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[Guide] Dell XPS 9530 using Clover UEFI

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[GUIDE] Dell XPS 9530

Yuma,

I am not sure why you are experiencing crashes.

On my Dell I have extensively tested both HDMI and DP connectivity.
The only weird quirk I am getting is that when connecting a monitor about 1 in 10 times, the monitor (Samsung Syncmaster) shows static show, pressing the signal detection button again resolves this.

Try getting the actual crash dump to see what is happening on your PC.
Additionally try a separate new Yosemite install following this guide exactly on a USB harddisk (So you can test without affecting your main installation)
 
[GUIDE] Dell XPS 9530

Ok good news... and bad news I guess..

I managed to reproduce the crash when connecting to a Samsung HDTV at a friends house.
Everytime I plug in the HDMI it crashes the laptop.

Let me see what I can find out.
 
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Thanks for the guide, it worked out pretty well in the end with only a few minor issues. I've been looking around for the nic that you reccomended and it seems pretty hard to come by. I only found one on eBay, from Germany here. It seems pretty pricy for what it is, but with no other sellers to compare it to, I'm not quite sure. I've searched high and low for the card elsewhere but came up empty. Do you have any reccomendations of where to find one? Also, around how much did you pay for yours?

Thanks
 
[GUIDE] Dell XPS 9530

Yuma,

Today I spent some time looking at the HDMI crashing issue.

Update your config.plist from: https://db.tt/SPE2ZuWF

The updated sections are:
Code: 
<dict>
    <key>Comment</key>
    <string>Enable 96MB for Azul framebuffer 0x0a2e0008</string>
    <key>Find</key>
    <data>
    CAAuCgEDAwMAAAAEAAAgAgAAUAEAAABgbAUAAGwFAAAA
    AAAAAAAAAAAACAACAAAAMAAAAAEFCQAABAAABwEAAAIE
    CgAABAAABwEAAA==
    </data>
    <key>Name</key>
    <string>AppleIntelFramebufferAzul</string>
    <key>Replace</key>
    <data>
    CAAuCgEDAwMAAAAGAAAgAgAAUAEAAABgbAUAAGwFAAAA
    AAAAAAAAAAAACAAEAAAAMAAAAAEFCQAACAAABgAAAAIE
    CgAABAAABgAAAA==
    </data>
</dict>
<dict>
    <key>Comment</key>
    <string>Replace Intel HDMI audio ID #1</string>
    <key>Find</key>
    <data>
    PQsMAAA=
    </data>
    <key>Name</key>
    <string>AppleHDAController</string>
    <key>Replace</key>
    <data>
    PQwMAAA=
    </data>
</dict>
<dict>
    <key>Comment</key>
    <string>Replace Intel HDMI audio ID #2</string>
    <key>Find</key>
    <data>
    PQwKAAA=
    </data>
    <key>Name</key>
    <string>AppleHDAController</string>
    <key>Replace</key>
    <data>
    PQwMAAA=
    </data>
</dict>
 
[GUIDE] Dell XPS 9530

the-darkvoid said:
Yuma,

Today I spent some time looking at the HDMI crashing issue.

Update your config.plist from: https://db.tt/SPE2ZuWF

The updated sections are:
Code: 
<dict>
    <key>Comment</key>
    <string>Enable 96MB for Azul framebuffer 0x0a2e0008</string>
    <key>Find</key>
    <data>
    CAAuCgEDAwMAAAAEAAAgAgAAUAEAAABgbAUAAGwFAAAA
    AAAAAAAAAAAACAACAAAAMAAAAAEFCQAABAAABwEAAAIE
    CgAABAAABwEAAA==
    </data>
    <key>Name</key>
    <string>AppleIntelFramebufferAzul</string>
    <key>Replace</key>
    <data>
    CAAuCgEDAwMAAAAGAAAgAgAAUAEAAABgbAUAAGwFAAAA
    AAAAAAAAAAAACAAEAAAAMAAAAAEFCQAACAAABgAAAAIE
    CgAABAAABgAAAA==
    </data>
</dict>
<dict>
    <key>Comment</key>
    <string>Replace Intel HDMI audio ID #1</string>
    <key>Find</key>
    <data>
    PQsMAAA=
    </data>
    <key>Name</key>
    <string>AppleHDAController</string>
    <key>Replace</key>
    <data>
    PQwMAAA=
    </data>
</dict>
<dict>
    <key>Comment</key>
    <string>Replace Intel HDMI audio ID #2</string>
    <key>Find</key>
    <data>
    PQwKAAA=
    </data>
    <key>Name</key>
    <string>AppleHDAController</string>
    <key>Replace</key>
    <data>
    PQwMAAA=
    </data>
</dict>
Click to expand...

So it is just a framebuffer mismatch problem (fbStolen)?

I ask because certain newer (Haswell) Probooks have the same issue, and so those folks might be interested in knowing the solution.

Did you find a reliable way to determine how BIOS is set as far as framebuffer fbStolen? That is... how do you determine the 96MB value?
 
[GUIDE] Dell XPS 9530

Some information can be dumped using the intel video rom dumper, but I have not found a sure fire way to determine the stolen memory size without the BIOS giving that information.

The above is just trial and error over the past few months, every time observing what effect each change has for my device.

I will check in my notes if I have something useful for the Probook for you.

However you should be able to see by looking at the Clover UEFI memory map.
The GTT (Graphics Translation Table) should be recognizable.
 
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the-darkvoid said:
Some information can be dumped using the intel video rom dumper, but I have not found a sure fire way to determine the stolen memory size without the BIOS giving that information.

The above is just trial and error over the past few months, every time observing what effect each change has for my device.

I will check in my notes if I have something useful for the Probook for you.
Click to expand...

Ok... trial and error it is... (but I don't have one of these Probooks with the issue, so it will be up to somebody else to try the various framebuffer tweaks...)
 
[GUIDE] Dell XPS 9530

Ask one of these users to provide their Clover EFI memory map, the graphics reserved memory range should be visible on there.

Maybe if a couple of samples are obtained, it can be a documented step for people to determine the video memory sizes.
 
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Hi !

- Sorry for my bad inglish -

I've the XPS 9530 to, and i'm very interesting by the Hakintosh. Sorry for this newbie question but, is this possible to make a simple image file of your harddrive with Yomesite properly installed on ?

With TrueImage for exemple, so after we just have to boot from a USB key and restore the image file on the hardDrive to have a 9530 hakintosh. Not a good idea ?
 
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