CorBryant

Went through everything for Nawcom method and ended up with a kernel panic when booting with Nawcom and a tried quite a few different OS DVDs. Always got the same error caused by ElliottForceLegacyLegacyRTC.kext .. Found a thread on how to remove it but again, had to have a newer Mac running to do so because Chameleon had to be used.

OSX86.NET allows 1 download, then they demand a donation. Blocked by IP. I *think* I found it on an old FTP..

I don't like Apple that much.

LOL this is where I officially say to hell with it. Thanks anyway. OSX86.net seem to think they have to charge for everything and that seems to be the only place the Nawcom mod still exists. Every other site has bad links. What a waste of a weekend!

LOL I didn't see the note on having to have access to a working OSX machine. Mine is an old Power PC so I can't run anything recent on it. Looks like I'm SOL unless I can do this with a OSX install inside of VirtualBox. Trying that now..

Whoops. Glad I read that! LOL I had 10.7 queued up and it looks like I'll need 10.6. Heck, I have 10.6.3 that I bought off of EBay so I know it's not molested. That's even better! I don't have to wait all day to start. =) Thanks again for all of the info! Looks like I talked to the right person with my need for the CF support. You rock! =)

Thanks for the quick reply! Wow.. I had not even looked under the EDP menu on this site. Very nice! I'll grab what I need and get started. I was obviously looking at the wrong forums where they do it the hard way. LOL I have only D420 Dual Core models so I see that I'm going to loose SD-Card and Fingerprint support which I can live with, but will the PCMCIA slot still work? I have a rather rare Delkin Cardbus Compact Flash adapter that I use for extra storage (128GB CF), and the last driver I see on Delkin's website is for Tiger OS-X 10.4.x. Do you think I will there be a way to get this driver running? I'm not quite sure how the progression of OS-X goes as far as which drivers work where. I'm assuming they have a cut off point, as with Windows (XP, Vista, 7, where some work with one version but not the other. I bought a pallet of these D420/D430 machines and refurbed them a year or so ago so I have a bunch of them laying around and I've got quite a few extra WiFi cards. The Intel WM3945 and Broadcom DW1390 seem to be what I have most of... Thanks for the help!!

This is my first run at this, and I've read through the forums until my eyes bled and can't seem to find any references to the issue I'm having, which surprised me. Perhaps my search skills just suck? I've tried Kalyway 10.5.2 and a 10.6.3 retail image and the issue is the same either way. I'm using the Dell Miniboot (chameleon, stolen and rebranded) 123 to start it.. Oh, and I've also just booted straight from the Kalyway DVD. I manage to install it, and get it to run with various issues, WiFi, no LAN, no sound, etc -- but I've seen posts for that stuff so I'm sure I can get past all that.. The video issue is what is holding me up.. I can only get a good screen on an external monitor using the VGA port. If I hit F8, it whacks the screen out and looks like I'm trying to push it to a resolution that it can't handle which isn't the case, I've tried 640x480 and 1028x768 and the results are the same. I've also adjusted the refresh rate from 75 to 60. When I hit F8 to go back to the external screen, the issue jumps to that screen to. I can only use it if I boot it to the external screen and leave it be. Video is kind of choppy too. I'm downloading the iFail S3 v2 ISO right now though I don't know if this is going to help. It's going to take a day to get it at a whopping 50kB/sec so I thought I'd post here and see if anyone could point me in the right direction. This D420 has the Intel 82945 chipset and the Dell WiFi card so I thought I was in good shape! For the record, the WiFi sees my network but says connection timeout when I enter the key. If I click cancel, it says it's connected but doesn't pull an IP address or subnet. If I manually assign it still doesn't work. Thanks for any help! It seems to me this D420 might quell my lust for the AirBook I'll never be able to afford. LOL Hey, it's thin at least.