (v3270), replace Clover folder with Bootpack

After Installation, install kexts in /EFI/Clover/Kexts/Others/LE to /Library/Extensions

Repair permission and rebuild cache

sudo chmod -Rf 755 /L*/E*

sudo chown -Rf 0:0 /L*/E*

sudo touch -f /L*/E*

sudo kextcache -Boot -U /

CLOVER_AlienWare14.zip

Jake Lo · December 14, 2016

Sierra

Same as El Capitan guide, just replace with attached Sierra bootpack.

I no longer have this system, but this updated files should work.

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