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I'm now running with standard A17 BIOS, which works with Lion. I haven't tried the installer though.

I used someone else's real Mac to run myHack to put the Lion installer on a 16 GB usb stick. I never tried the A17 BIOS (I had version 4 (!) before I flashed it with the custom bios downloaded from this site). I could try A17 now but that won't mean that the installation process should work unless I go through it again. About the risk, has the flashing failed on anyone? BTW, if I enable dynamic acceleration the system is still stable. But again, it might be an issue during installation. Only thing I've noticed is that OS X will report a 1.8 GHz CPU instead of 2.0 GHz. Once I got graphics working to get to the installer, it was very solid, never a crash (just once as I mentioned).

I post this to help others who have the 1440x900 display. Machine Core2 Duo 2.00 GHz (T7300), 2 GB RAM Graphics: Intel GM965 / X3100 / Crestline Display: 1440x900 Audio: ICH8 HD Audio / Sigmatel Wifi: Intel (doesn't work. not that i'd use it though.) OS X Lion 10.7.2, then upgraded to 10.7.3. Tried Xcode 2.3 and some other stuff, everything works so far. BIOS: Updated with custom D630_OSX_GMA.zip, the only one I've tried. Later, I flashed with the standard A17 BIOS, and it works too. BIOS settings: Onboard Devices -- SATA operation = AHCI (I set it to ATA after install which works too) Performance -- Dynamic Acceleration = Off Wireless -- Internal Wi-Fi = Off (or kernel would panic) Modify bootpack-D630-intel.zip: NOTE: this bootpack is for 1280x800 display. Another DSDT.aml is needed for graphics to work. Replace Extra/DSDT.aml with this one (thanks simeonoff): https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/600-d630-half-screen-blank/page__view__findpost__p__3983 Edit org.chameleon.Boot.plist: Set graphics mode to 1440x900x32 (for VESA mode at boot) Prepare USB install stick: Run myHack and give it your OS X dmg and then the above modified Extra. I did this on a real Mac... Boot from USB install stick: Use verbose (-v) to note errors, especially what kernel extensions are involved in kernel panics. Don't worry about "IOGraphicsFamily not found" - graphics will work anyway. Installation: Laptop keyboard worked during installation. Reboot from USB again, select your HD partition, boot with -v 1) Install EDP package (version 2.2 in my case) 2) replace /Extra/Models/D630-intel/DSDT.aml with the one on your usb change /Extra/Models/D630-intel/chameleon.Boot.plist to use 1440x900 3) run /Extra/edptool.command There was some kernel panic (audio driver?) after installing drivers/fixes the first time, but never again. PS2 controller: After trying all PS2 controllers I went with #4 ANV-Slice Modified VoodooPS2Controller. I'm not sure which one is the best as I got inconsistent results. Trackpoint worked only with #1 Apple's PS2 controller, but way too fast. Edge scrolling worked fine at one point with #2 VoodooPS2Controller and way too slow another time. Also note that two-finger stroke isn't supported by the hardware. For best mouse wheel functioning, change scroll direction in mouse prefs (uncheck it) and set scroll speed to max. Alt and command/logo modifiers need to be swapped on the laptop keyboard. This can be done in keyboard prefs. Sleep: Wakeup from sleep/suspend-to-ram wouldn't work with NullCPUPowerManagement.kext + SleepEnabler.kext. It works without it though, and the machine doesn't get hot. Tested, working fine so far: * graphics * audio, including hardware buttons for volume and mute * ethernet * sleep/suspend-to-ram * laptop keyboard and mousepad * usb storage, keyboard and mouse * cd/dvd reading - haven't tried burning Issues: * Power source is always detected as being battery. * CPU usage spikes (or worse) on battery power making everything jerky. * After running OS X, the BIOS will do its not-so-quick scan. * Mounted USB storage will be lost at sleep - unmount them first! * probably more... In conclusion OS X works very well on this machine. But archlinux rules.