ASUS ROG GL551JK fully working on Mavericks

[pippoaacc]

I am planning to buy this machine in order to build a hackintosh for working in Apple Logic on some projects, so I need a dual boot config.
I have some questions:

1)How does it work in terms of fan management? Always running half/full speed or correctly scaling?
2)does sleep work?
3)can you confirm that we can't install Mountain Lion because this is a Haswell cpu, so only 10.9 and newer?
4)Do you know if this is the same as jx 16gb ram variant in terms of system hardware?
5)It seems to me that this machine has a m.2 sata slot for ssds. It could be possible to run osx from m.2 and windows from regular sata?
6)Last question. Do you know how this machine compares to Lenovo Y50-70 as a hackintosh?

Thanks so much for your patience in helping a poor musician!

 

[shutt1e]

I am planning to buy this machine in order to build a hackintosh for working in Apple Logic on some projects, so I need a dual boot config.
I have some questions:

1)How does it work in terms of fan management? Always running half/full speed or correctly scaling?
2)does sleep work?
3)can you confirm that we can't install Mountain Lion because this is a Haswell cpu, so only 10.9 and newer?
4)Do you know if this is the same as jx 16gb ram variant in terms of system hardware?
5)It seems to me that this machine has a m.2 sata slot for ssds. It could be possible to run osx from m.2 and windows from regular sata?
6)Last question. Do you know how this machine compares to Lenovo Y50-70 as a hackintosh?

Thanks so much for your patience in helping a poor musician!

i'm talking about the N551, but i think also apply for the G551 being the motherboard shared on both models.
1) fan works on macos yosemite as it works on windows. so it spin more when the cpu is hot and spin down when its cool.with proper dsdt/ssdt files one can have native powermanagement and cpu stepping.
2) yes
3)no idea. i got this one when yosemite was out and tried just that one
4) dunno but i think so. mine has 2 ram slots and only one populated with a 8gb ddr3-l memory
5) i'm unsure if that is a m2 slot or a previous version. unluckly it is not accessible and you have to disassembly the laptop to have access to it. my slot currently is not populated so i can't tell.Bios offer many boot possibilities so i think it can be done.
6) no idea, i don't own a such machine.

i'm using a lot garageband on mine, and it runs pretty well. even if mine has only 8gb ram it play sampled/generated/loops sounds with no stutters or other issues. i did not tried midi because i lack of the interface

 

[shutt1e]

Everything is not totally fixed, but work is in progress. Thanks for your tips, i'll try ur kext for the trackpad + audio. When i could work on it i'll correct my config.plist to make 9MB fix cursor working with my ACPI files and then, tryin to fix all my ACPI with battery, sleep, CPU, desactivate discrete cards...
Finally i'll correct the trackpad+audio and I'll make a detailed thread to explain all the point to follow to make it work well.

simply disable nvidia in clover config

<key>Arguments</key>
<string>dart=0 nv_disable=1 kext-dev-mode=1</string>

and take a look at the acpi files i posted, they already include battery,display brightness,keyboard backlight,powermanagement and usb fixes
for battery management you need acpi+ACPIBatteryManager.kext, for brightness acpi+ACPIBacklight.kext and for kb backlight acpi+AsusNBFnKeys.kext
This laptop has some external methods defined on the ssdt files, so patching the dsdt is not enough.
actually i have patched the original dsdt ssdt5 ssdt6 ssdt7, while ssdt you can see on my earlier post has been generated for the powermanagement using the guide posted on this forum. using a such patched acpi set you can definitely drop all tables using clover.

 /*
 Patches included:
 backlight
 fn keys
 Battery 
 IGFX rename
 Airport brcm
 OSDW
 USB2/USB3
 XHC rename
 mutex_with_non_zero
 HDEF layout 3
 B0D3 rename as HDAU
 */

nb i realized i changed my acpi files since last post. so here is the last version
View attachment patched.zip

 

[RehabMan]

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3)can you confirm that we can't install Mountain Lion because this is a Haswell cpu, so only 10.9 and newer?

Haswell is supported by 10.8.5 or newer.

 

[RehabMan]

simply disable nvidia in clover config

<key>Arguments</key>
<string>dart=0 nv_disable=1 kext-dev-mode=1</string>

This disables the Nvidia drivers, not the device itself.

 

[iskamyra]

i'm talking about the N551, but i think also apply for the G551 being the motherboard shared on both models.
1) fan works on macos yosemite as it works on windows. so it spin more when the cpu is hot and spin down when its cool.with proper dsdt/ssdt files one can have native powermanagement and cpu stepping.
2) yes
3)no idea. i got this one when yosemite was out and tried just that one
4) dunno but i think so. mine has 2 ram slots and only one populated with a 8gb ddr3-l memory
5) i'm unsure if that is a m2 slot or a previous version. unluckly it is not accessible and you have to disassembly the laptop to have access to it. my slot currently is not populated so i can't tell.Bios offer many boot possibilities so i think it can be done.
6) no idea, i don't own a such machine.

i'm using a lot garageband on mine, and it runs pretty well. even if mine has only 8gb ram it play sampled/generated/loops sounds with no stutters or other issues. i did not tried midi because i lack of the interface

Hi pippoaacc, i can't give you responses about the final installation, but for my G551 the fan system seem to work properly even if i don't patched my DSDT/SSDT.
For the M.2 slot, it's already occupied by a M.2 "small" format card which is used like a cache SSD (making the system SSD + the 1TB HDD 7200rpm in "hybrid" mode). It's not easy to open and i don't think you'll find easily this kind of SSD card. An other thing is to buy an classic 2,5" SSD (you must check if it have the right measure) and buy an SATA 2nd HDD SSD caddy adapter for Laptops like this one : http://www.amazon.fr/dp/B00C94G7Q6/?tag=tonymacx8607-21 like this, u loose your DVD recorder but you will have 2 disk : 1 SSD for your favourite OS, and the second (1TB) for your precious DATAS
When i bought i hesitate between these 2 models, but a "best offer" on a website made me choose the G551.
The Lenovo is a very good laptop near this one. The principle difference between this 2 brands is the renown, here in France Lenovo is essentialy used by entreprise but for people Asus has a better popularity and the second-hand market is therefore favorable to Asus.

 

[iskamyra]

simply disable nvidia in clover config

<key>Arguments</key>
<string>dart=0 nv_disable=1 kext-dev-mode=1</string>

and take a look at the acpi files i posted, they already include battery,display brightness,keyboard backlight,powermanagement and usb fixes
for battery management you need acpi+ACPIBatteryManager.kext, for brightness acpi+ACPIBacklight.kext and for kb backlight acpi+AsusNBFnKeys.kext
This laptop has some external methods defined on the ssdt files, so patching the dsdt is not enough.
actually i have patched the original dsdt ssdt5 ssdt6 ssdt7, while ssdt you can see on my earlier post has been generated for the powermanagement using the guide posted on this forum. using a such patched acpi set you can definitely drop all tables using clover.

 /*
 Patches included:
 backlight
 fn keys
 Battery 
 IGFX rename
 Airport brcm
 OSDW
 USB2/USB3
 XHC rename
 mutex_with_non_zero
 HDEF layout 3
 B0D3 rename as HDAU
 */

nb i realized i changed my acpi files since last post. so here is the last version
View attachment 137947

Thanks for your files, i hesitate to use it cause i have more SSDT than you and i'm affraid if its make a problem. But now i'll make a backup of my HDD and then try to load it. I'll tell you later

EDIT : Finally, after making a backup on a external HDD, i put your ACPI files in the good CLOVER folder and i modified my config.plist to enable your files. Then i rebooted and now... AMAZING all works fine
The keyboard red light, the "FN" keys, and i think many others... so many many Thanks to you.

So i have a question: where are your others SSDT files? why don't you include in your CLOVER folder? Are they CPU related?

I find a bug (if it can be called like that) if your keys are lightning and you make your laptop sleepin, the keys stayed lightning. It is the same for you?

EDIT 2 : After some test, the sleep mode don't work. When i click on "sleep" after a few time, the laptop go to sleep. I let it rest some minutes and then try to awake it, no chance : it don't wake up ( i clicked on keyboard, trackpad, external mouse and even the "power button"). The only thing i founded to change the situation was to disconnect the A/C charger, and then reconnect , restart..
Just a thing to know : i actually don't use the battery, cause my laptop don't go out my house and i don't need it for the moment (the battery is in its original case never opened!!!) Maybe the problem come from this? But why ?

 

[shutt1e]

i use only the ssdt files you see, on the original bios ssdt1 to 4 are related to cpu pm. the cpu native pm guide http://www.tonymacx86.com/yosemite-laptop-support/146870-guide-native-power-management-laptops.html generated for me only one file, so i removed 1 to 4 and replaced with this generated one. (actually i drop them all with clover)
i never paid attention to keyboard light status on sleep, well, i did it now while i was writing this message. if i push stop on the apple menu the laptop goes in standby and the leds on keyboard turn off. if i engage the sleep closing the screen leds turn off and don't turn on when i open the screen, so i have to press fn+f4 to make them light again.
i cannot figure what is breaking the sleep on yours, it never failed for me since first time. i sent the laptop to sleep after i wrote my earlier message this afternoon and waked it this evening to write this new one, then to try the keyboard leds i sent it to sleep and wake 3 times more, on 3th wake i lost the touchpad lol
then i sent it on sleep again to have it back.keep in account on real macbooks the battery can't be removed easily, so maybe if you remove it can be part of the problem (maybe Rehabman can tell us more about this)

 

[shutt1e]

This disables the Nvidia drivers, not the device itself.

this mean it is still powered on and sucks battery even if not used?
if so i have to find how to disable totally. it is a waste of money because a gtx860 perform better than the integrated Intel but very unlikely we will ever see a optimus based macbook pro

 

[RehabMan]

this mean it is still powered on and sucks battery even if not used?

Yes.

if so i have to find how to disable totally.

http://www.tonymacx86.com/yosemite-...bling-discrete-graphics-dual-gpu-laptops.html