Dell D630C Crash after language selection 10.9 Mavericks

[marlawre]

I built a brand new USB stick per the pre-installation instructions for installing Mavericks on this laptop.  MBR was selected when I build the USB stick - all of the software (MyHack, etc.) was downloaded within the past 2 days, so I am guessing it is up to date.

 

As soon as I select the language, I get the crash and the installer log shows the Exception Type as EXC_CRASH (Code Signature Invalud) and the exception codes are both 0X0000000000000000.  I have looked at all the other topics and tried all the different start up options for boot (-x, usb fix, etc.) but nothing seems to help.

 

Any ideas from anyone?

 

[Hervé]

Try redoing your USB installer without the MBR patch. D630C is nVidia Quadro NVS 135M-only model, right?

[Bronxteck]

the issue is MBR patch.

[marlawre]

Thanks - that works perfectly!  I have 10.9 installed and it's running great with the exception of the networking - I can't get either the wireless or ethernet to work at all.  I have a USB wireless adapter but it doesn't have drivers for 10.9 so I'm stuck without networking and also can't run EDP because EDP says I need a network connection....researching firewire to Ethernet or USB to Ethernet to try and get it working.

[Bronxteck]

is the ethernet on in bios? you should have an ethernet kext in the boot pack.

[marlawre]

Yes - ethernet is on in the BIOS, but when I look at the System Report, type Ethernet, hartdware Ethernet, BSD Device Name en0 is assigned to the active service Bluetooth PAN although I have disabled bluetooth in the BIOS.  Any ideas?

[Bronxteck]

delete all your network devices in the networking prefpane then hit apply. add them back after that and apply again. although i am not sure if the d630c has a different network card. post an lspci of your hardware if possible.  in terminal type lspci -nn

[marlawre]

Please bear with me - this is my first MyHack - so - very much a novice here.  I deleted everything in network preferences and then tried to add an Ethernet back and the only thing it allows me to add is Bluetooth PAN.  Here is the lspci output:

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a00] (rev 0c)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 PCI Express Root Port [8086:2a01] (rev 0c)
00:03.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965 MEI Controller [8086:2a04] (rev 0c)
00:03.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965 PT IDER Controller [8086:2a06] (rev 0c)
00:03.3 Serial controller [0700]: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965 KT Controller [8086:2a07] (rev 0c)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82566MM Gigabit Network Connection [8086:1049] (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2834] (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2835] (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:283a] (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:284b] (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:283f] (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2841] (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2830] (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2831] (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2832] (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:2836] (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M-E) LPC Interface Controller [8086:2811] (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller [8086:2850] (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [8086:2829] (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:283e] (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation G86M [Quadro NVS 135M] [10de:042b] (rev a1)
03:01.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: O2 Micro, Inc. Cardbus bridge [1217:7135] (rev 21)
03:01.4 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: O2 Micro, Inc. Firewire (IEEE 1394) [1217:00f7] (rev 02)
0c:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network Connection [8086:4229] (rev 61)

[Hervé]

Remove that Intel 4965 wireless card (or at least disable it in BIOS); it's not supported and will only cause issues which can go as far as Kernel Panics at startup. You'll need to replace that card by a supported model.

 

Re: Ethernet, it would appear you have an Intel card as opposed to the usual Broadcom NetXtreme card for some reasons. That's why you have no Ethernet at the moment!

00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82566MM Gigabit Network Connection [8086:1049] (rev 03)

You need to use the kext linked below and remove BCM5722D kext that you have in /Extra/Extensions at the moment (it is useless). Run myFix (quick) after your kexts change.

http://www.osx86.net/files/file/3468-intel82566mm-32-64-bit/

[marlawre]

You guys are the best!!  Thank you so much!!  D630C running Mavericks running great - will find an external wireless solution for it!!