Personal Hackintosh Documentation/Instructions for Dell Gaming 7567

Notice

For the High Sierra (10.13) Release: This fork of Nihhaar's repo uses about the same config as he made (DSDT, SSDT patches and kexts), the only difference is that I managed to work out a way to make the wireless card DW1560 work.

For the Catalina (10.15) Release: Initial USB kexts and config used are from maxis7567's repo, Nihhaar's kexts and config files were fused into this build and managed to continue using DW1560 (updated kexts), lastly I set up CPUFriend to stop the CPU from running at high frequency all the time.

Warning: CPU Friend is configured to be used with the same CPU as mine, if you have other CPU, you NEED to configure your own SSDT for CPUFriend. Refer to this guide

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Clover USB Files:
 - ACPI: SSDT Patch needed for Catalina

 - drivers64UEFI: HFSPlus.efi (for HFS+ fs), apfs.efi (for apfs fs) and OsxAptioFix3Drv.efi

 - kexts/Other: 
   - ApplePS2SmartTouchpad: For initial trackpad & keyboard support
   - FakeSMC: SMC emulator
   - RealtekRT8111: Kext for ethernet support
   - SATA-100-series-unsupported: 
   - USBInjectAll: Injecting USB ports (even for recognizing the bootable USB)

 - config.plist: Initial SMBIOS, USBInjectAll dsdt patches, port limit patches (for usb 3.0)

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Clover Post-Install Files:
 - drivers64UEFI: HFSPlus.efi (for HFS+ fs), apfs.efi (for apfs fs)

 - kexts/Other:
   - AirportBrcmFixup
   - CPUFriend
   - FakeSMC
   - Lilu
   - RealtekRTL8111
   - SATA-100-series-unsupported
   - USBInjectAll
   - VoodooI2C
   - VoodooI2CHID
   - VoodooPS2Controller
   - WhateverGreen

 - /L/E Kexts:
   - ACPIBatteryManager
   - AirportBrcmFixup
   - AppleALC
   - AppleBacklightInjector
   - BrcmBluetoothInjector
   - BrcmFirmwareRepo
   - BrcmPatchRAM3
   - CodecCommander
   - FakeSMC_ACPISensors
   - FakeSMC_CPUSensors
   - FakeSMC_GPUSensors
   - FakeSMC_LPCSensors
   - FakeSMC_SMMSensors
   - FakeSMC
   - Lilu
   - RealtekRTL8111
   - SATA-100-series-unsupported
   - USBInjectAll
   - VoodooI2C
   - VoodooI2CHID
   - VoodooPS2Controller
   - WhateverGreen

 - config.plist:
   - DSDT Fixes: FixHPET, FixHeaders, FixIPIC, FixRTC, FixTMR
   - DSDT Patches: IGPU, IMEI, HDEF, OSI, PRW, VoodooI2C, brightness control patches
   - WhateverGreen properties: Disable unused ports, increase VRAM from 1536->2048 MB
   - Kernel and Kext Patches: DellSMBIOS, AppleRTC, KernelLapic, KernelPm
   - Kernel To Patch: MSR 0xE2, Panic kext logging
   - Kexts to Patch: I2C, SSD Trim, AppleALC patches
   - SMBIOS

 - patched:
   - SSDT-ALS0: Fake ambient light sensor
   - SSDT-BRT6: Brightness control via keyboard
   - SSDT-Disable_DGPU: Disable discrete GPU (Nvidia)
   - SSDT-I2C: VoodooI2C GPIO pinning & disabling VoodooPS2 kext for trackpads and mouses
   - SSDT-PNLF: Backlight ssdt
   - SSDT-PRW: SSDT for usb instant wake
   - SSDT-UIAC: Injecting right usb ports (coniguration for usbinjectall kext)
   - SSDT-XCPM: Injecting plugin-type for power management
   - SSDT-XOSI: Faking OS for the ACPI
   - SSDT_ALC256: CodecCommander config for ALC256 (removes headphone noise)
   - SSDT.aml: CPUFriend configuration

Notes

Currently using in 10.15.6 (Catalina), don't know about Big Sur;
No support for 4k (I don't have a 4k variant);
HDMI doesn't work on this hack because it is connected to nvidia card and we disabled it;
Wi-Fi, bluetooth, handoff and airdrop working flawlessly by replacing the intel wireless card to DW1560 and installing the right kexts (which are in Post-Install Kexts folder).

Known Bugs

Stock wifi doesn't work (needs to be replaced with a compatible one);
2.1 audio (2.0 works) (I recommend the use of Boom2 App for a little bit more volume);
Audio via headphones after sleep (Still a problem).

Specs

Intel i7-7700HQ CPU
Intel HD Graphics 630 / nVidia GTX 1050 Ti
16GB 2400MHz DDR4 RAM
15.6” 1080p IPS Display
256GB SanDisk M.2 SSD (SATA)
500GB SanDisk SSD Sata3

Troubleshooting (By Nihhaar)

1) Backlight level is not persisting across reboot

Boot into macOS
Mount EFI folder and delete nvram.plist in the folder
Clear nvram variables from terminal using sudo nvram -c
Reboot into Clover
Open Clover UEFI Shell and type following commands:
```
FS0: 
cd EFI 
dmpstore -all -s dmpvars.txt
```
Find the GUID of the backlight-level variable (same for all macOS nvram variables) and type the following command in the same shell:
```
dmpstore -d -guid <GUID of macOS variables> 
exit
```
Reboot

2) Sound is not working

Some higher versions of AppleALC doesn't seem to work properly. So install a tested version like 1.2.8
Make sure Lilu is installed & AppleALC is loaded after Lilu: If you use /L/E for kexts, make sure you have LiluFriend.kext and correctly configured
If you have FakePCIID kexts, remove them. These patches are already included in AppleALC(atleast in 1.2.8) and are not needed
Make sure kexts are loading properly. Sometimes kexts fail to load due to improper permissions. Use Scripts/fixPersmissions.sh
If none of the above worked, try posting in forums like tonymacx86.com

3) Fonts look blurry in mojave

Apple nuked subpixel antialiasing in mojave, making non-retina screens blurry
This effect is noticable in 1080p but doesnt affect 4k or retina displays
The following makes things somewhat better:

# Type these commands in terminal and re-login to see the changes

defaults write -g CGFontRenderingFontSmoothingDisabled -bool NO
defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain AppleFontSmoothing -int 2

If you want to revert back to original settings:

# Type these commands in terminal and re-login to see the changes

defaults -currentHost delete -globalDomain AppleFontSmoothing
defaults write -g CGFontRenderingFontSmoothingDisabled -bool YES

4) Scrolling is choppy with third party mice

Use this tool: https://mos.caldis.me/, works well
Scroll direction can also be set via this tool

5) Clover USB is not booting

Probably needs port limit patch in config.plist for the OS version you are using (just google it)
Preferably, use USB 2.0 for avoiding port limit errors

Lvieira21 / Hackintosh-Dell-7567

Personal Hackintosh Documentation/Instructions for Dell Gaming 7567

Notice

Warning: CPU Friend is configured to be used with the same CPU as mine, if you have other CPU, you NEED to configure your own SSDT for CPUFriend. Refer to this guide

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