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@tazmanian, please read our forum rules.

And stop using TMX tools to seek support here after.

It's coming too late but I've got a GT730 on order that should arrive by Monday. Will update this post with my own experience on the matter.

Nope, seems it's coming by foot from China...

Intel HD 6000? No, iGPU of Broadwell Intel i5-5200U CPU is Intel HD 5500: https://ark.intel.com/products/85212/Intel-Core-i5-5200U-Processor-3M-Cache-up-to-2-70-GHz- You need a boot configuration specific to your system, not just anything, i.e. a tuned-up Clover config + appropriate kexts (drivers) + eventual DSDT/SSDT patching. On paper, the nVidia 920M can be expected to be supported OOB since it's based on Kepler architecture. However, OS X/macOS do not support Optimus, so it can only be either the HD 5500 iGPU or the GeForce 920M dGPU, not both. You may have to get the dGPU disabled, either in BIOS or through DSDT/SSDT patching. There are many existing threads in this very section related to this Inspiron 5558 model, please consult them, especially the thread of Nov 10th!

No, there would not really be any benefits to increase vram artifically but feel free to apply the patch if you deem it necessary. Personally, I've never seen or felt any difference with or without such increase.

These really are very old cards (over 10yr old): AR5BXB83? Are you sure? Don't you mean AR5BXB63 like the AzureWave AW-GE780? That is like AR5BXB6 and unsupported since Lion 10.7. Broadcom BCM4311 -> Ok up to El Capitan 10.11 unsupported since Sierra 10.12 Realtek RTL8187B -> used to work 32bit mode in Snow Leopard 10.6 and Lion 10.7. Seems unsupported since. Don't hesitate to consult our inventories to find a more modern and more suitable card (802.11n/802.11ac); they're available in our R&D->Wireless & Bluetooth section.

NVS 5200M is Fermi 2.0 (GF118) and many nVidia GPU of that specific generation/architecture have issues in Sierra and/or High Sierra. Desktop GT610 is a typical example. Some of those Fermi cards sort of work but are subject to bugs, some don't and/or require the nVidia Web Driver for the relevant Sierra/High Sierra version. Web driver is usually required in cases of black screen at startup. https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/324195-nvidia-web-driver-updates-for-macos-high-sierra-update-11032018/

Use Pike R Alpha well-known tool: https://github.com/Piker-Alpha/ssdtPRGen.sh

Thanks but that link is pretty useless for those people who do not speak German. And that's highly likely to be the majority of our forum users. If you wish to share what you did to reach success, we'd all appreciate it. Posting a simple screenshot in Russian? language that says "look I've done it" is not of any value to anybody.

Your immediate hibernation/sleep issue is quite typical when you do not have the correct CPU power management settings in place. If you use a generated SSDT, make sure it's one made for your particular CPU, not a different model.

Having moved the HDD from a SandyBridge/HD3000 E6420 to an IvyBridge/HD4000 E6530, you'd need to adjust your Clover config and set up the following: Graphics section: Inject Intel layout-id 0x01660003 SMBIOS section: MacBookPro9,2

Last updated: 15 Jun 2024 We occasionally get questions about compatible graphics cards, so these articles should be useful for Hackintoshing purposes: 1) Best budget (under $50) graphics cards in 2024 Some of those cards are compatible with macOS up to High Sierra. Only a handful support Metal and Mojave/Catalina/Big Sur, i.e. Kepler architecture for nVidia (e.g.: GeForce GT 710) and GCN1.0 architecture for AMD (e.g.: AMD R5 240). And remember that, since Monterey, macOS dropped all support for nVida cards. 2) Best low-profile single-slot graphics cards for Small Form Factor (SFF) PCs in 2024 All those cards are compatible with late versions of OS X/recent versions of macOS. Afaik, all meet the minimum requirements for Metal but caution with nVidia cards since Mojave/Catalina/Big Sur only support Kepler models and, since Monterey, macOS dropped all support for nVida cards. 3) Best 1080p gaming graphics cards under $150 Those are good and reasonably priced cards, compatible with late versions of OS X/recent versions of macOS. Some do not need dedicated power supplies and will draw power from the PCIe bus. Afaik, all meet the minimum requirements for Metal but, again, caution with nVidia cards in Mojave/Catalina/Big Sur since those only support Kepler models and, since Monterey, macOS dropped all support for nVida cards. The site offers other "best graphics cards..." articles like "under $100", "under $200", etc. All available through a basic search.

I actually got one on order; 'should get it next week and then confirm whether it works or not. On paper, it's supported since based on BCM4350 chip which was fitted to 2015 MacBook8,1.

Your SKL layout 191b0000 (inside AppleIntelSKLGraphicsFramebuffer.kext) probably requires patching to support all the video outputs you desire: 00001B19 00000000 E1810800 00000000 // layout 0x191b0000 01030303 00002002 00005001 00000060 // 3 x display ports 6C050000 6C050000 00000000 00000000 00000800 02000000 98000000 // port #0, FB@0, LVDS 01050900 00040000 87010000 // port #5, FB@1, DP 02040A00 00040000 87010000 // port #6, FB@2, DP FF000000 01000000 20000000 0F110000 i.e. this layout defines 3 x output ports connector 0000, type 0200 0000 -> LVDS connector 0105, type 0004 0000 -> DP connector 0204, type 0004 0000 -> DP You need to identify through IOReg what port/connector each of those DP ports attach to, knowing that the layout may not support/include the necessary connector. Indeed, as detailed here, there's another potential connector 0306 (port #7, FB@4). So, using apps such as IORegistryExplorer, 1st check things in IOReg under your iGPU device located @2, it should show several framebuffer @0, @1, @2. FB@0 will be your built-in LCD and your DP ports should register under one of the other FBs. You should see things similar to what I posted here. If you only see a DP screen under FB@1 and not under FB@2, then you may have to patch that specific port to connector 0306. You may save your IOReg output, zip it and post it for us to look at it.

Erm... what error? As usual please post your system's specs + zipped copy of your Clover folder (less the Themes subfolder) if you want support.

You have multiple routers and presumably multiple wireless clients. 40MHz increases channel overlapping and likelihood of interference and packet loss, so clearly, 20MHz channels is the optimum choice. You'll find lots of info on this on the Web. If you want to improve your current performance using 40MHz bandwidth, you should modify your routers channels settings and set them apart to avoid overlapping.

A bootloader is a special piece of software that allow a non-Apple PC computer to boot OS X. It's not possible without it. Such software includes Chameleon, Enoch (a more recent version/branch of Chameleon), Clover (today's de-facto "standard" bootloader) and a (very) few others. Since their inception in the early days of Hackintosh, those tools evolved from simple bootloaders to sophisticated configuration packages. You're going to have to do some serious reading but to install macOS on a PC, the general process is to: 1) create a USB key with the OS installation package, aka a "USB installer" 2) install the bootloader on the key to make it bootable 3) install all the necessary drivers required to support your own specific hardware 4) tune your bootloader configuration You'll encounter barbaric terms like DSDT, SSDT, ACPI, tables, patches and patching. These refer to low-level tables that form part of a PC's BIOS and provide description of the computer hardware to the OS and how some of this hardware may behave. It's nearly always required to fine tune these tables (i.e. patch them) to be able to install and then run OS X. It's all very technical and requires some computing skills; it's quite different from inserting a CD or a DVD and booting it to install the desired OS...

Ok, took the DW1520 out of my D630 that runs Mojave 10.14.1 and replaced it by the AR5B93 card + installed 10.13.6's Atheros40 kext posted here. The results are more or less identical to what I obtained with the D430: Whilst your network are listed as 802.11n, I can see that the card only achieves a connection at a transmit rate of 11Mbps when my card achieves 117 to 130Mbps. This is clearly where your issue is. AR5B93 is 2.4GHz only and my router only offers 20MHz channels, not 40MHz. Maybe you should stick to 20MHz... Could also be linked to eventual limitation with Country Code...

You could have specified that subtlety from the onset... Atheros cards are no longer officially supported in Mojave so feel free to test Atheros40 kext from other versions if you're game. You can always extract the kext with Pacifist app from past Combo Update packages available for download off Apple's web site. Failing that, opt for a better card like DW1510; AR5B93 is getting a little long in the tooth today... I took out my old little Latitude D430 out of its cupboard and replaced the DW1510 fitted into it by the AR5B93 card I have lying around. It's this exact Foxconn T77H047 card. 'booted ML and ran Ookla legacy tests. Results are as good as I expected at around 70-80Mbps: Try and adjust your local connection settings. Good luck.

AR5B93 is supported OOB, i.e. with the vanilla Atheros kext installed by default in OS X. Your speed issue is not kext related per sé but connection related (channel settings, negotiation of connection between card and router). If your router supports 2.4GHz and 5GHz networks, try and split the SSIDs; Sharing the same SSID on both types of network can interfere.

Last update: 20 Jan 2019 Target macOS release: High Sierra 10.13.x This is a Clover-based installation using the well-known/well documented vanilla method detailed below: Working: full graphics acceleration GT730: with macOS native/default drivers (or with nVidia Web Driver) GT1030: with nVidia Web Driver only multi-display, including VGA (with Lilu + WEG) GT730: DVI + HDMI OOB, VGA with NVCAP value 050000000000FFFFFFFF00000000000E00000000 GT1030: DVI + HDMI OOB audio, including HDMI, microphone input and headset output (with AppleALC + all layouts or VoodooHDA) FastEthernet LAN connection (with 82566MM or AppleIntelE1000 kext, patched if necessary for PCI id 8086:10c0) 19-in-1 card reader OOB CD/DVD RW drive OOB front and rear USB ports (OOB) CPU power management (works better with MacPro3,1 SMBIOS than iMac10,1) sleep (Energy Saver settings, Apple menu, PWR button) & wake (PWR button, USB keyboard/mouse) AppleALC supports the following layouts for ALC888: Audio found to work with all such layouts which individually support various inputs and outputs as shown below: I went with layout #1: VoodooHDA lists I/O that are more PC oriented Not working: N/A Not tested: N/A GeekBench v2.4.3 (32bit) gives a 4500+/4700+ rating: 1) 10.13 USB installer creation Using a USB key of 8GB minimum, create a High Sierra USB installer through the following Terminal command: sudo <path>/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/<USB key> where: <path> = location of High Sierra installation package (eg: /Applications if freshly downloaded) <USB key> = name of formatted USB volume (eg: USB_8GB) The process will take several minutes. Once completed: install Clover bootloader on the USB installer with the following customised settings: Install Clover in the ESP Boot Sectors -> Install boot0af in MBR Clover for BIOS (legacy) booting -> Clover EFI 64-bits SATA BIOS Drivers, 64 bit -> FSInject-64 / ApfsDriverLoader-64 / AppleImageLoader-64 BIOS Drivers, 64 bit -> GrubEXFAT-64 / GrubNTFS-64 (both optional only) Themes (optional only) Install Clover PrefPane (optional only) you may use version r4689 attached below or any subsequent version available at Dids' Github repo Clover_v2.4k_r4689.pkg.zip once Clover is installed, launch Clover Configurator app and mount the freshly created EFI partition of the USB installer Clover Configurator.zip open this EFI partition and transfer the files & folders from the Vostro200 High Sierra Clover pack below to the EFI/Clover folder of the EFI partition Vostro200_10.13_Clover_Pack.zip 2) 10.13 installation boot the High Sierra USB installer and wait until you get to the language menu; it'll get there. at the Clover main menu, select the "Install macOS High Sierra" partition (but don't press [ENTER]) press [SPACE], select -v verbose option in the menu, then choose to boot with the selected options proceed with installation, creating & formatting the target High Sierra installation through Disk Utility as/if required on 1st reboot, boot off the USB installer and select the freshly created "macOS install from <target High Sierra partition>" repeat this until this partition is no longer offered and only the target High Sierra partition is left to boot 3) Post-Installation tuning Once the target High Sierra partition has booted, complete the 1st boot configuration finalisation Once at the desktop, install Clover bootloader on the High Sierra partition/disk with the customised settings listed above Once Clover is installed, launch Clover Configurator app and mount the freshly created EFI partition of the High Sierra partition/disk Open this EFI partition and transfer the files & folders from the above Vostro200 High Sierra Clover pack to the EFI/Clover folder of the EFI partition You may then reboot and verify that High Sierra boots off your disk through Clover After that reboot, finalise post-installation tuning actions such as disabling hibernation, allowing all apps download from anywhere, changing all serial numbers, etc. Edit #1: 20 Jan 2019 New pack with updated DSDT re-patched for proper Sleep & Wake

'took the old girl out of retirement! Specifications: Modded/unlocked BIOS 1.0.16 (from www.bios-mods.com) with HDD set to AHCI mode (standard BIOS 1.0.16 with HDD set to RAID mode should be Ok too) G33M02 motherboard (dual-core CPUs only; G33M03 mobo required for quad-core CPUs) Intel G33 chipset (ICH9R, PCIe 1.1, PCI 2.3, SATA-II and USB 2.0) CPU: Intel Wolfdale Core2Duo E8600 @3.33GHz Intel Wolfdale-DP Xeon X5270 @3.5GHz (with LGA771-to-LGA775 mod) Integrated Intel GMA 3100 graphics (unsupported in Mac OS X/OS X/macOS and disabled in BIOS) Graphics card: Asus PCIe x16@x8 GeForce GT730 (Kepler) 2GB-DDR5 (10de:1287) single-slot low-profile, 1 x VGA + 1 x DVI + 1 x HDMI output + HDMI audio (10de:0e0f) Gigabyte PCIe x16@x4 GeForce GT1030 (Pascal) 2GB-DDR5 (10de:1d01) single-slot low-profile, 1 x DVI + 1 x HDMI output + HDMI audio (10de:0fb8) Yeston PCIe x16@x8 Radeon RX560 (Polaris 21/Baffin) 4GB-DDR5 (1002:67ef) single-slot low-profile, 1 x VGA + 1 x DVI + DVI, 1 x HDMI output + HDMI audio (1002:aae0) AMD PCIe x16@8 Radeon Pro WX4100 (Polaris 21/Baffin) 4GB-DDR5 (1002:67e3) single-slot low-profile, 4 x mini-DP outputs + HDMI audio (1002:aae0) 6Go 8GB DDR2-800 RAM Intel 82562V-2 10/100Mb FastEthernet (8086:10c0) ALC888 7:1 High Definition Audio (10ec:0888) TEAC CA-200 internal-USB 19-in-1 card reader (0644:0200) SATA CD/DVD RW drive Dell wireless keyboard and mouse (Bluetooth devices with dedicated USB dongle in HID proxy mode) 6 x USB 2.0 ports 2 x front jack ports (microphone + headset) 6 x rear jack ports (various audio I/O) Wireless/Bluetooth: any compatible PCI/PCIe card or USB dongle compatible with target macOS version With GT730: vostro200:lspci admin$ lspci -nn pcilib: 0000:01:00.0 64-bit device address ignored. pcilib: 0000:01:00.0 64-bit device address ignored. pcilib: 0000:00:1b.0 64-bit device address ignored. pcilib: 0000:00:1f.3 64-bit device address ignored. 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express DRAM Controller [8086:29c0] (rev 02) 00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express PCI Express Root Port [8086:29c1] (rev 02) 00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82562V-2 10/100 Network Connection [8086:10c0] (rev 02) 00:1a.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2937] (rev 02) 00:1a.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2938] (rev 02) 00:1a.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 [8086:2939] (rev 02) 00:1a.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:293c] (rev 02) 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:293e] (rev 02) 00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2934] (rev 02) 00:1d.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2935] (rev 02) 00:1d.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2936] (rev 02) 00:1d.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:293a] (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev 92) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801IR (ICH9R) LPC Interface Controller [8086:2916] (rev 02) 00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 82801IR/IO/IH (ICH9R/DO/DH) 6 port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [8086:2922] (rev 02) 00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:2930] (rev 02) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GK208B [GeForce GT 730] [10de:1287] (rev a1) 01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: NVIDIA Corporation GK208 HDMI/DP Audio Controller [10de:0e0f] (rev a1) With GT1030 (High Sierra only): vostro200:~ admin$ lspci -nn pcilib: 0000:01:00.0 64-bit device address ignored. pcilib: 0000:01:00.0 64-bit device address ignored. pcilib: 0000:00:1b.0 64-bit device address ignored. pcilib: 0000:00:1f.3 64-bit device address ignored. 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express DRAM Controller [8086:29c0] (rev 02) 00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express PCI Express Root Port [8086:29c1] (rev 02) 00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82562V-2 10/100 Network Connection [8086:10c0] (rev 02) 00:1a.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2937] (rev 02) 00:1a.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2938] (rev 02) 00:1a.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 [8086:2939] (rev 02) 00:1a.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:293c] (rev 02) 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:293e] (rev 02) 00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2934] (rev 02) 00:1d.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2935] (rev 02) 00:1d.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2936] (rev 02) 00:1d.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:293a] (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev 92) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801IR (ICH9R) LPC Interface Controller [8086:2916] (rev 02) 00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 82801IR/IO/IH (ICH9R/DO/DH) 6 port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [8086:2922] (rev 02) 00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:2930] (rev 02) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GP108 [GeForce GT 1030] [10de:1d01] (rev a1) 01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: NVIDIA Corporation GP108 High Definition Audio Controller [10de:0fb8] (rev a1) For recommended BIOS settings, see here. These guides are for Vostro200 desktop computers fitted with a Wolfdale Core2Duo CPU (or Wolfdale-DP dual core Xeon CPU) that includes SSE4.1 instructions set. Conroe CPUs do not include these and are therefore unsuitable for macOS, they can only run OS X up to El Capitan. From Mojave to Big Sur, macOS natively supports nVidia Kepler cards only. As such, High Sierra 10.13 is the end of the road for Pascal cards such as the GT1030, knowing that these (like Maxwell cards) are only supported with the nVidia Web Driver due to lack of native drivers. From Monterey, macOS drops all native support for nVidia cards, marking the official end for Kepler cards. Support can however be recovered/provided by applying patches with tools such as OCLP. The only alternative is to use supported AMD cards (HD7000/HD8000 series minimum, Polaris minimum being favoured), hence why I opted for a Polaris21/Baffin RX560. AMD Radeon Pro WX4100 (LP card) is suitable too (tested 100% successfully). Both those AMD cards are natively fully supported. NB: Wolfdale-DP CPUs may require adjusting CPU clock rate parameter to highest multiplier in BIOS for proper CPU SpeedStep to work. Running on a Wolfdale-DP Xeon dual core CPU may also require the use of additional boot arg npci=0x2000 or npci=0x3000 to avoid boot freeze and system hard reset. It certainly did on my Vostro200 (but then again my X5270 was an ES model...).

Atheros/Qualcomm QCA6174 is unsupported. Consult out non-exhaustive inventory of supported cards/USB adapters available in R&D->Wireless section.