The_Moves Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 I have a Dell e6430 with a 1600x900 screen, NVS5200M, 16GB RAM, and i7-3720MQ. I have followed the main guide for El Capitan, followed step 2 choosing the e6430.zip, and applying the fixes referenced in post 4. There was another thread here which suggested cpus=1 and asus pm fix, this allowed me to get to the current point where i'm stuck - waiting for root device, hazard symbol, and corrupted screen. I also downgraded my bios to A11. Any thoughts? Are there more custom changes i need to make to my config.plist? Please see attached photo of my current status. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted May 6, 2016 Moderators Share Posted May 6, 2016 Do you have AHCI set in the BIOS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Moves Posted May 6, 2016 Author Share Posted May 6, 2016 Yep, all BIOS settings should be correct. I have an SSD in the main spot, and an HDD in the expansion bay. Hoping to do a hybrid drive setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bronxteck Posted May 6, 2016 Administrators Share Posted May 6, 2016 is optimus disabled in bios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Moves Posted May 6, 2016 Author Share Posted May 6, 2016 Yeah is there anything else I can provide you which will help? The confit.plist I used, will that work for both e6430s with dGPUs and not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted May 6, 2016 Moderators Share Posted May 6, 2016 try this. Make sure Optimus is uncheck config.plist.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Moves Posted May 7, 2016 Author Share Posted May 7, 2016 I tried it, hangs at "VoodooPS2TouchPad Version 1.9.0 loaded..." Looking at it in Clover Configurator, it showed 1920x1080 for a resolution - which I changed, but didn't help. I also reset BIOS to default and reconfigured. No go, both with your config.plist and the one from the tutorial. This is the one I followed: https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/8506-dell-latitude-inspiron-el-capitan-clover-guide/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scram69 Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 I'm assuming you are installing 10.11.4 - on my E6430 I needed to use this kext for the touchpad, as versions of VoodooPS2 gave me KPs. This replaces VoodooPS2Controller.kext in EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bronxteck Posted May 7, 2016 Administrators Share Posted May 7, 2016 in clover configurator, in acpi section drop table DMAR as a safety precaution also default boot volume might be set to Opt9020 remove the entry. and as scram69 suggests replace voodoPS2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Moves Posted May 7, 2016 Author Share Posted May 7, 2016 I was able to get it to work with with plugging an eSATA drive I had setup with all the OS X releases since 10.6. The waiting for root device had something to do with my USB 2.0 port. Unplugging and Plugging back in didn't work. The VooDoo kext linked above seems to be working too. Now on to Graphics acceleration. Performance is very poor. I did notice that my NVIDIA GPU is shown in 'About This Mac' as a "NVIDIA Chip Model 5 MB". I still need to do more research on this. I also need to get CPU C States working so it can down clock itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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