Hi all,
I recently started in the Hackintosh world... Thanks to all these guides and threads on the forum I was able to reach some success in 2 or 3 builds.
The config in question here is:
- Samsung Ultrabook NP530UP;
- Intel Core i5-2467M
- 8GB DDR3 (4GB in the motherboard and 4GB from a Patriot DDR 1333MHz stick);
- Intel Graphics HD 3000;
- Wifi card replaced to a Mini Half PCI-e Wifi Card Atheros AR9285;
- 500GB Toshiba SSHD;
- Clover EFI (Multibooting Windows 10);
Few months ago, I found a guide on OSX86 forums for this specific laptop, but was for Mavericks and El Capitan. Worked perfectly, but since Mavericks is a bit old, I decided to try something new. Went for Sierra but the glitches on the HD3000 made me quit the idea for while. No I decided to come back to this Ultrabook and give another shot but using High Sierra.
I decided to go for a vanilla install.
After reading some guides here I was able install the system and go for the post install.
What is working:
- USB (all ports. The USB 3.0 is intermittent, sometimes work and sometimes don't, the the 2.0 are OK so far);
- Intel Graphics HD3000 working fine;
- Ethernet card working fine;
- Wifi (Atheros AR9285) working fine;
- Audio ALC269VC working after patched with ALC Patch (keyboard controls as well);
- Windows multi-booting working fine;
- Battery percentage displayed correctly;
Few items still need to be tested like camera, card reader, iMessage..., but the most important for now are working
The only 2 items that I really would like some help on would the be Backlight, which works but I cannot reach the full brightness on the screen (with NO access thru the keyboard keys) and the memory, which is installed, working on BIOS and Windows, but High Sierra is only recognising 4GB.
Backlight: Followed the guides here, applied the patches but I still can't reach the maximum brightness on the scree. I'm able to increase and decrease the brightness on the display settings but until certain point which is still a bit dark to work.
Memory: In one of the guides here I read that 8GB would be a better option to work with Intel Graphics HD3000, so I bought more 4GB to add on the machine. Bios recognises, Windows too. But when I go to "About this Mac" and the "Activity monitor" they say the machine has only 4GB.
I manually added them on the config.plist (not sure if in the correct way) but after that point I can see them on "Activity Monitor" but the "About this Mac" windows doesn't even open anymore.
Guys, I'm not sure if I'm opening this thread correctly, since is my first, but can someone take a look on my files to see if the issues described here have solution?
Thanks,
