HCL 10.8.1/Portables

macOS 10.8.1 Hardware Compatibility Portable Computers Desktop Computers Hardware Components

This is a hardware compatibility list for portable computers. We want to keep it as accurate as possible, but please, do not entirely rely on this list when buying a portable computer. Don't forget to add how you got OSx86 running on your portable x86 computer, and to use proper English. Please see the discussion page for proper instructions on how to input your system specs. Also, please contribute to the HCL 10.8.1 page, which should list a more granular view of compatibility. If your computer isn't listed, you should try it if you have a SSE2 or higher processor. Use vanilla kernel if it is supported.

• ONLY add hardware that you have TESTED. Don't add hardware just because you think it might work.
• Please add hardware into tables.
• This is for 10.8.1 builds only.

Please list your computers in alphabetical order by manufacturer (Asus, Acer, Dell, HP, etc)

For how to edit the Wiki, please see this thread. Thank you!

Note: Please add whether your device supports QE, Quartz Extreme, graphics. Try playing a movie with Quicktime Player.

Acer

Aspire 4755

Hardware Name	Chipset	Notes	Patches Used	32/64bit working with patches
Aspire 4755	Mobile Intel® HM65 Express Chipset	Specifications Processor: Intel Core i3 2330M(2nd Gen ) SATA: SATA AHCI 500.11 GB Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000 384MB Audio: ALC269 Wireless: Atheros AR5B97 USB: 3 USB ports Ethernet: Broadcom Netlink Gigabit Ethernet BCM 57785 Battery Trackpad Keyboard Web Camera Install Method Retail. Updated to 10.8.1 without Problem Bootloader: Chameleon (Ermac 2035) Kernel: 64-bit mach_kernel and extensions. Kexts: Need Kexts for battery,wi-fi(Atheros),Ethernet, PS2 Trackpad	Patches Video required 8,1 definatioin in smbios plist....Resolution 1366x768........HDMI-Working...........VGA Port Working Native with http://www.osx86.net/downloads.php?do=file&id=2230 Audio need patched AppleHDA kext Wireless need IO80211Family.kext from iAtkos L2 (Will upload the kext) Ethernet work with Kext at www.osx86.net working as BCM5778X kext Battery works with AppleACPIBatteryManager.kext & AppleACPIPlatform.kext & voodoobattery.kext Trackpad worked with voodoo ps2 kexts -- 2 hand scrolling... Keyboard working using VoodooPS2Controller WebCam works out of box as USB

Aspire 5740G

• Install Method: Retail Updated to 10.8.1 without Problem
• Bootloader: Chameleon (Ermac 2035)
• Kernel: 64-bit mach_kernel and extensions.
• Kexts: Need Kexts for battery,wi-fi(Atheros),Ethernet, PS2 Trackpad

Hardware Name	Chipset	Notes	Patches Used	32/64bit working with patches
Processor	Intel Core i3 M 330(1st Gen )	working	Auto
SATA	SATA AHCI 320 GB	working	Auto
Graphics	ATI Radeon HD Mobility 5470 512mb	working	Internal LCD Forced EDID, Hoolock as a frame buffer
Audio	ALC272	working	Patched AppleHDA kext and DSDT
Wireless	Atheros AR5B93	working	Auto
USB	4 USB ports	working	Auto
Ethernet	Broadcom Netlink Gigabit Ethernet BCM 57785	working	Yes BCM5722D.kext
Battery	Integrated	working	AppleACPIBatteryManager.kext & AppleACPIPlatform.kext
Trackpad	PS/2 TouchPad	working	Worked with AppleACPIPS2Nub.kext and ApplePS2Controller.kext
Keyboard	Integrated PS/2 keyboard	working	Worked with AppleACPIPS2Nub.kext and ApplePS2Controller.kext
Web Camera	1.3 MP Camera	working	Auto
Card Reader	Card reader	working	Auto

eMachines E730G

• Bootloader: Chameleon Enoch-rev-2054
• Kernel: Vanilla 64-bit mach_kernel and extensions.
• Kexts: most of them downloaded from osx86.net
• Issues: HDMI only on GE=No with resolution of 800 x 600 & 1 mb video RAM, KP on Sleep
• Installed on a MBR boot partition as I already had Win 7. I used modified OSI Insall package for MBR to be able to install under MBR. I did clean install using USB drive. I made install package in one USB thumb drive and installed Chameleon boot loader in another USB drive.

Hardware Name	Chipset	Notes	Patches Used	32/64bit working with patches
Processor	Intel Core i3 350M	working	Out the Box
SATA	SATA AHCI	working	Out the Box
Graphics	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470	working	Internal LCD Forced EDID, Hoolock as a frame buffer
Audio	HDA (Realtek ALC272)	working	with VoodooHDA (will upload kexts soon)
Wireless	Atheros AR5B93	working	with IO80211Family.kext. It would not work during first boot, but after next boot it works.
USB	3 USB ports	working	Out the Box
Ethernet	Broadcom Netlink Gigabit Ethernet BCM 5788 (Devicd ID 14E4:1692)	working	Installed modified kext and inserted my Device ID in Info.plist. Download Kext from here. Remember to remove another kext called BCM5722D.kext as it might cause incompatibility. I have not tested with both kexts present in S/L/E
Battery	Integrated	working	AppleACPIBatteryManager.kext & AppleACPIPlatform.kext (shows battery percentage)
Trackpad	Elantech PS/2 TouchPad	working	Got it working using kexts with no gestures (see the link to download kexts)
Keyboard	Integrated PS/2 keyboard	working	out of box
Web Camera	1.3 MP Suyin Corporation	working	out of box

Asus

Model

Hardware Name	Chipset	Notes	Patches Used	32/64bit working with patches

Compal

Model

Hardware Name	Chipset	Notes	Patches Used	32/64bit working with patches

Dell

Alienware M14x R2

• Bootloader: Chimera v1.11.1
• Kernel: 64-bit mach_kernel and extensions.
• Kexts:
• ONLY works in safemode off of installer flashdrive not Chimera on hard drive (as of my known experences).

Hardware Name	Chipset	Notes	Patches Used	32/64bit working with patches
Processor	3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3610QM (6MB Cache, up to 3.3GHz w/ Turbo Boost 2.0)	working	OOB
Graphics	Intel HD Graphics 4000 ... 1 GB GDDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 650M with Optimus	working unknown	Resolution 1600x900(known works) unknown max
Audio	unknown	not working
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 4.0	unknown	embeded on wifi card(doesnt work)
Wireless	Intel Advanced-N WiFi Link 6250 a/g/n 2x2 MIMO Technology with WiMax and Bluetooth 4.0	not working
USB	2 SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Ports ... Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Port with PowerShare Technology	unknown	USB 2.0(ONLY) works for installing unknown OS
Ethernet	unknown	working	Ethernet works like normal and is not bottlenecked in any way.
Battery	Integrated	working	AppleACPIBatteryManager.kext & AppleACPIPlatform.kext & voodoobattery.kext
Trackpad	PS/2 TouchPad	working	Worked with voodoo ps2 kexts -- 2 hand scrolling...
Keyboard	Integrated PS/2 keyboard	working	using VoodooPS2Controller
Web Camera	1.3 MP HD Camera with dual digital microphones	unknown

Latitude D630/D830 & Precision M2300/M4300

• Description (see http://www.osxlatitude.com for details)
• Install Method: OSXLatitude -> follow this link for all the necessary details.
• Use Kozlek latest FakeSMC + plugins to obtain native SpeedStep + better GPU handling.

Hadrware name	Chipset	Notes	Patches Used	Compatible 64bit
Processor	FSB800 C2D CPUs such as T7x00, T8x00, T9x00	Disable IDA in BIOS with Merom T7x00 CPU or FSB speed will be reduced
Video Card	D630: nVidia Quadro NVS 135M D830: nVidia Quadro NVS 135M & 140M M2300/M4300: nVidia Quadro FX 360M	D630/M2300: WXGA, WXGA+ LCDs D830/M4300: WXGA, WSXGA+ & WUXGA LCDs
Chipset	Intel GM965
Audio	Sigmatel STAC 9205	with VoodooHDA 2.7.x or 2.8.x
WiFi	Mini PCIe card that are supported OOB by Mac OS X (DW1390, DW1490, DW1510, Atheros AR5B91) Non-OOB cards too (DW1395, DW1397)	Use BCM43xxxFamily kext for non-OOB Broadcom cards
Ethernet	Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Ethernet	with BCM5722D kext
Touchpad and keyboard	ALPS	ANV-Slice kext works best
Brightness control		natively supported
Sleep		natively supported
Battery		With battery manager kext such as Voodoo or Smart Battery
Card Reader	N/A
Integrated Camera	N/A
Bluetooth	Dell branded CSR modules work OOB (DW350, DW360)	Patch CSR BT module controller kext to support enabling/disabling within Mac OS X + Wake from BT

Vostro 3550

• Installation Method: Manual using Mountain Lion GM USB installer. Dual boot with Win7. Updated to 10.8.1 through App Store.
• Bootloader: Chameleon r2044 (Enoch)
• Kexts: Need kexts for audio, keyboard, touchpad, card reader, USB 3.0, HDMI/VGA port, and ethernet
• More notes: Shutdown/restart OOB. Need a working DSDT (see here) to get native sleep. Speedstepper also works with another SSDT and patched AICPUM.kext. Kext pack (here)

Hardware Name	Chipset	Notes	Patches Used	32/64bit working with patches
Processor	2nd generation Intel® Core i5-2450M (2.50 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 3.10 GHz)	working	OOB
SATA	Intel 6 Series/C200 series SATA AHCI controller	working	OOB
Graphics	Intel HD Graphics 3000	working	Full resolution 1366x768, HDMI (video) works, VGA port works, required MacBook Pro 8,x definition in smbios plist. No brightness control.
Audio	IDT HDA (Intel Cougar Point)	working	Except digital audio (HDMI), all input/output work with VoodooHDA 2.7.3.
Wireless	Centrino Wireless-N 1030	not working	Replaced with Atheros AR9280 (AR5BHB92).
Ethernet	Realtek RTL8168E	working	with Lnx2mac RTL8xxx driver.
USB	2.0 and 3.0	working	USB3.0 port is usable when it can read 2.0 devices except can't detect iOS devices. Need CalDigit kexts.
Keyboard	Integrated PS/2 keyboard with backlit	working	Works including Fn keys using VoodooPS2Controller
Trackpad	Dell Touchpad (Alps Glidepoint 4.115)	working	Works only tracking, tapping and clicking. Scrolling needs to press both trackpad buttons.
Web Camera	Integrated Ricoh	working	OOB
Battery	Integrated DELL 8NH5525	working	Need to replace AppleSmartBatteryManager.kext and fixed DSDT.
Card reader	Integrated	working	with VoodooSDHC.kext

Fujitsu

Model

Hardware Name	Chipset	Notes	Patches Used	32/64bit working with patches

HP

HDX 16t

• Installation Method: Installer created on external HDD partition. Updated to 10.8.1 with installer downloaded from Apple downloads. Triple boot with Windows 7 SP1 & Linux Mint 12.
• Bootloader: Chameleon 2.1 for OS X, GRUB 1.99 for the system (Chameleon invoked via chainloader).
• Kexts: AppleHDA, AppleACPIBatteryManager, GenericBrightness, AppleACPIPS2Nub, VoodooPS2Controller & AppleGraphicsPowerManagement.
• Notes:
  • Custom DSDT and kexts obtained from this thread.
  • Shutdown, Restart and Sleep works (DSDT edits).
  • AHCI (for SATA) and Always On (for fan) were present by default in BIOS.
  • For internet, I use a USB broadband modem (ZTE) which works without a glitch.

Hardware Name	Chipset	Notes	Patches Used	32/64bit working with patches
Processor	Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile P7550 2.26 GHz	working	OOB
HDD	Seagate Momentus SATA 500 GB	working	OOB
Graphics	NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT 512 MB	working	Full resolution 1920x1080. Brightness control works (with GenericBrightness kext)
Audio	IDT HDA (Intel ICH9)	working	HDEF device added to DSDT and used AppleHDA kext
Wireless	Intel 5100 AGN	not working	No drivers available
Ethernet	Integrated	Unknown	Did not check
USB	2.0	working	All 4 ports work natively
Keyboard	Integrated PS/2 keyboard	working	Works using VoodooPS2Controller
Trackpad	Synaptics	working	Tracking, tapping and clicking works. Multitouch gestures do not work (except 2-finger scrolling, which requires keeping one finger on the touchpad and swipe with the other finger)
Webcam	Integrated	working	OOB
Battery	Integrated	working	Works with DSDT edit and AppleACPIBatteryManager kext
Card reader	Integrated	Unknown	Did not check

Lenovo

U400

• Install Method: 10.8.0 DVD. Updated to 10.8.1 without Problem
  • my particular model comments shown indented after original
  • USB method and AppStore ML 10.8. Updated to 10.8.1 and then to 10.8.2 without problem (both OTA, not combo updates)
• Bootloader: Chameleon (not working, boot from USB only)
  • Chameleon working with following method: Completely re-formatted hdd to MBR, 4 primary partitions (2x Win7, 1x Linux Mint 13, 1x OS X hpf+). Used backup one-key DVD's to restore Win7, including Win7's bootloader. Installed Linux Mint 13 which installed grub2 in place of Win7 bootloader, Win7 appears in grub OS list and boots. Format last partition to hpf+, used Super-Duper backup to restore OS X to this partition - Chameleon/Chimera does not install. Boot to Linux and added grub entry to chainload Chameleon, got boot0 error, searched web and using terminal this time, copied (dd if= of=) boot1h to OS X partition, now boots grub2 -> Chimera 1.11 -> OSX. Think the problem is in the new hdd block sizes. I did not necessarily want to triple-boot, but found that if you disable wifi in BIOS, it will disable the card in Linux (wi-fi and bluetooth) and OSX (bluetooth only, since wifi not working anyway), and there is no way to turn it back on without Win7.
• Kernel: Default

Hardware Name	Chipset	Notes	Patches Used	32/64bit working with patches
Processor	Intel Core i3 2330M 2.20GHz (Sandy Bridge) Intel Core i5 2450M 2.50GHz (Sandy Bridge)	working	Out the Box
SATA	SATA AHCI 500 GB	working	Out the Box, SSD support unknown. upgrade to seagate momentus xt 750GB hybrid drive works with no problem and is noticable improvement over stock drive
Graphics	Intel HD Graphics 3000 512MB reports 384MB in profiler	working	no support for switchable, Intel GPU w/HDMI works. Using PCIRootUID=-1 can sometimes get the AMD card to be recognized by name/model in profiler, still no way to switch
Audio	Intel HD Audio	working	Use VoodooHDA 0.2.72 VoodooHDA 0.2.72 and later caused boot-time KP used VoodooHDA loader to start the kext after login
Wireless	Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1030	Not working	No support due to firmware issue Bluetooth on this card does work and was able to connect to BT speakers w/o issue. Get KP sometimes which I think was related to BT prefpane that wants to auto-connect to keyboard and/or mouse. Bluetooth seems to take up to a minute to initialize (BT icon goes from "broken" symbol to full BT symbol during desktop start-up). Disabled both those (in prefpane-> bluetooth->advanced and uncheck both options), seems to be more stable now.
USB	2x USB 2.0, 1xUSB 3.0	Partial	3.0 port is completely nonfunctional Installed drivers for USB 3.0, does not recognize my USB 3.0 HDD, but does USB 2.0 HDD and flash drives
Ethernet	Realtek GigE	working	Out the box
Battery	Integrated	Not working	No support as of yet Voodoo Battery kext works to show time, on/off A/C indication, but battery is not correctly recognized in profiler
Trackpad	PS/2 TouchPad	Partial	Multitouch doesn't work, reverts as mouse using multi-touch kext for synaptics found on OSx86 site provides 2-finger scroll, 1-finger tap/click, and 2-finger right-click
Keyboard	Integrated PS/2 keyboard	working	Out the box
Web Camera	720p unknown	working	Out the box however, in my model I find image from webcam very dark even in brightly-lit room. In linux and win7, webcam brightness seems normal

Medion

Model

Hardware Name	Chipset	Notes	Patches Used	32/64bit working with patches

MSI

Model

Hardware Name	Chipset	Notes	Patches Used	32/64bit working with patches

Samsung

Model

Hardware Name	Chipset	Notes	Patches Used	32/64bit working with patches

Sony VAIO

Model

Hardware Name	Chipset	Notes	Patches Used	32/64bit working with patches

Toshiba

• Install Method:Os X 10.8.2 USB (installed from flash drive)
• Bootloader: Chameleon 2.1svn
• Kernel: Default

Model

toshiba satellite s855-s5378

Hardware Name	Chipset	Notes	Patches Used	32/64bit working with patches
Processor	Intel® Core™ i7-3630QM Processor (6M Cache, up to 3.40 GHz)	working	Out the Box
SATA	SATA AHCI 128 GB	working	Samsung SSD 128GB, Upgraded but its does not matter, it works on 750GB HDD too.
Graphics	Intel HD Graphics 4000 512MB	working	Chameleon 2.1svn + add this string " <key>GraphicsEnabler</key> <string>No</string> <key>Graphics Mode</key> <string>1366x768x32</string> <key>device-properties</key> <string>7f0000000100000001000000730000000200000002010c00d041030a000000000101060000027fff04002c00000041004100500 04c002c00690067002d0070006c006100740066006f0072006d002d006900640000000800000003006601140000006800640061002d006700 6600780000000d0000006f6e626f6172642d31</string>" Into /extra/org.chameleon.Boot.plist
Audio	Realtek ALC269 @ Intel Panther Point PCH - High Definition Audio Controller	working	VoodooHDA.kext version 0.2.7.2 edited by lazybon3 specifically for the VIA VT2021
Wireless	Realtek RTL8723AE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC	Not working	Didn't look for kext yet
USB	1x USB 2.0, 2xUSB 3.0	Partial	3.0 works, Install PXHCD.kext in /System/Library/Extensions/., but then USB2.0 doesn't work, to continue work with usb2.0 you need disable usb3.0 controller in bios settings of your laptop.
Ethernet	Qualcomm Atheros AR8161 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller	working	AtherosL1cEthernet.kext in /System/Library/Extensions/IONetworkingFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns
Battery	Integrated	Not working	didn't look for kext yet
Trackpad	PS/2 TouchPad	Working	Touchpad AppleACPIPS2Nub.kext and ApplePS2Controller.kext in /System/Library/Extensions/. Multitouch works too.
Keyboard	Integrated PS/2 keyboard	working	Out the box
Web Camera	Usb Toshiba Web Camera	working	Out the box however, in my model I find image from webcam very dark even in brightly-lit room. In linux and win7, webcam brightness seems normal