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Hi Im trying to follow the wiki ; build a USB stick and cant use option 1 ; dont have a mac i can access except at the showroom cant follow option 2 : bunzip/bzip2 doesnt seem to work on win7 - used winrar BUT want to follow your guide explicitly. chryosome/dd doesnt work at all : all i get is the black window where all commands just echo back to me ( tried on xp and win7 ) However, using usbit and winrar I get the usb boot stick made and it boots, but cannot complete the instructions as dd doesnt work. mixing methods got me running all be it with a faulty graphic driver ( install claimed intel 950, install delivered x3100 - and i have intel 950 ). tried to install drivers onto my working ( almost ) install and killed it - wont boot now, so need to restart again hence trying with edp1.9. please point this dullard at my obvious errors....

Hi My quick question : does this build recognise the GMA965 intel graphics card properly ? Previous attempts told be at boot up that I had the right card, but on installation insisted on using 3100 drivers - with dire results.( at best a 4 way split screen, reachable by booting with a screen attached and then toggling back ) going to try anyway, but if I am wasting my time ....... thanks in advance

Ok, the link is now working. I built the 420 image onto a usb using usbit, booted and the install fails. Dd and bzip2 are not working on win 7 Anyhow, i tried booting with a second screen active from the get go. Fn f8 resulted in the laptop screen having the desktop primary displayed in quarters! I checked the system config and i think its a driver issue. The system reports x3100 graphics card at 1280x800. Is this the same as intel gma 965? Also, sound works but is uncontrollable, and no lan at all. I pressume its fixable ? How to replace drivers on a mac? Where to start ? I pressume a bootloader update or kext ? What fun hackintoshing is

This link isnt working? http://www.osxlatitude.com/groups/d4xosx/wiki/94855/Howto_install_OSX_on_your_Dell_Latitude.html

Yes d630 with intel gma965, primary display shows a scambled output repeated in 4 corners. When i add a secon screen, i get a background picture and rt click mouse lets me change it. Tried graphics mode = various, but no joy. The boot starts with whitish screen and a spinning wheel and sometimes? A progress bar. When it completes, tne screen goes black . I cant make anything out on the primary. its split into 4 but not readable I usedthe link in the fourth post to get a boot cd that allowed me to install the commercial 10.6.3 disc i bought. As your dl620 process would not install the 10.6.3 commercial i have. I have the 430 image and need to create the relevant boot to allow me to use that image ( i restored it with usbit to a stick ) - but have not done it yet. Trying to get back to the osxlatitude.com post but safari wont open ( using ipad ) Did i miss something? Is there another method? Regards

Can see a beautiful second desktop. But not able to reach the primary screen! So fustrating!

Sorry, using a second screen as the laptop goes blank. I connect at this point No docking station. D630, a17 bios, 4gb, 80gb disk, usb keyboard and mouse to see if tney worked Install was just the laptop - no extras! during install the laptop screen works, so i could format the hd as guid etc. During boot, it goes black at the video play start. Regards

Ok, no joy removing 2gb Used audio help (cmd f5) and completed setup. Still no joy with video

Ok. Bios says 1280x800, which is what win 7 also reports. The second screen runs higher. When the apple vid runs, hittinf fn-f8 flips the video and i did get the video viewable in 4 quarters but iam unable to action via keyboad. Tried "Graphics Mode"="1280x800x32" and no change. Turned of docking video Will drop 2gb and try again.

Intell gma 965. Sorry for being dumb. How to know ? Using help on bootup , only mode 105 and below : resolutions 1024x768x32 and below Will try graphicsmode=800x600x32 Damn thing plays the starup vid ( i can hear audio- not see it) and then talks to me ! 420 image not working. I miisedsomething but osxlatitude.com is bouncing?

Thanks Both Devious approach worked up to the reboot. Starts with grey screen, apple logo. Then goes black and i can hear the apple startup. Second screen shows the apple aurora borealis but nothing else. Fn- f8 hoses the output - whic is repeated in a quarter pattern. So its a graphic problem, and keyboard also. Tried setting graphicsmode=1024x768x32, but no change. Close, cigar, no lighter. Trying the 420 image now.....

Hi Thanks. Removed 2gb but same problem - dull white screen with apple logo and spinning wheel. Dvd does thrash for a while before comming to a stop Regards

Ok, i decided to get osx onto my aging d630 and found lots of try this without much joy. Currently, im using your d620slv method with commercial 10.6.3 purchased dvd. System boots, starts to install but then hangs with the apple logo and a spinning wheel. D630, A17 bios, 4gb ram, intel graphics nothing remarkable. Have tried a method using a pc universal install 3.5 from usb drive, iboot (chameleon, stolen and rebranded) loader. Hangs with a apple background image - mouse moves but nothing to action. How do i get a 10.6.0 vanilla ? Does the d430 image apply to me ? Dont have acces to a mac, as i wouldnt bother with this if i did ? If this works, will it support iworks etc ? Any help appreciated. Thanks