[Guide] Acer Swift 5 SF514-53t whiskey lake MacOS10.14.5

[richardchiu]

@richardchiu
You may be able to control the built-in screen backlight using function keys by the following.

(1) install AppleBacklightFixup.kext to /Library/Extensions

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(2) compile SSDT-PNLFCFL.dsl to SSDT-PNLFCFL.aml
and add the latter to CLOVER/ACPI/patched

OS-X-Clover-Laptop-Config/hotpatch/SSDT-PNLFCFL.dsl at master · RehabMan/OS-X-Clover-Laptop-Config

Some Clover config.plist files for common Intel graphics configurations - RehabMan/OS-X-Clover-Laptop-Config

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with the two above steps, hopefully you will be able to control screen backlight using the slider that should appear in System Preferences/Display

to be able to control screen brightness using function keys (F3 for brightness down, F4 for brightness up):

(3) add following patch to DSDT

into method label _Q8F replace_content

begin

// Brightness Down\n

    Notify(\_SB.PCI0.LPCB.PS2K, 0x0405)\n

end;

into method label _Q8E replace_content

begin

// Brightness Up\n

    Notify(\_SB.PCI0.LPCB.PS2K, 0x0406)\n

end;

[Guide] Patching DSDT/SSDT for LAPTOP backlight control

IMPORTANT: 10.12.4 and later Refer to this guide for backlight implementation: https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/laptop-backlight-control-using-applebacklightinjector-kext.218222/ Note: This guide can still be used on 10.12.4+ to implement your backlight keys... Overview Note: This guide...

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GitHub - 7ack/Acer-V5-572-Hackintosh: Mac OS Acer V5-572 On Sierra

Mac OS Acer V5-572 On Sierra. Contribute to 7ack/Acer-V5-572-Hackintosh development by creating an account on GitHub.

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It seems to be that AppleBacklightFixup.kext no more needed to have slider.

My keyboard maps seems to somewhat different to yours but thanks anyway!

 

[warty]

@richardchiu sorry to bother you again but is your touchpad working by interrupts mode or only by polling?

 

[richardchiu]

@richardchiu sorry to bother you again but is your touchpad working by interrupts mode or only by polling?

To be honest, I am not really sure. But it is well-pinned. VoodooGPIO.kext is loaded. It may be in the interrupts Mode (GPIO)

 

[fetot]

Thanks for the guide! Just to let you know, your guide is also applicable to Swift 3 SF314-56. Mostly the same internals.

Hi arkusuma, I have the same laptop as yours Swift 3 SF314-56, may I see your full clover folder please? Thanks

 

[chronome]

@victrvictr I have the Swift 3 SF314-54G with elan504, may I ask how you got your touchpad working? Best thing I could do is for it to simulate a mouse. I can drag and click, but no two or three touch gestures of any kind. Thanks

 

[serge75]

Hi,
I have set up a SF515-77 which is the next model of SF514 using a different guide.
I got almost everything working except black screen after wake up (I see backlight but no image, mac is working perfectly on external hdmi after sleep).
I tried a lot of things, including FixEdid to create a customized Edid in Overrides with different screen type (A5,B5) etc ..
I tried to inject EDID and/or Intel with clover too at boot.
I tried different values for darkwake too.
anyway i still got the grey/blackscreen.
All kext are in /L/E including whatevergreen and lilu
Sleep/wake up is ok with external screen. Everything else is working.

Here is my clover folder and my system log after sleep/wake

Any idea to help me ??

 

[richardchiu]

Hi,
I have set up a SF515-77 which is the next model of SF514 using a different guide.
I got almost everything working except black screen after wake up (I see backlight but no image, mac is working perfectly on external hdmi after sleep).
I tried a lot of things, including FixEdid to create a customized Edid in Overrides with different screen type (A5,B5) etc ..
I tried to inject EDID and/or Intel with clover too at boot.
I tried different values for darkwake too.
anyway i still got the grey/blackscreen.
All kext are in /L/E including whatevergreen and lilu
Sleep/wake up is ok with external screen. Everything else is working.

Here is my clover folder and my system log after sleep/wake

Any idea to help me ??

In devices\properties
PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x2,0x0),
You may try
AAPL,ig-platform-id=0400A53E
device-id=A53E0000

 

[serge75]

I tried it .... after the Apple boot logo I got a black screen
Any other idea ?

 

[richardchiu]

I tried it .... after the Apple boot logo I got a black screen
Any other idea ?

You may refer to following guide: General Framebuffer Patching Guide using Hackintool
Intel Framebuffer patching using WhateverGreen

 

[serge75]

You may refer to following guide: General Framebuffer Patching Guide using Hackintool
Intel Framebuffer patching using WhateverGreen

I already tried what I understood, so I am a bit lost.
My problem is really related to sleep, most posts are about black screen during setup or in macos, my config works perfectly until it wakes from sleep, and only for internal display

I really need help !!!!!