pirolito Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Hello guys, i was reading some threads about installing osx and i would like to ask if there is general guide for sierra on E6430 model? Also, what should i expect to be working/not working? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted February 7, 2017 Administrators Share Posted February 7, 2017 You can use the existing Clover installation guide published by JakeLo. it covers El Capitan and Sierra. For the HD4000-only model, everything works. Only the wireless card may not work if the laptop is fitted with an unsupported model. Swap it out for a supported model in that case. If you want narrower guidance, you can look at my Enoch-based E6230 guide. 99% of the provided material is reusable on the E6430. Simply retrieve the E6430's DSDT off an existing E6430 guide since you have the HighRes LCD screen (the E6230 is LoRes and will not inject the adequate Capri graphics layout-id). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pirolito Posted February 8, 2017 Author Share Posted February 8, 2017 Thanks Hervé, as far as the wireless card concerns there's no problem beacause i already replaced the oem with a Broadcom 4322AG model. I will follow your enoch guide and find a DSDT for the 1600x900 screen. I will give feedback in this thread about the setup. PS: Just one question, for sierra i have to do the same BIOS downgrade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted February 8, 2017 Administrators Share Posted February 8, 2017 Yes, the BIOS version limit applies to all version of OS X so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pirolito Posted February 9, 2017 Author Share Posted February 9, 2017 Hi hervé, can i use the DSDT from the pack this Guide? (post #2) -> https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/8506-dell-latitude-inspiron-precision-clover-guide/&do=findComment&comment=54632 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted February 9, 2017 Administrators Share Posted February 9, 2017 You should indeed be able to use the DSDT posted for "E6430 1600x900 and above" model. That"ll have the correct graphics settings, namely: DualLink set to 1 Capri layout-id 0x01660004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pirolito Posted February 9, 2017 Author Share Posted February 9, 2017 I'm preparing the usb installer and i'm stuck here "Copy the following E6230 bootpack to the root of the USB installer". Should i copy the zipped bootpack or extract and merge the "Extra" folder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted February 9, 2017 Administrators Share Posted February 9, 2017 Unzipped! It should auto-unzip with Safari. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pirolito Posted February 9, 2017 Author Share Posted February 9, 2017 As far as i understood i should: I'm on A12 bios, enabled UEFI mode, enabled HDD to AHCI mode start from USB stick get the language select screen, choose ENGLISH, continue, agreement OK, next it will not show my HDD. Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted February 9, 2017 Moderators Share Posted February 9, 2017 For Hervé's enoch guide, you need to set to Legacy mode, not UEFI 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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