Dell D630 Mountain Lion Install Guide

[Hervé]

-> schan1: do you have npci=0x2000 set in your /Extra boot plist? You can verify this with Chameleon Wizard application.

[ra0ul]

Thanks for the great instructions and tools to install Mountain Lion.

I have a fast and stable install on my D630 NVIDIA with only one problem.

 

No audio.

Sound shows no input or output devices found.

 

What is my problem?

 

Thanks

[Bronxteck]

do a myfix with myhack. maybe a bad cache or boot with -f flag and see if the audio loads

[ra0ul]

Myfix completed.

Sound shows sounflower 2ch and 16ch

 

They respond to keyboard buttons to increase or decrease volume

however "the selected device has no output controls"

 

Still no sound.

[Hervé]

Did you configure the Audio Setup of Soundflower?

 

 

 

Select 2ch option. Which audio kext did you choose when installing EDP kexts?

[ra0ul]

Did you configure the Audio Setup of Soundflower?

 

 

 

Select 2ch option. Which audio kext did you choose when installing EDP kexts?

 

I did not specifically choose an audio kext. Perhaps that is the problem.

What is (are) the names of the possible audio kexts that I should see in system/library/extensions?

[Hervé]

You should re-run EDP and select an audio kext. You can use the VoodooHDA (more stable) or the AppleHDA patched for D630.

[ra0ul]

Yep, that's a bingo!

Works like a charm.

 

Thanks,

[n0yd]

Lots of my post got deleted, no idea why.............

 

I bought the D630 ntoi replace my T61 IBM. All for 99 dollars: 4GB DDR2 upgrade and the dreaded Quadro NVS 135, tyho I seemed to fix it just fine after removing the thermal pad and applying AS5. I am very competent with PC's. Anyway been using Unix anid Lnnux for 12 in some fashion, mostly day to day Linux. But I would love to give OSX a try. Im just vary confused about OSX86 install, looked the guide in this thread, seemed I needed an already working OSX machine, I don't have that. I don't mind using a semi earlier build than just updgrade from there. Like I said I am familiar with UNIX which is what I am interested in having commercial support from Apple while having a UNIX shell and being to compoile Android/Cyanogenmod builds and other AOSP builds. I do lots of AOSP android stuff.

 

BTW if someone can help with the installing stuff, thats my main goal ATM. I bet I could probably figure out kext stuff for my wifi and quadro stuff hopefully. Just wanna say if anyone has an Android that can support CM7/CM9/CM10 o9r other AOSP builds like AOKP (my fav)(im certain I can help you out as a gesture of thanks.)

 

So if someone can me a good start. I remember using some EFI tool to dual boot on my old MAcBookPRo 5+ years ago, but thatr eas some time ago. So if you can guide me. If you guys use gtal;k, sklype or anything lemme mknow. I didnt add skype to profile cause i never use it, but for this I would be willing. BTW the laptop is on Wiundows 8 Enterprise but I have NO qualms about deleting it, half my stuff doesn't run. And with boot camp i can easily install/run Win7.

 

So yes, please help a fellow out. I may be a newb to OSX but I wouldnt call myself a noob to Windows, Linux, QNX, BeOS and various Unix builds and FreeBSD or just computing at all. Help much appreciated.

[Red Five]

Lots of my post got deleted, no idea why.............

 

I bought the D630 ntoi replace my T61 IBM. All for 99 dollars: 4GB DDR2 upgrade and the dreaded Quadro NVS 135, tyho I seemed to fix it just fine after removing the thermal pad and applying AS5. I am very competent with PC's. Anyway been using Unix anid Lnnux for 12 in some fashion, mostly day to day Linux. But I would love to give OSX a try. Im just vary confused about OSX86 install, looked the guide in this thread, seemed I needed an already working OSX machine, I don't have that. I don't mind using a semi earlier build than just updgrade from there. Like I said I am familiar with UNIX which is what I am interested in having commercial support from Apple while having a UNIX shell and being to compoile Android/Cyanogenmod builds and other AOSP builds. I do lots of AOSP android stuff.

 

BTW if someone can help with the installing stuff, thats my main goal ATM. I bet I could probably figure out kext stuff for my wifi and quadro stuff hopefully. Just wanna say if anyone has an Android that can support CM7/CM9/CM10 o9r other AOSP builds like AOKP (my fav)(im certain I can help you out as a gesture of thanks.)

 

So if someone can me a good start. I remember using some EFI tool to dual boot on my old MAcBookPRo 5+ years ago, but thatr eas some time ago. So if you can guide me. If you guys use gtal;k, sklype or anything lemme mknow. I didnt add skype to profile cause i never use it, but for this I would be willing. BTW the laptop is on Wiundows 8 Enterprise but I have NO qualms about deleting it, half my stuff doesn't run. And with boot camp i can easily install/run Win7.

 

So yes, please help a fellow ouwt. I may be a newb to OSX but I wouldnt call myself a noob to Windows, Linux, QNX, BeOS and various Unix builds and FreeBSD. Help much appreciated.

 

I bootstrapped my install by creating an OS X virtual machine inside VirtualBox; it was pretty straightforward once I had an ISO image of the install DVD. I installed it as a 64-bit OS X Server selection in VBox, then followed the instructions in this thread to create my thumb drive installer from inside VBox. Then I followed the rest of the instructions to install on my D630 and it's been fairly smooth sailing from there.