OC Troubleshooting - l1n-dev/Dell-Inspiron-14-5490-OpenCore GitHub Wiki

Welcome to the troubleshooting page! This page includes the known issues & fixes for this EFI.

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Boot issues

Problem: Stuck on [EB|#LOG:EXITBS:START].
Solution: Double check if AppleXcpmCfgLock is enabled in Kernel > Quirks.

Problem: Stuck on EndRandomSeed.
Solution: Look at the above issue "Stuck on [EB|#LOG:EXITBS:START]."

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Post-install issues

Problem: Sometimes when booting, trackpad doesn't work.
Explanation: ???
Solution: Reboot with Tab keys and Space bar.

Problem: Setting the laptop to sleep for too long causes a kernel panic and a Sleep Wake Failure from EFI Error.
Explanation: Idk, probably related to CPU Power management.
Solution: Look at the Fixing and Optimizing CPU power management guide.

Problem: Trackpad doesn't work with SSDT-GPI0
Explanation: Dell systems usually have an OS check for Windows & Linux before powering on I2C, but Darwin isn't listed.
Solution: Use SSDT-XOSI with the ACPI Patches.

Problem: HDMI takes a while to initialize.
Explanation: The i5-10210U CPU has a weird UHD 620 iGPU in it, which has to be spoofed to work.
Solution: There isn't really a solution, Comet Lake UHD 620 is not natively supported.

Problem: Camera doesn't appear in System Info.
Explanation: The camera in this laptop is USB connected, so it is a USB issue.
Solution: Use SSDT-RHUB when installing (SSDT-USB-Reset is the same thing).