[Help] Booting installer with new Alienware m17 r4 (2021)

[jamesst20]

Specs

32 Go, mémoire DDR4, 2 933 MHz

2xSSD 1TB WD Black SN750

Carte graphique NVIDIA® GeForce RTX 3080, 16Go GDDR6 (Disabled -wegnoegpu)

NIC Killer Ethernet E3100X 10/100/1000Mbit/s/2,5Gbit/s

Wi-Fi 6 AX1650 (802.11ax) 2x2 LAN sans fil et Bluetooth 5.1

Intel® Core i7-10870H

17,3" FHD (1920x1080) 144Hz

 

Hi,

This isn't my first hackintosh but I must admit i'm kind of stuck. I attached my EFI. I followed the OpenCore Guide.

I used at first like recommeded by the guide 0x3EA50009 but I had the feeling I was stuck in verbose mode because of a black screen. The last verbose line was half printed, it felt like it.

I went on and tried 0x3EA50009 but added device-id 0x01234567 and I ended up there

IOControlUsers: gIOScreenLockState 3, ...

Any help would be very appreciated 

Also, when OpenCore guide mentions a quirk for Dell, I should assume it's true for Alienware too, right?

Edited May 12, 2021 by jamesst20

[MaLd0n]

is a 4k screen?

[jamesst20]

2 hours ago, MaLd0n said:

is a 4k screen?

17,3" FHD (1920x1080) 144Hz

 

EFI: https://www.sendspace.com/file/ulp7ol

 

config.plist.zip

[jamesst20]

I was only able to boot the installer by removing -wegnoegpu flag. It doesn't feel right :S 

Seems like it's using the Nvidia instead of the IGPU

[MaLd0n]

this processor dont have igpu?

[jamesst20]

9 minutes ago, MaLd0n said:

this processor dont have igpu?

 

It does? https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/208018/intel-core-i7-10870h-processor-16m-cache-up-to-5-00-ghz.html

[MaLd0n]

yes

have igpu

check bios/uefi options

[jamesst20]

8 hours ago, MaLd0n said:

yes

have igpu

check bios/uefi options

 

Here is my BIOS https://imgur.com/a/Isuoe64

 

I'm able to boot without the flag -wegnoegpu but I have to spoof the Intel at 0x12314567. If the intel loads, I'm stuck here : https://imgur.com/a/pnHHxf3

Edited May 13, 2021 by jamesst20

[MaLd0n]

use -igfxvesa

[jamesst20]

5 hours ago, MaLd0n said:

use -igfxvesa

I finally got it ! There was an hidden shortcut in Windows to enable Optimus. Now my laptop built-in monitor is driven by IGPU it works flawless.

 

2 Problems:

 

#1

I was not able to get the Keyboard to work though :(

VoodooPS2Controller: Working trackpad (but very laggy), no keyboard

Voodool2c: Working trackpad (butter smooth), no keyboard :( 

 

#2

During boot, the monitor brightness go very low. I cannot control the brightness (slider makes no effect). However, 5 minutes later, the brightness comes back fine and the brightness slider works.

 

Send me: https://www.sendspace.com/file/49rcma

[MaLd0n]

use -igfxblr -noDC9 igfxfw=2

add voodoops2 controller with keyboard plugin only

https://github.com/acidanthera/VoodooPS2/releases

[jamesst20]

32 minutes ago, MaLd0n said:

use -igfxblr -noDC9 igfxfw=2

add voodoops2 controller with keyboard plugin only

https://github.com/acidanthera/VoodooPS2/releases

Thanks a ton! -igfxblr alone was enough to fix the trouble ! Should I include the 2 flags anyway?

 

No luck for the keyboard. I attached some Windows Device Manager screenshot that might add relevent information

Screenshot.zip

[MaLd0n]

post efi folder here

[jamesst20]

41 minutes ago, MaLd0n said:

post efi folder here

 

SendMe with EFI: https://www.sendspace.com/file/el6zm0

[MaLd0n]

try rehabman version

https://bitbucket.org/RehabMan/os-x-voodoo-ps2-controller/downloads/

[jamesst20]

47 minutes ago, MaLd0n said:

try rehabman version

https://bitbucket.org/RehabMan/os-x-voodoo-ps2-controller/downloads/

 

Won't it conflict with VoodooL2c or OpenCore? I can only try in few hours

[MaLd0n]

8 minutes ago, jamesst20 said:

Won't it conflict with VoodooL2c or OpenCore? I can only try in few hours

No

This version dont have voodooinput

[jamesst20]

4 hours ago, MaLd0n said:

No

This version dont have voodooinput

Just tested, no effect

[MaLd0n]

no idea what happens in this case

[jamesst20]

6 hours ago, MaLd0n said:

no idea what happens in this case

 

Do you see anyway we can diagnose this ?

I google "Alienware hackintosh keyboard" and it seems I am not the only one

[MaLd0n]

Try

Archive.zip

[jamesst20]

11 hours ago, MaLd0n said:

Try

Archive.zip 1.53 kB · 1 download

 

No effect either

By the way, by further investigating (DEBUG version of PS2Controtroller), I was able to notice that with 2 specific keys it does receive message. I installed Karabiner Elements EventViewer and it seems the only key it's able to catch is Fn+F11 (which is supposed to disable Touchpad if I were in Windows).

 

Here is what it logs

 

type:down            HID usage:7,224      name:{"key_code":"left_control"}                             misc:flags left_control
type:down            HID usage:7,227      name:{"key_code":"left_command"}                             misc:flags left_command,left_control
type:up              HID usage:7,227      name:{"key_code":"left_command"}                             misc:flags left_control
type:up              HID usage:7,224      name:{"key_code":"left_control"}                             misc:

 

[MaLd0n]

no idea what happens in this case bro

[jamesst20]

21 hours ago, MaLd0n said:

no idea what happens in this case bro

Using Ubuntu, I turned off my USB Controller and noticed the keyboard stopped working but not the trackpad. My keyboard seems to be USB driven.

I will try to do the USB port mapping, it's just going to be harder since XhciPortLimit is broken in Big Sur 11.3

[jamesst20]

4 hours ago, jamesst20 said:

Using Ubuntu, I turned off my USB Controller and noticed the keyboard stopped working but not the trackpad. My keyboard seems to be USB driven.

I will try to do the USB port mapping, it's just going to be harder since XhciPortLimit is broken in Big Sur 11.3

I would like to add:

 

It seems Mac OS doesn't see the keyboard at all  See images

If I remove these unused ports, I'm scared I'm disabling the keyboard port

Images.zip