virtuald Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 I am looking for some help or a Tutorial for installing Maverics on a Dell M6500. it has been a while since i have dipped my toe into the OSX on Dell waters. Last one was Snow Leopard on a D620. not had much success finding the right info to get this working or booting for that matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted September 22, 2014 Moderators Share Posted September 22, 2014 Please specify system specs...cpu, display make/model, resolution.... Have you try the generic boot pack? See this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virtuald Posted September 22, 2014 Author Share Posted September 22, 2014 Dell Precision M6500 i7 M620 @ 2.67Ghz 8Gig of RAM Nivdia Quadro FX 2800M @ 1440x900 128Gig SanDisk SSD BIOS Rev A04 IDT 92HD81 Audio Broadcom 1510 Wireless-N my biggest problem is where to start. I have tried some of the bootloaders and usually get to a kernel panic before it ever boots very far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted September 22, 2014 Administrators Share Posted September 22, 2014 Should boot with a myHack v3.3.1 installer + generic bootpack. Then add drivers and tune your system one step at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virtuald Posted September 22, 2014 Author Share Posted September 22, 2014 Thanks for the info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virtuald Posted September 24, 2014 Author Share Posted September 24, 2014 well after several kernel panics and hang up during install, i finally defaulted the BIOS to factory defaults. and bingo, it installed just as it should have! everything works with a little nudging here and there now i need to figure out how to change the model identifier, it currently calls the pc a Summer 2001 iMac, it appears to cause trouble with some app in the appstore saying that they are not compatible with this mac thanks for the help!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted September 24, 2014 Moderators Share Posted September 24, 2014 Use Chameleon Wizard to generate a different smbios for your system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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