bjornw Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Hi all, After a being a very happy d620 user the last few years I had to replace my ol' pall with a new Laptop since my LCD's bckligt broke down. I bought me a Dell inspiron 15 n5050 i5-2450 / 4gb / HD3000 gfx / 500gb hdd. I've managed to get Lion 10.7.2 booting on my new laptop. But still have couple of thing that wont work... I've been spoiled with edp on my d620 so now I'm struggling to get thing sorted out. Maybe someone can point me in the right direction in resolving these problems. My Touchpad is not detected after installation. I've tried voodoops2 but without success. Keyboard works and external usb mouse also works, just no trackpad... My n5050 has a alps trackpad, but i can't figure out how to get it detected... Also I can't figure out how to get my wifi working. According to windows it's a "Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter" and Dell says it's a "dell 1703 802.11b/g/n" VenID/DevID 168c:0032 Who could give me some advise? Any help is welcome! Specs: -------------------------------------- Summary -------------------------------------- Computer Brand Name: DELL Inspiron N5050 Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) Build 7601 Service Pack: Service Pack 1 Processor: Intel Core i5-2515E (2500.0 MHz) Motherboard: DELL 01HXXJ (Intel HM67 (Cougar Point) [b3]) Memory: 4 GBytes (Single-Channel) Hard Drive: WDC WD5000BPVT-75A1YT0 (476,940 MBytes (500 GB)) Optical Drive: TSSTcorp DVD+-RW SN-208BB (DVD+R DL) Display Adapter: Intel Sandy Bridge-MB GT2+ - Integrated Graphics Controller [D2/J1/Q0] [DELL] Audio Adapter: Intel Cougar Point PCH - High Definition Audio Controller [b3] Network Adapter: RealTek Semiconductor RTL8101/2/3 Family Fast Ethernet NIC Atheros Communications AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter Monitor: LG Philips [unknown Model: LGD02DC] Battery: DELL 8NH5525 -------------------------------------- Processor -------------------------------------- CPU ID: 000206A7 Code Name: Sandy Bridge-MB ECC CPU Stepping: D2 CPU Platform: BGA1023 Microcode Update Revision: 1B Core(s): 2 Thread(s): 4 Original Frequency: 2500.0 MHz Current Frequency: 2893.7 MHz = 29.00 x 99.8 MHz @ 1.2059 V CPU Core Temperature: N/A L1 Cache: Instruction: 2 x 32 KBytes, Data: 2 x 32 KBytes L2 Cache: Integrated: 2 x 256 KBytes L3 Cache: 3 MBytes CPU Thermal Design Power: 35.0 W -------------------------------------- Motherboard -------------------------------------- Model: DELL 01HXXJ Chipset: Intel HM67 (Cougar Point) [b3] Slots: 4xPCI Express x1, 1xPCI Express x16 PCI Express Version Supported: v2.0 USB Version Supported: v2.0 Super IO/LPC Chip: Unknown BIOS Manufacturer: American Megatrends BIOS Date: 03/23/2012 BIOS Version: A04 -------------------------------------- Memory -------------------------------------- Module Number: 0 Module Size: 4096 MBytes Module Type: SO-DIMM Memory Type: DDR3 SDRAM Memory Speed: 666.7 MHz (PC3-10600) Module Manufacturer: Hynix (Hyundai) Module Part Number: HMT351S6CFR8C-H9 Module Revision: 12366 Module Serial Number: 1803386393 Module Manufacturing Date: Year: 2012, Week: 10 SDRAM Manufacturer: Hynix (Hyundai) Error Check/Correction: None Number Of Banks: 8 Number Of Ranks: 2 Device Width: 8 bits Bus Width: 64 bits Module Density: 2048 Mb Module Voltage: 1.5 V Minimum SDRAM Cycle Time: 1.500 ns CAS# Latencies Supported: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Minimum CAS# Latency Time: 13.125 ns Minimum RAS# to CAS# Delay: 13.125 ns Minimum Row Precharge Time: 13.125 ns Minimum Active to Precharge Time: 36.000 ns Minimum Write Recovery Time: 15.000 ns Minimum Row Active to Row Active Delay: 6.000 ns Minimum Active to Active/Refresh Time: 49.125 ns Minimum Refresh Recovery Time Delay: 160.000 ns Minimum Internal Write to Read Command Delay: 7.500 ns Minimum Internal Read to Precharge Command Delay: 7.500 ns Minimum Four Activate Window Delay Time: 30.000 ns Supported Module Timing at 666.7 MHz: 9-9-9-24 Supported Module Timing at 400.0 MHz: 6-6-6-15 Supported Module Timing at 333.3 MHz: 5-5-5-12 Auto Self Refresh: Supported Extended Temperature Range: Supported Extended Temperature Refresh Rate: Not Supported On-die Thermal Sensor Readout: Not Supported -------------------------------------- Hard Drive -------------------------------------- Drive Model: WDC WD5000BPVT-75A1YT0 Drive Controller: Serial ATA 3Gb/s Drive Serial Number: WXT1CC1H5862 Firmware Revision: 01.01A01 Drive Capacity: 476,940 MBytes (500 GB) Media Rotation Rate: 5400 RPM Temperature: N/A Cache Buffer Size: 8192 KBytes Number of Cylinders: 16383 Number of Heads: 16 Number of Sectors: Unknown Sectors Per Track: 63 Native Command Queuing: Supported, Max. Depth: 32 TRIM Command: Not Supported Write Cache: Present, Active S.M.A.R.T. Feature: Present, Active Security Feature: Present, Inactive Removable Media Feature: Not Present, Disabled Power Management: Present, Active Advanced Power Management: Present, Active Packet Interface: Not Present, Disabled Look-Ahead Buffer: Present, Active Host Protected Area: Present, Enabled Power-Up In Standby: Not Supported, Inactive Automatic Acoustic Management: Not Supported, Inactive 48-bit LBA: Supported, Active Raw Read Error Rate: 200/51, Worst: 200 Reallocated Sector Count: 200/140, Worst: 200 Power-On Hours/Cycle Count: 100/Always OK, Worst: 100 (Data = 26) Power Cycle Count: 100/Always OK, Worst: 100 (Data = 122) Spin Up Time: 187/21, Worst: 182 (Data = 1616) Start/Stop Count: 100/Always OK, Worst: 100 (Data = 135) Seek Error Rate: 200/Always OK, Worst: 200 Spin Retry Count: 100/Always OK, Worst: 100 Temperature: 113/Always OK, Worst: 102 (Data = 34.0 C) Calibration Retry Count: 100/Always OK, Worst: 100 Power-Off Retract Count: 200/Always OK, Worst: 200 (Data = 68) Load/Unload Cycle Count: 200/Always OK, Worst: 200 (Data = 354) Reallocation Event Count: 200/Always OK, Worst: 200 Current Pending Sector Count: 200/Always OK, Worst: 200 Off-Line Uncorrectable Sector Count: 100/Always OK, Worst: 253 Ultra DMA/SATA CRC Error Rate: 200/Always OK, Worst: 200 -------------------------------------- Optical Drive -------------------------------------- Drive Model: TSSTcorp DVD+-RW SN-208BB Device Type: DVD+R DL Drive Serial Number: R8KL6GAC500RPP Firmware Revision: D300 Supported Disk Type (Read): CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-RAM, DVD+R DL Supported Disk Type (Write): CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-RAM, DVD+R DL -------------------------------------- Display Adapter -------------------------------------- Video Card: Intel Sandy Bridge-MB GT2+ - Integrated Graphics Controller [D2/J1/Q0] [DELL] Video Chipset: Intel HD Graphics 3000 (Sandy Bridge GT2+) Video Memory: Unknown Bus Type: Integrated Video BIOS Version: snm21081.dnq PC 14.34 03/01/2011 15:25:04 GPU Temperature: N/A Memory Clock: 665.0 MHz -------------------------------------- Audio Adapter -------------------------------------- Audio Adapter: Intel Cougar Point PCH - High Definition Audio Controller [b3] High Definition Audio Codec: IDT -------------------------------------- Network Adapter -------------------------------------- Network Adapter: RealTek Semiconductor RTL8101/2/3 Family Fast Ethernet NIC MAC Address: 78-45-C4-AB-4F-A0 Maximum Link Speed: 100 Mbps Network Adapter: Atheros Communications AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter MAC Address: Unknown Maximum Link Speed: Unknown -------------------------------------- Monitor -------------------------------------- Monitor Name: LG Philips [unknown Model: LGD02DC] Serial Number: Unknown Date Of Manufacture: Week: 0, Year: 2010 Max Vertical Size: 19 cm Max Horizontal Size: 34 cm Standby: Not Supported Suspend: Not Supported Standard Colour Space: Not Supported Preferred Timing Mode: Supported Default GTF Supported: Not Supported -------------------------------------- Battery -------------------------------------- Device Name: DELL 8NH5525 Manufacturer Name: SMP Serial Number: 9234 Unique ID: 9234SMPDELL 8NH5525 Chemistry: Lithium Ion Designed Capacity: 48840 mWh Full Charged Capacity: 49195 mWh Wear Level: 0.0 % Power Status: Discharging Current Capacity: 14597 mWh (29.7 %) Current Voltage: 10.538 V -------------------------------------- Time of this report: 4-8-2012 19:11:09 HWiNFO32.dll: 3.9.6.0 HWiNFO32.sys: 8.72.0.0 HWiNFO64A.sys: 8.72.0.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bronxteck Posted August 5, 2012 Administrators Share Posted August 5, 2012 have you tried the myHack trackpad kext? also that atheros wireless card does not seem to be supported in osx. does the d620 one fit your new machine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Syonagar Posted August 6, 2012 Administrators Share Posted August 6, 2012 Dear bjorn, One of the crew has an Extra for his machine with similar model. I'll attached it when i get back from my trip for you to try. If it works we can add it to edp. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjornw Posted August 12, 2012 Author Share Posted August 12, 2012 Dear bjorn, One of the crew has an Extra for his machine with similar model. I'll attached it when i get back from my trip for you to try. If it works we can add it to edp. Cheers! wow, that'll be awesome! tried a lot of trackpad kexts but never managed to get it working properly. Can use it when it's detected as a standard mouse, but no scrolling Seems my wifi card s not compatible so I ordered an Ebay (Atheros AR9280 AR5BHB92 Half PCI-E Wireless Card 300M) Should be detected OOB. I'll report if it works when it has delivered. Looking forward to your attachment cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjornw Posted August 23, 2012 Author Share Posted August 23, 2012 My Wifi card from Ebay arrived by mail today. Swapped the original card with the Atheros AR9280 AR5BHB92 Half PCI-E Wireless Card 300M and as expected it was detected OOB. So a very cheap hardware fix: $10,50 in total. Trackpad keeps buggin' me a bit though. Using a modified voodoops2controller kext for Alps from Projectosx.com I managed to get my trackpad to be detected as a "normal" mouse. Still, i'd love to be able to get side scrolling / multi finger scrolling working. For the time being I found out that when I click and hold the left + right mouse button simultanioualy and swipe over the trackpad It scrolls. Not very elegant but works better than using the scollbars. I've been trying to figure out what the model (deviceID etc) of my trackpad it is but I can't find it. Does anyone know how I can find out what exact model the alps trackpad is? Some linux/windows/osx tool I don't know about? cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Syonagar Posted August 29, 2012 Administrators Share Posted August 29, 2012 Dear bjournw, As promise, attached below is the Extra for N5050 from one of our crew (pstone) for you to try. Let me know how it went. Cheers! Extra.n5050.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjornw Posted June 10, 2013 Author Share Posted June 10, 2013 For anyone interested, I've been running ML now for a while on my N5050. Most things work. Not working: Ethernet, original WIFI card (replaced It) and Sleep Here's my EXTRA folder. Extra.zip SysLibExt.zip For intallation I used myHack-3.1.2 to make a USB ML install drive. During installation choose Use Custom Extra Folder. Delete the problematic kexts MyHack asks for. After installation I installed some kexts to S/L/E (2nd zip) to get sleep, audio, battery and touchpad working. Touchpad is a work in progress, check bpedman's threat for progress https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/2545-new-touchpad-driver-for-e6520-alps/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjornw Posted July 15, 2013 Author Share Posted July 15, 2013 The trackpad is fixed now, see this thread by bpedman https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/2545-new-touchpad-driver-for-e6520-alps/ side scrolling and two finger scrolling works fine now. I'm quite happy with my N5050 now. almost everything works now. sleep is still a bit buggy, sometimes it won't go to sleep when I shut the lit or use the menu. No real problem, and haven't bothered to research it any further. Ethernet is not working, but since I don't like cables hanging off my laptop and Wifi works fine I don't mind. EDP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
becker666 Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 I'm trying on the same box , got the installer USB 10.8.4 with myHack 3.3.1 when I start the installer it gets all those initial messages then it changes the resolution of the screen, it is supposed to get the messages in a smaller font, on the Inspiron I just get a blank screen and it freezes there, sounds like some video setting??? I did put the Extra there but didnt make a difference. Would you mind sharing your BIOS settings??? Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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