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[Guide] Dell XPS 13 9360 on MacOS Sierra 10.12.x - LTS (Long-Term Support) Guide

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@bozma88 or anyone else for that matter- have you tried to install Windows for dual booting WITH your NVMe in 4k native format? I've tried to install Windows on it but it does not recognize the ssd.

I am dual booting Windows 10 through Clover using 4k format, your issue shouldn't be related with 4k formatting.
 
I am dual booting Windows 10 through Clover using 4k format, your issue shouldn't be related with 4k formatting.
Ok thanks. Maybe it had something to do with my partitions. I'll try again.
 
Please document your changes if you want it tested and included.

Ps: have you tried the beta release? Any feedback?

Hey bozman,

I've been using the beta release, and it's worked flawlessly so far on my UHD 9360 (no power problems before or after).

Only two little bugs observed so far
- The power button, as you already noted
- When I plug in an external monitor, using USB3-DP adaptor, the system immediately reboots. If I boot from cold with the monitor plugged in, it never makes it to the login screen and gets stuck in a reboot cycle.

Would be interested to know if anyone else observed the monitor issue; happy to provide problem reporting files if they can help...
 
Hey bozman,

I've been using the beta release, and it's worked flawlessly so far on my UHD 9360 (no power problems before or after).

Only two little bugs observed so far
- The power button, as you already noted
- When I plug in an external monitor, using USB3-DP adaptor, the system immediately reboots. If I boot from cold with the monitor plugged in, it never makes it to the login screen and gets stuck in a reboot cycle.

Would be interested to know if anyone else observed the monitor issue; happy to provide problem reporting files if they can help...

This is the very same behaviour I observed when I messed things up patching the ports on the framebuffer.
First of all, please provide all the problem reporting files.

Has anyone else ever tried DP adapters?
We all tested HDMI, and I don't have any DP adapter nor screen on hands.
 
Hey bozman,

I've been using the beta release, and it's worked flawlessly so far on my UHD 9360 (no power problems before or after).

Only two little bugs observed so far
- The power button, as you already noted
- When I plug in an external monitor, using USB3-DP adaptor, the system immediately reboots. If I boot from cold with the monitor plugged in, it never makes it to the login screen and gets stuck in a reboot cycle.

Would be interested to know if anyone else observed the monitor issue; happy to provide problem reporting files if they can help...

I had the same problem when I plugged a USB-C to HDMI cable in. Haven't really spent time debugging this as it wasn't a priority - what I did try was increasing the DVMT memory allocation but to no avail.

I ordered a miniDP adaptor but a DP turned up from China, am waiting for the replacement to turn up in the next few weeks(months?)
 
This is the very same behaviour I observed when I messed things up patching the ports on the framebuffer.
First of all, please provide all the problem reporting files.

Has anyone else ever tried DP adapters?
We all tested HDMI, and I don't have any DP adapter nor screen on hands.

Here are the problem reporting files - many thanks!
 

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Here are the problem reporting files - many thanks!

Comments:
- dual EC devices probably not a good idea. Remove the Device (_SB.EC) from SSDT-USBX.aml. (native EC is already renamed by config.plist/ACPI/patches)
- CPU PM not implemented
- probably need FakePCIID_Intel_HDMI_Audio.kext
- BrcmPatchRAM2 is hanging (USB issue, probably due to Google Chrome USB hooking, see FAQ)
 
Here are the problem reporting files - many thanks!
I don't find any difference from my own working config, so it's 90% caused by your adapter. We have to investigate it.
I tried 4 different USB-C => HDMI adapters, connected to 3 different monitors, one of them without integrated audio, and everything works fine. What BIOS version are you running?

Since your adapter is DP, and in the framebuffer the ports are already marked as DP, I don't see any way in which a patched framebuffer could help...

Is there anyone else who tested video out and can give his feedback?
 
I don't find any difference from my own working config, so it's 90% caused by your adapter. We have to investigate it.
I tried 4 different USB-C => HDMI adapters, connected to 3 different monitors, one of them without integrated audio, and everything works fine. What BIOS version are you running?

Since your adapter is DP, and in the framebuffer the ports are already marked as DP, I don't see any way in which a patched framebuffer could help...

Is there anyone else who tested video out and can give his feedback?


Hello,

Rehabman's steps fixed it - I can plug in and unplug and it works seamlessly. I will try to check whether it was _SB.EC or FakePCIID_Intel_HDMI_Audio.kext that did it.

Thanks again to both of you

PS I am running BIOS 1.3.5, having upgraded from 1.3.2 just before switching to the beta hotpatch files.
 
Some minor issues:

- Battery menu icon doesn't appear in red colour when is <10%
- Wifi signal menu icon of current connected network is always at 100%
- Shift + insert reboots the computer instead of sleeping it
- Brightness levels aren't restoring after reboot
- Couldn't map alt (option) to caps lock, because it messes up with the toggle function
 
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