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    [Guide] Dell Inspiron 15 7559 El Capitan Hackintosh (Dual Boot With Windows)

    Let me clarify. I asked too many questions at once. The attached files are the backup of my working EFI partition from my boot drive. I made this before I did any updating. Here's the order of events which led to an unbootable machine. -backup EFI partition from SSD -Did Apple security...
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    [Guide] Dell Inspiron 15 7559 El Capitan Hackintosh (Dual Boot With Windows)

    This is the EFI/Clover partition less the Themes folder and no content from outside the Clover directory. This is the EFI partition from the USB stick I use to boot. I hold F12 choose USB stick and then choose to boot OS X from the SSD once Clover loads. This EFI folder, I believe, is the same...
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    [Guide] Dell Inspiron 15 7559 El Capitan Hackintosh (Dual Boot With Windows)

    I've been running my 7559 Hackintosh for almost a year. I have done Apple system updates a few time. Each time after the update I have to boot with my USB Hackintosh Build from this thread. I run the Pixel Clock patch and everything works. This time I got greedy. I did the Apple update and...
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    [Guide] Dell Inspiron 15 7559 El Capitan Hackintosh (Dual Boot With Windows)

    I should have stated my question more clearly. Are you getting online with your Hackintosh with the standard WiFi card that came with the 7559? I didn't think that was possible. I don't see why you couldn't make this work by doing it all over an Ethernet connection to prove it out. But I'm...
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    [Guide] Dell Inspiron 15 7559 El Capitan Hackintosh (Dual Boot With Windows)

    Are you using the standard Intel based WiFi card with your Hackintosh 7559? I bought the recommended Broadcom WiFi card. It's worked very well for me and works just fine in Windows 10. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JGFA50U/?tag=tonymacx86com-20 I did the iMessage patch long enough ago...
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    [Guide] Dell Inspiron 15 7559 El Capitan Hackintosh (Dual Boot With Windows)

    I did get iMessage working. I followed this guide. I've never had to mess with it again. http://www.fitzweekly.com/2016/02/hackintosh-imessage-tutorial.html
  7. MikePieronek

    [Guide] Dell Inspiron 15 7559 El Capitan Hackintosh (Dual Boot With Windows)

    Glad I could help. If I needed a desktop rig, I would consider a desktop Hackintosh. You have much more control over the components. You would be able to build a really strong machine for a much more reasonable price than a Mac Pro. You'd still have the Hackintosh update hassle. But it may be...
  8. MikePieronek

    [Guide] Dell Inspiron 15 7559 El Capitan Hackintosh (Dual Boot With Windows)

    I didn't try the EmuVariable thing. I haven't been up here in a few weeks. I've been working a bunch and I'm back in school at night. I'll give this a shot and see if it works. I've had fun with this computer, but I'm seriously considering selling it. I don't want to lose too much money on it...
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    [Guide] Dell Inspiron 15 7559 El Capitan Hackintosh (Dual Boot With Windows)

    I have the Dell 7559 2016 model. Dell updated this model a couple of weeks ago with a new case Nvidia 1070 GTX graphics board. They might have rev'ed the processor to Kaby Lake, too. Looks like clock speed stayed the same. I've been running this as a Hackintosh for a few weeks. I own a MacBook...
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    [Guide] Dell Inspiron 15 7559 El Capitan Hackintosh (Dual Boot With Windows)

    I read the backlight guide. I tried installing ACPIBacklight as the guide suggested. My computer wouldn't boot after I installed it. I had to boot from USB and remove it to get back to where I am. I have to say there is a lot in that guide which is over my head. I am having another problem...
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    [Guide] Dell Inspiron 15 7559 El Capitan Hackintosh (Dual Boot With Windows)

    I open KextWizard and checked for loaded kexts before I installed. I had IntelBacklight 1.0.8 installed. I've always had it installed. I downloaded the newest IntelBacklight 2016-0506. I installed with KextWizard. A second or two later I saw text overlay on the lefthand side of the screen just...
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    [Guide] Dell Inspiron 15 7559 El Capitan Hackintosh (Dual Boot With Windows)

    Ok RehabMan. You probably thought I gave up. No way buddy! I got busy with work. Also, I didn't want to post again until I donated. I did that tonight. I did get the Samsung EVO 850 M.2 SSD installed. I rebuilt OS X from scratch again on the M.2. I put my Windows drive in. I can now dual boot...
  13. MikePieronek

    [Guide] Dell Inspiron 15 7559 El Capitan Hackintosh (Dual Boot With Windows)

    I appreciate all of the help RehabMan. I will do this. With the holiday over, I'm back at work. It might take a while to get this done. I didn't say this well. What I meant was, I didn't consciously do anything to set the DVMT-prealloc. I didn't see DVMT-prealloc in Post#1. I assume the 7559...
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    [Guide] Dell Inspiron 15 7559 El Capitan Hackintosh (Dual Boot With Windows)

    I had thought about trying a virtual box Mac first. How well does that work? I wanted to use this computer at work. We have a very restrictive network with limited ports. Only Macs work on wifi there. Because of that I wanted to use the Broadcom wifi board and see if this computer would get on...
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    [Guide] Dell Inspiron 15 7559 El Capitan Hackintosh (Dual Boot With Windows)

    I'm surprised I'm using DVMT-prealloc. It must be part of the #1 thread. Or it's baked into the files I downloaded. I'm fumbling along here. I am trying to research before I ask. I was reading more details about the Clover boot loader...
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