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- May 14, 2011
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- Motherboard
- GA P67A-UD3-B3-Clover
- CPU
- i7-3770K
- Graphics
- GTX 970
- Mobile Phone
Specs:
Asus N550JK-DS71T
CPU: i7-4700HQ 2.4GHz – 3.4GHz
GPU: Intel HD 4600, NVidia GTX 850M 2GB
Screen: 15.6 Inch Full-HD IPS Touchscreen (Max 1920x1080)
Cam: 720P HD
RAM: 8GB – DDR3 1600
Wi-Fi: Intel Dual Band AC 7260
Wired Ethernet: Realtek RTL8168/8111
Optical: DVD±RW/CD-RW
Ports: HDMI, Mini DP, 3xUSB 3.0, sub-woofer, combo headphone/microphone
Card reader: Realtek RTS5139
HDD: 1TB Mechanical 5400 RPM (Slow)
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My BIOS Setting – press F2 to enter BIOS setup
Advanced tab:
VT-d - Disabled
USB – Legacy USB Support - Enabled
XHCI Pre-Boot Mode – Disabled
Boot tab:
Fast Boot – Disabled
Launch CSM – Disabled
Security tab:
Secure Boot Menu
Secure Boot Control – Disabled
Save and exit BIOS
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Creating the USB boot and installer
Use – http://www.tonymacx86.com/yosemite-...oting-os-x-installer-laptops-clover-uefi.html
Everything you need to create the USB stick and install Yosemite is included in this guide.
I partitioned my USB with 1 GPT partition and used the Create Install Media method to copy the OS X install files to USB.
After formatting the USB, install clover
Copy the following kexts to EFI/Clover/kexts/other
ApplePS2SmartTouchPad -- Google search - available at OSXLatitude - I'm using SmartTouchPad_v4.3_Final
GenericUSBXHCI - I didn't need this, but it does not crash the system if installed.
RealtekRTL8111
All of the FakeSMC kexts (5 total) – My system got stuck at the spinning cursor in the upper left corner without them.
Config.plist - Use ConfigHD4600_4200.plist as a starting point – need to be modified. Must be renamed to config.plist and copied to the USB EFI/Clover directory to replace the default plist that is installed with clover.
I had to modify the following section in config.plist – otherwise I got garbled (distorted) screen that is unreadable.
Section: Devices: – IntelGFX – change string 0x04128086 to 0x0. This will need to be change back to 0x04128086 after you install Clover to your HDD, or if you will use the USB stick to boot OS X. This is part of the process that will enable QE/CI.
If you are planning on installing OS X on the same drive as Windows, good luck. There is a link in the guide listed above regarding Windows and OS X on the same drive. I was unable to format the second partition on my drive, so I decided to install OS X on an external 7200-RPM USB drive, which actually boot faster than the internal 5400-RPM drive. I will install a second internal drive after I have everything working. The benefit of using external for me is – I am able to attach the drive to my desktop to modify things in the event it does not boot on my laptop, which happened several times during trial and error.
Now that you have the USB installer - boot your laptop and press/hold the ESC key to bring up the boot menu. Select your USB stick as the boot device (should say UEFI: USB xxxxx Flash Drive). If the USB is not listed in the menu, - use CTRL/ALT/DEL to reboot, press ESC for the boot menu. Loading the installer from USB is a slow process, so give it at least 2-3 minutes. For me, once the progress bar is just below the apple, I got an arrow cursor in the upper left corner, the progress bar finished quickly and the installer screen loaded. If you have a spinning cursor in the upper left corner and it has been more than 4-5 minutes, something is wrong. Recheck everything with the guide and try again.
The install on my system – Stage 1 took between 8-12 minutes and stage 2 took between 15-20 minutes.
If you are successful in getting OS X installed, boot from your USB installer stick and select the HDD to boot OS X. Install clover to the HDD EFI partition. Copy your config.plist, the kexts and the HFSPlus.efi driver from the USB stick to their correct location on the HDD EFI partition.
Modify the Devices: section of the config.plist that you copied to the HDD EFI partition and change the IntelGFX string back to 0x04128086. Do not modify the one on the USB stick, since you have a working installer. At this point you will not have QE/CI yet , therefore the screen will be slow and jerky.
I used the Yosemite 10.10.0 for my installer. Before I proceeded further, I updated the system to 10.10.3.
See the following guide pertaining to the HD4600
http://www.tonymacx86.com/yosemite-...tel-hd4200-hd4400-hd4600-mobile-yosemite.html
I had to modify my config.plist as follows to get QE/CI to work. In Section - KernelAndKextPatches, KextsToPatch (16 Items)
Refer to the above guide – just below the heading Intel HD4000 Mobile [8086:0a16] using FakePCIID.
There are two links to posts regarding garbled screen issues. Use the link for #post926735 and refer to post #189.
The following item is already listed in the config.plist that you downloaded. Deleted disabled: to enable this option.
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>0x0a260006 9MB cursor bytes patch</string>
<key>Name</key>
<string>disabled:AppleIntelFramebufferAzul</string>
<key>Find</key>
<data>BgAmCgEDAwMAAAACAAAwAQAAYAA=</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>BgAmCgEDAwMAAAACAAAwAQAAkAA=</data
</dict>
This fixed the distortion in the menu bar.
To remove the boot screen glitch, I had to enable CSM in BIOS and install CsmVideoDxe-64.efi to EFI/Clover/drivers64UEFI. This can be installed using Clover Configurator, under Install Drivers. Mount EFI partition, load your config.plist, select install drivers from bottom left. On the install driver screen, select EFI in the target partition box (upper right), select CsmVideoDx from the Drivers UEFI 64 Bit section.
As of this update 5/21/2015 - I have all of my kexts in EFI/Clover/kexts/10.10 - all is working good so far.
FakePCIID_HD4600_HD4400.kext
FakePCIID.kext
FakeSMC_ACPISensors.kext
FakeSMC_CPUSensors.kext
FakeSMC_GPUSensors.kext
FakeSMC_LPCSensors.kext
FakeSMC.kext
RealtekRTL8111.kext
ApplePS2SmartTouchPad.kext
I am not using the GenericUSBXHCI.kext as of now, but if needed, I can install it later.
I installed voodooHDA v287 and have sound working. You could install this before you reboot.
Eject your USB stick, reboot your system, press the ESC key for the boot menu and select your HDD, it will start with UEFI:
Working:
Touchscreen – not very useful at 1920x1080 – most things are too small
Touchpad
Sound – speakers and headphone only
Wired Ethernet
Display with QE/CI – resolutions available 1920x1080, 1600x900, 1344x756
Sleep, Shutdown and Restart
USB 2.0 - not sure about 3.0 – not tested
Webcam – limited testing done.
Keyboard fn+function keys: f1, f2, f3, f4, f5, f6, f7, f8, f9, f10, f11, f12
HDMI Video
Brightness slider
Brightness keys
Battery Status
Keyboard backlighting
Wifi/Bluetooth - using BCM4352 dual band + BT 4.0
Native Power Management
Not Working:
Sub-Woofer port – using voodooHDA – I have found posts regarding ALC668, but could not get it working on my system. I will research this further as I would rather use AppleHDA if I could.
NVidia GTX 850M – Disabled
HDMI Audio
Card reader: Realtek RTS5139
Not Tested:
DP port
USB 3.0
I hope other owners of this system are successful and help with items that are not working. I know that it will never be 100%, but as of now my system is useable for me. Good luck, and if you have problems drop me a post. I will check the site often to see if anyone needs help.
______________________
Credits:
rehabMan and others involved with information contained in the guide - Booting the OS X installer on Laptops with Clover UEFI
the-darkvoid and other involved with information contained in the Fix – Intel HD4200HD4400HD4600 Mobile on Yosemite.
autumnrain, slice2009 for their work on voodooHDA
EMlyDinEsH - for providing touchpad kext and asus fn hotkey kext.
Although many people had input to the the info contained, there are too many to list here. Thank you all for your input.
Asus N550JK-DS71T
CPU: i7-4700HQ 2.4GHz – 3.4GHz
GPU: Intel HD 4600, NVidia GTX 850M 2GB
Screen: 15.6 Inch Full-HD IPS Touchscreen (Max 1920x1080)
Cam: 720P HD
RAM: 8GB – DDR3 1600
Wi-Fi: Intel Dual Band AC 7260
Wired Ethernet: Realtek RTL8168/8111
Optical: DVD±RW/CD-RW
Ports: HDMI, Mini DP, 3xUSB 3.0, sub-woofer, combo headphone/microphone
Card reader: Realtek RTS5139
HDD: 1TB Mechanical 5400 RPM (Slow)
---------------
My BIOS Setting – press F2 to enter BIOS setup
Advanced tab:
VT-d - Disabled
USB – Legacy USB Support - Enabled
XHCI Pre-Boot Mode – Disabled
Boot tab:
Fast Boot – Disabled
Launch CSM – Disabled
Security tab:
Secure Boot Menu
Secure Boot Control – Disabled
Save and exit BIOS
-----------------------
Creating the USB boot and installer
Use – http://www.tonymacx86.com/yosemite-...oting-os-x-installer-laptops-clover-uefi.html
Everything you need to create the USB stick and install Yosemite is included in this guide.
I partitioned my USB with 1 GPT partition and used the Create Install Media method to copy the OS X install files to USB.
After formatting the USB, install clover
Copy the following kexts to EFI/Clover/kexts/other
ApplePS2SmartTouchPad -- Google search - available at OSXLatitude - I'm using SmartTouchPad_v4.3_Final
GenericUSBXHCI - I didn't need this, but it does not crash the system if installed.
RealtekRTL8111
All of the FakeSMC kexts (5 total) – My system got stuck at the spinning cursor in the upper left corner without them.
Config.plist - Use ConfigHD4600_4200.plist as a starting point – need to be modified. Must be renamed to config.plist and copied to the USB EFI/Clover directory to replace the default plist that is installed with clover.
I had to modify the following section in config.plist – otherwise I got garbled (distorted) screen that is unreadable.
Section: Devices: – IntelGFX – change string 0x04128086 to 0x0. This will need to be change back to 0x04128086 after you install Clover to your HDD, or if you will use the USB stick to boot OS X. This is part of the process that will enable QE/CI.
If you are planning on installing OS X on the same drive as Windows, good luck. There is a link in the guide listed above regarding Windows and OS X on the same drive. I was unable to format the second partition on my drive, so I decided to install OS X on an external 7200-RPM USB drive, which actually boot faster than the internal 5400-RPM drive. I will install a second internal drive after I have everything working. The benefit of using external for me is – I am able to attach the drive to my desktop to modify things in the event it does not boot on my laptop, which happened several times during trial and error.
Now that you have the USB installer - boot your laptop and press/hold the ESC key to bring up the boot menu. Select your USB stick as the boot device (should say UEFI: USB xxxxx Flash Drive). If the USB is not listed in the menu, - use CTRL/ALT/DEL to reboot, press ESC for the boot menu. Loading the installer from USB is a slow process, so give it at least 2-3 minutes. For me, once the progress bar is just below the apple, I got an arrow cursor in the upper left corner, the progress bar finished quickly and the installer screen loaded. If you have a spinning cursor in the upper left corner and it has been more than 4-5 minutes, something is wrong. Recheck everything with the guide and try again.
The install on my system – Stage 1 took between 8-12 minutes and stage 2 took between 15-20 minutes.
If you are successful in getting OS X installed, boot from your USB installer stick and select the HDD to boot OS X. Install clover to the HDD EFI partition. Copy your config.plist, the kexts and the HFSPlus.efi driver from the USB stick to their correct location on the HDD EFI partition.
Modify the Devices: section of the config.plist that you copied to the HDD EFI partition and change the IntelGFX string back to 0x04128086. Do not modify the one on the USB stick, since you have a working installer. At this point you will not have QE/CI yet , therefore the screen will be slow and jerky.
I used the Yosemite 10.10.0 for my installer. Before I proceeded further, I updated the system to 10.10.3.
See the following guide pertaining to the HD4600
http://www.tonymacx86.com/yosemite-...tel-hd4200-hd4400-hd4600-mobile-yosemite.html
I had to modify my config.plist as follows to get QE/CI to work. In Section - KernelAndKextPatches, KextsToPatch (16 Items)
Refer to the above guide – just below the heading Intel HD4000 Mobile [8086:0a16] using FakePCIID.
There are two links to posts regarding garbled screen issues. Use the link for #post926735 and refer to post #189.
The following item is already listed in the config.plist that you downloaded. Deleted disabled: to enable this option.
<dict>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>0x0a260006 9MB cursor bytes patch</string>
<key>Name</key>
<string>disabled:AppleIntelFramebufferAzul</string>
<key>Find</key>
<data>BgAmCgEDAwMAAAACAAAwAQAAYAA=</data>
<key>Replace</key>
<data>BgAmCgEDAwMAAAACAAAwAQAAkAA=</data
</dict>
This fixed the distortion in the menu bar.
To remove the boot screen glitch, I had to enable CSM in BIOS and install CsmVideoDxe-64.efi to EFI/Clover/drivers64UEFI. This can be installed using Clover Configurator, under Install Drivers. Mount EFI partition, load your config.plist, select install drivers from bottom left. On the install driver screen, select EFI in the target partition box (upper right), select CsmVideoDx from the Drivers UEFI 64 Bit section.
As of this update 5/21/2015 - I have all of my kexts in EFI/Clover/kexts/10.10 - all is working good so far.
FakePCIID_HD4600_HD4400.kext
FakePCIID.kext
FakeSMC_ACPISensors.kext
FakeSMC_CPUSensors.kext
FakeSMC_GPUSensors.kext
FakeSMC_LPCSensors.kext
FakeSMC.kext
RealtekRTL8111.kext
ApplePS2SmartTouchPad.kext
I am not using the GenericUSBXHCI.kext as of now, but if needed, I can install it later.
I installed voodooHDA v287 and have sound working. You could install this before you reboot.
Eject your USB stick, reboot your system, press the ESC key for the boot menu and select your HDD, it will start with UEFI:
Working:
Touchscreen – not very useful at 1920x1080 – most things are too small
Touchpad
Sound – speakers and headphone only
Wired Ethernet
Display with QE/CI – resolutions available 1920x1080, 1600x900, 1344x756
Sleep, Shutdown and Restart
USB 2.0 - not sure about 3.0 – not tested
Webcam – limited testing done.
Keyboard fn+function keys: f1, f2, f3, f4, f5, f6, f7, f8, f9, f10, f11, f12
HDMI Video
Brightness slider
Brightness keys
Battery Status
Keyboard backlighting
Wifi/Bluetooth - using BCM4352 dual band + BT 4.0
Native Power Management
Not Working:
Sub-Woofer port – using voodooHDA – I have found posts regarding ALC668, but could not get it working on my system. I will research this further as I would rather use AppleHDA if I could.
NVidia GTX 850M – Disabled
HDMI Audio
Card reader: Realtek RTS5139
Not Tested:
DP port
USB 3.0
I hope other owners of this system are successful and help with items that are not working. I know that it will never be 100%, but as of now my system is useable for me. Good luck, and if you have problems drop me a post. I will check the site often to see if anyone needs help.
______________________
Credits:
rehabMan and others involved with information contained in the guide - Booting the OS X installer on Laptops with Clover UEFI
the-darkvoid and other involved with information contained in the Fix – Intel HD4200HD4400HD4600 Mobile on Yosemite.
autumnrain, slice2009 for their work on voodooHDA
EMlyDinEsH - for providing touchpad kext and asus fn hotkey kext.
Although many people had input to the the info contained, there are too many to list here. Thank you all for your input.
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