hologos/hackintosh-hp-elitebook-840-g3

Repository contains configuration, kexts, etc for hackintosh on HP EliteBook 840 G3.

Hackintosh HP EliteBook 840 G3

This repo contains my configuration, kexts, etc of my working hackintosh.

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Important notice

This is the last update built on Clover bootloader. I will switch to OpenCore bootloader with macOS 11.0.

macOS versions

List of supported versions:

• macOS Catalina

  • 10.15.7 (checkout this branch)
  • 10.15.1 (checkout this branch)
  • 10.15.0 (checkout this branch)

• macOS Mojave

  • 10.14.6 (checkout this branch)
  • 10.14.5 (checkout this branch)
  • 10.14.4 (checkout this branch)

Upgrade guides

• Upgrade from macOS Mojave to macOS Catalina

Specs

BIOS: N75 (ver. 01.20)

CPU: Intel Core i5 6300U @ 2.4 GHz (Skylake, 2 cores, 4 HT)

Chipset: Intel 100 Series

GPU: integrated Intel HD Graphics 520

Display: 1920x1080

Ethernet: Intel I219LM

Wifi + BT: BCM94352Z/AW-CE162NF/DW1560 (M.2, supports WiFi/ac and BT4LE)

Installation

Notice: you have to generate your own SMBIOS/SerialNumber and SMBIOS/BoardSerialNumber.

You can either install your hackintosh all by yourself or you can use my EFI folders to install and run the hackintosh.

To install hackintosh on your laptop, follow these 2 guides:

• [Guide] Booting the OS X installer on LAPTOPS with Clover
• [Guide] HP ProBook/EliteBook/Zbook using Clover UEFI hotpatch

UPDATE (11/2019): Since Rehabman is not active for a long time, I migrated to Vanilla Hackintosh method. It means that all kexts are installed to EFI partition to /EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other/ (instead of /Library/Extensions). I don't update kexts using Rehabman's repo anymore, I use Kext Updater.

Clover bootloader

Current installed version: v2.5k_r5122

Wifi + BT card

To make a different Wifi card work, follow this guide Broadcom WiFi/Bluetooth [Guide]. All necessary kexts and changes are included with my EFI for BCM94352Z/AW-CE162NF/DW1560.

UPDATE (10/2019): Rehabman is currently not active so I migrated to acidanthera's BT kexts (Mieze's patches included). These kexts are included in my EFI folder.

If you install hackintosh by yourself, download latest BT kexts from Releases page and copy BrcmPatchRAM3.kext, BrcmFirmwareData.kext and BrcmBluetoothInjector.kext) to /EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other/.

Enabling HiDPI

To set custom HiDPI resolution, use this website or follow this guide Adding/Using HiDPI custom resolutions.

Necessary file generated with aforementioned website is included in HiDPI folder.

FileVault 2

I started using FileVault to protect my data. All necessary drivers are present in the EFI folder.

Donation

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hackintosh-hp-elitebook-840-g3's Issues

"Denied" icon

I get "denied" icon and freeze about halfway through the recovery boot process.
Last message in verbose mode: "AppleIntelLpssI2CController::_serviceMatchingTimeSubr: fTimerServiceMatching timed out, fNotifications 0"

Screenshot: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y3F_QGV_j7UwrC6ukw22CZS8DopXp2No/view?usp=sharing

macos 10.15.7, branch 10.15.7

EDIT: could be user error, I can also see "still waiting for root device"

Mute button doesn't work

It hasn't been working since the beginning.

CPU PM min frequency

With the same cpu(6300u), even with updated SSDT(via ssdtprgen), the cpu doesn’t drop below 1.2 ghz. Should be 500mhz.

TrackpadFix.app doesn't work on Catalina

The app is onot compatible with Catalina.

catalina 10.15.1 battery not show percentage

catalina 10.15.1 battery not show percentage

USB Audio issue. Can hear my headphones through my microphone.

Only happens on MacOS. Tested it on another laptop using Windows, it works fine, tried it on Linux on the same laptop with MacOS, and it works fine. It seems to be exclusively a MacOS issue, and I'm not quite sure whats wrong.
I'm running on Catalina 10.15.7,
Running on a HP Elitebook 840 G3,

OpenCore + AppleALC.

Any help is appreciated :)

Call via iPhone is broken with Vinilla method

Needs futher investigation..

Trackpad suddenly stops working

I don't know why yet, but trackpad suddenly stops working sometimes.

The workaround is to connect a mouse via USB or to run an app called TrackpadFix.app, which is an automator script to disable and re-enable "Ignore built-in trackpad when mouse or wireless trackpad is present".

You need to allow the app in Accessibility in Privacy tab in Security & Privacy preferences.

Do it before you really need it!

When Trackpad stops working, run the app via Spotlight.

To check, what this app does, look at Apps/TrackpadFix.app/Contents/document.wflow.

EFI-installation folder is broken

I need to update EFI-installation to v2.5k 5097 and verify I am able to boot into installer.

Easier tutorial for mas OS in elitebook

I have an elitebook 840 g3 I want to install mac OS using your files in the repo but the tutorial you referenced is very hard. Can you refer any other tutorial that is easy to understand. Is there any tutotrial to use your efi files to install mac OS?