roniez

@Hervé

After unchecking FixAirport in Clover the WiFi chip showed up in Sysprofiler > PCI.

Also noticed a increased effect on my connection speed (144Mbps with FixAirport) 300Mbps without FixAirport in Clover config.

if i remove the _DSM to XDSM rename laptop will not boot.
I suspect its due to the AML specific for this model of the zenbook

SSDT-UX430-KabyLakeR.aml.zip

nothing is reported under Sysprofiler -> Pci and i have attached the running copy of my config.plist, let me know if you need the kexts or anything else.

config.plist.zip

I belive they are injected properly.

Can report that using the tape method + the clover device properties worked wonders.

Interesting thing however the WiFi card is not listed under PCI Devices in system report. in about this mac

Will also need to do some testing with bluetooth but for now the WiFi seems to work.

You don't happen to know which pins those are on my card? Or know where I can find a diagram that shows these pins? 

13 hours ago, Bronxteck said:

you might have to physically tape some pins on the wifi card for it to function same might go for BT.

Bronxteck can you elaborate?

14 hours ago, Hervé said:

Why don't you remove the BrcmAirportFix kext + Clover associated options ? You could also try to declare compatibility with 14e4,4353 instead of 14e4,4331 though it really does the same.

 

Post your debug package.

Have attached the debug package now.

i did noticed that if i choose ADDDGTP option in clover it will not inject the PCI device properties i manually add.

debug_12191.zip

Not listed and when I press + to add it is now showing in the drop down. 

Networksetup -createnetworkservice WiFi en1 did not work either

I have now managed to get the device to boot with Hervé's adaptation.

How ever wifi says no hardware installed and IOregistry is showing the changes i did via clover.

Any suggestions ?

Hello

I am in need of some assistance getting this card to work.

I have followed the guide by Hervé and my laptop will not boot if i add the pci parameters in clover.

I did manage to get the laptop to boot once with working wifi and everything except the trackpad (but that was due to a faulty config.plist) and i fixed the config plist file and now it will not boot with injected pci device again...

I have attached my clover zip and have also attached a screenshot from ioregistry.

Any advice or guidence is highley appreciated.

the Card is verified to have a 14e4:43a3 (rev 08) Subsystem: 1028:0021 (CN-0VW3T3)

CLOVER.zip

1 hour ago, Jake Lo said:

"Intel High Definition Audio" has been gone since High Sierra.

Good catch on the layout -id for 28 and 29, you should report it the developer

I submitted a. Pull request to merge at their github.

4 hours ago, viking1304 said:

You can easily modify VRAM size from your config. Just change or remove framebuffer-unifiedmem in Devices Properties section as it suites you. For example "000000a0" will give you 2560MB. If you remove it completely you will get default of 1536MB.

 

I haven't properly tested headphone jack on macOS, since I am using BT headphones. If I remember correctly when you plug the cable in Windows, there is a popup to choose type of headphones and there you need to select headphones with microphone to make that work. Headphones without microphone is the default option.

i noticed that the AppleALC has a bug for the E7450.

Layout 28 and Layout 29 has the same integer in the LayoutID section

https://github.com/acidanthera/AppleALC/blob/master/Resources/ALC293/layout29.xml

https://github.com/acidanthera/AppleALC/blob/master/Resources/ALC293/layout28.xml

And thanks Jake i will as you posted.

Also this "System Information/Hardware/Audio/Intel High Definition Audio" dont exist on my systeminfo

see attached screenshot.

@viking1304
Thanks for all the work you have done to get this up and running for me and for the fix for the DisableTurboBoost.kext

With your fix and using VirtualSMC and SMCBattery.kext i can get up to 5hrs if not more of moderate use of the laptop on battery which is not to bad for an hackintosh.

In my opinion i only have 1 ongoing issue and that is the dang headphone/mic combo, what ever headphone i use it refuses to pick up the mic part for example using iphone headphones.

So i have resorted to use bluetooth headphones for now, 

Is there anyway and benefit to increase the vram for our graphics? my is currently listed with only 2GB from the notes i have seen and recoletion from my previous install i had it at 15360mb i belive.

Current battery usage with new disableturboboost kext with virtualSMC and smcbattery.kext and screenbrightness at 2-3 tick.

@viking1304 You are correct i never thought of checking if i had brightness slider, and yes it is no present with the files you gave me initaly.

Removed AppleBacklightFixup  and it works and karabiner works just fine now. also get 16 steps just like you.

For powermgmt i removed disableturboboost and i am currently looking in to another way of disabling turboboost.

and i came across this forum thread on notebook reviews

http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/undervolt-disable-turbo-boost-for-increasing-battery-life-of-macbook-and-hackintosh.821361/

I have yet to attempt this.

1 hour ago, Hervé said:

Again, you do not appear to have a discrete nVidia GPU and you run on HD5500 iGPU. MBP12,1 SMBIOS is perfectly Ok. Alternatives Broadwell profiles would be MBA7,x. Consult the list available in Clover Configurator app.

 

If you do not call on generated CPU PM SSDT, you must set your Clover config for PluginType 1. You can Google for it or search the forum to find explanations.

 

Fn-Insert/Fn-F3 should control brightness. If you seek to control brightness through Fn-UP/Fn-DOWN, you'd have to identify the ACPI code returned by those keys and program your DSDT accordingly. This is also something you can Google for but but know that it's very advanced stuff.

 

The nvidia GPU is disabled thanks to the EFI files i got from viking. 

My question now was in regards to general power manegement as imo i should be able to get more than 2hrs of run time on battery.
Fn+Insert sends the laptop to sleep, Fn+F3 is volume increasement. (as per standard and as per guide) 

Clover Config is already set to PluginType 1

And Fn+F11 and Fn+12 with karabiner-elements worked just fined back in HighSierra. 

Okay found the issue although i have yet to do the SSDTPRGen.

I currently opted for the SSDT-XCPM how ever i still feel like i am not getting enough usage time when on battery (on WiFi

If i go by Activity monitor i will get roughly 2hrs of onscreen time and medium/heavy usage of the laptop (youtube, remote desktop connections, emails and etc) 

Questions.

1, Does anybody know what SMBIOS is the prefered one to use for our beloved Dell e7450 - i7-5600u with discreet Nividia?

     I am currently using the SMBIOS for MBP 12.1(i5-5257U)

2, Would there be any benefit from using the ssdtPRGen instead of the SSDT-XCPM from Rehabman? 

3, Using Karabiner-Elements and the json file provided in the sierra guide i am unable to get the onboard LCD brightness (F11-F12) controls to work.

    Do you have any suggestions? 

15 minutes ago, Hervé said:

@roniez, nope, you're mistaken. Your IOReg clearly shows you run on HD5500 iGPU with no signs of an nVidia dGPU. It's fair to say it's either disabled or not present at all. 

 

 

--> Check your CPU power management settings.

You are absolutly right, had a complete brainfart and have not done my ssdtPRGen... apologies.

will see if doing that ssdtPRGen will change some things for me.

Been running 

@viking1304 Thx for the assistane. 

I ended up making a new USB installer with movaje on it and used your attached file (with NV) and installed just fine and runs super smooth, have yet to test everything as i will be redoing this installation on a larger SSD that will dualboot windows later on.

(will actually attempt to use clonezilla to move this installation to the larger SSD) 

i have yet to update BIOS to A20.

Edit1: 

Been running it for a bit now and i am suspecting something is off.

The laptop feels like it's running with the Nivida GPU or something because its using a alot of power or cpu states and computer gets warm to the touch.

Edit2: attached ioreg output.

roniez’s MacBook Pro.ioreg

There we go attached it now. size is quite different

CLOVER.zip

Hello.

I am considering upgrading my HS installation to movaje 

And i am wondering if its something i need to do before.

My current EFI is over 30MB so i had to upload it on an external site.

https://file.io/sOProW

Hello Jake,

I have successfully installed mac using ur latest config.plist how ever following the post #1 in the guide it refers to copying from EFI/CLOVER/KEXT/OTHER/LE to /Library/Extensions how ever there was no /EFI/CLOVER/KEXT/OTHER/LE folder in my EFI.

i am now doing my first boot without my premade usb installer. will post update later.

I need assistance, 
For some reason i cannot get any of the display ports to work via docking station or without dock.

On the laptop i have VGA and HDMI ports, neither works outside of dock.

And on dock i have DisplayPorts and DVI and VGA and none of them works.

Anybody can help me with this?

Thanks Jake, i will try it in a few days, i currently dont have access to the laptop for a few days now. 

due to travels.

It is showing as enabled.

FixHeaders is already enabled (using your config.plist) that you sent.