Just for reference I went through the entire BIOS extraction method described here to find out the possible options for setting DVMT pre-allocated value in the BIOS itself:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/tutorial-xps-15-9550-9550-bios-advanced-options.810307/
I can confirm that BIOS...
According to the Whatevergreen Framebuffer patching guide (Post #2), these ig-platform-id values should correspond to different configurations of the HD 620 and HD 630 graphics devices. These are my boot results:
0x59120000 - black screen, no kp
0x59120003 - kernel panic
0x59160000 - stuck at...
For whatever it's worth, I've tried to replicate the configuration from @shiecldk and @honsontran. Key issues persisting:
1) No QE acceleration available for ig-platform-id 0x59B10000, can only boot using "-igfxvesa" option from Whatevergreen (screen remains active in text mode, stuck on "...
Alright @michmill. I took the plunge and tried to tailor a set of kexts and a config.plist file for this machine.
Here are my notes in case they are useful. https://github.com/jjzazuet/macos-guides/blob/master/inspiron-7580.md
The machine seems to run pretty smoothly. Better than having it run...
Hi Mike. Apologies if I revive an old thread. I also have this laptop, and I'd like to contribute a guide for it, as well as try to install Sierra on my machine. I'd like to start writing a Markdown guide in Github with the necessary details.
- Are you still running OSX on your machine? If so...
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