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HP Pavilion bc015tx Hackintosh

Catalog

About 1820A

About Intel AC7265

Patching USB with Hackintool

Fixing Suddenly Poweroff On BIOS Stage

Fixing Sound Issue After Rebooted From Windows

Specification

Part Info
Model HP Pavilion bc015tx
CPU Intel Core i7-6700HQ
Mem Hynix 8GB DDR4 2400 MHz
SSD SAMSUNG MZNTY128HDHP-000H1 128GB
HDD HGST HTS721010A9E630 1TB
IGPU Intel HD Graphics 530
DGPU Nvidia GTX960M
Sound Card Realtek ALC295 (Layout ID = 28 or 77)
WIFI / BT
  • Original: Intel AC7265
  • Cpmpatible: DELL DW1820A (Pci14e4,43a3)
  • Cpmpatible: BCM94360Z3
Ethernet RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller

Usage

  1. Download latest EFI in GitHub Release Page or Gitee Release Page

  2. If you are under Windows:

    1. Write installer to your flash disk via TransMac or Etcher. This will erase all data from your flash disk
    2. Mount EFI partition of your flash disk with Disk Genius, and replace the original EFI with downloaded one.
    3. Rename config-install.plist to config.plist
    4. Reboot and press F9 to select boot from flash disk
    5. Install

  3. If you are under macOS:

    1. Search macOS in AppStore and download it. Assuming we're downloading macOS 10.15

    2. Insert your USB flash disk

    3. Open Terminal.app

    4. Open Finder, find Install macOS Catalina.app under Applications

    5. Drag and drop this app to terminal. It will be convert to a string of path, such as /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Catalina.app. Note that if there is a space behind .app, delete that space.

    6. then input /Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume. Note that there is double-slash in front of volume, and a space behind it.

    7. Goto desktop, drag and drop the USB flash icon to terminal

    8. Finally we got a command, such as

      /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Catalina.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/FlashDisk

      and hit return. The createinstallmedia tool will write the installer to your USB flash. This will erase all data from your flash disk

    9. Mount EFI partition of USB flash with OpenCore Configurator, and put the EFI folder into it.

    10. Goto EFI folder inside EFI partition and rename config-install.plist to config.plist

    11. Eject flash disk and insert it to your target machine. Boot with key F9 pressed and select boot from USB flash disk.

  4. After installation, boot into macOS, install OpenCore Configurator and mount both system EFI partition and EFI partition of your USB flash.

  5. Goto EFI folder under EFI partition of your USB flash. Then copy BOOT and OC folder to EFI folder under system EFI partition. Note that on this step, do not replace entire EFI folder because there might be a Microsoft boot loader in your original EFI. Delete that means you cannot boot into Windows anymore.

  6. Goto OC folder and delete config.plist. Then chose config file according to your Wi-Fi card and system version. For example I'm using Intel Wireless 7265 AC and macOS 10.15, I rename config-Intel7265AC-Catalina.plist to config.plist

  7. Eject USB flash and reboot into macOS

What if my machine refuse to boot

Submit an issue, attach the screenshot of where you stuck, which version of macOS are you using, which version of EFI are you using, etc.

Not Working

  1. Nvidia DGPU
  2. HDMI output

Working

  1. Intel iGPU
  2. Sound
  3. USB
  4. Ethernet
  5. Wi-Fi (Works perfectly after replace with 1820A, Sidecar, Handoff, Airdrop is working as well. If you are using the original card, you can consider about itlwm with HeliPort, but the package loss is a pain in the ass. )
  6. Bluetooth (Original card use IntelBluetoothFirmware）
  7. Battery percentage（SSDT-BatteryFix.dsl）
  8. Trackpad
  9. Sleep
  10. CPU power management
  11. Brightness keys (BrightnessKey.kext)
  12. Media keys
  13. Card reader (by Sinetek-rtsx.kext)
  14. Switch between left Windows (now is ⌘) and Alt (now is ⌥ ). Right Alt remains as ⌘, so the ⌘Del is more convincing (by SSDT-SwapCmdOpt.dsl)

Supported OS version

Only tested on Catalina, Big Sur and Monterey.

About 1820A

Without replacement of 1820A you DONT NEED these kexts:

  • BlueToolFixup.kext
  • BrcmBluetoothInjector.kext
  • BrcmFirmwareData.kext
  • BrcmPatchRAM3.kext
  • AirportBrcmFixup.kext

BIOS Settings

Press F10 at boot time to enter BIOS, disable Intel SGX and Secure Boot.

IMG_1673

IMG_1674

IMG_1675

FIx Headphone Jack And Mute Indicator

See here

How Does It Work?

Send SET_PIN_WIDGET_CONTROL command to IOHDACodecDevice, set Pin-ctls of node 0x19 to 0x24 to make Headphone Jack works.

And the mute indicator will turn on if Pin-ctls of node 0x1b is setted to 0x1, or turn off if it's setted to 0x0. So I modified the code of ALCPlugFix to make it able to listen to mute event of OS, and set node 0x1b to 0x1 when OS is muted, or 0x0 otherwise.

Themes

There are 3 themes in my EFI, they are:

Default:

Default

Modern:

Modern

Old:

Old

You can select between them inside your config.plist: Misc -> Boot -> PickerVariant

For other themes, see:

Common issues

If your battery percentage won't update / won't charge

ACEL device is an accelerometer which provides falling protection for hard disk. But in its ADJT method there is a wrong SMWR calling, and causing Embedding Controller read/write failed under macOS. So that there will be problems such as battery percentage won't update, or battery won't charge, and these problems will occur under Windows once it happened in macOS.

There are two ways to fix this:

  1. Disable ACEL

    We can rename _STA method in ACEL to XSTA, and place a new _STA method in our SSDT to replace it:

    This way you should look for the binary patch with HexFiend by yourself. Remember to extend the binary string to make it unique in DSDT (because there are many many devices inside your DSDT, and each device has a _STA method)

    Example _STA code:

    Scope (\_SB.PCI0.ACEL)
{
    Method (_STA, 0, NotSerialized) 
    {
        If (_OSI("Darwin")) 
        {
            Return (0)
        }
        Else 
        {
            Return(XSTA())
        }
    }
}

  2. Fix ADJT

    We can rename ADJT method to XDJT, and place a new ADJT method in our SSDT to replace it.

    Rename patch:

    Comment: [BATT] Rename ADJT to XDJT
Find:    4143454C 08
Replace: 5843454C 08

    Original code:

    Scope (\_SB.PCI0.ACEL)
{
    Method (ADJT, 0, Serialized)
    {
        If (_STA ())
        {
            If (LEqual (^^LPCB.EC0.ECOK, One))
            {
                Store (^^LPCB.EC0.SW2S, Local0)
            }
            Else
            {
                Store (PWRS, Local0)
            }

            If (LAnd (LEqual (^^^LID0._LID (), Zero), LEqual (Local0, Zero)))
            {
                If (LNotEqual (CNST, One))
                {
                    Store (One, CNST)
                    Store (Zero, ^^LPCB.EC0.PLGS)
                    ^^LPCB.EC0.SMWR (0xC6, 0x50, 0x24, Zero)
                    Sleep (0x0BB8)
                    ^^LPCB.EC0.SMWR (0xC6, 0x50, 0x36, 0x14)
                    ^^LPCB.EC0.SMWR (0xC6, 0x50, 0x37, 0x10)
                    ^^LPCB.EC0.SMWR (0xC6, 0x50, 0x34, 0x2A)
                    ^^LPCB.EC0.SMWR (0xC6, 0x50, 0x22, 0x20)
                }
            }
            ElseIf (LNotEqual (CNST, Zero))
            {
                Store (Zero, CNST)
                ^^LPCB.EC0.SMWR (0xC6, 0x50, 0x22, 0x40)  // <------
                ^^LPCB.EC0.SMWR (0xC6, 0x50, 0x36, One)
                ^^LPCB.EC0.SMWR (0xC6, 0x50, 0x37, 0x50)
                ^^LPCB.EC0.SMWR (0xC6, 0x50, 0x34, 0x7F)
                ^^LPCB.EC0.SMWR (0xC6, 0x50, 0x24, 0x02)
                Store (One, ^^LPCB.EC0.PLGS)
            }
        }
    }
}

    Move the pointed line to the buttom

    Modified code:

    Scope (\_SB.PCI0.ACEL)
{
    Method (ADJT, 0, Serialized)
    {
        If (_STA ())
        {
            If (LEqual (^^LPCB.EC0.ECOK, One))
            {
                Store (^^LPCB.EC0.SW2S, Local0)
            }
            Else
            {
                Store (PWRS, Local0)
            }

            If (LAnd (LEqual (^^^LID0._LID (), Zero), LEqual (Local0, Zero)))
            {
                If (LNotEqual (CNST, One))
                {
                    Store (One, CNST)
                    Store (Zero, ^^LPCB.EC0.PLGS)
                    ^^LPCB.EC0.SMWR (0xC6, 0x50, 0x24, Zero)
                    Sleep (0x0BB8)
                    ^^LPCB.EC0.SMWR (0xC6, 0x50, 0x36, 0x14)
                    ^^LPCB.EC0.SMWR (0xC6, 0x50, 0x37, 0x10)
                    ^^LPCB.EC0.SMWR (0xC6, 0x50, 0x34, 0x2A)
                    ^^LPCB.EC0.SMWR (0xC6, 0x50, 0x22, 0x20)
                }
            }
            ElseIf (LNotEqual (CNST, Zero))
            {
                Store (Zero, CNST)
                ^^LPCB.EC0.SMWR (0xC6, 0x50, 0x36, One)
                ^^LPCB.EC0.SMWR (0xC6, 0x50, 0x37, 0x50)
                ^^LPCB.EC0.SMWR (0xC6, 0x50, 0x34, 0x7F)
                ^^LPCB.EC0.SMWR (0xC6, 0x50, 0x24, 0x02)
                Store (One, ^^LPCB.EC0.PLGS)
                ^^LPCB.EC0.SMWR (0xC6, 0x50, 0x22, 0x40)  // <------
            }
        }
    }
}

After fixed, press down power button for longer then 10s to reset EC, and then boot up, you will see the fix works.

If your battery percentage is not accurate

Check the _BST method in your DSDT and see whether it includes these lines:

If (LEqual (BRTE, Zero))
{
    Store (0xFFFFFFFF, Index (PBST, One))
}

If so, place _BST method below to SSDT-BATT and apply the rename patch:

Method (_BST, 0, NotSerialized)  // _BST: Battery Status
{
    If (LEqual (^^PCI0.LPCB.EC0.ECOK, One))
    {
        If (^^PCI0.LPCB.EC0.MBTS)
        {
            UPBS ()
        }
        Else
        {
            IVBS ()
        }
    }
    Else
    {
        IVBS ()
    }

    //If (LEqual (BRTE, Zero))  //Comment out these 3 lines
    //{
    //    Store (0xFFFFFFFF, Index (PBST, One))
    //}

    Return (PBST)
}

Rename patch:

Comment: Rename _BST to XBST
Find:    5F425354 00
Replace: 58425354 00

And reboot to fix.

Links

OpenCorePkg

Clover

OC-Little

Dortania Guide

Full ACPI Specification

Donation

With PayPal

Credit

Acidanthera for OpenCore, Lilu, VirtualSMC, WhateverGreen and most of the kext we used

OpenIntelWireless for Itlwm (Intel WiFi driver) and IntelBluetoothInjector

RehabMan for ACPIBatteryManager, FakeSMC, USBInjectAll, MaciASL

Dortania for Dortania Guide

black-dragon74 for ALCPlugFix-Swift

daliansky, athlonreg, xjn819, GZXiaoBai, Bat.bat, Sukka for OC-little guide and other guides

Sukka for oc.skk.moe