[Guide] Dell Inspiron 13 5379 (2-in-1) - MacOS 10.14.1 VirtualSMC, I2C Trackpad

[tgvieirams]

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[tgvieirams]

Friend could you send me the complete EFI file ready to use? I tried to modify the SMBIOS in every way and I was unsuccessful. Attach my EFI running with macOS Catalina 10.15.3 works with Clover but I can't update the version of MAC OS to 10.15.7

 

[tgvieirams]

Greetings, any chance someone could provide a BIN bios file for me? Having massive issues with Inspiron 5379 Bios, unable to change any settings. When trying to use the dell bios update *.exe file in the Bios Flash Update screen it detects the updated or downgraded bios but simply restarts and still on same bios. Im not 100% sure if the exe file would even work in the bios flash utility?

All Versions Bios Dell 5379 in one zip file!

 

[2black0]

Here is an updated OpenCore 0.6 EFI booting both Catalina and Big Sur beta
I no more have Mojave for testing but it also should boot
Everything works fine but card reader (no use, disabled in bios)

About the EFI :

1. personal fields in platformInfo->generic are blank
   1. in config.plist, filled in with your own values : MLB, SystemSerialNumber, SystemUUID, ROM (for the ROM value get your NIC address)
2. I have CFG unlock (with the CFGLock.efi tool provided in the EFI). If it is not your case, enable : AppleCpuPmCfgLock and AppleXcpmCfgLock in config.plist
3. W10 dual boot is OK - Bootstrap is activated - i have a custom entry to target the W10 bootloader (replace "Path" in the Misc/entries with your own data if you want to do that way - else you can also remove this entry and let opencore find the W10 bootloader, should work)
   1. I let my Microsoft folder in the provided EFI - replace with your own for W10 dual boot test

sorry to ask this while I dont have this laptop

does the touchscreen works normally?

 

[favoriti]

sorry to ask this while I dont have this laptop

does the touchscreen works normally?

Yes it is

 

[safsprin]

Yes it is

Could you tell me about the kext you've used? I have a 5378 model. Thanks

 

[favoriti]

Could you tell me about the kext you've used? I have a 5378 model. Thanks

Here are the kexts I have

 

[safsprin]

Here are the kexts I haveView attachment 514262

Thanks! But I wasn't able to get touchscreen working. When I enable the I2C kext besides VoodooPS2, I get a crash on booting screen. Only VoodooPS2 OR only VoodooIC2 works. I'm trying Big Sur. Do I need any SSDT patch?

 

[luckyal]

Here is a Dell 5379 EFI update for OpenCore 0.5.9 working both with Mojave and Catalina

Main improvement from post #71 is to get rid of both the Windows and the Embedded Controller ACPI patch :

rename _OSI -> removed​

rename OSID -> removed​

SSDT-XOSI -> removed​

rename ECDV -> removed, replaced with fake EC​

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It took me some time to make everything work because in the absence of an operating system patch, the brightness shortcuts F11/F12 key patch were invalidated at the same time...
The only way i found for brightness keys work is setting OSYS,ACOS,ACSE variables into the I2C SSDT :

OSYS = 0x07DF (windows 2015)​

ACOS = 0x80
ACSE = Zero

One other improvement is dual boot macOS/W10 now work with no W10 devices errors - because almost ACPI patch check the OS ( If (_OSI ("Darwin")) )
macOC is my main OS but I also sometimes boot W10 for one month and I have noted no issues, neither with W10 nor macOS, so I have replaced Clover with Opencore as main bootloader on my drive


About the EFI :

1. personal fields in the platformInfo->generic section are blank
   1. filled in with your own values : MLB, SystemSerialNumber, SystemUUID, ROM (for the ROM value get your NIC address)
2. BT kexts are missing (mine are installed in L/E and are not provided with the EFI):
   1. add BT kexts to the OC/Kexts folder and in the config.plist kernel section
   2. depending on your macOS version (Mojave or Catalina) : BrcmBluetoothInjector.kext, BrcmPatchRAM{2,3}.kext, BrcmFirmwareData.kext
3. Bootstrap is activated but i use a custom entry to target the W10 bootloader (replace "Path" in the Misc/entries with your own data if you want to do that way - else remove entry and let opencore find the W10 bootloader should work)
   1. I also let my Microsoft folder in the EFI but it has probably to be replaced with your own folder

Been trying to get native brightness keys on my Dell Inspiron 5479 in Big Sur to work for a week. No such luck. Can you walk me through the process you used to get brightness keys mapped to F11/F12 on your 5379. Mine are currently mapped to FN+S/FN+B.

 

[favoriti]

Been trying to get native brightness keys on my Dell Inspiron 5479 in Big Sur to work for a week. No such luck. Can you walk me through the process you used to get brightness keys mapped to F11/F12 on your 5379. Mine are currently mapped to FN+S/FN+B.

Long time i did not uploaded the EFI for my laptop to this thread....
Attached is my last one with OC 0.7.6 , for Monterey (and also BS because the bluetooth kexts have been setted for that, but not tested since I upgraded to Monterey)
I know use the BrightnessKeys.kext (no more need SSDT) for brightness, I guess it should work for your laptop

GitHub - acidanthera/BrightnessKeys: Handler for brightness keys without DSDT patches

Handler for brightness keys without DSDT patches. Contribute to acidanthera/BrightnessKeys development by creating an account on GitHub.

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