[Guide] Dell XPS 15 9560: 4K Touch, 1TB SSD, 32GB RAM, 100% AdobeRGB

[Donwey]

Everything is fine yes. But can't enable the wifi lol during my previous installation it worked perfectly and now can't find whats the problem lol

I have the same problem. What wifi card are you using? DW1560? I think sbeanie is using other card DW1830. we need to find kexts for DW1560 and install it via Kext Wizard to /L/E

 

[Zirconiumirish]

I have the same problem. What wifi card are you using? DW1560? I think sbeanie is using other card DW1830. we need to find kexts for DW1560 and install it via Kext Wizard to S/L/E

Make sure that you jave latest kest version of FAKEPCIID_BROADCOM_WIFI installed =)

 

[Donwey]

Make sure that you jave latest kest version of FAKEPCIID_BROADCOM_WIFI installed =)

Thank you, my wifi DW1560 is now working ... Does your headphones are ok when you play any music on them? Theres like weird distorted sound in them. Think i might try Audio fix on page 9. Also my battery status when charging got stuck at 61%. Do you use APFS or HFS?

EDIT: Ok I fixed my audio, its working correctly now.

 

[ferchizzle]

Kexts should be installed in /L/E, not /S/L/E.
Lilu 1.2.2 is available on my bitbucket site.

@RehabMan thank your for your insights. I was reading an old post of your and it said to install Kexts to L/E for 10.11 (and I am guessing higher). Can you please tell me why we shouldn’t install Kexts to S/L/E? I installed my Kexts to S/L/E and it worked OK except for Voodoo not showing its shortcuts on System/Preferences

 

[RehabMan]

@RehabMan thank your for your insights. I was reading an old post of your and it said to install Kexts to L/E for 10.11 (and I am guessing higher). Can you please tell me why we shouldn’t install Kexts to S/L/E? I installed my Kexts to S/L/E and it worked OK except for Voodoo not showing its shortcuts on System/Preferences

Lilu.kext and others tend to work better if they are loaded/started earlier.
There is evidence to suggest that kexts in /L/E are loaded earlier.
Otherwise, you need to use LiluFriend.kext (appropriately customized).

I never install on /S/L/E unless it is 10.10 or prior.
For example, you will see code like this in my guide scripts:

SLE=/System/Library/Extensions
LE=/Library/Extensions
# extract minor version (eg. 10.9 vs. 10.10 vs. 10.11)
MINOR_VER=$([[ "$(sw_vers -productVersion)" =~ [0-9]+\.([0-9]+) ]] && echo ${BASH_REMATCH[1]})
# install to /Library/Extensions for 10.11 or greater
if [[ $MINOR_VER -ge 11 ]]; then
    KEXTDEST=$LE
else
    KEXTDEST=$SLE
fi

Besides all that, you will find it easier to discover the kexts you have installed, since there are less kexts in /L/E to begin with.

 

[ferchizzle]

Lilu.kext and others tend to work better if they are loaded/started earlier.
There is evidence to suggest that kexts in /L/E are loaded earlier.
Otherwise, you need to use LiluFriend.kext (appropriately customized).

I never install on /S/L/E unless it is 10.10 or prior.
For example, you will see code like this in my guide scripts:

SLE=/System/Library/Extensions
LE=/Library/Extensions
# extract minor version (eg. 10.9 vs. 10.10 vs. 10.11)
MINOR_VER=$([[ "$(sw_vers -productVersion)" =~ [0-9]+\.([0-9]+) ]] && echo ${BASH_REMATCH[1]})
# install to /Library/Extensions for 10.11 or greater
if [[ $MINOR_VER -ge 11 ]]; then
    KEXTDEST=$LE
else
    KEXTDEST=$SLE
fi

Besides all that, you will find it easier to discover the kexts you have installed, since there are less kexts in /L/E to begin with.

@RehabMan Thank you very much for the reply and thorough explanation. The XPS 9560 has been my first Hackintosh project and I am enjoying it as a learning experience thanks to you, @KNNSpeed and @sbeanie. I had the 9560 running very smoothly and actually used it as a daily driver for the past few months with no stability issues.

To make a long story short, I did something idiotic (again) and am attempting a fresh install with the kexts in L/E this time around. I am following the exact same steps in this guide as I did for the previous successful install. However, I am coming up with some errors I have never encountered before when first starting to boot the USB: "Attempting system restart...MACH Reboot". I am using the files that @KNNSpeed provided in the first post, as I did for my previous successful install.

I did a search and tried some of the suggestions in the other posts with no success. Can you or anyone out there please take a look at my EFI files and recommend a course of action?

Many thanks in advance!

Best,

Kane

 

[Donwey]

@ferchizzle Open Config.plist in your clover folder with clover configurator and in ACPI section->Fixes .... on second page check FixHeaders. Solved it for me.

 

[ferchizzle]

@ferchizzle Open Config.plist in your clover folder with clover configurator and in ACPI section->Fixes .... on second page check FixHeaders. Solved it for me.

@Downey thank you very much for your suggestion. checking "FixHeaders" addressed the "MACH Reboot" issue!

The boot is stalling at a "giolockstate 3" error now. I tried checking "nv_disable = 1" with no success. Did you or anyone else encounter this issue as well?

Thanks!

Best,

Kane

EDIT: Issue resolved by checking the "disablegfxfirmware" box & checked "Inject Intel"

 

[RehabMan]

@RehabMan Thank you very much for the reply and thorough explanation. The XPS 9560 has been my first Hackintosh project and I am enjoying it as a learning experience thanks to you, @KNNSpeed and @sbeanie. I had the 9560 running very smoothly and actually used it as a daily driver for the past few months with no stability issues.

To make a long story short, I did something idiotic (again) and am attempting a fresh install with the kexts in L/E this time around. I am following the exact same steps in this guide as I did for the previous successful install. However, I am coming up with some errors I have never encountered before when first starting to boot the USB: "Attempting system restart...MACH Reboot". I am using the files that @KNNSpeed provided in the first post, as I did for my previous successful install.

I did a search and tried some of the suggestions in the other posts with no success. Can you or anyone out there please take a look at my EFI files and recommend a course of action?

Many thanks in advance!

Best,

Kane

@ferchizzle Open Config.plist in your clover folder with clover configurator and in ACPI section->Fixes .... on second page check FixHeaders. Solved it for me.

@Downey thank you very much for your suggestion. checking "FixHeaders" addressed the "MACH Reboot" issue!

The boot is stalling at a "giolockstate 3" error now. I tried checking "nv_disable = 1" with no success. Did you or anyone else encounter this issue as well?

Thanks!

Best,

Kane

EDIT: Issue resolved by checking the "disablegfxfirmware" box

Keep in mind both of those settings (Fixheaders, and kernel flag -disablegfxfirmware) are default in my guide plists:
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/guide-booting-the-os-x-installer-on-laptops-with-clover.148093/

 

[ferchizzle]

Keep in mind both of those settings (Fixheaders, and kernel flag -disablegfxfirmware) are default in my guide plists:
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/guide-booting-the-os-x-installer-on-laptops-with-clover.148093/

@RehabMan thank you very much! can you please tell me if these instructions are still valid for VoodooPS2Controller.kext:

https://github.com/RehabMan/OS-X-Voodoo-PS2-Controller/wiki/How-to-Install

I was going through the instructions and could not find "AppleACPIPS2Nub.kext" or "ApplePS2Controller.kext" in S/L/E.

Many thanks in advance!