PLEASE help me, AMD Phenom II N640 ×2

Funky Drummer

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AMD Phenom II N640 Dual-Core Processor (×2)
Okay. So, I make music, and one of the DAWs i use is Garageband. Recently, it has become more inconvenient to use my old iPhone X to make things, so i wanted to run macOS on a virtual machine (would prefer as a dual boot if I don't have to buy anything) and i have been faced with a new layer of hell ive never seen before. Okay, so i got an iso, figured out the versions too new, so i got another one. This one would boot but would stop at randomseed. I did some research and found id either have to get a patch or patch it myself. I looked for one first, i checked the sketchiest websites dude. I had found a torrent for a seemingly patched version but i dont know what the patch was, i havent looked for an amd kernel. So, i tried my next option. Patching it myself. I had a friend with me on call, we worked together on it, and the farthest i got was the bios. We researched and found we would have to use our amd kernel instead of the macos kernel. Okay, no big deal? Wrong. First off, we couldnt even get to the kernel. I tried adding the built in one as a boot option, and that didnt even work. Im pretty sure the problem was that the kernel wasnt mounted or wasnt found. I had 2 patch methods on hand, one which was just the amd kernel, and mojave patcher from dosdude.com. Neither worked. At least not before i gave up. I am so tired, and I just cant figure out what im supposed to do.

tl;dr, your options are:
  • Help me finish patching it myself
  • Find me a download link for a patched mojave
  • Show me how to install macos on my hardware (cool but maybe impractical, maybe get the vm working too though)
  • Ignore this post and leave me to suffer (meanie :c)

DM me on discord to help, my user is ffunkydrummer , and here are my FULL specs (parenthesis are my annotations):
General
PC: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC v058A110000242B20000020100 XH121UA#ABA
OS: Linux Mint 22.3 - Cinnamon 64-bit
Linux Kernal: 6.17.0-14-generic
Processor: AMD Phenom II N640 Dual-Core Processor × 2 (could be worth noting, the sticker next to the trackpad says AMD Vision Premium (or AMD Premium Vision), maybe it was different, there wasnt much thermal paste on the cpu)(by the way, extra question, this '× 2' means that i have two cpus, or two cores? When I opened it up I only saw 1 changeable cpu but the fan had two thingys leading to it and im not sure if its something else or not.)
Graphics Card: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RS880M [Mobility Radeon HD 4225/4250]
Graphics Card: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Park [Mobility Radeon HD 5430/5450/5470]
DDR3 RAM: 7.9 GB (this is modded, one is stock, one is from another old laptop, both are 4 gigs)
Hard Drives: 641.2 GB (This is internal, adding an external hard drive via USB adds to this)
Desktop Environment: Cinnamon 6.6.7
Display Server: X11 (What is this? Is it for the screen?)
USB
USB 1.10 controller Bus 1 - Max Speed: 12 Mbps (greyed out, unsure)
(might be ethernet, VGA, HDMI, or eSATA?)

USB 2.00 controller Bus 2 - Max Speed: 480 Mbps (not sure)
Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 2SF022 (What is this? I dont think i remember seeing unsoldered potential usb inputs/outputs on the motherboard but there could be?)

USB 2.00 controller Bus 3 - Max Speed: Mbps (Storage USB Port)
(Any external USB Storage Devices go here)

USB 2.00 controller Bus 4 - Max Speed: 480 Mbps (Internal - SDHC Reader)
Realtek Semiconductor Corp. USB 2.0 multicard reader (SD Card Reader)

USB 1.10 controller Bus 5 - Max Speed: 12 Mbps (Input USB Port)
Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver (External - Mouse)

USB 1.10 controller Bus 6 - Max Speed: 12 Mbps (Internal - Dedicated - Fingerprint Reader)
Validity Sensors, Inc. VFS301 Fingerprint Reader (Internal - Fingerprint Reader)
(Is there a way i can modify my drivers for this? it works, but it has like a little light and it doesnt work like it should, i can code it i just wanna know how)

USB 1.10 controller Bus 7 - Max Speed: 12 Mbps (Internal - Dedicated - Wifi Card)
Broadcom Corp. BCM2070 Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR (Stock Wifi Card)


GPU
Brand: AMD
Name: RS880M [Mobility Radeon HD 4225/4250}
PCI ID: 1002:9712
Driver: radeon
Driver Version: B104D5042CBF0C4F5F45D14

Hardware Acceleration
OpenGL: Enabled
OpenGL ES: Enabled
Vulkan: Disabled (Software Rendering)
Video Playback: Enabled (VA-API, VDPAU)


PCI
(Im not 100 percent sure what these are but based off what there is, this is everything connected to the motherboard?)
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] RS880 Host Bridge
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] RS780/RS880 PCI to PCI bridge (int gfx)
0000:00:02.0 PCI bridge Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (ext gfx port 0) pcieport
0000:00:05.0 PCI bridge Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] RS780/RS880 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1) pcieport
0000:00:06.0 PCI bridge Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 2) pcieport
0000:00:11.0 SATA Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [AHCI mode] ahci
0000:00:12.0 USB Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller ohci-pci
0000:00:12.2 USB Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller ehci-pci
0000:00:13.0 USB Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller ohci-pci
0000:00:13.2 USB Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller ehci-pci
0000:00:14.0 SMBus Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 42)
0000:00:14.2 Audio device Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) (rev 40) snd_hda_intel
0000:00:14.3 ISA bridge Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller (rev 40)
0000:00:14.4 PCI bridge Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge (rev 40)
0000:00:14.5 USB Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller ohci-pci
0000:00:16.0 USB Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller ohci-pci
0000:00:16.2 USB Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller ehci-pci
0000:00:18.0 Host bridge Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 10h Processor HyperTransport Configuration
0000:00:18.1 Host bridge Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 10h Processor Address Map
0000:00:18.2 Host bridge Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 10h Processor DRAM Controller
0000:00:18.3 Host bridge Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 10h Processor Miscellaneous Control k10temp
0000:00:18.4 Host bridge Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 10h Processor Link Control
0000:01:05.0 VGA compatible Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RS880M [Mobility Radeon HD 4225/4250] radeon
0000:02:00.0 VGA compatible Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Park [Mobility Radeon HD 5430/5450/5470] radeon
0000:02:00.1 Audio device Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Cedar HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5400/6300/7300 Series] snd_hda_intel
0000:03:00.0 Network Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01) bcma-pci-bridge
0000:04:00.0 Ethernet Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 03) r8169

BIOS
Brand: Hewlett-Packard
Version: F.29 (Where can i get a newer BIOS? HP discontinued support for this pc, and if i can, i want a newer one thats compatible.)
Release: 15.41
Release Date: 02/25/2013
Boot Mode: BIOS
Secure Boot: Disabled

Motherboard
Brand: Hewlett-Packard
Name: 1443
Version: 67.33
 
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