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Hi, I recently tried to upgrade my El Captain installation to Sierra after noticing that Jake Lo had updated his guide to include an e6420 bootpack for Sierra. From what I can tell things are working so far except for one major thing. The screen does not work, it’s a black screen and I can only use the laptop via the hdmi out. I do not think this is a bios issue this time, because I saw that the bootpack was for bios version a23, so I updated my bios to a23 beforehand. My monitor’s resolution is 1366x768 and I am using the DSDT-LoRes from the new bootpack, but it would appear that the resolution that is being output, at least via hdmi, is 1360x768, maybe this is the reason why I am getting a black screen? I’ve attached a picture of my tv saying that the resolution is 1360x768, just to show where I got that number from. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I'm trying to set up my laptop with EDP but EDP does not show the option for my notebook, an Asus K46CB / S46CB. I am using El Capitan. Can anyone help me ? Thanks

Greetings, I finally installed sierra on my ultrabook Asus (K56CB Family) S56CB-XX173H , but I have some problems to be corrected: -the display preferences don't open (anyway the hdmi it work) -brightness controls not working -battery status not working for the moment these How to fix them? Thank you so much Asus (K56CB Family) S56CB-XX173H / i7-3537U / Ivy Bridge (Chipset) / Intel HM76 (Southbridge) / HD4000 1366x768 / NVIDIA GT740M

Hi all specially to the master Hervé where i based all my progress, after several days of research and looking other methods I finally succeed installing sierra in my laptop, I've already done in other several, but every new one is a new world with lots of exceptions... First of all I have to admit that we normally do wrong things because we don't read carefully, after that I write some of my final doubts after reading other post and have not found the right answer to my problem... - First , I have a problem with the sound, I’ve downloaded the patched apple HDA and from the audio last audio post and still have no sound, also fixed permissions and cache throw terminal twice but no sound atm. don’t know if i also need to mark any flag in chamaleon like (HDA ENABLER) also one curiosity , have no idea how to replace binaries I think already replaced at the files I’ve downloaded, but what is the correct editor to find and replace things like Harvé said: Find: 8419D411 Replace by: 00000000 Find: 8A19D411 Replace by: 00000000 Find: 8B19D411 replace by: DF761D11 (no idea where to find it inside the AppleHDA.kext packet) Im not using CLOVER atm just the chamaleon installed with Default Enoch parameter -2nd small problem I have the boot glitch where i see distorted apple screen during boot, don’t know how to fix it -3rd fine tuning thing, As I've read in Hervé guide if you have different CPU you have to edit somehow with quoting : "Pike R Alpha's SSDT generator tool and generate your own CPU-specific SSDT" as I see my cpu is correctly show but as I see the multiplier should be different or maybe is trying to overclock my CPU and is failing anyway mine is i5-3320 instead of your 3340, if you could explain how to do it because I tried to open the program to modify ssdt without good result and don’t want to break it Thank you for your time , you are doing a great job !

I just upgraded my Wi-Fi from DW1510 to an AzureWave Broadcom BCM94352HMB/BCM94352 802.11/ac/867Mbps WLAN + BT4.0 Half Mini PCI-E Card. Speed Test (Internet..) Magic Trackpad 2 perfectly pairs and works macOS Sierra 10.12.1 SMBIOS: MacBookAir6,2 Working: 2.4GHz/5GHz (FCC/US) BT4LE - Handoff (I'm missing something here..) - BT Hotspot Shows as AirPort Extreme card type Handoff/Continuity is not completing but I think I'm missing something else... maybe iCloud configurations... Make sure you have your working bootable USB before proceeding. I've found patches from other sites like this. For BT injection use these kexts loaded in /S/L/E (rebuild kernel cache after install): BCM94352HCMB -BT Sierra 10.12.1.zip For Wi-Fi injection and BT4LE Handoff/Hotspot all through Clover patches: Acpi (check these, make sure you don't get KP with your SMBIOS model) AddDTGP FixAirport Boot dart=0 kext-dev-mode=1 Devices (inject your device id) WIFI - 0x43a014E4Kernel and Kext Patches Name: AirPortBrcm4360Find: 410FB7CD39C1750C Replace: 410FB7CD39C16690 Comment: AirPortBrcm4360 - PCI Error 2 Name: AirPortBrcm4360Find: 837DC4047406 Replace: 837DC4046690 Comment: AirPortBrcm4360 - PCI Error 3 US/FCC Country Code A.K.A. 5GHz patch Name: AirPortBrcm4360Find: 81F952AA00007529 Replace: 81F952AA00006690 Comment: BMC94532Z NGFF (fvco) Card will show as an AirPort Extreme (cosmetic only) Name: AirPortBrcm4360Find: 6B100000750D Replace: 6B1000009090 Comment: Airport Extreme Name: AirPortBrcm4360Find: 4139C4751B Replace: 4139C46690 Comment: AirPortBrcm4360 - PCI Error 1 BT4LE, Handoff, Hotspot Name: IOBluetoothFamilyFind: 4885FF7447488B07 Replace: 41BE0F000000EB44 Comment: 10.11.dp1+ BT4LE-Handoff-Hotspot, credit RehabMan based on Dokterdok original That's it, I hope it helps those with the same Wi-Fi card model.

Hi guys, i've been browsing and reading the forum for a whole day. I just got myself a lively 6220 and while I'm waiting for El capitan do download again (for some reasons it failed from Apple sigh!) I'm posting this late minute doubt. I'm totally new to Hackintoshes... but willing to give it a try. From what I read El Capitan should work fairly well on the 6220 but I haven't seen any guide regarding Sierra on a 6220, only on a 6230. Am I wrong and since I'm just about to start it's better to go the Sierra way or for some reasons Sierra is a no go on a 6220? Thanks for casting some light on this! And thanks for all the amazing amount of work in this forum.

Hello, first @ all. I want to install Sierra on my Dell Latitude E7440 8 GB Intel Core i7 4600U @ 2,10GHz, 2,70GHz but it don't work as it should Maybe someone here can help me with the correct installation? I read about 2 Days before i get started but there are so many instructions so i try to combinate everything but i get stucked. Can someone please explain me what is the right way to get sierra installed? For Info i already got windows on my 256 gb ssd and so i make free space and make another partition on my 256 gb. now i have 2 partitions on the 1 first one is windows 10 and the second one should be sierra. with partiton magic i also formatted the second partition in apple hfs because at my first try when i get everything, i can't formatt my 2 partiton with the disk util in the sierra post install? but as i sayed, i already formated it with paragon partition magic and when i choose this partition in sierra install, sierra just installs fine. but please someone help me with a full tutorial with the right kexts and everything? I'm also willing to spend something if someone can really help me out. Best Regards

I'm doing a fresh installation on a Dell Latitude E6530, Core i5-3320M, 15.6" HD4000 1920x1080, 16GB RAM, 500GB SSD. Not seeing any Sierra guides, I followed along with this El Capitan thread, using the E6430 bootpack as that seemed closest, and updating the VoodooPS2Keyboard.kext. All went well during the installation and first boot, but after I installed Clover to the SSD and rebooted, this was the result: There is a larger and more readable version of this image. This occurs whether I try booting from the hard drive or the USB install media. It boots up in safe mode, but the video is so slow as to be nearly unusable. I've tried a couple of things to try to isolate the problem: I removed the generated ACPI/patched/ssdt.aml, which had no effect. I tried to remove the Boot Graphics Glitch - 10.11 patch from config.plist. This allowed the system to boot, but the graphical glitches were there. It looked like sections of random snow all over the screen. I suspect that this patch needs to be updated for Sierra. (I then added it back in.) At this point I am open to suggestions. efi.zip

Hello I'm using the bootpack posted here on my E7440 i5 (macOS Sierra 10.12.1), it works OK. (I'll update this bootpack with latest changes). With the 10.12.1 update, physical volume buttons are working again. Clover version: 3882 (10/28/2016) Just replace/update your touchpad and keyboard driver (VoodooPS2Controller.kext) with Dr. Hurt's Refined ALPS TouchPad driver Release 5 Final posted here, I must say this one is almost perfect! (Gestures, horizontal and vertical scrolling, trackstick, etc) amazing job Dr. Hurt. No preference pane though (Known issue with this kind of driver and Sierra) unless you update it with one from 10.11.6 or older. Rarely but sometimes it reboots or starts without sound (more often when rebooting) it gets automatically fixed with another reboot or power off & start. (This is probably a rebuild cache issue after an update) Hangs when trying to play iTunes movies, and certain video formats on the web. (still can't figure what's going on here...) For those using Fortinet VPN client (which includes antivirus for some weird reason...) I've found that Forticlient (5.4 latest version) is not compatible with macOS Sierra, it was causing some bad issues on my SSD partition, some examples were: an error appeared when booting into macOS (kext not compatible), longer times to load, long time to shutdown (30 seconds or more), I'm sure this caused my partition to die last week, I could not even mount it anymore and i had to format it... (Time Machine saved me), i reinstalled just to see if I had the same results and yes... it even caused an error again...

Hello. How can I update my Computer to Sierra? Right now I have 10.11.6 Thanks...

Hello dear Latitude D830 owners ! UPDATED FOR El Capitan Final Release : WORKS 100% ! UPDATED FOR macOS Sierra 10.12 Developer Preview ! See post #9 For those who tried to install 10.11 DP1, you may have problem booting your USB stick on your system and actually end up with a "still waiting for root device" error. After some research, I finally managed to successfully boot and install El Capitan on it by patching the DSDT from original bootpack for D830 Nvidia series. The patch is quite simple and you'll just need to edit your DSDT and apply PJAlms "Basic Apple Device Renames" available here. (just follow instructions). Basically, it will change this : Device (USB2) { Name (_ADR, 0x001D0001) // _ADR: Address Method (_PRW, 0, NotSerialized) // _PRW: Power Resources for Wake to this : Device (UHC3) { Name (_ADR, 0x001D0001) // _ADR: Address Method (_PRW, 0, NotSerialized) // _PRW: Power Resources for Wake Also, you must change device (ECHI) to device (EHC1). Actually, this the most important edit. Renaming USBx to UHCx doesn't really matters. However on my system, I still have 1 of the 3 ports that isn't working at all (they all works fine on Yosemite). It could be related to some errors in the proposed DSDT so if you see any, please report ! Fixed ! see below. Sleep/wake don't work on the other hand . Forgot to set Hibernate mode to 0 : sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0 [EDIT] Thanks to Pokenguyen, stinga111 & VCH888, there's a guide to fix all USB related issues. However, DSDT edits may still be usefull. [EDIT 2] Attached is customized DummyUSBEHCIPCI.kext thanks to the mentioned Guide above and updated DSDT. Also : I found out that using a MacBookPro3,1 SMBios eliminates the need of using any extra kext since all ports are already configured for use with D830 hardware : - 6 PRT in EHC1 and 4 PRT in EHC2 in OS X 10.11 IOUSBHostFamily.kext vanilla kext. So it's up to you. Note that DSDT editing from ECHI to EHC1 is still mandatory in every case. You can use the attached DSDT, it's already patched and works fine whith both Clover and Chameleon. Works with Dell Latitude D830 Nvidia QUADRO NVS 135M & Nvidia QUADRO NVS 140M Note : Files removed. Complete new set in post #9

Sierra Wireless QMI modules - works in OS X. I did Legacy collaboration with the driver CellPhoneHelper.kext Legacy_Sierra_QMI.kext for OS X 10.10.x Legacy_Sierra_QMI.kext.zip Legacy compatible: Sierra Wireless Generic QMI modules (VID=0x1199): Sierra Wireless MC8805 - mini PCI-Express, DC-HSPA+, up 42Mbps Sierra Wireless EM8805 - PCI-Express M.2, DC-HSPA+, up 42Mbps Sierra Wireless MC7304, МС7354, MC7305, MC7355, MC7330, MC7350 - mini PCI-Express, LTE, up 100Mbps Sierra Wireless EM7305, EM7355, EM7330 - PCI-Express M.2, LTE, up 150Mbps. Sierra Wireless MC7700, MC7710, MC7750 in QMI mode (pid 68A2) - mini PCI-Express, LTE, up 100Mbps Dell Wireless modules based on Sierra Generic QMI (VID=0x413C): Dell Wireless DW5570 (Sierra MC8805) Dell Wireless DW5570e (Sierra EM8805) Dell Wireless DW5808 (Sierra MC7355) Dell Wireless DW5808e (Sierra EM7355) Dell Wireless DW5809 (Sierra MC7305) Dell Wireless DW5809e (Sierra EM7305) For legacy use, Modem port must be enabled in configurations modules: example, USBCOMP = 6, or 8 Test screen my Sierra Wireless EM7305: