[Guide] [OpenCore] Dell Inspiron 17 5767 (i7-7500u)

[arch-dev75]

 

Hi all and welcome to my guide on how to install macOS Monterey on our Dell laptop with OpenCore. Now I can say that we are near to make this hack a "daily driver"  .

Dell Inspiron 17 5767 specifications:

• Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
• CPU: Intel Core i7-7500u (7th gen) / 2.7 Ghz
• RAM: 16 GB / DDR4 SDRAM
• Display resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD)
• Primary GPU: Intel HD 620
• Secondary GPU: AMD Radeon R7 M445 / 4 GB / GDDR5 SDRAM
• Audio codec: Realtek ALC3246 (ALC256)
• Wireless - Bluetooth: Intel Dual Band AC3165

 

What is working

• All things not listed in "What is not working"
• Deep sleep with sleepimage ("Hibernation" for Windows users) it's working (for now only without AC power charger plugged in and with lid closed) but it still under testing phase. Anyway it seems that deep sleep cycles are very close to the ones of native Mac (see attached logs for a proof). Here are pasted some of the most important lines:
  [ 6668.236172]: HibernationFixup HBFX: @ (DBG) Auto hibernate: sleep phase 2, hibernate now
[ 6651.334132]: hibernate image path: /var/vm/sleepimage
[ 6651.705131]: Opened file /var/vm/sleepimage, size 1073741824, extents 10, maxio 2000000 ssd 0
  If you do not want it:
  •   Run usual code snippet:

    sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0
    sudo rm /var/vm/sleepimage
    sudo mkdir /var/vm/sleepimage

  • Open config.plist, head over NV RAM > Add > 7C436110-AB2A-4BBB-A880-FE41995C9F82 > boot-args and remove:

    -hbfxdbg hbfx-ahbm=1 -hbfx-disable-patch-pci

  • Finally disable HibernationFixup.kext inside config.plist.

 

 

What is not working

• Secondary GPU --> disabled by SSDT patch to make boot possible
• External microphone connected through 3.5mm jack (fixes under testing)

 

Installation guide
You can follow installation guide described on my GitHub repository. In that way it will be easy to keep up to date the installation files. For any questions or help just write here and I'll answer you as fast as I can.

Thanks

• @RehabMan for his amazing guides (without them I wouldn't have learnt anything)
• For a complete credits list take a look here

hbfx_full.txt

Edited June 6, 2022 by arch-dev75
In MacOS-world the hibernation isn't understood as full hibernation (like the one of Windows-world) but only as deep sleep