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[Guide] Dell Inspiron 7352 - Intel Core i5-5200U - 8GB RAM - Intel HD Graphics 5500

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Supermicro X11SPA-T
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Intel Xeon W-3275 28 Core
Graphics
2xAMD RX 580 8GB
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13.x
Bootloader
  1. OpenCore (UEFI)
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  2. MacBook Pro
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This is a complete installation guide to install macOS Mojave 10.14 on Dell Inspiron 7352. The purpose of this guide is to provide a step-by-step guide to install Mojave using Clover UEFI.


Specifications

Code:
Laptop: Dell Inspiron 7352
CPU: Intel Core i5-5200U
RAM: 8 GB 1600MHz
IGPU: Intel HD Graphics 5500
HDD: Seagate ST1500LT012
Audio: Realtek ALC255
Display: 13.3" (1920x1080) Samsung 133HL (Dell 9T7WM)
Wireless/Bluetooth: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7265 (Unsupported)
Touchscreen: ELAN Touchscreen (USB)
Trackpad: Dell DLL06B5 (INT3433)
Camera: NEC Camera (unknown model)
Ports: 2 x USB 3.0 | 1 x USB 2.0 | 1 x HDMI | 1 x SD Card slot | 1 x 3.5mm audio combo jack

Summary

What works?
  • Audio
  • Graphics
  • HDMI Video+HDMI Audio
  • Keyboard
  • Trackpad (With Gestures)
  • Brightness
  • Keyboard Backlit
  • Brightness Hotkeys
  • Battery Meter
  • Power Management
  • iMessage
  • FaceTime
  • iCloud
  • USB 2.0, 3.0Ports
Not working
  • Only WiFi and Bluetooth (Unsupported), need to replace.
Bootable Media Creation
To create a Bootable media for Mojave, follow the steps below.

1. Insert your USB Flash Drive and open Disk Utility. The Disk Utility is located at /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility
2. Select your USB Flash Drive in the left pane and click on Erase button, at top.
3. A pop-up will appear.
4. Under Name type USB
5. Under Format select Mac OS X Extended (Journaled)
6. Under Scheme select GUID Partition Map, and click on Erase.
7. When done, click on Done.
8. Launch terminal, located at /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.
9. Copy and paste the following sudo command in terminal.
Code:
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Mojave.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/USB
10. Enter your password
11. Press (Y) to confirm and then press enter key and it will start to erase the disk and will create macOS Bootable USB.

Once the process completes, close the terminal. The USB Flash Drive will be renamed as Install macOS High Sierra

Note :
  • At this point, the bootable USB can be only used to boot Mac only. In order to boot the computer using the USB, follow the steps below.

Install Clover Bootloader
The next step is to install the Clover Bootloader to your USB Flash Drive.

1. Download Clover EFI Bootloader.
2. Extract the Clover EFI bootloader installer package and right click on the .pkg file and select Open
3. By default, the Clover Bootloader will select the system drive i.e Macintosh HD. Simply click on Change Install Location and select your installation Drive i.e Install macOS Mojave.
4. Click on Customize and configure the following settings.
  • Install Clover for UEFI booting only
  • Install Clover in the ESP
  • Themes: Select any
  • Drivers64UEFI: AptioMemoryFix-64 and ApsDriverLoader-64
The rest necessary drivers will be installed automatically by default.

6. Confirm the above options and click on Install. When promoted, enter your password. The clover bootloader will be installed to your installation drive.
7. Once done, simply click on Close

After installing the Clover bootloader, the EFI partition should be mounted on your Desktop.

Notes :
  • You need one additional drivers. HFSPlus.efi
  • Without HFSPlus, you won't be able to see any HFS+ volumes including your installation drive.
Downloads
Copy the additional drivers, HFSPlus.efi to: /EFI/Clover/drivers64UEFI

Now you’ve successfully installed clover and the required drivers on your USB.

Placing required kexts
In order to boot into the installation, you need to place the necessary kexts. Follow the guide below to place the necessary kexts.

Navigate to: EFI/CLOVER/kexts/
Remove all the folders, 10.x, except 'Other'.

Downloads

Notes :
  • Do not download the project files. The pre-built binaries/downloads are available in the README.md section. Make sure you read it carefully.
  • Download the latest version for better support.
  • Use the kext from Release folder and Release.zip file.
Copy all the kexts from the release folder downloaded above.
Navigate to /EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other/ and place all the 5 kexts (FakeSMC.kext, VoodPS2Controller.kext and USBInjectAll.kext, Lilu.kext and WhateverGreen.kext)

Preparing Post Installation Tools
The next step is to place the required tools, kexts to the another Flash Drive which will help you in the post installation.

1. Insert your another USB
2. Format the USB with the following parameters
Under Name type Post Install
Under Format select Mac OS X Extended (Journaled)
Under Scheme select GUID Partition Map, and click on Erase.

When done, click on Done.

3. Copy the important tools such as DPCIManager, Clover Configurator, IOReg, MaciASL.

When done, simply eject your second Flash Drive.

Copy the Config.plist
Get the config.plist from Rehabman Github repo: https://github.com/RehabMan/OS-X-Clover-Laptop-Config

1. Download the config.plist file from the above link.
2. Copy config_HD5300_5500_6000.plist
3. Place it at : EFI/Clover
4. Rename it to config.plist.
5. Open your config.plist using Clover Configurator.
6. Add the following parameters
7. -v in boot args.
8. Navigate to Devices Tab
9. Delete all the values in Add Properties
10. At bottom, delete all the properties values.
11. Navigate to Graphics Tab
12. Uncheck Inject ATI and Inject NVIDIA.
13. Under ig-platform id, type 0x12345678
14. Save your config.plist file

UEFI Settings
To access your BIOS/UEFI, press and hold Delete key on your Keyboard and then set the following.
  • Set Optimal Defaults.
  • Set Legacy Option ROMs to Enabled.
  • Exit Saving Changes.
Installation
Follow the steps below for the installation.

1. Turn on your PC
2. Press F12 to enter boot menu.
3. Select your USB Flash Drive with the UEFI prefix and press enter to boot.
4. When at Clover screen, select Boot macOS Install from Install macOS Mojave.
5. It will take couple of minutes to boot into installer screen. Once you reach the installer, select your preferred language and continue.
6. For a fresh installation, you must erase the drive you wish to install on. Follow the steps below to erase the destination drive.
7. On top, click on Utilities and then select Disk Utility.
8. When at Disk Utility, click on View and select Show all Devices.
9. Now select the SSD.
10. Make sure that you don’t select partition, select the Drive and click on Erase button.

Under Name type Macintosh HD.
Under Format select APFS.
Under Scheme select GUID Partition Map, and click on erase button.

Close Disk Utility

11. Select Install macOS and continue with the options.

12. Now select Macintosh HD and click on Install.
13. Upon completion, the system will automatically restart. The system may restart few times to complete the installation.
14. If the system restarts, select Boot macOS Install from Macintosh HD.

15. After installation, boot it using USB, but this time select Macintosh HD.
16. The first boot maybe slower as the caches are not build yet. Once the caches are built, it will boot normally.
17. When you're at the welcome screen, continue with the basics options such as Keyboard setup, Network, Computer Account and Privacy settings.

Now the installation is complete, but the drive isn't bootable yet. You need to configure the Post Installation

Post Installation
Now, configuring the Post Installation

The post installation is required to achieve the fully system functionality.
Typically, the post installation includes enabling boot from the system drive, Graphics, Network, Audio, HDMI Audio, Trackpad, Brightness, Keyboard remap and USB.

Boot from System Drive
This is one of the most important part as it allows to boot it using the system drive without any need of installation USB.
Mount the EFI Partition.

Be sure to mount both the EFI partitions of your Hard Drive and Mojave Bootable USB. Both the EFI partition of your Hard Drive and USB Flash Drive will be mounted on your Desktop.

Assuming that you’ve mounted your EFI Partition, continue the following.

1. Open your EFI Partition of your Hard Drive.
2. Select EFI folder and then move to Trash.
3. Now open your EFI Partition of your macOS Sierra Bootable USB.
4. Now copy the EFI folder to your EFI Partition of your Hard Drive.

By using this method, You’ll able to install Clover Bootloader automatically to your Hard Drive.

Graphics
This Laptop has a DVMT lock, probably less than 32MB. Follow the steps below to activate Graphics with Full QE/CI.

1. After installing the Clover Bootloader, restart your laptop.
2. Mount your EFI Partition
3. Open your config.plist using Clover Configurator.
4. Navigate to Graphics Tab
5. Under ig-platform-id, remove the existing data i.e 0x12345678
6. Save your config.plist.
7. Open Terminal
8. Type:
Code:
sudo kextcache -i/
9. When promoted, enter your password.
10. Restart your laptop

You should have a working Graphics with Full QE/CI.

Network
The Laptop does not have a built-in Ethernet port. So, the only option is a WiFi. The WiFi is unsupported and needs to be replaced. A iPhone has been used for the network.

DSDT and SSDT Patching
For the DSDT and SSDT patching, i prefer full patched set of DSDT and SSDT. Follow the DSDT and SSDT patching guide: https://www.elitemacx86.com/threads/guide-how-to-patch-laptop-dsdt-and-ssdts.178/
Using the guides, patch all of your DSDT and SSDT.

DSDT
  • Rename _DSM to _XDSM
  • Layout id = 13 (0x0D)
  • Rename GFX0 to IGPU
  • Fix _WAK Arg0 v2
  • HPET Fix
  • SMBUS Fix
  • IRQ Fix
  • RTC Fix
  • OS Check Fix
  • Fix Mutex with non-zero SyncLevel
  • Rename B0D3 to HDAU
  • USB3_PRW 0x6D (instant wake)
  • Dell Inspiron 15-7xxx
For activating keyboard Brightness/Backlight Hot keys
  • UP = _Q1C
  • Down = _Q1D
Code:
into method label _Q1D replace_content
begin
// Brightness Down\n
    Notify(\_SB.PCI0.LPCB.PS2K, 0x0405)\n
end;
into method label _Q1C replace_content
begin
// Brightness Up\n
    Notify(\_SB.PCI0.LPCB.PS2K, 0x0406)\n
end;

Note :
  • Change all the layout IDs to 13 (0x0D)

SSDT
  • Rename GFX0 to IGPU
  • Rename B0D3 to HDAU
  • Cleanup/Fix Errors (SSDT)
  • Remove _PSS placeholders
The SSDT (SSDT-3-HSW-LPT) will have 8 errors in total
Screen Shot 2018-10-10 at 3.15.15 AM.png
Use "Remove _PSS placeholders" patch to fix this error.
When using B0D3 to HDAU patch, for the SSDT (SSDT-5-HSW-LPT), you'll have 9 errors in total.
Screen Shot 2018-10-10 at 3.20.08 AM.png
Simply replace BD03 with HDAU
Screen Shot 2018-10-10 at 3.22.09 AM.png
Place all the patches DSDT and SSDTs to : EFI/ACPI/Patched.

1. Open your config.plist
2. Check "Drop OEM"
3. Under Sorted Order, list all of your DSDT and SSDTs.
The SSDT (SSDT-PNLF.aml) should be added at last.
Screen Shot 2018-10-10 at 3.29.13 AM.png

Brightness
For activating the Brightness, read here: https://www.elitemacx86.com/threads/guide-how-to-enable-backlight-control-on-laptop.182/

Audio
The motherboard uses a Realtek ALC255 Audio Codec.
There are several ways to activate audio. I'm using AppleHDA to enable audio on this build.

1. Download the AppleHDA from here
2. Extract the kext
3. Install the kext to S/L/E
4. Open your config.plist
5. Under Acpi patches, add the following patch
Code:
Comment: Rename HDAS to HDEF
Find* [HEX]: 48444153
Replace [HEX]: 48444546
6. Use layout ID =13
7. Check "ResetHDA"

Notes :
HDMI Audio
The HDMI Audio works OOTB. You just need to find out the port and uncomment the connector in Devices>Properties.

Note :
  • Use layout id=13 only. If you use any other layout, no Audio output will be there
Trackpad
The Trackpad is a I2C Trackpad. The buttons work only. Like a normal mouse. But no gestures. For more information, read here: https://voodooi2c.github.io/
Using VoodooI2C, the gestures works and the Multitouch also works.

Battery Meter
The battery meter doesn't works out of the box. You'll need to install ACPIBatteryManager. A patch for Battery status has been already added in the DSDT above.

1. Download ACPIBatteryManager
2. Install the kext from the Release folder to S/L/E

Power Management

The CPU power management works OOTB. For more information, read here: https://www.elitemacx86.com/threads/guide-enable-native-power-management-on-laptops.187/

USB Ports
The ports works OOTB. All the USB ports are activated by default. But you'll need to add the port limit patch

Add USB port limit patch
1. Mount your EFI Partition
2. Open your config.plist file using Clover Configurator
3. Navigate to kernel and kext patches tab and add the following patch in your config.plist.

Code:
Name: com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCI
Find* [HEX]: 83FB0F0F 83030500 0
Replace* [HEX]: 83FB0F90 90909090 90
Comment: USB 10.14.x by PMHeart
MatchOS: 10.14.x

4. Save your config.plist file

Restart your Laptop
After completing the post installation, restart your laptop.

Miscellaneous

App Store, iMessage, FaceTime, and iCloud

To activate App Store, iMessage, FaceTime, and iCloud, follow the instructions below

1. Mount your EFI partition
2. Open your config.plist
3. Navigate to SMBIOS Tab
4. Generate a new SMBIOS for "MacBook Pro12,1"
5. Save your config.plist
6. Restart your laptop
7. Login into App Store, iMessage, FaceTime and iCloud.

Conclusion
You should have all the functions as stated above.

Credits:
RehabMan
InsanelyDeepak
 
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