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Maybe you have parameter cpus=1 (or equivalent) in your bootloader config.

Fixing USB ports in ElCapitan is fairly easy: you rename USB2.0 devices from EHC1/EHC2 to EH01/EH02 in tour DSDT (rename all instances individually) you reboot with your patched DSDT then run IORegistryexplorer (or equivalent like IOJones or otherwise) to identify your USB ports. To do that scroll down in your IOREg explorer window to the EH01/EH02 devices, then plug a USB key in all your USB ports. Each time you plug the key in a port, take a note of the port id/address/number where the key appears after IOReg refresh you create a USBinjector kext in which you declare USB port details under a Mac model that matches the SMBIOS you use Here's an example for my D630, SMBIOS MBP5,1. You need to do the equivalent using SMBIOS MBP8,1 which you should be using for your E5420. Use PlistEditPro to view and/or edit the Info.plist of the kext. USB_Injector.kext.zip All of this is explained in various Hackintosh forums on the web, it's a simple matter of searching a little, experimenting and implemeting.

I don't know what you have in your Clover folder but it should theoretically work with minimal straightforward/obvious adjustments (for instance, I would not place injected kexts in folder 10.11 but Others).

Strange... Sierra was installed and runs the exact same way as El Capitan and with same pack on all my Hacks...

You may also refer to Jake's Latitude/inspiron Clover guide. Remember to use the forum Search facility and read existing guides.

You'll find what you need in the old general D430 thread. I listed details of my SL installation in post #140. It's old stuff and you'd need to forget about the old EDP part but you'll get very good pointers. https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/147-dell-latitude-d430-thread/ I also recommend you refer to this. https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/2036-bios-settings-d430/ https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/8815-full-packs-for-d430-snow-leopard-lion-mlpf-mountain-lion/ If you have no access to a Mac or a Hack, I can recommend Nawcom's ModCD (bootable CD; look it up on the web, should be available at osx86.net) and retail SL DVD (10.6/10.6.3/10.6.8) or its image restored to USB key (more difficult to do/obtain if you don't have access to a Mac/Hack). Obviously, you'll need the external CD/DVD drive. You can still buy SL from Apple. I know that a large majority of Hackintoshers would never consider spending $20 on this, but it's the ultimate base from which you can create Lion/ML/Mav/Yos/EC/Sierra USB installer. I posted full details of a Nawcom's ModCD method again in this D420 thread and it's fully applicable to the D430. I recommend you also read other D430 threads posted in this very D4xx section. Otherwise, there are ways to create a USB installer from Windows or from within a Virtual Machine but I've never used any of those. You can still search the web for that. Failing all that, there are methods I won't mention but, as usual, Google is your friend... One last thing, but an important one in case you had missed it: you cannot run Mac OS beyond Lion 10.7.5 (or hacked MLPF ML) on that machine due to Intel GMA950 graphics. You can certainly install ML, Mavericks, Yosemite and El Capitan but you'd have no support for the GMA950, i.e. no graphics acceleration and the system would run like a dog with bad graphics.

Did you use the bootpacks from guides posted on this forum? They contain the correct PS2 Controller with TrackPad support. Grab it from here if you want (obviously in the Yosemite pack). SD card reader should work with the DSDT patch also mentioned in the same guide Wifi depends only on the card model you have. If Intel, replace it with any compatible cards that fits in your E6420, whether mini-PCIe or half mini-PCIe. Look-up the non-exhaustive list posted on our forum. Finally, Intel i5-2540M is fitted with HD3000 iGPU, not HD2000...

Did you try all USB ports when attempting to boot your USB installer? Sure, you may need to use a USB injector kext, but you need to identify your USB ports 1st... You could try the USB injector I posted in my E6220 EC guide; it may bring life to some if not all your USB ports. It'll require that you also use the same names in your DSDT for EHCx devices + same SMBIOS plist. Otherwise, adjust the USB injector kext according to your system boot settings.

Try to unplug/replug your USB key or replug it in a different port.

I recommend you use only myHack + the appropriate D630 GMA X3100 full pack to Hack your D630. You clearly used another method... Follow our recommended process and I can pretty much guarantee you'll have your D630 running SL or Lion in 30mins and without any of those flags you posted, except -f -v that you may initially use to boot without cache and monitor boot process. You'll have a fully tuned system from the onset with graphics, audio, LAN, etc. fully working. Only your wireless may need additional adjustment depending on the installed card. Refer to the following threads: https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/7719-older-version-v312-of-myhack-for-snow-leopard/ https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/1868-bios-settings-d630/ https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/8081-full-packs-for-d620d630-snow-leopard-lion-mountain-lion-mavericks-yosemite-el-capitan/

I was just explaining what your pictured black screen was, then derived onto sleep/hibernation. Waking from hibernation is not a cold start. Maybe cold start would work too. Try and remove that hibernation file (/var/vm/sleepimage) and reboot OS X. I did ask in a previous post to try and put the laptop to sleep then wake it. Initially, you said it did not change anything, but now you're saying the screen is perfect after hibernation. To me this is indicative of an EDID-related issue.

From Terminal: sudo pmset -g I guess you've kept hibernation mode enabled (it's enabled by default). Hibernation did not use to be supported on Hackintoshes but recent Clover versions do now. You can look it up here if you want. If you want to disable hibernation and just use plain old sleep: sudo pmset hibernatemode 0 sudo pmset hibernatefile /dev/null sudo rm -f /var/vm/sleepimage

This is usually a hibernation wake screen... Check your power management settings.

Not sure it would improve anything but I noticed you did not disable SIP. You'd normally do this by adding the following 2 x parameters in the RTVariables section of your Clover config plist: CsrActiveConfig -> 0x03 (or 0x67) BooterConfig -> 0x28

Well spotted, I totally forgot that on! The VoodooTSCSync kext is indeed usually required on chipset GM945-based laptops. You'll find it in one of the D430/D620/D820 packs. Lack of it is probably the cause of your KPs.

There's a dedicated section to WWAN module on this forum. Look it up.

Ignore that part of RampageDev's guide, it's obviously incomplete. Regarding your DSDT _DSM Method, you could certainly do without the DualLink + device-id parts. I don't know what the graphic-options part does, I'm not familiar with it. Try without them 3 and save a revised DSDT under a different name than the default one so that you manually call it at boot time. That will allow you to revert to existing one by default if things went wrong with the new one(s) you test. Method (_DSM, 4, NotSerialized) { If (LEqual (Arg2, Zero)) { Return (Buffer (One) { 0x03 }) } Return (Package () { "AAPL,snb-platform-id", Buffer (0x04) { 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00 }, "model", Buffer (0x17) { "Intel HD Graphics 3000" }, "hda-gfx", Buffer (0x0A) { "onboard-1" } }) }

Correct me if I'm wrong or aren't all your above ids incorrect? Desktop HD4600 is vendor 8086 (Intel) -not 8085- and device 0412. As such, I believe the IntelGFX parameter should have been set to 0x04128086. No Azul FB kext patching would normally be required to get QE/CI unless the default ports do not support/match your rig of course (but I'd be surprised).

Maybe an EDID issue then... What happens when you put laptop to sleep then wake it? Did you try HDMI output? Regarding the SNB FB, it's probably injected in the DSDT. Post a zipped version and I'll double check or open up your DSDT and look at the _DSM Method of IGPU device defined at address 0x00020000. What you're after is a little piece of code that specifies a 4byte layout-id and it should look like this: "AAPL,snb-platform-id", Buffer (0x04) { 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00 }, More details at: http://www.rampagedev.com/?page_id=200&page=3

You did not specify your exact CPU model (other than i5), so I assume it's a Sandy Bridge model (i.e. i5-2xxxx) since you mentionned Intel HD3000 graphics. Sandy/Ivy Bridge platforms do not require KernelPm parameter (but setting it won't do any harm). Only AsusAICPUPM is required to avoid KP at startup. Unless you have a discrete nVidia GPU fitted to that Samsung, you should remove the parameter nv_disable=1 (not required on systems with iGPU only) You should set GraphicsEnabler to Yes (to auto-detect the iGPU) Do you inject the SNB framebuffer layout-id through DSDT? If not, you can inject it via Clover. Be careful not to re-use, as is, files/bootpack from the NP 900X3C/4C (for instance the DSDT) as these are IvyBridge-based and therefore a later generation than yours (different CPU and chipset family, different iGPU, different audio codec, etc.). Only some hardware accessories may be identical (like SD card reader, LAN card, etc.) and kexts would indeed be re-usable, but you have to check first.

Please do, I'm sure that can be of interest to other people. Post your zipped EFI folder with patched DSDT, Clover Config.plist and add-on kexts.

'could also be a side effect of an incorrectly decompiled DSDT table. Rehabman's always recommends to decompile with iasl line command and recompile with MacIASL. Version RM-1.31 (RM252.2) preferred and works always perfectly. Post your file(s) so we can have a look.

What resolution is your screen. You may need to add DualLink to your boot loader config if LCD is Greater or Equal to 1600x900.

No problem running Sierra on that rig. Same installation & tuning process as for El Capitan.

Dell systems are not subject to whitelisting.