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Dell Inspiron 3493 - trackpad, keyboard and Wi-Fi troubles

thatbordercollie

thatbordercollie

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Motherboard
Dell Inspiron 3493
CPU
i5-1035G1
Graphics
UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake)
After several hours, I've successfully installed Sonoma 14.4 on an Inspiron 3493 with a MacBookAir9,2 SMBIOS. I'm a beginner to Hackintoshing, so I might have missed a step or two, and I apologize in advance if I have.

Everything else works (some trial and error, and a couple run-ins with 4 MB graphics which means no acceleration led to me spoofing an Iris Plus G7 for my UHD Graphics G1, and it kinda works - There is a long black screen period during startup, though, but inputs are recognized) except the trackpad, keyboard and Wi-Fi. iPhone hotspots and USB peripherals, however, will work.

I'll attach my EFI when I get on the computer.

Edit: Attached EFI
 

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Update: Just found out computer panics when closing the lid. This is definitely very much a WIP
 
thatbordercollie said:
After several hours, I've successfully installed Sonoma 14.4 on an Inspiron 3493 with a MacBookAir9,2 SMBIOS. I'm a beginner to Hackintoshing, so I might have missed a step or two, and I apologize in advance if I have.

Everything else works (some trial and error, and a couple run-ins with 4 MB graphics which means no acceleration led to me spoofing an Iris Plus G7 for my UHD Graphics G1, and it kinda works - There is a long black screen period during startup, though, but inputs are recognized) except the trackpad, keyboard and Wi-Fi. iPhone hotspots and USB peripherals, however, will work.

I'll attach my EFI when I get on the computer.

Edit: Attached EFI
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your wifi card QCA9377 is not supported on macOS, sorry!

you will have to replace that one if you need wifi
 
Feartech said:
your wifi card QCA9377 is not supported on macOS, sorry!

you will have to replace that one if you need wifi
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Darn it. It's gonna have to be wired then

However, my other laptop does have an Intel card. I can swap it over
 
thatbordercollie said:
Darn it. It's gonna have to be wired then

However, my other laptop does have an Intel card. I can swap it over
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just keep the intel wifi kexts, remove the broadcom ones :)
 
Gotcha, will do that when I get on the PC next

All I need to fix now is the lack of trackpad and internal keyboard, and that in particular has honestly left me a bit stumped
 
thatbordercollie said:
Gotcha, will do that when I get on the PC next

All I need to fix now is the lack of trackpad and internal keyboard, and that in particular has honestly left me a bit stumped
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kext ordering is very important when it comes to using VoodooI2C and VoodooPS2Controller kexts

example of my setup:

Code: 
<dict>
                <key>Arch</key>
                <string>Any</string>
                <key>BundlePath</key>
                <string>VoodooI2C.kext/Contents/Plugins/VoodooGPIO.kext</string>
                <key>Comment</key>
                <string>Touchpad</string>
                <key>Enabled</key>
                <true/>
                <key>ExecutablePath</key>
                <string>Contents/MacOS/VoodooGPIO</string>
                <key>MaxKernel</key>
                <string></string>
                <key>MinKernel</key>
                <string></string>
                <key>PlistPath</key>
                <string>Contents/Info.plist</string>
            </dict>
            <dict>
                <key>Arch</key>
                <string>Any</string>
                <key>BundlePath</key>
                <string>VoodooI2C.kext/Contents/Plugins/VoodooI2CServices.kext</string>
                <key>Comment</key>
                <string>Touchpad</string>
                <key>Enabled</key>
                <true/>
                <key>ExecutablePath</key>
                <string>Contents/MacOS/VoodooI2CServices</string>
                <key>MaxKernel</key>
                <string></string>
                <key>MinKernel</key>
                <string></string>
                <key>PlistPath</key>
                <string>Contents/Info.plist</string>
            </dict>
            <dict>
                <key>Arch</key>
                <string>Any</string>
                <key>BundlePath</key>
                <string>VoodooI2C.kext</string>
                <key>Comment</key>
                <string>Touchpad</string>
                <key>Enabled</key>
                <true/>
                <key>ExecutablePath</key>
                <string>Contents/MacOS/VoodooI2C</string>
                <key>MaxKernel</key>
                <string></string>
                <key>MinKernel</key>
                <string></string>
                <key>PlistPath</key>
                <string>Contents/Info.plist</string>
            </dict>
            <dict>
                <key>Arch</key>
                <string>Any</string>
                <key>BundlePath</key>
                <string>VoodooI2CELAN.kext</string>
                <key>Comment</key>
                <string>Touchpad</string>
                <key>Enabled</key>
                <true/>
                <key>ExecutablePath</key>
                <string>Contents/MacOS/VoodooI2CELAN</string>
                <key>MaxKernel</key>
                <string></string>
                <key>MinKernel</key>
                <string></string>
                <key>PlistPath</key>
                <string>Contents/Info.plist</string>
            </dict>
            <dict>
                <key>Arch</key>
                <string>Any</string>
                <key>BundlePath</key>
                <string>VoodooPS2Controller.kext</string>
                <key>Comment</key>
                <string>Touchpad</string>
                <key>Enabled</key>
                <true/>
                <key>ExecutablePath</key>
                <string>Contents/MacOS/VoodooPS2Controller</string>
                <key>MaxKernel</key>
                <string></string>
                <key>MinKernel</key>
                <string></string>
                <key>PlistPath</key>
                <string>Contents/Info.plist</string>
            </dict>
            <dict>
                <key>Arch</key>
                <string>Any</string>
                <key>BundlePath</key>
                <string>VoodooPS2Controller.kext/Contents/Plugins/VoodooPS2Keyboard.kext</string>
                <key>Comment</key>
                <string>Touchpad</string>
                <key>Enabled</key>
                <true/>
                <key>ExecutablePath</key>
                <string>Contents/MacOS/VoodooPS2Keyboard</string>
                <key>MaxKernel</key>
                <string></string>
                <key>MinKernel</key>
                <string></string>
                <key>PlistPath</key>
                <string>Contents/Info.plist</string>
            </dict>
            <dict>
                <key>Arch</key>
                <string>Any</string>
                <key>BundlePath</key>
                <string>VoodooPS2Controller.kext/Contents/Plugins/VoodooPS2Mouse.kext</string>
                <key>Comment</key>
                <string>Touchpad</string>
                <key>Enabled</key>
                <true/>
                <key>ExecutablePath</key>
                <string>Contents/MacOS/VoodooPS2Mouse</string>
                <key>MaxKernel</key>
                <string></string>
                <key>MinKernel</key>
                <string></string>
                <key>PlistPath</key>
                <string>Contents/Info.plist</string>
            </dict>
            <dict>
                <key>Arch</key>
                <string>Any</string>
                <key>BundlePath</key>
                <string>VoodooPS2Controller.kext/Contents/Plugins/VoodooInput.kext</string>
                <key>Comment</key>
                <string>Touchpad</string>
                <key>Enabled</key>
                <true/>
                <key>ExecutablePath</key>
                <string>Contents/MacOS/VoodooInput</string>
                <key>MaxKernel</key>
                <string></string>
                <key>MinKernel</key>
                <string></string>
                <key>PlistPath</key>
                <string>Contents/Info.plist</string>
            </dict>
 
I'll tinker with this soon and post results. Afterward, we should be hopefully good to go!

Edit: I wonder if voodooI2C requires the PS/2 kexts
 
thatbordercollie said:
I'll tinker with this soon and post results. Afterward, we should be hopefully good to go!

Edit: I wonder if voodooI2C requires the PS/2 kexts
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VoodooPS2Keyboard.kext is normally required to get your keyboard to work

VoodooInput.kext is also required
 
Gotcha. Thanks for the help! How do I install OpenCore to the laptop's UEFI btw, while removing the Windows bootloader entry?
 
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