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Phillip_
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Hi I'm new in this stuff just want to ask a few question

 

1.There are 2 bios mod so i dun know which one to flash

 

2.There are also 2 guide the main one and the one with clover...again i dun know which one to follow and yeah the links in UEFI clover guide are dead

 

3.I'll only use Mac OS X on this laptop since i already got a MBP for work so i dun really know which guide to follow

 

Last week i tried OS X 10.9.4 installer ( Did everything as described in main guide and use the lastest bios hacked my florin9doi ) and boot up and the installer would not go past the spinning wheel at the edge of the screen

 

Dell N5110

Core i5 2410M

4GB

500GB ( completely clean disk no windows no linux )

HD3000 + GT525M

 

I've taken out WIFI card and bluetooth since i will not use them 

 

Already got 10.10 on my MBP so only want to use 10.9.4 on this laptop :)

 

Any help will be awesome

 

Thank

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Hi I'm new in this stuff just want to ask a few question

 

1.There are 2 bios mod so i dun know which one to flash

 

2.There are also 2 guide the main one and the one with clover...again i dun know which one to follow and yeah the links in UEFI clover guide are dead

 

3.I'll only use Mac OS X on this laptop since i already got a MBP for work so i dun really know which guide to follow

 

Last week i tried OS X 10.9.4 installer ( Did everything as described in main guide and use the lastest bios hacked my florin9doi ) and boot up and the installer would not go past the spinning wheel at the edge of the screen

 

Dell N5110

Core i5 2410M

4GB

500GB ( completely clean disk no windows no linux )

HD3000 + GT525M

 

I've taken out WIFI card and bluetooth since i will not use them 

 

Already got 10.10 on my MBP so only want to use 10.9.4 on this laptop :)

 

Any help will be awesome

 

Thank

Clover route is by far the better method in general, Ive not heard of many problems on this model with the bios mod (in both cases the bios is modified anyway), The links will be updated soon I'm sure, or somebody who has already downloaded will upload again.

 

 

 

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follow post #1 links for bios mod, pre install and post install all seem live still.

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Hi, 

 

I've been following the updates here and I've just updated my bios with the latest custom mod

 

I've been using chameleon and Mavericks alongside Windows 8 & my Data storage partition. 

 

My HDD is MBR and not GPT I don't want to format my entire HDD is there any work around to using the clover install on MBR disk?

 

The screenshot below shows how my system is configured.

 

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Okay, so I seriously need help, I'm having trouble with my wifi. Everything works just fine except for the wifi, and I'm tired of using my ethernet cable. It's driving my family nuts. 

 

I obviously have a Dell Inspiron N5110 that I've had since December of 2011.

 

I successfully installed Yosemite on my computer and updated it to Developer Preview 7. A while back, I ordered a Dell Wireless 1702 card off of Amazon, and it is Atheros AR5B95, which I heard was compatible.  I installed it onto my computer, and found a kext off the internet for it. However, it will not identify ANY network. I cannot set up wifi manually, and it will just keep saying it is searching for a network. The icon appears on my menu bar is there, but again no networks will detect.

 

Did I put it in wrong? Do I need to re-plug in the antenna cables? What kext did you use for your wifi to work? What should I do? Please help me, I have researched a lot and nothing has worked so far. 

 

Screenshots are attached in the links.

 

http://postimg.org/image/9natqk2m5/

http://postimg.org/image/pd6yp89wj/

http://postimg.org/image/6djydihtr/

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Clover route is by far the better method in general, Ive not heard of many problems on this model with the bios mod (in both cases the bios is modified anyway), The links will be updated soon I'm sure, or somebody who has already downloaded will upload again.

 

 

 

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follow post #1 links for bios mod, pre install and post install all seem live still.

 

I followed the main guide ( #1 Bios and Pre install and #2 Post install ) and i booted up and got past Apple Screen but stuck at mouse spinning screen and it would not go any further

 

Both OS X 10.9.4 and OS X 10.10

 

THat's why i want to try the UEFI Clover in #5 but links are dead except for the new bios mod

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Phillip_
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Okay, so I seriously need help, I'm having trouble with my wifi. Everything works just fine except for the wifi, and I'm tired of using my ethernet cable. It's driving my family nuts. 

 

I obviously have a Dell Inspiron N5110 that I've had since December of 2011.

 

I successfully installed Yosemite on my computer and updated it to Developer Preview 7. A while back, I ordered a Dell Wireless 1702 card off of Amazon, and it is Atheros AR5B95, which I heard was compatible.  I installed it onto my computer, and found a kext off the internet for it. However, it will not identify ANY network. I cannot set up wifi manually, and it will just keep saying it is searching for a network. The icon appears on my menu bar is there, but again no networks will detect.

 

Did I put it in wrong? Do I need to re-plug in the antenna cables? What kext did you use for your wifi to work? What should I do? Please help me, I have researched a lot and nothing has worked so far. 

 

Screenshots are attached in the links.

 

http://postimg.org/image/9natqk2m5/

http://postimg.org/image/pd6yp89wj/

http://postimg.org/image/6djydihtr/

 

I think you did not plug in back the antenna cables ( both white and black ) and it's mandatory to make wireless connectivity work

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I followed the main guide ( #1 Bios and Pre install and #2 Post install ) and i booted up and got past Apple Screen but stuck at mouse spinning screen and it would not go any further

 

Both OS X 10.9.4 and OS X 10.10

 

THat's why i want to try the UEFI Clover in #5 but links are dead except for the new bios mod

post #1  supersedes post 5# really now, as its UEFI clover guide, but using Yosemite, no reason why it won't work with Mavericks as well, just follow the guide but using Mav install.app rather than Yosemite.

 

 boot with -v flag to see why its stopping, post a photo see if anyone can help.

Hi, 

 

I've been following the updates here and I've just updated my bios with the latest custom mod

 

I've been using chameleon and Mavericks alongside Windows 8 & my Data storage partition. 

 

My HDD is MBR and not GPT I don't want to format my entire HDD is there any work around to using the clover install on MBR disk?

 

The screenshot below shows how my system is configured.

 

screenshot.jpg

 

 

I don't think so.

 

I know on genuine UEFI bios windows 8 runs UEFI too, much better, but have a read back a few pages and see if you will benefit from it or not, I think I read about some issues with windows UEFI, but it may be all sorted out now.

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I think you did not plug in back the antenna cables ( both white and black ) and it's mandatory to make wireless connectivity work

 

So I did go ahead and tried to reinstall the wifi card, I also made sure the antenna cables were secure and were not loose. This did not fix the problem, I still have the same exact issue. Did I still do something wrong? What else could it have been? 

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rob1980
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So what do I need, and what to do to patch it then?

correct dsdt from page 1 to match your spec.

 

 

you may need to replace the kext with the original at the same time, can be extracted from install.app

 

also try to cycle the wifi card, pressing the wifi button and waiting.

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correct dsdt from page 1 to match your spec.

 

 

you may need to replace the kext with the original at the same time, can be extracted from install.app

 

also try to cycle the wifi card, pressing the wifi button and waiting.

I feel extremely stupid. All I had to do was cycle the wifi card. .-.  Thank you so much for helping.

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LexS007
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Is there anyone has unlocked the hiden menu as guide from @Florin9doi ?

Please share your experience? what will be work/not work ?

Thanks!

This BIOS is Florin9doi's UEFI boot bios with unhidden menu patch and replaced PXE module with Plop Boot Manager

 

Bonus:

For permanently disable NVIDIA card need boot into bios and go to the chipset tab. Then press System Agent (SA) Configuration => Graphics Configuration  and change Primary Display from SG to IGFX.

 

I test it, but you do it at your own risk!

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Kroaton
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Hi guys,

 

first off I would like to thank you all for the hard work you've put into making this guide and keeping this thread alive (mai ales tine Florin, mersi mult).

 

I'm currently in the midst of reading through all of the 100+ pages and figuring how to dual-boot Windows 8.1 and OSX 10.9 and it's awesome to know that most of the possible problems that could arise will most likely have an answer somewhere buried deep within this thread.

 

That being said, I'm in a bit of a jam as I can't really figure out how to replicate the Pre-Install phase of the guide from the comfort of my current Windows 8.1 install.

 

Is there a more specific guide out there for us Windows users?

 

And is there any way to get my fans to run normally under Windows 8.1 now with the patched bios?

They've been going at full speed ever since I finished patching the bios with the latest one from Florin's webpage.

 

Also, here are my specs:

 

Inspiron N5110

 

Intel Core i7-2630QM 

 

Nvidia 525m (I know it won't work)

 

8GB Ram

 

Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1030 (I know it won't work; already bought a wireless USB stick that should be compatible)

 

Cheers.

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rob1980
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Hi guys,

 

first off I would like to thank you all for the hard work you've put into making this guide and keeping this thread alive (mai ales tine Florin, mersi mult).

 

I'm currently in the midst of reading through all of the 100+ pages and figuring how to dual-boot Windows 8.1 and OSX 10.9 and it's awesome to know that most of the possible problems that could arise will most likely have an answer somewhere buried deep within this thread.

 

That being said, I'm in a bit of a jam as I can't really figure out how to replicate the Pre-Install phase of the guide from the comfort of my current Windows 8.1 install.

 

Is there a more specific guide out there for us Windows users?

 

And is there any way to get my fans to run normally under Windows 8.1 now with the patched bios?

They've been going at full speed ever since I finished patching the bios with the latest one from Florin's webpage.

 

Also, here are my specs:

 

Inspiron N5110

 

Intel Core i7-2630QM 

 

Nvidia 525m (I know it won't work)

 

8GB Ram

 

Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1030 (I know it won't work; already bought a wireless USB stick that should be compatible)

 

Cheers.

 

This guide is designed to be setup from a computer running osx, how else will you download the installer? borrow a friends..

 

I know on other laptops installing windows 8 in UEFI works great alongside clover/OSX, not 100% sure with this bios mod, hopefully somebody will answer that for you who can confirm it either way.

Dears

am very new here and i cant configure my display card :(

 

What are you trying to configure?

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@Nemosucker .. I had a problem ..

 

 

The solution was by using (App SwitchResX) .. :thumbsup_anim::weight_lift:

 

- Download the app ..

- and work like this

 

Go to the app .. >> UnKnown Monitor >> coustem Resolution >> press (+) .. and work the settings like this image ..

1- http://drp.so/3b1677

 

Restart Your Laptop .. and Back to the app ..

2- http://drp.so/5911a6

 

 

After then choose the new resolution ..

3- http://drp.so/c2e7a2

 

 

 

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* Maybe there are other solutions .. But this Solutios was very good with me :thumbsup_anim:

* i'm sorry .. my language very bad .. noexp

 

 

Hello

Can your please post the photos agine as its not exsist any more .

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rob1980
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Great job there concerning UEFI, managed to triple boot windows 8.1, mavericks and ubuntu 14.04 successfully with them all in uefi mode using clover

 

Audio is not working in windows though, anybody came across this?

 

Think it has been mentioned a few pages back, not read anything regarding a fix for it though. / other than installing windows in legacy mode..

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