TimST185

Hi ChAntoine, Tonight, while I was messing around with an Inspiron 1520, I managed to find why "MAYBE" EDP breaks my D630 install......... It seems that the T9300 2.5 C2D CPU I have needs some different kext's than EDP installs for all the other C2D CPU's..... ..... I found some info here on tonycrapx86 quite by accident ....... http://www.tonycrapx86.com/viewtopic.php?f=170&t=26283&start=30 I have run out of time tonight to test this out but I have swapped out the CPU from my D630 into a 1520 I have here at the moment and I will continue to look into it......... Have to say though, this 1520 started as a 1.6 Celeron @533 FSB and now its a 2.5 C2D @ 800 FSB and geez it's fast loading VISTA of all things Hehehehe......... Sorry if this is confusing to peeps reading but the 1520,1525,D630 are so alike and I installed Lion onto a 1525 with ease that this D630 just Bugs the heck outta me right now ! Can't wait to test on OSX but I need to sleep........... ....... If anyone can clarify that the T9300/T9500 has issues with Lion, then that would DEFINITELY help me as to where things are going wrong for me.

Hey ChAntoine, long time no speak ...... How's things my friend ? Like you, I also took a break from my D630 ------- And then spent another week at it hehehe........ OK, so the route I followed to get Lion to install was from a "How To" made for a Dell 1525 that I bought some months ago and is currently loaned to a friend......... The guide is here ......... https://sites.google.com/site/nozyczek/home/hackintosh/how-to-install-lion-10-7-0-on-dell-inspiron-1525 The problem I had before was that no matter which boot disc or memory stick I used to install Lion from, the install either never even made it to the setup screen, OR, it made it past than then failed at about 30% into the install........ How I managed it was this.......... 1. I had already an 8gb memory stick installed with Lion using unifail installer from tonycrapx86.com 2. I installed nozyczek Dell 1525 installer over the top of the unifail Install. 3. Booted from the memory stick and Lion installed for the first time. 4. I then followed the instructions that Mariusz posted but I put the 1440x900 DSDT in the EDP 2.2 Pack BEFORE I installed EDP. My D630 is about 90% functional at the moment in Lion I would say....... Not as perfect as Snow leopard but it does kind of work......... Nozyczek's method allows the machine to boot in about 20 seconds in x64 mode......... It's REALLY FAST, but the display is limited as we know. When I install EDP Pack and the 1440x900 DSDT, it takes forever to boot and only run's in 32 bit mode. I DID try the MyHack method BUT the version I had of Lion was refused by MyHack as it was downloaded from a torrent. I DID find this though..... Depending on which DSDT I use, it makes a difference when installing, as to which USB port I install from........ My Best success was installing from memory stick when the memory stick was plugged into the REAR usb port that is CLOSEST to the Modem (RJ11) and ethernet (RJ45) posts on the rear of my D630. EDP Pack for Lion seems to break our 1440x900 mind because it take forever to load but Bronxtech from here is working with the author of MyHack to include the kext's we need into the proper folders instead of having them in the "Extra" folder........ This is something that Nozyczek managed to do a while back which is why I always liked his install's.

Finally !!!!! ........ Lion roars on my D630 with 1440x900..... Sadly, with the release of myhack 3 things have changed somewhat since the initial post BUT, with a few tweeks, it is possible..... BIG THANKS TO Mariusz for the initial guide ...... As always, proof is in the pic (Excuse my mess) !!!!

I'm working on this project again........... I needed a break as it was taking up FAR too much of my personal time but I have installed ubuntu on the D630 and extracted the DSDT and am working on the needed patches to inject the hardware so that many of the kexts are not needed in the Extra folder as per "nozyczek" method that was so fantastic on a 1525 I did. It's all a bit new to me tho so you'll have to bear with me - Not sure if I can make it all work but I know for sure that DSDT route is the way to go with this 1440x900 screen now. Gonna start with Simenoff's DSDT as that actually does work on SL 10.6.3 and see if I can get to 10.6.8 and then move onto Lion if I can. If anyone's interested, this is just one of the guide's I am following http://aserebln.blogspot.co.uk/2009/07/20.html

Hiya Chantoine, Today I went back to basics to try and eliminate any "Silly" mistakes..... I made a new 10.6.3 USB install using my trusty D620. I re-installed 10.6.3 to my D630 from USB and then installed EDP 1.9.2 but used Simenoff's DSDT and org.chameleon.Boot.plist and smbios. After doing this (And NOTHING ELSE, no updates etc, nothing) my D630 was broken - It didn't resume from sleep, the USB's were playing up etc). ..... looking thru the log files for EDP updates in the WIKI section, I can see that Simenoff had some input into how EDP was made for the D630 with X3100 and the changes that are documented seem to be only for the standard 1280x800 display. I'm just wondering if he managed to extend this work to cover the 1440x900 display as well, or if it was only patched to allow for the basic resolution. About the same time, I can see that Slice seemed to be involved as well and the only time I managed to get Lion to work on my D630 was by using the DSDT that Slice posted for the 1525 - At least it booted into Lion with it (The Audio was wrong as the 1525 has HDMI out) and it was a bit "Jerky" but I expected problems as they are not entirely Identical machines. As for the "Bad Day" - I appeal against the penalty fine - and await to hear the result from the city council.

Hi JD, I can see you have things working now but can you please confirm if your system is a 1440x900 one ? The reason I ask is that if you can get Lion working on A16 Bios, then that maybe the cause of some of my own problems with my D630. Thanks, Tim.

Any news ? - Did you get it working in the end DK ?

I'm going no-where with it either For the second time I tried a different method to upgrade from 10.6.3 to 10.6.8 and it worked again but after about 3 mins of booting into 10.6.8 the D630 just locks up again and I have to Hard-Power it off by holding power button down for 5 seconds. That was using EDP 1.9.2 as a kext pack with Simenoff's DSDT. At 10.6.3 and EDP's package the D630 is as stable as anything and not even one KP. I hear what you are saying about speed issues mind - I have now got 10.6.3 onto a second hard-drive that plugs into the module bay where the CD/DVD rom would normally be so its a bit faster to re-install when it all goes wrong. (Like yourself I also had an idea about the speed of USB so have now switched to the module bay hard drive solution) - I accept that many people won't have access to one of these though. The furthest I ever got installing Lion was about 40% installed before the D630 locked up (That was in 64 bit mode with a 64 bit PS2 driver I found on the net somewhere) and no other drivers apart from FakeSMC in E/E. I'll keep at it - There has to be a solution because if people can get this D630 to work with 1280x800 then surely it can't be that difficult to make it work with 1440x900. I'm still convinced the solution lie's with a better, more patched DSDT but I have no knowledge of DSDT so it's difficult for me to make any changes there. Anyhow - I'll try and find some more time today and keep on trying. Regards, Tim.

ChAntoine --- I will swap the lid of my 630 today to a 1280x800 one, do a new install of 10.6.3 and see if I can get the 10.6.8 combo update and EDP 1.9.2 to work with it..... .... If it works, I will swap the lid back to the 1440x900, change the DSDT to Simenoff's one and see if it still works. ..... I'll report back later so long as there's not too much work in at work ! Regards, Tim. .... So much for testing ..... I had the WORST day ever ! I dropped the battery for my 620 this morning and it cracked at the thin corner where it locks into the laptop - It now fails to lock properly as a small part of it is missing. I walked outside to the car to goto work and the front tyre was as flat as a pancake, so flat in fact it would not inflate - I had to change for the spare wheel. I (Finally) got to work and turned on one of my 3 test PC's and it failed to start - The motherboard developed a fault and it would not post. We re-flowed the on-board graphics chip and it started once every 3 times but is not reliable so had to be binned, As I was late for work, I could not park anywhere except in a 2 hour limited zone - I returned to move my car within an hour and a half to find my car had been towed away to the pound ! It cost me £7.00 to catch a cab from work to the pound and £140 to get my car released !!!! Not sure if it could in fact get any worse but I am not attempting anything at all on my D630 tonight apart from posting this !

ChAntoine answer is correct. You just need to add into your org.chameleon,Boot.plist the section about Graphics Mode and 1440x900x32 as below : <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>EthernetBuiltIn</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>Graphics Mode</key> <string>1440x900x32</string> <key>Kernel</key> <string>mach_kernel</string> <key>Kernel Flags</key> <string>arch=i386</string> <key>SystemType</key> <string>2</string> <key>Theme</key> <string>Default</string> <key>Timeout</key> <string>2</string> <key>USBBusFix</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>Rescan</key> <string>yes</string> </dict> </plist> Do NOT change the spelling of anything or the Lower and Upper case letters in the name of the org.chameleon.Boot.plist It may also be shown on Dell's website in the "My Configuration" section - If you goto Dell.com and then find the support section, put in your service tag from the bottom of your laptop and then goto the configuration section it may list it there as well.

The error message means nothing to me bud .......... Hopefully Bronxy can help there. I can help with replacing your wireless card for a Dell 1390 one if you need it tho.... It's just 3 screw's to remove, slot the new 1390 WiFi card in and clip the plastic bezel back down........ I can post up detailed pics of the removal/replacement procedure if needed. The 1390 one is native to Apple's Airport and solves huge amount's of problems at first. The guide I posted was for a STANDARD A17 BIOS, maybe it doesn't work for the customised one (I don't know, as I have no wish to use a custom bios on this D630 of mine) ........ (Main reason is I want to be able to dual-boot with WinXP if/when I can get it working to 10.6.8). All I know so far is that the 1440x900 D630 is a mission and even the Great Mr Google has few answers Good Luck - Keep us posted Tim.

Hate to say but still no luck at all with this and a standard A17 BIOS...... (I know the guide is written for custom BIOS but I hate to change to custom stuff as I can see people have had problems in the custom Bios forum) SO....... I started to enable stuff back in BIOS and got to the point where everything was enabled again but still it would not boot into the installer (Keeps failing with either a KP or just locks up) If I boot with -v -x (and everything enabled) I can get to the installer where I select the language but the best I managed was to get to about 30% of installation and then the D630 just locked up again. If I boot in 64 bit mode the Whole boot process is EXTREMELY FAST ! - But it all fails again so is no better. (It just fails at the same point at a faster rate) hehehe So..... I went back to trying to get it upto 10.6.8 and have actually managed to get there by using a DSDT written for the 1525 (Which I did on my 1525 just last week with no issues at all). Honestly - the D630 with 1440x900 is a mission and a half to work with - All the others have been VERY easy compared to this one Totally lost with this one at the moment but at least I have a working 10.6.8 d630 1440x900 now which I didn't have before.......... ........ every step is a small one and it looks like a looooooong road ahead LOL Speak soon, Tim.

Hi nac....... I had another crack at this today. I double checked my 8GB USB install of Lion was good by installing it onto my D620 with the 1440x900 Lid and it all worked First time (As Everything always does on the D620) So......... I took the lid off my D620 and put it back onto my D630, used the same USB stick but with the D630 bootpack and Simenoff's DSDT and EVERY TIME it failed. It just would not even get to the welcome screen where you put in "Use xxxx for the main language" (No Pun intended on the xxxx by the way) ;-P After about 10 tries with various SMBIOS's I decided to go back into my A17 Dell BIOS and DISABLE EVERY SINGLE THING I COULD apart from Dualcore and ACHI. ........... Guess what ? It's booted into the "Choose your language" screen........... It's late here now, and I have to work tomorrow so I need to turn it all off without testing any further to find out what part of Bios is stopping it from loading the initial setup. I'll report back tomorrow if I can find an hour or two spare at work to investigate. Regards, Tim.

Still learning myself (A lot) hehehe, but most of the time I found when I was installing if I got errors it was down to a bad installation disc or the DVD Burner not reading the disc correctly. Took me ages to find a reliable DVD Burner for my 630 that could read Dual Layer DVD's fast. Once you get the installation onto USB, all that will stop though and everything happens much quicker. Hope this helps, Regards, Tim.

I gave up in the end last night Bud.... I ended up switching my 1440x900 lid onto my D620 and it works without a hitch. Which SMBIOS.plist did you use ? The one from OSX Latitudes EDP Package ? (I tried both the one from EDP and the original one from Simenoff's boot CD mind) Would you be able to post your Extra folder to the net so I can download it and give it another try ? - I think I have a spare 1440x900 Lid at work I can throw onto my D630 and continue testing another day when I have more time. Regards, Tim.