XPS 15 (9560) on macOS 10.13 (17A405)
Motherboard: Dell 05FFDN
CPU: i7-7700HQ
RAM: 16GB 2400Mhz DDR4
Storage: Samsung EVO 960 250GB
Wi-Fi: Dell DW1560 (BCM94352Z)
Extras:
Dell DA200 USB-C Travel Adapter &
Dell WD15 180W Docking Station (USB-C)
BIOS Settings (aside from OP):
Thunderbolt Adapter Configuration: All Disabled with No Security
SD Card: Disabled
TPM: Off
Computrace: Disabled
Intel SGX: Disabled
Wake on Dell USB-C Dock: Disabled
Battery Charge Profile: Standard
Numlock: Enabled
FN-lock Mode: Disable/Standard
Fastboot: Minimal
BIOS POST Time: 0s
Intel Virtualization Technology: Enabled
VT for Direct I/O: Disabled
Wireless Switch: All Disabled (WLAN & Bluetooth)
Wireless Device: All Enabled (WLAN & Bluetooth)
Auto OS Recovery Threshold: OFF
SupportAssist OS Recovery: Disabled
Not Working:
- Shutting down while either DA200 or WD15 are connected to the USB-C port results in a restart. Without either connected the machine shuts down correctly.
- Mini DP on the WD15 gives no video output. System does see a second monitor but I get a black screen resulting in sleep mode after a few seconds. HDMI on the WD15 works fine though.
- Boot is noticeably slower on HS compared to Sierra. Up to 30sec compared to <10s before.
- No Windows partition to compare, but the Wi-Fi feels really slow. On a 500mbps connection I barely scratch the 20mbps down, and up is always 10-15mbps faster. USB LAN 10/100/1000 hits 520-535mbps up&down so that’s good.
- Not sure if it’s a HS bug, but the “show item info” in “Show View Options” in Finder seems to get “stuck”. For instance, having 10 items in folder, going in, deleting 3, going back, you still see “10 items” info under the folder. Relaunching Finder updates the values but doesn’t really fix the issue.
- Not a problem really, but while shutting down, when macOS is killing all tasks I get a green screen(on built-in display or external monitor when connected). Might be related to one of the display issues mentioned above so I thought I’d add it.
All else seems to be working correctly.
Side note; Bluetooth is working better than it did on Sierra for me. Much larger range, no drags, lags or cut offs in BT audio, BT mouse/keyboard etc.
Still need to figure out
how and what to patch correctly. Using OPs SSDTs which I’ve been informed is over patched and not a good idea to do so to begin with (differences in BIOS, hardware etc etc), but have to do for now until I figure out how to do it myself and get around the PARSEOP errors etc.