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Name Type Comp Comments
Device Gigabyte P34W v3 ✓
BIOS UEFI Aptio FB05 / F006 ✓ Needs OsxAptioFixDrv
CPU Intel i7-4720HQ ✓
Memory 8GB (+ 4GB from old machine) ✓
Video Intel HD 4600 ✓ Needs Clover patch and FakePCIID.
GTX 970M X Needs DSDT patch to disable
USB 2.0 ✓
3.0 ✓ Without injector kext only the USB Charge port (left top) works for USB 3.0 devices
Display built-in ✓
HDMI ✓
Audio ALC282 ✓ Works with AppleHDA-272.18.1-ALC282_v2
HDMI ? untested
Ethernet RTL8111 ✓ Needs Realtek RTL8111.kext
Wireless Intel 7260 X
AR9287 (from old machine) ✓
BCM94352HMB (bought separately) ✓ Needs FakePCIID patch
Bluetooth Intel 7260 X
BCM94352HMB (bought separately) ✓ Needs BcrmPatchRam2.kext
ACPI Battery ✓ Needs ACPIBatteryManager and DSDT fixes
Sleep ✓ Needs DSDT fixes
Deep sleep X
Disk 1TB HDD ✓
256Gb mSATA SSD (installed later) ✓ Using trimforce enable
USB Intel 8 / C220 XHCI ✓
Webcam UVC Camera ✓
SD card reader RTS5227 X
Keyboard PS2 ✓ Needs DSDT patch for brightness controls
Touchpad ELAN v3 ✓ Needs ApplePS2SmartTouchPadResources (kexts, DSDT, patches, etc) for the installation can be found here. They might be out of date, so the guide will link to the original source for these files instead.
The Gigabyte P34W v3 is a strong but lightweight 14" gaming notebook, which is almost ideal for El Capitan. Most functionality work out of the box, and the only two concerns that are hard to rectify is the ELAN touchpad (which needs the non open source SmartTouchPad kext), and the SD card reader, which is unfortunately not USB based. Also the wifi card needs replacement, and deep sleep doesn't seem to be working for now.
Most of the described functionality should still work with the Schenker XMG C405 with GTX965 as well, as they are the same barebone. The P34W v2 should also be okay. The P34W v4, and the XMG C405 with GTX970 however already have Broadwell CPUs, so some of the described functionality here might not apply to them.
I have bought the P34W V3-CF2 version, which is similar to the CF1, but doesn't have an SSD (as I wanted to buy it separately). I have installed the SSD (Samsung Evo 850 250GB), and the AR9287 wifi chipset. You have to dismantle the notebook for these, here is a disassembly video you can use for reference.
Also have two USB devices ready, one with the Windows installer, the other one with El Capitan. You can use this guide to prepare the El Capitan installer, with the following notes:
I am using clover v3330
I have used the unibeast method to create the installation media, and installed clover on top of it.
You can use this config.plist for install, which is basically the default clover config with the KernelPM and AICPM patches enabled.
The VoodooPS2Controller will not work properly with the touchpad, and sometimes it won't even load up the keyboard in case the touchpad initialisation fails, so until there is a better kext, use SmartTouchPad v4.5 Alternatively you can just connect an USB keyboard and mouse during installation.
Don't forget to add the OsxAptioFixDrv driver, and to replace the VBoxHFS with the HFSPlus driver. For installation you might need to use OsxAptioFixDrv2, for running the system the first version is also okay.
Additional kexts you'll need:
Since the licence key of the preinstalled Windows 8.1 is not glued on to the notebook it might be wise to use a key finder to save it for later, although it won't be needed as the key is stored in the BIOS as well.
For install change the following settings in the BIOS (press F2 during boot to enter setup)
Save&Exit -> Restore Win8.1 defaults (computer will restart after this)Security -> Delete all secure boot variables (computer will restart after this)Advanced -> 3D Graphic Acceleration -> DisabledAdvanced -> USB Configuration -> XHCI Mode -> DisabledI will be installing the two OSs on the SSD, giving 120/120GB each, so I'm going to partition the device accordingly. For now I'm skipping the HDD. I had better luck with partitioning from Windows, so I'll use that.
Insert your Windows 8.1 installation media, and press F12 during boot to chose it. Make sure you're selecting the line that says UEFI:, otherwise it will boot in legacy mode. After selecting install press SHIFT+F10 to enter command line.
On the command line please enter the following (the indented lines starting with dashes are only comments):
diskpart - wait after this a while for diskpart to load
list disk - check the result. disk 0 should be the SSD, you can easily check by the size of the disk
select disk 0 - in case your SSD was not disk 0, use that instead
clean - THIS WILL EREASE EVERYTHING ON THE DEVICE. You have been warned
convert gpt
create partition efi size=256
format quick fs=fat32 label="EFI"
create partition msr size=128
create partition primary size=119000 - this is around half the remaining size on the disk. If you have smaller / larger SSD modify it accordingly.
format fs=ntfs quick
exit
exitAfter this you should be able to install Windows 8.1 onto the newly created 119GB partition. If not please make sure you have started the installation media in UEFI mode. Once Windows 8.1 is installed you can upgrade it to Windows 10 if you want to, this guide will not describe these steps.
Once Windows 8.1 is installed, and you are sure that you can reinstall it anytime without issues you might want to delete everything on the HDD, and repartition it. Note that this will delete the recovery partition on your HDD. If you can reinstall Windows 8.1 from an USB then you'll probably won't need it though.
Once Windows 8.1 is installed, and you're happy with it (note that USB3 and Nvidia is still disabled in the BIOS, we'll enable it after the OSX install), you can move onto the El Capitan install. Insert your OSX installation media, Press F12 during start, and select it. Please make sure again that you are selecting the UEFI option, otherwise the installation will not work.
During installation use Disk Utility to add a HFS+ Journaled, case insensitive partition on the free space we have left on the SSD during Windows 8.1 install, and install OSX there. You can use this guide if you need help for these steps. If the installer does not start up, or reboots when the apple logo comes up, then make sure that:
nv_disable=1 boot flag as well)Once installation finishes, boot Clover from the USB drive (again, make sure to use UEFI in the boot screen), and boot into your new installation.
Once booted into the new installation you can download and install Clover onto your main SSD as well. Don't forget to do the same steps as you did with the El Capitan install media (enable KernelPM patches inside config.plist and installing the necessary kexts)
Unfortunately the BIOS will not pick up the clover installation, so you'll need to use the "bootmgr" trick: go to your EFI partition, Microsoft -> Boot, rename bootmgfw.efi to bootmgfw-orig.efi. Then copy Clover -> CloverX64.efi into Microsoft -> Boot. Finally rename CloverX64.efi inside Microsoft -> Boot to bootmgfw.efi
Restart, go to setup, and make sure that the first boot option is Windows Boot Manager and the OS Type is set to UEFI. You can also remove all other boot options that are not related to this. Check if OSX and Windows can both be booted through Clover, and work fine.
Note that Windows Update can mess up the dual boot settings, in which case you have to do the rename trick. For a more permanent solution you can check the end of the guide on how to add Clover as a separate entry into the boot menu.
Open up a terminal, and type
sudo trimforce enableAccept the changes, and the computer will restart
Install FakePCIID.kext and FakePCIID_HD4600_HD4400.kext into Clover's kext folder. Also use this config.plist inside Clover, which, compared to the original config.plist contains the proper platform-id, fake intel ids and patches to fix the garbled screen.
If you can't see the EFI partition anymore you can mount it using a terminal the following way:
mkdir /Volumes/efi
sudo mount_msdos /dev/disk0s1 /Volumes/efiDownload and install AppleHDA-272.18.1-ALC282_v2.zip. Don't forget to fix permissions after this. The previous config.plist already includes the layout changes that need to be applied.
Note: in El Capitan to repair permissions you can use the following command from the command line:
sudo /usr/libexec/repair_packages --repair --standard-pkgs /Also Download and install CodecCommander, which will be used to make sure sound still works after the device has went to sleep. You might need to modify it's Info.plist to force reloading of the codec on ALC282 devices.
If you're not using the ApplePS2SmartTouchPad from my repository, you should patch it's configs with these files. They will disable most of the functionality, and only keep the basics for a more consistent multi touch experience. They will also disable most of the keyboard magic, which is needed for the brightness keys to work (they will also require DSDT patches). At the end only these gestures will remain:
Note that for two finger scroll to work, you have to first go to the Trackpad settings in System Prferences, and change the speed of scroll at least once. Once this is done two finger scroll should be enabled and working.
These patches will fix the following problems:
Restart the computer, go to setup, and enable both XHCI and 3D graphics:
Advanced -> 3D Graphic Acceleration -> EnabledAdvanced -> USB Configuration -> XHCI Mode -> EnabledIf you are using BIOS version FB05, with EC version F006 / 9.1.2.1010 build time 10/08/2015 12:09:57 then you MIGHT be able to use my pre patched, precompiled DSDT files, just put the compiled files onto EFI/Clover/ACPI/patched. Also use this dsdt patch config.plist in clover, which has DropSSDT enabled compared to the previous ones.
If you have a different BIOS version, or the above files do not work for you, then you have to patch them manually. If you use the config.plist provided it should already have nv_disable=1, so your computer should boot up, but consume more power, as we have enabled the dedicated graphics card. We'll fix that soon. While you're still in Clover, press F4, so it will save your DSDT and SSDT files onto EFI/Clover/ACPI/origin. Mount the EFI partition again, and save the following files to your desktop:
DSDT.amlSSDT-0.amlSSDT-1.amlSSDT-7.amlSSDT-8.amlSSDT-9.amlSSDT-10.amlYou should copy over SSDT-2 and SSDT-3 as well during decompilation, but then you'll won't need them again, as they are for the CPU only. SSDT-4x,5x and 6x are loaded dynamically, and can be discarded.
Note: if you don't have SSDT-9 and SSDT-10, then you probably forgot to enable NVidia in the setup. Please enable it, restart the computer and try again. Patching DSDT/SSDT files will only work with the full set of files, which you only get when Dedicated graphics is enabled.
Download iasl, move it to the desktop, and use it to decompile the provided files from the terminal:
cd ~/Desktop
./iasl -da -dl *.amlIf everything goes okay you should get the .dsl files, which can be opened in MaciASL. Don't worry about the tons of error messages, most of the files have only slight issues with data after RETURN commands, which can be easily fixed.
Let's start with getting rid of the massive Object does not exist (LNKF), Object does not exist (LNKA), etc. messages. They are caused by a huge block of Zero fields. Check for the first error message, that says unexpected PARSEOP_ZERO instead of the Object does not exist one, and just remove the block of Zeros from that position.
Once this is done you should only have one error message, some value are there after a RETURN command. You can simply remove the offending line.
The SSDT files will mostly compile fine, they will only have stray Arg0 and Zero commands after Returns, which can be removed without problems.
Once you have manually fixed the files, and they all compile fine, let's start patching them. We should start with the basics from RehabMan's patch respository. You should go to MaciASL's properties settings and add them to the sources, so they can be easily applied to the files (check the readme on the previous link on how to do this).
You should also add my repository: http://raw.github.com/sztupy/Gigabyte-P34W-v3-OSX86/master as well which contains some additional patches.
You have to apply the following patches on the files.
Patch name File to apply Notes
Remove _DSM Methods DSDT, SSDT0,1,8,10 Does not apply cleanly on SSDT-1, you have to remove two additional lines manually
Fix _WAK Arg0 v2 DSDT
HPET Fix DSDT
SMBUS Fix DSDT
IRQ Fix DSDT
RTC Fix DSDT
Fix operating system check DSDT (,SSDT9) (from my respository) Applying onto SSDT9 is optional
Fix Mutex with non-zero SyncLevel DSDT
Fix PNOT/PPNT DSDT
Add IMEI DSDT
7-series/8-series USB DSDT
Rename GFX0 to IGPU DSDT, SSDT8,9,10 (this doesn't work on FB05 BIOS completely, you have to rename some remaining GFX0 results to IGPU manually)
Disable graphics in EC DSDT (from my repository)
Fix ACPI management DSDT (from my repository)
Enable brightness keys DSDT (from my repository)
Disable graphics in _INI SSDT9 (from my repository)(the ones that say from my repository can be obtained from here, or preferably added to MaciASL's repositories using the link mentioned above)
Also if you have sleep issues (computer wakes up immediately after sleep), then you can try changing the first parameter in the _PRW methods from 0x0D to 0x09 whenever it's not 0x09 already manually.
Once the patches have been applied, use Save as on all files, and Save them into ACPI Machine Language Binary, and copy them over to Clover's EFI/Clover/ACPI/patched directory. Don't forget to enable DropSSDT inside config.plist, and restart the machine.
Next step is making sure the CPU's SSDT is patched for a better power management. Download ssdtPRgen, and generate an SSDT for the i7-4720HQ based on the 4710HQ, with fixed frequency and turbo boost values:
cd ~/Desktop
mkdir ssdt
curl -o ./ssdtPRGen.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Piker-Alpha/ssdtPRGen.sh/master/ssdtPRGen.sh
chmod +x ./ssdtPRGen.sh
./ssdtPRGen.sh -p 'i7-4710HQ' -f 2600 -turbo 3600Say no when asked to copy the SSDT. It will be put into ~/Library/ssdtPRgen/SSDT.aml. Alternatively you can try to use the generated SSDT inside the DSDT_patched/CPU folder.
For this to work, you should also modify config.plist to use this SSDT, and not generate P and C states on it's own. This config.plist should do the job.
As hibernation does not work, it's best to disable it. The following commands should do the job:
sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0
sudo rm /var/vm/sleepimage
sudo mkdir /var/vm/sleepimageIf you have installed a BCM94352HMB chip separately, then install the FakePCIID_BCM94352Z_as_BCM94360CS2.kext if you need Wifi, and the BcrmPatchRam2.kext
if you need BT functionality into the EFI kexts store, and restart your computer. This should give you basic Wifi (2.4Ghz) and BT4 functionality.
To enable 5Ghz and BT Handoff support you can use the this config.plist. Note that this will set the country code of your wifi to GB. If you would like
to change this then you have to open this patch in XCode, go to KernelAndKextPatches/KextsToPatch, find the one which says 10.10-BCM94352-5GHz-GB (should be Item 3), and modify a few numbers in the Replace section.
You have to modify the two numbers 47 42 in the middle of the replace section to one of the following (based on your country code):
AE - 41 45 | AF - 41 46 | AR - 41 52 | AT - 41 54 | AU - 41 55 | AZ - 41 5A | BD - 42 44 | BE - 42 45 | BG - 42 47 | BN - 42 4E
BR - 42 52 | BT - 42 54 | BY - 42 59 | CA - 43 41 | CH - 43 48 | CL - 43 4C | CN - 43 4E | CO - 43 4F | CR - 43 52 | CY - 43 59
CZ - 43 5A | DE - 44 45 | DK - 44 4B | DO - 44 4F | EC - 45 43 | EE - 45 45 | EG - 45 47 | ES - 45 53 | FI - 46 49 | FR - 46 52
GB - 47 42 | GR - 47 52 | GT - 47 54 | GU - 47 55 | HK - 48 4B | HN - 48 4E | HR - 48 52 | HU - 48 55 | ID - 49 44 | IE - 49 45
IL - 49 4C | IN - 49 4E | IS - 49 53 | IT - 49 54 | JM - 4A 4D | JO - 4A 4F | JP - 4A 50 | KH - 4B 48 | KZ - 4B 5A | LA - 4C 41
LI - 4C 49 | LK - 4C 4B | LT - 4C 54 | LU - 4C 55 | LV - 4C 56 | MA - 4D 41 | MM - 4D 4D | MN - 4D 4E | MO - 4D 4F | MT - 4D 54
MV - 4D 56 | MX - 4D 58 | MY - 4D 59 | NI - 4E 49 | NL - 4E 4C | NO - 4E 4F | NP - 4E 50 | NZ - 4E 5A | PA - 50 41 | PE - 50 45
PH - 50 48 | PK - 50 4B | PL - 50 4C | PR - 50 52 | PT - 50 54 | PY - 50 59 | RO - 52 4F | RS - 52 53 | RU - 52 55 | SA - 53 41
SE - 53 45 | SG - 53 47 | SI - 53 49 | SK - 53 4B | SV - 53 56 | TH - 54 48 | TR - 54 52 | TT - 54 54 | TW - 54 57 | UA - 55 41
US - 55 53 | UY - 55 59 | VE - 56 45 | VI - 56 49 | VN - 56 4E | ZA - 5A 41So for example if you live in the USA (US) change 47 42 to 55 53. If you live in France (FR), change it to 46 52, etc. If you don't know the code for your country you can check ISO_3166-1 on Wikipedia.
Note that not all country codes on the above list might be completely supported, if you experience issues it might be better to fall back to a supported version, like US.
You might also want to change the patch's Name from -GB into the country of your chosing, but that's optional.
By default all USB 2 ports work, but for USB 3 devices you can only use the top left one, the rest are not working. This is because the device has already set up 14 USB 2 ports internally, so only one is left for USB 3 connectivity. To fix this an injector kext is required that only enables the prots that are actually used in the devices, which are:
To enable SSP2-SSP6, you can simply put the USBXHCI-P34Wv3.kext into Clover's kext directory, and restart the computer.
HiDPI mode will aloow you to use your built in display in "retina" mode, essentially keeping the full resolution, but making text bigger, and more legible.
To enable first enable the settings in OSX:
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver DisplayResolutionEnabled -bool YES
sudo defaults delete /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver DisplayResolutionDisabledNext create a directory for your laptop's monitor:
sudo mkdir -p /System/Library/Displays/Contents/Resources/Overrides/DisplayVendorID-6afNext copy the Files/DisplayProductId-113d file into this directory:
sudo cp Files/DisplayProductId-113d /System/Library/Displays/Contents/Resources/Overrides/DisplayVendorID-6af/Restart your computer afterwards.
Note: these steps will only work with the FullHD screen of the P34Wv3. If you have the higher resolution ones these might not work you as that monitor has different resolution settings.
To add Clover UEFI in a more permanent way to the boot menu, you have to install a boot menu entry. Currently the easiest way to do it is to boot the machine in Linux. A USB disk with an Ubuntu 16.10 installer works fine for this purpose.
Boot up the USB flash disk with Linux on it in UEFI mode, and once it is booted up open up a terminal and issue the following command:
sudo efibootmgr -c -L 'Clover UEFI' -l '\EFI\CLOVER\CLOVERX64.EFI'Note the usage of single quotes instead of double ones. Once this is done, and you restart your machine "Clover UEFI" should appear in your boot menu list, and you can choose it instead of the default Windows Boot Manager.
Note that the installation can leave a few unwanted entries, like "MAC OS X" which you might want to get rid of. You can do that from Linux using the following command:
sudo efibootmgr
# this will list the boot entries, for example:
Boot0000* Windows Boot Manager
Boot0001* Clover UEFI
Boot0080* Mac OS X
Boot0081* Mac OS XNote the number of the ones you want to delete, for example 80 and 81 and issue the following command:
sudo efibootmgr -b 80 -B
sudo efibootmgr -b 81 -BThese will get rid of the unwanted entries.
NOTE: Double check that you are deleting the proper fields. Deleting the wrong fields can block you out of booting into your machine!
While the functionality is okay, some things are still not working, and I'm looking into them:
I'll try working on these issues when I have the time. I'll hope you've found the guide useful.