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I am a new member, new to Hackintosh-ing altogether, but I'd love to try and get involved and get my machine up and running. I have a 2014 build Dell XPS 8700. I have:

 

i7-4790 CPU 3.60 GHz

 

24 GB RAM

 

AMD Raedon R9 200 series Graphics card

 

256 GB SSD on integrated mSATA on motherboard

 

2 TB HDD SATA

 

2TB External via USB

 

Windows 10 64-bit Operating System

 

 

I've been trying to build a Hackintosh for several months now based on different tutorials I have found online, but I can not seem to get all of the pieces to fit. If anyone is able to give me a succinct walk-through, and maybe even hold my hands through a few steps, I would really appreciate it.


If more information on my PC is needed, please let me know. 

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Did you try this  Clover OS X El Capitan USB

 

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/307003-clover-os-x-el-capitan-usb/

 

Try Clover  UEFI Mode

 

config.plist   ---- Graphics  setting like this

 

 

<key>Graphics</key>
<dict>
<key>Inject</key>
<dict>
<key>ATI</key>
<false/>
<key>Intel</key>
<false/>
<key>NVidia</key>
<false/>
</dict>
 
 
Maibe better success?
Good luck!

 

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OK I have my USB made and I am able to boot into Clover, but when I select to boot from USB, I end up in a boot loop. The only text on the screen between reboots to Clover is:

 

OsxAptioFixDrv: Starting overrides for .IABootFiles\boot.efi

Using relic  block: yes, hibernate wake: no

 

Did I completely screw up, or just something little?

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OK I have my USB made and I am able to boot into Clover, but when I select to boot from USB, I end up in a boot loop. The only text on the screen between reboots to Clover is:

 

OsxAptioFixDrv: Starting overrides for .IABootFiles\boot.efi

Using relic  block: yes, hibernate wake: no

 

Did I completely screw up, or just something little?

Try to Remove OsxAptioFixDrv-64.efi from EFI /Clover /drivers64UEFI and use OsxAptioFix2Drv-64.efi

 

If this not working  Mount EFI and Delete your EFI Folder on the USB EFI Partition 

 

/ Unmount EFI

 try to restart the Program / Post Installer / Select your USB Drive / Menue / Bootloader  / Select Clover ESP  thats it  

 

This will change the Boot for ESP Mode , its a Legacy Clover but on EFI Partition

 

 

Or you can restart the USB Installer from scratch and Select Clover ESP 

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Try to Remove OsxAptioFixDrv-64.efi from EFI /Clover /drivers64UEFI and use OsxAptioFix2Drv-64.efi

 

If this not working  Mount EFI and Delete your EFI Folder on the USB EFI Partition 

 

/ Unmount EFI

 try to restart the Program / Post Installer / Select your USB Drive / Menue / Bootloader  / Select Clover ESP  thats it  

 

This will change the Boot for ESP Mode , its a Legacy Clover but on EFI Partition

 

 

Or you can restart the USB Installer from scratch and Select Clover ESP 

I don't understand the part after "/Unmount EFI." 

 

what program am I restarting? Clover?

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The application Install OS X El Capitan.app is downloaded and in my applications folder, but it has not been opened or running. I did just try it again while it is open in the background but I got the same error.

What is the choice you have made in the installer?

This is the first time I see error after the drive is format,

i think you did some thing wrong

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Let me give that a shot... I am feeling like a complete dunce right now. Stand By


i did exactly as you said and still got the same error 


i did exactly as you said and still got the same error... unless I'm selecting something incorrectly in INSTALLER?


http://i.imgur.com/6qFOgLF.png

 

I haven't pressed "install" yet, but which of these should I have checked and unchecked? It didn't work with all of them checked.

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Let me give that a shot... I am feeling like a complete dunce right now. Stand By

i did exactly as you said and still got the same error 

i did exactly as you said and still got the same error... unless I'm selecting something incorrectly in INSTALLER?

http://i.imgur.com/6qFOgLF.png

 

I haven't pressed "install" yet, but which of these should I have checked and unchecked? It didn't work with all of them checked.

not good

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UPDATE: I got El Cap installed and running on one of my hard drives. I am not, however, having much luck getting OS X to boot without the install USB. 

 

I am also unable to get sound or wifi to work. Bluetooth will detect other devices, but it will not connect. My mouse pointer can sometimes be very sporadic. I'd love to figure out the changes I need to make to make this stable.

 

Thanks

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I just sorted the booting. I hope I didn't completely screw anything up, but it seems to work. I mounted USB's EFI partition and copied the files in the EFI folder. I then mounted the HDD's EFI partition and replaced the files with the ones from the USB.

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  • 3 months later...

Good morning I'm not sure if you still need help but I probably El Capitan HD method and I have successfully installed on a Dell XPS 8700 4790. Everything is working except for FaceTime and iMessage with a geek bench score 15,000

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Good morning I'm not sure if you still need help but I probably El Capitan HD method and I have successfully installed on a Dell XPS 8700 4790. Everything is working except for FaceTime and iMessage with a geek bench score 15,000

 

 

I have mine running pretty smoothly for the most part. However, I still can't get sound to work, do you have a solution for that? Also, Wifi?  I geek benched about the same. 4010 and 15002

Apparently Hackintoshes are quite particular about their wireless cards, which also effects FaceTime, iMessage and Handoff. I suspect if I get a correct card, those issues would be resolved, but I can live without those.

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