[Guide] Install High Sierra or Mojave on the Dell Optiplex 7010 / 9010 Desktop PC - Revision II

[jed2]

Inside a 7010 there is a little white label with probably a 3 on it which also states MBX permanently disabled. I have 3 7010s and they all say 3. From the factory other options are possible. With my version Ctrl-P has no function. The bios contains the MBX code but no config is possible (unlike the HP 8300). I can also confirm that hd4000 still works on these machines with MBX disabled. As I said before tho, HD4000 takes much longer to boot up than NV710 (on both Dell and HP). Although I do have my AMT disabled on my HP and perhaps I need to turn it on to see if it makes a difference.

 

[trs96]

Inside a 7010 there is a little white label with probably a 3 on it which also states MBX permanently disabled.

What is MBX ? Do you mean MEBx ? I can access that by pressing Ctrl P at boot and it asks for a password. The default is admin. What benefit would it be to have this if one was not needing any remote access ?

 

[jed2]

What is MBX ? Do you mean MEBx ? I can access that by pressing Ctrl P at boot and it asks for a password. The default is admin. What benefit would it be to have this if one was not needing any remote access ?

Yes MEBx. Same as AMT I guess. No benefit really. Your inside label must say something other than 3 if you have access to Ctrl-P. Not all 7010s equal.

 

[Sniki]

As I said before tho, HD4000 takes much longer to boot up than NV710 (on both Dell and HP). Although I do have my AMT disabled on my HP and perhaps I need to turn it on to see if it makes a difference.

That's why it takes too long to boot, so does mine, it has no effect on Windows but on macOS i can tell that from my experience it takes too long to boot with it turned off and on HP elite disabling the AMT disables the IMEI as well for me. So that causes long boot time and no QE/CI.YMMV

 

[smashabback]

So, I know exactly what I modified in the Framebuffer kext, so I reversed that back. (The guide I found on fixing HD 4000 Graphics said to add a hardware ID to the info.plist file. I removed the hardware ID and rebuilt the index.) Here are all options in my BIOS with the exception of the ones under Image Server and System Logs.

 

[smashabback]

Here's the Image Server tab. I'm intrigued by this "License Status" disabled screen.

 

[trs96]

So, I know exactly what I modified in the Framebuffer kext, so I reversed that back. (The guide I found on fixing HD 4000 Graphics said to add a hardware ID to the info.plist file. I removed the hardware ID and rebuilt the index.) Here are all options in my BIOS with the exception of the ones under Image Server and System Logs.

If you flashed the BIOS and loaded Optimized Defaults and then made the changes in the guide, I don't think the BIOS settings have anything to do with HD4000 problems. If you use the kexts specified in step 5 and install those properly HD4000 will work without having to mod any kexts. Compare your current BIOS settings with those in step 1 and see how they compare.

 

[smashabback]

I did a reinstall and on first boot all the kexts were all installed and ready, graphics acceleration is working. I've rebooted a couple times and all seems to be well.

BIOS is all set.

I am, however, still having a problem with videos freezing the computer. I've noticed specifically that it happens in Twitteriffic and Apple News, but sometimes it will happen in Safari as well. I'm going to post so I can switch back to my admin account and run another debug.

EDIT: Is there some sort of safe mode that can be tripped? It was working, it froze because I hit a webpage with a video and when it came back my acceleration was dead.

 

[smashabback]

As promised, here's my debug.

 

[Grizz]

I wouldn't be too confident that will work even with the right cable. Can you still return that card and get one of these:

Dual Band BCM94360CS2 PCI-E 867Mbps 802.11AC BT4.0 Wifi PCI-Express Adapter Card | eBay

BCM94360CS2 chip. WIFI: 2.4G 300M / 5G 867M. AC 1000M dual-band desktop PCI-E wireless LAN + Bluetooth 4.0 combo. 2 X Dual Band Antenna. Two Antenna;Signal Stronger,Full-height Bracket. Compatible interface: PCI-E X1 X4 X8 X16 and video card slot.

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I ordered this one today - cannot send the one I have back....but I have another OP7010 that I am going to put Windows 10 on - so I can use it for that one.

Grizz