Dell Inspiron 3493 - trackpad, keyboard and Wi-Fi troubles

[thatbordercollie]

Update: I have fixed the trackpad and keyboard, along with Ethernet! All I need to fix now is gestures, as the computer is currently thinking the trackpad is a mouse - which means no gestures

 

[Feartech]

Gotcha. Thanks for the help! How do I install OpenCore to the laptop's UEFI btw, while removing the Windows bootloader entry?

you mount the EFI partition and copy over the EFI folder from your working USB installer

[Guide] Booting The USB Installer Using OpenCore

A guide in setting up your USB installer using OpenCore. You must have either a built-in ethernet or compatible Broadcom Wifi in your laptop for this guide to work. Built-in Intel Wifi can also work if set correctly...

www.tonymacx86.com

 

[thatbordercollie]

That worked perfectly!

 

[thatbordercollie]

I'm in a bit of a pickle. For some reason, the screen completely turns off during the boot process, disallowing me from troubleshooting potential issues. I'll post my bootargs when I'm able to boot into macOS

Update: Relatedly, experiencing panics now. something to do with dc9

 

[thatbordercollie]

Bootargs:
-v debug=0x100 keepsyms=1 alcid=3 -igfxcdc -igfxdvmt

 

[thatbordercollie]

Update: I have fixed Wi-Fi/Bluetooth (swapped in an Intel card over my previous Atheros, and I'll test iServices soon), but I'm now experiencing another issue: While my trackpad does work, it's recognized as a mouse and VoodooI2CHID.kext isn't loading. (I have a PS2 keyboard and I2C trackpad) I generated my XOSI with SSDTTime. I'll share my EFI folder below.

 

[Feartech]

Update: I have fixed Wi-Fi/Bluetooth (swapped in an Intel card over my previous Atheros, and I'll test iServices soon), but I'm now experiencing another issue: While my trackpad does work, it's recognized as a mouse and VoodooI2CHID.kext isn't loading. (I have a PS2 keyboard and I2C trackpad) I generated my XOSI with SSDTTime. I'll share my EFI folder below.

you want to disable VoodooPS2Trackpad.kext, look at post 7 again for kext ordering

 

[thatbordercollie]

you want to disable VoodooPS2Trackpad.kext, look at post 7 again for kext ordering

My current kext order, as per #7

 

[thatbordercollie]

Okay, so I had another look at the dortania guide. VoodooI2C is attached to GPI0, but the system DSDT generated with SSDTTime (using the Auto function, it detects Windows 2015) doesn't have any

_LSTA

methods. Maybe that's causing my trackpad issues?