[Guide] Dell XPS 9560 Mojave VirtualSMC, I2C Trackpad, Clover UEFI Hotpatch

[norseman]

Just in case no one has spotted this, I found the following post linking to a driver for the SD Card Reader. Installed it in /L/E and it seems to work quite well. (when installed in clover/kext/other it provided read only operation.

Which code did you take? These are the repos I found:

cholonam/Sinetek-rtsx

macOS driver for Realtek SD card readers. Contribute to cholonam/Sinetek-rtsx development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

sinetek/Sinetek-rtsx

macOS driver for Realtek SD card readers. Contribute to sinetek/Sinetek-rtsx development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

I just found this, maybe it helps:

Kartenleser : Sinetek-rtsx.kext bei Realtec RTS522A in Nuc8i7Beh2 - Hackintosh-Forum - Deine Anlaufstelle für Hackintosh & mehr...

Funktioniert der Sinetek-rtsx.kext unter Catalina und mit Realtec RTS522A in Nuc8i7Beh2 ?wo kann man Sinetek-rtsx.kext herunterladen ?Reicht ein hineinkopieren in kext/others ?Hat vielleicht jemand Erfahrung damit oder kann mir ein paar Hinweise geben…

www.hackintosh-forum.de

At the bottom is the download Sinetek-rtsx.kext.zip

Or from here:

Sinetek's Driver for Realtek "RTSX" SDHC Card Readers

Thanks, full worked on mojave, install on S/L/E device is 10ec:5289

www.insanelymac.com

 

[LeLunZ]

Just in case no one has spotted this, I found the following post linking to a driver for the SD Card Reader. Installed it in /L/E and it seems to work quite well. (when installed in clover/kext/other it provided read only operation.

With OpenCore this doesn't need to be under /L/E

 

[Benni]

Just in case no one has spotted this, I found the following post linking to a driver for the SD Card Reader. Installed it in /L/E and it seems to work quite well. (when installed in clover/kext/other it provided read only operation.

Ohhhhh, nice find!

I placed the KEXT into my EFI/Clover/Kexts/Others and rebuilt the kext cache.

Works for me: read and write works without needing to be put inside S/L/E or L/E.

Tested with a Samsung Evo Plus, 64GB MicroSD and I got 5.2 MB/s write and 4.9 MB/s read speeds (Tested with Blackmagic Disk Speed Test).

Seemed a little slow, so I tried the same card in a USB A 3.0 to SD adapter and got the following speeds:
51.3 MB/s write and 89.6 MB/s read

Still happy, despite the slower speed - that's one less dongle to carry around now!

Edit: I am running Clover 5119 and Catalina 10.15.5, for reference.
Edit 2: I also tried the KEXT inside L/E and the transfer speed remains the same.

 

[Benni]

Catalina 10.15.6 is now available.
No issues with the update - using the newest Clover r5120.

 

[mazakiss]

Hi Guys ! It's been a long time and I still enjoy this hack of mine.

@blazinsmokey there's in not a single day nor me or this laptop think about you, I hope you are safe and sounds in this crazy times.

Just wanted to pop out here because I just seen this, and it's really good news: FAN CONTROL FOR DELL LAPTOPS!!!

Added a new plugin SMCDellSensors (adapted SMI Monitor from HWSensors ): monitor and control temperature and fans in Dell computers by using SMM technology by lvs1974 · Pull Request #31 · acidanthera/VirtualSMC

Original discussion and useful links: https://applelife.ru/threads/upravlenie-ventiljatorom-na-noutbukax-dell.2944321/ https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/339830-dell-monitoring-by-smm-and-fan-...

github.com

Now apparently fan control is possible, you can install this kext by compiling the latest VirtualSMC or download the one attached here and report.

The only thing that annoyed the hell outta me was these uncontrollable noisy fans, now I enjoy even more this laptop!

All the best, take care and most of all be safe!

EDIT#2: I tested it, FAN CONTROL DO WORKS but not via HWMonitorSMC2 (monitoring temp and fan speed only).
You can use Exirion (free) as mentioned in Acidanthera thread to manual set up fan speed:

You also have to install these 2 kexts: SMCSuperIO.kext and SMCProcessor.kext to make this work and retrieve temp reading.

ssdfanctrl

Note: I let the Bios control and set it to automatic, but you can manually setup max fan speed with it if you need.
Just be caution so the fan ventilation is enough not to overheat the CPU.

 

[mazakiss]

Also note about the last Bios update from june 2020 (v.1.19) : If you don't want to loose undervolting capability both on window (XTU) and mac (VoltageShift), do not install the last Bios update!
You can always roll back to 1.18 if needed.

 

[LeLunZ]

after rolling back don't forget to reset the BIOS. Undervolting will still be disabled if you just install another bios.

 

[umbjm]

Please accept my apologies if this is covered somewhere that I have missed.

I have used CCC to clone my Mojave installation to a new SSD that is in a Thunderbolt enclosure. I would like to boot from it before installing.

Can I just mount the EFI with Clover Configurator and copy everything over from the EFI folder in my working ESP volume, or do I need to use the Clover installer?

Either way, should the clone show up in Clover upon reboot or do I have to go into BIOS?

Or is there a better way altogether to do the cloning?

 

[umbjm]

By "boot from it before installing" I mean boot from the SSD still in the enclosure before installing it in the computer...