Successful upgrade from Catalina to Big Sur(Clean install) on a HP EliteBook 9480m!

[Hinata]

Hello everyone,,

 

 

Decided to just toss my Catalina EFI onto a OC 0.6.3 + Big Sur USB and it booted right up!(OC GUI and Chime!) Will admit though, I installed on a different SSD incase things hadn't worked https://mobdro.bio/ https://kodi.bio/.

CPU: Intel i5-4210U

GPU: Intel HD Graphics 4400

RAM: 8GB 1600Mhz DDR3

Audio Codec: ALC280

Make and Model: HP EliteBook Folio 9480m

Ethernet Card: Intel I218LM PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet

Wifi/BT card: AC7260

TouchPad: Synaptics PS/2 Touchpad/TouchStyk

Guide used: OpenCore Vanilla Guide(Laptop[Haswell])

Working:

- iServices

- DRM

- Wifi AND BT

- battery stats

- Keyboard and touchpad(as mouse)

- USB ports

-brightness control/audio

-restart and shutdown correctly

-Camera/Mic

- Everything else I forgot

Not working:

- Intel Power Gadget. Complains about MacOS behaving badly but fix doesn't work. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated!

Edited April 6, 2021 by Hinata