- Joined
- May 7, 2020
- Messages
- 13
- Motherboard
- 20BFS1KWOO
- CPU
- i5-4300M
- Graphics
- Intel HD 4600
Hi. I have just entered the world of hackintosh (catalina 10.15.4) and have managed to get an almost fully functioning t540p laptop. I've used various kexts and guides from a number of sites and if I'm honest am now a bit lost as to which kexts I still need and which are either redundant or could be conflicting with each other. I still have problems with the following:
I also hope that this can be used by others who may be struggling to get similar hardware to work.
Thanks in advance
- Wifi - I have an Intel 7260 card and am using the under development wifi kext for it. I have to manually load it ever time the laptop starts but it doesn't take long to do and wifi and bluetooth seem to work well enough (if a little slow sometimes). As this is developed I am sure it will improve and a more permanent loading solution found.
- Secondary screen - I can not get this to work. When I plug in a second screen (currently using an HP S231d) it recognises it for audio and as a HDD but no picture is displayed and the screen goes to sleep straight away.
- Sleep - the laptop will wake from sleep if it has only been for a short period. If it is left for hours then the machine beeps at me 16 times then goes back to sleep without the display waking at all.
- Touchpad - I finally managed to get this recognised as a touchpad instead of a mouse. Not all mac gestures work but finger scrolling etc... does. The only problem I have is drag and drop. If i click on the edge of the pad and use another finger elsewhere on the pad the cursor jumps to the position of whichever finger still rests on the pad. Bizarrely it only happens if i click near the edge of the pad, if i have both fingers near the middle of the pad (the whole pad is clickable) then i don't have the problem.
- Sound - i have eventually found a kext that is workable but the volume is still about 80% of what would be ideal.
I also hope that this can be used by others who may be struggling to get similar hardware to work.
Thanks in advance