jontersam Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 I got my hands on a D620 with the retail copy of Snow Leopard. I checked my BIOS settings to match what I saw on another thread. I switched out the iboot (chameleon, stolen and rebranded) disk with Snow Leopard and ran the install with a -v option. During the process the screen dims and then goes blank. I can press enter and hear the cd drive spin up but nothing happens. Is there a startup option I am missing or do I need an external monitor. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted August 17, 2015 Administrators Share Posted August 17, 2015 For Hackintosh purposes, there are 3 models of D620 to consider: D620 with Intel GMA950 graphics and 1280x800 LoRes display D620 with Intel GMA950 graphics and 1440x900 HiRes display D620 with nVidia graphics and whatever display Ideally, you'd build a myHack-based installation USB key with our appropriate bootpack. However, this requires access to an existing Hack or Mac, something you may not have. Instead of boot (which we won't support here, it has its own special web site and support team), I'd recommend that you use Nawcom's ModCD with your retail Snow Leopard disk. If it's a DVD, you won't be able to use our bootpack. In that case, what you can do is boot the NawCom ModCD CD/DVD with display set to an external display (and external display only), then proceed to install SL with flags -f -v and option arch=i386. I suspect that, when the OS X installer launches graphical screen, display would revert to the built-in LCD but in a functional way. You would then be able to install SL on your HDD and then proceed in the exact same way to boot your freshly made SL installation. What you could then do is create your myHack-based SL installer with our bootpack, re-install SL altogether but obtain a fully functional Hackintosh this time. http://www.osxlatitude.com/edp/documentation/pre-installation/ https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/8081-full-packs-for-d620d630-snow-leopard-lion-mountain-lion-mavericks-yosemite/ For pointers, you may refer to my old maiden post on this forum regarding installation of SL on a D430 but the EDP part is no longer applicable as the tool evolved a lot since 2012. https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/147-dell-latitude-d430-thread/page-14&do=findComment&comment=9243 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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