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E6540 - Working EFI ATTACHED for CATALINA BETA 3 EXCEPT USB & INTERNAL 2ND SSD & HDMI SOUND SYNC with TV


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I have Catalina Beta 3 working on my E6540 but I still have 2 main issues I need to fix and would appreciate some assistance please.

 

1- Only the mouse USB and a 2GB USB are working but not if I insert an Additional SSD USB or Internal 2nd SSD Drive

2- HDMI works but sound is not synced properly to the Samsung TV

 

Regarding the USB Do we need to find and replace any address in Kernel and Kext to Patch in the config as we did for 10.14.x?

 

If I try to install AppleAHCIPort.kext into L/E under 10.15.x it will create a Kernel Panic upon boot and I cannot fix it after that.!

 

I have attached my EFI.zip and clover origin dump files E6540_origin.zip  

Yes, you need to remove the port limit, as posted by PMHeart

#1
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHostFamily
Find: 83FB0F0F
Replace: 83FB3F0F

#2
com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCI
Find: 83F90F0F
Replace: 83F93F0F

 

Also by him, kernel to patch:

find

00 85 C0 0F 84 87 00 00 00 49

 

repl

00 85 C0 90 90 90 90 90 90 49

 

2 hours ago, igorw said:

Yes, you need to remove the port limit, as posted by PMHeart

 

Hi Thanks for the response, I believe I already have all of these done, could you please take a quick look at my Config.plist and see if I have done anything incorrectly. I think I've done all of these already correctly but I am not sure.

 

Thank you

I fixed the USB patch on your config.plist

 

Your kexts folder EFI/CLOVER/KEXTS only has 10.14 on it. You should add wether 10.15 or "Other". I wonder how you're being able to boot at all on Catalina.

 

I suggest you install the newest clover, if you haven't done so. Use a USB Drive before you mess with your original one.

 

Your AppleALC kext is a bit outdated, get the latest build 

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

 

Maybe you should also try Whatevergreen.

 

config.plist

Edited by igorw

Hi igorw,

 

Thank you for fixing the config.plist, the external USB 128GB SSD is now recognized. :), I modified it slightly to fix it for 10.14.5 and 10.15.0 now. 

 

I had uploaded the incorrect EFI before so I have uploaded the correct modified one EFI.zip now, I was already running Catalina ofcourse screenshot attached :)

 

I just have 2 issues right now that I have been investigating and I hope you can help:

 

1- HDMI when connecting to a Samsung TV is not working but its working perfectly fine on 10.14.5 with sound also

2- Second 128GB Samsung SSD PM830... internal Drive in 10.14.5 it works perfectly fine because I placed AppleAHCIPort.kext.zip in L/E but not in 10.15.0.  This SSD has my Data. 

 

Thank you.

 

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15 hours ago, r00tdvd said:

Hi igorw,

 

Thank you for fixing the config.plist, the external USB 128GB SSD is now recognized. :), I modified it slightly to fix it for 10.14.5 and 10.15.0 now. 

 

I had uploaded the incorrect EFI before so I have uploaded the correct modified one EFI.zip now, I was already running Catalina ofcourse screenshot attached :)

 

I just have 2 issues right now that I have been investigating and I hope you can help:

 

1- HDMI when connecting to a Samsung TV is not working but its working perfectly fine on 10.14.5 with sound also

2- Second 128GB Samsung SSD PM830... internal Drive in 10.14.5 it works perfectly fine because I placed AppleAHCIPort.kext.zip in L/E but not in 10.15.0.  This SSD has my Data. 

 

Thank you.

 

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Try Placing AppleAHCIPort.kext.zip in EFI/Clover/Kexts/10.15 (or EFI/Clover/Kexts/Other).

 

about the HDMI issue, you are getting no video or just no audio?

Place a print here of your "About this Mac">>System Report>>Graphics  

 

On 7/23/2019 at 1:55 AM, igorw said:

 

Place a print here of your "About this Mac">>System Report>>Graphics  

 

The video doesn't work yet with HDMI in Catalina.

 

This is the output for Mojave and HDMI works:

Intel HD Graphics 4600:

  Chipset Model:    Intel HD Graphics 4600
  Type:    GPU
  Bus:    Built-In
  VRAM (Dynamic, Max):    1536 MB
  Vendor:    Intel
  Device ID:    0x0412
  Revision ID:    0x0006
  Metal:    Supported, feature set macOS GPUFamily1 v4
  Displays:
Display:
  Resolution:    1920 x 1080 (1080p FHD - Full High Definition)
  UI Looks like:    1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz
  Framebuffer Depth:    24-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
  Main Display:    Yes
  Mirror:    Off
  Online:    Yes
  Rotation:    Supported
  Automatically Adjust Brightness:    No
  Connection Type:    DisplayPort

 

This is the output for Catalina and HDMI does not work:

 

Intel HD Graphics 4600:

  Chipset Model:    Intel HD Graphics 4600
  Type:    GPU
  Bus:    Built-In
  VRAM (Dynamic, Max):    1536 MB
  Vendor:    Intel
  Device ID:    0x0412
  Revision ID:    0x0006
  Metal:    Supported, feature set macOS GPUFamily1 v4
  spdisplays_metalfamily:    spdisplays_mtlgpufamilymac1
  Displays:
Display:
  Resolution:    1920 x 1080 (1080p FHD - Full High Definition)
  UI Looks like:    1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz
  Framebuffer Depth:    24-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
  Main Display:    Yes
  Mirror:    Off
  Online:    Yes
  Rotation:    Supported
  Automatically Adjust Brightness:    No
  Connection Type:    DisplayPort

Edited by r00tdvd
Update

Ok. I researched your model and it seems to come with a Discrete GPU, alongside with your iGPU. Is that correct?

If so, did you disable it on purpose?

 

About the Intel IGPU, go to IORegistryExplorer , search for IGPU, and get the values of:

ig-platform-id and device-id. 

 

 

Thank you.

 

Here are the info:-

ig-platform-id <06 00 26 0a>

device-id  <12 04 00 00>

 

I am using the same EFI Clover files for Mojave and Catalina. HDMI is working on Mojave but not Catalina

 

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This is the latest EFI.zip

 

I am still not sure what's wrong because I am pretty sure at some point the HDMI video on Catalina was working. Either I changed something in my EFI that stopped the HDMI video from working or it was an earlier beta of Catalina that worked.

Edited by r00tdvd
On 7/28/2019 at 2:03 AM, igorw said:

Try this

 

 

config.plist

 

Unfortunately it didn't do the trick. Its ok thank you for your help :). When I boot while HDMI connected, it just gets stuck at the loading bar screen after it was booted and if I boot without it, the screen just goes black when I connect the HDMI.

 

I will keep trying I am sure some day I will figure out what it is.

 

Edited by r00tdvd
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