[Solved] Intel HD 515 Graphics under Sierra

[robinhuang]

Hey guys,
I Am currently installing macOS 10.12 to Xiaomi notebook air 12.5 inch model.

The installation went smooth, and booted into desktop.
Resolution is correct 1920x1080 but with no acceleration.
About this Mac shows Intel HD 515 with 7mb of memory.

It comes with an integrated intel HD 515 Graphics.
I've tried using platform ID 0x191e0000 with/without FakePCIID.kext without success.

How do I get QE/CI from it?

 

[RehabMan]

Hey guys,
I Am currently installing macOS 10.12 to Xiaomi notebook air 12.5 inch model.

The installation went smooth, and booted into desktop.
Resolution is correct 1920x1080 but with no acceleration.
About this Mac shows Intel HD 515 with 7mb of memory.

It comes with an integrated intel HD 515 Graphics.
I've tried using platform ID 0x191e0000 with/without FakePCIID.kext without success.

How do I get QE/CI from it?

Did you set DVMT-prealloc as per FAQ?

 

[robinhuang]

Same problem for me with a Galaxy tab pro S (128 Mo dedicated ram with it's 8086 191E0300 (HD515) graphics card)

• under El Capitan 10.11.6, it shows 11 Mb ram, and no acceleration.
• under Sierra : I can only boot with safe mode (-x). I tried the no cache option without success (it hangs after 2 60" tries). Without no cache option, it reboots.

Using the latest clover for Sierra (downloaded today https://sourceforge.net/projects/cloverefiboot/)

• CloverConfigurator ACPi enables Fixdisplay
• CloverConfigurator Devices enables 0x191e0000 (also tried 0x191e0300)
• CloverConfigurator Graphics enables Inject Intel

Boot arguments : dart=0 npci=0x2000
Smbios : using MacBookAir 5.2
No Dsdt.aml

Can I mix Old way fixes and New way fixes in the acpi Tab ? (Clover Wiki explains all functions, except this question)
The laptop bios is basic : no DVMT-prealloc setting, but 128 Mo should be enough for it's 2160x1440 resolution.
More time tomorrow to diagnose this problem !
@RehabMan : I read as many tutos - explanations from you as I can. I'm starting learning how to use dsdt / Iasl ...

Hello all, thanks for your replies.
I have finally made the HD 515 to work with full QE/CI acceleration (with some ignorable artifacts though).
Here is what I did:

-Since the BIOS on Xiaomi notebook air is not quite complete (with only basic options, no DVMT-prealloc setting),
And I don't want to mess up with things such as flashing the BIOS/Using EFI shell to configure it...

1. First set ig-platform-id to 0x12345678, inject Intel set to true
2. Apply the "minStolenSize" patch according to Rehabman's great post
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/readme-common-some-unsolved-problems-in-10-12-sierra.202316/
3. Boot from Clover WITHOUT CACHES. Above steps force Sierra to load AppleIntelSKLGraphicsFramebuffer.kext.
4. After you booted into the desktop, change your ig-platform-ID to the correct one. For HD 515, I used 0x191e0000.
5. Reboot WITH CACHES. You now have graphics working properly!

Actually it's a workaround, setting the DVMT-prealloc is a better approach. But it does work, with easy steps.

 

[robinhuang]

Windows show me this memory information.

@robinhuang : your trick does not work on my El Capitan installation ( I changed MatchOS: 10.12.x with 10.11.x)

I still cannot boot Sierra without the -x option (safe mode) : I get an error :
bust timeout [0] (60s) kextd wait(0) : 'AppleAPCICPU' 'IOAHCDevice'
This error indicates that the internal drive is busy at that moment, but this should not lock the bash screen (I can hear the usb drive working minutes later)
Maybe I should use another iMac system definition ...

Did you try injecting 0x12345678 to make graphics kext loaded?

EDIT: Just sharing my own experience, I had once encountered a stuck and couldn't find a solution, but finally discovered that it is still running. Be patient and wait for longer time may be a good try.

 

[robinhuang]

Yes, I did, and waited more than 20 minutes.

My processor : Skylake -U/Y Socket 1168 BGA Intel Core m3-6Y30
So, I'm using smbios iMac17.1.
If I do not inject Intel, I get a KP !
The strange thing : I can boot normally under El Capitan.
An old french song :
Y'a quelque chose qui cloche là-dedans J'y retourne immédiatement

So you mean under 10.12, you can only boot with -x safe mode?

Also, I can't read French
Curious about what the song title means XD

 

[robinhuang]

Yes, I can only boot Sierra with safe mode on this laptop.
I can boot it normally (all extensions working) under El Capitan.

I installed generic ahci sata kexts, and extra sata kexts, same problem...
But I get a IOGraphics flag 0x43 10 lines above timeouts. Have to search if this is not THE reason it hangs.

The french song is a joke :"There must be something wrong in it, back to my work" ( he cannot succeed building an atomic bomb, but at the end, it works, and all presidents will be killed. This song was written in 1955 )

Haha, funny song

If you'd like to, you may post a photo of the -v output and let me try to figure out what's wrong. I'm not an expert in hackintoshing though.

 

[rizkialkaf]

Hey guys,
I Am currently installing macOS 10.12 to Xiaomi notebook air 12.5 inch model.

The installation went smooth, and booted into desktop.
Resolution is correct 1920x1080 but with no acceleration.
About this Mac shows Intel HD 515 with 7mb of memory.

It comes with an integrated intel HD 515 Graphics.
I've tried using platform ID 0x191e0000 with/without FakePCIID.kext without success.

How do I get QE/CI from it?

Hi, So how is it going?
Mi notebook air with macOS? I know that wifi and BT will never work. But how's the other?
Sound? Can you make it work with native AppleHDA? With a working internal mic, HDMI audio, etc?
And how's the touchpad? Is it synaptics? Can you make it work with multitouch, etc?

I'm planning to buy this laptop. Just want to make sure it is hackintosh-able

 

[robinhuang]

Hi, So how is it going?
Mi notebook air with macOS? I know that wifi and BT will never work. But how's the other?
Sound? Can you make it work with native AppleHDA? With a working internal mic, HDMI audio, etc?
And how's the touchpad? Is it synaptics? Can you make it work with multitouch, etc?

I'm planning to buy this laptop. Just want to make sure it is hackintosh-able

What works:
-HD 515 graphics, though some minor glitch in 10.12
-ALC 235 audio chip, patched via AppleHDA Patcher. Internal speaker and mic, headphone jack works fine; HDMI audio not tested.
-Brightness adjustment
-Keyboard, of course

What doesn't work:
-Wifi and Bluetooth. This is a big issue.
-touchpad: tried VoodooI2C with no success, it leads to kernel panic.

 

[rizkialkaf]

What works:
-HD 515 graphics, though some minor glitch in 10.12
-ALC 235 audio chip, patched via AppleHDA Patcher. Internal speaker and mic, headphone jack works fine; HDMI audio not tested.
-Brightness adjustment
-Keyboard, of course

What doesn't work:
-Wifi and Bluetooth. This is a big issue.
-touchpad: tried VoodooI2C with no success, it leads to kernel panic.

Did you put your kext in /S/L/E?
In my laptop wih Sierra, Voodoo kext will cause KP when I put it in /EFI/Clover/Kexts/Other/

Well, I think i'll wait until the touchpad works

 

[robinhuang]

Did you put your kext in /S/L/E?
In my laptop wih Sierra, Voodoo kext will cause KP when I put it in /EFI/Clover/Kexts/Other/

Well, I think i'll wait until the touchpad works

Don't install them to anywhere before testing, use kextutil to load it instead:

sudo chown -R root:wheel /path/to/kext/VoodooI2C.kext

sudo kextutil -v /path/to/kext/VoodooI2C.kext