Hackintosh the Dell Inspiron 5515

Overview

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• I will try my best to keep the EFI updated with OpenCore, Kext, NootedRed, ...
• This EFI is configured with MacOs Ventura, I currently can't manage to update to Sonoma

Geekbench 6 results (compared to MacBook Pro 13 2018)

Model	Single-Core	Multi-Core	OpenCL Score	Metal Score
Inspiron Hackintosh	1287	4765	12183	17320
MacBook Pro 13 2018	1285	4537	7350	9898

Laptop Specification

• Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U 2.1 GHz

• Ram: 12 GB (dual channel, with 8gb Kingston Ram replaced for one broken 4gb ram)

• SSD: NVMe KIOXIA 256GB Media

• Display: 15.6" Full HD (1920 x 1080) with touch

• Video Cardy:

  • iGPU: AMD vega 7
  • dGPU: this laptop comes with no dGPU

Summary

What works

Feature	Status	Dependency
Touch Screen (with gestures like trackpad)	✅	Latest VoodooI2C.kext, VoodooHID.kext
Built-in Keyboard, Mouse	✅	Latest VoodooI2C.kext, VoodooPS2.kext
Trackpad Gestures	✅
Backlight (Brightness Control)	✅	Latest NootedRed.kext, SSDT-PNLF.aml from chefkissinc
Keyboard brightness	✅	BrightnessKeys.kext
iServices (iMessage, FaceTime, App Store, iCloud, ...)	✅	Generate your own SMBIOS
Graphic Acceleration	✅	Increase Vram to 2 GB using Smokeless_UMAF
Battery Percentage Indication	✅
Processor Status	✅	VirtualSMC.kext
WiFi	✅	AirportItlwm.kext
Bluetooth	✅	IntelBluetoothFirmware.kext, BlueToolFixup.kext
USB 2.0, USB 3.0, USB type C	✅	USBToolBox.kext
Camera	✅
Audio	✅	AppleALC.kext
HDMI	✅

What not works

Feature	Status	Dependency
Air Drop/ Handoff	❌	Broadcom BlueTooth card
Finger Print	❌	Requires Apple M2 Chip (I don't know why)
Bootcamp	❌	Maybe because ssd problems

What is not tested

Feature	Status	Dependency
Time Machine	🕒
Microphone	🕒
Screen Mirroring	🕒
SD Card Reader	🕒

Some Instructions & Advices

SSDTs

In the past, my friend had to write SSDT manually. But now we have a tool named SSDTTime

Step 1: Start with option P to dump the current system's DSDT. Make sure to do this on the system where you want to install MacOS

Step 2: Some option that I need on my laptop

• FixHPET (choose C when prompting)
• USBX (choose default option B when prompting)
• RTCAWAC
• PluginType (only on AMD laptop)
• FakeEC Laptop
• PLNF
• XOSI (choose default option A when prompting)

Step 3: Copy all the file end with *.aml in the Results folder. After that, paste these files into \EFI\OC\ACPI

Step 4: Merge patches_OC.plist by using the PatchMerge script included with SSDTTime. Remember to copy the config.plist in Results folder to \EFI\OC (I made a mistake when forgeting to copy the file and wasted a lot of time fixing touch screen with backlight)

Increase VRAM

Disclaimer: This Smokeless_UMAF is significant DANGEROUS, which can break your system's BIOS. THINK TWICE before commiting any changes. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Disclaimer: NO ONE is responsible for any damage.

Instruction: I followed this Youtube video which uses Smokeless_UMAF

Credits

• Apple for macOS.
• Acidanthera for all the kexts/utilities.
• corpnewt for increadible tools like Propertree, MountEFI, SSDTTime
• iamthaoly for SSDTTime guides
• Dortania for the OpenCore Install Guide.
• Chefkissinc for great kexts, patches, guides for AMD hackintosh.