Artisto Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Well, I ordered this HP Envy and plan to install Mountain Lion on it. I should be receiving it in the next day or so. This will be my third lesson in Hackintoshing. Can anyone suggest where to begin searching for info on working with this particular model? I'm thinking maybe this time I will do a clover install but I need to know which options to check in the install. Can anyone help or direct/Guide? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted April 13, 2016 Administrators Share Posted April 13, 2016 You can forget about ML on a Broadwell or Skylake platform. ML supports Intel CPUs up to Haswell generation and, for those 4th gen CPUs, only in 10.8.5. You will have to target Yosemite 10.10 (minimum) or current El Capitan 10.11, knowing that there is limited support for Skylake platforms at the moment... For the rest, well, you'll have to post your system's specs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artisto Posted April 14, 2016 Author Share Posted April 14, 2016 Thanks for that fast response. Here are my specs: HP Envy 17" M7-n109dx Intel 6th Gen i7-6500U 2.5 MGHz NVIDIA GeForce Graphics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted April 14, 2016 Administrators Share Posted April 14, 2016 What model of nVidia, is it the 940M as listed in some HP published specs? What about the rest like audio, LAN, wireless, SD card reader, etc. ? You have a Skylake platform, so you have no other choice but El Capitan (Skylake support introduced in 10.11.1 kernel and Skylake HD520/HD530 support just got introduced in 10.11.4). Keep in mind that there are no Skylake MacBook for the moment (only 27" iMac), that's expected later on this year so you're ahead of the game. Hardly any Skylake laptops actually run OS X with complete support. There's only limited success afaik. If your GeForce proved unsupported, you'd have to rely on the integrated HD520 graphics; that should work on the basis that 10.11.4 supports HD520/HD530. All in all, you're going to need a lot of patience until Apple releases Skylake-based MacBook laptops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artisto Posted April 14, 2016 Author Share Posted April 14, 2016 According to the general specs, it should be a 940. Everything else I don't know yet. I haven't received it yet. The specs list was very limited. I'm a graphic artist so I have been looking for a machine to replace apple macbook pro, but still run OSX. I have a serious problem with apple hardware and the way apple treats the general public. I'll post more after I get the machine in the next couple days or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artisto Posted April 19, 2016 Author Share Posted April 19, 2016 Ok. I finally received my HP Envy M7-n109DXSpecs:Intel [email protected],2601Mhz 2Core(s)BIOS Version insyde F.1A (9/23/15) UEFIRealtek High Def AudioSynaptics SMBus TouchpadNVIDIA 940M ; Intel HD Graphics 520 I can't see anything more on the audio besides what I listed after viewing device manager. Any suggestions let me know so that I can provide exact info if needed. Also, what difference would it make only having to rely on the HD 520 and not having support for NVDIA 940M ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted April 19, 2016 Administrators Share Posted April 19, 2016 Your laptop may display more info in the BIOS setup pages; failing that, assuming the PC came pre-installed with Windows, you should be able to identify exact hardware or at least hardware pci vendor + device ids through the Device Manager. Look up the device driver info. Re: iGPU vs. discrete GPU, well... isn't the answer obvious? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted April 19, 2016 Moderators Share Posted April 19, 2016 To determine the ven/prod ID of the Audio from Windows, click on Details. Under Properties, select Hardware Ids. You could do the same for the other devices as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artisto Posted April 19, 2016 Author Share Posted April 19, 2016 Ok... So doing as described by Jake Lo, the only thing I get is MMDEVAPI\AudioEndpoints. I clicked on all three options and under details, this is what I got I didn't see anything like VLC269AB etc... Also in regard to Herve's answer Re: iGPU vs. discrete GPU, well... isn't the answer obvious?- I'm not sure what you mean, please understand I'm still a noob. Sounds like an answer to my question about 940M and HD520 but I don't understand. Thank You! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted April 19, 2016 Moderators Share Posted April 19, 2016 Launch device manager, then going into the properties of Realtek High Definition Audio. Then click on the Details tab, under Propery, select Hardware Ids, you should see something like this HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0269&SUBSYS_102.... Discrete Nvidia 940M is not supported, you'll need to go with Intel HD 520, fortunately is supported with 10.11.4. You'll need the discrete card to be disable in the BIOS or with DSDT patching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts