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Alienware-17-R4-Dual-GPU-MacOS-12-11-10-Hackintosh

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laptop-alienware-17-mlk-pdp-4

截屏2021-11-07 下午8 14 32

My hardware

•	Alienware 17 R4

•	1080p

•	i7-7700HQ

•	Intel HD 630 & Nvidia GeForce GT 1060

•	16G RAM

•	SM961 Samsung NVME 256 

•	REALTEK ALC298

•	KILLER E2500 

•	Dell DW1560 (Broadcom BCM94352Z)

•	BIOS version 1.5.0

BIOS Configuration

•	SATA MODE AHCI

•	SECURE BOOT NO

•	BOOT UEFI

Overview

I've got dual-gpu working good on 10.13.6,Now just waiting for the webdriver for 10.14.

*In windows OS press FN+F7 to change graphic mode:

1.dual gpu mode:Indisplay connects to hd630,Exdisplay connects to nvidia 1060

2.nvidia gpu only mode:Indisplay & Exdisplay both connects to nvidia 1060

What Works

•	CPU Power Management

•	Battery Support

•	Intel HD 630 & Nvidia GeForce GT 1060(when webdriver has installed)

•	HDMI out (with hotplug) & Audio out(when webdriver has installed)

•	Audio ALC298 (2.1ch with subwoofer)

•	Headphone 

•	Brightness & volume Keys

•	Keyboard 

•	AlienFX keyboard & logo LED lights (follow the settings on windows os but using vmware boot to windows and load the aw1517 usb device could change Alienfx light on macos)

•	Trackpad with Gestures

•	Webcam

•	WiFi and Bluetooth

•	Ethernet

•	iCloud Services

•	Continuity and Hand-off

•	USB 3.0 & TYPE-C

•	Thunderbolt devices with hotplug before sleep

•	Sleep & Wake (only power button could wakeup system)

What Doesn't Work

•	Keyboard & mouse wakeup sysytem

•	Thunderbolt devices with hotplug after wake 

•	ALIENFX light control on Macos

•	Webcam IR function

•	Trackpad light (Bios touchpad backlight=auto with no light ,but Bios touchpad backlight=on with light always on)

What Needs Improvement

•	Backlight auto adjust (ALS0 device)

•	HWsensor for more info

•	LPCB,SBUS,Thermal subsystem controllers seems not working normally 

•	Things under "What Doesn't Work"

Install

•	If you can't see install partition try to press F3 on clover boot screen

Post Install

    •	HIDPI

◦       Run script in Terminal:

        sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xzhih/one-key-hidpi/master/hidpi.sh)"
	
•       Change ur own productid & vendorid in kext's info.plist

◦        AppleMouseKeyboard.kext

    ◦         Applesmcmotion.kext (KIOX device)
	 
    ◦        UVC2FaceTimeHD.kext (cam)
	 
    ◦        VoodooHDA.kext (nvidia hdmi controller id)
	 
    •	Nvidia webdriver

◦        Run script in Terminal:

         bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Benjamin-Dobell/nvidia-update/master/nvidia-update.sh)
	 
•	Audio

◦	ALC298: layout-id=11 https://github.com/acidanthera/AppleALC

◦	Headphone/Headset volume ALCplugfix(deprecated):

      cd alc_fix 
  
      chmod +x install.sh 
  
      ./install.sh 
  
    ◦	Headphone/Headset volume fix Combojack(newway):

      cd ComboJack 
  
      chmod +x install.sh 
  
      ./install.sh 
  
      
◦	Install Boom 3D APP to get better audio output

Change log:

•hdmi audio changed to hotpatch from dsdt patch

•add usbports.kext

•cpu pm 800-3800mhz

•Add smcmotionsensor

•Fixed BT issue by droping DMAR table

•change virtualsmc to fakesmc for getting more sensors (Fan & nvidia temp)

•Add intel & nvidia GPU PM

•alcplugfix seems not working on 10.14,changed to verstub(combojack) for headset fix

•smbios=mbp15,1

•New released lilu & whatevergeen etc,No need to hotpatch hdmi audio any more,but still need voodoohda to make hdmi audio work