MBP 1,1-10,2 Permanently Disable 2011 15"/17" MacBook Pro Dedicated GPU - gMux IC Bypass

[ChocolateFish]

After getting the replacement battery today I was hard at working finding which OS X would install. Trying High Sierra, El Capitan & Yosemite. Finally thought I would try Sierra and BOOM!! It worked.

Also the new battery fixed the lagging so all is sweet now

 

[ChocolateFish]

Got High Sierra installed now. Had to actually use the 19mb installer from the app store and do an internet install which I didn't want to (would rather download the whole thing and install locally) but it was the only way to install High Sierra.

 

[ChocolateFish]

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[trifero]

After getting the replacement battery today I was hard at working finding which OS X would install. Trying High Sierra, El Capitan & Yosemite. Finally thought I would try Sierra and BOOM!! It worked.

Also the new battery fixed the lagging so all is sweet now

Nice!!!

 

[trifero]

Got High Sierra installed now. Had to actually use the 19mb installer from the app store and do an internet install which I didn't want to (would rather download the whole thing and install locally) but it was the only way to install High Sierra.

Go for Catalina. Works like charm. Or at least Mojave. High Sierra is not supported any more.

 

[ChocolateFish]

Go for Catalina

Speaking about Catalina I did a test install on a usb 120gb ssd and it ran alright so I then did a full install on the 1tb ssd. Runs pretty fluid and scrolling thru websites is soo fast and smooth.

 

[trifero]

Ok, next , maybe you would like, as me, to change the bluetooh/wifi adapter, so you can have 11ac, and qll the options for handoff, hotspot, etc,etc. You have two options:

802.11ac and BT 4.2 are here for unibody MBPs and A1342 MB!

I am pleased to announce that 5 years after my post found here (where I threw in the towel early): https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macbook-pro-802-11ac-upgrade.1521466/page-4#post-18438927 , native 802.11ac WiFi and Bluetooth 4.2 are working on classic unibody MBPs! :cool::D All of this...

forums.macrumors.com

I have two of these. Works like a charm. New supplies soon.

WiFi and Bluetooth Upgrade Adapter for UniBody MacBook Pros (30pin Molex to 12+6 adapter)

Thanks for sharing updates! I am anxious to order one. I hope shipping from UK to USA is reasonable :)

forums.macrumors.com

This newer. Cheaper, as you buy the model of modulen that you want where you want.

in a few days they wil go for sale.

There many many working 2011 macbooks out there. It´s a pretty solid mac.

Macbook pro 17" is still my favourite mac.

 

[ChocolateFish]

I actually did a little reading about those 2 wifi/bt upgrades just a day or 2 ago. Maybe in the future I might upgrade but I hardly use bt on a computer and wifi N is sufficient for most things and streaming. Just did a file copy test @ 25MB/s using the deco m5 mesh network

 

[SOUMITRA BARMAN]

So sorry for the delay.

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Thanks for the update.

 

[Bacopilot]

@dosdude1 : is it somehow possible to activate screen brightness control ability through keyboard on BigSur? Under Catalina is works like a charm on a MBP8,3 , but I tried big sur today with open core legacy incl. HD3000 beta driver and the brightness is not working.

 

[trifero]

@dosdude1 : is it somehow possible to activate screen brightness control ability through keyboard on BigSur? Under Catalina is works like a charm on a MBP8,3 , but I tried big sur today with open core legacy incl. HD3000 beta driver and the brightness is not working.

Is there a driver for HD3000 in Catalina??

 

[Bacopilot]

Is there a driver for HD3000 in Catalina??

A beta driver, yes! Check Open Core Legacy

 

[trifero]

A beta driver, yes! Check Open Core Legacy

Great! I will try later. I´m happy with Catalina but it is good to know that I can run Big Sur once Catalina is out of support. Any change in the default settings that I hace to?

 

[Bacopilot]

Great! I will try later. I´m happy with Catalina but it is good to know that I can run Big Sur once Catalina is out of support. Any change in the default settings that I hace to?

Check the open core legacy website for installation instructions. Basically, create the usb media and run the patcher. After installation re-run the patcher to set open core as standard EFI bootloader and that’s it. The only issue, I mentioned, are the missing screen (and Keyboard) brightness adjustments possibilities. The rest is working just fine for now.

 

[trifero]

Check the open core legacy website for installation instructions. Basically, create the usb media and run the patcher. After installation re-run the patcher to set open core as standard EFI bootloader and that’s it. The only issue, I mentioned, are the missing screen (and Keyboard) brightness adjustments possibilities. The rest is working just fine for now.

Yes, I tried. But I think I wiil have to modify son setting. I can boot from USB, but when Ichoose the EFI partition to boot. it stay there. You dind´t change anything?

 

[Bacopilot]

Yes, I tried. But I think I wiil have to modify son setting. I can boot from USB, but when Ichoose the EFI partition to boot. it stay there. You dind´t change anything?

Mmmmh, that’s weird…I just followed all information given on the website. But, there is also a YT Video, which shows it visually, what needs to be done. Do you want the link via PM?

 

[dosdude1]

@dosdude1 : is it somehow possible to activate screen brightness control ability through keyboard on BigSur? Under Catalina is works like a charm on a MBP8,3 , but I tried big sur today with open core legacy incl. HD3000 beta driver and the brightness is not working.

Install the backlight patch package for High Sierra, it should work. Not 100% sure if it will install properly though, due to the way Big Sur handles root volume APFS snapshots.

 

[trifero]

Mmmmh, that’s weird…I just followed all information given on the website. But, there is also a YT Video, which shows it visually, what needs to be done. Do you want the link via PM?

I have done before with later versions of OCLP without any problem. Don´t know what is happening with this version. Thanks.

 

[Bacopilot]

Install the backlight patch package for High Sierra, it should work. Not 100% sure if it will install properly though, due to the way Big Sur handles root volume APFS snapshots.

Will try and report. Does it fix the keyboard light as well?

 

[dosdude1]

Will try and report. Does it fix the keyboard light as well?

No, keyboard backlight is not related.

 

[trifero]

Mmmmh, that’s weird…I just followed all information given on the website. But, there is also a YT Video, which shows it visually, what needs to be done. Do you want the link via PM?

Tried again with another USB stick. I thionk there were files messinng in the efi partition. Now boots like acharm. Installing now in another SSD, to se how it goes. Again, thank you so much.

 

[Bacopilot]

No, keyboard backlight is not related.

@dosdude1 : BCP for HS doesn’t work in BigSur. Trying to install it and get a error message at the end.
Do you have Any other suggestions?

 

[dosdude1]

@dosdude1 : BCP for HS doesn’t work in BigSur. Trying to install it and get a error message at the end.
Do you have Any other suggestions?

Oh, I forgot that Big Sur handles kextcache differently. I'd honestly recommend sticking with Catalina anyways, as the acceleration patches for Big Sur are extremely buggy.

 

[ada1985]

I have a 17" 2011 Macbook Pro that has Catalina installed, and I can't get the Thunderebolt port to work as for hooking up an external TV monitor through a mini displayport to hdmi adapter.. The computer doesn't see anything connected.. Is there a patch for this, or do I need to install Sierra?

 

[dosdude1]

I have a 17" 2011 Macbook Pro that has Catalina installed, and I can't get the Thunderebolt port to work as for hooking up an external TV monitor through a mini displayport to hdmi adapter.. The computer doesn't see anything connected.. Is there a patch for this, or do I need to install Sierra?

External display output cannot work with the AMD GPU disabled.