[Guide] Lenovo Z50-70/Z40-70/G50-70/G40-70 using Clover UEFI

[Feartech]

Hi guys,

I got a recent problem but I don't know where it comes from and I was afraid it might be a hardware issue but here it is :
I've been stuck for a while, like one time out of two, on the apple logo after some reboot or just turning on the computer. Once I tried on verbose, It showed nothing other than the black screen and half a ligne of ++++ and nothing else happen unless I shut it down... I'm running El Capitan and using DW1830 card.

I've benn looking over the web, tried multiple time machine versin of my working OS but no changes... I really thought I had a problem with my hardware when it didn't want to boot anymore untill yesterday, I donno why but I tried and manage to boot.

Here is my debug report + attached files :





Thanks a lot for your help !

you are missing either:
OsxAptioFixDrv, OsxAptioFix2Drv, OsxAptioFix3Drv or AptioMemoryFix.efi

in drivers/UEFI

or drivers64UEFI

(depending on what version of clover you are running)

config.plist:
<key>ProductName 2</key>

should be:
<key>ProductName</key>

 

[Smexhy]

Hey guys, where I can find newest versions of kexts:

LiluHelper.kext
ApplePS2SmartTouchPad.kext

thanks

 

[Feartech]

Hey guys, where I can find newest versions of kexts:

LiluHelper.kext
ApplePS2SmartTouchPad.kext

thanks

liluhelper you create yourself, only needed if you have your kexts in /L/E and to be honest, it only sorts them in an order so probably an update would not really be needed

 

[Smexhy]

liluhelper you create yourself, only needed if you have your kexts in /L/E and to be honest, it only sorts them in an order so probably an update would not really be needed

oh, I was thinking about how it got there...so do you think its safe to remove it if I don't have any kext in L/E? I installed my macOS from the start only by using kexts in /Other folder.

 

[Feartech]

oh, I was thinking about how it got there...so do you think its safe to remove it if I don't have any kext in L/E? I installed my macOS from the start only by using kexts in /Other folder.

delete it then as it is not recommend to use in clover and will cause issues

 

[Greg69006]

you are missing either:
OsxAptioFixDrv, OsxAptioFix2Drv, OsxAptioFix3Drv or AptioMemoryFix.efi

in drivers/UEFI

or drivers64UEFI

(depending on what version of clover you are running)

config.plist:
<key>ProductName 2</key>

should be:
<key>ProductName</key>

you are missing either:
OsxAptioFixDrv, OsxAptioFix2Drv, OsxAptioFix3Drv or AptioMemoryFix.efi

in drivers/UEFI

or drivers64UEFI

(depending on what version of clover you are running)

config.plist:
<key>ProductName 2</key>

should be:
<key>ProductName</key>

Thanks a lot ! I'm sorry I was so stupid when I installed the latest clover version, I forgot to reinstalled it !

 

[NickN]

Hi, I would like to know which SMBIOS is better (or recommended) for the Lenovo G50-70. Thank you.

 

[mrugeshtank]

Currently, I'm running on 10.15.3. Everything is running smoothly except TouchBar. Even wifi is working without whitelist BIOS. Now I want to update to 10.15.6, the update is downloaded but it is not being installed. Whenever I tried to install always system do some progress and then restart and then it will boot as it was before. I have 60GB + free disk space.

Can anyone help me to solve this? Which kind of other info can I provide for a better solution?

 

[NataN1920]

Hello can whoes give me complite efi fot g50-70 ? in clover for mac os mojave but i upgrade for catalina

 

[dnivra]

At the outset I would like to thank Mikorist for his brilliant effort with OC. I only wish I had seen this post earlier!

I have a stock G50-70 with Atheros AR9565. Had challenges in getting the trackpad and wifi to work earlier.

With Mikorist's EFI, I am able to get Catalina 10.15.6 working with all features except trackpad, WiFi (AR9565) and Audio jack auto sensing.

#1 I had to use ApplePS2SmartTouchPad.kext to get the ELAN trackpad working as VoodooPS2Controller.kext (ELAN specific) didnt work properly.
Query: Am I missing something?

#2 Was able to get WiFi (AR9565) working by using corecapture.kext, CoreCaptureResponder.kext and updating IO80211Family.kext in S/L/E.
Query: Are 'BrcmBluetoothInjector.kext', BrcmFirmwareData.kext, and BrcmPatchRAM3.kext required for Atheros WiFi?

#3 Using the VoodooHDA.kext, the jack auto sensing doesnt work. Have to manually select output as 'Headphone' after plugging the headphone. It used to work using AppleALC in Mojave using Clover with the usual configuration.
Query: Anyone else facing this issue? Is there anything else to be configured?

Thank you

Edit1: #1 Resolved after changing ApplePS2SmartTouchPad.kext back to latest ELAN VoodooPS2Controller (v2.1.5)

#3 Resolved after replacing VoodooHDA.kext with AppleALC.kext.