Moderators Jake Lo Posted November 2, 2015 Moderators Share Posted November 2, 2015 El Capitan Guide Specifications: Processor : Intel Core i7-5600U Processor (4M Cache, 2.60 GHz) Graphics Processor(GPU) : Intel Integrated HD Graphics 5500 Chipset : Intel 5th Generation Wildcat Point LP chipset Storage : Samsung PM851 256GB mSata-SSD RAM : 16GB DDR3L 1600 MHz DIMMS Wifi : Intel Wireless Gigabit Ethernet 802.11AC (M.2, 7265AC), Bluetooth 4.0 LE LAN : Intel I218-LM3 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Audio : Realtek High Definition Audio ALC293 (ALC3235) USB 3.0 : Intel Wildcat Point-Lp - USB 3.0 xHCI Controller Touchpad : Alps Multi-touch Touchpad v8 Hardware Webcam : USB3.0 UVC HD WebCam Card reader : O2 Micro OZ777xxx/OZ62 PCI-E Card Reader Monitor : 35.5cm (14) FHD (1920x1080) Anti Glare (16:9) WLED, 300 nits, Magnesium LCD back Battery : 3Cells 40 Whr Lithium Polymer battery with ExpressCharge Interface : 1 x Microphone/Headphone Combo jack 1 x Mini DisplayPort for external monitor 3 x USB 3.0 port(s) 1 x RJ45 LAN Jack for LAN insert 1 x HDMI Working: Graphics with Acceleration Audio with patched AppleHDA Bluetooth /Wireless (Replaced with DW1560) HDMI Audio/Video mini Display Port LAN USB3.0 Webcam Battery Fn Hotkeys SD Card reader Alps Touchpad / Trackstick Sleep, Processor P&C-States with Native power management Not working: Finger Sensor, smart card reader if you have one Prerequisite: Set DVMT to 96MB (0x3) Source => FireWolf's guide. Steps to change the DVMT value (Done on Windows or WinPE) 1) to backup the BIOS (DellInc.-A10.rom): Universal BIOS Backup ToolKit 2.0.exe.zip At time of writing - BIOS version E7450 A10 2) UEFITool.exe to find the module labeled SetupPrep and extract the PE32 image section (setup.bin) Update: For Dell Only: Search with this GUID then extracting the PE32 body under it would be faster /easier than finding the module per guide 899407d7-99fe-43d8-9a21-79ec328cac21 3) Universal IFR Extractor.exe to extract setup.bin to a readable text file 4) Use notepad to search for "DVMT" in the text file, 2 were found at 0x15b and 0x15c Both with value of 0x1 and need to be set to 0x3 5) Format a USB drive to fat32 and create a folder name EFI (SD Card works too) 6) Download the EFI Shell and extract the Boot folder to EFI folder i.e.. /EFI/Boot/bootx64.efi 7) Boot system with the USB and select UEFI Boot At the grub prompt, enter these commands, hit enter after each command, then exit and reboot setup_var 0x15b 0x3 setup_var 0x15c 0x3 To verify, just enter setup_var 0x15b and hit enter, the value will be listed Note: Settings retained even after BIOS update and no need to rerun again But will reset if you select Restore Settings in BIOS!!! /!\ New Development: If you don't want to mod the BIOS as it might be difficult for some models, you could skip this step by adding 2 new kexts to /EFI/Clover/kexts/Other Lilu.kext & Whatevergreen Installation: See here with Bootpack Post Install: Enable Brightness Control and Trackstick Scrolling Trackstick Scrolling Download and Install Karabiner Launch Karabiner/Preferences/Change key/Point Devices/CursorMove to ScrollWheel Enable MiddleClick+CursorMove to Scrollwheel Brightness Control Launch Karabiner/Preferences/Misc & Uninstall Under Custom Setting, click Open private.xml Replace file with the attached -> private.xml.zip Go back to Change Key Tab and select 'Reload XML' The new custom file will show on the very top call 'Remap Brightness Key' & 'Remap Volumes Key' Place the check marks there. Now Hit F11 & F12 for Brightness, hit F1, F2, & F3 for Volumes Control (Keyboards with same/similar layout will work with custom xml above too) Note1: Personally use SmartScroll for Trackstick scrolling with Inertia. Don't really use Touchpad, 2 fingers scrolling and tap and drag does work. Note2: Please use this beta version of ssdPRGen.sh for Broadwell system Credits: FireWolf, Joe82, EmlyDinEsh, Bronxteck, Hervé, Rehabman, Piker-Alpha, Sontrg, toleda, Dr. Hurt, Clover Team, ...anyone involved with getting Broadwell supported 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted November 14, 2016 Author Moderators Share Posted November 14, 2016 Sierra Guide Same as El Capitan guide above, just replace with Sierra bootpack. E7450_Sierra.zip See bootpack for 10.12.4 in the update section below Post Install: Enable Brightness Control and Trackstick Scrolling Trackstick Scrolling Download and install Smartscroll for trackstick scrolling Touchpad - 2 fingers scrolling, 2 finger tab for right click, tap and drag Brightness Control or copy the settings according to the screenshot below Download and Install Karabiner-Elements Launch Karabiner-Elements Copy karabiner.json to ~/.config/Karabiner karabiner.json.zip 471bytes 0 downloads Now use F11 & F12 for Brightness, use F1, F2, & F3 for Volumes Control 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted December 14, 2016 Author Moderators Share Posted December 14, 2016 Updates Sierra 10.12.2 (16C67) STATUS: GOOD UPDATE METHOD: APP STORE/SYSTEM UPDATE MODIFICATIONS NEEDED: None Sierra 10.12.3 (16D32) STATUS: GOOD UPDATE METHOD: APP STORE/SYSTEM UPDATE MODIFICATIONS NEEDED: None Sierra 10.12.4 (16E195) STATUS: GOOD UPDATE METHOD: APP STORE/SYSTEM UPDATE MODIFICATIONS NEEDED: Update to latest Clover prior to update (v4051 +) Brightness Slider is broken, use new bootpack E7450_HD5500_Only.zip (BIOS A15) For models with Nvidia 840m (Disabled) (BIOS A15) E7450_A15_Disabled-840m.zip Sierra 10.12.5 (16F73) STATUS: GOOD UPDATE METHOD: APP STORE/SYSTEM UPDATE MODIFICATIONS NEEDED: None Sierra 10.12.6 (16G29) STATUS: GOOD UPDATE METHOD: APP STORE/SYSTEM UPDATE MODIFICATIONS NEEDED: Update to latest Clover prior to update (v4114 +) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted December 21, 2017 Author Moderators Share Posted December 21, 2017 High Sierra High Sierra Guide Bootpacks E7450_HD5500_Only_A17_HS.zip Fix miniDP config-FixDP.zip Updated BIOS: E7450_HD5500_Only_A19_HS.zip E7450_Disable840M_A17_HS.zip Fix miniDP config-Optimus_FixDP.zip E7250_A17_HS.zip UPDATES Spoiler High Sierra 10.13.1 (17B48) STATUS: GOOD UPDATE METHOD: APP STORE/SYSTEM UPDATE MODIFICATIONS NEEDED: Install latest Clover prior to update High Sierra 10.13.2 (17C88) STATUS: GOOD UPDATE METHOD: APP STORE/SYSTEM UPDATE MODIFICATIONS NEEDED: Install latest Clover prior to update Install latest Lilu.kext v1.2.1 High Sierra 10.13.3 (17D47) STATUS: GOOD UPDATE METHOD: APP STORE/SYSTEM UPDATE MODIFICATIONS NEEDED: Install latest Clover prior to update Install latest Lilu.kext v1.2.1 To Fix miniDP, change SMBios to MBP12,1 High Sierra 10.13.4 (17E199) STATUS: GOOD UPDATE METHOD: APP STORE/SYSTEM UPDATE MODIFICATIONS NEEDED: Install latest Clover prior to update Install latest Lilu.kext v1.2.1 High Sierra 10.13.5 (17F77) STATUS: GOOD UPDATE METHOD: APP STORE/SYSTEM UPDATE MODIFICATIONS NEEDED: Install latest Clover prior to update Install latest Lilu.kext v1.2.3 High Sierra 10.13.6 (17G65) STATUS: GOOD UPDATE METHOD: APP STORE/SYSTEM UPDATE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted November 26, 2018 Author Moderators Share Posted November 26, 2018 Mojave Mojave Guide Bootpacks - HD5500 Only Add this to /EFI/Clover replacing the old Exx50_Mojave.zip FYI, kexts in bootpack is outdated Make sure to 1st upgrade kexts found under /EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other if you encounter issue Common links for new kexts: https://github.com/vit9696/Lilu/releases https://github.com/vit9696/Lilu/blob/master/KnownPlugins.md https://bitbucket.org/RehabMan/ - For Discrete Model Also add this to /EFI/Clover/ACPI/Patched SSDT-Disable-DGPU.aml.zip Follow Post Install above under Sierra Guide UPDATES Spoiler Mojave 10.14.1 (18B75) STATUS: GOOD UPDATE METHOD: APP STORE/SYSTEM UPDATE MODIFICATIONS NEEDED: Install latest Clover prior to update Mojave 10.14.2 (18C54) STATUS: GOOD UPDATE METHOD: APP STORE/SYSTEM UPDATE MODIFICATIONS NEEDED: Install latest Clover prior to update Mojave 10.14.3 (18D42) STATUS: GOOD UPDATE METHOD: APP STORE/SYSTEM UPDATE MODIFICATIONS NEEDED: Install latest Clover prior to update Mojave 10.14.4 (18E226) STATUS: GOOD UPDATE METHOD: APP STORE/SYSTEM UPDATE MODIFICATIONS NEEDED: Install latest Clover prior to update Mojave 10.14.5 (18F132) STATUS: GOOD UPDATE METHOD: APP STORE/SYSTEM UPDATE MODIFICATIONS NEEDED: Install latest Clover / update kexts prior to update Mojave 10.14.6 (18G84) STATUS: GOOD UPDATE METHOD: APP STORE/SYSTEM UPDATE MODIFICATIONS NEEDED: Install latest Clover / update kexts prior to update Repair permissions and rebuild cache 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted October 30, 2019 Author Moderators Share Posted October 30, 2019 Catalina Catalina Guide Bootpack - HD5500 Only Replace into /EFI/Clover after you install Clover E7450_Catalina.zip - For Discrete Model Also add this to /EFI/Clover/ACPI/Patched SSDT-Disable-DGPU FYI, kexts in bootpack might be outdated Make sure to 1st upgrade kexts found under /EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other if you encounter issue Common links for new kexts: https://github.com/vit9696/Lilu/releases https://github.com/vit9696/Lilu/blob/master/KnownPlugins.md https://bitbucket.org/RehabMan/ Follow Post Install above under Sierra Guide UPDATES Spoiler Catalina 10.15.1 (19B88) STATUS: GOOD UPDATE METHOD: APP STORE/SYSTEM UPDATE MODIFICATIONS NEEDED: INSTALL LATEST CLOVER / UPDATE KEXTS PRIOR TO UPDATE REPAIR PERMISSIONS AND REBUILD CACHE Catalina 10.15.2 (19C57) STATUS: GOOD UPDATE METHOD: APP STORE/SYSTEM UPDATE MODIFICATIONS NEEDED: INSTALL LATEST CLOVER / UPDATE KEXTS PRIOR TO UPDATE REPAIR PERMISSIONS AND REBUILD CACHE Catalina 10.15.3 (19D76) STATUS: GOOD UPDATE METHOD: APP STORE/SYSTEM UPDATE MODIFICATIONS NEEDED: INSTALL LATEST CLOVER / UPDATE KEXTS PRIOR TO UPDATE REPAIR PERMISSIONS AND REBUILD CACHE Catalina 10.15.4 (19E266) STATUS: GOOD UPDATE METHOD: APP STORE/SYSTEM UPDATE MODIFICATIONS NEEDED: INSTALL LATEST CLOVER / UPDATE KEXTS PRIOR TO UPDATE REPAIR PERMISSIONS AND REBUILD CACHE Catalina 10.15.5 (19F96) STATUS: GOOD UPDATE METHOD: APP STORE/SYSTEM UPDATE MODIFICATIONS NEEDED: INSTALL LATEST CLOVER / UPDATE KEXTS PRIOR TO UPDATE REPAIR PERMISSIONS AND REBUILD CACHE Catalina 10.15.6 (19G73) STATUS: GOOD UPDATE METHOD: APP STORE/SYSTEM UPDATE MODIFICATIONS NEEDED: INSTALL LATEST CLOVER / UPDATE KEXTS PRIOR TO UPDATE REPAIR PERMISSIONS AND REBUILD CACHE 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted November 14, 2020 Author Moderators Share Posted November 14, 2020 OpenCore Installation: Download MacOS Monterey / Big Sur / Catalina app Format a 16GB USB drive (GUID / Extended (Journaled)) Create USB Installer with createinstallmedia command Download attached folder and rename as EFI Mount EFI partition and add EFI folder Configure BIOS setting according to guide Boot with USB installer Complete installation Post Installation: Mount EFI partition of newly installed drive and copy EFI folder over Update / Change in Config.plist under PlatformID->Generic (use genSMBIOS or Hackintool.app) MLB, ROM, SystemSerialNumber and SystemUUID Note: Config is set for Broadcom DW1560 If you have Intel Wifi, rename Config-IntelWifi to Config.plist Updated to OC 0.6.9 If keyboard/touchpad does not work, replace VoodooPS2Controller-Alps with VoodooPS2Controller-R6 (not included, you should be able to find in forum) Multiboot from OC picker is also working! Updated to OC 0.7.5 Supports Monterey Special note: Added PS2 kext by SkyrilHD that supports multi gestures Updated to OC 0.7.9 Support Monterey 12.3.1 Updated to OC 0.8.7 Add IntelBTPatcher Replaced SkyrilHD's voodoo with Dortania's VoodooPS2Controller which has SkyrilHD's code added E7450_OC_0.8.7.zip E7450_OC_0.7.9.zip E7450_OC_0.7.5.zip E7450_OC_0.6.9.zip E7450_OC_0.6.6.zip E7450_OC_0.6.4.zip E7450_OC_0.6.3.zip 5 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted December 29, 2022 Author Moderators Share Posted December 29, 2022 Ventura Since Ventura had dropped support for Broadwell iGPU, I'm not going to create a guide for it. For those that want to test it, I'll list out the steps I took to get it install and enable graphics acceleration. Not tested for for anything else. Download E7450_OC_0.8.7 EFI above Download the Ventura files attached here and replace it to the 0.8.7 EFI I created a Ventura USB installer, so I didn't do an upgrade, but I was able to install on top of an existing Catalina system retaining all data and apps. After installing, your system will be really laggy because there's no graphics acceleration. Download OpenCore Legacy Patcher (current version is 0.5.3) Select Post Install Root Patch, then Start Root Patching. When it's done, restart the computer. That's it! You noticed in the patcher, my model shows MacBookPro14,1, that's what I need to set the SMBIOS in order to install Ventura. It's already set in the files I attached. After you have successfully install, you can manually change the SMBIOS to MacBookPro12,1 but you won't be able to see any new updates. You'll need to switch back to MBP14,1 for the updates to show. After any upgrade, you'll need to run the OCLP again for graphics acceleration. Note: If you're going to install on top or upgrade, OC will still show the old volume name even if you changed it in the OS. Ex. if your volume was previously call Catalina and you installed Ventura and later rename the volume to Ventura, OC will not change and will continue showing Catalina. To circumvent that, change the volume name prior to installing. I believe this behavior existed long before. Another option if you have already install without changing it prior, download and install Intel Power gadget. This will update the volume name for OC automatically. Ventura.zip 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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