jansenspencer Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Hi there, I'm having real problems trying to install on a D430. Everything works (very slowly) until I try to use Disk Utility to format my HDD - the menu bar at the top is that of disk util, but no window ever appears... The mouse is also very, very slow - or rather, it is intermittent. I'm sure I've seen something about this in another thread, or on another site maybe, but I've searched and searched and can't seem to see it again. Does anyone have any advice? I'm using the internal trackpad if that helps. I also have an E6410 and a Latitude 2100 lying around that I plan to hac just for fun, but as the D430 seems to be well supported, I thought this would be a good place to start in earnest (I did have a go with the E6410 a while ago, but a house move and new job got in the way). Would people generally agree that the D430 is the best place to start? Cheers. Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted January 7, 2013 Administrators Share Posted January 7, 2013 The D430 runs extremely well under Snow Leopard, a tad slower under Lion. Now regarding your performance issue, I'd suggest you look into the BIOS settings. Check for SpeedStep being enabled. When you boot the installer, I'd also advise to interrupt the process and enter boot option "USBBusFix=No"; that often removes Keyboard/Mouse issues with Lion installation. Not having a D430 at hand, I'd be much obliged if you would post the complete list of BIOS settings parameters so that we can advise on best/recommended settings in a similar fashion as what was done for the D620, D630 and D830. https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/1869-bios-settings-d620/ https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/1868-bios-settings-d630/ https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/1901-bios-settings-d830-nvidia-nvs-135m/ Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jansenspencer Posted January 7, 2013 Author Share Posted January 7, 2013 Hi Hervé, thanks for your reply - I will do this tonight and get back to you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jansenspencer Posted January 7, 2013 Author Share Posted January 7, 2013 The D430 runs extremely well under Snow Leopard, a tad slower under Lion. Now regarding your performance issue, I'd suggest you look into the BIOS settings. Check for SpeedStep being enabled. When you boot the installer, I'd also advise to interrupt the process and enter boot option "USBBusFix=No"; that often removes Keyboard/Mouse issues with Lion installation. Not having a D430 at hand, I'd be much obliged if you would post the complete list of BIOS settings parameters so that we can advise on best/recommended settings in a similar fashion as what was done for the D620, D630 and D830. https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/1869-bios-settings-d620/ https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/1868-bios-settings-d630/ https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/1901-bios-settings-d830-nvidia-nvs-135m/ Thanks in advance. Ok, before I get into BIOS settings... I followed the tip about USBBusFix=No but it didn't seem to help. I then reset all BIOS settings to default (out of curiosity) which, although still slow, did manage to get me into Disk Utility. To be fair, this may have just been a coincidence. Anyway, I now have a veeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrryyyyy sllloooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwww Lion 10.7.2 installation on my D430 Let's see if we can get the BIOS settings tweaked. I'll highlight my current settings in bold. Onboard Devices Integrated NIC: Off, Enabled, Enabled w/PXE, Enabled w/RPL Internal Modem: Off, Enabled External USB Ports: Off, Enabled Integrated USB Hub: Compatible, High Speed Parallel Port: Off, AT, PS/2, ECP Serial port: Off, COM1, Com2, Com3, Com4 PC Card and 1394: Off, Enabled ASF Mode: Off, Alert Only, Enabled Microphone: Off, Enabled Video Ambient Light Sensor: Off, Enabled Brightness: 1,2,3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Brightness (AC): 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 LCD Panel Expansion: Off, Enabled Primary Video: Dock Video Card, Onboard Video Security Admin Password: (Not Set) System Password: (Not Set) Internal HDD PW: (Not Set) Password Change: Denied, Permitted Password Bypass: Off, Reboot Bypass, Resume Bypass, Reboot & Resume Bypass Wireless Switch Change: Permitted, Denied Wi-Fi Catcher Change: Permitted, Denied CPU XD Support: Off, Enabled TPM Security: Off, On TPM Activation: Deactivate, Activate Computrace®: Disable, Deactivate, Activate Performance Multi Core Support: Off, Enabled Speedstep Enable: Off, Enabled Power Management Auto On Mode: Off, Every Day, Weekdays Auto On Time: 08:00 AM USB Wake Support: Off, Enabled Wake on LAN/WLAN: Off, LAN Only, LAN or WLAN Docking Undocking Method: Hot Undock, Warm Undock, Enabled Silent Universal Connect: Off, Enabled POST Behaviour Adapter Warnings: Off, Enabled Fn Key Emulation: Off, Scroll Lock Fast Boot: Minimal, Thorough, Auto Virtualization: Off, Enabled Keypad (Embedded) Fn Key Only, By Num Lk Mouse/Touchpad: Serial Mouse, PS/2 Mouse, Touchpad-PS/2 Numlock LED: Off, On USB Emulation: Off, Enabled Wireless Internal Bluetooth: Off, Enabled Internal Wi-Fi: Off, Enabled Internal Cellular: Off, Enabled Wireless Switch: None, Wi-Fi, BT, Wi-Fi & BT, Cell, Cell & Wi-Fi, Cell & BT, All Wi-Fi Catcher: Off, Enabled, Reset to Basic Mode I'm about to have a look at the suggested D630 settings and maybe make a few changes Cheers, Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted January 7, 2013 Administrators Share Posted January 7, 2013 Thanks, BIOs settings thread for the D430 now created here: https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/2036-bios-settings-d430 There are some parameters that you should change... Everything is slow because your USB ports are set to Compatible, i.e. slow mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdamnit Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 On a whim, I set my USB ports to "Compatible" in my D520. I can confirm that it indeed slowed OS X Lion to a crawl. Reminded me of the days when we had to boot with "CPUS=1" or suffer the dual-core stutter that Dell laptop's were notorious for. Also, Herve, give me an hour or two and I'll throw up a post for the D520 BIOS settings required to boot OS X. (I've found that some matter, most don't.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jansenspencer Posted January 8, 2013 Author Share Posted January 8, 2013 Thanks guys. Curiously, I'm still suffering terrible performance. Can't help wondering if it's graphics related, but won't be able to spend any more time with it until tomorrow Would booting 32-bit make a difference, given that I have IntelGMA 945 onboard? I tried this morning before work, and sat staring at a grey screen for about 10 minutes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted January 8, 2013 Administrators Share Posted January 8, 2013 You would not boot 64bit kernel on that machine. You're using a myHack installer setup with our EDP D430 bootpack, right? What are the specs of your D430 (RAM, CPU, HDD)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jansenspencer Posted January 8, 2013 Author Share Posted January 8, 2013 I *thought* that's what I had done, but you've asked the question in such a way that I realise I must have gone wrong when building the myhack USB. I will go back to the start tomorrow, rebuild the USB (taking care to include the bootpack, as it sounds like this is where I went wrong) and post back the results Spec summary: C2D 1.2Ghz, 2Gb, 60Gb HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted January 8, 2013 Administrators Share Posted January 8, 2013 Ok, well just follow the process as documented in the EDP section of the web site. That'll get you through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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