[Guide] Dell XPS 13 9360 on MacOS Sierra 10.12.x - LTS (Long-Term Support) Guide

[oddolivier]

Thank you Rehabman and bozma88.
I have a i7-7500U (with QHD screen), do I need to use ssdtPRGen to generate the SSDT.aml? What would be the best parameters to use to have the longest battery life possible (or ''-p 'i7-7500U'" is enough)?

 

[RehabMan]

Thank you Rehabman and bozma88.
I have a i7-7500U (with QHD screen), do I need to use ssdtPRGen to generate the SSDT.aml? What would be the best parameters to use to have the longest battery life possible (or ''-p 'i7-7500U'" is enough)?

No need for ssdtPRgen.sh with Haswell and later.
Read here for details:
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/guide-native-power-management-for-laptops.175801/

 

[Zarkstar]

Is the first post up to date ? has usb c hot swap issue been resolved ?

There is a post some pages ago that points out a way to solve that problem, but I haven't nor the knowledge nor the time to understand it completely

 

[jkbuha]

In case you've missed this, there's a (Linux only for now) fix for the cracking noise issues on the XPS 9350/9360. Linux Kernel v4.15 has the following commit:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linu...nd/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c?id=v4.15&id2=v4.14

Here is the verb in question:

    [ALC256_FIXUP_DELL_XPS_13_HEADPHONE_NOISE] = {
        .type = HDA_FIXUP_VERBS,
        .v.verbs = (const struct hda_verb[]) {
            /* Disable pass-through path for FRONT 14h */
            {0x20, AC_VERB_SET_COEF_INDEX, 0x36},
            {0x20, AC_VERB_SET_PROC_COEF, 0x1737},
            {}
        },
        .chained = true,
        .chain_id = ALC255_FIXUP_DELL1_MIC_NO_PRESENCE

 

[zanzy]

IMPORTANT

If you install the latest 10.12.6 security update (Jan 23), you NEED to update Lilu.kext and intelGraphicsFixup.kext to the latest versions, PRIOR to updating, otherwise you'll get KP at boot.

Interestingly, after this update I got my highest Geekbench score ever.

View attachment 308757

Any possibilities to boot without kp? Because at this moment i'm dont have any mac or flash drive, etc.

 

[R.MnTnA]

Besides the Toshiba NVMe cards what others can be formatted with 4k native?

 

[pancakewagon]

Hey guys, I've been using this on my i5 model for a while now and noticed my battery life is pretty sub-par. I'm assuming it has something to do with my CPU never hitting 1.0GHz. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

 

[RehabMan]

Hey guys, I've been using this on my i5 model for a while now and noticed my battery life is pretty sub-par. I'm assuming it has something to do with my CPU never hitting 1.0GHz. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

Your ioreg shows CPU PM not implemented.
See guide:
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/guide-native-power-management-for-laptops.175801/

Also, I think it has been shown that NVMe devices are running without proper power management.
You can swap the NVMe for a SATA device, which might improve battery life.

 

[pancakewagon]

Your ioreg shows CPU PM not implemented.
See guide:
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/guide-native-power-management-for-laptops.175801/

Also, I think it has been shown that NVMe devices are running without proper power management.
You can swap the NVMe for a SATA device, which might improve battery life.

Thanks, I have the X86PlatformPlugin under CPU0 now using plugin type 1. I was a bit confused since the OP doesn't seem to use it.

My power usage idles around .50-.70W now. Still not getting to 1.00GHz though.

 

[livacore]

➜  / sudo pmset -g custom | grep "hibernatemode \|standby \|autopoweroff"
 autopoweroff         1
 autopoweroffdelay    28800
 standby              1
 hibernatemode        3
 autopoweroff         1
 autopoweroffdelay    28800
 standby              1
 hibernatemode        0

Note I also do not have a darkwake kernel boot argument.

Do you have a DW1820A/BCM94350ZAE [14e4:43a3] wireless hardware?