[solved] Alienware 15 R2 install EI capitan&install Mac Sierra Success

[RehabMan]

NVIDIA.

Then Intel solutions will not help for making that port work on macOS/OS X.
Does the laptop also have a USB-C connector?

No, i've patched the coredisplay. I'm currently on 10.12.6

Off-topic for here then. Open a new thread in the appropriate forum. This forum is for 10.11.

Note that IntelBacklight.kext DOES NOT WORK for 10.12.4+.

Here is what i'm using to patch.
curl -o XPS9530.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/the-darkvoid/XPS9530-OSX/master/XPS9530.sh
chmod +x XPS9530.sh
./XPS9530.sh --patch-pixelclock

It should work.
You probably have some other issue (EDID, BIOS settings, DVMT-prealloc related, backlight related, etc).

 

[chickenlittleextremists]

Then Intel solutions will not help for making that port work on macOS/OS X.
Does the laptop also have a USB-C connector?

Yes, the laptop does have a USB-C/Thunderbolt port. But multiple people have reported that they have not got that port to work with their hackintosh.

Note that IntelBacklight.kext DOES NOT WORK for 10.12.4+.

Okay. Followed your guide and patched it correctly for 10.12.4+. IntelBacklight error no longer shows on the verbose.

Now when i boot with the flag nvda_drv=1 I'm getting stuck at this screen:



And when i boot with nv_disable=1, im getting the same glitchy bottom. But now the errors in the verbose have changed.
Kindly check:



Also attaching my clover folder. I sense some progress at least.
Thanks for all the help Rehabman.
Regards.

 

[RehabMan]

Yes, the laptop does have a USB-C/Thunderbolt port. But multiple people have reported that they have not got that port to work with their hackintosh.



Okay. Followed your guide and patched it correctly for 10.12.4+. IntelBacklight error no longer shows on the verbose.

Now when i boot with the flag nvda_drv=1 I'm getting stuck at this screen:

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And when i boot with nv_disable=1, im getting the same glitchy bottom. But now the errors in the verbose have changed.
Kindly check:

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Also attaching my clover folder. I sense some progress at least.
Thanks for all the help Rehabman.
Regards.

It is possible the EDID you're injecting is invalid.
And the patch for AppleBacklight is misplaced in your config.plist.
And SSDT-PNLF.aml does not work without the GFX0->IGPU patch.

 

[beant]

It is possible the EDID you're injecting is invalid.
And the patch for AppleBacklight is misplaced in your config.plist.
And SSDT-PNLF.aml does not work without the GFX0->IGPU patch.

Gentlemen, any updates? I have exactly the same laptop as chickenlittleextremists

 

[chickenlittleextremists]

Gentlemen, any updates? I have exactly the same laptop as chickenlittleextremists

The update with me currently is that i'm stuck here if i boot with the proper ig-platform-id. I dont know what to do past this. Tried a bunch of stuff reinstalled mac completely. Got the clover, but still stuck at the exact same problem which is the distroted screen at the bottom.

I dont know what i'm going to do. If somebody can help then i will appreciate it a LOT.

Attached the problem picture along with my clover folder, kindly check.
Thanks & regards.

 

[RehabMan]

The update with me currently is that i'm stuck here if i boot with the proper ig-platform-id. I dont know what to do past this. Tried a bunch of stuff reinstalled mac completely. Got the clover, but still stuck at the exact same problem which is the distroted screen at the bottom.

I dont know what i'm going to do. If somebody can help then i will appreciate it a LOT.

Attached the problem picture along with my clover folder, kindly check.
Thanks & regards.

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Did you enable legacy boot/CSM in BIOS?

 

[chickenlittleextremists]

Did you enable legacy boot/CSM in BIOS?

Yup i have it enabled.
Secure boot is disabled and legacy boot is enabled.

 

[RehabMan]

Yup i have it enabled.
Secure boot is disabled and legacy boot is enabled.

Maybe you forgot to patch for the pixel clock limitation?
Also with 4k, 128mb DVMT-prealloc may be better.

 

[chickenlittleextremists]

Maybe you forgot to patch for the pixel clock limitation?

Nope Already patched.

Also with 4k, 128mb DVMT-prealloc may be better.

My bios is not unlocked, neither is there a way, that I know of, to unlock the bios to change that setting.
But I think it is 128mb already.

 

[RehabMan]

My bios is not unlocked, neither is there a way, that I know of, to unlock the bios to change that setting.
But I think it is 128mb already.

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I think you forgot to read the FAQ.

IMPORTANT!: Contrary to many of the guides you will read, Windows is NOT a valid way to determine what DVMT-prealloc is set to. There is no correlation, especially with Windows 10.

Maybe you need to inject EDID.
Or you haven't implemented backlight control.
Or you could try with CSM disabled.
Did you disable the Nvidia (if possible)?