The 10th Doctor Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Hello there, I've got a E6230 lying around and I wanted to see if I could get OS X working on it. However, thus far, I'm having no luck and not even able to get into the installer for OS X - I believe my issues are related to the Intel graphics not initialising. The specs of the Dell E6230 are as follows: CPU: i3-2350M RAM: 4GB DDR3 HDD: 512GB SSD Graphics: Intel HD 3000 BIOS: A15 Legacy boot enabled, virtualisation disabled, secure boot disabled, SATA set to AHCI So far I have tried following two guides: Jake Lo's from this forum and the tonycraposx86 one If I use Jake's method (noting note #1 of the second post - using E6220.zip) first off I get a kernel panic relating to the PS2 Trackpad kext, so I removed that from the EFI partition. After that it seems to work better however I get an error about the AppleintelSNBgraphicsfb and then a few other unrelated ones (like ipv6 and hfs space) and nothing else happens. I have: Recreated the install USB many times Used different USB drives Tried formatting the internal disk as HFS+ on another machine Re downloaded El Capitan twice Tried not injecting the Intel drivers by editing the config.plist Using the Clover Configurator and ticking the 'FixDisplay' option Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm just about to recreate my installation media and see if I can get a clear shot of the error, if that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 10th Doctor Posted March 18, 2016 Author Share Posted March 18, 2016 Hopefully this is clear enough to see - this is before the HFS VeryLowDisk errors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bronxteck Posted March 18, 2016 Administrators Share Posted March 18, 2016 why are you using the E6220 when he has a bootpack for your model Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 10th Doctor Posted March 18, 2016 Author Share Posted March 18, 2016 why are you using the E6220 when he has a bootpack for your model I thought the i3 was a Sandy Bridge one EDIT - Just tried the E6230 pack and still get a similar issue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted March 18, 2016 Moderators Share Posted March 18, 2016 Are you sure about the model or specs? Most of the E6230 I come across are 3rd Gen CPU with HD4000. If the processor i3-2350m you specified is correct, then you do have HD 3000, then the model you specify might be wrong and should be E6320? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bronxteck Posted March 19, 2016 Administrators Share Posted March 19, 2016 ahh yup just checked on Intel site. i didn't know the Exx30 came with sandy option. check in bios it might state the model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 10th Doctor Posted March 19, 2016 Author Share Posted March 19, 2016 Are you sure about the model or specs? Most of the E6230 I come across are 3rd Gen CPU with HD4000. If the processor i3-2350m you specified is correct, then you do have HD 3000, then the model you specify might be wrong and should be E6320? The processor and model information is straight out of the BIOS and it's also got E6230 on the case - see attached (sorry if these are showing all upside down - iPhones!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bronxteck Posted March 19, 2016 Administrators Share Posted March 19, 2016 what happens if you try the E6230 files then? might have to patch graphics though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 10th Doctor Posted March 19, 2016 Author Share Posted March 19, 2016 what happens if you try the E6230 files then? Same issue - FB kext fails to load and I see a bunch of unrelated errors like Bluetooth, ipv6, etc. That being said I'm still using the legacy option, didn't change my installer back to UEFI... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted March 19, 2016 Moderators Share Posted March 19, 2016 What's the resolution of the display? Try the E6220 pack but leave out the DSDT.aml. Boot to Clover, hit F4 to extract RAW DSDT/SSDT. Compress the origin folder and attach it. Will need a custom patch for this model. Also check to make sure that DiMM is in slot 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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