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I have installed Mac OS X 10.6.8 on my HP dx5150 Small Form Factor PC. I can't seem to get the graphics to work. My finder bar stays white after messing with options in Chameleon Wizard nothing seems to work.

 

I also don't know what Graphics Card I have. I have a DVI and VGA on the back and am using the DVI port.

Here's what HP website says and when I did the first install I did the AMD for my card options.

 

Driver - Graphics

Description Current version Size (MB) Estimated download time Previous version   Set Video Refresh Rate Utility for Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, and Vista 1.2.1.3 Rev. B  ssm1.gif
19 Apr 2011 2.5 56K: 6m
512K: <1m 1.2.1.3 Rev. A  ssm1.gif
8 May 2007   ATI Graphics Driver for Integrated and Non-HDMI Graphics Solutions (Microsoft Windows XP) 8.560.0.0000 Rev. A  ssm1.gif
12 Feb 2009 78 56K: 3h
512K: 20m 8.533.0.0000 Rev. A  ssm1.gif
31 Oct 2008   NVIDIA Graphics Driver for Non-HDMI Graphics Cards 84.78 Rev. A  ssm1.gif
7 May 2007 24.1 56K: 58m
512K: 6m   <input class="primButton" type="submit" value="Download Â»" data-cke-saved-name="download" name="download" title="Download" "="" style="border-color: rgb(153, 153, 153) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(153, 153, 153); border-style: solid; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; color: white; background-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px; cursor: pointer; float: left;"> ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 / X300 Series Graphics Driver 8.103 A  ssm0.gif
17 May 2005 22.1 56K: 53m
512K: 5m  

Any ideas thanks

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Ouh, I just had a look at the specs; that's an oldie for sure!

http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/ca/en/sm/WF06b/12132708-12132884-12132884-12132884-12133152-12250184-71648127.html?dnr=1

 

Well done if you managed to get SL on it (I never managed to even boot my ModCD SL installer on my old 2.2GHz Athlon 64 3200+ machine)!

 

Unfortunately and as Mario said, you'll need to add a supported graphics card in that old PC as the integrated ATI X300 is unsupported as far as I know: http://www.projectosx.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=9

 

Not easy to find a replacement as you need a low-profile card, but I know of at least one model that works 100% with full QE/CI in SL with patching: ATI Radeon Pro 256Mo X1300/X1550.

http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/HCL_10.6.8#AMD.2FATI

https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/2032-dell-vostro-200/

https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/1579-lion-on-dell-optiplex-755-with-radeon-x1300-128-mb/page-2&do=findComment&comment=15302

 

Otherwise, the nVidia GeForce 8400GS is a good card that exists in low-profile presentation. Works OOB too.

 

You're gonna be looking at 2nd hand market for these.

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Thanks for the info on the graphics, I'm using it just as a server so I don't really need a new card good to know for the future. I also wasn't able to get the network card to work. I have a usb wifi that I'm using thats working fine but wondering why the build in ethernet card didn't get picked up. Is there anything I can do for that or is that not supported as well.

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You can get some of these cards for under $20/20€, so it's not a massive investment, far from it!

 

re: BIOS issue, it sounds like you need to apply the CMOS reset fix (AppleRTC fix). It's just a kext to load.

 

Re: built-in Ethernet, you probably need to load the right kext. It would help if you could identify the exact hardware model with lspci command or SystemInfo tool (requires Java).

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 I tried the CMOS reset fix (AppleRTC fix) and after that I get a can't find root device. Is there a guide for installing Kext I just download them and place the kext file in my documents and then I open it with Kext Helper b7. If I double click on them it opens in Chameleon Wizard. What is the correct way to install them and since I messed it up with the (AppleRTC Fix) is there any way to boot it again and fix it?

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Kext helper will offer you to install kexts either in /S/L/E or in /E/E. You should always prefer /E/E and keep /S/L/E as Vanilla (i.e. Apple original) as possible. Remember to rebuild cache afterwards, but Kext Helper normally takes care of that.

 

Try to boot with "-x" flag. If that does not work, you have to boot in single user mode with "-s" boot flag and manually delete that kext from wherever you copied it. Then reboot with "-f UseKernelCache=No" flag & option.

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