[Guide] Razer Blade 15 (2018) Detailed Install Guide High Sierra 10.13.6 (17G2208-17G5019)

[vettz500]

@lunaoso for the black screen issue you can also try the attached SSDT-PNLF. Other users have reported more success with it than the one I included in the black screen fix test.

 

[lunaoso]

@lunaoso for the black screen issue you can also try the attached SSDT-PNLF. Other users have reported more success with it than the one I included in the black screen fix test.

1/1 so far with that SSDT-PNLF... So far so good. I'll run with that one for now then. Thanks! Audio is still being a pain, but I'll just keep messing with it until it comes back. I tried the suggestion you posted a few times and still no dice. For some reason it just decides to not work sometimes. I'm sure it's just being dumb and needs to get prodded a few times to come back.

EDIT: 1/2 . Still stayed consistent with what was happening before though. I'm not sure if yours does this, but my apple logo does this weird distortion thing on the boot screen. That I don't care about, but that is where I keep losing the backlight. So it must be something related to that. No idea what happens at that point though.

 

[lunaoso]

@vettz500 I've had quite the interesting revelation. I added AppleBacklightFixup.kext back and for whatever reason that fixed both my audio and my black screen issues (I think I'm 4/4 so far). I'm not sure why, because I am using the newest version of WEG and that supposedly replaced all of the code from AppleBacklightFixup according to the release notes...

Only problem now is that I'm getting inconsistent boots. Sometime it boots other times it gets stuck (not sure if its a KP or if its in an infinite loop somewhere, because every time it has happened so far I wasn't in verbose mode. Not expecting any advice or anything, just wanted to add some data to the issue. I'll add my PR files in a second for completeness.

 

[vettz500]

@vettz500 I've had quite the interesting revelation. I added AppleBacklightFixup.kext back and for whatever reason that fixed both my audio and my black screen issues (I think I'm 4/4 so far). I'm not sure why, because I am using the newest version of WEG and that supposedly replaced all of the code from AppleBacklightFixup according to the release notes...

Only problem now is that I'm getting inconsistent boots. Sometime it boots other times it gets stuck (not sure if its a KP or if its in an infinite loop somewhere, because every time it has happened so far I wasn't in verbose mode. Not expecting any advice or anything, just wanted to add some data to the issue. I'll add my PR files in a second for completeness.

Set your config.plist to always boot in verbose so you can see what's happening. Post your PR files and the description of what's happening in the 3 minute black screen thread I linked a few posts back

 

[vettz500]

@natherox and @Razeriste

Can both of you patch your DSDT with this code? See if your trackpad works with the Elan kext and if it doesn't try the 2CHID kext again.

into_all method code_regex If\s+\([\\]?_OSI\s+\(\"Windows\s2015\"\)\) replace_matched begin If(LOr(_OSI("Darwin"),_OSI("Windows 2015"))) end;

 

[natherox]

@natherox and @Razeriste

Can both of you patch your DSDT with this code? See if your trackpad works with the Elan kext and if it doesn't try the 2CHID kext again.

into_all method code_regex If\s+\([\\]?_OSI\s+\(\"Windows\s2015\"\)\) replace_matched begin If(LOr(_OSI("Darwin"),_OSI("Windows 2015"))) end;

No luck. Tried the patch with your I2C & 2CLEAN Kext then with I2C & 2CHID, neither worked.
I used the patch on a clean DSDT, not with the existing trackpad patch.

 

[vettz500]

No luck. Tried the patch with your I2C & 2CLEAN Kext then with I2C & 2CHID, neither worked.
I used the patch on a clean DSDT, not with the existing trackpad patch.

You need both Trackpad patches for it work, if it's going to. So add in the old patch with the new one and report back

 

[natherox]

You need both Trackpad patches for it work, if it's going to. So add in the old patch with the new one and report back

Tried both 2CLEAN & 2CHID with both patches, neither worked.

 

[natherox]

Remove EmuVariableUefi-64.efi, it should not be used with AptioMemoryFix.efi.
Use latest SSDT-XOSI from RehabMan, with Windows 2015 emulation:
https://github.com/RehabMan/OS-X-Clover-Laptop-Config/blob/master/hotpatch/SSDT-XOSI.dsl

TPD0._CRS is patched correctly for polling mode (or APIC interrupts, which are rarely possible...).

@vettz500 This is what they are saying on the support forum. I know the laptop does not function properly such as shut down and restart without it. What do you think?

 

[vettz500]

@vettz500 This is what they are saying on the support forum. I know the laptop does not function properly such as shut down and restart without it. What do you think?

EmuVariableUEFI being present is not why your trackpad isn't working