This is a Guide to the 2017 Razer Blade and High Sierra.
Feel free to add, correct and comment - together we can make this guide awesome!
Note: I will assume that you do already have some knowledge in building a hackintosh, if not please read the FAQ.
WiFi and Bluetooth will not be covered as you will have to replace the internal card.
Working:
- Graphics (Only Intel HD6300, Nvidia has to be disabled)
- Backlight
- Touchpad (Only basic gestures, no multitouch)
- Audio (HDMI 3.1 has to be confirmed as i am not using this)
- PowerManagement (to be confirmed fully)
- NVMe SSD
Not Working:
Summary:
- BIOS
- HighSierra Install preparation
- Post Install
- Backlight
- Battery Status
- Audio
- Trackpad
1. BIOS Settings
I did not change the BIOS settings since factory yet but you can read more about BIOS settings here:
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/guide-booting-the-os-x-installer-on-laptops-with-clover.148093/
2. HighSierra Install preparation
First, you will have to create a usb installer as described in this post (you can also use other ways, such as RehabMan's one but i am using Unibeast):
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...ierra-on-any-supported-intel-based-pc.235474/
You can read more in RehabMan's guide here:
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/guide-booting-the-os-x-installer-on-laptops-with-clover.148093/
The Razer Blade 2017 supports UEFI, so select UEFI Boot mode during the installer.
As soon as the usb installer is created, you can proceed and mount the efi partition of the usb stick using this tool:
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/how-to-mount-efi-partition.174321/
After that you will need to copy attached files as follows:
config.plist -> CLOVER/config.plist
SSDT-DiscreteSpoof.aml -> CLOVER/ACPI/patched/SSDT-DiscreteSpoof.aml
After that you can boot the installer and install High Sierra to your harddisk.
3.Post Install
Once you boot into the freshly installed OSX you will have to configure your 'Mac'. After that you will need to get things working.
To stop relying on the usb bootloader, you should install clover to harddisk and also FakeSMC and other kexts required to boot into OSX.
You can use MultiBeast to install clover, FakeSMC and other required kexts but i prefer to do it manually using RehabMan's fork of Clover. You can download MultiBeast here:
https://www.tonymacx86.com/resources/multibeast-high-sierra-10-1-1.354/
If you do not want to use MultiBeast you can use RehabMan's guide here
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/guide-booting-the-os-x-installer-on-laptops-with-clover.148093/
Remember to include the same files as in the installer efi partition!
As soon as you boot using clover installed to your harddrive you can now start working on below points. Typically you will now have:
- working bootloader via Clover
- NVMe support (system will not boot without this)
- graphics via Clover's config.plist settings
- trackpad not working as this is I2C based
- audio not working
- WiFi not working
- brightness controls not working
- battery status not working
3.1 Backlight
To get Backlight controls working, you will need to have full graphics support. Check this first!
RehabMan posted a great guide, you can follow
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...rol-using-applebacklightinjector-kext.218222/
3.2 Battery Status & DSDT
To get battery status working, you will need to patch your DSDT. The first part of the battery patch is to be found in BatteryPatch.txt. More details on how to patch your DSDT for working battery status can be found here:
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/guide-how-to-patch-dsdt-for-working-battery-status.116102/
If your battery is displaying 0% as your current battery capacity, you may have to insert the maximum capacity into your DSDT at \_SB0.PCI0.LPCB.BAT0
Code:
Name (PAK1, Package (0x0D)
{
One,
0x00011FE4,
0x1130,
Zero,
0x2B5C,
0xB4,
0x5A,
0x10,
0x08,
"Blade",
" ",
"Li-I",
"Razer"
})
Name (PAK2, Package (0x0D)
{
One,
0x00011FE4,
0x1130,
Zero,
0x2B5C,
0xB4,
0x5A,
0x10,
0x08,
"Blade",
" ",
"Li-I",
"Razer"
})
As you are already patching your DSDT, you can also apply the most basic patches found in RehabMan's repo and his guide here
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/guide-patching-laptop-dsdt-ssdts.152573/
3.3 Audio
To get audio working, simply install VodooHDA audio drivers found here:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/voodoohda/
3.4 Trackpad
The Trackpad is based on I2C, so you will need to install the from this particular fork:
https://github.com/MacForceOne/VoodooI2C
You will also need to remove the AppleIntelLpssI2C.kext and AppleIntelLpssI2CController.kext.
If you have Problems please refer to this Guide:
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/wip-voodooi2c-i2c-trackpad-limited-support.204227/
