[Guide] HP ProBook/EliteBook/Zbook using Clover UEFI hotpatch

[RehabMan]

Does Siri work in ProBook 4540s with Mojave 10.14.1? I read first post but it doesn't say Siri works, or not. I could not get Siri to work, I'm not sure if my setup had errors, or Siri is not supported for my setup.

I have a HP ProBook 4540s and just upgraded to Mojave 10.14.1. Everything works fine except for Siri: when I click Siri, a gray box appears at the top-right corner, with text "What can I help you with?" Siri doesn't say anything, and it doesn't respond to whatever I say. In Siri's gray box, no waveform showing Siri is talking, and no microphone icon.

The microphone is working because I tested it at Preferences->Sound->Input.

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How do I fix Siri?

Same here.
It works fine on my u430 using MacBookAir6,2, so maybe it is SMBIOS related.
Either that or it is somehow related to things in the audio/patched AppleHDA setup.

 

[cci[RR]us]

Same here.
It works fine on my u430 using MacBookAir6,2, so maybe it is SMBIOS related.
Either that or it is somehow related to things in the audio/patched AppleHDA setup.

Thank you. You have saved me a lot of effort. I shall not try to fix that cos I don't really need Siri, haha.

 

[RehabMan]

Same here.
It works fine on my u430 using MacBookAir6,2, so maybe it is SMBIOS related.
Either that or it is somehow related to things in the audio/patched AppleHDA setup.

Thank you. You have saved me a lot of effort. I shall not try to fix that cos I don't really need Siri, haha.

I think it is a pinconfig issue. I note that my u430 shows "Internal Microphone", but 4540s shows "Built-in Microphone".

 

[RehabMan]

Does Siri work in ProBook 4540s with Mojave 10.14.1? I read first post but it doesn't say Siri works, or not. I could not get Siri to work, I'm not sure if my setup had errors, or Siri is not supported for my setup.

I think it is a pinconfig issue. I note that my u430 shows "Internal Microphone", but 4540s shows "Built-in Microphone".

As I suspected, it was a pinconfig issue in AppleALC.kext (pinconfig entry had the wrong layout-id, which meant that the pinconfigdefault verbs intended to change the location data for the Mic were not being sent).

I can push a fix for AppleALC.kext, but builds take a while.
In between now and then, I have added a corrected Info.plist to the Probook github project, automatically installed by install_downloads.sh.

Now it works as expected here.

 

[cci[RR]us]

As I suspected, it was a pinconfig issue in AppleALC.kext (pinconfig entry had the wrong layout-id, which meant that the pinconfigdefault verbs intended to change the location data for the Mic were not being sent).

I can push a fix for AppleALC.kext, but builds take a while.
In between now and then, I have added a corrected Info.plist to the Probook github project, automatically installed by install_downloads.sh.

Now it works as expected here.

Wow!

Thank you for the investigation and fix!

Edit: Oh yeah, Siri works, woohoo!

 

[RehabMan]

Wow!

Thank you for the investigation and fix!

Edit: Oh yeah, Siri works, woohoo!

Thanks for testing and providing feedback.

 

[appleiscool]

Read post #1 and try it.

tried and errored to some success. got clover working and installed high sierra / mojave is a large download. not sure what to do next.

collect all the stuff for clover or make a checklist from the various guides here?

make a checklist for specific things to do after success install mac osx via clover?

- the pbi days were much easier and quicker to get up and working on day to day stuff.


re-read guide, and read somewhere about using gpt guid for the disk, it was mbr, so i used mbr2gpt on windows cmd to change to gpt
- it only works only when windows is the only volume and os on the disk, removed other volumes.
have to re-install mac osx hs again. then install clover to the mac volume? or windows volume?


if i put mac osx on 1 seperate physical disk, and windows or linux with lvm on 1 separate physical disk, where to install clover?

can start fresh all over again - wipe both physical drives.

black friday sales = add another disk for very good bargain cost.

is there a good easy guide to setup macos on 1 disk, and win+linux on another disk? will clover play nice and show all os on 2 disks? rehabmans old triple multi boot guide and pbi, was good and easy to follow for non-clover.

thank you rehabman!

 

[RehabMan]

tried and errored to some success. got clover working and installed high sierra / mojave is a large download. not sure what to do next.

collect all the stuff for clover or make a checklist from the various guides here?

make a checklist for specific things to do after success install mac osx via clover?

- the pbi days were much easier and quicker to get up and working on day to day stuff.


re-read guide, and read somewhere about using gpt guid for the disk, it was mbr, so i used mbr2gpt on windows cmd to change to gpt
- it only works only when windows is the only volume and os on the disk, removed other volumes.
have to re-install mac osx hs again. then install clover to the mac volume? or windows volume?


if i put mac osx on 1 seperate physical disk, and windows or linux with lvm on 1 separate physical disk, where to install clover?

can start fresh all over again - wipe both physical drives.

black friday sales = add another disk for very good bargain cost.

is there a good easy guide to setup macos on 1 disk, and win+linux on another disk? will clover play nice and show all os on 2 disks? rehabmans old triple multi boot guide and pbi, was good and easy to follow for non-clover.

thank you rehabman!

If you have an issue, you must describe it with detail.
And you must attach problem reporting files.

 

[bchallmd]

People are really bad about reporting information regarding success here.
For the most part, no one writes unless they have a problem.

RehabMan,

I would like to report my success using your guide and thank you for creating it.

I'm posting this from a newly converted HP ProBook 450 G4
- Intel Core i7-7500U / HD Graphics 620
- BIOS ver 1.23
- Clover UEFI r4701
- 8B RAM
- Samsung 860 EVO SATA M.2 SSD (1TB)
- Broadcom BCM94352Z M.2 NGFF 802.11AC 867Mbps BT 4.0 DW1560
- macOS Mojave 10.14.1

Some initial problems were encountered but were resolved when I upgraded to the latest BIOS.

Now, everything works great.

Thank you!

 

[RehabMan]

RehabMan,

I would like to report my success using your guide and thank you for creating it.

I'm posting this from a newly converted HP ProBook 450 G4
- Intel Core i7-7500U / HD Graphics 620
- BIOS ver 1.23
- Clover UEFI r4701
- 8B RAM
- Samsung 860 EVO SATA M.2 SSD (1TB)
- Broadcom BCM94352Z M.2 NGFF 802.11AC 867Mbps BT 4.0 DW1560
- macOS Mojave 10.14.1

Some initial problems were encountered but were resolved when I upgraded to the latest BIOS.

Now, everything works great.

Thank you!

Nice to hear a success story.
(note: As you discovered, there are valid reasons for the guide to recommend latest BIOS)